REVIEW: Fishman Rare Earth Pickups
Jake Kelly takes the latest iteration of Fishman’s Rare Earth acoustic guitar pickups out for a spin. Check out the VIDEO… Originally posted 2011-05-14...
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Jake Kelly's Acoustic Guitar Pickups Overview – VIDEO!
Jake Kelly’s companion video for his series on acoustic guitar pickups gives you the whole enchilada – everything you need to know about pickups! Originally posted 2011-03-04...
Read MoreDemystifying the Guitar: Keeping it in Tune
I’m often asked about guitars that tune up fine, but fall out of tune quickly. This issue isn’t intonation: the guitar can be tuned and plays in tune up the neck, it just won’t stay that way. I have found that most...
Read MoreThe Ultimate Set of Tools for the Songwriter
Of course, you can write a song with nothing but a creative mind and store it with nothing more than a good memory, but here’s a list of tools that might assist the songwriter. Now, this list is my list, and by no...
Read MoreDemystifying Guitar
Whether you are a beginner player or a seasoned player looking for some new tips, this original series of articles created for L2P by veteran touring and studio artist Jake Kelly is sure to help. • Your First Guitar •...
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Demystifying The Guitar: Adjusting Intonation on Electric Guitars and Basses
Guitar techs have a certain look about them. It’s the stink eye they give whenever a guitarist...
Read MoreDemystifying the Guitar: Tuning with the Capo On
Is it ok to tune your guitar while it has a capo on? Could it hurt the strings? Guitar? Capo? I have played guitar and used capos for more years than I want to mention, and I have never hurt the strings or the guitar by tuning...
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Demystifying the Guitar: Fender or Gibson
What is a better brand for guitar, Gibson or Fender? Both companies make great instruments....
Read MoreDemystifying the Guitar: Adjusting Electric Guitar Pickups
Sometimes it takes a few tweaks to get your guitar sounding how it should. I recently fielded this question which may be popping up more and more since people are buying more instruments online and some of the big box retailers...
Read MoreDemystifying the Guitar: Nashville Number System Helper
In Nashville a number system is used in place of conventional charts to facilitate quick transposing of songs. Since each scale step is represented with a number, the need to re-chart the song is eliminated when the singer or...
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Demystifying the Guitar: Your First Guitar
Question: I’m going to buy a guitar and I need help. What should l buy? I’m thinking acoustic, but...
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Demystifying the Guitar: Transposing with a Capo
Here’s another question I was asked regarding the use of a capo and playing with another musician...
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