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...
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Demystifying 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...
Read MoreL2P Network Interviews Guitar Builder Allen Tomkins
The L2PNetwork’s Jake Kelly catches up with Australian guitar builder Allan Tomkins and get’s the scoop on how the indigenous woods this down-under luthier incorporates into his instruments gives… each it own...
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