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A GOOD REVERB IS HARD TO FIND A Good reverb for guitar players has, for so many years been painfully hard to find.  Many contemporary makers have not included reverb or if they have it’s often of inferior quality.  If you are like me and into pre-1963 guitar amps reverb was never an option, unless you were OK with carrying a large spring reverb in a box that was a big as your amp head!... read more.

What is a lick? Licks to me are the widdly bits in between melodic phrases. A riff I think, is a rhythmic figure, usually played with single notes, double stops including power chords, on the E A and D strings and can contain full chords and higher register notes. A phrase is what I would think of as the actual music in amongst the riffs and licks   Topical discussions This is an interesting and... read more.

THE SUMMER IS ALL ABOUT MUSIC Sunshine, live music, friends and a few bevvies pretty much sums up summer for many people.  We are lucky in the UK to have so many music festivals; from May onwards you can probably expect a choice of places to go most weekends - it just depends what you are in to!  Get your wellies ready!! For all the rockers like myself 2016 has a pretty good bunch for... read more.

Finding the time to play and practice… How do you find spare time? It must be wonderful to have tonnes of time on your hands to play and practice at leisure – imagine that!  We all love the guitar so much and want to make ourselves the best we can be with the time we have, yet sometimes it’s hard to get that quality time with it. The trials of a busy life: work, kids... read more.