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Guitar Con Roadshow, Montclair, NJ 4/14/12

New Jersey Guitar Convention 2012

See Guitar Storage racks and stands on display at the Guitar Con Roadshow in Montclair NJ – 4/14/12. Print out this Free Shipping Coupon, present it at the show, and get your new Guitar Rack shipped free! For show information, … Continue reading

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Lap Steel Guitar Instructions and Tips – Using the Bar

In this video, Master Guitar Luthier and blues player, George Goumas gives us some tips on how to chose and modify a lap steel bar. George explains that one of the essentials of playing a lap-steel guitar properly is being … Continue reading

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Guitar Polishing Suggestions

Martin's Guitar Polish

Polishing your guitar will not only make it look better but will protect the wood as well. When changing your strings and spending the time to work on your guitar, take the extra ten minutes to polish it as well. … Continue reading

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Best Way To Store Your Guitars

Best Guitar Storage

Instruments like to be in the same environment as we do: Not too cold, not too hot, and not too damp. Store your guitars in an area with an average humidity of 45 – 50%, and a temperature of approximately … Continue reading

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Best Way to Restring A Guitar

Best way to restring your guitar

When restringing your guitar, replace only one string at a time. This keeps the tension on the neck as close to what it should be as possible. Removing all the strings at once and then keeping the neck void of … Continue reading

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Off with her head

I have 1968 Martin D-28 whose neck has been broken twice, the first time by US Air on a trip to Binghamton my guitar ended up in Elmira. When I got it back the neck had a horse shoe crack … Continue reading

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Like a doggy hangin’ out the window

A few years ago I picked up a previously owned Taylor acoustic (not the top top end, but still a Taylor) from a local pawn shop. It was a beauty, blonde top with lots of beautiful woodgrain, a custom pickguard … Continue reading

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STRAT-asphere!

We were on our way to a party we were going to play at, and some of the equipment was in the back of the pick-up truck I was riding in. Well the party was out in the ‘boonies’, and … Continue reading

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How To Lose The Best Guitar In The World

Once upon a time, around 1965, my brother and I played a job in Palatka, Fl. Afterwards, we stopped on the westside of Jacksonville to offload our drummer, pushing the magic button that lets down the back window of our … Continue reading

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Windmill Wake up!

I have a Fender Mexican made Stratocaster, and where it is not a prized guitar in the world, she’s a prize to me. She is to me as #1 was to Stevie Ray Vaughan, or Lucille to B.B. King. So … Continue reading

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