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Maintaining Your Guitar

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Playing an improperly set up or poorly intonated guitar can be an incredibly frustrating experience. By taking a few precautionary steps address these problems, however, you can save a lot of hassle down the road. Here are some maintenance tips.

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Dweezil Zappa Guitar School in Upstate New York

Sunday March 14, 2010
DWEEZILLA is a five-day music boot camp from Sunday, June 20th to Friday, June 25th 2010 in the Catskill Forest Preserve in upstate New York. The course offers aspiring musicians a wide range of master classes in addition to one-on-one sessions with Dweezil Zappa and members of his band. DWEEZILLA, aimed at both amateur and professional musicians, is designed to improve your ability to improvise and expand your harmonic horizons. The DWEEZILLA schedule includes private performances, jam sessions, campfires, film screenings, and the study of Frank Zappa's approach to music, his career, and legacy. For more info, check out Dweezil Zappa's web page on DWEEZILLA.

Acoustic vs. Electric - Which to Start On?

Friday March 5, 2010
Confused as to which type of guitar would be best to learn on? Worry no more - here is all you need to know to help you decide which type of guitar is for you. Includes specific recommendations for beginner guitars. Learn More

Pink Floyd On Electric Shaver & Effects Pedals

Monday March 1, 2010
This is fascinating stuff... someone has gone through the trouble of recreating Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the Machine" using guitars, Electro-Harmonix pedals and electric razors. The results sound pretty convincingly like some classic analog synths.

Free Jakob Dylan MP3

Sunday February 28, 2010
Fans of the Wallflowers will want to download "Nothing But the Whole Wide World," an mp3 from Jakob Dylan's new release Women and Country. If this track is representative of the rest of the album, this marks a major stylistic departure for the younger Dylan.

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