The CAGED System Demystified: Unlock the Entire Fretboard
The five open chord shapes — C, A, G, E, and D — are the key to playing anything in any position on the neck. Learn how the CAGED system connects chords, scales, and the entire fretboard.
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Why Guitar Sight Reading Is Hard (And What To Do About It)
Read Time 5 MinutesIf you’ve ever watched a pianist sit down with a piece of sheet music they’ve never seen and play it clean the first time, you might have wondered why guitarists seem to struggle so much more with the same skill. It’s not a matter of intelligence or dedication. The guitar has a […]
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Creating Emotional Impact with the Blues Scale
Taking Your Blues Playing from “Meh” to Mind-Blowing
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Guitar Keeps Going Flat? Try This.
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Does your guitar keep going flat? Here’s a simple remedy if you’ve tried everything else and it continues to happen.
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Pedal Chain Basics: The Pedal Order
Continuing his series of pedal chain articles, Doug Knight takes a look at the order of pedals and recommends a tried and true order to get you started.
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Pedal Signal Chain Basics: Bypass, Buffered, And Effects Loop
Find out what the difference is between bypass and buffered guitar pedals, and more about your effects loop.
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Effect Pedal Chains – Signal Basics
Doug Knight takes on the topic of taste – guitar effect pedal chains – and demystifies some facts about signal chains that may shape your pedal layout.
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Late Night DIY: Repairing Minor Dents In Your Guitar
Doug Knight demonstrates a surprisingly simple technique to cover up and repair minor dents that your guitar may have accrued from years of use and abuse.
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Late Night DIY: Installing a Seven-Way Switch on Your Strat
Doug Knight digs into a Stratocaster to install a switch that gives his guitar a total of seven pickup settings. Check this out to see how this can be done.
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Late Night DIY: Building a Cable Snake Part 2
In this issue of Doug Knight’s DIY projects, Doug, along with his wife, sew together a cable snake to keep your keep your cables safe and organized.
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