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Performance Tip from Bruce Buckingham: Why Guitarists Should Read Music
I never use tablature. Especially with jazz guitar students, I discourage them from using it. All the energy you put in learning tablature, you could be putting into learning to read music. You have to remember, tablature is just a guitar thing that the rest of the...
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Student Profile: Jesse Peery
Jesse Peery has been building things his entire life, first while growing up on his family’s East Tennessee farm and later as a mechanical engineer. But there’s always more to learn about what makes things work, which is what led him to Guitar Craft Academy. "I enjoy...
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Practicing Tip from Ryan Madora: Self-Motivation
The most difficult part about practicing is physically sitting down to do it. We all have obligations, work, families, and social engagements that easily get in the way. Suddenly, another week goes by without any progress. I think it’s important to figure out how to...
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Student Spotlight: Brandt Jewell
Brandt Jewell jokes that he's the black sheep of his family. Although his family members aren’t musical at all, he says he found himself drawn to guitar from an early age. After hearing an iPod commercial featuring the U2 song “Vertigo,” Brandt decided he wanted...
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Tech Tip from Mark Lacey: How to Repair a Back Bowed Guitar Neck
(Mark Lacey is an instructor at Guitar Craft Academy Nashville and the owner of Lacey Guitars.) Ideally, a guitar neck should have a small amount of forward relief, approximately 0.008 inch, so that the strings won’t buzz on the frets. Back bow usually occurs when...
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Tech Tip from Dave Johnson: Steaming Out the Heel of an OM-18
(Dave Johnson is an instructor at Guitar Craft Academy Nashville and the owner of Scale Model Guitars in Nashville.) I'm currently working on a restoration of a 1931 Martin OM-18 for Carter Vintage Guitars in Nashville. This job will include a neck...
read moreLuthiery Student Profile: Minghao Zhu
If you're trying to learn guitar repair, lessons on the internet can only get you so far. For Minghao Zhu, 32, the desire to deepen his understanding of luthiery led him all the way from his hometown of Guangzhou, China, to Nashville to attend Guitar Craft Academy....
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Tech Tip from Marty Lanham: Stay Humidified
(Marty Lanham is an instructor at Guitar Craft Academy Nashville.) As the summer ends and we prepare for cooler weather, it's important to pay attention to the effect that heat in our homes can have on acoustic instruments. Low humidity can cause instrument...
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Student Spotlight: Nicholas Worch
After picking up the drums at age 9, Nicholas Worch quickly realized that drum kits aren’t the most portable instruments. Yet, when he switched to guitar a few years later, his drum style became an influence on his chugging, beat-driven guitar playing,...
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Product Spotlight: Premium Tool Kit from Music Nomad
If you're looking for a comprehensive guitar maintenance and repair tool kit, Music Nomad's Premium Guitar Tech Screwdriver and Wrench Set is a great choice. It's designed specifically for guitars and comes with 18 screwdriver bits, 7 hex wrench sizes, a...
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