Many of the most influential songs of the last 60 years have one thing in common. They were played on a 12 string guitar! With many beginners picking up a guitar for the first time wanting to play their favorite music, wanting to buy the best 12 string guitar for beginners is a natural step […]
Do you travel a lot? Are you looking for an electric guitar for your child? Do you have exceptionally small hands that make full size guitars hard to play? Getting your hands on the best mini electric guitar you can might just be a perfect option for you! While not perfect for everyone, 3/4 guitars […]
Banjos are a fairly loud instrument naturally. What do you do when you need to make them louder? You make them electric! Just like we have for many other banjo variations, we shopped around for the best electric banjo so you don’t have to! As the banjo gains widespread acceptance many popular bands have started […]
Let’s face it. The world was made for right-handed people in mind. This is especially true when talking about music instruments, with almost all instruments being made for righty’s. With that in mind, we wanted to look out for the best left-handed banjo currently on the market. Luckily many of the best manufacturers have started […]
There are SO many stringed instruments out there, many new musicians aren’t certain of the differences between them. The guitar is so well known and popular most people can pick them out, but some of the others, not so much. The banjo, the mandolin, and even ukuleles are often confused. This article focuses on the […]
Picking out a banjo can be difficult, especially for a beginner or intermediate player. You’ve got different lengths, styles and string counts. Even once you narrow it down to a 4-string banjo, you have options. When choosing the best 4 string banjo you still have a wide number of options available to you! We like […]
The baritone ukulele is a little bit of an outlier in the uke family of instruments. It is quite a bit bigger than the other three standard sizes, sounds out with quite a bit more bass than the others and not as much bright, fun sound the uke is known for. Standard baritone ukulele tuning […]
As a new ukulele player, every instructional video you come across will refer to either ukulele string notes or uke string numbers to teach the lesson. That’s great, unless you’re not yet familiar with the names and numbers of each string! In this article we will explain the names and numbers of the different strings, […]
It is important as a budding musician to learn the easy things first. Not only will you make noticeable progress faster but you’ll enjoy the journey too. We would never recommend a beginner to try to play a song with 12 different chords, difficult chord progressions or ask them to fingerpick, or even to play […]
As a beginner on any instrument you are going to want to play songs as quickly as possible. This article will give you a handful of easy banjo songs to start your journey with! These easy banjo songs are great for clawhammer banjos, bluegrass jamming, learning scruggs style, and many more techniques and types of […]