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Behind the Nut Playing
Published on 05/30/2010 by Dewayne | 958 views.
This is where you'll want to place your finger.
While watching the "Where the Light Is" John Mayer concert, I noticed something interesting that he was doing with his guitar. Mixed in among his usual playing was, he was playing above the nut on the guitar. This is actually a fairly easy trick and I’m rating this as ‘beginner’ level.
So, let’s do this. Of course, you can’t do this trick if you have a locking nut like on a Jackson, but if you have a Strat or another open-nut electric guitar - then you can do this, and it makes the entire string vibrate (while played open).
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r/Guitar Survey Results
Published on 05/08/2010 by Elwood | 903 views.A week ago I gave out a survey at r/Guitar. I asked the following questions:
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Published on 05/07/2010 by Elwood | 334 views.Relative Tuning Techniques
Published on 05/01/2010 by Elwood | 319 views.Did you know you can still tune your guitar if you don't have a tuner? You can use a method called relative tuning, which will make your strings sound harmonious together, although you should only do this if your playing by yourself. There are two popular ways of tuning relatively.
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