One of the best ways to learn an instrument is to figure out the solos of the musicians you love by listening to them. I would be a better guitarist if I followed my own advice. Before I was born there were musicians who wore out 78 rpm records playing…
The tenth anniversary of danlovesguitars.com is today, Wednesday, 2020-07-08. Ten years ago, I hadn’t quite fully retired but was no longer working as a scientist, the profession I had been in for most of my adult life. I was doing a lot of writing and looking for something to occupy…
I recently wrote how I was trying to talk myself out of purchasing another resonator guitar. It didn’t work. I am now the owner of a Gretsch G9240 Alligator resonator guitar and I couldn’t be happier. Here’s a review of the instrument. The Alligator is a wood-bodied, single cone, biscuit…
Today I’m giving you some listening suggestions for music made on single-cone, biscuit bridge, or tricone resonator guitars. No square neck lap steel dobro music today. I’ve been listening to a lot of slide and fingerstyle acoustic blues guitar lately. One of the frustrating things I’ve discovered is the search…
The topic of today’s post is to discuss factors to be considered when buying a resonator guitar. I’ve discussed much of this previously because I love resonator guitars. But the goal of this article is to talk myself out of purchasing another resonator. Let’s start with the answer to a…
I purchased a Morrell 6-String Pro lap steel guitar after the Recording King lap steel I attempted to buy was back-ordered beyond my patience to wait. I am fairly happy with the Morrell guitar, but not entirely so. There was a slight hum when I played the guitar through any…
I’ve been playing a lot of electric guitar lately, including my new lap steel guitar and I’ve got to say, my amps sound great. I sold my Fender Princeton Reverb (and two other amps) before moving south. I kept only two small solid state amps and once I was settled…
I’ve been putting off adjusting the action on my wood bodied tricone resonator guitar. The action has been on the high side of acceptable since I purchased the Royal guitar from Imperial Guitars. Then, last week, an internal post came loose after changing the tuning. I couldn’t have the post…
A general rule for guitarists who want to change from standard to an opening tuning is to tune down for acoustic guitar and up for electric. The two most popular open tunings, especially for slide, are Spanish and Vestapol, named after tunes once popularly played in those tunings. Spanish tuning…
I’m getting a lap steel guitar soon. I can’t wait. In the meantime, I’ll share some information regarding steel guitars. This is what makes a guitar a Steel Guitar A steel is a name for the metal slide used when playing guitar horizontally, e.g. on your lap. Thus, any guitar…
