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TIK PIK guitar picks don’t suck your blood but they do stick to you and your guitar!

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NEWS – No guitar player on the planet hasn’t dropped a pick at least once (or dozens of times). TIK PIKs have been designed to make it much harder to drop your guitar pick because they feature a nano-suction pad on both sides of the pick to give it a non-slip grip. But that’s not […]

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Here’s the most unique guitar accessory that you’ve ever seen!

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NEWS – When was the last time you thought it would be cool to play your guitar like a violin or a cello? How about never right? Well now that I’ve put that idea in your head, you’ll be interested in knowing that the Pickaso Bow will give you a new way to play your

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If you got a guitar for Christmas, check out these picks!

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NEWS – Did you get a guitar as a holiday gift this year? If so, you’ll probably want some guitar picks and I think these picks from Bog Street are worth looking at for their unique features. As you can see, the picks have a hole in the center as well as specially engineered contoured

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Acoustik Attak review – Technical guitar picks that add unique qualities to your sound

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REVIEW – Guitar news typically focuses on the artists themselves (and why shouldn’t it) or the core equipment (guitars, amps, strings, pedals). However, there is an unsung component that rarely gets mentioned… the guitar pick. It could be that it’s just taken for granted, relegated to band merchandising or that everyone assumes a pick is

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Thumb rings might look weird, but this one makes music

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NEWS – Guitar players can take their music to the next level with the Guitar Ring from Muca. It might look like an ordinary ring that has been designed to be worn on your thumb, but it’s actually a percussive instrument. Check out the video below to see/hear what I mean. The Muca website doesn’t

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This guitar stool/stand is for the guitarist with deep pockets

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This beautiful stool with built-in guitar stand is handmade in the US by fillingham, an Etsy store.  The Guitar Stool/Guitar Stand is made to order from “wood, walnut, ash, felt, cork, and yacht braid.”  fillingham says:  “Hardwood surfaces (walnut and ash) are finished with a custom, hand rubbed finish that improves with age and use.

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D’Addario’s NS Micro tuner keeps shrinking

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I’ve been using D’Addario NS Micro clip-on tuners on all of my ukuleles for a few years now because they are small enough to leave on the head stocks of my instruments without getting in the way of my playing or when the ukuleles are stored in their cases. D’Addario have a new version of

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IK Multimedia iRig acoustic guitar microphone review

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I’ve been playing acoustic guitar for more than 40 years. Same guitar, but I’m hopefully a little better for the years of practice. A decade or so ago, I had my guitar retrofitted with an internal pickup, since I was playing regularly into a sound system. Recently, however, I’m more interested in getting that sound

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Enjoy playing your unplugged electric guitar without an amp

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You’ve probably seen analog speakers for phones, and tablets that amplify sound not by electronic speakers, but by routing sound waves through a plastic funnel type device. Now you can do the same thing for your electric guitar. The DelSonix clip on guitar amplifier is a specially designed “speaker” for your electric guitar that doesn’t

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Luna Guitars gives you a free USB upgrade with your purchase of their acoustic/electric guitars

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My husband, Butch, has helped me review a few methods of directly recording guitar music into music-recording software.  Some methods required an interface between the guitar and the computer with the software, and he also reviewed the Squier by Fender Strat guitar with the USB interface built in.  Both methods worked well, but having the

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The last guitar tuner you’ll ever need

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Many guitar tuners have graced the pages of The Gadgeteer over the years, but the Roadie is possibly the new benchmark and the only one you’ll want in your gig bag.  It is a Kickstarter-funded creation that pairs a handheld auto tuner–the Roadie device itself– with a corresponding mobile app.  With the app you can

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