I’ve been asked “what do you charge” more times than I’ve been asked to tune up before a set, and for years I gave a different answer every time, which is its own kind of problem. What finally settled it for me wasn’t a pep talk about knowing your worth. It was looking at what two different pricing structures actually do to your night, your relationship with the venue, and your bank account, and picking the one that fits the room you’re walking into. The … Read the article
I’ve set up more cheap acoustics on my kitchen table than I can count, mostly for younger players who bought based on looks or a salesperson’s … Read the article
Every few months somebody at a gig asks me to show them “that fancy fingerpicking thing” and points at my right hand like it’s doing something … Read the article
Every guitar store clerk has told some version of the same story: get a dreadnought first, that’s the “standard” shape, you can grow into it. I … Read the article
The belief: your acoustic guitar has to live at 45-50% relative humidity, and if the reading drops below that, the wood is about to crack. The … Read the article
The acoustic string wall is a bad place to make a decision. Twenty near-identical packages, all promising warmth and brightness in the same breath, and no … Read the article
Most guitars that get described as “hard to play” are not badly built. They are badly set up, and the owner has been compensating with their … Read the article
