Sound Gear Articles Tagged Music

You may want to find out how to buy an electric guitar if you decide you want to learn how to play. When you are going to buy an electric...

You can't rock out on a guitar without any strings, so stop pretending to be a folk rock god and learn how to string acoustic guitars. The acoustic guitar strings,...

Learning how to play an electric guitar is a fun and easy way to get involved in making music.  Once you learn the basics, you'll be able to play your...

Learning how to tune an acoustic guitar correctly and efficiently is a necessary skill for any performing or recording guitarist. It can be crucial to group performance, listeners' enjoyment, and...

Need to learn how to change strings on an acoustic guitar? Even if you never have a string break, if you play your acoustic guitar long enough the strings will...

Do you want to know how to change an electric guitar string? Your guitar strings are losing tune, and you know it is time to change one or more of...

Fortunately for the novice guitar enthusiast, learning how to string an acoustic guitar is not extremely difficult. There are certain things you will need to know before you can begin....

Knowing how to string an electric guitar is an essential skill for a musician. Strings, over time, tend to lose their sound and become dull sounding. Plus, if a guitar...

You tuned into MTV or listened to the radio, decided once and for all, you are going to be a guitar god and get all of the girls, luckily the...

You have to learn how to restring an electric guitar.  You want to learn to do this well so that your strings don't go out of tune when you do...

If you have any knowledge of music, you can quickly learn how to play the bass guitar. The bass guitar is similar to a regular guitar except it only has...

If your acoustic guitar sounds horrible when you play it, even when you know you are playing the right cords, you probably just need to learn how to tune your...

The hundreds of choices hanging from the walls leave many of us wondering how to choose an acoustic guitar. If this is your first guitar purchase, the sensory overload will...

Learning how to tune your electric guitar may take some time to master, but there are certainly fewer steps than there are for tuning a piano. The most familiar way...

Knowing how to read bass guitar tabs is an important skill for every bass player. Reading tabs lets you learn how to play many popular songs and also access a...

If you are interested in playing the blues, you might want to know how to find free online blues guitar lessons. It's relatively easy to find free online guitar lessons...

How turntables work may seem simple at first glance, however, there is a complexity to the science involved. The table spins, a small needle rests on the record and plays...

If you've written a few tunes for guitar and you're not sure what to do with them, why not learn how to record acoustic guitar and produce them yourself? This...

If you just ripped into your acoustic guitar like you were Jimi Hendrix and you wound up breaking a string, you don't have to learn how to play without it,...

Wear and tear means that there is a need to know how to add a bias pot to a guitar amplifier. The process has to be done earlier to prevent...

If you love music because of its driving, rhythmic force, you should consider learning how to play electric bass guitar. Though frequently overlooked, the bass plays a key role in...

Need to know how to hook up a mixer to a computer? Hooking an audio mixer up to your personal computer could save you money on studio production. You could...

Learn how to scratch on turntables if you want to become a DJ. Scratching adds to any music when learning the techniques to spinning records. Practice beginner-scratching methods and then...

If you own a belt-driven Technics turntable, you will at one point need to learn how to install a Technics turntable belt. Over time, the rubber these belts are made...

How to make a tackhead banjo sounds easy but can be quite challenging if not done carefully. This musical instrument has an African origin and became popular in the United States...

If your guitar doesn't play or sound like you'd like it to, learn how to set up an acoustic guitar. Is the action too high on your acoustic guitar? Do...

Have you ever wondered how to build a guitar amplifier? Building a guitar amplifier can save money and allow you to get just what you are looking for out of...

Okay, you appreciate vinyl and all, but those records are heavy and you may be wondering how to CDJ instead. CDJs use specialized CD players that have controllers on the...

As all DIY guitarists know, a killer custom axe can be yours if you know how to make your own electric guitar. Whether you know how to cut and route...

If you want to become a master of rock and roll guitar, why not go back to the source and learn how to play blues on an acoustic guitar? Many...

Need to know how to make a Civil War banjo? During the Civil War, thousands of men set out on foot to battlefields across the nation. Without the advances of...

There are several different ways to make your very own, personal, acoustic guitar.  It can be used as a crafty gift idea, or simply to take up an impressive new...

You're interested in the music of Bachata, and you want to play Bachata Bass Guitar. Bachata is native to the Dominican Republic, and uses the rhythms of Meringue as its...

If there were one word to regard above all others when learning how to troubleshoot a guitar amp, it would have to be "carefully." A guitar amp is an intricate,...

Okay, you have got your DJ equipment and are wondering how to set up two turntables with a mixer. This guide you get you up and running in a jiffy,...

Need to know how to make a homemade bass guitar? Maybe you've moved from buying pre-made guitars to experimenting with building guitars yourself; if so, you may want to learn...

Learning how to make a banjo is a great activity for parents and kids alike.  This skill building activity is not only fun and education but the results include an...

You've got a great set of new pickups–the problem is, they're wired to nothing and you need to need to know how to wire an electric guitar. This article will...

Figuring out how to string a banjo is a simple enough process. The five string banjo, the type we'll be looking at in this article, is unique in that four...

Need to know how to connect a Technics SH-8017 equalizer? First, you should realize that the Technics SH-8017 equalizer is a stereo system component that hasn’t been manufactured for more...

If you've ever wondered how to make headphones into speakers, now  you can do it yourself. Speakers can be very expensive and many people don't realize that they might just...

So you're delving into Latin American music and you want to know how to play Bachata on a guitar. Bachata is a musical style native to the Dominican Republic is...

Need to know how to make headphones louder? So, you are at the electronics store trying to figure out which pair of headphones to get. You may want to know...

Headphones are easy to break, but fortunately it is just as easy to learn how to rewire headphones. By learning to rewire headphones you will save yourself money, especially since...

The biggest obstacle when learning how to cut and scratch with Virtual DJ is learning the timing of the program. Virtual DJ is a good software to use when DJing. Virtual...