Thought of the day
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Is It Worth Fixing? When to Repair Your Guitar and When to Replace It
The important question isn't simply, "Can it be fixed?" It's "What will I have when it's finished, and what is that worth to me?"
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Who is really manufacturing your guitar strings?
On the string wall at Player’s Gear, you’ll find D’Addario, Ernie Ball, GHS, Martin, Fender, DR, Dunlop’s Reverend Willy’s, and Stringjoy. That’s a... -
The costs you may not be aware of when you buy and sell on Reverb.com whether you are buying or selling
Dissecting Reverb.com's fee structure system. Boring and informative, it gives you the tools to study what buying and selling from you truly cost without spin.
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Metronome part 3--how and when you use it
Legendary session bassist Carol Kaye has a great demonstration of this idea. Kaye played on an enormous number of recordings during the 1960s and b... -
Metronome part 2
Playing by yourself carries the inherent risk of lying to yourself. If you hesitate for half a second while changing chords, or you speed up during... -
Metronome--part 1
Speed is a result of playing your parts correctly. Instead of practicing as fast as you can play, practice as fast as you can play correctly.
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PRS is pretty nice to deal with.
This is a true story about dealing with PRS. Early this year (2026), a customer brought a PRS Acoustic into the shop. The bridge was pulling up an... -
The luthier's knot. Not my favorite. Not even close
The luthier's knot is an elaborate solution to a problem that a properly strung guitar generally doesn't have, and it transfers the inconvenience f... -
Made in Korea
Some of these old Korean guitars sound and play way better than they have any right to, especially considering what they cost.