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Kaki King is an awesome player and has a very unique tapping style. Her music is still evolving and her first CD was a bit indulgent for my taste with the songs not really having proper structures. She is working on a second CD (according to her dad) that is a lot more grown up in the composition of...

As mentioned above, it depends on the style of music you are playing. I would agree about saving up for an all tube amp if you can, they are warmer. Personally, I am lucky enought to own a Mesa Boogie Calibre 50+. I have had it 10 years now and it is just excellent for the music I play. I have only ...

There is a lot of really good advice in the other posts. I have been playing for over 25 years and really found myself in a rut, not wanting to practice or play. I joined a new band where the other musicians were of a higher standard to me and I have had to raise my game to keep up with them. We are...

Hey Thespian. I didn't mean that I thought you were arrogant, au contraire, it was someone else who had only just registered here and was claiming to be the fountain of all knowledge in a sort of "I'm better than you lot" type of way. I was apologising for "ranting". Next time I'll just have a moan!...

I agree with MWR. Learn both. I bitterly regret only learning with a pick. I can play fingerstyle to a limited degree but wish it were better. You do have a third option. A thumb pick. These really take some getting used to but adds yet another weapon to the arsenal. If you get chance to see an acou...

No tab book is going to be 100% accurate even if it is approved by the artist themselves. I recently saw an interview with Tommy Emmanuel about the transcriptions of his tab book for the album Only. He checked and approved all the tab but would only say that it was correct at the time it was publish...

This subject is often discussed on http://www.acousticguitar.com in the forum. Look under Gear and do a search. It really seams to be the holy grail of guitar playing, how to get a real acoustic sound when playing live or recording. There are guys on that forum who have been trying for years and hav...

This is far too much of an emotive subject. Greatest ever guitarist? What style? Acoustic, electric? Everyone has their favourites and it is all personal taste. I could give you a list of maybe 20 or more guitarists that I personally like to listen to, with 4 or 5 that I would like to be able to pla...

And for any of you who may have over looked Ani DiFranco, you MUST check out her music, you will not be dissapointed. This is one very talented lady!

Other than the obvious practice, practice and yet more practice, the best tip I can give you form years of playing is that "less is more". Some of the best solos are simple to play but have so much feeling you could fill a bucket (or is that a pale!). Listen to players like BB King who plays a lot o...

I agree. A great paper, I think and A+ is in order :D I also learnt a great deal, not only about the man himself but the meaning behind songs as well. It encouraged me to look for some of the full articles that were mentioned to find out more. I also didn't realise he spent some time in Cambridge in...

Welcome to the boards. Like you, I am a newbie here as well and agree that the peeps do seem pretty laid back. I am slso a big CC fan especially the live acoustic based stuff. I also have to admit to liking the earlier JM stuff, purely from a guitar playing perspective. His later stuff IMHO has beco...

Cheers guys. Thanks for the welcome. I do my best to educate the Brits in the music of DMB. He is starting to get known a little better now. You will now find CDs and DVDs in the record stores whereas you used to only be able to get them from Amazon or e-Bay. Like all the Brit fans, I am waiting for...

I am new to the forum and I am not sure if this is the right play to say hi, but Hi anyway. Discovered DMB about 3 years ago and this site very recently. I have been playing guitar a looooong time and play in a function / wedding band doing covers of all sorts of stuff. Unfortunately DM is not as we...

Someone mentioned Celtic stuff. Some of the greatest exponents of the acoustic guitar play in DADGAD and other alternate tunings. Check out Martin Simpson, Pierre Bensusan, El McMeeen, Michael Hedges et al. There is a book and CD called Ramble to Cashiel (sp?) that has loads of great tunes as long a...