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Guitar Neck Profiles: The Complete Guide to Guitar Neck Shapes

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A complete guide to guitar neck profiles, including what neck profiles actually are; the different types of guitar neck shape; and the typical profiles for a variety of models and manufacturers…

On this page, you’ll find a complete guide to the guitar neck, covering everything from profiles, radiuses, materials, construction methods, and much more.

You’ll not only discover the meaning of the multiple terms used to describe a guitar’s neck, but also how these specifications combine to influence a guitar’s playability.

A complete beginner’s guide to starting classical guitar. This page sets out to answer any questions you may have about learning classical guitar, whether you’re completely new to guitar playing or if you already play either electric or acoustic guitar.

Stage fright is a primitive physical response to a frightening situation. Your stone-age ancestor felt the same rush of adrenaline, the same crippling anxiety, trembling and shortness of breath when confronted by a saber-tooth tiger.

The stone-age you would have used this adrenaline burst either to slay the saber-tooth tiger or to run away.

When you’re a guitarist confronting an audience, those options aren’t appropriate (however tempting), so how do you channel your flood of adrenaline productively?

In this article, we suggest practical tips on how to overcome stage fright, ranging from breathing exercises to eating a banana (really).

On this page, you’ll find 10 proven ways to get better at guitar. If you follow any one of the suggestions below, it’s almost guaranteed that your guitar playing will improve!

Over the course of their multi-decade spanning career, Genesis released fifteen studio albums, as well as numerous live and compilation albums.

Known both as progressive rock titans and as chart-topping, stadium-filling pop-rockers, the band Genesis means many different things to many different types of music fans.

In this article, we delve into the band’s studio recordings, ranking and reviewing the top ten best Genesis albums. We also provide a detailed list of the group’s entire studio discography.

Whether you’re new to Genesis, or a seasoned fan wishing to compare our rankings with your own, read on to explore some of the most exciting, innovative and moving music ever made…

On this page we take a look at the albums of Frank Zappa, one of the most influential names not just in rock, but also in modern classical music. We rank ten of Zappa’s best-regarded albums and provide background and listening information for each.

A complete guide to punk guitar: gear, techniques, famous punk guitarists and example tracks.

A complete guide to surf guitar, covering: history, artists, classic tracks, and the gear and techniques you’ll need to get the classic surf guitar sound.