Essential Guitar Accessories & More!
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Intermediate Guitar Rhythm
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Amazing Grace- Build-a-Break
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Alternating Thumb Fingerstyle- Lesson #1
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Black Mountain Rag in C
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Gear from this lesson
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Paige 6-String Acoustic Guitar Capo - Nickel
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Snark ST-8 Super Tight RE Chromatic All Instrument Tuner
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D'Addario Acoustic Guitar Humidifier
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Ben Clark Leader ·
https://banjobenclark.com/lessons/essential-guitar-accessories-more-guitar-beginner What are the must-haves to start playing guitar? What’s the best value? Jake walks us through the essentials, and also a few options & upgrades for when you’re ready! Don’t forget to check out the vids for banjo and mandolin as well! Simply click on the links beneath the video window above.
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Harrison Smith ·
C’mon Ben, your just trying to sell stuff. Seriously though, great series, Maybe I should get one of them humidifyer things.
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Ben Clark Leader ·
As a man who makes a living by selling stuff, I’m guilty as charged. However, THE most common question I receive via email or down at the store is: What do I need to get started playing an instrument? I hope these vids help folks answer that question.
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Mike Reisz ·
I was kind of hoping the video would explain to my wife why I NEED another guitar.
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Jeffrey Watts ·
My buddy hopes that if he dies before his wife, that she doesn’t sell his instruments for what he told her he paid for them.
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Ben Clark Leader ·
You just have her call me and I’ll close the deal.
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Jenni Gribble ·
Gosh, I wish I knew about those tone guards before I made a couple of nicks in the back of my Martin
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Ben Clark Leader ·
Ouch, sorry about that @Jenni! Glad to see you here on the forum!
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Jeff Wilson ·
Welcome Jenni! There’s a lot of good helpful info here on the forum… and some not so helpful but it’s all in good fun!
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Jim McAlister ·
Do you ever discuss Classical Nylon strings vs Regular Steel string
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Ben Clark Leader ·
No, I don’t, simply because they aren’t very relevant in the bluegrass world.
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Sam Campbell ·
do you still use capos on electric guitars?
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Ben Clark Leader ·
Yeah, folks do at times if they’re needing to get certain open string sounds, but it’s less common for sure.
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jerry bronkhorst ·
Love my martins too,
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james stuffy ·
Are alvarez guitars good,Ben?
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Ben Clark Leader ·
They can be, yep! I’ve played some Yairis that were great: https://alvarezguitars.com/yairi/
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jerry narlock ·
Hey Ben! Would you mind posting the lick that Jake does in the beginning of the lesson preview? I would appreciate it
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Michael Mark Leader ·
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Mike Reisz ·
Dim7 arpeggio. I didn’t see that one coming. I had to go back and watch the video for it. Nicely done!
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jerry narlock ·
Thank you so much Michael Mark for doing that! I’m excited to learn it