Essential Guitar Accessories & More!
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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 just above this description!
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