Steven Bandaragoda

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This guitar is unique, but it has a killer sound for blues as well as other guitar styles. There’s a lot of different sounds you can get out of it thanks to all the switches on the guitar. I love this guitar as the neck is very comfortable and you can hit the higher notes due to the cutaway on the instrument. This instrument is smaller than some guitars so you can really dig in and hit all those bluesy bends and cool runs. I think this is a good choice for anyone that wants to play blues as well as other guitar styles.

Before you buy your blues-based guitar you have several things that you need to keep in mind. Most guitars are going to require a little bit of set up before they play as well as you would like them to play. Here's a few tips to keep your guitar sounding great and to make it more playable for blues-based music.

The first thing you need to understand is that your guitar may need a bit of a setup. For example, the action on many guitars that ship from the factory may not be how you like it to be. You can change this by raising and lowering the strings. The action simply refers to how easy strings are to play and how far they are from the fretboard. In general, strings other closer to the fretboard are easier to play when you want to do faster guitar playing. When the strings are farther away from the fretboard, it's easier to bend notes which is perfect for blues-based playing. As a blues player myself, I would recommend that you have the string action at a medium height away from the fretboard because this makes it much easier to dig in and do the bends that are required for blues-based music. When the strings are at a medium height, you'll find it easier to grip them with your fingers so they can push them and bend them in the appropriate way.

Another thing you'll have to consider is the intonation of the guitar. This is how well this guitar sounds up and down the neck. A guitar that is not properly intimated won't sound in tune higher up the fretboard. A guitar technician can set the intonation for you as this can be a bit of a picky process to do yourself. If you know how to do it, then you can just intimate the guitar on your own. Most guitars will ship from the factory with the intonation pretty close, but in some cases you may need to adjust it a little bit so that the instrument plays a little bit better and sounds better higher up the neck.

The neck and general will usually not need to be adjusted, but in some cases a small adjustment can change things for you. If the neck has a bit of a warp in it you can straighten this out by adjusting the neck truss rod. You should not do this unless you know what you're doing because you might cause more problems with the neck. When you adjust a truss rod you should only make a half turn adjustment with your Allen wrench and then see how the guitar plays the next day. Small neck adjustments can make a difference in how the instrument plays and can loosen up things such as stiffness which make it harder to bend notes.

Your guitar should play fairly well straight from the factory, but these small simple tips can make a big difference in how well the guitar plays. In general, lower-cost instruments will need a bit more adjustment than the ones that are at a higher price. If you have any questions or concerns about your instrument, take it to a guitar tech and then you'll be able to make adjustments for you so the instrument sounds and plays better then it might straight from the factory.

Pickups

Pickups that ship with most guitars are generally quite good. You'll get better pickups if you buy an expensive instrument. The pickups that ship with lower-cost instruments may need to be replaced because they can be a sticking point in the overall sound of the instrument. By changing the pickups to ones that haven't higher output, you can make your guitar sound a lot better. For blues-based music for example, you may want a different type of pick up that has a certain sound for that type of music. There's many different pickups to choose from so I won't go into that amount of detail here. Both single coil pickups and humbucking pickups sound great for blues-based music. The single coils maybe a little bit better for blues music that is cleaner with less Distortion while the humbuckers tend to make the music sing a little bit better when it comes to more distorted blues-based music.

Strings

It's really a matter of choice in the type of string that you use for your blues-based music. The best gauge for blues music is going to be 010s. This is because this gauge of string is heavier than the normal 009s and the guitar will have a little bit more punch. The lower gauges will be easier to bend but they won't have as much punch when it comes to blues-based music. If you're playing a lot of complex rhythms in your blues, heavier strings are going to make the notes ring out better. Some guitar players such as the great Stevie Ray Vaughan used very heavy strings for their blues music, but you don't have to go this route if you don't want to. You should use strings that are comfortable for you and your fingers.

Once you have a blues guitar, there's a few other things that you need to consider in terms of the music you wish to create. Here's a bit of a guide to help you make the best blues-based music possible.

The type of amplifier you get will be up to you, but the best amplifier for blues music is going to be the older tube style amplifiers because they just sound better for this type of music. Older tube amplifiers from Marshall, Fender, and similar companies make excellent blues amps. There's also a lot of green amplifiers on the current market that you can choose from for blues music.  Solid-state amplifiers can sound close to a tube amplifier, they just don't sound quite as good as a regular tube amplifier may sound. If you can't afford a tube amplifier, a solid-state amplifier is a good option because you will get some nice sounds out of it for blues music. Fender make some excellent solid-state amplifiers that are perfect for blues-based music. There's also other amplifiers you can get that are called amp modelers. These amplifiers reproduce the sounds of older amplifiers and the most popular amplifiers on the market, these amps have come a long way in recent years and now sound quite good for all types of music. With amplifiers you need to experiment a lot to find a sound that you like. One amplifier that sounds great to your friend, may not sound that great to you. The amplifier is a very personal choice just like a guitar, so don't be afraid to experiment to get the sound that you like.

Like regular guitar music, you can use pedals for blues-based music. The best way to use pedals for blues bass music is to use things such as a wah-wah, chorus, and an overdrive pedal. In general, you don't want to use pure distortion pedals because they simply produce too much Distortion which is it used to a wide it degree in blues-based music. A nice overdrive pedal can give you the sound that you want. You can experiment with different overdrive pedals. There's several models on the market that are catered directly to blues-based players so you might want to check those out. For example, the Boss company produces the Boss Blues Driver which is an excellent pedal for any type of blues music.

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