Welcome to Reference Guitar

I have often found it difficult, even with the mighty power of google, to locate specific information I or our students were looking for concerning guitars, guitar playing, techniques, finger positions, repair, adjustment and so on. I am creating this page to be a resource of links and original articles to make the search a little easier.

For those familiar with my writing (ranting?) you know that I try in all things, to be as brand agnostic as humanly possible. I will do my best to continue that tradition here, but due to the nature of the subject, some bias may creep in. As always, YMMV.

I am undecided about directly linking to wikipedia for certain articles, though I will certainly be happy to include wiki in the references. I would love to hear your thoughts about this in the community forums

I’m not too positive on the site structure, and really not sure I have the categories right, and could use suggestions. So far it is broken down into:

Guitars

Main Article: Guitars

Talking about types of guitars, maybe brands and stuff

Playing Guitar

Main Article: Playing Guitar

What fingers to use when and where, some (eek!) music theory, scales, technique and things

Guitar Tech

Main Article: Guitar Tech

Hopefully some description of common guitar repairs, explanation of design and function of various parts, maybe how to use a soldering iron?

Other Resources

Main Article: Other Resources

Places to learn how to play guitar, software that helps, things like that

The Stage

Main Article: The Stage

Gear and etiquette for the stage? Not really sure yet

The Studio

Main Article: The Studio

Stuff you should know about recording guitar