StrumSchool’s CEO, Benjamin Shapiro, has been entered into a contest to win a meeting with Naval Ravikant, a famous technology investor. Ben is currently in a close battle for the top spot and we need your help to push him into the winners circle! Here are the details of the contest and how you can […]

Ever since the dawn of rock and roll, overdrive distortion and guitar pioneers like Vaughn, Hendrix, Clapton, and Page, the world of rock and roll and its legions of fans stood up and took notice. The solo soon became the guitarist’s sole platform for expressing the depths of his or her talents. While one man’s […]

There are several reasons why guitar strings break. It is important to recognize exactly where the strings are typically breaking, so you can get to the root of the problem and keep it from happening again. There are four common types of breaks: bridge breaks, mid-neck breaks, nut breaks, ball end breaks. Bridge Breaks: A […]

The process of creating a guitar begins with wood selection; a quality wood choice contributes to a guitar’s tone and ultimate quality. Rare and exotic woods, while harder to come by in the marketplace, have shown to produce some the finest guitars sold today. For example, a rosewood guitar tends to produce a warmer sound, […]

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Out of all the rock songs in the world, Twice as Hard by the Black Crowes is the one that gets me the most excited about playing the guitar. I love the opening riff, how the nitty and gritty tone of the lead guitar is a perfect complement to the lead singer’s iconic vocal timber and the general IN-YOUR-FACE-ROCK feel.

Ok, so maybe the picture is a little misleading. Truthfully, Andy McKee’s Drifting is an amazing piece of music and a great example of how the guitar can both do many different things and be played many different ways.

No, we did not steal Sheryl Crow’s guitar. Actually, we had it first… so there! Kidding aside, if you watch enough of our videos, you’ll notice that we play the 1968 Gibson Hummingbird most frequently. Why Not only does this guitar have an iconic look, but because of it’s relatively large body, it produces a […]