Here is another tutorial that I made. Another OPM popular song by Yeng Constantino, entitled "Hawak Kamay". Click the button below to download the guitar tablature that I have written. The TABs include the lyrics and chords.
I hope you like this one and you were able to learn from this tutorial.
I tested the 3 types of Tusq guitar picks in this video, the white as bright, vintage as warm, and charcoal as deep. This test also includes various thickness of Tusq picks. I compared the picks by drop test and actual guitar picking and strumming. You can hear the difference in tone using each type of picks. Please check out my video.
I replaced the set of strings of my Seagull S6 Original acoustic guitar with Elixir Nanoweb Light Phosphor Bronze strings. I also made comparison between the original strings and Elixir strings on my guitar by playing the guitar before and after replacement. Please watch the video to hear the difference in tone.
A simple review of Recording King RDH-05 Acoustic guitar, Dirty Thirties Series.
Info from Manufacturer:
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Dirty 30's Dreadnought Solid Top
The Dirty 30's Dust Bowl-inspired Dreadnought is meant to sound great wherever the road takes you. With a solid top and old-style matte sunburst finish, it sits at the perfect crossroads of classic sound and vintage design. Like the original Montgomery Ward mail order guitars in the first half of the century, the Dirty 30's Dreadnought is the perfect companion for singer-songwriters, folk stylists or traveling troubadours. All Dirty 30's guitars start with a solid Spruce top and rosewood fretboard, with bone nut and saddle. Recording King finished each guitar with classic extra-large fretboard dots, aged ivoroid body binding, satin sunburst finish, vintage-style tuning keys and historic Recording King headstock. The Dirty 30's series packs excellent playability and historic vibe into an retro-inspired package that makes vintage style accessible to every player.
SPECIFICATIONS:
MODEL: RDH-05
BODY SHAPE: Dreadnought
TOP MATERIAL: Solid Spruce
BACK MATERIAL: White Wood
SIDE MATERIAL: White Wood
TOP BRACING PATTERN: Forward X-Bracing
TOP BRACES: Scalloped
NECK MATERIAL: Nato
NECK PROFILE: Contemporary "C"
NECK JOINT: Dovetail
FRETBOARD MATERIAL: Rosewood
SCALE LENGTH: 25.4"
# OF FRETS CLEAR: 14
# OF FRETS TOTAL: 20
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1-11/16"
HEADSTOCK OVERLAY: Rosewood
HEADSTOCK INLAY: Recording King Decal
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style, Plastic Button
BODY BINDING: Ivory
ROSETTE: Classic Style
TOP PURFLING: None
FRETBOARD INLAYS: Classic Extra-Large
FRETBOARD BINDING: None
BRIDGE MATERIAL: Rosewood
BRIDGE SHAPE: Straight
SADDLE: Bone
BRIDGE PINS & ENDPIN: Ivory Plastic
PICKGUARD: None
FINISH: Satin Sunburst
ELECTRONICS: None
This video shows a simple demo of Snark SN5 clip-on tuner. This tuner uses headstock vibration to pickup the frequency of the string being tuned. It is very easy to use and accurate. It has clear and colored display for easy reading. This tuner does not pickup the sound so it is very useful in a noisy environment, such as gig.
In this video, I reviewed and demo an Ashton D25 acoustic guitar. This guitar is Australian design and being made in China. The guitar includes a built-in tuner which is quite handy to keep the guitar in perfect tune. I compared the built-in tuner with clip-on tuner and they both gave same results.
Guitar Specifications:
- Dreadnought body shape
- Spruce Top
- Sapele Back and Sides
- Rosewood Fingerboard
- Dovetail Neck Joint
- Chrome Die Cast Machine Heads
- with Built-in Electronic Tuner
I compared my 3 guitar picks (Tusq, Alice and Dunlop) in this video. I showed drop test for three picks and played the guitar using these there picks one after another. You are welcome to watch the video and hear the tone difference between these guitar picks.
Here is the most requested song for guitar fingerstyle tutorial, Forevermore by Side A Band. I have also written tabs for this song.
About the band, Side A is a band from the Philippines which was formed on year 1985. The band is well recognized in the country and became popular in the 80s to 2000s. The band single "Forevermore" became one of their hit songs. This song was also sang by international artist David Archuleta.
