When you first get your guitar, you’re all excited and can’t wait to get playing. Now at first, you’ll feel you’ve got everything you’ll ever need. But soon enough, you’ll discover that there are 5 pieces of guitar gear you should always have spares of!
Guitar Strings
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<center>If you're an acoustic player than D'Addario's are the way to go! </center>
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<center>If you're looking to rock it out with Electric Guitar you can't go wrong with Ernie Ball! </center>
You should always have a packet of strings handy for your guitar – as they can easily break. There are many different brands and types that you can use however my personal preference is D’Addario for Acoustic Guitar or Ernie Ball for Electric Guitar. These are two companies that I trust, and I use on my Guitars. It’s important however to choose the strings that suit your style and preference. No matter which you want, just make sure you always have a set with you at all times.
Tuner
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<center>Many guitarists swear by it, and is really easy for beginners, and electric guitarists! </center>
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<center>Quick and easy. Clip it on tune away! </center>
It’s incredibly important to keep your instrument in tune at all times. This is common knowledge to all musicians however it is equally and almost more important for guitarists to have access to a tuner as they can slip out of tune relatively quickly, especially when knocked or there is a change of humidity and temperature. There are many types of tuners that are available, including various apps such as the Ultimate Guitar App iPhone/Android.
Although apps are useful at a moments notice, it’s helpful to have a physical tuner such as the Eno Clip-on Guitar Tuner. These little tuners are small and clip onto the end of your guitar and can easily and quickly tune your instrument up, alternatively, you can use larger tuners such as the Korg GA-1 Tuner which some guitarists swear on. It is all a matter of preference.
Guitar Picks & Holder
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<center>A useful little tool for when you're on the go. Keeps your couple of pics in one place so you're always ready to play </center>
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<center>A new purchase of mine. So when I'm in the studio. I always at least have one pic available. </center>
Pics are a blessing and a curse of a guitarist, they are fantastic to reduce blisters on your strumming hand when you first start playing, but also they are really easy to lose.
To at least reduce the number of picks lost I’d highly suggest you pick up a pick holder (pun not intended). They are easy to find on Amazon and eBay and often can be bought with a small selection of pics. I bought mine from Amazon here, and they’re stupidly cheap. So if you’re a multi-guitar user like myself, you can purchase one for each guitar and stick them directly to the guitar reducing the risk of losing so many!
Guitar Strap
This is something that is incredibly useful for those who don’t like sitting down for long periods of time. A guitar strap means you don’t have to rely on having a seat whenever you want to play and as my previous post mentions about the benefits of being able to play anywhere and everywhere, the guitar strap does help achieve that goal, whether standing or sitting a Guitar Strap makes it possible!
Capo
When you first start playing the Guitar there are a lot of songs, that are within your reach, however, sometimes there are songs that are in a tricky key or require you to use the dreaded “Barre Chord”. Well, thankfully there is a capo that can help you to “re-key” your guitar. You cant then use open chords to get yourself started and with certain pieces can even make it so you can play along with your favourite tracks! Awesome right? The best ones for the job would be Trigger Capos as they are the easiest to put on and aren’t too pricey if you look around – They’re also less likely to break than the plastic ones.
These five items of guitar gear are something you’ll always want to have handy in your playing
Have a great week and keep on playing!
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