Your Guitar Needs Humidity! Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke BSEd, MA "songthief" Besides the structural and wood protecting aspect of using a humidifier, there are also sonic benefits.If you're interested in seeing...
What Size is my Ukulele? Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke BSEd, MA "songthief" Ukulele, Ukelele, Uke... All common spellings for the same instrument.Yet really there are at least FOUR different sizes of ukes.When...
Comparing The Two Classics,TI Jazz/Bebop vs D'Addario Chromes If you play jazz, bebop, swing, fusion, surf,just about any non-metal rock electric guitar style,it's quite likely that you find yourself...
Why Guitar Strings Break! Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke BSEd, MA "songthief" Strings Breaking? Let's consider, for a minute, the physical make up of guitar strings. The plain strings, and the core wires of...
Round Core vs Hex Core Guitar Strings Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke BSEd, MA "songthief" Round Core Guitar Strings History The theory of round core wires has roots in violin family instruments and piano/harp...
Mandolin String Winders Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke BSEd, MA 'songthief Letters...I get letters! Well, actually I don't get "letters" I get emails.Well, actually again, those emails contain words which are...
How do Martin's SP Fingerstyle Strings Differ from their Regular SP Strings? by Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke BSEd, MA "songthief" C.F. Martin's new SP Fingerstyle is a regular SP string with it's...
Contact Core Guitar Strings Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke BSEd, MA "songthief" RotoSound, GHS and perhaps a couple of other string makers,produce a string with what is known as "contact core" design.It means...