What is a guitar pickup switch (or pickup selector switch)? / October 26, 2017 by The School of Feedback Guitar

There are all sorts of options you have as a guitarist without ever having to resort to guitar pedals or fancy electronics. This post gets into one of the most fundamental ways to affect your tone on your guitar: Your guitar pickup switch.

Let's jump in!

What do the dots on a guitar neck mean? / October 19, 2017 by The School of Feedback Guitar

The dots on the guitar neck are visual references. They help you jump to a different part of the neck quickly, easily, and with accuracy.

For example, if you were playing Tunnels by the Arcade Fire, you might play a power chord on the 1st fret followed by a power chord on the 10th fret. The dots, being visual references, make a nine fret jump a bit easier.

The rest of this post will go over all the details of the dots on a guitar neck, what they mean, and how you can use them to augment your guitar fun. Let's hit it...

What is a guitar pickup? / October 5, 2017 by The School of Feedback Guitar

To grossly over-simplify, guitar pickups are permanent magnets that are coiled with copper embedded underneath the guitar strings on your guitar.

These coiled magnets create a magnetic field which then detects disturbances in the movements of the strings and transfers that signal to an amp.

If your eyes are glazing over, I empathize. Seriously, I do. The rest of this post will clear up the mystery of guitar pickups. Let's hit it.

What are the parts of a guitar, of an electric guitar? / August 3, 2017 by The School of Feedback Guitar

Although it's not totally necessary to know the parts of the electric guitar when you learning, there is no harm in it either. Perhaps knowing the parts of your electric guitar in detail would help you get more engaged with the instrument.

This post will go over all of the parts of an electric guitar, and it comes with high-resolution pictures, too.