What better way to commemorate a whopping 140 years in business than getting our very own Martin Custom Shop guitar? Lewis Eady Guitar Specialist Ed talks us through the exciting process of designing this piece of history.
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Lewis Eady is celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2020!
Keep your instrument in tip-top shape with these handy tips from Piano Guy Michael and Guitar Guy Ed!
But are you sure it’s a guitar?
This is ‘Ukulele 101’ (correctly pronounced OOH-koo-LAY-lay) by Lewis Eady Retail Manager and multi-instrumentalist Ed Castelow.
Lewis Eady Retail Manager and go-to guitar guy Ed reminisces about his 'lightning moment' with the guitar leading to a lifelong fascination and love for the instrument and shares his insights for to-be learners.
I get a lot of people coming into the showroom looking for their first guitar and asking how much they need to spend to get a good sound. I always preface my answer with another question… “Do you know the difference between a laminated and solid top guitar?"
In this post I’ll be talking about the basic differences and rudimental components...
There is something completely lulling about the tone of a nylon string guitar softly plucked with just your fingers. To the untrained ear a guitar is a guitar, steel string or nylon. It’s just 6 strings on a funny shaped box. But take it from me, if you have the chance to listen to a slow tasteful passage played on a nylon string guitar by someone who cares, you will be transfixed and caressed in equal measure. In a live setting this isn’t always easy to do, amplifying an acoustic instrument and recreating it’s tone is somewhat of a dark art, but luckily we have companies such as Fishman and Shadow that are designing and innovating the ways that you can recreate authentic acoustic tone in the amplified realm...