I know there are a lot of people who just love walking into a guitar store and everything about the experience. For me however, there’s always been an element of anxiety to pulling a guitar off the wall (or even worse, having to ask an employee to do so for me!) and thinking of what to noodle on it. Even though I know no one is watching me or cares at all about what I’m playing, I feel self conscious and my mind tends to forget that I’ve ever played a guitar in my life. Through the years though, I’ve learned some techniques that have helped make this a more fun and less anxiety producing experience. Learn my top tips in this blog!

For the past few years, I have gotten increasingly into learning about production, home recording, and mixing. In this blog, I want to show you what’s been worth the splurge and what I would put lower on my priority list for building a home recording studio!

In this blog, I’m going to help you find your perfect beginner electric guitar! Playing electric is so incredibly fun, and starting with a great guitar will help you sound good so you stay movivated!

In this blog, I wanted to give you my top tips for guitar maintenance for both acoutsic and electric guitar because especially at the end of the year, it’s nice to prep for a fresh start! If you are new to this, don’t be intimidated! If I can do it, you can do it. Let’s go!

In this blog, I wanted to give you some ideas for storing guitars and organizing music gear in a small space or an apartment. Recently, we decided to really prioritize making our apartment organized and especially figure out my music gear situation. I have been SO happy and excited with how much cleaner it feels and I feel more excited to work on things and practice because everything is laid out in a way that makes it easy to start!

I just went through the whole process of changing my pickups and wanted to help share the knowledge if any of you are looking to do so. Before doing this, I had wondered how hard it was to change pickups on my guitar and wanted to break it all down for you here!

Finding gifts for guitarists that are in the budget can be tricky (not all of us can afford to give a new guitar every year!). Here’s a list of my favorite gift ideas for guitar players to help you find the perfect present.

I will start this blog by saying my Surf Green Fender Jaguar is truly one on my children. But it’s kind of been a bit of a problem child! In this blog, you’ll find some of the things I’ve learned about taking care of this unique breed of guitar so you can save some time doing a tons of research on your current or future jag bb!

It’s taken me a lot of panicky moments of having gear break right before a show or realizing I don’t know a song as well as I thought to learn exactly what I need to be prepared for a show. In this blog, I wanted to share what’s in my guitar gig bag with you and walk you through exactly how I prep for shows so if you are starting to gig a lot and want to be a more professional guitarist, you don’t make the same mistakes I did!

Finding gifts for guitarists that are in the budget can be tricky (not all of us can afford to give a new guitar every year!). Here’s a list of my favorite gift ideas for guitar players to help you find the perfect present.

Guitar cables are the most exciting or flashy part of being a guitarist, but they can be important to having a clean tone. Learn more about them with me here!

I've received a good number of messages lately through Instagram about my favorite music stores in Nashville! Here's my top 4 choices along with my favorite nearby restaurants to help you next time you come visit! 

Going into a lot of music stores, I've always had a hard time finding a strap that fits my personality. If you aren't super into flames, spikes or skulls (metal!!) you may have too.

If you are looking to start building a pedal board from the ground up, come here for most basic equipment recommendations.