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Improvising: Ways to break out of the box! Over the last few years I’ve had the opportunity to do a lot of improvising at my gigs. This has been an amazing opportunity to release my creative side and I’ve definitely milked every chance for an over-indulged solo! However, I have found recently that having so […]

Repair log –  December 14th, 2006 Gibson ES335 thin-line double cutaway archtop guitar SN: xxxxxxxx made in the Nashville Plant, TN, USA Copyright retained by Terry Relph-Knight 20/06/18 Current value range estimate –  £ 1,500 to 2,000 Weight =  kg. lbs. Delivered with Gibson branded hard case Strung with –  0.008, 0.010, 0.015, 0.024, 0.033, […]

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Alternate tuning DADGAD As a teenager I was so cool that most of the music I listened to was recommended to me by my dad. This was often in the shape of classic British and American singer songwriters such as James Taylor and Steve Earle, and while I have since diversified somewhat, the influence that […]

Repair Log: 1998 Martin D28 rosewood back and sides, figured spruce top dreadnought SN: xxxxxx 23/06/18 Copyright retained Terry Relph-Knight New D28s list at $3,299 Current value – £1,089 to £1,479 Supplied with a Martin ABS hard case. Serial number is on the inside face of the heel block. A classic Martin D28 14 frets […]

Repair Log: 1981 MusicMan 75 Head 2100 – 75 EX SN: xxxxxxx 23/06/18 Copyright retained Terry Relph-Knight RRP in 1980 $445 Value today – £ 200 Supplied with a 1M Fender speaker jack cable. This MusicMan head is a hybrid transistor / valve design, rated at 75 Watts r.m.s. !! from a pair of 6L6GC […]

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Mastering the Pentatonic Article 4 – Mark Knopfler; “Sultans of Swing”, adding the 2nd, and flirting with Harmonic Minor. The Pentatonic Scale is the holy grail for guitarists. It’s easy to play and it sounds amazing. This series will show you how to get the most out of our favourite scale, and how making small […]

Repair Log: 1988 Black Gibson 335 semi-hollow electric guitar SN Repair Log: 1988 Black Gibson 335 semi-hollow electric guitar SN: xxxxxxxx   23/06/18 Copyright retained Terry Relph-Knight Supplied in a tan Gibson hard case. Made in the Gibson Nashville Tennessee plant, completed on February 24th of 1988, this is a classic Gibson 335 thin line […]

Why middle C? By Terry Relph-Knight, copyright retained 03/06/18 Most people will have heard of middle C, but apart from knowing it is a musical note somewhere around the middle of the piano keyboard, won’t know it’s significance. Why C? Why middle?  Guido the Monk The existence of western musical notation and consequently middle C, […]