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What are the actual notes of each natural harmonic? What do they mean by ‘This amp has alot of headroom’? What do you do when a string breaks or you drop your pick on stage? What did Petrucci mean?
Guitarists have a lot of questions. And there’s tons of sites willing to try and answer them one way or another. One of my favorite ways to learn all the aspects of guitars, from playing, to repairing, are user forums. These are online communities, usually built around a common interest. From the very general music related community of Harmony Central, to the more specific, such as jazzguitar.be.
These sites can come with a lot of baggage though. They all have their own set of rules, written and not. Flame wars are common and if you just need a simple answer to a question and don’t want to start WWIII, a more direct approach is sometimes useful.
I just came accross such a site at http://guitars.stackexchange.com/. The questions cover anything and everything remotely related to guitar. Theory, gear, lessons, philosophy…Most of the questions I checked had well thought out answers and were almost always genuinely helpful. The site is still in beta so if you have suggestions for improving it, the developers are interested in hearing what you have to say.
