6 Guitar Accessories every Guitarist must have | 2020

Learning a guitar is one’s dream. But what about maintaining and improving your performance with time. There are so many gadgets and gizmos that help the guitarists to play tough songs with ease, to sound unique or perform better and are available in the market which helps the guitarist to not only perform better but and increases his confidence. Here is a list of 6 accessories which every guitarist should have to be a rock star.

1.   Guitar Strings

Haha, I know you are smiling. You must be feeling like yes !! every guitar has strings.

What I mean is extra pair of strings. See!! Now you realise how wise I am.

One should always have an extra pair of strings with him/her. Putting strings on guitar is very easy, all it takes is a kitchen spoon, a scissor and 20 minutes.

There are some things you want to consider when looking at buying strings: the material they are made out of and their thickness.

The sound quality produced by guitar depends solely on the strings quality. If the strings are coated with phosphor bronze, they will produce warm sounds than the strings coated with 85/15 bronze. .

The best strings for acoustic guitar available on Amazon.in are D'Addario EJ16 Acoustic 12-53 Light Guitar Strings . These are very light gauged and last about 3 times longer than other less expensive strings.

However, if you don’t want to spend this amount of money then you can go for D'Addario Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings 85/15 FULL BRIGHT TONE_Stainless Steel Material. You will get

2.   Guitar Tuners

What will you do when you have learnt to strum and have applied the best strings in the market? What will you do when your guitar go out of tuning and produces out of sync sounds?

When I started playing guitar in 2008, I used to depend on my friends to tune my guitar. Believe me, they used to show a lot of attitude to tune my guitar. Then one fine day I went to market to explore the solution to my problem because tuning your guitar without help of any equipment takes lot of experience and patience.

Now the things have changed, there are so many options available to tune your guitar. You will think that the best option is to download an app on your phone and use it. Think again?

What about the time when there will be fans, Air conditioners or other electronic equipment switched on or there are background noises…. It won’t help you and will not tune it to accuracy.

The best available guitar tuner available is the clip on tuner. These will clip on the head of your guitar, and they will tell you what frequency you are playing based on the vibrations of the neck of the guitar. Isn’t it amazing??

It will give you the accurate tuning and will not depend on the environment you are sitting in.

I myself use Pandawill Musedo T-40 Digital Lcd Guitar Bass Violin Clip-On Automatic Chromatic Tuner which I found perfect. It helps me to tune my guitar whether I am playing at home or at a party and also I am using it from past 2 years.  

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3.   Guitar Stand

You must have heard the quote “if you take care of your things, they will last longer” J

There comes the requirement of guitar stand. You won’t have to open the case or cover daily to play your guitar and the stand will give it more protection than any other thing.

Kadence Guitar Stand à what do you see??

4.   Capo

You are pro at playing basic chords

What is Capo?? A capo is a little device which can be placed on any fret of the guitar to help you easily transpose a song which makes it easier to play and back on normal chords.

You can buy cheap guitar capo like Mustang One Handed Trigger Guitar Metal Capo which is the best among the cheap lot but it will not last longer. It will loosen its grip in some months and will give you mixed sounds. Then again you have to purchase it and you will be in this cycle always.

It will be better if you purchase a little expensive but of good quality capo. I have purchased Dunlop 83CB Guitar Capo, Black and the results are amazing. Not even a tich of mixed sound.

5.   Guitar Strap/ Belt

You must be thinking that you don’t need it as you never stand and play. I say think again. Guitar Strap not only is required while standing but gives you a big support when you play guitar while sitting.

My preference for Guitar Strap is

6.    Guitar Picks/ Pick Holder

Pick is the most important accessory required to play awesome guitar. Believe me, a pick can change the way you play guitar. Picks are made up of different materials and thicknesses which changes the way strumming or note picking is done. That is why it is always preferred to keep 6 picks always with your guitar (2 type of picks – 3 number each).

If you like strumming and only want to do that on you guitar, you’ll want a thinner pick which flexes more and makes strumming easier but if you like playing solos or note picking on your acoustic guitar you’ll need a more stiff pick. For anyone who is amateur and confused what to have, just purchase

But for the person is a pro understands, the best pick available for note plucking is JimDunlop – 0.88mmThese have really nice matt surface and grooves on the upper side which provides maximum grip while you are playing. I personally am using this pick from 3 years now and it had never failed me.

And for strumming, I am using which just produces so fine music.

Now let’s imagine you have 6-10 various guitar picks, and when you have to change it for playing – boom!! Your best pick is lost. Here comes the role of pick holder. I bought it 5 years after I started playing guitar as I used to think that it is a worthless thing. So don’t repeat my mistake and purchase a pick holder and keep your picks tight.

The most basic pick holder available on amazon.in is

Cheat CODE: Fix a two-side tape on your Pick holder and always keep it attached to your guitar. No more loosing picks.

I hope you liked the article. Please comment and let me know if it helped.

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