Guitar Accessories

Because of the ease with which they allow guitar players to change keys, these little gizmos are sometimes referred to as "cheaters." Accessories, as any good fashionista will tell you, can either make or This accessory is clipped to the fret board through either spring or elastic tension, and the use of one allows the artist to play in different keys without having to change the chord formations. For instance the capotasto, or "capo," as it is more commonly called, is used to alter the pitch of the strings. Some accessories allow the artists to increase the variety of sounds that can be created by the guitar. Suffice it to say, there are enough guitar accessory options to ensure that anyone, be they novice or master, can at least look like they know what they're doing with their guitar.

Hey, all that plucking and strumming can be murder on your cuticles. Yes, nail kits. These range from various types of guitar supports to amplifiers to nail kits. There is actually a rather long list of guitar accessories available to the discerning guitar player. However, guitar accessories do have one thing in common with their fashion counterparts-each is designed to help the user get the most out of his or her instrument or outfit, as the case may be.

Now I'm not suggesting that a guitar played with last year's guitar pick simply isn't worth the effort, or that red guitar straps are the new black. Accessories, as any good fashionista will tell you, can either make or break an outfit.