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Congratulations! You’ve taken your first step in becoming a key player in a band situation! Bass players are often overlooked in most bands, but they play a key role in the creation of music! So let’s briefly discuss the role a bassist plays when it comes to writing and performing music. The main role of a bassist is to lay down the ‘groove’ and rhythmic foundation of the track, for the other musicians to build upon and fill out the overall sound of the band. The rhythmic foundation is a lot like a... Read More

Composing a song can be a very daunting task, you may have an idea, melody or riff that comes to your head and it sounds great, but you can’t get it to fit into a structure of a song or get it to link into another section. Hitting obstacles such as writer’s block can be extremely off-putting as well but sometimes that is a sign to take a step away for a couple of days. When writing a piece of music it is important for it to flow and listen... Read More

One of the biggest questions when it comes to buying an amplifier is the decision between taking a valve amplifier or a solid state one home with you and the point of this blog is to hopefully help you come up with a decision a little easier by telling you the Pros and Cons of each one. Valve amplifiers are a very popular amplifier amongst many artists from across the globe. They are powered by vacuum tubes which solid state guitar amplifiers do not use. When these tubes are saturated by... Read More

So what electric guitar do you have? What are the benefits of each (hardtail/Synchronised trem/Floyd Rose) Firstly it’s important to know what kind of guitar you have and to understand the mechanics behind how they operate. There are several different types of guitar and several different ways the strings are anchored to the body. All electric guitar strings for basic electric guitars have what’s called a ball end on them, this anchors the string to the guitar at one end and is then wound at the opposite end by the... Read More

At Rimmers Music we offer a fantastic and professional restring service. For just £20 and the price of strings, you can have your guitar looking like new again! We will remove and dispose of the old strings, clean the frets so they shine once more, and even treat the neck to some Lemon Oil fretboard cleaner (on Rosewood necks). We then get the new strings on and tune it up to tension, and finish off by giving the guitar a good polishing. Your guitar will look like it’s just come... Read More

So you want to learn an instrument, or learn to sing? Where do you begin? In this ever-advancing world, we have a wealth of information at our fingertips. We can find out the weather forecast, have our shopping delivered and watch movies wherever we go. Learning to play an instrument is a very fun and popular hobby which can develop into a career. Whenever a customer purchases an instrument we always make a point to offer them a free lesson in our music school. After all, whether they have spent... Read More

The brand new player series by Fender has arrived, and it has come with everything you would expect by the legendary guitar manufacturers and more. The player series has all the characteristics of that classic Fender sound that the guitar world has come to know and love, and whilst keeping in touch with it’s past, it has taken a step into the future with brand new designed pickups and features. The new Iconic Stratocaster models, there has been some welcomed improvements that only enhance the already great guitar. The brand... Read More