Scott Paul Johnson

Office Hours Q&A 213 | Getting your tone into your recording, taking care of strings, creative inspiration

Added 2025-08-06 13:00:04 +0000 UTC

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Question 1: Lauren was wondering how to get the tone of their guitar into their recording software.

Question 2: Matthew asked if there is anything you should do to keep your strings playing their best?

Question 3: Ray asked where I find my creative inspiration

Here's how it works: bring your questions to the comments below the latest Office Hours post, the Office Hours community forum thread, or save them for the live chat! Questions can be about anything you want - guitar technique, music theory, gear, songwriting - your choice! Also, feel free to link a video of you playing if you have a technique question!

I'll do my best to answer your questions and give examples of how you develop skills related to your question.

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