Archive for April, 2007



Takamine: G440C [Reviews]

Monday 30 April 2007 @ 11:04 am

Acoustic Guitars: You’ll be amazed by the Takamine G440C Acoustic Guitar’s affordability coupled with its easy playability and big sound. The classic combination of a spruce top and mahogany back and sides generates a warm, open sound that shines during solo work or vocal accompaniment. Sharp looks come from an abalone soundhole rosette and abalone position markers on the genuine rosewood fretboard.

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Tanglewood: ROCK III Skull [Reviews]

Monday 30 April 2007 @ 11:04 am

Electric Guitars: Contemporary double cutaway rock guitar, basswood 45mm body, bolt-on rock maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, three Entwistle ‘Darkstar’ humbucker pickups, 5-way toggle switch, 1 volume & 1 tone control, Fulcrum tremelo system, Deluxe mini machine heads, Themed Abalone inlays, black matt finish with skull design on body.

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Sx : SSG Standard [Reviews]

Monday 30 April 2007 @ 10:04 am

Electric Guitars: This guitar is a copy of Gibsons SG. It has Tune-O-Matic bridge, passive pickups, 2 tone and 2 volume controls, 3-way selector switch (neck, brige, neck & bridge).

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Peavey: Vortex EX [Reviews]

Monday 30 April 2007 @ 10:04 am

Electric Guitars: An homage to shred guitar and the legions of shredheads worldwide, the Peavey Vortex is a fast-and-furious metal guitar outfitted with the hottest ceramic Peavey pickups available.

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Have you ever been to Audio Effectsville? Surviving the pitfalls of Audio Plug-in Effects Part I Posted By : John Milner

Saturday 28 April 2007 @ 5:04 am

Taking a non technical approach, this article aims to outline the main problems people encounter using audio effects when making music and also offers several tips in how to avoid these problems.

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How To Break In A New Set Of Guitar Strings Posted By : Josh Scalf -

Saturday 28 April 2007 @ 4:04 am

Have you been noticing lately that after you have put on a fresh set of guitar strings, and rock out your favorite guitar riffs for awhile, that the strings just don’t hold their tune very long? The reason for this is because new strings need to be properly stretched out. There are a few extra steps that need to be taken when you change your guitar strings.Proper Steps to Stretching Your Guitar Strings1. After you have finished putting on the new strings, start with t…

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The Art Of Practicing Posted By : Chris Standring

Saturday 28 April 2007 @ 3:04 am

Learning to play an instrument can be a chore. More importantly the process can be completely overwhelming to many. This article discusses how to put the fun back into practice and shows how you can see fast results.

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The Number One Mistake Guitarists Make When Learning Guitar Scales Posted By : Craig Bassett -

Saturday 28 April 2007 @ 2:04 am

There is a really common mistake that many guitarists make when learning guitar scales. This one mistake slows down their rate of progress drastically. What do you think it is? It is simply this…They try to learn every single scale there is!I did this myself when I first started playing guitar. I bought one of those thick guitar scale books and set about trying to learn them all. I was spending hours and hours a day learning the scales in the book. I thought that to b…

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Rickenbacker Guitars Highlights Posted By : Luciano

Friday 27 April 2007 @ 8:04 am

History of Rickenbacker Guitars, Famous Musicians with Rickenbacker Guitars, Construction & Materials, Rickenbacker Models.

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An Introduction to 8-string guitar Posted By : rock

Friday 27 April 2007 @ 8:04 am

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A Closer Look At The Acoustic Guitar Posted By : Gray Rollins -

Thursday 26 April 2007 @ 3:04 pm

The Acoustic GuitarAs was mentioned in our article on the History of the Guitar, guitars have been around for centuries. The original guitars were Acoustic guitars, which changed in shape over several hundred years. Since youve already been given a timeline of the evolution of the guitar, in this article well go into greater depth discussing the Acoustic guitar itself.HistoryThe Acoustic guitar is essentially a descendent of the Classical guitar, which, in its…

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How And Why You Should Tune Your Guitar Posted By : Josh Scalf -

Thursday 26 April 2007 @ 9:04 am

Wouldn’t it be nice if you were able to buy something, use it at your own leisure, and then just be able to put it away without having to worry about it. Well, sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but things just don’t work that way. Lets say you buy a vehicle. You’re going to have to maintain it to some degree whether it be oil changes, tune ups,or whatever. If you purchase a dog, it will need to be fed and housebroken, and when you own a guitar, there are things that need to…

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Jackson: RR24 Rhoads [Reviews]

Tuesday 24 April 2007 @ 5:04 am

Electric Guitars: The real metal deal—delivers the goods in the spirit of its legendary namesake. The RR24 Randy Rhoads guitar is a 24-fret no-nonsense neck-through-body monster with a single, brutal EMG 81 humbucking bridge pickup, ebony fingerboard, Floyd Rose tremolo, single volume knob and black hardware. Beware.

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Washburn: G-5V [Reviews]

Tuesday 24 April 2007 @ 2:04 am

Electric Guitars: It’s got the Strat body style with H/S/S setup and a Wonderbar trem. It has a tone knob that pops in and out (possibly for cancelling one coil on the humbucker).

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Fender: Buddy Guy Stratocaster [Reviews]

Monday 23 April 2007 @ 11:04 am

Electric Guitars: Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy’s signature Stratocaster guitar features a soft V-shaped neck and three gold Fender-Lace Sensor pickups with a 25 db active mid-boost circuit.

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