Archive for May, 2007



Do You Know The History Of The Electric Guitar? Posted By : Josh Scalf -

Thursday 10 May 2007 @ 2:05 pm

The electric guitar was invented by a very talented man who when by the name of Adolph Rickenbacker. The first complete setup was back in the 1930’s, which was only a mere 70 years ago. On the other hand, the Classical guitar and the Acoustic Guitar have been around for many centuries. There is evidence that dates back to 1800 B.C., that shows the presents of guitars, or similar instruments. There is really no comparison between todays electric guitars and the past. The evolu…

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First Act: ME505 [Reviews]

Tuesday 8 May 2007 @ 2:05 am

Electric Guitars: It’s a 21 fret, Standard sized guitar with a Telecaster body. It is made out of plywood and has one pickup, a volume, and a tone knob.

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Line 6: TonePort UX2 [Reviews]

Monday 7 May 2007 @ 11:05 am

Guitar Effects: This is the first line of USB recording and modeling interfaces, bringing world-class Line 6 guitar, bass, and vocal tone to the world of desktop recording. TonePort UX2 hardware interfaces are USB-powered and come with Line 6 GearBox modeling software, which provides a must-have collection of 16 guitar and 5 bass amp/cab models, 24 stompbox and studio effects (up to 10 at once), and 6 models of high-end studio microphone preamps.

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Tanglewood: TW170-AS [Reviews]

Monday 7 May 2007 @ 11:05 am

Acoustic Guitars: The Tanglewood TW170-AS is an updated version of the Tanglewood TW70 concert sized folk guitar. The TW170-AS features solid spruce top, mahogany back and sides, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, single piece mahogany neck, and Gold Kluson style machine heads.

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Jackson: Christian Olde Wolbers Dinky Archtop 7-String [Reviews]

Monday 7 May 2007 @ 10:05 am

Electric Guitars: Seven-string mahogany arch-top body, three-piece bolt-on mahogany neck, reverse headstock, compound radius ebony fingerboard with no inlays, EMG 707 humbucking pickup, adjustable string-through-body bridge and black hardware.

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Peavey: EVH Wolfgang Special [Reviews]

Monday 7 May 2007 @ 9:05 am

Electric Guitars: Peavey and Edward Van Halen designed the EVH Wolfgang Series as the pinnacle of modern tone and design — an instantly recognizable modern classic.

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First Act: ME315 [Reviews]

Monday 7 May 2007 @ 8:05 am

Electric Guitars: Just a nice, basic beginners guitar. Volume and tone controls, no pickup selector, though. The stock pickups aren’t all that great, but they aren’t so bad that they ruin the fun of playing this guitar.

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DigiTech: RP250 [Reviews]

Monday 7 May 2007 @ 8:05 am

Guitar Effects: Introducing modeling guitar processors that Rock the Planet with tone that has to heard to be believed. Tone that deserves to be heard on stage and in the studio.

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Recording The Guitar to a Computer Posted By : guitarhelper

Sunday 6 May 2007 @ 11:05 am

People use computers every day at work or home- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel Power Point, etc) Email, Internet. Use it to record your guitar and music!!

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Guitar Scales Practice Tip The Biggest Reason Why Guitarists Cant Use Scales Musically Posted By : Craig Bassett -

Saturday 5 May 2007 @ 11:05 am

To start off this guitar scales practice tip, let me ask you a quick question. When was the last time you learnt a guitar scale to mastery? What I mean to mastery is this…- You can play the scale anywhere on your fretboard.- You know exactly what each note of the guitar scale sounds like.- You can see the scale over your entire fretboard.- You have memorized the notes and scales degrees of the scale. And you can see these notes and scale degrees over the ent…

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Guitar Scale Lesson The 80/20 Rule Applied To Guitar Scale Mastery Posted By : Craig Bassett -

Friday 4 May 2007 @ 9:05 am

In this guitar scale lesson well take a look at one of the major roadblocks to guitar scale masteryunnecessary learning and practice. What I mean by this is learning or practicing things that dont directly improve your ability to use guitar scales in a practical way. Lets take a look at a really common example…Ive noticed over the years that some guitarists over-analyze theory. Rather than sticking to learning practical, useful and immediately applicable theory they …

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Free Guitar Scale Tip Making Incremental Lifestyle Changes Posted By : Craig Bassett -

Thursday 3 May 2007 @ 9:05 am

In this free guitar scale tip we are going to look at a very powerful practice strategy. I call this strategy incremental lifestyle changes. Before we talk about it, let me ask you a simple question…Is it always convenient for you to practice your guitar scales?Anyone who says yes to that question is probably lying! Lets face it. Sometimes our hectic and busy lives make it challenging to get in enough guitar scale practice time. This is especially true for guitaris…

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Electro-Harmonix: Nano Clone [Reviews]

Thursday 3 May 2007 @ 8:05 am

Guitar Effects: The Nano Clone presents a lush, true analog chorus at a very affordable price.

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Squier: Esprit [Reviews]

Wednesday 2 May 2007 @ 4:05 am

Electric Guitars: The Esprit is a modern redesign of a Fender bearing the same name and is a chambered, carved-top electric that allows for both solidbody and semi-hollow tones. Featuring a bound Mahogany body and set-neck, two satin Duncan Designed humbucking pickups and platinum hardware – the Esprit is a gorgeous, sophisticated-looking, fast-playing double cutaway electric from the top name in value – Squier.

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Learning Guitar Scales - 3 Tips To Accelerate Your Progress Posted By : Craig Bassett -

Tuesday 1 May 2007 @ 11:05 am

Learning guitar scales can be a very frustrating experience for many guitarists. Its very easy to feel totally overwhelmed with just how much needs to be learnt. To learn and master every possible guitar scale out there would take many lifetimes. Because of this, many guitarists find it hard even knowing where to start!In this article Ill reveal three powerful tips to help you in your quest for guitar scale mastery. They are designed to help reduce any feelings of overw…

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