Posted December 18, 2010 at 2:00 pm | 2 comments
Guitarists hate to change their strings, it’s just a fact. There’s a well-spoken myth that floats around the guitar world that players want to make it big so they can have fame and fortune. The truth is, we all want to make it big so we can afford to pay someone to change our strings for us on a regular basis. Imagine how cool it would be to be able to play on fresh strings all the time, without having to sit there are change them every 3 to 4 days when they begin to wear out.
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Posted December 17, 2010 at 3:00 pm | 2 comments
As guitarists, we spend countless hours searching for the perfect tone. We go through dozens of guitars over the years, waiting for the perfect axe to fall into our hands. We bring together every possible combination of heads and cabinets, combos and all-in-ones, tubes and transistors, trying to find the exact combination to bring to live the sound that’s floating around in our heads.
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Posted December 7, 2010 at 10:00 am | One comment
It is not often that a refinement to a guitar accessory can be labeled as true innovation. Guitar picks have always differed in their material, shape and thickness.
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Posted October 23, 2010 at 9:00 am | 2 comments
Luthier John Page walks us through the end stages of building his 016 guitar.
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Posted October 19, 2010 at 11:00 am | 7 comments
There are few things more frustrating to a gigging musician than having an illogical stage or electrical setup determine the location and accessibility of equipment.
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Posted October 5, 2010 at 12:00 pm | No comments
Video rundown of each of the new guitars and amps debuted at the 2010 Experience PRS event.
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Posted October 1, 2010 at 11:00 am | 2 comments
In the company video below, the Eastwood Doral guitar is described as an “L5 with a few differences.” Now that’s a pretty bold statement for any guitar company to make, especially one who’s comparable guitar comes in at around 1/4 of the price of a low-end L5. What is even more remarkable about that statement is that it’s not far from the truth, at least in respect to the size, relative shape, woods used and pickup configurations are concerned.
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Posted September 30, 2010 at 1:00 pm | 6 comments
PRS announced the release of the new DC3 electric guitar at Experience PRS 2010. For those of you chomping at the bit waiting to see and hear this new axe, here is an overview of what the DC3 has to offer, as well as some new photos of the guitar from the XPRS event.
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Posted September 28, 2010 at 11:00 am | 2 comments
At 32.5 cm. (usual) string length, the violin tunes its strings an octave higher than the guitar. Antonio de Torres eventually settled on 32.5 X 2 = 65 cm for the guitar’s string length. Modern guitars range from 64 to a 66.6 or even 67 cm string length, but the 65 cm established by Torres is a often used as the standard scale length.
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Posted September 27, 2010 at 9:00 pm | 2 comments
Review of the PRS SE Santana which was debuted at the Experience PRS event.
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