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Black Friday Gifts for Guitar Players
Black Friday Guitar Stuff It’s never too late for Black Friday nor too early for Christmas ideas for your fave guitar player. Thanksgiving is about getting ahead of your game for early Christmas stocking stuffers! Ernie Ball Slinky Nickel Wound Sets Your guitar boyfriend will never say no to guitar […]
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What’s Inside A Boss TU-10 Clip-on Tuner
After another accident occurred with this tuner I seized the opportunity to snap a photo after its casing instantly separated, probably somewhat in protest for the abuse it’s seen in the past few years. This thing must be cursed. My spider senses are suggesting that this is guitar tuner karma […]
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What I Don’t Like about my Boss TU-10 Clip-on Tuner
Like most players, I’ve been struggling with tuning for most of my guitar-playing life. At first, you don’t notice if a string is off by a cent. But the more you play, the more you’ll develop an ear for anything that is discordant. An out-of-tune guitar will really get my […]
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Fishman Neo-D Single Coil Acoustic Pickup
What is it? The Fishman Neo-D is a low-cost passive single-coil soundhole pickup for acoustic guitar. In this category, the Fishman outperforms most other pickups. After all, doesn’t Neo-D sound like a character out of The Matrix? The pickup comes smartly wrapped in a clear polyurethane package. From the package: […]
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Peterson stroboCLIP HD Clip-On Strobe Tuner REVIEW
What is it? The Peterson stroboCLIP HD clip-on tuner is a low-cost introductory clip-on tuner competing in the world of Korg, D’addario, and TC Electronic clip-on tuners. Here are the specs: Features High-def backlist display Wide viewing angle Visible in direct sunlight Adjustable frequency (Hz) calibration Drop tuning, open-tuning, and […]
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Fender Serial Numbers: The Original Series: 1950-1963
The “original” series is actually divided into two periods as the instruments introduced before 1955 were not registered into a common serialization scheme, but each model (or “family”) had a series of its own. Consequently, the same number can be found on different models made at different times between 1950 […]
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How to Relic a Guitar: Part 2
What Guitars Can Be Aged? Pretty much any! Even though this booklet concentrates in Stratocasters and Telecasters, you can use any of the information here to age any brand or type of guitars including basses. If you want to get that real vintage look and make people wonder where the […]
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Riffstation affiche la tablature pour guitare ou piano d’une vidéo …
Riffstation propose un outil en ligne pour afficher la tablature pour guitare, piano ou ukulélé de n’importe quelle chanson diffusée sur YouTube. Et ça marche ! Voici un outil génialissime pour les guitaristes en herbe ou ceux qui voudraient s’essayer à de nouvelles chansons à la guitare mais peinent à trouver […]
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Une nouvelle guitare Dimebag Darrell chez Dean
Dean continue de rendre hommage au regretté guitariste de Pantera, Dimebag Darrell. La Dimebag Pantera Southern Trendkill ML est équipée d’un seul micro humbucker et d’un Floyd Rose. Voici les spécifications de cette guitare annoncée au tarif U.S. de $349: Corps en bois de tilleul Manche vissé en érable, profil en […]
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Guitares Paul Reed Smith
Paul Reed Smith était un guitariste qui a commencé à construire des guitares alors qu’il était au collège. Il est connu pour ses guitares d’haute qualité qui ressemblent une Gibson Les Paul, mais avec “double cutaway”. Notamment, Carlos Santana est un joueur qui semble jouer des PRS exclusivement (suite à […]
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Fender Vibrolux
L’année 1968 a été transitoire pour les amplis Fender, avec ton qui était encore pur Fender, mais un regard qui était toutneuf. Avec un panneau avant argent-et-turquoise et un chiffon de grille aluminium chic « larmier » garniture, le VibroluxReverb a reçu un nouveau visage frais tel qu’il est resté […]
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Tube Screamer
J’en doute pas que cette fameuse pédale a été popularisée par le fameux Stevie Ray Vaughan
