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GALLERY: Show Us Your Gear - #1 Guitars

In our inaugural Show Us Your Gear Gallery, we feature the go-to instruments of our readers.

"My go-to guitar is my G&L Comanche. It is Leo Fender's creation of a ""super strat."" It has a Swamp Ash body, birdseye maple neck/fretboard, honeyburst finished quilt top, oil tinted neck and fretboard. The Z-coil pickups are very hot in that I have to turn the volume down a bit so it will sound like a Strat. However, I love to turn it up all the way as it has a beautiful powerful tone. It also has a mini-toggle switch to put the neck and bridge pickups in series or parallel. This guitar will create any Strat tone and much more. It also has a 12"" radius neck which makes it a pleasure to play. - Rob Gonzalez"

Classic counterpoint techniques that work for surf.

Intermediate

Intermediate

• Learn some time-honored guidelines of classical composition.

• Apply revered rules to more modern styles.

• Create interesting and complex surf lines.
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The term counterpoint scares many people who think it is a carefully devised process that strips you of creative freedom. This is partly true, because some individuals have pushed the practice of counterpoint as strict rules at some point without explaining its purpose. I disagree with the view that music theory is a rule. Counterpoint, like serialism or any other principle of harmony, is simply a recipe for an expected result. These music theory recipes are not baking recipes where exact measurements must be made; music theory is more like cooking, which is more malleable and open to in-the-moment modifications.

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Our columnist’s silver-panel Fender Bandmaster.

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