January 2010
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Combining Techniques
December 21, 2010
Creating new licks and sequences using string skipping, barring, and hammer-ons from nowhere.
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The Mighty Baritone Guitar
December 21, 2010
The baritone electric is a unique, quirky instrument that can go where regular guitars can’t.
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Playing With Blocks
December 21, 2010
Let’s examine several important elements of a block-chord technique used by Wes Montgomery
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Piedmont Blues: Capture a Ragtime Sound With This Fingerstyle Piece in Drop D Tuning
December 21, 2010
Capture a Ragtime Sound With This Fingerstyle Piece in Drop D Tuning
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Hagstrom Swede Electric Guitar Review
December 17, 2009
The Hagstrom Swede inspires everything from punk to jazz with tons of tones built in at a great price.
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BC Audio Amplifier No. 7 Review
December 17, 2009
Simple setup, wild rocking tones and impeccable build quality are the trademarks of the BC Audio Amplifier No. 7
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Fender '57 Champ Amp Review
December 17, 2009
Fender''s ''57 Champ reissue is five snarling watts based on the 5F1 circuit
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Taylor Baritone 8-String Acoustic Guitar Review
December 17, 2009
Taylor grows up and takes risks with the new Baritone 8-String acoustic. The result is one of 2010''s early must-haves.
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Double Your Pleasure With These Two Doublenecks
December 17, 2009
A 1964 Mosrite Ventures Series Mark XVIII, No. 105 and a 1977 Rickenbacker 362/12
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Today’s Acoustics: Tradition vs. Alternative Woods
December 17, 2009
Tradition, renaming alternative tonewoods and where all of that Brazilian keeps popping up from.
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Media Preview January '10
December 17, 2009
BOOKS: Led Zeppelin: Good Times Bad Times: A Visual Biography of the Ultimate Band & The Les Paul Guitar Book DVDs: Secret Policeman’s Balls: The Secret Policeman Rocks!, Guitar Setup and Maintenance & More Guitar Setup and Basic Modifications
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William "Grit" Laskin: A Luthier of the Highest Order
December 17, 2009
Highly acclaimed luthier Grit Laskin talks about his craft and shows us some of his stunning inlay
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Those Daring Young Men and Their Doubleneck Guitars: A Brief History of Multi-Neck Players
December 17, 2009
From the early pioneers like Joe Maphis and Grady Martin to today''s lesser-known players (and of course, the big names in between).
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Situational Awareness: Does it Work Onstage?
December 17, 2009
What is situational awareness, and how can you use it to help a gig go smoother?
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Blues Endings: Common Tags to Bring the Song to an Effective Conclusion
December 17, 2009
A blues ending, often referred to as a blues tag, is a phrase usually executed by the person playing the final solo in a blues number, signifying the end of the song.
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1917 'The Gibson' Harp Guitar, Style U
December 17, 2009
An early 20th Century harp guitar represents an ancestor of the modern doubleneck
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Things You Gotta Do to Land the Saturday Night Live Gig
December 17, 2009
Connections, preparedness and confidence lead to the gig of a lifetime.
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The Pickup Story, Part III: The Road to the Humbucker
December 17, 2009
Setting the record straight about how and when hum-canceling pickups turned up
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Two Letters about … Well, Twins!
December 17, 2009
Two Fender Twin Reverb owners pose questions about their speakers
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