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10 Guitars You Need to Know #3: Rickenbacker
June 17, 2015 / Tagged: Beginner Lessons, Music History / Author: Lucas Frost 3. Hollow & Electric: The Rickenbacker 330 The resilience of the Rickenbacker 330 hollow-body electric guitar During the 1950s, the popularity of the Fender Telecaster and the … Continue reading
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John Fogerty Is Reunited with His CCR Rickenbacker After 44 Years. By Damian Fanelli February 16, 2017 Artist. Guitar World
Sometime around 1973 or ’74, John Fogerty was at Creedence Clearwater Revival’s rehearsal space in San Francisco. The band had recently broken up, and the successful guitarist/songwriter didn’t really know what lay ahead—at least beyond his new album at the … Continue reading
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5 Tips to Move from Guitar to Bass
5 Tips to Move from Guitar to Bass The guitar and bass might be similar instruments, but you need to know these things to make an easy transition. By Mike Duffy There are many similarities between the electric guitar and … Continue reading
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The Guitar That Launched The Beatles
The Guitar That Launched The Beatles Andrew Vaughan 10.09.2017 “Love Me Do,” The Beatles’ first-ever single, announced a revolution in rock and roll. The fresh-faced Liverpudlians — Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr — sounded like nothing else on British radio … Continue reading
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First Steps: 10 Greats Share How They Began Playing Guitar
First Steps: 10 Greats Share How They Began Playing Guitar Russell Hall 12.27.2017 Any guitarist knows that learning is an adventure filled with discovery, excitement, and – if the player is serious – a heady mix of dedication and joy. … Continue reading
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The Guitar Theory Cheat Sheet
Use this handy reference when you’ve forgotten some of the theory essentials. Click to Enlarge By Nick Stoubis It’s impossible to memorize everything related to theory. So use this handy guide when you can’t remember your string names or your … Continue reading
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Why Instrument Cables and Speaker Cables Aren’t Interchangeable
Why Instrument Cables and Speaker Cables Aren’t Interchangeable Did you know you can’t just use one in place of the other? Click to Enlarge Two Fender cables. They’re not all the same. By Jeff Owens You probably know that guitar … Continue reading
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Flying With Your Guitar
Flying With Your Guitar TSA lock on a guitar case. Airline security personnel can open and re-lock these for inspection purposes when you’re not present (they can break non-TSA locks if they have to). If you’re like most guitarists, you view … Continue reading
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CITES Considers Revising Rosewood Rules
THE CITES PLANT COMMITTEE held an open meeting in Geneva last month, offering musical instrument manufacturers the rare opportunity to comment on and criticize the highly disruptive rosewood regulations that were hastily implemented in January of this year. Approximately 25 … Continue reading
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12- and 14-Fret Guitars: Which Acoustic Is Right for You?
Breaking down the differences between these two types of guitars Mathematically, the variance between a 12-fret acoustic guitar neck and one that has 14 frets might only be two, but it goes further than that when talking about sound and feel. First … Continue reading
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