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Fretboard Logic SE – Special Edition The Reasoning Behind the Guitar’s Unique Tuning + Chords Scales and Arpeggios Complete

May 1, 2010 By Wilson 5 Comments

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The Special Edition is the first two volumes of the Fretboard Logic guitar series combined, at a special discount. Part One deals with the pattern organization of the fretboard which results from the guitar’s unique tuning system. Part Two teaches the tone groups of music – Chords, Scales and Arpeggios – by building them in the context of this pervasive pattern organization, and thereby eliminating the usual guesswork and rote memorization associated with these area… More >>

Fretboard Logic SE – Special Edition The Reasoning Behind the Guitar’s Unique Tuning + Chords Scales and Arpeggios Complete

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Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Music for Two Guitars, Vol. 1

February 1, 2010 By Wilson Leave a Comment

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Music for Two Guitars, Vol. 1

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Tips on Choosing the Correct Electric Guitar for Yourself

January 25, 2010 By Wilson Leave a Comment

If you are, or wish to be, an electric guitarist, you would know that one of the most difficult tasks awaiting you is the selection of your electric guitar. No matter what your level of interest and your achieved expertise in the guitar, the art of choosing the right guitar for yourself remains complicated and challenging for the simple reason that it could play an integral role in producing the signature tone and style that you might hope to originate as your distinctive mark.
The fundamental design is more or less a constant in the various makes of electric guitars available in the market. The standard construction is along the lines of: a body, the neck, the head stock piece, electrical pickups and the bridge.
The crucial part in which the electric guitar differs from the acoustic version is in its use of the amplifier. The amplifier is a device required to broadcast the sound produced in the guitar: every pluck of the strings is captured by the pickups and routed through the amplifier at which point several differing sound effects can be introduced.
The two most important factors that you would have to consider at the time of buying the electric guitar for yourself are price and sound.
Electric guitars are available for a wide range of prices, from as low as 99 to as high as 20,000 dollars. Thus, having an idea of your budget limits is very useful. A beginner should preferably look for a starters kit which would include instruction manuals along with the guitar and the amplifier.
When it comes to determine the nature and quality of sound by which you could select your guitar within your price zone, it is handy to know the different types of electric guitars, the variations in their designs and the differences in their sound output.
Electric guitars are grouped under four broad divisions: we have the Acoustic-Electric, the Electric, the Hollow Body Electric and the Steel Electric guitar, and each category of guitar produces a distinct sound.
The acoustic-electric guitar is an acoustic guitar with in-built pickups which can be plugged up with an amplifier or a public address system. These are sturdy and durable, relatively uncomplicated in design and simple to maintain, and are among the most popular kinds of guitars for touring bands.
The electric guitar usually has a solid wood body which means that the sound is only produced through the pickup mechanism. Additionally the amplifier is used to increase or decrease volume and for generating sound effects. These are generally the most popular models among beginners and prices range from 99 dollars and upwards. Almost all the reputed guitar manufacturers like Fender and Gibson market their own electric guitar kits for beginners, comprising a guitar, an amplifier and how-to- get-started manuals.
The hollow body electric guitar follows the same lines of construction as the traditional electric guitar, except for one essential variation. The hollow-body guitar, as the name implies, has two chambers hollowed out of the wooden body. This enables the guitar to generate acoustic vibrations over and above the electric ones and thereby results in the delivery of a uniquely resonating sound. These types of guitars are generally used by Jazz musicians and come in several sizes and tones.
The other kind of electrical guitar is the steel guitar, and was popularized by Jeff Healey. These are so dissimilar in design to traditional guitars that many years of specialized practice is usually necessary to learn how to properly perform on them. Unlike the normal guitar which is played while being hung from the player’s neck around his or her shoulders, the steel guitar, is played on its back while being laid out on a platform before the player. The guitar strings on this variety are usually raised above the fret board and require the use of a “tone bar”. A tone bar is a cylindrical tube that is worn on the middle finger of the fret hand, and produces the characteristic “whine” of the steel guitar. This variety of guitar goes best with the genres of country and western style music.
Irrespective of the kind of guitar that you are seeking to buy, it is always advisable that you thoroughly research your options before finalizing your purchase. Take the opinions of experienced guitarists if possible. Otherwise you should at least try and talk to the employees at the local guitar store, and search the internet to get all the information that you need to help identify the exact make and model of guitar is suitable for you. And most importantly: always test the guitar before you buy it. Happy rocking!

The author runs the Jackson Guitars store where you can buy a range of Jackson Guitars including Soloist, Dinky, Kelly, King V, Rhoads and many others at fantastic prices.
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Stagg Padded Gig Bag for Acoustic Guitars with Accessory Pockets

December 26, 2009 By Wilson 1 Comment

  • Protective case fits most acoustic guitars
  • 2 additional accessory pockets
  • Padding provides extra cushioning
  • Internal reinforcement areas for strings/ bridge/ endpin
  • 2 shoulder straps

Product Description
This durable padded nylon gig bag is ideal for almost any acoustic guitar! Whether you’re a musician on the go or want to protect your guitar when it’s not in use, this case is for you. Features 2 shoulder straps to evenly distribute the weight across your shoulders and back, and 2 additional pockets (1 large, 1 small) to store extra strings, a tuner, picks, sheet music, or small tools. Also, the thick padding is reinforced in all the right places to ensure the pr… More >>

Stagg Padded Gig Bag for Acoustic Guitars with Accessory Pockets

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Left handed guitars for left handed Rock Chicks

December 10, 2009 By Wilson Leave a Comment

In my time, when Punk Rock music was just coming to an end and “New Wave” music was emerging a “part-time” Punk Rocker was called a “Sunday Punk.” Anyone, for that matter who was a “pretend” something was a “Sunday” something. I suppose that term was from my folks era, so that would have been, what 50′s? 60′s? The moral of the story was if you are going to be or live the life of something then you be or live the life. You don’t “dress up” once a week and fake being that thing for a day. You could say “be professional” about whatever it is you are being.

As a musician myself and the designer and creator of Gaskell Guitars (http://www.gaskellguitars.com), a company in Sydney Australia which makes left handed guitars only, not only have I witnessed the continuing evolution and progress of guitar brands such as the mighty Gibson, Fender, Gretsch, Jackson, Rickenbacker, Ibanez, etc over many years now, but I have also experienced the changing views of new generations of people and guitarists about different types of guitars

As a left handed guitarist myself, I have also experienced first hand the feelings of frustration and anger about the choices of left handed guitars being so poor. And somehow lefty guitarists are forced to feel like “second rate citizens” because of it. And it is damned WRONG! Any lefty guitarist who, prior to discovering Gaskell Guitars, will have experienced these same frustrations. All lefty guitarists who have not given up, feel this same thing. We are UNITED in this respect. Incidentally, of late, several major guitar brands have stopped making left handed guitars altogether – how’s that for a slap in the face!

So the point of this story, how do you live the life, if you are 1) a left handed guitarist, and 2) playing a genre of music where a certain type of guitar is representative of the genre yet not available left handed?

Simple answer: with great trouble (and great expense if you go the “custom guitar” route.)

Now here is an additional question: what if you are a … girl?

A “Rock Chick” left handed guitarist, for example.

“Rock Chick” guitarists are like any other guitarist. There are plenty of Rock chicks living the life playing in bands, all around the world. Some are left handed guitarists.

Ok, so you are a Rock chick and you want to play some Rock, Metal, or Grunge, or whatever. Are you going to be playing a sunburst, gay-looking Fender Telecaster? Hope not! (This doesn’t matter whether you are a righty or lefty guitarist, by the way.)

So if that’s your music and you are giving it your all, then how about a Dean or a Jackson, or an Ibanez Super-strat guitar? (they all make them) Maybe, but Strats are pretty boring, really. Not unique to the genre. Plenty of Country and Western players play Strats. Doesn’t quite complete the look.

How about a Les Paul? Well, yes. A Les Paul is a Rock guitar. But even then a Les Paul is a little bit of a compromise for someone who is serious about living the life and being representative of that in their music and in their musical instrument, particularly Metal or any of the darker offshoots of Metal.

Do you want a REAL ROCK GUITAR? A real Rock guitar is a Randy Rhoads V, or perhaps a regular Flying V, or something by BC Rich or Halo, both famous for “extreme” guitars popular with Heavy Metal guitarists.

Now, if you are a Rock Chick and you are in a Metal band and you want a Metal guitar, and you are also a left handed guitarist, what are you going to do?

You are going to seek GASKELL GUITARS.

Gaskell Guitars makes left handed guitars only. We all know that now.

But how about left handed guitars for girls? Yes, yes yes.

We don’t discriminate between male and female at Gaskell Guitars.

We make a Randy Rhoads V guitar in SHOCKING PINK. (http://www.gaskellguitars.com/models/35-guitars/47-koru.html

This is the perfect guitar for any Rock Chick. There is no other guitar more suited. There is nothing “gay” about a pink coloured Heavy Metal guitar. A pink Heavy Metal guitar in the hands of a girl is COOL. On the other hand, there is everything “gay” about a pink Strat, or Tele or Les Paul, etc. Yuck!

Rock Chicks: you will not get left handed guitars easily in shocking pink by other brands. Other brands don’t care about left handed guitarists! Gaskell Guitars has other “extreme” guitars on offer in shocking pink if you don’t fancy the Randy Rhoads style one. (http://www.gaskellguitars.com/models) A shocking pink extreme guitar looks awesome on a Rock chick (It needs to be a proper Rock/Metal guitar that everyone easily associates with that style of music.)

Left handed Rock Chicks, you can really look the part. No one can accuse you of being a “Sunday Rock Chick” when you come out with a Gaskell guitar. Your audience will go mad! If you are a Rock chick, playing left handed guitar in a band, then you should get and play Gaskell guitars!

Gaskell Guitars is a guitar manufacturer in Sydney, Australia that makes only left handed guitars
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