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Best Of NAMM Summer 2006
Ok, it looks like I could write a week’s worth of posts just covering the new guitar-related gear released at last week’s Summer Session of NAMM in Austin, so instead I’m opting for a “Best of” look at what’s most important to guitar players – guitars and amps! Fender Releases A Ton Of New Gear [...]
Continue reading...REVIEW: Fender ’69 Telecaster Thinline
17. July 2006
One of the best performing, and most under-appreciated guitars I’ve ever had the pleasure of owning and playing was Fender’s semi-hollowbodied ’69 Telecaster Thinline reissue. Originally conceived and sold as a lighter-weight alternative to Fender’s standard Tele, the Thinline is actually much more than just an easier-on-the-arms Telecaster — it’s a beast all its own. [...]
Continue reading...Fender Unveils New Highway One Strats, Teles, And Basses
17. July 2006
New Guitars From Fender! Fender has announced their latest line of guitars and basses — the newly redesigned Highway One Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jazz Bass, and Precision Bass. According to their website, the upgraded Highway Ones sport a host of new features, including new pickups, new necks, new frets, new bridges, and even an all new [...]
Continue reading...Scale Length: A Primer
12. July 2006
What The Heck Is Scale Length? To be precise, the scale length of a guitar is the vibrating length of its strings, ie, the distance from the center of the saddle to the nut. The scale length dictates the placement of frets on a guitar’s fingerboard, with the 12th fret falling at the exact middle [...]
Continue reading...Rare Find: The Guitar That Jimi Burnt
28. June 2006
My good friends over at CybersMusic have unearthed this rare gem – the Fender Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix set ablaze at the Miami Pop Festival. The guitar was apparently given to the late, great Frank Zappa by one of Hendrix’s roadies, and is now being cared for by son Dweezil. Frank waxes poetic about his [...]
Continue reading...Looking For A Good Beginner’s Guitar?
17. November 2005
If you’re looking for a good beginner’s guitar to put under the Christmas tree this year, or perhaps for a birthday present, my first recommendation is to take a long look at Fender’s Squier SE Special Strat Pack. For the price ($199.79 at time of writing) you can’t really beat this package – it includes [...]
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18. July 2006
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