Fender '70s Precision Bass TBC | fender precision bass
Written by admin on November 12, 2011 – 8:56 am -Roger Newell (Guitarist Magazine) Surely we don't need another P-Bass from Fender? Well, surprisingly it seems that we do! The new '70s P-Bass is a welcome addition to an already wide range. When Leo Fender launched the Precision Bass onto an unsuspecting bass-playing populace in 1951 it was met with a degree of distaste and suspicion. However, it took little more than a quick go on one to win all but the die-hard traditionalists over. Something so much more compact than an upright bass, with the ability to be amplified, was just too good to ignore. It was almost perfectly designed from the start, but by 1957 with a few modifications to the body, headstock and pickup, the Precision as we know it today was complete. The story does not stop there,... more
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Buying Your First Guitar Amplifier
Written by admin on July 6, 2009 – 3:46 am -By Dan Cross, About.com With so much attention focused on which guitars give you which sound, which guitars look the nicest, and which play the best, the lowly guitar amplifier is often ignored, especially by novice guitarists. Which is a big mistake for guitarists looking to find a great sound. The fact of the matter is; a sub-par guitar played through a great amp can still sound fairly decent, but even the best guitars, when played through a bad amplifier, sound awful. If you're considering buying your first amplifier, price will obviously be one of your primary concerns. Guitar amplifiers range in price from under $100, to multiple thousands of dollars. A common choice for first amplifiers are the very small and basic 15-watt amps such as... more
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Lee Ritenour Warm-up Exercise
Written by admin on May 25, 2009 – 11:32 pm -This is a nice, fairly simple warm-up exercise for guitarists looking to synchronize their picking and fretting hands. Using a metronome, Lee Ritenour walks through several warm-up techniques, and also provides some tips on learning the note names across the fretboard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6QdoUc8v5E Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Read More →
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