Computer Music

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If you want some beefy metal power in your mix, but don’t own either a guitar or the necessary skill to conjure the required tone, then Shreddage 3 is tailor-made for you. Using a MIDI keyboard, Shreddage allows you to control the guitar via Poly Inp

Guitarist

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Q Over many years reading Guitarist magazine, I have seen numerous ‘solid body’ articles and references to what a great difference – and, indeed, benefit – having the right kind of timber for the guitar body can have on the unamplified tone and feel

JazzTimes

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The String Sling performs two functions. First, it’s a premium microfiber cloth that protects guitar strings from oxidation, hand grease, and environmental wear. Use it to cover your guitar’s fretboard and it’ll be a shield against the elements; wipe

The Shed

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For Dave Pauling, making guitars is the natural fusion of two passions — music and wood. Dave, who has been playing the guitar since he was 13, also knew the pleasure of pottering in sheds from a young age. His father is a sheddie from way back, who,

Guitarist

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There’s no shortage of guitars out there and yet, in a relatively short amount of time, Leigh Dovey’s PJD Guitars has crafted out its own niche in the industry, bringing high-quality electrics with a classic feel into the mass-market arena at an affo

Bass Player

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Three elements found in every bass guitar combine to influence its acoustic performance: The body, neck, and fretboard. In my next few articles, we’ll explore these critical primary components of every bass guitar. First, let’s consider the body. The

Total Guitar

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This track exemplifies Beck’s mastery of the instrument, seamlessly blending elements of rock, jazz and blues into his unique melodic style. ’Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers was written by Stevie Wonder, and features musical tension/ release points which

Guitar Magazine

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The first-glance response to Joe Yanuziello’s flagship electric guitars tends to be, “Aw, now isn’t that cute”. His hand-made archtops, flattops, mandolins, resos, and acoustic Hawaiian lap steel guitars have long drawn gasps of awe and wonder but, t

Guitar World

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EVER SINCE THE Gretsch family joined forces with FMIC in late 2002, Gretsch has produced electric guitars that many players, collectors and aficionados consider the best instruments they’ve ever made. In addition to FMIC’s expertise and attention to

Guitar World

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SOMETIMES SOMETHING THAT seems simple isn’t as simple as it seems. A good example is the guitar tracks on Steve Miller’s “Jet Airliner,” which sound like an electric guitar plugged straight into an amp playing a progression of three open chords, some

Total Guitar

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The Gretsch G2655 Streamliner is a perfect example why Gretsch remains the coolest guitar brand on the planet. Made in Indonesia, this smaller-bodied Center Block Jr Double-Cut P90 is part of Gretsch’s entry-level Streamliner series, and while it is

Guitarist

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After the madness of the pre-Christmas season where a lot of people are trying to finish off musical projects before the holidays, and live shows are popular, it’s usual for professional musicians to experience a quieter period in January. This was w

Guitarist

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Few guitarists are completely immune to the rock ’n’ roll heritage that is part and parcel of classic guitar brands such as Fender, Martin or Gibson. But, as this issue’s crop of review guitars highlights, the thrill of the new is still a vital part

Total Guitar

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Cory Wong takes us on his recent recording journey Obviously who I am as a guitar player is going to be a through-line on every record I make. But it is interesting to have a broader approach on Motivational Music... and Elevator Music For An Elevate

Guitarist

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Shimmering Pelham Blue lacquer layered over carved mahogany body contours. The sleek mercury-like undulations of a polished Bigsby vibrato. The gloss-black reflections of a pickguard hiding a nest of snaking electronics and alien gadgetry. I am in th

Guitarist

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The new Grand Theater is a mid-length acoustic that’s “just right” Taylor has unveiled a new kind of acoustic with its GT – Grand Theater, a “mid-length” guitar that sits between the US company’s hugely successful GS Mini travel guitar and its full-

NPR

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The fingerpicking guitarist honors the soft landscape and vivid detail of forests, embedding meticulous guitar compositions in lush arrangements.

Guitar Magazine

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Guitar.COM EDITOR'S CHOICE Although Nik Huber’s Orca ’59 model has been around for a while, it’s newly available via The North American Guitar in London. On opening this gorgeous single-cutaway electric’s smart grey hard case, German luthier Huber’s

Prog

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Furious arguments play out on internet forums over the optimum material you should use to make the body of a guitar. The gentle warmth of rosewood? The elegant sustain of maple? The brightness of poplar? The artist known simply as Burls has no time f

Guitarist

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I’ve always taken a strong interest in the development of the guitar and love to listen to all genres right back to the early part of the 20th century. Until the guitar was electrified, apart from classical music, it was purely an accompaniment instr

Guitarist

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26431; one of 50 guitars from first batch made (running 26400 to 26449); serial number appears on the headstock nameplate Single-layer white binding; black finish; T-roof Gretsch logo; metal nameplate reads ‘The Chet Atkins Country Gentleman 26431’ H

Total Guitar

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Faye Webster’s guitar of choice is fittingly cool. “It’s a Harmony Stratotone Jupiter,” the singer-songwriter says. “I think it’s from the 60s. Harmony don’t make them anymore, which is a problem – I’ve been trying to buy another one to travel with,

Guitarist

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While we were putting together this month’s feature on tone, a topic came up that’s been debated quite a few times in the Guitarist office. Namely, if heavy strings purportedly deliver a bigger, fuller sound than light ones, how is it that some of th

Guitar Techniques

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Any electric guitar will work well for this performance. Choose whichever pickup you like (Rocco used both) and dial up a rich sounding overdrive tone (think more Larry Carlton than Joe Satriani). Be prepared to experiment with the guitar’s controls

Music Tech Magazine

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In our last Studio One tutorial, we examined the trials and tribulations that come with recording one of the world’s most notoriously slippery instruments: the human voice. Here, we’re focusing on an instrument that, though not as tough to capture, b

Guitar Techniques

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BRITAIN’S FIRST TV DETECTOR VAN hits the streets checking for unlicenced television sets. TV favours puppets, as Sooty and the Flower Pot Men are transmitted for the first time. The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader is CS Lewis’s latest novel and continues

NPR

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On this week's Alt.Latino playlist, hear Las Nubes reiterate its post-punk femininity, Twanguero return to philosophical roots and VINILOVERSUS duet with Tessa Ia in what feels like hazy nostalgia.

Guitarist

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In a world filled with corporate PR, it’s a breath of fresh air to talk to a guitar maker who is as open and frank as he is skilled at building superlative electrics. Netherlands-based luthier Eric Smid is the man behind Smitty Guitars, and his appro

Bass Player

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Michael Kelly Guitars www.michaelkellyguitars.com $649 After establishing themselves first as builders of acoustic bass guitars and mandolins, then later of electric guitars, Michael Kelly have recently taken their first steps into the bass world

Prog

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This mysterious black lozenge poses a few questions regarding the nature of music, if that’s your philosophical bag. Shove a couple of batteries in it, wander about, and it picks up and amplifies electromagnetic signals in the landscape. Described by