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Stage stand for electric guitars

Published on September 8, 2010 By Mickys-Blog

Tags: Electric, electric guitar, guitar, Guitars, stage, Stand

All About Specialty Wood Musical Instruments

Published on February 1, 2009 By Mickys-Blog

If you’re a fine experienced musician or an amateur student who loves working with different string instruments as a hobby or past time, you will always want to find the ones made from the finest wood possible and what better way than through experience and research. Know what your instrument is made of, and make [...]

Purchasing the Right Guitar For You

Published on October 31, 2008 By Mickys-Blog

Whether you are looking to purchase kids guitars or a guitar resembling Eddie Van Halen’s, there are many ways in which you can make your purchase. One way to purchase a guitar, of course, is to visit your local guitar shop, ask the salesman which guitar best fits your budget and playing style, and then [...]

The “Beating Guitar” Of Italy

Published on September 17, 2008 By Mickys-Blog

The battente guitar is also known as the chitarre battente, which in Italian, translates literally as “beating guitar.” (One can only assume that the verb in this translation refer to the action used to play the guitar rather than the instrument’s use as a club.) At first glance, the battente guitar is very similar to [...]

How To Play Guitar: Lessons Learned Online

Published on August 21, 2008 By Mickys-Blog

Are you a rock freak? Do you plan to strum guitars all day long and become a rock star? Found anyone to teach you how to play this awesome instrument? Do not worry, I have a solution for your indecisiveness! Here is all you have to do: take interactive guitar lessons online. Well, it may [...]

The Beginners’ Guide To Choosing A Guitar

Published on July 16, 2008 By Mickys-Blog

If you are considering starting to learn how to play a guitar, then you may be quite surprised at the sheer range of guitars available, with those already playing the instrument, or selling it, offering you helpful advice about the different makes, models and features. In fact, it can become quite overwhelming, and very confusing. [...]

Little Known Features Of Guitar Designs – What On Earth Are Truss Rods?

Published on July 8, 2008 By Mickys-Blog

If you talk to a guitar enthusiast it may well be that they have heard of truss rods, and may even be capable of showing you where their truss rod is to be found, but to the average person or beginner, most people would be hard pressed to know whether their guitar even had a [...]

A Brief History Of The Modern Guitar

Published on July 1, 2008 By Mickys-Blog

The modern electric guitar is a distant product compared to its humbler origins, and prior to such modern developments and trends, and the increased use of synthetic materials, a guitar was simply defined as any instrument which had a long neck which was fretted, at the base of which was a soundboard with curved sides, [...]

The Challenge Of Being A Left Handed Guitarist

Published on July 1, 2008 By Mickys-Blog

The majority of musical instruments can be played equally well by those who are either right handed or left handed, and switching from a right handed musician to a left handed one with the same instrument is not usually a problem. However, in the case of the guitar this is not always true, and although [...]

Various Music Gear Required for Bands

Published on June 24, 2008 By Mickys-Blog

Bands are something that have the capability of getting anybody into the dancing groove with its foot tapping tune. In fact, the music created by the bands is just extraordinary and has always been very popular. Bands are extraordinary because the music created by them gives a different feel. This actually depends on the kind [...]