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Finger on the Trigger: Using Octave Effects
Some effects are very much ‘plug and play.’ A chorus pedal doesn’t really care what you’re doing with it: it will do pretty much the same thing whether you’re playing a delicate arpeggio passage or a...
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The Art of Showmanship
Few will forget seeing Jimi Hendrix set his guitar on fire, or Stevie Ray Vaughan playing lightning fast solos behind his back. With an ever-increasing abundance of bands out there, it’s more important...
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Jimi Hendrix’s 1963 Strat Visits Seymour Duncan
Seymour with Jimi Hendrix and band It was in the year 1965 that Jimi Hendrix was starting to get work as a session player, having just left playing for Little Richard. In that year he acquired a white...
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The Most Misheard Lyrics In Rock History
Once upon a time, in my first job upon landing in Los Angeles, a co-worker once randomly asked “Do you like the Cult?” “Sure!” I replied, having seen them on the Sonic Temple tour not long before...
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Top 5 Reasons Why I Love Strats
The Fender Stratocaster is a pretty unique instrument. I mean, just think: when it came out, natural finishes were all the rage, and other than its cousin the Telecaster, electric guitars contained...
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Reader’s Choice: Cover Tunes That Are Better Than The Originals
The true test of covering someone elses’ song is making it your own. That’s no easy feat, and while there’s a tonne of cover versions of classic and contemporary tunes, only a few stand the test of...
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You’re Never Too Old To Learn
Throughout my performing and teaching life, I’ve had lots of older people coming up to me and telling me that they’ve always wanted to play guitar. This is followed by the usual excuse of wishing...
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Cage Match: Learning Right-Handed or Left-Handed
It all starts somewhere. The first trip to the music store is either with the parents, or as an adult because ‘you always wanted to play.’ Most players fit into the above categories, and usually the...
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7 “Easy-To-Play” Songs To Add To Your Guitar Repertoire
Perhaps Robert Tepper said it best in his song for the film Rocky IV: “There’s no easy way out/There’s no short cut home” For guitar players, most of the time, this is most definitely true. Perhaps...
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In Guitar, Context is Everything
What was such a big deal about the Beatles? Didn’t Les Paul play music my grandmother described as ‘old’? Isn’t Jimi Hendrix famous for playing ‘Silent Night’ at some festival in the 40’s or...
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Introducing The Jimi Hendrix™ Signature Strat Set
On March 28, 1968, a young Seymour W. Duncan presented Jimi with a gift: a bag of early 60’s Stratocaster pickups that he rewound with his already considerable knowledge on how to get the most out of a...
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