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Cage Match: Gig Bags Vs. Hard Cases
Cases are a fact of life for any guitarist. Even if you don’t ever intend to pile all of your equipment in the back of the van to get to the next gig, every guitar we spend money on will spend at...
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Joe Bonamassa: The Collection
Chances are you already spend so much money on guitars and gear that each time the credit card bill comes you have to snatch it before your wife sees that new guitar you bought or finds that 5150 you...
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Cage Match: Vintage vs Modern Guitar Designs
You know what kind of player you are. The one that grew up staring at the Led Zeppelin poster that had Jimmy Page playing that sunburst Les Paul. One day, you knew you would own a Les Paul, and every...
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The 5th Annual Seymour Duncan Notes For Notes Benefit
On June 7, 2015 we celebrated the fifth annual Notes For Notes benefit concert here in Santa Barbara’s Lobero Theatre. This is a huge event on our calendars not only because it’s a night of great music...
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Top 10 Rock Guitarists That Use Multi-Neck Guitars
Most guitarists have enough struggle with one neck. However, there are times when you might have to play guitar and bass in the same song, or play delicate fingerpicked intros on a 12 string, and rock...
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5 Vibratos Every Guitarist Wants
The vibrato is one of the most used and sought-after techniques in music. From a theoretical standpoint, vibrato is “a rapid, slight variation in pitch producing a stronger or richer tone”. As many...
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My Top 10 List of Forgotten Les Pauls
For a company many perceive as traditional, Gibson sure had a lot of forward-thinking folks over the years. First of those might be Les Paul himself, whose name sits on the headstock of one of the...
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Seymour Duncan at NAMM 2016
Last week we packed up and headed down to Anaheim, California for the 2016 Winter NAMM Show. We had a great time meeting with artists, dealers and media, and letting folks try out brand-new gear like...
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Inside The Alnico II Pro Slash Signature Set
It’s impossible to overstate the influence that Slash has had on the world of guitar. When Guns N’ Roses first hit the big time, hard rock players generally favored pointy guitars with Floyd Roses and...
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What Is Fretboard Radius?
The 12″ radius of a Gibson Les Paul Traditional. Go into a guitar store and pick up a few random guitars of different designs and brands. Ever wonder why some guitars just feel ‘right’ while others...
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