Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Fender Blacktop(TM) Stratocaster® HH Electric Guitar, Black, Maple Fretboard

!±8±Fender Blacktop(TM) Stratocaster® HH Electric Guitar, Black, Maple Fretboard

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Drive your sound with raw humbucking power. Fender's new and innovative Blacktop guitar series expands the sonic horizon of classic Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jazz master and Jaguar guitars by powering them with high-gain humbucking pickups. The Blacktop series delivers on modern player demands for a thick and heavy sound with guitars that drive a wide array of deep, rich and aggressive tones that match the intensity of any playing style. Sleek and supercharged, the Blacktop Stratocaster HH has dual over-wound alnico humbucking pickups, with other distinctive touches including skirted black amp knobs and a synchronized tremolo bridge. Other features include an alder body, maple neck with 9.5"-radius rosewood or maple freeboard, 22 medium jumbo frets, gloss polyester finish and chrome hardware.

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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Guitar Scales For Country Music

!±8± Guitar Scales For Country Music

The trick with music theory is to break everything down into
baby-step i.e., guitar scales for country music, guitar scales
for bluegrass music, guitar scales for jazz music, guitar scales
for rock music.

Let's say your primary style of music is country music. We could
subdivide the subject of music theory into: what guitar scales
for country, what chord progressions for country, what style of
country music, what guitar techniques for country.

What guitar scales for country:

major pentatonic, major diatonic, cascading scales ...

What chord progressions for country:

two chord songs, three chord songs, four chord songs ...

What style of country music:

Traditional country, modern country, country rock ... What guitar techniques for country:

Hammer-on's, pull-off's, bends, slides ...

As you zero in on the specific skills you need to learn the
complex subject of music theory becomes a lot less stressful
and much more achievable.

By dividing and sub diving any complex subject you also learn how
to accelerate your progress on guitar. The scales you would
learn for country guitar would be determined by what style of
country music you intended to play.

Instead of just saying "I want to play country guitar", if you
are prepared to dig a little deeper, you will decrease the amount
of information and skills you need to acquire by looking at each
area of country guitar playing i.e., chord progressions, if you
predominately played three chord songs in the keys of G and D,
you would only have to learn four chord shapes.

Three chord songs in key of G: G - C - D

Three chord songs in key of D: D - G - A

Although country guitar has spawned no shortage of modern greats
(Albert Lee, Ray Flacke, Danny Gatton, and the Hellecasters come
quickly to mind, although there are many others) in general,
however the music buying public doesn't really know how hip and
entertaining instrumental country guitar is.

Here's ten top country guitarists to get listening for specific
country guitar playing techniques.

1. Chet Atkins

2. Merle Travis

3. Jerry Reed

4. Roy Clark

5. Hank Garland

6. Albert Lee

7. Maybelle Carter

8. Doc Watson

9. Norman Blake

10. Tony Rice

The classic electric guitar sound for country music is
characterized by the undistorted sound of single-coil guitar
pickups, usually a Fender Telecaster or Fender Stratocaster, and
the employment of fairly undistorted amplification most often a
Fender Twin Reverb 100watt amp.

Guitar scales for country music are: major Pentatonic, major
diatonic, and to a lesser degree the minor pentatonic scale and
the blues scale.

The most popular guitar scales for country music are without
doubt the major pentatonic. the two most common ways of playing
this scale for country music is:

A major pentatonic scale (PATTERN 1)

sixth string, fifth fret, fourth finger

fifth string, second fret, first finger

fifth string, fourth fret, third finger

fourth string, second fret, first finger

fourth string, fourth fret, third finger

third string, second fret, first finger

third string, fourth fret, third finger

second string, second fret, first finger

second string, fifth fret, fourth finger

first string, second fret, first finger

first string, fifth fret, fourth finger

A major pentatonic scale (PATTERN 2)

sixth string, fifth fret, first finger

sixth string, seventh fret, third finger

sixth string, ninth fret, third finger

fifth string, seventh fret, first finger

fifth string, ninth fret, third finger

fourth string, seventh fret, first finger

fourth string, ninth fret, third finger

fourth string, eleventh fret, third finger

third string, ninth fret, first finger

third string, eleventh fret, third finger

second string, tenth fret, second finger

The fingering for the A major pentatonic scale (pattern 2) may
seem a little unusual at first, however with a little practice,
it will work out fine.

Both these patterns feature the same notes in the same
sequence, if you play each scale slowly and listen carefully you
will notice however a tone from certain notes, this is because
the notes are being playing on different strings resulting in a
different tone. Thicker strings produce a more mellow tone.

By learning these guitar scales for country guitar you will soon
be playing your favorite country guitar sounds.


Guitar Scales For Country Music

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Monday, January 2, 2012

Fender Highway One Stratocaster Review Vs Gibson Les Paul Faded

!±8± Fender Highway One Stratocaster Review Vs Gibson Les Paul Faded

Fender was very ingenious of how they went about trimming this guitar to bring the cost down. The most important one of course is the thin finish. The lacquer on top of the paint is very thin and highly susceptible to scratches and dents if not treated with care.

The pickups are regular American single coils and not hum canceling. The tremolo bridge is the regular 6 screws design that come with a lot of Strats and not the more modern 2 point pivot that come in the American Standard. But take notice that the material of the bridge is of better quality than the one installed in the Mexican made.

Gibson Les Paul Studio Faded Review

Like the Highway One, the finish of this electric guitar is a very thin satin lacquer, but in my opinion this instrument is a little stronger than the Fender Highway One when it comes to scratches and dents. The lack of maple is a feature that makes this electric guitar cheaper than normal.

Back when this guitar was called the Vintage Mahogany it used to come in a hard shell case, Gibson now ships it in a deluxe gig bag like the Fender Highway One.

Fender Deluxe Player Stratocaster Review

The Deluxe Player Stratocaster is one of their most upgraded guitars. It comes with noiseless pickups like some of the higher priced American models. And it has a switch to add 2 more pickup options. The finish is beautiful with gold hardware and vintage style tuners.

The 12'' radius neck has medium jumbo frets, I can't help but notice that this guitar seems very much influenced by the Stevie Ray Vaughn signature. With guitars so close like this one and the Highway One this difference is best experienced than explained with words. But with a good set up the Deluxe Player Stratocaster is fantastic.


Fender Highway One Stratocaster Review Vs Gibson Les Paul Faded

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