As an European, US made is as much imports as Made In Asia. There was a time when US guitars were head and shoulders above those of other countries. That time passed, at least when it comes to...
I can get to about 200-220bpm with my fingerstyle picking, but, with plenty of slurs. Relaxation is the key to speed. Here is a video of my fingerstyle picking.
I neither know nor care what you mean by a source. It will be my pleasure never to converse with you again.
Interesting info: Radar System's thermionic valves (tubes) ran continuously for three months before being routinely changed. Lots of these 'used' Radar System thermionic valves (tubes) were...
Bars 15-17 make a nice iiVI lick. Here is the lick transposed to C Major. Are we moving onto bars 17-20? They are a repeat of bars 1-4.
Hm. All my electrics vibrate in total when they’re played and they all sound paramount. Okay, they‘re all chambered.
I've only ever tried 2 PRSs and that was decades ago. The first was briefly for a couple of numbers at a jam night. Didn't know what model it was. The amp was a Rivera. Both beautiful pieces of kit...
YMMV but for me the presence of teflon is a good reason to avoid them. In my experience with a Tusq saddle the material gets scored very easily, possibly as easily as wood. That would suggest that...
No, I suppose that some vibration does get transmitted via the bridge too. But again, in a typical "pure" electric (aka plank) guitar you don't want the body to vibrate: all the string energy that...
The bass resonant frequency of some loudspeakers is temperature dependent to a degree because of the damping material painted on the cone surround. That might cause some combo tube amps to show a...
They've got both those wrong. Mind you, the maj7#5 and maj7#9 chords exist too but aren't on the list. And it looks like the list was made before b13 was a preferred term. Also, I hadn't seen...
Cathodes need a few seconds to come up to temperature. One minute is plenty. A standby switch cuts the high voltage to the anodes, leaving the (generally 6.3v) voltage to warm up the cathodes. If...
At a point in our lives, we decide if we're done with learning, and whether it's time to reap the rewards of all the years of preparatory study. If you think you have 20 years of life left in you, is...
They're justified in considering it's aggravating and I will stop. In case of any misunderstanding I don't believe being born French, or this or that, makes anybody superior. A core (not exclusively)...
Charlie Garnett - Franken Tele
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