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Fender Classic Series '70s Stratocaster guitar review

Sun 2014 Jun 8

fender classic series 70s stratocaster

Yesterday I had to go out and buy some guitar strings at Sam Ash in Tampa, and while there tried out two guitars, the above being one of them, a Fender Classic Series '70s Stratocaster in natural finish with the maple neck/maple fingerboard.

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Is the Stratocaster overrated?
Sat 2014 Jun 7

fender stratocaster lake placid blue

Is the Fender Stratocaster (the above is a LPB color) a good guitar? Yes. Modern machining and manufacturing technologies make that possible (the same the reason Squier makes such good guitars these days as well).

Personally, I think that yes, the Fender Stratocaster is an overrated guitar. Good guitar as I said above, but overrated.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about guitar loopers
Fri 2014 Jun 6

hotone wally looper

Above is a pedal I'm considering buying, the Hotone Wally Compact Looper. The Wally basically does everything the Ditto does for less. And it looks cooler.

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Black Strat with maple fretboard options
Wed 2014 Jun 4

A look of Strat I really like, which I did own at one point (more on that in a moment), is black body, white 3-ply pick guard, maple neck and fretboard.

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How much cash can you save by going Behringer over BOSS pedals?
Mon 2014 Jun 2

behringer tu300 guitar tuner pedal

Fact: Most low-cost Behringer pedals are nothing more than close copies of more expensive pedals.

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Collectible high-end Gibson electric guitars for 2014
Tue 2014 May 27

I talk about cheap guitars a lot, but every now and then I talk about the expensive stuff. Why? Because there are a select few who do actually buy this stuff. Heck, you might be one of them.

This is obviously not all of the high-end Gibson stuff. Just a few of them. I picked the ones I personally thought were pretty cool.

With that said, here we go.

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Recycled seat belt guitar strap? Cool!
Mon 2014 May 26

seat belt guitar strap

The recycled seat belt guitar strap is something I'm seriously considering buying for basically two reasons.

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Being a left-handed guitar player can suck sometimes
Sat 2014 May 24

fender stratocaster left handed

Did you know I'm left-handed? It's true. I play right-handed, but I am a lefty.

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Cheap 12-string electric guitars
Thu 2014 May 22

I was talking about Rickenbacker electrics and their 12-string offerings recently, so I decided to take a look at what was available for cheap electric 12-string guitars.

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Why aren't Rickenbacker guitars more popular?
Tue 2014 May 20

rickenbacker 425

Pictured is George Harrison's 1962 Rickenbacker 425; it just sold for $657,000. George was in a band called The Beatles. You might have heard of them.

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