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What's the lowest priced Fender Stratocaster?

Some people are totally stuck on logos, so I figured I'd do up a blog listing the lowest-priced Fender-branded Stratocaster.

In addition to the Stratocaster I'll also include the Telecaster.

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Vintage vs. Modern tuners on a Stratocaster

I have a confession to make. Before I bought my new Squier Vintage Modified Stratocaster, I never owned a guitar with vintage tuners before. However, being I know how they work, this didn't scare me and I was ready for them. The first thing I did when I got my 2012 VM Strat was a string change, and I was able to do it easily. However, I'm well aware that a lot of you out there want to know what the deal is with vintage tuners, what advantages they have, what disadvantages they have, and so on.

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How I became a "Squier guy"

As most people know, I primarily play Squier guitars. Those who have been following me a while know that I also own a "premium" USA Strat and a "premium" Schecter C-1 Classic as well, but don't play them.

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The Strat Saga

Squier Vintage Stratocaster guitar

I haven't been writing about music lately because I wanted to keep what I'm about to tell you a secret until I had a video showing it, but I have to write about it now because it's just too good (or bad?) of a story to keep to myself any longer.

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Garmin nuvi 40LM

garmin nuvi 40lm gps navigator

I've been wanting a Garmin automotive GPS unit with the LM (lifetime map) update option for a while now and finally went out and bought one. The reason I hadn't until this point is because the units with LM were too expensive until very recently. As of yesterday I now use a new Garmin nĂ¼vi 40LM.

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Reasons why I will never own a "metal" guitar

esp ltd v-50

In the computer world, whenever you see anything labeled "gamer", it's usually junk. You'll pay a high price for whatever the gamer thing is, and then get seriously ticked off when the gamer thing breaks less than 3 years later.

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florida's crazy annexing and other road geekery

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Most people know I'm a road geek, and this is another one of those type of posts.

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Dean Markley Vintage Electric Reissue Strings

These things are awesome. :)

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soap

soap complete series

I have a thing for 1970s TV sitcoms. I was born in the '70s, but as I got older I just made a beeline to 70s television. For years I couldn't understand why, but I think I've figured it out now somewhat.

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20 things i've never done

This is not one of those "list of things to do before I die" type of things, because some of the stuff below I have no interest in doing; see if you can guess which.

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