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The best easy electric guitar is a Kramer

Fri 2014 Oct 17

The Kramer Baretta Special only comes in two colors. Black, and Vintage White. It is arguably the most basic and most easy electric made right now. Perfect for beginner guitar players as well as adults that want a guitar that has absolutely no frills and just works.

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The weirdness and awesomeness of Fender Japan
Mon 2014 Oct 13

In America, we sometimes see a few Fender Japan guitars make their way into guitar stores. Most of the time, it's for a signature model such as the Fender Mustang Kurt Cobain signature model; that's a Japan build 100%.

However, there are plenty of other Fender Japan models, such as the Telecaster TL69, that you will only find in specialty guitar shops, or online-only.

A lot of what Fender Japan makes are home runs. But then there are certain models that are weird for one reason or another.

Here are a few of them. Both the hits and the misses.

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Songwriting tip: Start with the bass guitar first
Wed 2014 Oct 8

If you want to make the songwriting process go faster, put down the guitar temporarily and pick up a bass.

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If the song is over 20 years old, a kid most likely has never heard it and thinks it's yours
Mon 2014 Oct 6

House Of 1,000 Pleasures is a song from the band E-Z-O. It's from their debut album, and you probably never heard of it until you heard it here. How did I find out about it? A friend of mine let me borrow a compact cassette of it back when it was new in 1992. And where did he get it from? No idea, I never asked. Probably some other kid he knew.

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Why I own a backup GPS, and how to get maps for free
Fri 2014 Oct 3

I've been a GPS user since 2005, and recently I bought a backup unit, a Garmin nuvi 255. The price was a little over 30 bucks. Used, of course.

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