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Guitar case options for the Jaguar and Jazzmaster

Wed 2014 Sep 10

If you just bought a Jazzmaster or Jaguar or already own one, unless you have a case with some extra vertical length, you'll notice the one you have will fit a Strat or Tele, but not the offset body guitars.

The Jag/Jazz's extra length means you have to buy a longer bag or case. If you've shopped around, you've probably noticed some fairly high prices.

Fortunately, you have a few cheaper options.

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Adventures with strings on a short scale bass guitar
Mon 2014 Sep 8

When you watch this video, you'll say to yourself, "Hey, that's sounds pretty good!"

Yeah, it sounds good now. But to get it sounding good wasn't easy. Actually, that's not true. It was easy once what made it sound bad was figured out.

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How cheap can you go to get almost every classic Fender design?
Sat 2014 Aug 30

A big decision concerning guitar buying is how a guitar looks. Does it influence my guitar purchases? You bet it does. The finish color matters to me as does the logo treatment.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about a Bigsby vibrato system
Tue 2014 Aug 26

For a really long time you didn't see too many new guitars out there with Bigsby vibrato systems on them. But given the fact that since 2012 there have been a lot of older designs reimagined into new guitar offerings (like the Squier Cabronita Telecaster with Bigsby), we've been seeing Bigsby vibratos making a comeback of sorts.

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When is the last time you saw a C battery?
Sun 2014 Aug 24

I'll bet that there are two battery types you haven't seen in a long time, and one you didn't even know existed.

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