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Rich's Bad Guitar Lessons: Fake Pedal Steel Sound on a Fender Stratocaster

Sun 2012 Nov 25

Note on the video: It's long. Almost 24 minutes. However it's worth your time to check it out because if you were wondering how I got that pedal steel sound out of a Stratocaster, the video will show you exactly how it's done.

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we all live in a capital i

Fri 2012 Nov 23

I discovered something amazing on Netflix. Sesame Street: Classics. It starts with 1974 and goes from there.

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Confession: I have never played a guitar that felt or sounded perfect on the first try

Wed 2012 Nov 21

I bought a Fender Stratocaster recently. Was the purchase of the guitar one of those magical moments in the guitar store where the instrument felt perfect when I played it and I just "had to have it"? Nope. In fact, the guitar played and sounded like absolute crap in the store. The strings were old, slightly rusted and scratchy, the cord I used to plug into the amp was almost broken beyond repair, and the amp I used was a crappy little Marshall that sounded plastic and terrible. So why did I buy it? I'll explain that in a moment.

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Rich buys a 2012 Fender Modern Player Stratocaster HSS (with extra info)

Sun 2012 Nov 18

For the second time in my life, I have bought a Fender guitar. Okay, well that's not entirely accurate. The first true Fender Stratocaster I ever owned was bought for me by my father in 1993 USA Standard for an 18th birthday present. I still own that guitar but it has a busted neck that needs replacement. However the new guitar I just purchased, the 2012 Fender Modern Player Stratocaster HSS, I bought myself today.

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a wish for more decent clockradios

Mon 2012 Nov 12

I remember a time when there used to be some really good clockradios out there, and I'm talking about clockradios that had great features.

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