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Tiny amplifiers for guitars

Sun 2012 Jan 29

Tiny amps are best described as "cute". Definitely not that loud, but still cool to have. They make for good decoration more than anything else, so if you want something on your desk or shelf that says, "I'm a guitar player", the tiny amp is a must-have. Your friends may say, "I would never buy one of those", but that's not true. They totally would.

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Do you really need better pickups in a Strat?
Fri 2012 Jan 27

I will list some recommended pickup upgrade kits below for those of you who want to swap out your existing Fender or Squier Strat pickups for something else, but before I do, here's a few words about how pickups in a Stratocaster works.

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Beginner's guide to everything you wanted to know about electric guitar necks
Wed 2012 Jan 25

Certain guitars "feel like a Fender" while others "feel like a Gibson", but why? What separates those two guitars as to the way they feel?

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Why you need a mixer, and 5 good mixers for under $100
Mon 2012 Jan 23

Recording a single instrument to your computer is easy, but it can become difficult quickly if you don't have a mixing board, otherwise known as just "mixer".

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Do you shop by headstock?
Sun 2012 Jan 22

What is the difference between a Fender and a Squier guitar headstock?

The obvious differences is that the colors, tuning keys and truss rod entry points are different. The non-obvious difference is that the countries of origin are different.

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