If music is so critical to our social development as a species, we should learn to treat it with the respect it deserves. We should also, Spitzer argues, learn to play and sing for ourselves again, and think of music not only as a thing that other, more talented people produce for our consumption, but as our own evolutionary inheritance, passed down over tens of thousands of years.
This release comprises two Filter’Tron pickup-equipped Double Jets – one with a V-Stoptail bridge and the other with a Bigsby, the former being left-handed – and two models loaded with the company’s Broad’Tron pickups, one left-handed, both with V-Stoptail bridges. Each guitar features the classic Jet tonewood combo of a chambered mahogany body and arched maple top.
Each MVJ5-75 is built with an alder body and roasted maple neck with binding and block inlays. Modern Vintage offers an option of Indian rosewood or maple fingerboards. Their vintage voiced pickups are fitted to the body in the ‘70s spacing.
No other instrument sounds, or looks, quite like the ukulele. This tiny member of the lute family has made a big impact on music worldwide, enchanting players and listeners alike. As you might expect from such a unique instrument, the history of the ukulele is a one-of-a-kind, globe-spanning tale with a note of mystery. Let’s take a closer look at how the instrument came to be.
"Guitar EncycloMedia was written for the guitarist who has been playing a while but feels they don't know what they're doing. This 323 page book solves this problem simply and clearly with no staff notes or TAB required.” - Randy Roos, Associate Professor of Guitar, Berklee College of Music.
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"Bass EncycloMedia is filled with practical and highly musical techniques and information that will benefit bass players of any style and ability level, especially those who have passed beyond the 'beginner' stage. I am very impressed! " - Dr. Robert Cutietta, Dean of the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California
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The Scorpions founder on how the hard-rock institution is looking back to a brighter future with Rock Believer, and why you must put your body into it to play like the “King of Riffs”
Here are the key stylistic aspects of one of the greatest blues guitarists of all time. For quick review, the rhythm part used to solo over is based on a standard 12-bar blues progression in G, but with a few passing chords here and there.
Here is an overdrive offering amp-like feel in a compact box – for that Texan sound and more. It's a great portal to Top-style tones, but it’s got enough flexibility to thrive well beyond the Texan state lines.
