The earliest electric guitars produced are ever more highly valued for their sound, their feel, and their apparent simplicity, a quality many rockers hold in the utmost regard. But despite long adhering to the same basic form, the electric guitar has incorporated a great variety of innovations — in its pickups, its vibrato systems, and much else besides — whose combinations and permutations have given rise to entire subgenres like surf, heavy metal, rockabilly, and grunge. Like rock itself, the electric guitar arrived having already attained a kind of perfection, but possessed too much vitality to stand still.
They call this Philip Kubicki guitar the Stringer because it looks like there are strings running through it – tiny little veneers that just separate the different woods. It’s got these black strings running through that are made of ebony to contrast with the light woods. And to contrast with the darker pieces, Kubicki used thin strips of white wood. It really is something else.
At the heart of this bass is a double-action compression truss rod designed by Bruce Johnson. Along with the heavy-duty neck bolt anchors and a bridge block embedded in the heavily chambered body. Three split-coil humbuckers are wired to a 6-position Strat switch, allowing for pretty much all pickup combinations. These pickups are built in-house with oversized 3/8” AlNiCo 5-cylinder magnets and wound with 44 AWG wire to give the bass a quick, aggressive attack, a bright disposition, and a big, clear low end.
Here is an exploration of all the little things that make vintage ukes both attractive and functional: oddly shaped bridges, inlaid headstocks, beautiful fingerboards, unusual tuners, complex bindings, and decorative soundholes. In addition to intimate photos showcasing these details, this article presents some history and bits of trivia about the ukuleles they enhance.
"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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Make a list of the most iconic rock guitar solos of all time, and you’d be hard-pressed not to rank Elliott’s scorching mixolydian mayhem on Steely Dan’s “Reelin’ in the Years” somewhere near the top. Recorded 50 years ago, Jimmy Page said it was his favorite solo of all time.
Whether you plan to plow full-bore into the world of country guitar or are just a little bit curious about what all the hubbub is about, this lesson will give you the tools you need to start rubbing shoulders with masters of the style; like Danny Gatton, Albert Lee, Chet Atkins, Jimmy Bryant, Roy Buchanan, Joe Maphis, Brent Mason, Brad Paisley, Tony Rice, Roy Clark, Jerry Reed, James Burton, Jerry Donahue and Johnny Hiland – just to name just a few.
If you just need an extremely well-built Marshall-in-a-box (MIAB) overdrive for any situation in the broad range of rock sonic stylings that also happens to carry a nifty bonus feature this is the pedal for you.
Bryant’s legend looms large in guitar lore. He dominates the first pages of any authoritative book about the Fender saga and wrote the opening chapter on Telecaster virtuosity, yet is woefully underrepresented in guitar literature. His preeminent status was established a decade before he was immortalized as “the fastest guitar in the country” – not coincidentally, the name of his 1967 album.
