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What makes a metal guitar (aka my SG doesn't sound that great above the 15th fret)

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->     A true Gibson SG standard should be a fine guitar for what you > want.   Considering you don’t like the sound in the upper frets > ("tinny"), I wonder if you are using bridge pickup solo?  Try both, or > just [...]

Yamaha erg 121

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Hi, I have been playing the guitar for around 6 months now and im confident in changing chords etc but im to sure if the guitar I brought was right for a beginner? The guitar is a Yamaha ERG 121. When my firend plays it (grade 5) he can get much more [...]

vintage vs newer Telecasters (string spacing question)

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You expected an answer in 3 minutes?

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My second post was 1 day and 3 minutes after the first post and now 5 days later I still haven’t gotten a useful response. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > You expected an answer in 3 minutes?

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Jazz Guitarists?

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I’ve been getting jazz lately.  That or I have been watching too much weather channel. I’m new to jazz music.  Who are some good jazz guitarists that I should look for?

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>I’ve been getting jazz lately.  That or I have been watching too much >weather channel. >I’m new to [...]

Where to find people to jam with?

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> Same questions: > Are there beginner-intermediate guitarists in the SF Bay Area willing to
meat and jam together? > I think jamming with real people is essensial after a certain experience with the guitar. > Stanjo
It depends on the type of music you’re interested in.  One place [...]

Fat Strat VS Epi Les Paul

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> As a beginner > should I even be considering these guitars? > I think you ought to buy a Carvin Bolt strat kit.. you’ll have less cash > outlay, better woods, better workmanship, and everything a strat would > have.. plus the fun and learning of assembly. > [...]

Fingerstyle recommendations?

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I am just getting back into guitar after many years and am certainly a > beginner.  When I last played any guitar, I was into flatpick and rock > type stuff.  Now I seem to be pulled toward fingerstyle and I wonder if > folks could [...]

Guitarists who plug'n'play?

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> I wonder, are there any guitar legends who would just plug their guitar > into any amp and blow the house with their playing? > By that, I mean without using any effects, equalizers, pedals, special > arrangements. > I have heard some JH live recordings [...]

jazz guitar chords freeware..?

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Hello, where do I start searching for a jazz guitar chords freeware or tutorial to find them myself? Thx, Gab-

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gab, here are many jazz lesson sites. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jimkk/jazzfast.html I can recommend several good texts if you are a beginner. Chip L – Hide quoted text — [...]

Guitar Licks

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Go here: http://www.digevent.com/events/consumer/music/guitar_mania/archives.asp
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Does anyone know where I could learn some decent not-to-difficult licks, > enough for me to jam along to (example) a slow 12-bar blues track? > I seem to have a serious problem with this, whilst I can widdle [...]