You can preset the basic intonation of your guitar by taking a tape measure and measuring from the inside of the nut to the center of the 12th fret (the fret wire itself; not the fingerboard). Double that measurement to find the scale length of your guitar. Adjust the first-string bridge...
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Learning to play your first song on guitar is a micro-education in itself. It gives you an opportunity to apply the chords you’ve learned to a song you enjoy. You get to learn more about the structure of a song and different techniques to make a piece of music come alive. “She Lov...
” If you want to collect it and never play it, that’s totally fine with me. I’ll help you get what you’re looking for, at whatever price range makes sense for that particular piece. But there are also players who come in—maybe their band just got signed—and they...
In the 1950s and 1960s, rock stars secured Gibson and Paul's designs, as well as Fender's famous Stratocaster, a permanent place in American culture. Since then, every generation has found a surprising new way of making the instrument sing. By all accounts, its potential is limitless. For...
We take a look at the post-Syd Barrett days of Pink Floyd in this tutorial. David Gilmour playing Fender Stratocaster guitar, using wah wah pedal, on stage at Shelter benefit concert on ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ tour at Earls’ Court, London, UK, 18 May 1973. Image: DAvid Warner Elli...
From a tour stop in London, Rodgers notes that he always has his guitar with him — typically his white 1960 Stratocaster, which Fender has since issued a replica of — and "always" has a recording studio with him. "I always believe that I can add something musically," he says. There...
A single-coil-equipped guitar such as a Fender Stratocaster will deliver the goodies here. Your basic tone will be clean and transparent, and your soft-to-loud dynamics—when you switch from playing with more or less attack on the strings—should be translated clearly. You adore surf music....
Think "guitar god," and a particular image of Jimi Hendrix springs to mind: Hendrix kneeling, shamanlike, before his Fender Stratocaster, his hands seeming to coax flames from the instrument. Captured by photographer Jim Marshall at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, this image is burned into the...
Most manufactures don’t actually write the production dates on the guitar in plain view. First let’s take a look at where to find ID numbers on a Fender guitar. Where do I find my Fender Serial Number? This article is intended to help you date your Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster, and...