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A great selection of new guitars in stock from
manufacturers like EASTWOOD, DiPinto, BURNS, EKO, Italia,
TOKAI and TEISCO. Check out the latest models right
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A huge selection of Bizarre Vintage Guitars and Bass
guitars at affordable prices.
Vintage
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Looking for a deal? We have a nice selection of slightly
used in-store demo guitars at great discount
prices.
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Top seller: U.K.'s TOTAL Guitar Magazine gives the
Ovation Ultra-GP tribute a rare 5 STAR rating last month.
Check it out!
Ovation
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Now in Stock: Supro Coronado tribute! Hot on the heels of
the wildly successful AIRLINE reissue comes this stunning
CORONADO. Shipping NOW!
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Now in Stock: Airline BASS, 30" scale. Available in
Sunburst, White and RED.
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Now in Stock: WANDRE Doris re-issue model. Stop tail or
tremolo models available, many color choices. Stunning design
and a GREAT player!
WANDRE
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ON SALE: We are clearing out the TOKAI inventory, all
stock on sale.
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We have a bunch of lefties on stock, Hi-Flyer (standard
and RAMONES version), DELTA 6, Airlines in 2 and 3 pup version
(with optional BIGSBY!) and more on the horizon. Check them
out!
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We have a few DEMO guitars left from the Festival, check
out the deals here, up to 50% off!
JAZZfest DEMO
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August 2005 |
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August's Newsletter Contest Winner scores a T- Shirt
and enters for the Guitar Giveaway; Bill Wagoner for a
look at his Frankenstein Longhorn. Congrats! WE NEED
MORE STORIES, keep them coming! Next month we will give
away a FREE guitar to one of the newsletter writers
from the past 6 months, so get your article in TODAY to
have a chance at winning!
Check out the wild and wacky SEKOVA from Michael
Wright, The
Different Strummer. Another great educational spot from Kirk
Lorange on Soloing, and Part 2 of JOHN ABERCROMBIE from Larry
Payne
As always your input and comments are welcome. Enjoy the
Guitarticles! Mike Robinson
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by Bill Wagoner
I have been playing guitar for 40 years. I have owned
everything, from ES175 to a 58 Les Paul Std, 59 Strat, Travis
Bean, Alembic, Cort, Samick, Guilds, G + Ls, you name it, I
owned one. And you know what? If I see one more damn Les Paul,
Strat or Tele I think I will vomit! Good lord, are they the
most boring thing in the world or what? I love guitars that
are different, I do NOT want to see another guy walking down
the street playing the same guitar as me. There is a world of
cool guitars out there and yet some guys have no imagination,
they just play the same blankity blank guitars that everyone
has had for the last 50 years!
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By Michael Wright, The Different Strummer
People who aren't hooked on guitars are probably not aware
of the medical fact that guitar lovers can be highly
susceptible to whiplash. I still get a pain in my neck when I
remember the first time I saw this Sekova Grecian calling to
me from the back of the rack at MusicCity in Newark, NJ, like
some sensuous, mythical Siren. You're walking by glancing at
the wall of guitars and your head snaps around as you yell,
"What the hell?"
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By Larry Payne
Fate stepped in again. Abercrombie's reverberant tone, so
somber yet brimming with emotion, had caught the attention of
another gifted young guitarist: Ralph Towner. "I got together
with Ralph in New York," he says. "In fact, he's the one who
got me together with ECM Records. He'd done stuff with
[Norwegian saxophonist/composer] Jan Garbarek, and also with
[German bassist/composer] Eberhard Weber. I started meeting
all these people, and one day Manfred Eicher
[founder/executive producer of ECM] asked me to make a record.
Manfred had heard me play on a record I'd done with an Italian
trumpeter named Enrico Rava, and apparently there was
something in my playing that he liked. First he recommended
that I do a couple of things with [soprano saxophonist] Dave
Liebman, and then he said, 'I think you're ready to do your
own record.' I certainly didn't feel that way, but one day I
just sat
down and started writing some tunes."
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 FREE SHIPPING on SELECTED MODELS
UPS Airmail to N. America and Europe!
We are extending our FREE SHIPPING policy through
this summer. The regular shipping fees of $49 - $99 are
being CUT on selected models (while quantities last) so you
have NO EXCUSE! Time for a new EASTWOOD today! Models include the Hi-Flyer, Del
ta 6, STORMBIRD and SAVANNAH.
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One of the most difficult aspects of playing an instrument,
but THE most rewarding when you've figured out how, is the art
of playing solos. The ability to manipulate four octaves or so
of notes into a coherent melody, on the fly, following
(sometimes bending) the musical rules and pulling it off, is
one of the best feelings going. I spent many, many guitar
playing years to figure it out, but it paid off. I turned it
into a profession, and now I earn a good portion of my living
doing just that. I do it on album tracks, jingles,
soundtracks, and it's often my role in a band line up. I
specialize in slide guitar, but it's all the same thing. Here
are some tips:
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Newsletter Contest
Each month we include an article or two submitted from
our readers. Each month the winning entries will recieve a
free T-shirt and will be entered into a draw to win an
EASTWOOD Guitar. We will give away a FREE Guitar every 6
months. Good articles = great chances to win!
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