Musicwood: The Acoustic Guitar Wood Documentary

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Published June 5, 2010 at 12:15 p.m.

It all starts with the wood.We have written before about the risk to the ongoing manufacture of guitars if the tonewoods used to make guitars are not in some way preserved.  We have also been impressed by guitar manufacturers’ efforts to use “sustainable wood” in the manufacture of guitars – like the Martin SWOMGT and [ ... ] ...

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The Best Guitar Lessons For Beginners, Building And Maintaining Your Students Confidence

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Published June 5, 2010 at 8:44 a.m.

Confidence in a students ability to learn is like stored up energy to you as a guitar teacher. Regardless of your choice in guitar lessons for beginners. The more of this confidence a student has, the faster the student can increase personal esteem and make learning guitar fun, the less time it takes to move [ ... ] ...

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Bassists Who Never Were

Published June 4, 2010 at 10:19 a.m.

A bit of Friday fun! So, we here a lot about famous bassists… You know the names! But what about the famous non-bassists? Which famous people out there are actually closet bassists? Can we out a few of them?!?Someone forwarded me this video, which is a mash up of audio from London’s world-famous Mayor, Boris [ ... ] ...

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Three Visualization Techniques

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Published June 4, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.

Fan up the Classical Guitar Blog on Facebook!Visualization, otherwise known as mental practice, is a powerful tool ... Used correctly it can enhance knowledge of your repertoire and add a valuable layer of security to your performance. I used three types of visualization ... The first two are reserved for closer to performance time, the [ ... ] ...

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Ibanez Prestige microsite

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Published June 3, 2010 at 5:33 p.m.
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Ibanez Guitars have launched a microsite specifically for their Prestige range including the latest RGD and RGA ranges. I’m not exactly sure why they have done this after all the Prestige range is just the “normal” ranges made in Japan rather than the cheap ranges made in Indonesia, it’s not like it is the custom shop (try even searching for J-Custom’s on Google and you don’t even get a link to a site in the first few pages). What is even more confusing is that if you use the top

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Slash plays the Marshall AFD100

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Published June 2, 2010 at 5:55 p.m.
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Need I even say anything? Just watch the video and enjoy Slash demoing the new Marshall AFD100 ... http://www.marshallamps.com ... Follow Guitar Noize on Twitter (@guitarnoize) ... This rss feed is the property of GuitarNoize.com ...

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Chimaira Guitar Collection TAB Book Volume 1 released

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Published June 2, 2010 at 5:35 p.m.
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I’m surprised that Chimaira have taken this long to release a TAB book I’m sure there are plenty of fans who want to figure out Rob Arnold and Matt DeVries searing guitar work. Music Dispatch have the new book available for US $24.99 here and it contains the following songs: ... The Flame ... Impending Doom ... Implements Of Destruction ... Inside The Horror ... Nothing Remains ... On Broken Glass ... Power Trip ... Pure Hatred ... Resurrection ... Salvation ... Secrets Of The Dead ... Six

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7 Ways to Improve Your Guitar Playing This Summer

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Published June 2, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.

Fan up the Classical Guitar Blog on Facebook!Add 15 minutes of practice to your practice day ... Micro practice sessions can be extremely effective, and anyone can find 15 minutes of extra practice time!Start a practice log ... Why? There are lots of good reasons.Take a day off ... We all love to practice, [ ... ] ...

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Suhr Factory Tour Video

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Published June 1, 2010 at 6:15 p.m.
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I love guitar factory tour video, they make me wish that I made guitars for a living instead of websites, I also love my Suhr guitar and effects pedals so you can imagine my excitement when I spotted this video over at Mark McGuigan’s website! It is really cool to see where my guitar was made, where my Suhr Riot, Shiba and Koko Boost pedals made and spotting Ed Yoon who has been so cool to deal with ... Thanks to Mark McGuigan for discovering this gem ... Follow Guitar Noize on Twitter

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2010 RMA Summer Guitar Workshop featuring Andy Timmons & Andy Wood

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Published June 1, 2010 at 5:38 p.m.
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The 2010 RMA Summer Guitar Workshop is now open for registration at www.raleighmusicacademy.com and this year Andy Timmons returns to teach and perform for 2 days of the 4 day workshop. He will discuss guitar tone, songwriting, give students constructive tips on their own playing and hold a performance clinic while with us ... Another up and coming star of the guitar world joins us for all 4 days of the workshop - Andy Wood. He is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to chicken’

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