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Category Archives: Guitar
T-ness envy
The Fender Stratocaster is widely copied because it’s a great guitar design. Ditto the Les Paul — timeless and brilliant. Basically, if someone tries to copy your guitar and thereby copy your success, you know you’re in the upper echelons … Continue reading
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M-06
I rarely buy import games, for a few reasons: 1) I don’t read Japanese; 2) I don’t want the hassles and expense of yet another console (or hacking one I own); 3) I have patience that the good stuff comes … Continue reading
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The only gaming television you need to watch
I have a standing grudge about television and video games. TV rarely seems to “get” it — they always wind up insulting me by saying “If we show some gameplay footage and put some boobs in there, the little boys … Continue reading
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Guitar renewal
The three guitars I was selling have now sold. One is becoming an object d’art, one is going to a player who’s always wanted that model and is thrilled now that he has it, and one’s going to become the … Continue reading
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The Taylor T5 has arrived
This is one of the nicest-playing, coolest-sounding, sweetest-looking, hardest-to-photograph guitars it’s ever been my pleasure to own. I tried to take some photos outside in the sunlight but all I got were reflections. Hopefully these shots that did come out … Continue reading
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Pssst…wanna buy a guitar?
I’m selling a few. Gotta make room for the T5 as promised. Would prefer to sell to friends simply because I can probably deliver in person and I will know they are going to good homes. I really hate to … Continue reading
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Taylor T5 OMGSNIPED!1!
Anybody want to buy a guitar? Because I just got one, so I’m keeping to my promise and selling three others. A little creative math, some consideration of freelance/band wages, and good ol’ gear lust led me to win this … Continue reading
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Christmas Eve with the DINKs
How do double-income, no-kids families spend Christmas Eve when their shopping’s all done? – Go to Fry’s, which Andy once perfectly described as “the nerd supermarket.” It’s on our way to a destination a little later on in the day, … Continue reading
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Why Guitar Player isn’t cool
To me, the answer is Editor-in-Chief Michael Molenda. I grew up learning to play guitar from magazines. Most of the magazines had sheet music in them–the “put your fingers on this number fret” guitar shorthand known as tablature–and most of … Continue reading
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A Guitar Hero milestone
I’m a big fan of Guitar Hero. I’m not a terribly good player; I finished the first game on Medium but I never even knew you could do hammer-ons and pull-offs. So today I got Guitar Hero II, and I … Continue reading
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