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A lot of us own Fender Strats and know a lot about the model. But as Philip McKnight demonstrates, there is always something new you can learn. This video sheds light on a couple of features that might not be apparent to some Strat owners. It also includes a few simple tips about how you can improve the guitar's performance.
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IN THE BASSMENT
Enjoy this fabulous collaberation with two of the most talented bass player on the planet! Bass continues to speak when words fail . . . now, get back to practicing!
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WATCH THISPaul Gilbert has released some sage driving advise for all of us! It's the official video for Everybody Use Your Goddamn Turn Signal, the lead single from his new album, I Can Destroy. The video was directed by Jonathan Pharr using illustrations from Will Krulee. Perhaps next he'll do Turn Off That Cell Phone When You Drive!
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We're all familiar with the minor pentatonic scale. And if you play rock music, chances are good that you have a standard way of looking at the scale and using it. It's undoubtedly conventional. And conventional can be boring. This video starts out by looking at chords that can be found within the scale and then shows how the resulting five triads can be played as open-voiced triads and used as arpeggios.
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GREAT GEAR
If it weren't for musicians, audiophiles, and the occasional defense contractor, vacuum tubes would have disappeared long ago. In nearly every category save sound, transistors and other solid-state devices make better sense. Yet, it's difficult to make a transistor sound like a tube, especially when it's overdriven into clipping. Back in 1989, though, Andrew Barta got as close as almost anyone with the original Tech 21 SansAmp...
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ARTIST AWARENESS
John Petrucci is best known as the Grammy nominated guitarist and founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. He is also the band's producer and main lyricist as well as an original member of the acclaimed Liquid Tension Experiment with Tony Levin. John is a long standing veteran of Joe Satriani's prestigious G3 tours along with Steve Vai, Eric Johnson and Paul Gilbert.
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