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Great acoustic guitars for kids

Dave Mandelbrot — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:40:55 +0000

Here is a list of the 5 best acoustic guitars for kids as recommended by Fretbase.

1. Yamaha JR1 ($129.99 Street)

2. Taylor Baby Taylor ($299 Street)

3. Taylor Baby Taylor Mahogany ($299 Street)

4. Martin LX1 Little Martin ($299 Street)

5. Fender Squier MA-1 ($99 Street)

Source: Fretbase

Rolling Stone’s top 10 guitarists

Dave Mandelbrot — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:47:54 +0000

In 2003, Rolling Stone published a story on the 100 greatest guitarists of all-time. Here are the Top 10.

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Duane Allman
3. B.B. King
4. Eric Clapton
5. Robert Johnson
6. Chuck Berry
7. Stevie Ray Vaughan
8. Ry Cooder
9. Jimmy Page
10. Keith Richards

Source: Fretbase, Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

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Legal Guitar Tablature Websites

Dave Mandelbrot — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:58:49 +0000

Here is a list of websites that offer guitar tablature that has been licensed from the music publishers.

1. MusicNotes

2. Sheet Music Direct

3. MXTabs

4. Guitar Instructor

Source: Fretbase, Can Guitar Tablature Go Legit?

Johnny Cash’s Guitars

Dave Mandelbrot — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:35:04 +0000

Johnny Cash almost always played Martin dreadnought guitars. He played 5 of them over the course of his career. Here is a list of them:

1969 Martin D-28

1976 Martin D-76

1982 Martin D-45 custom

1989 Martin D-35 custom

1997 Martin D-42JC (Johnny Cash signature)

In addition, in 2006 Martin released the D-35 Johnny Cash Commemorative Edition modeled on Cash’s 1989 custom D-35.

Source: Fretbase, The Guitars of Johnny Cash

MIPA Guitar Award Winners

Dave Mandelbrot — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:02:08 +0000

Every year, representatives of 100 music magazines from around the globe vote on and present awards at the Musikmesse International Press Awards (MIPA). These are big awards and would be even bigger if more people knew how to pronounce Musikmesse. The winners were recently announced in each key guitar category. Here is the list of winners according to Fretbase.

1. Electric Guitar

Fender American Standard Stratocaster

2. Acoustic Guitar

Taylor DN4

3. Guitar Combo

Vox AC15 Heritage Collection

4. Guitar Top

Marshall JVM410H

5. Guitar Effects

Boss RE-20 Space Echo

6. Pick-Ups

Seymour Duncan Blackouts

7. Acoustic Guitar Amp

L.R. Baggs Acoustic Reference Amplifier

8. Guitar Strings

D’Addario XL

Source: Fretbase

Reasons Every Guitar Player Should Have Rhapsody

Dave Mandelbrot — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:10:40 +0000

7 Reasons Every Guitar Player Should Have Rhapsody

You can immediately listen to *the full-length version* of any song you want to play
It is web-based, so you can use it from anyplace you have web access and a guitar
It works great with a Squeezebox or Sonos so you can use it anywhere in your house and control it with a remote (much better than trying to use a mouse when you have a dreadnought in your lap)
It is great for discovering new music to try to play
It lets you create playlists so you can easily go back to the songs you are working on
You can go immediately to any section of a song
You’ll have something awfully cool to show your guitar-playing pals

Free 14-day trial to Rhapsody

Source: Fretbase