Thursday, December 31, 2009

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

1953 FENDER PRECISION BASS GUITAR RIGHT HANDED W/ CASE


This guitar is a landmark instrument for bass strings. Prior to this, the double bass was the bass string instrument of the time. As amplified electric guitars became more prevalent, the need for louder bass tracks became more apparent. Leo Fender came up to the task with the Fender Precision Bass as a new alternative and set the standard for electric bass guitars.

Fender filed its patent for this guitar in 1953 and the construction of this one began in 1992 according to markings.


Fender Precision Bass Guitar
Made in 1953
Patent Pending and 0533 serial number are marked on the bridge (pictured)
There are other markings under the neck (pictured)
9-5-52 marking
6-12-62 marking
Craftsman's name or marking
The end of the neck is marked 10-28-52 along with the builders initials
Right handed
One single coil pickup
Maple neck
Body made of ash
Finish on the body may not be original
Pick guard is missing the thumb rest and screw holding it in place
Comes with a 3rd party case in good condition


Condition: Guitar is in very good condition for its age. It shows some signs of use but was well cared for over the years. Neck is solid and straight. Bass plays great.

Epiphone Faded G-400 SG Electric Guitar, Worn Brown

Epiphone Faded G-400 SG Electric Guitar, Worn Brown
by Epiphone 
Model Number: EGGVWBCH1
  • Mahogany body
  • Alnico Classic(TM) Humbucker pickups
  • Rosewood fretboard
  • 24.75 scale
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Epiphone Les Paul Ultra-II Electric Guitar, Midnight Ebony

Epiphone Les Paul Ultra-II Electric Guitar, Midnight Ebony
by Epiphone 
Model Number: ENU2MEGH1
  • Chambered Mahogany body
  • Alnico Classic Plus(TM) Humbucker pickups
  • Rosewood fretboard
  • 24.75 scale
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Monday, December 28, 2009

Epiphone Goth Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar, Black Satin

Epiphone Goth Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar, Black Satin
by Epiphone 
Model Number: ENL1PBBH1
  • Mahogany body
  • Alnico Classic Plus(TM) Humbucker pickups
  • Rosewood fretboard
  • 24.75 scale
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Sunday, December 27, 2009

Epiphone G-400 SG Electric Guitar, Ebony

Epiphone G-400 SG Electric Guitar, Ebony
by Epiphone 
Model Number: EGG4EBCH1
  • Mahogany body
  • Alnico Classic Plus(TM) Humbucker pickups
  • Rosewood fretboard
  • 24.75 scale
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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Epiphone G-400 SG Electric Guitar, Cherry

Epiphone G-400 SG Electric Guitar, Cherry
by Epiphone 
Model Number: EGG4CHCH1
  • Mahogany body
  • Alnico Classic Plus(TM) Humbucker pickups
  • Rosewood fretboard
  • 24.75 scale
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Friday, December 25, 2009

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Epiphone G-310 SG Electric Guitar, Red

Epiphone G-310 SG Electric Guitar, Red
by Epiphone 
Model Number: EGG1RECH1
  • Alder body
  • 700T Humbucker pickups
  • Rosewood fretboard
  • 24.75 scale
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Epiphone Emperor Swingster Electric Guitar, Wine Red

Epiphone Emperor Swingster Electric Guitar, Wine Red
by Epiphone 
Model Number: ETS2WRCB1
  • Style: Single-cutaway archtop Body: Laminated maple/birch Top: Select spruce Neck: Set 3-piece hard maple
  • 3-way toggle pickup selector Ha
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Epiphone Limited Edition Riviera Custom P93 Electric Guitar Gold

Epiphone Limited Edition Riviera Custom P93 Electric Guitar Gold
by Epiphone 
Model Number: ETR3MGNB3
  • Body Wood: Laminated Maple Top wood: Laminated Maple Scale Length: 24-3/4 inch Neck Joint: Glued In Neck Wood: Mahogany
  • Tuners: Grover Hardware: Gold (wine red) or nickel (goldtop) Pickup selector: 3-way Toggle Finish: Polyurethane
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Monday, December 21, 2009

Epiphone Nighthawk Custom Reissue - Trans Black

Epiphone Nighthawk Custom Reissue - Trans Black
by Epiphone 
Model Number: EDNHTBNH1
  • Mahogany body AAA flamed maple top Mahogany neck Slim Taper D neck profile Ebony fretboard22 frets25-1/2 inch scale12 inch radius
  • Master Tone, Master Volume, Push/Pull coil-splitting LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge Grover tuners Nickel hardware
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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Epiphone Worn 1966 Wilshire with Tremotone Electric Guitar Worn Black

Epiphone Worn 1966 Wilshire with Tremotone Electric Guitar Worn Black
by Epiphone 
Model Number:
  • Body Material: Mahogany Neck Material: Mahogany Neck Shape: 1960s Slim Taper� Neck Joint: Glued-In Truss Rod: Adjustable
  • Fingerboard Radius:12 inch Frets: 22 medium-jumbo Bridge: Redesigned Tremotone� System Nut Width: 1-11/16 inch Hardware: Nickel Mach
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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Epiphone Ultra-339 Electric Guitar, Natural

Epiphone Ultra-339 Electric Guitar, Natural
by Epiphone 
Model Number: ET39NANH1
  • Two great pickup systems in one guitar. Combines Humbucker growl with acoustic Nanomag pickup.
  • Chromatic tuner built into pickup ring .
  • Mono, Stereo, and USB outputs provide unparalleled flexibility
  • Includes GuitarRig 4LE software to play and record through your computer
  • USB Cable Included
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Friday, December 18, 2009

Right Hand Guitar Playing Tip

This lesson can open for you a secret of high-speed guitar playing. If take the given technique for 2-3 weeks you'll feel progress in high-speed playing of complex passages.
The given principle of development of techniques "was tested" not by one generation of guitarists and not only guitarists...
In this lesson we shall concern high-speed technics. Skilled guitarists alredy know that the basic brake in development of guitar high-speed technics is the right hand. Therefore when playing the most ultra-high-speed passages for simplification guitarists play legato (i.e. the right hand does not take some notes, it is done with fingers of the left hand by receptions pull-off, hammer-on).
How to achieve speed?
For this purpose it is necessary for guitarist to develop technics of the right hand - fast alternation of pick stroke upwards-downwards (a variable stroke). The more quickly the right hand will make alternating strokes, the quicker the playing will be.
It is necessary to begin from the most usual tremolo (fast recurrence of one note).
Triplets are the most effective way of learning to play a tremolo. Try to begin each of your lessons with a tremolo. It develops (and well warms up) the right hand. The tremolo notes must sound dynamically equal (all sounding notes of equal loudness) and with equal tempo.
For example, you wish to learn a high-speed passage. I offer the following simple blues phrase in "A" as an example:
___5_________________8___5_______5______________________
First you need to learn in slow tempo and in convenient key with rational pick strokes.
After you've done it, play a tremolo of each note, i.e. each note in a passage it is necessary to take three times (if it is the eighth) like this:
___5_5_5________________________________8_8_8___5_5_5__
The tremolo should be loud (a silent tremolo does not make effect). Play thus 10 - 15 minutes (with small breaks) up to feeling of weariness in your right hand. The weariness speaks that muscles work as they must do. In my experience each student playing given technique, develops his own nuances. The right hand as though itself finds the most convenient position while playing, - it is only necessary " to force it to work". When you are good at playing this passage with tremolo, try to play it in the original.
I often hear a question: " How many it is necessary to be engaged so that to come to high speed?" - It's individually. For someone it's necessary 2 hours, for another 2 days, and for someone it is not necessary at all (i'm kidding :-). Here introspection is necessary, that is you should feel improvement of technics. Clearly one, that the most effective way - "gold" exercise for the right hand.
Play your own passages by this principle, solos, improvizations, rock, jazz and blues phrases... If you have great patience, you will see huge advantage of this technique and feel the results. If you do not see any result most likely you were engaged either incorrectly or insufficiently long. Though it is possible to play legato or tapping, but it sounds less brightly and energetically.
Yuri Nikitin – guitar instructor, music writer and webmaster. Find more free guitar lessons in varios styles at http://www.guitar-lesson-online.net
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Epiphone 339 Ultra Semi-Hollowbody guitar, Vintage Sunburst

Epiphone 339 Ultra Semi-Hollowbody guitar, Vintage Sunburst
by Epiphone 
Model Number: ET39VSNH1
  • Two great pickup systems in one guitar. Combines Humbucker growl with acoustic Nanomag pickup.
  • Chromatic tuner built into pickup ring .
  • Mono, Stereo, and USB outputs provide unparalleled flexibility
  • Includes GuitarRig 4LE software to play and record through your computer
  • USB Cable Included
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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Epiphone 339 Ultra Semi-Hollowbody guitar, Cherry Red

Epiphone 339 Ultra Semi-Hollowbody guitar, Cherry Red
by Epiphone 
Model Number: ET39CHNH1
  • Two great pickup systems in one guitar. Combines Humbucker growl with acoustic Nanomag pickup.
  • Chromatic tuner built into pickup ring .
  • Mono, Stereo, and USB outputs provide unparalleled flexibility
  • Includes GuitarRig 4LE software to play and record through your computer
  • USB Cable Included
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

New Epiphone Toby Deluxe IV 4 string Bass Guitar, Translucent Black

New Epiphone Toby Deluxe IV 4 string Bass Guitar, Translucent Black
by Epiphone 
Model Number: EBD4TKSBH1
  • Tonexpressor active electronics to shape your tone!
  • Ergonomic body shape
  • Fast, comfortable Asymetrical neck
  • 34 Inch Scale Length
  • Ultra powerful Tobias SCR neck pickup, plus Tobias SCT bridge pickups
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Epiphone Dobro(TM) Hound Dog Deluxe Square Neck Resonator Guitar

Epiphone Dobro(TM) Hound Dog Deluxe Square Neck Resonator Guitar
by Epiphone 
Model Number: DWHOUNDLXS
  • Open Soundwell Design for tone balance
  • Spider Resonator
  • Nickel plated hardware and Fan pattern coverplate
  • Fishman Resonator Pickup Built in
  • Tusq Nut
  • Spider Resonator,Tusq Nut
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Monday, December 14, 2009

Epiphone Marcus Henderson Apparition Electric Guitar Midnight Ebony 886830717437

Epiphone Marcus Henderson Apparition Electric Guitar Midnight Ebony 886830717437
by Epiphone 
Model Number: USED005007 EMHAMEBF1
  • Top: Quilted mapleBack: Solid mahoganyNeck: Set mapleScale Length: 24-3/4 inchNeck Binding: Single-ply whiteNeck Profile: Speedtaper with satin finishFingerboard: Ebony with crossed scythe inlaysFingerboard Radius: 14 inchFrets: 24 jumbo nickel/silver all
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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Epiphone Thunderbird IV Electric Bass Guitar, 4-Strings, Reverse Body, Vintage Sunburst

Epiphone Thunderbird IV Electric Bass Guitar, 4-Strings, Reverse Body, Vintage Sunburst
by Epiphone 
Model Number: EBTBVSBH1
  • 4-string electric bass guitar in vintage sunburst with classic shape and a classic sound
  • Alder wood body with bolted maple neck
  • Rosewood fretboard with dotted inlay; 34-inch scale
  • Dual TB Plus Humbucker pickups
  • Stylish blacked-out hardware, volume and tone controls
  • TB Plus Humbucker pickups
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Saturday, December 12, 2009

Epiphone Inspired by 1964 Texan Acoustic Electric Guitar, Antique Natural

Epiphone Inspired by 1964 Texan Acoustic Electric Guitar, Antique Natural
by Epiphone 
Model Number: EETXANNH1
  • Features a more rounded upper bout and larger lower bout, subtle waist
  • Balanced tone with shimmering highs, deep lows, clear mid-range
  • Premium solid spruce top with solid Mahognay back and rims
  • Solid mahogany neck and rosewood fingerboard with parallelogram inlays
  • SlimTaper neck profile
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Friday, December 11, 2009

Epiphone Limited Edition Firebird Studio Electric Guitar, TV Pelham Blue

Epiphone Limited Edition Firebird Studio Electric Guitar, TV Pelham Blue
by Epiphone 
Model Number: EGFSTENH3
  • Mahogany body, set Mahogany neck and Rosewood fingerboard
  • Alnico Classic Humbuckers each with separate volume and tone controls
  • Epiphone LockTone Tune-o-matic bridge and Stopbar tailpiece
  • Premium die-cast 14:1 machine heads
  • SlimTaper D neck profile and 24.74 inch scale
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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Epiphone ES-339 Semi Hollow body Electric Guitar, Vintage Sunburst

Epiphone ES-339 Semi Hollow body Electric Guitar, Vintage Sunburst
by Epiphone 
Model Number: ET33VSNH1
  • Smaller body dimensions but with the bell-like tone of all ES Series guitars.
  • New Epiphone ProBucker Humbucker pickups.
  • Push-Pull coil tapping allows switching between Humbucker and single coil tones for each pickup
  • All Nickel Plated Hardware
  • Slim Taper D profile neck for fast action and comfort
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Epiphone ES-339 Semi Hollow body Electric Guitar, Natural Finish

Epiphone ES-339 Semi Hollow body Electric Guitar, Natural Finish
by Epiphone 
Model Number: ET33NANH1
  • Smaller body dimensions but with the bell-like tone of all ES Series guitars.
  • New Epiphone ProBucker Humbucker pickups.
  • Push-Pull coil tapping allows switching between Humbucker and single coil tones for each pickup
  • All Nickel Plated Hardware
  • Slim Taper D profile neck for fast action and comfort
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Epiphone ES-339 Semi Hollow body Electric Guitar, Ebony

Epiphone ES-339 Semi Hollow body Electric Guitar, Ebony
by Epiphone 
Model Number: ET33EBNH1
  • Smaller body dimensions but with the bell-like tone of all ES Series guitars.
  • New Epiphone ProBucker Humbucker pickups.
  • Push-Pull coil tapping allows switching between Humbucker and single coil tones for each pickup
  • All Nickel Plated Hardware
  • Slim Taper D profile neck for fast action and comfort
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Monday, December 7, 2009

Epiphone ES-339 Semi Hollow body Electric Guitar, Cherry Red

Epiphone ES-339 Semi Hollow body Electric Guitar, Cherry Red
by Epiphone 
Model Number: ET33CHNH1
  • Smaller body dimensions but with the bell-like tone of all ES Series guitars.
  • New Epiphone ProBucker Humbucker pickups.
  • Push-Pull coil tapping allows switching between Humbucker and single coil tones for each pickup
  • All Nickel Plated Hardware
  • Slim Taper D profile neck for fast action and comfort
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Sunday, December 6, 2009

Epiphone Jack Casady Electric Bass Guitar, Metallic Gold

Epiphone Jack Casady Electric Bass Guitar, Metallic Gold
by Epiphone 
Model Number: EBJCMGCH1
  • Laminate Maple body
  • Rosewood fretboard
  • 34 scale
  • Electric Bass Guitar
  • Rosewood fretboard, 34 scale
  • Chrome hardware, including a fully-adjustable 3-point bridge
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Saturday, December 5, 2009

Epiphone Limited Edition ES-339 Pro Black Royale Electric Guitar

Epiphone Limited Edition ES-339 Pro Black Royale Electric Guitar
by Epiphone 
Model Number: ET33BPNH3
  • Reduced size ES style body shape for superb comfort
  • Semi-hollowbody design with solid center block for great sustain
  • Alnico Classic Pro humbuckers and coil splitting for great single coil tones
  • Mahogany SlimTaper andlsquo;Dandrsquo; profile hand-set neck
  • Rosewood fingerboard with pearloid inlays
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Friday, December 4, 2009

Popular Acoustic Guitar Songs

The quest for popular acoustic guitar songs begins when you find that you have acquired some expertise on your guitar, and you have realized that your favorite songs don't fill as much time as you thought they would. So as an acoustic guitar player you are going to need a repertoire.

When I think of popular acoustic songs, I can't help but think of Peter, Paul And Mary. No, not the biblical ones, the folk group from the sixties. At that time in America and England there was an interest on the part of the younger generation in the folk music of their respective countries. One of the few groups to cash in on the folk boom to any great extent was Peter, Paul And Mary.

Peter, Paul And Mary helped Bob Dylan become the legend that he is by making his songs accessible to the wider music-loving public. The ones who did not find a nasal whine romantic or, indeed attractive in any way. So here's a lesson in getting together a repertoire of popular acoustic guitar songs: your presentation is paramount.

Bob Dylan wrote the songs. He had the feelings that connected with a generation of angry and discontented young people. But Peter, Paul And Mary brought the composer and the audience together. So a popular song need not be one that people have heard of before. It could be a song that you MAKE popular. Maybe not to a worldwide audience, but your own circle of friends is a start.

The Doors recorded a song called Light My Fire. It was a loud driving rock song. It was re-worked by Jose Feliciano as a Latin ballad and reached number three on the pop charts. To many music fans Jose Feliciano's version of Light My Fire is the definitive one. Now THAT is a popular song. Eric Clapton's acoustic version of Layla is another example of a popular acoustic guitar song that started life as something totally different.

So, you have something to think about regarding presentation when you consider how you get together an acoustic guitar repertoire. Another factor that kind of relates to presentation is how your technical expertise on the guitar matches up with the demands of the song. If you find yourself fumbling your chord changes maybe you should look for some substitutions or a simpler song.

Acoustic guitar songs can be both popular and easy to play. The America song, Horse With No Name can be played using only one chord. There are a gazzilion songs with only three chords. House Of The Rising Sun is an extremely popular song often played on acoustic guitar, which has only four easy chords.

We have thought about the importance of presentation when looking for popular acoustic guitar songs. We have also mentioned not overextending our guitar technique. Two simple ideas that are extremely important when you are choosing popular acoustic guitar songs for your repertoire.

Do you want to learn to play the guitar? Learn How To Play A Guitar For Free is a constantly updated blog which contains all the resources you need for: learning to play solo guitar, how to learn guitar chords, how to learn to read and play easy acoustic guitar tabs, finding a free online guitar tuner, looking for free guitar lessons online, and how to learn guitar scales.

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Epiphone Toby Deluxe-V Bass Guitar, Vintage Sunburst

Epiphone Toby Deluxe-V Bass Guitar, Vintage Sunburst
by Epiphone 
Model Number: EBD5VSBH1
  • Radiata bodyHard maple neckTobias asymmetrical neck profileBolt-on neck joint, extended with recessed bolts/washersRosewood fingerboardTobias SCR split-humbucker neck pickupTobias SCT split humbucker bridge pickupNeck Volume, Pickup Blend w/Center Detent,
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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Epiphone Toby Deluxe-V Bass Guitar, Ebony

Epiphone Toby Deluxe-V Bass Guitar, Ebony
by Epiphone 
Model Number: EBD5EBBH1
  • Radiata bodyHard maple neckTobias asymmetrical neck profileBolt-on neck joint, extended with recessed bolts/washersRosewood fingerboardTobias SCR split-humbucker neck pickupTobias SCT split humbucker bridge pickupNeck Volume, Pickup Blend w/Center Detent,
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Epiphone Limited Edition AJ-220SCE Acoustic Electric Guitar, Ebony

Epiphone Limited Edition AJ-220SCE Acoustic Electric Guitar, Ebony
by Epiphone 
Model Number: EE2SEBNH3
  • Advanced Jumbo shape with rounded cut-away and a solid Sitka Spruce top.
  • Glued in Mahogany neck with SlimTaper neck profile.
  • Rosewood fingerboard with 20 medium frets.
  • Rosewood bridge with compensated bone saddle.
  • Premium Shadow Performer preamp with volume, high EQ, low EQ, phase and built in chromatic tuner.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Right Hand Guitar Playing Tip

This lesson can open for you a secret of high-speed guitar playing. If take the given technique for 2-3 weeks you'll feel progress in high-speed playing of complex passages.

The given principle of development of techniques "was tested" not by one generation of guitarists and not only guitarists...

In this lesson we shall concern high-speed technics. Skilled guitarists alredy know that the basic brake in development of guitar high-speed technics is the right hand. Therefore when playing the most ultra-high-speed passages for simplification guitarists play legato (i.e. the right hand does not take some notes, it is done with fingers of the left hand by receptions pull-off, hammer-on).

How to achieve speed?

For this purpose it is necessary for guitarist to develop technics of the right hand - fast alternation of pick stroke upwards-downwards (a variable stroke). The more quickly the right hand will make alternating strokes, the quicker the playing will be.

It is necessary to begin from the most usual tremolo (fast recurrence of one note).

Triplets are the most effective way of learning to play a tremolo. Try to begin each of your lessons with a tremolo. It develops (and well warms up) the right hand. The tremolo notes must sound dynamically equal (all sounding notes of equal loudness) and with equal tempo.

For example, you wish to learn a high-speed passage. I offer the following simple blues phrase in "A" as an example:

___5_________________8___5_______5______________________

First you need to learn in slow tempo and in convenient key with rational pick strokes.

After you've done it, play a tremolo of each note, i.e. each note in a passage it is necessary to take three times (if it is the eighth) like this:

___5_5_5________________________________8_8_8___5_5_5__

The tremolo should be loud (a silent tremolo does not make effect). Play thus 10 - 15 minutes (with small breaks) up to feeling of weariness in your right hand. The weariness speaks that muscles work as they must do. In my experience each student playing given technique, develops his own nuances. The right hand as though itself finds the most convenient position while playing, - it is only necessary " to force it to work". When you are good at playing this passage with tremolo, try to play it in the original.

I often hear a question: " How many it is necessary to be engaged so that to come to high speed?" - It's individually. For someone it's necessary 2 hours, for another 2 days, and for someone it is not necessary at all (i'm kidding :-). Here introspection is necessary, that is you should feel improvement of technics. Clearly one, that the most effective way - "gold" exercise for the right hand.

Play your own passages by this principle, solos, improvizations, rock, jazz and blues phrases... If you have great patience, you will see huge advantage of this technique and feel the results. If you do not see any result most likely you were engaged either incorrectly or insufficiently long. Though it is possible to play legato or tapping, but it sounds less brightly and energetically.

Yuri Nikitin – guitar instructor, music writer and webmaster. Find more free guitar lessons in varios styles at http://www.guitar-lesson-online.net

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Yuri_Nikitin

Epiphone Les Paul Collection ENLPLHSNH1 Left Handed Electric Guitar, Heritage Cherry Sunburst

Epiphone Les Paul Collection ENLPLHSNH1 Left Handed Electric Guitar, Heritage Cherry Sunburst
by Epiphone 
Model Number: ENLPLHSNH1
  • New ProBucker pickups inspired by Gibsons BurstBuckers and featuring 18% nickel/silver bass, USA specifications, Elektrosola wire and 4-wire output.
  • Push/Pull coil-tapping on both volume knobs to allow for a broad combination of both humbucker and single-coil sounds.
  • Classic Les Paul design featuring an all Mahogany body with glued-in Mahogany neck and flame maple veneer top.
  • Equipped with Epiphone LockTone bridge and tailpiece for increased sustain with faster and easier string changes.
  • Premium hardware including Grover machine heads.
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