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I posted a video on this build last week with a voiceover that explains everything that I am doing. If you are interested in ...
From brass blocks and claws to titanium posts, saddle inserts and screws, FU-Tone will make your six-string roar. To ...
When Tommy Baldwin was 8, he was at a friend’s house and found a beat-up old guitar with only 3 strings in the closet. He took it out and started strumming on it, playing with it the entire time ...
Three-note-per-string licks (we'll call them 3 n-p-s, for short) are great for navigating comfortably around the neck because of the natural arrangement of a lot of notes and scales on guitar. Many ...
3 Strings And A Snakeskin: Okinawa's Native Instrument In subtropical Japan, the sanshin is a ubiquitous part of life. The instrument even follows Okinawans long after they're gone — played at ...
Two girls, ages two and three, and a seven-year-old boy were killed in Gujarat state, India, after having their necks sliced open by razor-sharp strings used during the annual Uttarayan kite festival.
He was asked to explain his relationship with the five-string, and in true Richards fashion, he replied like this: "ah, the five string guitar: it's five strings, three notes, two hands and one ...
A physicist and guitarist describes the physics behind the musical stylings of guitarists like Clapton and Hendrix, based on how the musicians manipulate pitch.
The guitar itself felt lighter than expected, but the buttons on the neck were solid, and I was able to play as I would on one of my real guitars with minimal practice. The "strings" are plastic ...
A new type of musical instrument, equipped with Y-shaped strings, may be the first of a family of string instruments with unusual overtones typically heard in bells or gongs.
Chalk it up to the power of social media or the tight-knit musical community. A bass guitar stolen from the School of Rock Orléans in 2021 was found abandoned this summer in Westboro and has now ...