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The BONES amplifier is a stripped down “bare bones”, single channel, all valve, electric guitar amplifier. With delicious modern styling and a straightforward & intuitive front panel layout, BONES is exceptionally versatile and completely inspirational from the first note played.

You know, I have this question that bothers me since a while…how do you learn to play a fretless guitar? Or a fretless bass… I guess it is the same as learning to play the violin, the double bass or the cello, but to me, playing a fretless instrument seems like a very difficult thing to do.

First there were magnetic pickups, hex pickups for guitar synth, and piezos for that acoustic guitar sound. Now there’s LightWave Pickup System from Audio Optics, Inc. The LightWave is a departure from conventional magnetic pickup technology. Photodetectors use infrared illumination to measure the shadow cast by each vibrating string.

How did the guitar become the world’s favourite instrument? Alan Yentob begins this personal journey, fascinated by both the sound of the Oud, an ancient middle-eastern ancestor of the lute, and the iconic guitar draped round the necks of Bill Hailey and Elvis Presley, which rocked the cosy world of popular music in the 50s.

The cigar box guitar is an instrument that has fascinated many guitar players, mainly in relation to whether they are real musical instruments. Many people who have learnt how to make a cigar box guitar have done so simply to give their children something to amuse themselves with but the truth is they can make serious music.

Today I have decided to step a bit in the land ruled by Jon (GuitarNoize.com), the land of strange and beautiful guitars. I decided to present here a very interesting guitar manufacturer and a very interesting line of guitars, made of, well, aluminum and not of any kind, but the one used to make planes!

The question of whether to buy an Epiphone Les Paul guitar is hotly debated when guitar players gather round the campfire. Cheap guitars in general have the same reputation as cheap cars but with the Epiphone Les Paul models you might be able to score yourself an excellent instrument.

PRIZE DESCRIPTION Comfortable to play, tonally viable, affordably priced, environmentally responsible, and compact! The Martin LXM “Little Martin” Acoustic Guitar is a perfect choice for travel, practice, and beginning students.

For all the advancements made in guitar design, one thing has remained essentially the same: try as you might, you can never get the damned things in perfect tune. If an open E chord sounds great, chances are a barred A will sound decidedly less so. Blame it on Pythagoras.

When Yamaha were approached by breast cancer charity The Pink Ribbon Foundation about supporting one of their fundraising auctions with a guitar to auction off, there was only one thing for it. They needed to find some pink paint, sharpish… The Pink Ribbon Pacifica The Pink Ribbon Foundation is a