Archive for May 2009
A Brief History of Washburn Acoustic Guitars
Washburn Guitars has its beginnings near Maxwell Street, Chicagos famed home of the Delta Blues. They have been making various instruments since 1883 and their success had been closely tied with the wide spread popularity of both jazz and blues. The fact that the shop was located so near to this famed area is sort of by accident. At the time, the street had not been recognized yet.
Delta Blues is a form of Blues started by African-Americans who moved there form the Mississippi Delta. They congregated here and started creating music. They would jam and create this rich and cultural style of music together. When the style of blues was first forming, Maxwell Street was simply a convenient place for them all to meet. And, most of the musicians were not concerned with popular music.
As the popularity of Maxwell Street started to spread, so did the Washburn guitars. Others would see that these talented musicians who were pioneering their own style of music had one of these guitars. So, Washburn became associated with Delta Blues by people all over the United States.
But, they are no only known for their association with this style of blues, the also made some lasting innovations. These include their specific tuning system and their Extended Cutaway which has a modification of the standard bold neck guitar construction.
Washburn creates both acoustic and electric guitar models that appeal to a wide variety of players. Jazz, blues, country, and rock musicians alike embrace these instruments. Acoustic guitar styles include the USA Acoustics, the Paul Stanley Acoustics, the Dreadnoughts, the Jumbos, Folk Style, their Classical Guitars, and their travel guitars. For more information on the types of acoustic guitars available, check out the Washburn Guitars website at washburn.com.
There are also quite a few guitar players who love Washburn guitars. These include Paul Stanley of KISS, who also has his signature acoustic series, Sonny Mayo of Sevendust, Ryan Pierce of Neal McCoy, and Aaron Fink of Breaking Benjamin. There are a lot more, however, so you should visit the website to view the complete list.
Here is what people have to say about their Washburn Acoustic Guitars:
About the Washburn D10 Acoustic
The guitar has an ornate quilted maple top. I like the cutaway. It provides access to the upper frets. The tone is Sweet. The action is low and the fretboard is flat. It is easy to play. I have used this guitar on recordings and in performance settings. It always gets comments on the tone, and the finish. I like this guitar.
About the Washburn D10-S
Bang for the buck! This guitar sounds great and costs only a few dollar more than most spruce plywood top guitars. The quality of materials and workmanship is surprisingly good. The tuners are good. It has inlay on the back and around the sound hole. I ca not over emphasize how good this guitar sounds. The solid spruce top makes this $199 guitar a steal. I can see why it has been rated the best guitar under $500.
William McRea
http://www.articlesbase.com/music-articles/a-brief-history-of-washburn-acoustic-guitars-55437.html
An Introduction To Learning To Play The Guitar
The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is played by plucking or strumming the strings, while the fingers hold down the strings in certain combinations, to play the notes. Most guitars have six strings that are tuned on the scale E A D G B E. There are two broad categories of guitars today, acoustic and electric.
Acoustic guitars have hollow bodies, called sound boxes, which produce the sound, and thus do not need amplification. However, some modern ones do come with the electronics so that it can be connected to an amplifier. On the other hand, the body of an electric guitar is solid on only semi-hollow and needs to be connected to an amplifier to be heard.
Thanks to the electronics you can produce all kinds of effects and sounds with an electric guitar that is very hard or impossible to reproduce on an acoustic guitar. Samples of the special effects that can be produced on an electric guitar are: distortion, wah, phasers, compression, vibrato, flanging and chorus effect. These effects cause the sound produced by the same note to be different. For example:
- Distortion effect. This will produce a distorted and very heavy sound, as often used in heavy metal and rock music.
- Wah effect. The frequency of the note goes up and down each time you hit the foot pedal.
- Flanging effect. This effect causes a pause in the signal, followed by a series of the note originally played, sounding like an echo.
The guitar is used to play almost any kind of music, and is usually a big part of the music played by a band. Learning to play a guitar can be exciting and is a great way to entertain yourself and your friend.
When you decide to learn to play the guitar you will also have to learn tablatures and sheet music. Guitar sheet music is useful to guide you when learning to play the guitar, as you just have to follow the notes and tablatures illustrated on the sheet music. It is a great tool to help you play your guitar. By practicing frequently and being dedicated to learning the notes, you will soon be playing like an expert.
Evert DuToit
http://www.articlesbase.com/art-and-entertainment-articles/an-introduction-to-learning-to-play-the-guitar-104197.html
How to Play the Electric Guitar : How to Manually Tune your Electric Guitar
Learn how to manually tune your guitar using other strings as reference notes in this free online music lesson video.
Expert: Michael Larney
Contact: www.myspace.com/nakedunderneath
Bio: Michael Larney is a professional musician, who has been playing guitar and writing music for 15 years.
Filmmaker: Andy Strohl
Duration : 0:1:30
How to play- Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye – Guitar Lesson
Update: I finally posted part two– so check that out if you want…
I love this song. hope this helps some people out there learn it. Check out this link for the real thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swX8pth6VK0
I don’t have tab for it. but you can find it online i am sure.
here are the lyrics:
I’ve been waiting
i’ve been waiting for this moment all my life
but it’s not quite right
and this ‘real’
it’s impossible if possible
at who’s blind word
so clear but so unheard
i’ve been waiting
i’ve been waiting for this silence all night long
it’s just a matter of time
to appear sad
with the same ‘ol decent lazy eye
fixed to rest on you
aim free and so untrue
everyone’s so intimately rearranged
everyone can focus clearly with such shine
everyone’s so intimately rearranged
everyone can focus clearly with that shine
lost and loaded
still the same ‘ol decent lazy eye
straight through your gaze
that’s why i said i relate
i said we relate
it’s so fun to relate
it’s the room the sun and the sky
it’s the room the sun and the sky
i’ve been waiting
i’ve been waiting for this moment…
Duration : 0:9:51
