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It’s getting to be that time again with Thanksgiving coming up and Christmas right behind that. Maybe this is the year to look into either acoustic guitar packages, electric guitar packages or bass guitar packages for either him or her.
Their all great choices and you’ll find the pricing won’t break the budget. Any one of these great gifts gives you more than just a great guitar. There’s a guitar amplifier, or bass amplifier if you choose the bass package. You will also get a guitar stand, tuner, case and guitar cleaner with cloths. How can you go wrong with a deal like that, and besides think of how happy you will make someone while starting them on their music career.
There are many people out there who would like you to believe that the only electric guitars out there are made by Fender and Gibson, well I’m here to say that just ins’t so. Cheap electric guitars are made and are successful for a reason, they an affordable alternative to plunking down big bucks on a guitar.
There are many different guitar makers out there, Stadium Guitars, New York Pro Guitars, and Glen Burton Guitars are just a few of them. I guarantee if you purchase one of these fine acoustic, electric or bass guitars you won’t be disappointed and you will save yourself some money. Upon receiving the guitar package that you have chosen you will wonder why you never heard of these fine companies before.
I don’t know about you but sometimes I just get tired of that twangy sound given up by electric guitars. Fortunately there are a few options for getting a different sound.
The guitar that mostly comes to mind is the acoustic guitars, that’s the one with the big sound hole in the middle of it. Many people don’t know these guitars can also be purchased electrified, meaning they are equipped so they can be played through a guitar amplifier or just by themselves.
Jazz guitars like the ones made by Glen Burton guitars are another way to get away from that conventional twangy rock sound. These electric guitars can be identified by their “F” holes. These guitars are also called semi-hollow electric guitars because some are completely hollow and some have a solid block of wood down the center of the guitar. If you take note as to some of the early bands that shaped rock and roll in the 1960′s, this was the type of guitar they used.
Every bands electric guitar packages are different when it comes to their sound. When you think about it, it’s down-right fascinating how all bands use electric guitars but somehow they all sound different.
Most bands you will find several electric guitars. There is someone playing bass guitar, and two or more electric guitars. One is strumming chords playing rhythm, and one is playing chords along with solos as the lead guitar.
I recently caught The Doobie Brothers new concert and talk about complimentary guitars, I believe there’s no band out there that is better than them. Check them out you will find Pat Simmons playing with a finger-picking style, Tommy Johnston strumming away with an occasional solo, and John McFee who you will find playing anything from his usual strat guitar playing chords, soloing, or playing solo’s with a slide. You will also see him playing a steel guitar and even a violin on some songs, guitar packages don’t come any better than these three.
Rediscovering electric guitars is a blog that is more for someone who plays electric guitars or bass guitars and already owns one. For those of you who don’t play any guitar but always wanted to this is more of a fantasy.
There are times when practicing and sometimes even jamming with friends becomes stale, I’m sure you know what I mean, it has happened to all of us, even the pros. Cheap bass guitars and cheap bass guitars are a great way to freshen up your enthusiasm for music. They are affordable and there are copies of all the expensive models, without the cost of course.
When you pick up an electric or bass guitar that is different than what you are use to playing the newness gets your attention of course but there is also the discovery of the new sounds that can be achieved with this guitar.
Do you play bass guitar like me, or electric guitar? If not, do you thing you will start playing any type of guitar in the near future?
It’s no secret to become a good guitar player you have to practice. I know it can be boring at times but the more practice you get the better you will be. The best way to practice, especially if you are new is to first get the feel of your electric guitar. It doesn’t matter if it’s expensive or cheap electric guitars every guitar has it’s own feel. Next one of the best things you practice is your scales. Start slowly picking up speed as you go along, try letting your fingers travel on the neck without looking at them, as if they had their own eyes.
Scales are basically behind your chords and solos, and if you play bass they’re an essential part of every song that you will play. Learning the basics will make learning everything else easier.
When you’re new to playing electric guitars or bass guitars you have a tendency to take everything at face value. When you are trying to play a song that you have heard played on electric guitars you want to duplicate that song.
To me one of the things I like most about music in general is that nothing is cast in stone, nothing says you can’t play that song on an acoustic guitar at a different tempo, or change it up on your new guitar made by New York Pro Guitars. Take a look at what Eric Clapton did with the song ”Layla” that he made popular with the band Derek And The Dominos. The original song was fast pace electric guitar masterpiece which he later slowed down and played as a ballad using an acoustic guitar.
Practice makes perfect, well not all the time. The purchase of electric guitar packages and or bass guitar packages does not right away make you a star. It takes years of practice and playing before something like that happens.
I have known people who have played for years and practiced like they should and still don’t sound good, maybe you know someone like that also. There is one element when it comes to playing electric guitars that isn’t exactly tangible, and that is passion. When playing electric, bass, or acoustic guitar the one thing you can’t fake is passion. Someone once said, if you can’t feel it, how can you play it. Well you can play it, just not very well.
Hollow body electric guitars are in other words called semi-acoustic guitars. Don’t confuse this guitar with an electric acoustic guitar they are not the same.
Electric acoustic guitars are acoustic guitars with microphones to amplify the vibration, they can be identified by the large sound hole. A hollow body guitar is a guitar that has electronic pick-ups just like a solid body guitar along with a sound box like an acoustic guitar. With this type of guitar you can get a tone that you can’t get from a solid body electric guitar.
You might recognize these guitars by their familiar “F” holes in the body like the Memphis Jazz guitar made by Glen Burton Guitars. Although they can be played alone they are meant to be played electronically, through a guitar amplifier. When playing a hollow body guitar you must pay attention to the volume, they are prone towards feedback because of the “F” holes teamed with the electronic pick-ups.
I can’t explain it but all my life I tend to focus more on bass guitars than any other instrument. Yes in the 1960′s I was able to hear through the terrific electric guitars playing exceptional solo’s, along with moving rhythms and single out the bass line.
I have managed to secure many bass guitar packages through the years. Some have cheap bass guitars and some expensive ones. I have played and owned quite a few bass guitars, including a j-bass, a p-bass, and a violin bass, I also own a hollow body bass guitar that looks like the Gibson E355 hollow body guitar.
Although I don’t play gigs anymore I still own them all and play them all. Each style adds something else to your sound. If there is anything you get out of this blog it’s don’t underestimate cheap electric guitars. It’s a way to own several different types of guitars without breaking the bank.