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Are you in the majority, or are you a minority? Have you ever thought that going from a majority to a minority could be a good thing?
The majority of people don’t play a musical instrument, let alone an electric guitar. During my years of playing I found that you can be an OK band with an OK sound and people will gather around you because to them it sounds great. Electric guitars, bass guitars, acoustic guitars, most people don’t know the difference, as long as it sounds good.
It’s easy to become a minority, find yourself an electric guitar package or one of the great bass guitar packages that are available, and learn the basics. Find some people who share the same passion as you and start yourself a band. Practice in a garage or basement and sooner or later you will have people in the neighborhood flocking around because they like your sound.
If your thinking of purchasing an acoustic or electric guitar, or maybe a bass guitar don’t thing you have to plunk down thousands of dollars to but a top notch electric guitar. Cheap electric guitars have come a long way and what makes them cheap electric guitars is the price.
Like anything else there are degrees of cheap guitars with the cheapest made affordable for the beginner, and the more expensive available for the person who already plays. As with many other things you get what you pay for and what you will find with one of the more expensive models is a guitar that will be with you for life. The finish is as good as the guitar that you will pay thousands for and the action isn’t bad also.
A great way to purchase one of these is in with cheap electric guitar packages. If you do I think you will agree if something did go wrong with this guitar you replace it in a heart beat.
Whether you play an electric guitar, bass guitar, or acoustic guitar, or perhaps you don’t play guitar at all, the elegant look and finish of these fine instruments just kind of draws you in like a magnet. Guitar bodies come in all styles and colors and unlike automobiles that change body styles every year they have stuck with several shapes that are tried and proven to be successful since the 1950’s.
Telecaster, Stratocaster, LP, SG, and Jazz style guitars have kept their shape and appeal for many years, being played by professionals to the beginners their popularity continues to grow. Guitars can be found in many wild shapes from machine guns to stars, but the four mentioned above have been the staples and will continue to be.
You can purchase these guitars alone or in electric guitar packages, bass guitar packages or acoustic guitar packages.
I have listened to music since the 1950’s and played music fr0m the 1960’s and I have been facinated by many of the bands from the 60’s on. Some bands like Pink Floyd, and the Vanilla Fudge had kind of an identifying sound. From the electric guitars to the base guitars once you heard the music you could tell it was them.
The Beatles had a great electric guitar package with George Harrison playing electric guitar and Paul McCartney playing bass guitar. George had a distinctive style that is copied by others but never truly duplicated, and Paul made us aware that the bass guitars can do more than just play root notes.
I consider myself very fortunate, I was teenager when Beatlemania marked the start of the British invasion. I have been around to see electric guitars take over the music scene like no other instrument has ever before it. There have been some pretty great rock bands during that time, The Who, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, and Creme just to name a few.
There was the great sound of Chicago Transit Authority who later became just Chicago who mixed a brass section with the sound of an electric and bass guitar. Let’s not forget the garage sounding electric guitars of Boston and the unforgettable Freddie Mercury with Queen.
After Chicago their great electric guitar package of Pete Cetera on bass guitar and the incomparable electric guitar of Terry Kath they should have renamed the band or started another band because the Chicago you hear today is a band based on the sounds of the past. How about Queen, can you imagine going to see Queen without the greatest front man of all time Freddie Mercury. I believe there are some bands that should be left for us to remember as they were originally.
Desire, with desire anyone can be a rock star. Don’t think this is just for someone with an electric guitar package because it is not. There are quite a few stars that play acoustic guitar packages.
There is no trick involved, it takes hard work. You need to practice allot. Just remember you don’t need to sell a million records to be a star. There are many rock bands that tour that you have never heard of but have a great sound just the same. Find yourself another electric guitar player, a bass guitar player, a drummer, and maybe a keyboardist who shares your passion to play music and your off. How good you are will be determined by your ability and those in the band. You will be surprised how little it takes to impress the average person who listens to music. If you have a good sound they will like you.
Bass guitar is not the most powerful thing in the universe but to me it is. The powerful tones that bass guitars emit is one that drives all music and holds it together. It’s a fun instrument to play too.
I’m proud to say I have been playing bass guitar since the mid 1960’s. I took lessons as a teenager that taught me starting with the basics, and that gave me the foundation I needed to apply my imagination to the music that I play so I never get bored.
Today there is something called Tabs where someone just starting out can go and learn a song real easy. While this is easy it really does the person an injustice because they are learning the song but not the structure of the music. What I would recommend to anybody starting out playing bass guitar, first thing is to go out and get yourself a great bass guitar package then take some lessons to learn the basics. Mix this with tabs and you will find you will understand much more of what you are playing.
If you are in the market for a new electric guitar there are some incredible imitations of the models made famous by their originators. I’m talking about New York Pro guitars and Stadium guitars.
You can purchase one of these electric guitars is the style and color of your choosing individually or in electric guitar packages with the same choices. When you do what you will find is that you purchased a whole lot for your money. You will find the finish compares with an electric guitar that costs thousands, and the action isn’t that bad either. Don’t feel left out if your bass guitar or acoustic guitar, you will also find these great guitars individually or in bass guitar packages, and acoustic guitar packages. If you know anything about value you’ll know that the guitar packages made by New York Pro guitars and Stadium guitars is the way to go.
Not everyone has extra thousands of dollars to purchase an electric guitar made by one of the high end manufacturers. Nowadays it pays to look around at some of the great alternatives that are out there.
Glen Burton guitars and New York guitars are among those alternatives. These electric guitars not only look good but they sound sound, and they won’t blow the budget. It’s not hard to find electric guitar packages with both of these brand name guitars in them, and that makes them an even better bargain. They have electric guitars in popular styles and colors so you won’t have to settle. Once you have checked them out it wouldn’t surprise me if you came back for another.
Don’t think that just because you purchased a new electric guitar package that you don’t have to make any adjustments on it. When they come from the manufacturer most electric guitars aren’t bad but their are some that do need adjustments.
As I said most electric guitar packagesare set pretty well but aside from toning the strings you might find one that you have to adjust the bridge because the string buzzes, or you find that the tonation is out. The tonation is on when the open string is the same note as that played at the 12th fret.
With the help of the Internet making these adjustments is easier than it has ever been. This also applies to bass guitars as the adjustments will be the same.