Archive for the ‘Custom Electric Guitar Package’ Category
Learning how to play the electric guitar or any other instrument for that matter is not the easiest thing to do or else everybody would do it. With a little imagination a custom electric guitar package is possible, even for players like us that don’t have the means to spend thousands on top of the line electric guitars and guitar amplifiers.
Yesterday’s blog I wrote how Jimi Hendrix who was left handed played a right handed Fender strat turned around and restrung for a left hander. He did this to enhance his sound. His choice of a Marshall amplifier was also carefully selected to further enhance his sound which relied on what I like to call a controlled feedback.
Terry Kath who was the guitarist for Chicago in the 60’s and 70’s until his death in 1978 played a Fender Telecaster with one of the pick-ups changed to a Gibson pick-up. When asked why he did that his answer was so he could change his sound from a Fender to Gibson without changing guitars.
Do you think custom electric guitar package are only available to professional guitar players. What if I told you that with a little imagination you turn cheap electric guitars into your own custom guitars.
The original lead guitarist for Chicago was Terry Kath, he played a Fender Telecaster electric guitar however, he customized it by having one pick-up from Fender, and for the second pick-up he installed a Gibson pick-up. He did this so he could switch between the sound of a Fender and Gibson guitar.
Customization can mean allot of things, it could be putting a certain electric guitar with a different amplifier to some, while to others it can mean something totally different.