Tag: vintage guitar
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Unleashing the Melodic Potential: Exploring the Different Types of Guitar Strings
When it comes to creating beautiful melodies and captivating rhythms on the guitar, the strings you choose play a crucial role in shaping your sound. Each type of guitar string possesses unique characteristics, influencing the tone, playability, and overall feel of your instrument. In this post, we’ll dive into the world of guitar strings, exploring…
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What’s The Deal With Fingerboard Radius?
Fingerboard radius is a critical aspect of guitar that is one of the main influences on playability, comfort, and overall performance. It refers to the curvature of the fingerboard, determining how flat or round it feels beneath your fingertips. Selecting the appropriate radius can significantly impact your playing technique and the ease with which you…
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The History of Vintage Guitars: Exploring the Origins
Vintage guitars have a special allure that captures the hearts of musicians, collectors, and enthusiasts alike. These iconic instruments not only produce beautiful melodies but also carry the weight of history and craftsmanship. To truly appreciate the magic of vintage guitars, let’s delve into their fascinating origins. Do you have a vintage guitar you’d like…
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Do Rare Guitars Even Matter?
Rare guitars are a tough subject to unpack, but we can start with a simple adage: just because something is rare, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s valuable.
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Spotlight: 1954 Fender Telecaster with Bigsby B-16 Vibrato
By Ryan Gabrinetti, Burbank Shop Manager While I do enjoy dabbling in the odd and obscure as much as the next millennial, this week we’re going to get into the good stuff. The kind of top shelf stash that eludes many and whose significance has resulted in as many hit records as divorces. In the…
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What’s The Deal With “Player Grade” Guitars?
These guitars are among of the best playing vintage deals that we encounter here in the shop — it’s just important to know exactly what you’re getting yourself into.
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What’s the Deal with Vintage Italian Guitars?
Finding the right balance of comfort and cool on a dime can be a precarious game of trial and error, but in the carousel of vintage guitars in and out of our doors everyday, one persuasion has definitely been standing out in the shop.
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How To Sell Your Guitar Collection
Hell has frozen over. The day has finally come — you realized you have too many guitars. Your storage unit is overflowing and your wife is threatening divorce. You need to get rid of at least part of your collection but don’t know where to start.
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The Offset: Fender’s Fresh Frontrunners
The further we move into the uncertain future, one fact is becoming increasingly obvious — the offset body is Fender’s undisputed head of the pack.
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