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Me playing guitar with the Jonas Brothers
Jan 28, 2010 Gibson Guitars
I was chosen to go play a song (Videogirl) with them during soundcheck. They also signed the Gibson guitar and let me keep it! 
nick was playing on drums, Joe was in the giraffe constume (lol,) and Kevin was obviously showing me the chords to play.
Bar?? Manço – Da?lar Da?lar (12 TELLI GIBSON ) playing with a toothpick
Jan 5, 2010 Gibson Guitars
Baris Manco evinde 12 telli Gibson gitari ile Daglar Daglar'i calip söylüyor, hemde elinde kürdan ile. Baris Manco plays his beautiful 12 string gibson guitar, he plays the guitar with a toothpick. The song is called "Daglar Daglar". 2278
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Bar?? Manço – Da?lar Da?lar (12 TELLI GIBSON ) playing with a toothpick
Jan 3, 2010 Gibson Guitars
Baris Manco evinde 12 telli Gibson gitari ile Daglar Daglar'i calip söylüyor, hemde elinde kürdan ile. Baris Manco plays his beautiful 12 string gibson guitar, he plays the guitar with a toothpick. The song is called "Daglar Daglar". 2278
Tags: Bar??, Da?lar, Gibson, Manço, Playing, TELLI, toothpick
Steve playing Takamine 12 string at Music Mart
Dec 18, 2009 Takamine Guitars
Takamine G-series twelve string guitar being played at locally owned music store in Fairbanks, Alaska ... takamine guitar fairbanks alaska "twelve string" steve
Awesome Techniques for your Cool Guitar Playing
Nov 3, 2009 Gibson Guitars
Most people that play the guitar have their own true style they they love, which includes a variety of techniques to keep their sounds coming out just the way they like them. Different techniques are used during guitar playing because there are limitless options as to what type of sounds you can create when you play a brilliant guitar. Learning these many techniques is necessary if you want to be unique and original, and coming up with your very own techniques that no other people use would be even more genius, because your sound is your sound alone, noone knows the technique tricks up your sleeve.
It is always good to know just the basic techniques when you are first beginning playing the guitar, some of these basics would include, the string bending technique, which is where you can change the complete pitch by bending the string of the guitar in a certain way. Now, do not think that learning this technique is easy, it is going to take you a lot of practice because it can be quite difficult to get the sound you are wanting in tune by the way you are bending the strings. In order to truly master this technique it will be necessary for you to ask someone who is experienced to work with you on this or do some research on your own to find different ways that you can easily practice this string bending technique.
If you want the ability to play at a much faster pace and achieve a good solid flowing melody out of your guitar then you will need to learn the hammer on guitar playing technique. This technique is pretty difficult to learn but not at all impossible. It normally takes someone rather experienced with playing the guitar to really get this type of technique, otherwise you can bet it is going to take you quite a long time to get this one just the way it needs to be, perfecting this technique will prove to be quite the challenge. The list of techniques go on and on, research many of these different techniques so that you do not miss out on the opportunity to play like the pros play, the information is there, available to you, you just have to go after it and practice consistently.
There are many different popular guitar playing techniques and learning most of these can be a challenge but it is important to do so, so that you will have a more enjoyable and possibly professional guitar playing experience. Your techniques reflect a little bit about yourself and what makes you who you are. The sounds that you have the ability to create are so unique and they are the sounds that could potentially be played in any famous bands different musical styles. People will know when they hear you play that you took the time out to practice and learn the unbelievably difficult techniques that made you who are you today, everyone will take notice and you will now have the confidence to play for any admiring crowds out there.
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Figure Out How to Improve your Guitar Playing Skills
Nov 3, 2009 Gibson Guitars
Everyone that has a passion for something that they truly love should know that noone is perfect, no matter how great you may think you are, everyone has room for some improvements. Improvements will only help you to perfect your already great guitar playing skills. Noone in their right mind would turn down an opportunity to learn new techniques and different types of playing, different styles of music, it will only make you a better guitar player.
Learning to play the guitar took you some time, no doubt about that. It took plenty of determination on your part and quite a bit of dedication as well. You would have to constantly push yourself to learn more about the art of playing guitar properly. Pay attention to the way you are holding your guitar, the techniques you are using, watch and listen closely to any specific things that you may think need to be improved.
It is up to you to have the ability to hear and understand the sounds that you are hoping to improve. You have to have the drive to want to make some changes where necessary, change is not always an easy adjustment. If you take the time out to find and correct these mistakes you are making musically then you will be ensuring the fact that those mistakes will not continue and become sort of habit forming. If you find and correct these mistakes early on enough then it will not be something so difficult to change. The longer it takes you to find these mistakes the harder it will be to untrain yourself into playing the way you have been playing for so long.
These corrections are necessary if you are wanting to make improvements within your music styles and techniques, to be a better, more professional sounding guitarist. Some guitarists have trouble figuring out what they are doing wrong but if you take the time out to truly listen to yourself you will begin learning what changes will need to be made in order for you to make the necessary improvements.
Some things that you should try listening for when you are playing the guitar are, does the sound that your playing sound really all that good to you or not. If you are not completely happy with the sounds that you are hearing then chances are, someone else will notice this mistake you are making. This has to be corrected in order for you to move forward, into learning more about the improvements that you really need to consider making, for your guitar playing hobby or career. In order for you to strengthen all areas of your guitar playing it will be necessary for you to be willing to change your techniques, be more flexible and offer a variety of techniques when you play your guitar. After you have located what the mistakes are that you are making when you play your guitar, then you will have the ability to focus and concentrate more on what corrections will now need to be made, making you a better, stronger guitarist.
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Find Out What Improvements you Could Make With your Guitar Playing
Nov 3, 2009 Gibson Guitars
It does not matter how great you may be at playing the guitar or how great you actually are, everyone would love to make improvements in some way. There is always something you could do better when it comes to entertaining your friends and family by playing your rocking guitar to them. They all love you and that is awesome, but there may be something very little that you should try improving on, no big deal, nothing at all wrong with admitting that you could do better at certain things, that you would normally claim to be a perfectionist at.
Having the ability to first recognize what it is you may not be doing correctly or could do better at is key when trying to make improvements with your guitar playing. Practice does not always make perfect, some may think that they can just forget about any faults because in a matter of time, with enough playing, they will eventually catch on, that is not always necessarily true. Actually what happens is, when you are playing a certain way and making the same mistakes continuously over a period of time, it will be much tougher for you to change these mistakes. The longer you play incorrectly the more you are convinced that you are playing just fine and it is certainly difficult to retrain yourself with playing every chord properly once you have gotten used to your way of playing.
The main thing that most people that play guitar have trouble with doing is having the ability to change over from one chord to a different chord, without any kind of pausing in between. It is so hard for people to figure this out, the flow of this is just not normally very natural, which does make it more complicated. It is so important to learn how to listen to yourself play the guitar so that you can find what it is you are not doing properly or as good as it could be done. If you can pinpoint this then it will make improving your skills so much easier on you. If you are still unsure what it is you are not doing just right then perhaps you could consider going and taking a few lessons from someone that teaches guitar lessons. Or, you could just get on the internet, there you will find many available lessons and forms of practice, for free, that can help you with any areas of difficulty.
It is up to you on how great of a musician you become. The potential is there, you are already talented, all that is left is perfecting your guitar playing skills. You will be so very proud of yourself once you accomplish these things and you will have the opportunity to feel 100% confident in knowing you are playing every single chord correctly and you will be able to tell by the crowd that all of the hard work has surely paid off.
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Seven Common Fallacies About Guitar Playing
Oct 28, 2009 Fender Guitars
There are many common misconceptions by people about learning the guitar. However, they are all incorrect. Here is the reasons:
One: You should practice on an acoustic guitar.
NO!: It is better to practice on an electric guitar since it’s easier to play, has lighter strings, lower action, and a smaller neck. It’s also a little more interesting for first time players as you can add distortions and effects and keep the learner more interested.
Second: The best way to ‘get’ a famous band sound is buy a pedal that has player presets.
Truth: Although some multi-effects DO have some important presets, it is far better to learn the correct technique rather than trying to imitate the sound. Generally the sound of the incredible players comes from their spirit, their skill, and choice of guitar and amp. (Rarely do these guys use digital effects to create their sounds.
Three: You have to have a gigantic amp to get a large sound.
NO!: Some of the most huge sounds that have been recorded have been done with smaller 10 -20 watt amps with the tube made very loud. Many infamous bands have many amps on stage that are empty of speakers and a small amp hidden behind the stack that is mic’d up to the PA system. Some bands are also using digital recreations (POD, Digitech etc) of their amps in the studio but most purist players still use a real amp and analogue pedals.
Fourth: You should use lots of ‘string wrap or turns’ around the machine (tuning) head to get stable tuning.
Wrong!: Although B.B. King does use this method a better way is to have about 3 ‘turns’ of string on the machine head and about 3-4 turns on the higher strings. However, the best way is to have NO turns of string at all, buy using locking machine heads such as spertzel or grover *machine head where the string is literally locked into place without any string wrap.
Myth: Single coil pick ups sound the best but they are too noisy.
Truth: Yes and yes (possibly depending on your opinion) but there are many ways around this problem. The best way is to use hum canceling single coil pickups such as “fender noiseless” or any of the di marzio or Seymour Duncan hum canceling models that will sound JUST like a vintage strat but without the noise. The other way is to put a “dummy load” pickup in the guitar. ie: a pick up that is wired in the guitar (sometimes under the scratch plate of a strat type guitar) but does not produce any sound , it just cancels the hum and noise.
Myth: Cheap cables are just as good as expensive ones and I save money.
Truth: It is way better to buy a good quality cable that has, quite often, a good guarantee. It will often last a long time and the difference in the quality has a huge bearing on the actual sound produced by your guitar and amp. It is no use having a great guitar and amp set up, and using low quality cable. Its like buying a Ferrari and putting re-tread tires on it. Always buy the best quality cable you can afford. Quite often you end up buying one good cable instead of cheap ones every 6 months, rendering them not cheap at all in the long run.
Seven: There is nothing you can do about strings rusting and losing their tone so may as well buy cheap ones or no name brands.
Wrong!: there are several ways to make your string last longer. The simplest is to always clean your strings after playing with a lint free cloth such as a handkerchief and use a string product such as “finger ease” or “fast fret” which coats the string with a protective chemical.
The other way is to use long life strings such as ‘elixir’ or similar brands which use a Teflon coating to prevent string corrosion and loss of tone. Yes these strings are three times more expensive but they do, in my experience last eight (8) times longer and rarely do they break as often as regular strings.
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