The Fascinating History of Fender Guitars
By William Jason
One of the most famous guitar manufacturers in the world is Fender. Fender wasn't the first manufacturer to produce electric guitars, but they were one of the most successful. Started in 1938 by Leo Fender, the company was originally named "Fender's Radio Service" and he repaired radios and amplifiers. The partners then split up when Fender wanted to focus on the designing of the guitars, and created the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Through the creation of this company, Fender was able to create the first electric guitar with a solid body, the famous Stratocaster. The Stratocaster or Strat, was designed by Leo Fender in 1954 and is one of the most famous and enduring electric guitars in the world. In 1965, Leo Fender sold his company for approximately $13 million to CBS. Then in 1995, Fender bought out Guild Guitar to acquire its manufacturing plant in Rhode Island.
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It's a low to medium-gained amp meant to be played at bedroom levels. If your looking for something high gain with lots of features and modeling look elsewhere. The essence of this amp is simplicity. It only has an on/off Switch, red light, low input, high input, and a single volume knob that goes from 1-12.
I would say the cleans and light overdrive on this amp slightly edges out the moderate overdrive in quailty. The overdrive on this amp is very smooth when dialed in correctly. As expected, this is a very "American sounding" amp. Single coiled guitars sound nice and crispy clean on this amp while humbuckers sound a darker, gritty, with more overdrive (as expected). It's easily the best sounding $200 amp I've ever played.
The two-tone tolex is thicker and smoother than normal tolex. Impression: I would recommend this amp in a second to anyone wanting to keep things simple and wants a basic, inexpensive, low-wattage, low gain, well-built class-A tube combo for the bedroom or light jam sessions for cleans and low/medium-gain classic rock tones. This amp exceeded my expections in both sound and quality.
It's a low to medium-gained amp meant to be played at bedroom levels. If your looking for something high gain with lots of features and modeling look elsewhere. The essence of this amp is simplicity. It only has an on/off Switch, red light, low input, high input, and a single volume knob that goes from 1-12.
I would say the cleans and light overdrive on this amp slightly edges out the moderate overdrive in quailty. The overdrive on this amp is very smooth when dialed in correctly. As expected, this is a very "American sounding" amp. Single coiled guitars sound nice and crispy clean on this amp while humbuckers sound a darker, gritty, with more overdrive (as expected). It's easily the best sounding $200 amp I've ever played.
The two-tone tolex is thicker and smoother than normal tolex. Impression: I would recommend this amp in a second to anyone wanting to keep things simple and wants a basic, inexpensive, low-wattage, low gain, well-built class-A tube combo for the bedroom or light jam sessions for cleans and low/medium-gain classic rock tones. This amp exceeded my expections in both sound and quality.
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Buying an American Standard Fender Stratocaster Buyers Guide
By Mark P Andrews
American Standard StratocastersFender herald from the factory in Corona located in California. Originally called American Standard until around the year 2000, they then underwent some changes and were marketed as American Series Stratocasters. This label identifies them as the regular standard Fender offering of the Strat model.
The serial number for the American Standard Series Stratocasters will be found on the rear of the headstock. If from the 1990's this serial number will start with Nx, the 2000's serial numbers will start with Zx, the 'x' equates to the last number of the model year..
The regular American Standard Series Stratocaster will come with 3 high quality single coil pickups made with alnico magnets, or to be even more specific alnico 5, this is one of the key differences over the lower priced non USA models.
By Mark P Andrews
American Standard StratocastersFender herald from the factory in Corona located in California. Originally called American Standard until around the year 2000, they then underwent some changes and were marketed as American Series Stratocasters. This label identifies them as the regular standard Fender offering of the Strat model.
The serial number for the American Standard Series Stratocasters will be found on the rear of the headstock. If from the 1990's this serial number will start with Nx, the 2000's serial numbers will start with Zx, the 'x' equates to the last number of the model year..
The regular American Standard Series Stratocaster will come with 3 high quality single coil pickups made with alnico magnets, or to be even more specific alnico 5, this is one of the key differences over the lower priced non USA models.
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Buy Fender Stratocaster Guitar Top Tips Advice Buying Guide and Strat Prices Online
By Mark P Andrews
Are you looking to purchase a bargain bucket stratocaster guitar without breaking the bank?
Or how about buying your kid brother, or sister for that matter these days their very first guitar - think how proud they would be if you bought them one of the great names from guitar history, their very own Fender Stratocaster guitar! What a great gift idea!
How can I afford a Fender Stratocaster guitar? The Fender Stratocaster guitar that likely you need to be thinking about buying are the one's name Squier Stratocasters. The hierachy of Fender Stratocasters guitars is first the American Standard, followed by the Fender mexican Standard, after which there is the Squier Standard Stratocaster, then the Squier Affinity Strat and last but not least, the Squier Bullet. The newer ones will say 'Crafted in Indonesia' or 'Crafted in China' on the back of the headstock but the older ones will normally have 'Made in Korea' or 'Made in China' on the front of the headstock. To make things more confusing, the Squier line of Stratocasters come in 3 sub-models. It's amazing what some people will try to sell these for on Ebay but you should be able to find a very nice used Squier Standard on Ebay for between $120-$160 shipped.
The American models will have a 22 fret neck with a width of around 1.68" at the nut and most Mexicans will have a 21 fret neck with a 1.65" width at the nut. You can upgrade the pickups to American Series quality or better and end up with a really great guitar. The general rule is to buy as good of a guitar as you can afford. The American models and some of the Mexican made special models can hold their values very well.
By Mark P Andrews
Are you looking to purchase a bargain bucket stratocaster guitar without breaking the bank?
Or how about buying your kid brother, or sister for that matter these days their very first guitar - think how proud they would be if you bought them one of the great names from guitar history, their very own Fender Stratocaster guitar! What a great gift idea!
How can I afford a Fender Stratocaster guitar? The Fender Stratocaster guitar that likely you need to be thinking about buying are the one's name Squier Stratocasters. The hierachy of Fender Stratocasters guitars is first the American Standard, followed by the Fender mexican Standard, after which there is the Squier Standard Stratocaster, then the Squier Affinity Strat and last but not least, the Squier Bullet. The newer ones will say 'Crafted in Indonesia' or 'Crafted in China' on the back of the headstock but the older ones will normally have 'Made in Korea' or 'Made in China' on the front of the headstock. To make things more confusing, the Squier line of Stratocasters come in 3 sub-models. It's amazing what some people will try to sell these for on Ebay but you should be able to find a very nice used Squier Standard on Ebay for between $120-$160 shipped.
The American models will have a 22 fret neck with a width of around 1.68" at the nut and most Mexicans will have a 21 fret neck with a 1.65" width at the nut. You can upgrade the pickups to American Series quality or better and end up with a really great guitar. The general rule is to buy as good of a guitar as you can afford. The American models and some of the Mexican made special models can hold their values very well.
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Get Guitar Effects For Your Computer
By Ricky Sharples
The effects software that many guitarists think is the top of the range is Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3. It provides guitar and bass effects by modeling many popular amplifiers, cabinets, microphones, and effect pedals. It has twelve guitar and bass amps, and a matched cabinet module gives you real classic sounds. The Guitar Rig software has faithfully modelled stomp boxes, distortion and volume pedals, eighteen guitar and six bass cabinets, four rotary speakers and nine microphones - all based on popular vintage gear. A great feature of this effects software is the drag and drop interface for mixing your sound. The Line 6 Pocket Pod Guitar Multi Effects Processor has over three hundred onboard/portable tones and over 3000 presets. Battery-powered and about the size of a tuner, Pocket POD is a portable guitar effects solution. You can apply distortion, wah-wah, noise gate, compressor, flanger, reverb, chorus, delay and some of other filters.
Another free effects program is Audacity. Other built-in effects include echo, phaser, wah-wah and reverse.
Get Guitar Effects For Your Computer
By Ricky Sharples
The effects software that many guitarists think is the top of the range is Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3. It provides guitar and bass effects by modeling many popular amplifiers, cabinets, microphones, and effect pedals. It has twelve guitar and bass amps, and a matched cabinet module gives you real classic sounds. The Guitar Rig software has faithfully modelled stomp boxes, distortion and volume pedals, eighteen guitar and six bass cabinets, four rotary speakers and nine microphones - all based on popular vintage gear. A great feature of this effects software is the drag and drop interface for mixing your sound. The Line 6 Pocket Pod Guitar Multi Effects Processor has over three hundred onboard/portable tones and over 3000 presets. Battery-powered and about the size of a tuner, Pocket POD is a portable guitar effects solution. You can apply distortion, wah-wah, noise gate, compressor, flanger, reverb, chorus, delay and some of other filters.
Another free effects program is Audacity. Other built-in effects include echo, phaser, wah-wah and reverse.
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