BUGERA: 333-212

The 333 and 333-212 are cutting-edge, modern style amps fully featured for use in any situation or guitar style.

The name says it all 3, 3, 3… three fully independent channels for three fully independent gain structures and tone stacks.

The totally clean Clean channel that won’t break up… great for jazz,country, blues and also great as a fat clean power base for players using external boxes for their OD and distortion.

The Crunch channel can work as a “halfway dirty” sound for rock and blues if you crank the volume and use the gain as your volume. It shines as the heavy rhythm channel for a metal rig if you crank the gain. The Lead channel has the same structure as the crunch channel but with access to more gain.

Each of these channels has its own volume feeding the overall master volume so you have total control over the level of each. The boost option of the FX loop allows you to set each channel at the same volume and then boost or cut the volume of the entire amp no matter what channel is selected — you can finally boost your rhythm or clean tone (yes, clean solos do happen).

We call the EQ section “HYPER-ACTIVE” because it allows for unlimited tone shaping and big scooped out metal tones via the midrange control. You have to hear this to appreciate how much more control you can get.

The BUGERA 333-212 features a heavy-duty footswitch that allows you to activate any of the three chanels and boost the FX loop in mid-song.

Find more on BUGERA Website

Ovation Elite TX

A deluxe AA solid-spruce top and Ovation’s lightweight, yet high-strength bracing give this guitar tremendous sonic power. An ultra-thin gloss pewter finish allows the soundboard to resonate freely, and soundports on the bass-string side of Ovation’s classic Mid-Depth cutaway composite body enhance lower-frequency projection. Shaped to offer the fast feel of an electric guitar, the slim, hard-rock maple neck delivers superior sustain, while the OP-Pro preamp and OCP-1K pickup produce uncompromising plugged-in performance.
Description:                                       Product: Ovation Elite TX 1778TX-PW
6-String Acoustic/Electric                    Body Type: Mid Depth Super Shallow Cutaway
Top:  Solid Spruce                              Bracing: Quintad
Scale Length: 25 1/4"                        Fretboard: Ebony
Fret Inlay: None                                Bridge: Ebony
Rosette: Multi Soundhole - Bass Side
Pickup: Ovation Thinline                     Nutwidth: 1 11/16"
Machines: Black                                Preamp: OP-Pro






Official Ovation Website

A strange act of patriotism!

This is what I call patriotism.

I'll leave no other comment on this one. 

Fender Introduces 60th Anniversary Telecaster® and Precision Bass® Models

 

 Fender is proud to introduce a new guitar and bass that commemorate six decades of the company’s original pair of groundbreaking instruments—the Telecaster and Precision Bass guitars. The new 60th Anniversary Telecaster and 60th Anniversary Precision Bass, both of which feature a new “Blackguard Blonde” finish and commemorative neck plate created especially for the occasion, combine the best of vintage and modern features.

The rich history of Fender guitars begins with the instrument that was officially named the Telecaster in February 1951. It was the world’s first successful solid-body electric guitar, transforming the role of the guitar in popular music and becoming an enduring model of form and function in the process. Still elegantly simple after 60 years, it remains the versatile voice of diverse and creative guitarists worldwide.

The 60th Anniversary Telecaster honors its predecessors by packing more than half a century of classic sound and design into one collectible U.S.-made guitar, with a striking combination of vintage looks and modern Telecaster technology. Features include an ash body with a Blackguard Blonde thin-skin lacquer finish, tinted maple neck and fretboard with modern 9.5” radius and medium jumbo frets, American Vintage Telecaster single-coil pickups, black pickguard, American Standard bridge with bent steel saddles and stamped brass plate, modern tuners and Fender/SKB® molded case.

Also introduced in 1951, the Precision Bass was the world’s first successful solid-body electric bass guitar; an instrument that revolutionized popular music so thoroughly that it even created a new kind of musician—the electric bassist. Sixty years later it is still the first word in electric bass and an essential and indispensable instrument in the hands of bass players worldwide.

The 60th Anniversary Precision Bass embodies six decades of Fender bass legacy in a collectible U.S.-made instrument. Features include an ash body with Blackguard Blonde thin-skin lacquer finish, maple neck and fretboard with modern 9.5” radius and medium jumbo frets, vintage Precision Bass split single-coil pickup, black pickguard, high-mass vintage bridge, knurled control knobs, modern tuners and Fender/SKB® molded case.

Happy New Year with the new ESP and LTD models for 2011

ESP have new insanely cool guitars and basses.
Limited edition signature series of James Hetfield's Snakebite have been released this year.
The Snakebite is a brand new  body style for ESP and LTD in 2011. It has a set-neck construction at 24.75” scale, with a mahogany body and neck, and an ebony fingerboard with 22 XJ frets. The Snakebyte comes with a bunch of high-end components, including Sperzel locking tuners, Schaller straplocks, a Tonepros locking bridge/tailpiece, and EMG 81 (bridge) / EMG 60 (neck) active pickups. You can get the James Hetfield Snakebyte both in ESP and LTD versions, and both are available in two finishes: Black and Snow White, featuring a pearloid snake inlay on the fingerboard.

The special edition for the Kirk Hammett's ESP KH-2 SE and LTD KH-SE guitars will be limited to 100 and 300 pieces worldwide
The ESP KH-2 SE offers neck-thru-body construction, a 25.5” scale, an alder body, and maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, 24 XJ frets.
The guitar includes active pickups and original Floyd Rose bridge

The Slayer Reign in Blood  sigature guitar is limited for around 250 guitars worldwide. The LTD Slayer-2011 is highlighted with a custom graphic finish that employs elements of the cover artwork from the 1986 killer Reign in Blood album.

 
 

The LTD SURVEYOR line has significantly improved with the introduction of the new SURVEYOR-4 and SURVEYOR-5. These basses offer a classic design with bolt-on construction at 34” scale, and an ash body with maple neck. The new models add white binding on the fingerboard and pearloid block inlays. The basses are available in three finishes: Black and Three Tone Burst (with rosewood fingerboards) and Snow White (with maple fingerboard).



Visit the official ESP - LTD blog for more information:

Understanding the scales on the guitar: The minor scale

As I promised in the previous post now I'll be writing about the minor scale.
How tthe minor scale is made?
The formula for the minor scale is as simple as the formula for the major scale.
Here it is:
2  1   2    2  1   2   2
Or in the key of C it look like this:
C  D   Eb   F   G    Ab   Bb    C
   2    1    2     2    1      2    2
What is that minor scale that has no flat or sharps?
Well, the A minor scale is the only minor scale that has no flat or sharps. Thats because it's relevant to the C major scale.
How do you know which scales are relevant?
This is really simple. Just take one scale and five steps above it it's the relevant scale.
Let's make it more clear. You take the G major key and start to count:
 G: A B C D E
Now for the G major the relevant is the E minor scale.
How many different minor scale exist?
There are a few variety of the minor scale: natural minor, harmonic minor and melodic minor.
The natural is the one that I wrote up in this post.
To make a harmonic minor you need to raise the seventh note a half step when you go up and down the scale.
So the C harmonic minor will look like this
C D Eb F G Ab B C

The melodic is done by raising the the sixth and the seventh a half step when you go up the scale and return to the natural minor when you go down the scale.
So the C melodic minor scale will look like this (I'll go up and down to see how it is):
  C - D - Eb - F - G - A - B - C (up the scale)
  C - D - Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb (down he scale

You can search the YouTube for backing tracks. It's really useful to improvise on music to develop your creativity.

Understanding the scales on the guitar: The Major scale

Why do you need to know the scles?
Actually you can play guitar without knowing the scales, but you'll never get any further than playing basic riffs by tabs. Understanding the scales is vital for going to new levels of guitar playing. It helps a lot in learning a song by ear and even most when you make your own music.
There are to basic types of scale - the major and the minor. The difference between the two scales is that the major scale sound happy and brings positive sense to the melody or the chors progression. The minor scale sounds sad, darky and brings negative sense to the music.
Do you need to remember exactly every scale?
Well, this is the best part - there is no need to remember every scale, because there is structure that they are build on and it's the same for every scale.
How to build a major scale? 
The basic structure of the major scale is 2 2 1 2 2 2 1. These are the intervals between each step of the scale.
In the C major scale the first step is the note C and the second is D. There are two half steps between C and D.
The third step is E and the fourth F. There is only one half step between the two notes.
 C      D      E       F     G     A      B       C
      2      2       1      2      2      2       1
Did you get now. It's really simple. The fourth note is half step higher than the third and the eight (the first one octave higher) is one half step higher than the seventh.
Go on! Apply this structure to every note to understand how it works.
Try it on the G note for example:
You should get this:
G   A    B    C    D      E     F#    G

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