Fender Mustang
Fender Mustang
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Should I get a fender mustang or another strat?
I like both but a mustang would add more variety to my guitar collection (I already own a strat) but I do like the strat's qualities.
What do you think??
i really like the mustang because it is an awesome guitar.
i like strats too, but i consider them like the generic fender. so, since you already have a strat, it would be a good idea to get a mustang
Mustang Bridge
Mustang Bridge
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Impreza Body kits – Add More Style to Performance
The Subaru Impreza seems to have a niche market but is still an excellent choice for buyers who are looking for a buy in the compact car segment. The car's most notable feature is its power train which provides extra traction in slippery, wet-weather conditions. This feature, on higher horsepower models with the Impreza's well sorted chassis provides a very efficient and exhilarating handling of the car. The Impreza is powered by an unusual horizontally opposed four cylinder engine which emits a distinctive deep growl during acceleration. This is liked by many people who enjoy the sound of a powerful engine. All these features make it a great if not obvious choice for a new or used sedan, wagon or hatchback.
The current Subaru Impreza is available in a sedan or a four-door hatchback style. A more European flavor has been added to its design. The car is able to provide the driver with satisfying levels of good, enjoyable performance. It also is very reasonably priced compared to its competitors. All these factors make the Impreza a good road companion.
The Impreza is available in five trim levels each of which have their high points and unique features. But sometimes it so happens that you want more from your car and might not be fully satisfied with what the factory made version has to offer. To bridge the gap between your wants and the reality of your car you can make use of the Impreza body kits. Body kits give you the option of making modifications to the exterior of your car by adding parts like spoilers, grills, different lights and side skirting, to name a few. With the help of body kits there is a wide array of possible things that you can do with your car. This gives it a more personal feel to it and your car is able to reflect your unique tastes and style. Some body kt components such as a car spoiler will also enhance the aerodynamics of your car. This gives you the double benefit of improved style and improved performance.
By using the Impreza body kits you can transform your car in a cost efficient and hassle free manner. You can get creative with its look and have fun with it. To know more you can visit www.ilovebodykits.com.
is a 1 farad capacitor good enough for a 500W amp?
My car is an 09 mustang and appears to not like bridging my amp to 500W on my 12" kicker cvr, my sound system is the shaker 500 and the car also has heated seats, mood lights, etc to power. when i bridge the amp to 500w, the computer readings go haywire and my lights dim bad, also kills the battery pretty easily if the engines not running which forced me to only use 250w on one channel.. sounds like crap. i tapped into the rear speakers with an rca converter then ran an amp and sub to give it an good kick. i had my battery and alternator both tested and they read good. will a 1 farad capacitor stop the voltage drop issues?
cap's are near useless for car audio. they are nothing but a gimmick to get your money . google 'the big 3 ' and do that instead . it will work 10x better.
you need to check your wiring, you should not be having those type of problems with just 500 watts rms.
Ltd Viper
Ltd Viper
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Green Viper Spotted
People at DragTimes.com have released the first shot of the green venomous 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 which was just right off the assembly line in Michigan. The all new Viper in never before seen snakeskin green color would definitely make any Jaguar to lose its Jaguar car cover in fright.
Aside from its amazing new look the 600HP Viper will also have four new “lifesaver” colors such as Venom Red, Viper Violet, Viper Orange, and Bright Blue. But throughout the model year eight exterior colors are to be introduced. Racing stripes are offered as an option but are available in most color combinations.
The 2008 Dodge Viper SRT will be equipped with an 8.4-liter aluminum V10 engine that produces 600 horsepower and 560 pound-foot of potent torque. This new Viper is capable of sprinting from 0 to 60 mph in under four seconds and can reach 0 to 100 then decelerate back to 0 in less than twelve seconds.
The venomous V10 aluminum engine block of the green Viper was bored out 1mm which increases the displacement to 8.4 liters from the previous 8.3 liters. The new Viper has also stronger bulkheads as well as improved water jackets for better cooling. The block includes pressed-in iron cylinder liners and cross-bolted main bearing caps for added durability and strength.
The 8.4-liter engine breathes through its new cylinder heads equipped with CNC shaped combustion chambers, Variable Valve Timing (VVT), and larger valves. VVT electronically adjust when the exhaust valves are open and the closed according to engine speed and load. This allows the engine breathe cleaner and more efficiently.
The engine lubrication is also made more efficient with the addition of a larger oil pump and a swinging oil pickup adapted from Viper competition engines which helps in improving oil pressure in high rpm and hard cornering conditions.
Emission exits through tubular air-gap headers which improve exhaust flow and assures rapid catalyst light-off. The headers’ stamped stainless-steel outer shell functions as a thermal heat shield for the individual stainless-steel runners. This contributes to better flow separation and exhaust tuning.
The new Dodge Viper SRT10 has not only increase performance but also complies with the regulatory requirements such as the federal Tire 2, Bin 5, and California’s Low Emissions Vehicle (LEV) 2 mandates. The very first Viper SRT10 was the result of a collaborative effort from McLaren Performance Technologies and Ricardo, Inc. The SRT engineers have followed the racer’s basic formula for more power which includes bigger displacement, more efficient breathing and higher engine speed.
With the release of the green Viper it is only a matter of time before other Vipers followed suit. But for now we’ll just have to wait and see.
What guitar should i get as im a newbie?
Hiya i want to start to learn to play the guitar more for a hobbie than anything else, I've never played a guitar or been that musical in my life but feel its time to change that, i've seen some good guitar packs for about £175-£199 what would be the best.....
The Epiphone Les Paul Special 2
Yamaha Pacifica PAC012 Electric Guitar
Epiphone SG Special Player
WASHBURN X20
ESP Ltd Viper
thanks for your help...
P.S what better books or DVDs for teaching yourself
Hi - that looks like a great list of possibles there, I wish I could have afforded one of that lot when I first started ( I had to make do with an Encore - it did the job though!)
I'd agree with the guy who said avoid starter packs - I believe them to be a bit of a waste of money. When first starting out you dont really need to spend a lot, you just need something thats easy to play and looks quite cool (this helps keep the interest when you are getting frustrated with your slow, un-flexible fingers!!).
You mentioned a Yamaha Pacifica - and that would be my choice. They are very easy guitars to play and I think they look quite cool (especially with a natural finish). From what I remember, you can pick one up for under £150! Its supposedly the best selling budget guitar in the world, so they must be doing something right. They sound pretty good for the price too.
Now I know that you probably want an amp with that - but trust me, the little 10 watt practice amps that come in a starter pack arent worth the bother! Just spend your other £50 quid on a multi-fx pedal like a zoom 505mkII or Digitech RP (ebay always has loads), you can plug these into the back of your stereo and it'll sound a million times better than a 10 watt starter amp. You can also plug your headphones into them - which your mum/spouse/neighbour will appreciate (theyre bound to get fed up of hearing smoke on the water over and over again!!). The FX in these things will also help keep you interested - and in tune!!
Hope that helps!
Mustang Bass
Mustang Bass
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Top 3 Kanye West Songs
“Through the Wire”
The debut single from Kanye West, “Through the Wire” effectively showed the public the now pigeonholed and often ripped-off Kanye West production and lyrical style. The use of pitching up vocal tracks that West is famous for is in full effect on “Through the Wire” in the use of vocals from Chaka Khan’s “Through the Fire.” The theme of “Through the Wire” is that of Kanye was triumphiant hero appearing on the scene. In 2002, West was in a car accident that forced him to have his jaw wired shut. Dedicated, West still recorded the song and you can hear the effect of the accident in his sort of half-mumbled vocal delivery. A clever track that avoided any sort of typical gangsta rap clichés “Through the Wire” was an instant classic and is one of Kanye’s best tracks.
“Stronger”
Using a pitch-perfect sample of Daft Punk’s “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” Kanye West’s “Stronger” was not only a huge hit for Kanye, and maybe the closest he has gotten to writing a true club banger, it’s video was also the first appearance of the now ubiquitous “Kanye shutter shades” which resemble weird mustang rims mixed with house blinds, which Kanye has since called his closest to a “Michael Jackson moment” to rival MJ’s white glove. At the time, “Stronger” was a cultural phenomenon that cemented Kanye’s status as a true international superstar rapper.
“Love Lockdown”
When “Love Lockdown” first started leaking through Kanye’s own blog it was a hugely controversial track. Gone were any of the sped up samples that Kanye was known for; instead they were replaced with ice cold synths and the robotic sound of the 808 drum machine. Over the next few weeks Kanye continued to tweak the song according to comments and complaints of fans on his website, eventually adding a more tribal drum pattern and louder bass hits, making the song one of the first examples of how much the music industry has changed—allowing artists and fans to converse and collaborate in new and exciting ways.
What's the largest sound system you can put in a 2003 Ford Mustang Convertible?
I'm a bass junkie
If you keep it up you can be a deaf bass junkie.
Dimarzio Super
Dimarzio Super
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 DiMarzio DP104FBK Super 2 Humbucker Pickup FS Black US $63.99
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 DiMarzio F spaced Super 2 Humbucker Creme US $62.95
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 DiMarzio DP100 Super Distortion Pickup US $69.95
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 Dimarzio Dual Sound Humbucker Super Distortion DP100 US $55.50
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20 Easy Tips That Will Put You on the Path to Being a Guitar Hero
20 easy tips that will put you on the path to being a guitar hero
By Justin Sours
http://www.guitarmadeez.com
Practice how you play
When you practice guitar chords, scales, songs, etc., make sure that you focus on quality and not quantity. The guitar sounds a lot better if all the notes in a chord ring or you hit every note in that scale with perfect timing instead of rushing through a scale or playing a chord and having some notes be muffled. Just remember to focus on playing things slow and with good technique (This is Key!). Learn whatever you are trying to learn slow and then increase the speed little by little until you get where you want to be. That's how you guitarists learn to shred or solo extremely fast. They start playing a scale or riff slow and then gradually speed it up with a metronome.
Keep your guitar out of the closet or storage
This is probably one of the biggest mistakes that a person learning guitar could make. KEEP YOUR GUITAR OUT IN THE OPEN!!! Keep it next to your bed or in your family room on a stand or anywhere where it is out of the closet or out from under the bed. If it’s out in the open, this will force you to play it and force you to mess around and practice.
Memorize the fret board of the guitar
Memorizing the fret board of the guitar can turn out to be an interesting task. There are little tips and tricks that allow you to find notes really fast. The reason why all guitarist who would like to get good should memorize the fret board is because it allows you to play create chords in different shapes, find notes in different areas of the neck and allows the guitarist to familiarize and open up to playing in different parts of the neck. Memorization of the fret board is also very beneficial in soloing and improvising.
Jam with other people with different styles and techniques
You will not believe how much your guitar playing will improve when you jam with other people. If you ever feel like you are reaching a "plateau" (you feel like you're not getting any better) in your playing, jamming with other people will definitely open you up to new tips and tricks. There's always something to learn from someone else that plays guitar no matter how good or bad they are. Also, everyone's individual style is different and the more open minded you are to other styles, the better player you will become.
Listen to new types music and try to play it
I know it’s hard, just force yourself to do it. When all else fails go back to the basics of music. A great way to do this is to listen to some classical music for inspiration. Elton John is an amazing musician and he says whenever he reaches a dull moment or block in his playing, he refers back to church hymns that he learned when he was younger.
Read guitar magazines
Guitar magazines have allot of cool stuff, but they also have allot of filler. The one thing I hate about guitar mags is that they are extremely complex (not for beginners). The articles, stories and advice are cool but some of the lessons are intense! The advanced guitar lingo having to do with intervals of certain modes and technical guitar talk gets to me sometimes. It's nice to know that stuff but ehhhhhhh..... It can be boring.
Go to concerts
Nothings more inspiring then going to a concert and seeing someone rock out on stage and totally impress the crowd. I remember a couple of years ago; I went to Vans Warped Tour. Immediately after the show, as soon as I got home, I ran to my room and tried learning allot of the songs I had heard. When I saw The Eagles back in October of 06', I couldn’t stop learning all their songs. It's amazing to be extremely inspired and motivated once again about playing guitar and going to concerts definitely rejuvenates my interest in playing guitar.
Buy concert DVDs
If you've never seen any ACDC music video or concert DVD.... then we definitely need to talk. Angus Young is an amazing guitarist and It's just amazing to see that this scrawny little Australian guy can play like he does and with such attitude and soul. Seeing that guy rip up the fret board definitely shows us that anyone can play guitar... all it takes is practice, discipline, motivation and commitment. Concert DVDs are great because they show you up close and in really good quality what exactly a guitarist is playing, unlike music videos where bands just dance around and they add in the music later. Concert DVDs are filled with raw footage of guitar playing at its best.
Always use your guitar strap
This is another biggie. When first learning how to play guitar, I never wore my guitar strap. I ended up paying for it later and basically having to relearn guitar standing up instead of sitting down. If you always play with your guitar strap on, there will be no difference to you while playing either sitting or standing. Playing with your guitar strap will also allow you to get to the "show-off" level so you can impress all your friends earlier.
A lot of people who use guitar straps find that they fall off very easy or tend to drop the guitar. There are many different types of locking mechanisms out there (I currently have two guitars that use the DiMarzio locking mechanism and it works very well)). Go to your local guitar shop and check all of them out and see which one fits you best.
Play with passion (slash)
Have you ever heard a guitar player who is a great player, but you feel that there is something missing...... THERE'S NO SOUL!!! Soul is the emotion, the love, the purpose behind guitar playing. Listen to that same talented yet boring guitar player and then compare him to Gun's and Roses guitarist or Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash. Every solo that Slash plays has so much soul, so much emotion, and so much purpose. What I want you to do is Google "Slash - Godfather theme video" or get on Napster, iTunes, kazaa, etc. and download it. This video is nuts!! Slash plays with such a great amount of solo that it's amazing. I really don't know how to explain exactly how to add soul into your playing, however I will tell you that you will understand if you choose to stick with guitar and stay committed to the instrument. It's basically playing to express yourself and not to just play because you have to or don't want to but feel you should.
Watch the clips of legendary guitar scenes or solos
Here's some instant inspiration.... Go to yahoo or Google and click on the "video" tab above the search bar and type in anything having to do with guitar solos. You will find some amazing solos along with amazing guitar tricks. One really cool guitar clip I remember is of this Asian guy playing the super Mario brothers theme for Nintendo. That guy can play that song like you wouldn’t believe. There's so much inspiring guitar playing footage out there. It's everywhere and anywhere you look, especially online. Also, checkout the movie with Ralph Maccio from the 1980's called "Crossroads"... there’s some amazing guitar playing in it.
Try tabbing out songs by ear
This is extremely helpful. Tabbing songs by ear develops your musical ear very quickly. Choose one of your favorite songs and sit next to your cd player with a guitar and a piece of paper and try to figure out the chords in the song first, and then try to figure out the riffs within the chords. Once you find out the overall "key" of the song it's easy to figure out all the riffs and chords.
Take a college music course (Beatles, history of rock and roll)
While I was at community college for two years studying to get my Associates Degree, I had taken a "History of Rock & Roll course". This course was extremely interesting. There was so much music that this class opened my eyes up to. I gained so much more appreciation for the Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who and many more bands of that era. Those bands really did change music forever. I definitely recommend taking a class like this anywhere you can; it will definitely open up your eyes to some great music out there and help you grow as a musician.
Read biographies of guitarists you appreciate
Some musicians out there have led incredible lives. The majority of them come from nothing and in the end, become legendary guitar gods. Look at Johnny Cash; he was a rural country boy that grew up almost penniless and turned into an amazing musician through inspiration and practice. There are so many interesting stories behind bands and musicians. Here's some that I find interesting (off the top of my head): The Beach Boys, Def Leppard, Metallica, Van Halen, The Beatles and Thin Lizzy. Do some research online and try to mirror yourself with these artists. It will give you a whole new thought process to playing their songs and guitar in general.
"Steal" riffs and ideas from other guitarists
I know it sounds bad but every great guitarist does it. Clapton stole the "crossroad blues" from Robert Johnson and the Beatles used some of Elvis' ideas and expanded upon them. Every musical generation steals ideas, riffs, chord progressions from the generation before and when it comes to music... its ok. I find this to help guitar players progress a lot, especially if you reach a plateau. One of the biggest things that helped me expand as a guitarist is to learn all my favorite solos by my favorite artists. Once I had learned them, I would play the same solo over different progressions in the same key and then play the same solos in different keys all around the neck and in different scale positions. Once I did this, I had "unlocked" all of the licks in the solo and I'm now able to use them in whatever I play. Just like how in video games you unlock new characters, levels and secrets throughout the game... you do the same in music. From there you can constantly expand upon your lick directory.
Play in front of others
This is one of the hardest parts about performing music. Playing in front of others is something that just takes time. Remember to relax and don't think about everyone watching you. Just focus on you and the instrument. The more you play in front of others, the better you will get. Everyone's first time playing in front of others can be pretty gut wrenching. Just remember that it gets easier every time and that you'll get through it just fine. What you can also do is videotape yourself playing and then put it on the internet. Lots of people including myself put videos on Youtube.com or other online video sites and its up to the viewers to judge. Some people will rip your playing apart but most will applaud you for trying and really like it. The way I look at it... "Led Zeppelin didn't write songs that everyone liked... they left that to the Bee Gees" - Wayne Campbell (Wayne's World)
"What if I screw up"? Who cares?! In music, everyone screws up while playing music. When big bands record in studios they spend days, sometimes even weeks recording tracks so that they turn out absolutely perfect. What really creative people do when they screw up is to elaborate on the screw up. If you hit a wrong note, maybe trying hitting the note again within the rhythm of the song and maybe it will sound good.
The Internet and Youtube are valuable tools...
Eric Clapton learned guitar by listening to old Robert Johnson, BB King and many other great blues records on a turntable and then trying to mimick the same sounds on guitar. Eddie Van Halen would be in his room with his door closed for days just messing around with different sounds that a guitar can make just by moving his fingers around in different shapes and seeing what they sound like. Alex Van Halen (Eddies brother and drummer for Van Halen) would go on dates and leave the house listening to Eddie whale away at 5:00pm and then come home to Eddie still whaling away at 2:00am. These artists didn't have the internet! They had a cassette player or record player and plenty of time on their hands. We're incredibly lucky today to have such great resources like youtube.com and the internet in general. Youtube.com is great for learning how to play guitar. You can find lessons, people covering songs, tips and tricks and just about anything that you need to get off on the right foot when it comes to playing guitar. The great thing about Youtube guitar lessons is that "they get to the point". No BS. Each lesson is usually under 5 minutes and they give you great info very fast, because who wants to watch a 30 minute video. Guitarists attention spans aren't that long, I know mine isn't. And Finally, you have the internet. The internet has absolutely everything you could ever possibly need, including Youtube.com, lessons, information, ultimate-guitar.com (for tabs), guitars101.com (for any other type of help that you may need), etc. The possibilities are endless. The point is that learning guitar today is and should be way easier than learning guitar in the past due to the great resources we have.
You can learn any riff from any song no matter how crazy or how fast.... just slow it down
Any riff is learnable, you just have to slow it down to a pace that you feel comfortable with, learn it, and then gradually speed it up. There are numerous programs out there that allow you to do this. One very popular one is called Transcribe. You can import any .mp3 file and then control the speed of the song. Practice the riff over and over and gradually raise the speed. If you can't play the at a given speed, then slow it down 1%, if you can play it and feel comfortable with how you played it, raise it by 2%. Doing this will allow you to master any riff, any song, anything!
Try learning the difficult songs or riffs that you've always wanted to learn, no matter what level you are at and no matter how hard the song is...
This is what makes guitar fun, seeing your improvement (ie. Quick Results). I remember trying to play songs that were at my level when I first started playing guitar. Stuff like : The Animals - House of the Rising Son, and Don Mclean - American Pie. I could play them ok, but they weren't really songs that I had started playing guitar for. I wanted to play Metallica's fade to black and Eric Clapton's Crossroads. I put the other two songs aside and started working on the new ones that had inspired me to play guitar. I had spent weeks and months on them even though they were outside my playing level. I was determined to learn them. I kind of wanted to be one of those guys that can't play anything else, just cover songs note for note. If I couldn't play any other song aside from the super hard ones note for note, I'd be happy. So I spent so much time learning these songs, and I could play them.... ok... not great.... However, when I went back to playing House of the rising son and American Pie, I could play them 100 times better. I played them like a pro. Its kind of like.... as long as you challenge yourself, you'll get better. You play with musicians that are better than you... you'll get better. You lift more and more weight than your used to... you get stronger.
A great musician once said.....
A great musician once said that as soon as guitar becomes a chore and isn't fun, that's the moment that you should put your guitar down. Come back to it later. Now this doensn't mean that when your first learning guitar and you get frustrated, you should put it down and forget it. Sorry, this rule only applies to guitar players who are advanced or who have been playing for a while. It sucks and is frustrating for everyone at first so you have to stick with it. The overall point is, guitar playing should be fun. Don't turn it into a chore or a task.
Pickups and Toggle Switch Questions on an Ace Frehley Les Paul. How are they configured on this guitar?
Hello,
Can someone please explain to me the reason why Ace Frehley uses three of the same model number Dimarzio Super Distortion DP100's humbuckers in his guitars? Wouldn't the guitar signals coming out sound all the same since the same 3 style pickups are being used? What if different model number humbuckers were used instead?
Some LP's uses Burstbuckers 1 and 2 which are a different pickup configuration. Some artists use EMG 81 (neck) and 60 (bridge), so wouldn't this make different output sounds coming out of the guitar then?
Also, the 3 way toggle switch. Can someone tell me what each position of the switch plays or controls which humbuckers on the guitar?
Thanks!
Having three of the same pups in a guitar does not mean that they will sound the same. Your bridge pup will always put out more gain than your neck pup. Reason is because of the wiring.
The burstbucker is a more classic sounding pup than the EMGs. EMGs are made for more metal and hard rock whereas a burstbucker won't get you all the power that you can out of your axe. So, yes, a burstbucker will sound more classic than an EMG.
As to your toggle switch, in the down position, it selects your bridge pup only. In the middle position, it selects one of the coils from your neck and bridge pup. The top position only selects your neck pup.
Sorry for the use of pup. I would have gotten tired of typing pickup over and over again. Anyway, I hope I was a little helpful to you here.