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Fender Player Stratocaster Comparison SSS vs. HSS vs. HSH.
After running down the pickup options on American Pro II Stratocasters, we had to check out the pickup offerings on another one of the most popular lines, the Player Series. The Player Series offers both SSS and HSS, as well as an HSH Strat-- "H" meaning, Humbucker! Check out these awesome Humbuckers on 3 great Strats, and let us know which you like best!
0:00 Intro
1:14 Specs
8:36 SSS Demo
10:02 HSS Demo
11:28 HSH Demo
12:58 Wrapping Up
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One of Eddie Van Halen's Guitars is Being Auctioned Online by Former Fiancée.
Auction is Thursday, March 25, at 8 a.m. PDT until March 31 at Midnight PDT.
Joey House Quotes:
"Eddie Van Halen and I, Joey House, had an amazing deep incredible whirlwind relationship."
"He created these House of Petals guitars out of the love and passion we had. We would sit in the garden of House of Petals, play music, laugh and talk late into the night. I will continue to cherish these unforgettable memories forever."
"Eddie's beautiful wicked sense of humor and his passion and creativity are unmatched by anyone else I've ever met. He will always be a beautiful amazing man, musician, father, and creative genius in so many areas of life."
"We had so many fun wild adventures together. Eddie and I used to go into his 5150 studio at his house, and create music and songs late into the night and morning. It was so fun, inspiring, and creative. We would stay up late, creating beauty and magic. We didn't even care about sleeping!"
"Eddie would ask me to come over and watch him create and build guitars. It was so fascinating to watch him build and sculpt guitars from scratch. It was one of his fun creative outlets."
"Eddie's passion for music and creativity was part of his life force. He used to tell me all the time that he would let go and just channel, letting the information and inspiration come through him to create his music and magic. It was so beautiful to witness."
"These guitars are such a beautiful representation of his creativity, love, joy and passion. He will always be cherished and missed. He was such a magical human being and profound artist and musician, continuing to be alive in all of our hearts forever, cherished and missed incredibly for all of our lifetime."
Info: Visit www.eddievanhalenguitars.com or email info@eddievanhalenguitars.com.
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Fender American Pro II HSS vs. SSS The Difference a Humbucker Makes
Today we're looking at a couple great Fender Stratocasters from the American Professional II series-- one of which has three single coils (SSS) and the other has 2 single coils and a humbucker (HSS). The addition of the humbucker adds a whole new sonic palette that is available to the Stratocaster, but is that tone right for you? Check out the demos and tell us what you think!
0:00 Intro
0:42 Runnin' Down the Specs
12:23 Clean Demo
16:57 Overdrive Demo
21:27 Wrapping Up
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Alamo Music Center | The Gibson 50s LG-2 vs 50s J-45 Original | Comparing Two American Acoustic Classics From Gibson
The Gibson LG-2 was introduced in 1942 as a variation in the popular line of small body L series guitars. It had a smaller lower bout and wider upper bout than the L series along with a shallower waist. These changes in proportion gave the LG-2 a unique voice that had more breadth than the L series. It became the small guitar that could sound loud with a character similar to its big brother - the J-45. For 2020 Gibson Guitars has released a new line of acoustic guitar models called the Original Collection and that has seen the return of 1950s era specs in both the returned LG-2 and the J-45. The LG-2 has had plenty of fans in county, folk and blues for decades and the J-45 needs no introduction. Apart from the body shape and size, these two guitars share a lot of similarities and so it is time to put them to the test and see which one is right for you.
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Billy Strings playing a 1976 Mossman Great Plains Owned by Dan Crary
Billy Strings stopped by and played this super cool 1976 Mossman Great Plains that was owned by Dan Crary! Billy plays one of Dan Crary's tune called Fishin’ Creek Blues here at #NormansRareGuitars!
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1993 Gibson Chet Atkins Country Gentleman
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Blues-Metal master, Eric Steckel
Eric Steckel's career spans over 20 of his 29 years. Discovered by British Blues legend John Mayall as a kid, Eric spent much of his younger days touring Europe and the USA and has literally grown up on the road with a guitar in his hands.. Eric calls his style of playing BLUES METAL and that's a great description.....a blend of heavy, intense speed, original, soulful lines and bends all served up with a feel and groove second to none. Eric plays his own signature model Knaggs guitar through a Mezza Barba and the whole package just rocks beyond belief.
Muscle Shoals
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Muscle Shoals: watch trailer
The incredible story of a tiny Alabama recording studio that produced some of greatest hits of all time. Aretha Franklin, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Percy Sledge, Alicia Keys, Bono and more bear witness to its magic. Documentary: PG: Starring: Keith Richards, Aretha Franklin, Mick Jagger, Gregg Allman, Bono, Alicia Keys, Rick Hall, Director: Greg 'Freddy' Camalier
David Becker
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Doug Pettibone: Guitar player with John Mayer/Lucinda Williams/Jewel/Tracy Chapman/Lisa-Marie Presley and many others
Doug Pettibone started to play the guitar at the age of eight. His first teacher was Andy Summers, formerly of The Police. With nine years, Doug studied with Eddie Lafreniere, guitarist for big band leader Jimmy Dorsey, with whom he spent the next five years studying the music of Dave Brubeck and Duke Ellington. Later he received a scholarship to Pepperdine University-Malibu for Jazz Guitar, Classical Guitar and Voice, graduating with a triple major in 1984. In the following years he played with many different artists of various genres.
In 1999, Doug started a world tour with Jewel that lasted for a year and a half. In 2001, he played pedal steel, mandolin and background vocals for Tracy Chapman's North American tour. Shortly after that, Lucinda Williams hired Pettibone as her multi-instrumentalist, singer and music director to tour, record, and co-produce. Doug´s intensive collaboration with Lucinda lasted for eight years, and continued at a later stage again. In the following years, Pettibone realized several projects with other artists. In 2004 Doug participated in the Legends Rock TV show produced in the South of France, featuring guest artists such as Sam Moore, Billy Preston and Tony Joe White. Ray LaMontagne is amongst the artist Doug went on tour with, in 2009 it was Marianne Faithfull who called him up to go on tour. After that Marianne Faithfull and Doug Pettibone started to write together new songs for a new album.
In the last few years, Pettibone has played live and/or recorded with some of the most influential artists of our times, among them Keith Richards, Norah Jones, Steve Earle, Elvis Costello, Joan Baez, Mark Knopfler, Draco Rosa, Sting, Michelle Shocked, Vic Chesnutt, Kevin Montgomery, amongst others. In 2012 he went on tour with Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley. In 2013 Pettibone toured with Lucinda Williams with just the two of them on stage.
He joined John Mayer's touring band as lap steel and guitar player for the Born and Raised 2013 World Tour.
2016 Doug is on World Tour with the Italian Zucchero - accompanied by Brian Auger on Hammond Organo.
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Ultimate Jazzmaster Comparison: Fender American Pro II vs. American Professional vs. American Ultra
"We finally have our new American Professional II Jazzmasters in the store and ready to showcase! As a huge fan of the Fender Jazzmaster, Cooper needed to get his hands on all of these to do a proper comparison-- with upgrades from the predecessor American Professional line including a beveled heel carve, V-Mod II pickups, the return of the "rhythm circuit" controls, and new finishing options, these guitars are up to the excellent standard we've seen from the American Pro II line. Take a listen as we compare the new and the old, as well as the big-brother American Ultra line, and discuss the benefits that each line presents."
AMERICAN ULTRA DEMO - 5:44
AMERICAN PRO DEMO - 7:50
AMERICAN PRO II DEMO - 9:27
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Griff Hamlin_ Blues Guitar Unleashed
Blues Soloing Move - House Pattern (Major) To Box 3 Pentatonic Minor To Pentatonic 6 Pattern
This video is one of my favorite "moves" around and through some of my favorite blues soloing scales and sounds.
If you've ever heard me talk about what I call the, "core position," for many blues players... this is it.
"Notice how, with minimal movement, I can go through 3 unique sounds easily and comfortably, with only minor adjustments getting from one scale to the next...
In my opinion, that should be your goal, not moving around the fretboard in large leaps and bounds."....Griff