How To Build a Custom Telecaster - PART 1

DIY - How To Build a Custom Telecaster - PART 1 of 5.

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Infinite Guitar Video Lessons

When you visit Infinite Guitar Lessons, you will be able to enjoy six free video online guitar lessons! To get access to Infinite Guitar's more than all 1,150 lessons, you can become a Premium member right here.
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Free Online Lessons

These six onliine guitar lessons are pretty comprehensive in my opinion. You can just go to their site, click on the Free Lessons with VIDEO button. (Read more for a description of the free online Infinite Guitar Lessons.)

Online Guitar Lessons

Video Surgeon | Guitar Lessons Tool

Video Surgeon is the Ultimate video lessons software tool. Video Surgeon has virtually eliminated the technology barrier by allowing you to download videos from millions of webSites.

Check out Video Surgeon for yourself. Download the FREE Trial Version right here. You have nothing to lose by downloading your free trial, and you may just discover your new Ultimate Video Learning tool! Just click the link, complete the brief form, and you’ll receive an email link to your FREE demo of Video Surgeon!

Washburn T24 Taurus Bass Guitar Review

The Washburn T24 bass guitar has a natural matte finish. The 7-ply mahogany/maple neck-thru design puts this excellent washburn bass guitar up in the "best" category. Washburn's construction in the T24 series is simply stunning. The first time I picked up my T24 and held it in my hands, I could tell it was a well made, quality bass guitar.

Pink Floyd Tabs

Get artist approved sheet music for your favorite Pink Floyd songs. I know you can browse the internet and pick up free guitar tabs from various sources and use those tab files to learn songs. But, what if... you could get the actual sheet music files approved by David Gilmour? Wouldn't that be the person you'd want to show you how to play Pink Floyd songs? Prices as low as $.99 for lead sheets.

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My Learn & Master Guitar Lessons

OK, I'm excited! I just received my copy of Learn and Master Guitar and I'm going to share my learning process with you! I can't wait to get started.

We've been busy doing a significant renovation on our home, and now that we're finished with that, I can finally get started improving my guitar playing skills! I've been playing since 1969, and fall in the range of advanced skill level, and yet I know that I can still improve as I continue to Learn and Master the Guitar with this great package!

My copy arrived in just a short few days after I ordered it. It arrived in great condition and I've already tested out one of the jam CDs. I stuck in the first CD and as it queued up track 1, I heard a wonderful clear high E note ring out. Track One allows you to tune up, so you can be ready for the remainder of the jam tracks! What a great plan - Tune up and you are in tune with the songs.

Thanks Learn & Master Guitar!

Italia Guitar Straps

4" leather Strap

I recently got my hands on a 4” wide leather guitar strap by ‘Italia’, and thought I’d say a few words about it.

First off, let me say that this is not ‘just a guitar strap’…this is truly a piece of equipment.

It’s 4” wide, as I mentioned, and in two layers. And it’s in two separate pieces; the 4” piece that goes over the shoulder, and a narrower back piece ‘slot-locked’ into it. The top/outer layer of leather is about 1/8” thick, and appears to be dyed all the way thru (mine’s black), with a somewhat understated grain pattern. Very classy, nothing outlandish about it. The company’s logo has to be looked for, as it’s very small and not deeply engraved in the leather.

Visit Italia Guitar Straps for more info.

Agile AD-201 LP Jr

Wow! When I saw this Agile AD-201 LP Jr copy on Rondo Music today, I just had to share it with you all! This is a really nice Les Paul Junior copy in my opinion. The construction is solid mahogany, and the P90 pickups, wrap-around bridge and set neck, this guitar is a true bargain at only $250.

Visit Rondo Music to pick up an Agile AD-201 ... BEFORE they're all gone!

SX SJM-62 ST Guitar

– A Second Look

Now that I’ve had this guitar a while, I though I’d give my review of it a second run-thru. Basically, my opinion of it has not changed a bit since my first review of it here on UltimateGuitarTone. But I’ve discovered a bit more about the guitar, and I’ve since acquired the case that Rondo Music sells for it, as well.

Visit Rondo Music to check out these awesome (and fast selling) SX SJM-62 Guitars!

SX Jazz Bass

I love Rondo Music! I regularly search for B-Stock guitar and bass items. This time, I found an SX Jazz bass with a peeling pickguard. it sat around for a while in the Rondo site, so I didn't really hurry to buy the B-Stock bass.

B-Stock Bass Guitars

I also noticed an SX Jazz style bass neck that was finished, but needed the nut slot cut. I thought, "That's a great project for bass guitar." So, I made a list of the parts I would need to make a really cool natural jazz bass with black pickguard and black block inlays. That has always been a favorite look (to me) for the jazz bass.

To summarize, I needed the B-stock jazz bass, one pickguard with 2 single-coil pickup slots, the neck, and 2 US Genuine Fender® pickups. (Duh.) Ya gotta upgrade the pickups.

Around the time I was preparing for all that I noticed (on Austin.Craigslist) a beautiful, one-piece, solid mahogany P-Bass body. (Ding! Salivate...) That story is in another blog post!

So, I got all the parts in, stripped the SX Jazz Bass, and fitted the pickguard by filling the screw holes and drilling new ones to match the pickguard. With the pickguard set, I mounted the pickups by drilling pickup mount holes in the proper locations, and securing them with a foam mount instead of springs. Under the foam is a grounded brass plate to reduce noise a bit. Read More to see the finished bass guitar!

The Simple Way To Finger Pick On Your Acoustic Guitar

This DIY finger-picking lesson plan gives you virtually all the tools necessary to perfect the technique of finger picking without tearing out your hair in frustration while you are learning this precious skill! The truth is that when you learn how to finger pick on your guitar it will open a whole new world of skills to you.

CLICK HERE if you want to learn finger-picking on your guitar but don’t know where to start ... Elmore Music has some of the easiest lessons for beginner through advanced!

Free Report - 50 Ways To Dramatically improve Your Playing Today!

Simply Visit Elmore Music and enter your details. You'll get a copy right away!

Don't worry ... it really is free, and there's no catch! In addition to the report, you'll also receive 7 additional guitar articles over the next 7 days.

These are also completely free and contain everything you need to take your guitar playing to the next level like I have. I have used these tips and ideas to take my rhythm guitar to new levels!

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JamPlay Guitar Lessons Online

JamPlay currently features over 350 hours of professional guitar lessons from their 28 amazing guitar instructors. JamPlay professionally records each lesson in HighDef with several cameras. You can then focus on the both the picking and fretting hands. Here is a free video instruction on warmup and finger exercises.

Erik Mongrain: Warmups and Finger Exercises

Because it is very important in your guitar learning process to know how to practice in order to improve your guitar playing skills faster, any guitar player can benefit from knowing how to warm up their hands and fingers, as well as understand what finger exercises work best to imprive playing fastest!

In this video, Erik Mongrain demonstrates how he gets warmed up. He also shows some exercises that build muscle and dexterity. Take a look at the free guitar instruction video:

Visit JamPlay where they are dedicated to teaching you the guitar fast, easy and fun!