<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"><channel><title>Guitar</title><description></description><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Kukuh)</managingEditor><pubDate>Tue, 5 Nov 2024 18:59:39 -0800</pubDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">131</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link>http://co2kiko.blogspot.com/</link><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle/><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Design"/></itunes:category><itunes:owner><itunes:email>noreply@blogger.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><item><title>Music Man John Petrucci BFR 7</title><link>http://co2kiko.blogspot.com/2013/05/music-man-john-petrucci-bfr-7.html</link><category>MUSIC MAN</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kukuh)</author><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:22:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429711384765835252.post-5157988105775473598</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6q8uqJrD0IWrvv7u95zUf6DUXQ5eVLBVf2coyucPs10pYj8MVCAIRwhBwc3sliEEaKx8VyaTmzVNmteg9mFKpaenD47-fJ6PRyP-BU2kMznsCzEnSuDTkIDGYqhw-JBJBPuMy9Sz5P4/s1600/MUSIC+MAN+JP+BFR7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The John Petrucci Ball Family Reserve 7 Electric Guitar was designed in conjunction with the world-renowned Dream Theater guitarist. Signature model features fine tonewoods including maple and rosewood. A mahogany tone block runs from under the bridge to the neck pocket. Selected maple neck. A high gloss polyester finish looks great and offers superb protection. Equipped with 2 custom DiMarzio humbuckers specially designed for Petrucci (DiMarzio LiquiFire neck and DiMarzio Crunch Lab bridge) along with redesigned controls providing additional versatility and tonal options, the signature John Petrucci 7 sets the standard for the next generation of electric guitar innovation.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Ball family is the last of a dying breed, a family business making guitars and basses exclusively in the United States. Ball Family Reserve is a celebration of their heritage in instrument craftsmanship which features some of the finest figured tone woods and finishes available. These rare heritage pieces are offered in limited runs and make available to the public instruments that were previously reserved for the Ball family and their loyal artists.&lt;br /&gt;
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Check the drop-down menu to the right to select colors and/or other options.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Body&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Wood: Alder with bookmatched maple top and mahogany tone block&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Finish: High gloss polyester&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Bridge: Custom John Petrucci Music Man® Tremolo, solid steel saddles&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Neck&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Scale: 25-1/2"&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Radius: 15"&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Headstock Only: 5-7/8" long&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Frets: 24 - High profile, wide, Stainless Steel frets&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Width: 1-15/16" at nut, 2-19/32" at last fret&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Wood: Maple top - mahogany&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Finish: Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Tuners: Schaller M6-IND locking&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Truss rod: Adjustable - no component or string removal&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Attachment: 5 bolts - perfect alignment with no shifting&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Sculpted neck joint allows smooth access to higher frets&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Controls: 500kohm volume and tone - .022µF tone capacitor&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Switch: 3-way toggle pickup selector, with custom center position configuration&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;John Petrucci BFR 7 Electric Guitar Specifications:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Size: 12-1/2" wide, 1-3/4" thick, 38" long&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Weight: 7 pounds, 8 ounces - varies slightly&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Shielding: Graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity and aluminum lined control cover&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFN7zKiuv368P7asEm9sYt_-2Y2PGfpynJRMBh_-h-J_tCFqh2efv3Y-pZjstBHTMCgetn-8ceEfv61x7p6zoFOPf9wf0If-UDNNmfZUws0HQXO9JZuUs0Xhrg7ECnGLnhaDgsf526yQ/s1600/MUSIC+MAN+JPIX+KIKO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Continuing the tremendous success of the JPX, Ernie Ball Music Man® introduces the latest evolution in the John Petrucci line of signature guitars. The JPXI is the newest collaborative effort between John Petrucci and the Music Man research and development team. The JPXI features a combination of top appointments from JPX and BFR Petrucci signature instruments. Most notably, the JPXI neck has been streamlined to a symmetric, extra slim profile featuring a flatter 20" radius, medium jumbo stainless steel frets with a finished mahogany neck and an ebony fingerboard. Combined with a solid alder body, mahogany tone block and maple top, the JPXI has become the ultimate rock machine. Similar to that of the JP BFR line, controls include two three-way toggles perfectly wired for the Custom Dimarzio LiquiFire and Crunch Lab humbuckers, in addition to a redesigned Wide-Spread Pivot tremolo with a Music Man/Fishman piezo system bridge pickup.&lt;/div&gt;
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The JPXI guitars will be available in 6 and 7-string versions, adorned with chrome hardware, mother of pearl inlays and a new onyx finish.&lt;/div&gt;
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The JPXI-6 is the newest collaborative effort 
between John Petrucci and the Music Man R&amp;amp;D team. The JPXI features a
 combination of top appointments from JPX and BFR Petrucci signature 
instruments. Most notably, the JPXI neck has been streamlined to a 
symmetric, extra slim profile featuring a flatter 20" radius, medium 
jumbo stainless steel frets with a finished mahogany neck and an ebony 
fingerboard. This, combined with the non-chambered body, mahogany Tone 
Block and maple top, has become the ultimate rock machine! The controls 
are similar to that of the JP BFR line, with 2 three way toggles 
perfectly wired for the Custom Dimarzio LiquiFire and Crunch Lab 
humbuckers, as well as the Piezo bridge pickup. The JPXI-6 is adorned 
with chrome hardware, Mother of Pearl inlays and a new Onyx finish.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Alder body&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Maple top&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mahogany Tone Block&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;High gloss polyester onyx finish&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Select manogany neck&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ebony fretboard&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;24 medium-jumbo frets&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Stainless Steel frets&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Custom JPXI Inlays&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;5-bolt neck attachment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sculpted neck joint&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;DiMarzio Liquifire neck humbucker&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;DiMarzio Crunch Lab bridge humbucker&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Piezo bridge pickup&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;3-way toggle pickup selector, with custom center position configuration; 3-way toggle piezo/magnetic selector&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZh9powxYN88VM1UhyphenhyphenJTkQ38SJXDSYWYcfxC8tp9LqnxZj_3PNIXdsmkVWHqevdcebXLA8sJfw1EEssWhjna_NE0s_FpLO9IrpiCM7RsFd0DckSUGBhNMKOMMG7QQVEJwJc7dED3MZJQA/s1600/PRS+COSTUM+24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZh9powxYN88VM1UhyphenhyphenJTkQ38SJXDSYWYcfxC8tp9LqnxZj_3PNIXdsmkVWHqevdcebXLA8sJfw1EEssWhjna_NE0s_FpLO9IrpiCM7RsFd0DckSUGBhNMKOMMG7QQVEJwJc7dED3MZJQA/s640/PRS+COSTUM+24.jpg" width="252" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Custom 24 is the original PRS…the guitar Paul Reed Smith took to his fir&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HFS treble and Vintage bass pickups were first offered in the 1990’s and helped to define the sound of the time by providing a balance of aggressive, musical, clear highs and strong midrange and bass. In 2008, we introduced 57/08 pickups, which were designed to capture a vintage ‘50’s humbucking tone. The Custom 24 is now offered with your choice of pickups so you can better tailor your tone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pickup Switching Positions:&lt;br /&gt;Position One: Bridge humbucker&lt;br /&gt;Position Two: Bridge humbucker with neck singlecoil, in parallel&lt;br /&gt;Position Three: Bridge and neck humbuckers&lt;br /&gt;Position Four: Neck singlecoil with bridge singlecoil, in parallel&lt;br /&gt;Position Five: Neck humbucker&lt;/div&gt;
st tradeshow in 1985. A perennial favorite with musicians, this model features your choice of a Pattern Thin or Pattern Regular mahogany neck (with a rosewood neck option) and your choice of 57/08 or HFS treble and Vintage bass pickups wired for our redesigned 5-way blade switch, which offers a dual humbucker option for the first time (see switching positions below).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Body&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Top Wood&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Carved Figured Maple&lt;br /&gt;Back Wood&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mahogany&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Neck&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Number of Frets &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 24&lt;br /&gt;Scale Length &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 25"&lt;br /&gt;Neck Wood &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mahogany&lt;br /&gt;Fretboard Wood &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Rosewood&lt;br /&gt;Neck Shape &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Pattern Thin or Pattern Regular&lt;br /&gt;Fretboard Inlays &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Birds&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardware/Electronics&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bridge &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PRS Tremolo&lt;br /&gt;Tuners &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PRS Phase III Locking Tuners&lt;br /&gt;Truss Rod Cover &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; "Custom"&lt;br /&gt;Hardware Type &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Nickel&lt;br /&gt;Treble Pickup &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 57/08 Treble&lt;br /&gt;Bass Pickup &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 57/08 Bass&lt;br /&gt;Pickup Switching &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Volume and Tone Control with Redesigned 5-Way Blade Switch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Option&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Top Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Flame or Quilted Maple&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 10-Top Flame or 10-Top Quilted Maple&lt;br /&gt;Neck Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; East Indian Rosewood&lt;br /&gt;Hardware Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Gold or Hybrid&lt;br /&gt;Finish Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Special Order Finish&lt;br /&gt;Other Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; HFS and Vintage Bass Pickups&lt;/div&gt;
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Reintroduced for 2013, the Custom 22 is a classic workhorse with all the tones you’ve come to expect from your PRS with a distinctive, warm midrange and clarity. The Custom 22 features your choice of a Pattern or Pattern Thin mahogany neck (with a rosewood neck option) and your choice of 57/08 or HFS treble and Vintage bass pickups wired for our redesigned 5-way blade switch, which offers a dual humbucker option for the first time (see switching positions below).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HFS treble and Vintage bass pickups were first offered in the 1990’s and helped to define the sound of the time by providing a balance of aggressive, musical, clear highs and strong midrange and bass. In 2008, we introduced 57/08 pickups, which were designed to capture a vintage ‘50’s humbucking tone. The Custom 22 is now offered with your choice of pickups so you can better tailor your tone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pickup Switching Positions:&lt;br /&gt;Position One: Bridge humbucker&lt;br /&gt;Position Two: Bridge humbucker with neck singlecoil, in parallel&lt;br /&gt;Position Three: Bridge and neck humbuckers&lt;br /&gt;Position Four: Neck singlecoil with bridge singlecoil, in parallel&lt;br /&gt;Position Five: Neck humbucker &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Custom 22 Model Specs&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Body&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Top Wood&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Carved Figured Maple&lt;br /&gt;Back Wood&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mahogany&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Neck&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Number of Frets &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 22&lt;br /&gt;Scale Length &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 25"&lt;br /&gt;Neck Wood &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mahogany&lt;br /&gt;Fretboard Wood &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Rosewood&lt;br /&gt;Neck Shape &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Pattern or Pattern Thin&lt;br /&gt;Fretboard Inlays &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Birds&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardware/Electronics&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bridge &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PRS Stoptail or PRS Tremolo&lt;br /&gt;Tuners &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PRS Phase III Locking Tuners&lt;br /&gt;Truss Rod Cover &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; "Custom"&lt;br /&gt;Hardware Type &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Nickel&lt;br /&gt;Treble Pickup &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; HFS&lt;br /&gt;Bass Pickup &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Vintage Bass&lt;br /&gt;Pickup Switching &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Volume and Tone Control with Redesigned 5-Way Blade Switch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Option&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Top Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Flame or Quilted Maple&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 10-Top Flame or 10-Top Quilted Maple&lt;br /&gt;Neck Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; East Indian Rosewood&lt;br /&gt;Hardware Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Gold&lt;br /&gt;Finish Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Special Order Finish&lt;br /&gt;Other Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Uncovered 57/08 Treble &amp;amp; Bass Pickups&lt;/div&gt;
</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Nq-6LBLQtVYuX6_dnkJyYq-26glQWhWC3j-UuZgwarUZScHhoEB1Bu-zBI65wXuRt_wobH5ONpmycfOyReZUhyphenhypheni_yZRV0h-QopjWSdzqFe8-ff3Bp1kHTL7htb44yghPdNZESZUt5yo/s72-c/PRS+COSTUM+22+NEW.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>PRS GUITAR MODEL 513 MAPLE TOP</title><link>http://co2kiko.blogspot.com/2013/05/prs-guitar-model-513-maple-top.html</link><category>PRS GUITAR</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kukuh)</author><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 11:13:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429711384765835252.post-2736200889979435605</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8p5QHHyF8SbbxezM4g4WmgImF1YrClJShQv5tQ-uABxMOohZTKZNuJGs5G58wVOKe-OB-BAggYiRsUrWHHcccKLxsgjuIaUclANdCcuVQAEbXkPFTTGW24HR1H0MUOD532jsx2UDwRwU/s1600/PRS+513+MAPLE+TOP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8p5QHHyF8SbbxezM4g4WmgImF1YrClJShQv5tQ-uABxMOohZTKZNuJGs5G58wVOKe-OB-BAggYiRsUrWHHcccKLxsgjuIaUclANdCcuVQAEbXkPFTTGW24HR1H0MUOD532jsx2UDwRwU/s640/PRS+513+MAPLE+TOP.jpg" width="252" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;513 stands for 5 pickups and 13 sounds, achieved with an easy to use integrated electronics control package, which includes volume control, tone control and two blade switches. One blade switch is a 5-way pickup selector, and the other is a 3-way mode switch that allows you to select between the singlecoil, clear humbucking and heavy humbucking modes. One of our most versatile instruments, the 513 comes standard with a maple top, V12 finish and Pattern Regular mahogany neck (with a rosewood neck option).&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;513 Maple Top Model Specs&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Body&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Top Wood&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Carved Figured Maple Top&lt;br /&gt;Back Wood&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mahogany&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Neck&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Number of Frets &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 22&lt;br /&gt;Scale Length &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 25 1/4"&lt;br /&gt;Neck Wood &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mahogany&lt;br /&gt;Fretboard Wood &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Rosewood&lt;br /&gt;Neck Shape &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Pattern Regular&lt;br /&gt;Fretboard Inlays &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Birds&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardware/Electronics&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bridge &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PRS Tremolo&lt;br /&gt;Tuners &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PRS Phase III Locking Tuners&lt;br /&gt;Truss Rod Cover &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; "513"&lt;br /&gt;Hardware Type &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Nickel&lt;br /&gt;Treble Pickup &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 513 Patented Pickup System&lt;br /&gt;Middle Pickup &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 513 Patented Pickup System&lt;br /&gt;Bass Pickup &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 513 Patented Pickup System&lt;br /&gt;Pickup Switching &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Volume and tone control, 5-way blade pickup selector, 3-way blade mode selector&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (heavy humbucking/clear humbucking/single coil)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Option&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Top Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Flame or Quilted Maple&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 10-Top Flame or Quilted Maple&lt;br /&gt;Neck Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; East Indian Rosewood&lt;br /&gt;Hardware Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Gold or Hybrid&lt;br /&gt;Finish Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Special Order Finish&lt;/div&gt;
</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8p5QHHyF8SbbxezM4g4WmgImF1YrClJShQv5tQ-uABxMOohZTKZNuJGs5G58wVOKe-OB-BAggYiRsUrWHHcccKLxsgjuIaUclANdCcuVQAEbXkPFTTGW24HR1H0MUOD532jsx2UDwRwU/s72-c/PRS+513+MAPLE+TOP.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>PRS GUITAR MODEL 408 STANDARD</title><link>http://co2kiko.blogspot.com/2013/05/prs-guitar-model-408-standard.html</link><category>PRS GUITAR</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kukuh)</author><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 11:05:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429711384765835252.post-8806837810346974185</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
PRS is proud to offer a new voice with the 408 Maple Top and 408 Standard. These inspiring new instruments, offered as both a maple top (MT) and all mahogany (Standard) version, bring the versatility and voicing of the Private Stock Signature and the Signature Limited Edition to PRS’s Core line.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9flrDdRdME3GpNB4xcSgpGmoIz-ofx5xWl-4hhBUEORW4NGsrFvS7Dc0JdgVoEqNZnfK0XGJB7LkipR8FpX1OR258-8i68yu82kvJEY0iUB7oDTCQ8-kk-WG_Y903jCfxvhlMlx9xkpo/s1600/PRS+408+SATNDARD+KIKO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9flrDdRdME3GpNB4xcSgpGmoIz-ofx5xWl-4hhBUEORW4NGsrFvS7Dc0JdgVoEqNZnfK0XGJB7LkipR8FpX1OR258-8i68yu82kvJEY0iUB7oDTCQ8-kk-WG_Y903jCfxvhlMlx9xkpo/s640/PRS+408+SATNDARD+KIKO.jpg" width="252" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;PRS 408 pickups were designed to extend the guitar’s tonal spectrum by narrowing the field of the bass pickup to increase its focus and widening the field of the treble pickup to increase its sound field (hence their asymmetric appearance). This pickup configuration (comprised of four coils and offering eight sounds) stems back to Paul’s experimentation on the Sorcerer’s Apprentice guitars in the early 1980’s. Thanks to the simple but versatile switching system featuring mini-toggle switches that provide numerous combinations of humbucking and singlecoil tones, the 408 Maple Top and Standard provide stunning articulation and musical clarity.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;408 Standard Model Specs Body&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Body&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Wood&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mahogany&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Neck&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Number of Frets &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 22&lt;br /&gt;Scale Length &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 25"&lt;br /&gt;Neck Wood &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mahogany&lt;br /&gt;Fretboard Wood &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Honduran Rosewood&lt;br /&gt;Neck Shape &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Pattern or Pattern Thin&lt;br /&gt;Fretboard Inlays &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Birds&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardware/Electronics&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bridge &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PRS Tremolo&lt;br /&gt;Tuners &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PRS Phase III Locking Tuners&lt;br /&gt;Truss Rod Cover &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; "408"&lt;br /&gt;Hardware Type &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Nickel&lt;br /&gt;Treble Pickup &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 408 Treble&lt;br /&gt;Bass Pickup &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 408 Bass&lt;br /&gt;Pickup Switching &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Volume and Tone Control with 3-Way Blade Pickup Switch and Two Mini-Toggles&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Option&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Neck Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; East Indian Rosewood&lt;br /&gt;Bridge Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PRS Stoptail&lt;br /&gt;Hardware Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Gold or Hybrid &lt;/div&gt;
</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9flrDdRdME3GpNB4xcSgpGmoIz-ofx5xWl-4hhBUEORW4NGsrFvS7Dc0JdgVoEqNZnfK0XGJB7LkipR8FpX1OR258-8i68yu82kvJEY0iUB7oDTCQ8-kk-WG_Y903jCfxvhlMlx9xkpo/s72-c/PRS+408+SATNDARD+KIKO.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>PRS GUITAR MODEL 408 MAPLE TOP</title><link>http://co2kiko.blogspot.com/2013/05/prs-guitar-model-408-maple-top.html</link><category>PRS GUITAR</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kukuh)</author><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 10:54:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429711384765835252.post-5676724048115045269</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwisHD4iMPVUGdmmQYnUr4YG71gEcjQsqI2SSYQDJ-kT16yb4MNOz5N0BMH7cEnpCP7DM9SI5MoXwk1POxKR40DKwprBk3Pm6boFH_Ix1BJ9hedbp3zykp59EFwF7BAz8qVe7ixsXibQ/s1600/PRS+408+Maple+Top+KIKO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwisHD4iMPVUGdmmQYnUr4YG71gEcjQsqI2SSYQDJ-kT16yb4MNOz5N0BMH7cEnpCP7DM9SI5MoXwk1POxKR40DKwprBk3Pm6boFH_Ix1BJ9hedbp3zykp59EFwF7BAz8qVe7ixsXibQ/s640/PRS+408+Maple+Top+KIKO.jpg" width="251" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;PRS is proud to offer a new voice with the 408 Maple Top and 408 Standard. These inspiring new instruments, offered as both a maple top (MT) and all mahogany (Standard) version, bring the versatility and voicing of the Private Stock Signature and the Signature Limited Edition to PRS’s Core line.&lt;br /&gt;
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PRS 408 pickups were designed to extend the guitar’s tonal spectrum by narrowing the field of the bass pickup to increase its focus and widening the field of the treble pickup to increase its sound field (hence their asymmetric appearance). This pickup configuration (comprised of four coils and offering eight sounds) stems back to Paul’s experimentation on the Sorcerer’s Apprentice guitars in the early 1980’s. Thanks to the simple but versatile switching system featuring mini-toggle switches that provide numerous combinations of humbucking and singlecoil tones, the 408 Maple Top and 408 Standard provide stunning articulation and musical clarity.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Body&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Top Wood&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Maple&lt;br /&gt;
Back Wood&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mahogany&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Neck&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Number of Frets &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 22&lt;br /&gt;
Scale Length &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 25"&lt;br /&gt;
Neck Wood &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mahogany&lt;br /&gt;
Fretboard Wood &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Honduran Rosewood&lt;br /&gt;
Neck Shape &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Pattern or Pattern Thin&lt;br /&gt;
Fretboard Inlays &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Birds&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Hardware/Electronics&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Bridge &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PRS Tremolo&lt;br /&gt;
Tuners &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PRS Phase III Locking Tuners&lt;br /&gt;
Truss Rod Cover &amp;nbsp; "408"&lt;br /&gt;
Hardware Type &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Nickel&lt;br /&gt;
Treble Pickup &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 408 Treble&lt;br /&gt;
Bass Pickup &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 408 Bass&lt;br /&gt;
Pickup Switching &amp;nbsp; Volume and Tone Control with 3-Way Blade Pickup Switch and Two Mini-Toggles&lt;br /&gt;
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Top Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 10 Top Flame or Quilt&lt;br /&gt;
Neck Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Rosewood&lt;br /&gt;
Bridge Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PRS Stoptail&lt;br /&gt;
Hardware Option&amp;nbsp; Gold or Hybrid&lt;/div&gt;
</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwisHD4iMPVUGdmmQYnUr4YG71gEcjQsqI2SSYQDJ-kT16yb4MNOz5N0BMH7cEnpCP7DM9SI5MoXwk1POxKR40DKwprBk3Pm6boFH_Ix1BJ9hedbp3zykp59EFwF7BAz8qVe7ixsXibQ/s72-c/PRS+408+Maple+Top+KIKO.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>PRS GUITAR MODEL 305</title><link>http://co2kiko.blogspot.com/2013/05/prs-guitar-model-305.html</link><category>PRS GUITAR</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kukuh)</author><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 10:43:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429711384765835252.post-2331161542654200030</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
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Body&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Wood&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Carved Alder&lt;/div&gt;
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Number of Frets &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 22&lt;/div&gt;
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Scale Length &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 25 1/2"&lt;/div&gt;
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Neck Shape &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Pattern Regular&lt;/div&gt;
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Fretboard Inlays &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Birds&lt;/div&gt;
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Bridge &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PRS Tremolo with Steel Components&lt;/div&gt;
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Tuners &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PRS Phase III Locking Tuners&lt;/div&gt;
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Truss Rod Cover &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; "305"&lt;/div&gt;
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Hardware Type &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Nickel&lt;/div&gt;
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Treble Pickup &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 305 Single Coil&lt;/div&gt;
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Middle Pickup &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 305 Single Coil&lt;/div&gt;
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Pickup Switching &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Volume and Tone Control With a 5-Way&amp;nbsp; Blade Pickup Selector&lt;/div&gt;
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Fretboard Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Rosewood&lt;/div&gt;
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Hardware Option &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Gold&lt;/div&gt;
</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKNuddYFfCTnJZBwHDPkUvhN0hO4uGV6IJiN_Erk5oi1mTfKOgkmkOvR-Dqmm3-g4_Tpxvady9_DAmG9waqrH78P47Gq642A2H_Tm7vOGEy7Z4nnfUEzDRikYZY2o-kc4Xxspkla6aKM/s72-c/PRS+305+BLACK+KIKO.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>PAUL REED SMITH GUITAR HISTORY</title><link>http://co2kiko.blogspot.com/2013/05/paul-reed-smith-guitar-history.html</link><category>NEWS</category><category>PRS GUITAR</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kukuh)</author><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 10:30:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429711384765835252.post-1277355439307642715</guid><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;
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Since the early 1980s until recently Paul Reed Smith guitar work is considered one of the finest made, so favored by many prominent musicians. Latin American guitar player, Carlos Santana and jazz musician Al Di Meola, play two different styles of music. However, both have an equation, which is like a guitar made Paul Reed Smith.&lt;/div&gt;
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Paul Reed Smith, the guitar maker said, "I started making guitars in my high school wood shop, in the bedroom my brother and me in the room. I rented the equipment ". Not so today. Now, artificial guitars Paul Reed Smith PRS short or made in a factory on the east coast of the state of Maryland.&lt;br /&gt;
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Company with 260 employees that makes 13,000 guitars in America. Twenty-five thousand other guitars are made in South Korea at a cheaper price. Paul Smith earned sales revenue of 40 million dollars last year. Since its founding in 1985, the company managed to gain market share in a particular musical instrument industry. However, when asked about his business philosophy, Smith's answer is simple, he's just trying to make the best guitar as good as possible. "We questioned why we made different guitars and I have concluded that it makes the guitar very complicated, need special attention to the details," he said. Detail was most evident in the personal orders of the guitar or Private Stock, which is often considered as a combination of a work of art and musical instruments.&lt;/div&gt;
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PRS company director, Jack Higginbotham said, making this quality guitar, starting from choosing good wood. PRS buy special wood for this guitar from all over the world, and known for its guitars maple wavy layers seamlessly. Higginbotham said the treatment process is also very important. The wood is dried slowly in a special room. Guitar set up with a computer-controlled lathe and to achieve the thousandth millimeter accuracy. All plates sanded, painted and lacquered. The neck of the guitar is done by hand. On average it took 6 weeks to make a guitar. Smith said the company's priority to perfection.&lt;/div&gt;
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If you are a fan of guitar or a guitarist, guitar what brand you use? Do you still love and proud to wear foreign-made guitars, such as Gibson, Fender, or Ibanez? If yes, try to think about again.&lt;br /&gt;
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One of the products of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the field of musical instruments guitar Indonesia has been recognized by the music industry as well as international guitar maker.&lt;br /&gt;
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Stringed instruments made ​​in the nation's only about 8 months of operation and immediately received with open by the music industry markets the United States (U.S.). In fact, later, Rick Hanes branded guitar successfully won 4 titles with the title of 'Guitar of the Year 2012.&lt;br /&gt;
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Rick Hanes managed to put the guitar brand Gibson, Fender, and Ibanez is first known in the world.&lt;br /&gt;
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Doddy Hernanto, VP Business Development and Relationship Artist Rick Hanes, stating that the guitar produced 5 series is focused targeting American and European markets so this award is an honor Rick harness production team. Affirmed, in projecting the market, the guitar is priced at approximately U.S. $ 1,250.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Three guitars which managed to shift the position of the best guitars in the world. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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1.&amp;nbsp; Rick Hanes Chris Bickley DR Pro &lt;br /&gt;
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2.&amp;nbsp; Rick Hanes Avenix&lt;br /&gt;
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3.&amp;nbsp; Rick Hanes DR Medium&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4Bdh7kNBBWTvl6qb_t1RgBZ5G1uULMSKQtOSgcZjkE388pHu0sKI1sOxr77YjrdR0EPt1aOGMhKHiqI-PcYqIWAr2ENtc9rOrTsLLFQniIK6Ga-ju2Qa_X1bUPPw24Fj712FvA5Me8U/s72-c/Chris-Bickley-DR-Pro-600b+indonesian+guitar.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Guitar Glasses</title><link>http://co2kiko.blogspot.com/2013/05/guitar-glasses.html</link><category>NEWS</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kukuh)</author><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 06:10:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429711384765835252.post-3029082442412673324</guid><description>glasses is an accessory that is used to provide added value to the appearance of every person. it is this which gives the confidence to socialize with friends, and others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following models of various guitar shaped glasses.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.maximumeyewear.com/productfolder/party-glasses/guitar-sunglasses/guitar-sunglasses-4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Guitar Glasses" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://www.maximumeyewear.com/productfolder/party-glasses/guitar-sunglasses/guitar-sunglasses-4.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 450px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 350px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href="http://www.kidshalloweencostumes4u.com/pimages/large/kids-hannah-montana-guitar-glasses.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Guitar Glasses" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://www.kidshalloweencostumes4u.com/pimages/large/kids-hannah-montana-guitar-glasses.jpg" style="display: block; height: 450px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 500px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href="http://www.roxyfx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kira-guitar-glasses.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Guitar Glasses" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://www.roxyfx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kira-guitar-glasses.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 450px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 350px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href="http://images.celebrateexpress.com/mgen/merchandiser/80121.jpg?zm=1600,1600,1,0,0" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Guitar Glasses" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://images.celebrateexpress.com/mgen/merchandiser/80121.jpg?zm=1600,1600,1,0,0" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 450px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 500px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3631/3424464112_a079be4c7f.jpg?v=0" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Guitar Glasses" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3631/3424464112_a079be4c7f.jpg?v=0" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 500px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Guitar Best Wallpaper</title><link>http://co2kiko.blogspot.com/2013/05/guitar-best-wallpaper.html</link><category>WALLPAPER</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kukuh)</author><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 05:35:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429711384765835252.post-7018942896064797351</guid><description>I have reviewed many and filtered out the best photos of Music Visuals. Below you can find the most beautiful photos and wallpapers of Music Visuals for your discretion.&lt;br /&gt;
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To set the music image that you like as your desktop’s wallpaper, first left-click on it to open in full-width, then right-click and select “set image as desktop’s background” or save it to your computer and then set it as your desktop’s wallpaper. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Guitar Best Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTVF_xFiLtsWkz2Leh_k2D1zbyT89bIbrdCoZP3Le6HG42JY2IESQ&amp;amp;t=1" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 350px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 500px;" /&gt;

&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2wCAXwxgLFDImzxOvvJR6XmY-TJZhRWAqY8kMvmf7BcpdH-avsp55d7X_vaDQZZNBrqMaMYxgi4fuhPNN7-OX6P42F5mLiLYNrgid_pdGSbl_4v61DLoSnTqPD03Ik-WuHa_Wtmvb-c/s1600/Guitar+Wallpaper+102.bmp" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Guitar Best Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2wCAXwxgLFDImzxOvvJR6XmY-TJZhRWAqY8kMvmf7BcpdH-avsp55d7X_vaDQZZNBrqMaMYxgi4fuhPNN7-OX6P42F5mLiLYNrgid_pdGSbl_4v61DLoSnTqPD03Ik-WuHa_Wtmvb-c/s1600/Guitar+Wallpaper+102.bmp" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 350px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 500px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href="http://lepotta.com/images/2013/02/Music-Guitar-wallpaper-620x465.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Guitar Best Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://lepotta.com/images/2013/02/Music-Guitar-wallpaper-620x465.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 350px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 500px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ1Sj7whJTQf2cHMFGTHcOwTcc8Iz2S9wdpw5Y_vNDHMAMJRPNKLQ&amp;amp;t=1" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Guitar Best Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ1Sj7whJTQf2cHMFGTHcOwTcc8Iz2S9wdpw5Y_vNDHMAMJRPNKLQ&amp;amp;t=1" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 350px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 500px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href="http://lepotta.com/images/2013/02/guitar-fender-wallpaper-620x465.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Guitar Best Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://lepotta.com/images/2013/02/guitar-fender-wallpaper-620x465.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 350px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 500px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href="http://visualogs.com/images/2013/02/Guitar-Wallpaper-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Guitar Best Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://visualogs.com/images/2013/02/Guitar-Wallpaper-1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 350px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 500px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href="http://www.wallpaperpin.com/webdisk/thb-sweet-black-acoustic-guitar-wallpaper.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Guitar Best Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://www.wallpaperpin.com/webdisk/thb-sweet-black-acoustic-guitar-wallpaper.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 350px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 500px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href="http://www.build-iphone.com/uploads/soft/iPad%20Wallpaper/Music/Black%20guitar.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Guitar Best Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://www.build-iphone.com/uploads/soft/iPad%20Wallpaper/Music/Black%20guitar.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 350px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 500px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxTAT_mM6q1FFmAxK8qC_QpVQMiEok3-6T3kqV0AIuRVYUQjAbJPLpD84TkcYBwcpuAxBKwvDDBOYgrAPDsgmEoXRp6ddxh0CZrtdgOZrQFTES9F6gAHLR6G5ra2mfiUS55HVUjEEJJs/s1600/black-acoustic-guitar-wallpaper.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Guitar Best Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxTAT_mM6q1FFmAxK8qC_QpVQMiEok3-6T3kqV0AIuRVYUQjAbJPLpD84TkcYBwcpuAxBKwvDDBOYgrAPDsgmEoXRp6ddxh0CZrtdgOZrQFTES9F6gAHLR6G5ra2mfiUS55HVUjEEJJs/s1600/black-acoustic-guitar-wallpaper.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 350px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 500px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2wCAXwxgLFDImzxOvvJR6XmY-TJZhRWAqY8kMvmf7BcpdH-avsp55d7X_vaDQZZNBrqMaMYxgi4fuhPNN7-OX6P42F5mLiLYNrgid_pdGSbl_4v61DLoSnTqPD03Ik-WuHa_Wtmvb-c/s72-c/Guitar+Wallpaper+102.bmp" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Avenged Sevenfold Drummer Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan</title><link>http://co2kiko.blogspot.com/2013/05/avenged-sevenfold-drummer-jimmy-rev.html</link><category>GALLERY MUSIC</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kukuh)</author><pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 03:38:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429711384765835252.post-8375136487780291755</guid><description>when I hear and sing "so far away" I have always imagined about your story .... a memory always etched in the minds of all people .. as well as you ... A7X&lt;br /&gt;
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"A key songwriter for the band, as well as its drummer, The Rev wrote many of the album's finest moments, and so 'Nightmare' not only provides a moving epitaph for him but also underscores the magnitude of his loss. Rest in peace."&lt;br /&gt;
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At Noisecreep, we've often mentioned how it feels like Dimebag Darrell was riffing from the grave when Pantera unearthed demos from the 'Cowboys From Hell' and 'A Vulgar Display of Power' sessions. It is like The Rev was serenading us from beyond with his writing on 'Nightmare,' which was carried out by Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy, who was one of The Rev's favorite skinsmen.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img alt="Avenged Sevenfold Drummer Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.noisecreep.com/media/2010/12/the-rev-456-122710.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Rev's legacy is impressive and will undoubtedly be long lasting to the horde of kids that wear the band's signature 'death bat' in some form.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Rev was the anchor for the band's sound and style throughout their career; on 'Sounding the Seventh Trumpet,' where heads began turning at this pack of Orange County kids who were able to modernize Iron Maiden-style metal; then 'Waking the Fallen,' which truly established A7X as a major player that wasn't from the East Coast in the galvanized American metal scene; with 'City of Evil,' the band's major label debut and the record that sent them into the stratosphere of young hard rock; on 'Avenged Sevenfold,' which furthered the band's reputation as a molten yet melodic monster; and finally on 'Nightmare,' which landed at number one and was considered both a return to form and a step forward for the band.&lt;br /&gt;
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The band posted a statement on its website, saying it doesn't know if a permanent drummer will ever be named. While that remains a constant question mark, The Rev's legacy will keep him in our hearts and minds forever. No matter what A7X does, his fingerprints will still be on the band.&lt;br /&gt;
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A beaming Joko Widodo appeared on TV last week strumming the maroon bass guitar gifted to him by Metallica's Robert Trujillo, which was autographed and bore the words "Giving Back!.. Keep Playin' That Cool Funky Bass!". But the powerful Corruption Eradication Commission said that Mr Widodo, widely considered clean in a notoriously graft-ridden country, had now handed the gift to them.&lt;br /&gt;
"We will check if there is any conflict of interest or if there was an exchange of favours," commission spokesman Johan Budi said.&lt;br /&gt;
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"The screening process takes up to 30 days, and after that we will decide whether to return the guitar to him or confiscate it." During the TV appearance Widodo, an anti-establishment figure who was elected in September, said he was a huge fan of Metallica, whose hits include Enter Sandman and Nothing Else Matters. He also listed Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Napalm Death as among his favourite bands.&lt;br /&gt;
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His spokesman Eko Hariadi said the guitar was the first gift Widodo had received since becoming governor, he had handed it over voluntarily to be checked and there was no conflict of interest. "The governor loves rock music. So he was certainly happy to receive it, it's like getting a tennis racket from Boris Becker," the spokesman said, referring to the German tennis great.&lt;br /&gt;
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"To him, it was a souvenir and there was no exchange for favours."&lt;br /&gt;
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But,&amp;nbsp;mayor of the state capital of Indonesia, Jakarta has been handed bass guitar autographed band Metallica, Robert Trujillo to the Commission because it is considered gratuities. This rule requires Jokowi forced to report the gift to the KPK.&lt;br /&gt;
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Eric Clapton’s favorite mid-career modified Strat “Blackie” was sold on 24 June 2004 at Christie’s Auction House, New York for $959,500 by Guitar Center. The goal of this auction was to raise funds for Crossroads Centre Antigua, an alcohol and drug treatment center founded by Clapton. Clapton’s original Blackie was the most expensive guitar in the world for over a year until November 16th 2005.&lt;br /&gt;
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What is the Most Expensive Guitar in the World?&lt;br /&gt;
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On November 16th, 2005, an auction took place in Doha, Qatar. The goal was to raise money for the Tsunami Disaster Charity called “Reach Out to Asia“.&lt;br /&gt;
A Fender Standard Stratocaster signed by several famous rock musicians was sold for $2.7 million US dollars.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://fretpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tsunami-guitar.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="THE MOST EXPENSIVE GUITAR IN THE WORLD" border="0" height="550" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://fretpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tsunami-guitar.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="550" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This Strat was bought one year ago by Qatar’s royal family for a million dollars and donated back to the Asia Program.&lt;br /&gt;
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With the previous value, this Standard Strat brought in a total of $3.7 million USD value, making it the most expensive guitar in the world to date.&lt;br /&gt;
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The most expensive guitar ever sold in the world was signed by famous musicians including; Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Brian May, Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page, Mark Knopfler, Ray Davis, Liam Gallagher, Ronnie Wood, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Pete Townsend, Angus &amp;amp; Malcolm Young, Paul McCartney, Sting, Ritchie Blackmore, Def Leppard, and Bryan Adams, the coordinator of the project.&lt;br /&gt;
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look cute wallpaper on your desktop gives an interesting impression. cute wallpaper also gives the impression that is not boring to keep in view. it is this which makes a very cute wallpaper digermari by most people to give the impression of a cute decoration on each object has.&lt;br /&gt;
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This is a variety of ready made ​​wallapaper a cute as material modifications you dekstob display.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img alt="Cute Guitar Wallpaper" border="0" height="320" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZR_IrFfAiRZKrUlwVMhgzNTHihRxanahEov5Rv_J-WwC8c7An_hbiQWFCH_biq1esZmIuPUc-CncyR7krYNJb0iVBfkJtTpYrndscMyPNL8IW8RExd80tvhFDV-HxZ4Yq8mv_rSTKYQYc/s320/2285-sexy-guitar.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 450px;" width="320" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img alt="Cute Guitar Wallpaper" border="0" height="200" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROJQe1r6hblrHSHygn5TtFJByCmranTlzW9bqfH4XXQ3A7VeUr&amp;amp;t=1" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 450px;" width="200" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img alt="Cute Guitar Wallpaper" border="0" height="320" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://www.highdwallpapers.com/download/pink_anime_girl_with_guitar-1280x800.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 450px;" width="320" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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guitar is a musical instrument that is very popular in all types of music. this is because the guitar is a musical instrument that gives very beautiful composition and easily heard. full well how to play with feelings and a challenge to train your fingers to produce a beautiful sound. many legends that have appeared throughout the world as the greatest guitar player. and every guitar ever played by the legend would have historical value and of course very expensive if calculated with the money.&lt;br /&gt;
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1.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;REACH OUT TO ASIA FENDER STRATOCASTER&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This guitar prices reached USD 2.7 million. This guitar was sold in an auction in Qatar pickle in 2005.&lt;br /&gt;
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2. JIMI HENDRIX'S 1968 STRATOCASTER&lt;br /&gt;
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This guitar was played by Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock in 1969. The price of this guitar is reached USD 2 million&lt;br /&gt;
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3.&amp;nbsp;BOB MARLEY CUSTOM MADE WASHBURN 22 SERIES HAWK&lt;br /&gt;
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This is a guitar that is an asset the country of Jamaica. The price of this guitar is reached USD 1.2 million - 2 million&lt;br /&gt;
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4.&amp;nbsp;BLACKIE - STRATOCASTER HYBRID&lt;br /&gt;
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This guitar is worth USD 959,500. Guitar was first played in 1973, it eventually had to be rested because there is a problem on the neck of his guitar&lt;br /&gt;
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5.&amp;nbsp;ERIC CLAPTON 1964 GIBSON ES0335 TDC&lt;br /&gt;
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This is one of the guitar played by Eric Clapton during 1964, including the rarely used though. The price of this guitar up to USD 847,500

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6. ERIC CLAPTON C.F MARTIN &amp;amp; CO, CIRCA 1939&lt;br /&gt;
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This is one owned by Eric Clapton guitar that sold for USD 791.500 and results penjulannya donated to a cancer foundation&lt;br /&gt;
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7.&amp;nbsp;LENNY - STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN 1965 FENDER COMPOSITE STRATOCASTER&lt;br /&gt;
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It is owned by a musician blue guitar music, Stevie Ray Vaughan, where the guitar was a gift from Lenny, his wife, as ahdiah birthday. This guitar prices reached $ 623,500&lt;br /&gt;
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8.&amp;nbsp;GEORGE &amp;amp; JOHN 1964 GIBSON SG&lt;br /&gt;
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The price of this guitar up to USD 570,000 where the guitar is a guitar used by the Beatles tea between years 1966 to 1969&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKgr6qBs4qNg_pVEFgt1jbypd3Mlq9NZByPWmUkxjc0asxqX-CeDCbPtvixfD-NgTqsL2KesDofQPCFbBC5siBM07DsWCfBJpbDB4-YMhZh5_cj3f_ZJqlc_2MB8SjQoY7kuOfBLfI6Xs/s1600/TheRev19.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498537218087329458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKgr6qBs4qNg_pVEFgt1jbypd3Mlq9NZByPWmUkxjc0asxqX-CeDCbPtvixfD-NgTqsL2KesDofQPCFbBC5siBM07DsWCfBJpbDB4-YMhZh5_cj3f_ZJqlc_2MB8SjQoY7kuOfBLfI6Xs/s320/TheRev19.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 320px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 228px;" /&gt;The Reverend Tholomew Plague&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the rev 3 Pictures, Images and Photos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lahir pada tanggal 9 Februari tahun 1981 dengan nama lengkap James Owen Sullivan. Dia mendapatkan drum setnya sendiri pada umur 3 tahun. Dia juga pernah dikeluarkan dari Sekolah Katolik pada tahun ke-3. Mempunyai proyek sampingan bersama Synyster Gate bernama Pinkly Smooth, yang mana dia Lead Singernya dan dia juga bermain drum untuk band itu. The Rev juga yang menulis lagu baru Avenged Sevenfod berjudul A Little Piece of Heaven. Dia juga yang menemukan suara tertawa, nyanyian, dan teriakan di dalamnya. Saat dia masih remaja dia pernah terlihat berjalan-jalan menggunakan kimono berwarna cerah. Sekarang ia telah meninggal saat ditemui di rumahnya dan tak bernyawa. Ucapan dukacita pun mengalir deras dari para penggemarnya. Ini salah satu penyebab bahwa sampai sekarang Avenged Sevenfold tidak pernah tampil lagi.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmEoU85krfCegSBWwEWDNOcZqLQcACJZWSLYHXrRqc1owlM1MIXYH5VeukMTWtvPIJLp6QQb4IWpzHs_Jj6FtmzmrnLecWBLaujp7Qtr8sgx3CgaIS6lxrSzOhDxHOX3n0L94JGWdCp8/s1600/3346449600_f264373d7a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498536520732025266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmEoU85krfCegSBWwEWDNOcZqLQcACJZWSLYHXrRqc1owlM1MIXYH5VeukMTWtvPIJLp6QQb4IWpzHs_Jj6FtmzmrnLecWBLaujp7Qtr8sgx3CgaIS6lxrSzOhDxHOX3n0L94JGWdCp8/s320/3346449600_f264373d7a.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 318px;" /&gt;Synyster Gates&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Synyster Gates Collage/wallpaper Pictures, Images and Photos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lahir 7 Juli tahun 1981 dengan nama lengkap Brian Elwin Haner Jr. Bergabung dengan Avenged Sevenfold pada tahun 2001. Mempunyai proyek sampingan bersama The Rev bernama Pinkly Smooth. Bersekolah di Ocean View High School. Dia mempunyai toko pakaian sendiri bernama Syn Gates Clothing. Dia juga telah memenangkan the Young Shredder Award dan the Guitarist of the Year Award. Synyster Gate juga disponsori oleh Gitar Schecter. Tatto pertamanya adalah nomor satu di jempolnya. Dia pernah menjadi tamu dan rekaman bersama dengan Good Charlotte di lagu The River. Synyster Gate juga mahir bermain piano. Dia dulu ke Musicians Institute di Hollywood California.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Pembentukan &amp;amp; Karir Indie (1999-2003)&lt;br /&gt;
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Band ini dibentuk pada tahun 1999 di Huntington Beach, California dengan anggota asli M. Shadows, Zacky Vengeance, The Rev dan Matt Wendt. memberi nama bandnya yang referensinya berasal dari cerita Cain dan Abel dari Bible, meskipun demikian, mereka bukanlah band agamis. Saat pembentukannya, masing-masing anggota band ini memakai nama samaran yang juga merupakan nama panggilan mereka saat bersekolah di Sekolah Menegah Atas. Sebelum merilis album debut mereka, band ini merekam dua demo pada tahun 1999 dan 2000. Album pertama mereka, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, direkam ketika para anggota band masih berumur delapan belas tahun dan juga masih bersekolah di sekolah menengah atas. album ini pada awalnya dirilis oleh perusahaan label pertama mereka, Good Life Record pada tahun 2001. Setelah gitaris Synyster Gates bergabung dengan band, pada akhir 1999 masuk ketika ia berusia 18 tahun. Lagu "To End the Rapture" direkam ulang dengan menampilkan anggota penuh band. Album ini kemudian dirilis ulang pada Hopeless Records pada tahun 2002.&lt;br /&gt;
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Band ini lalu mulai menerima pengakuan, mereka tampil dengan band-band seperti Mushroomhead dan Shadows Fall dan bermain di Take Action Tour. Setelah bassis keempat mereka, Johnny Christ bergabung secara permanen, mereka merilis album Waking the Fallen di Hopeless Records pada bulan Agustus 2003. Band menerima pengakuan oleh Billboard dan The Boston Globe, dan juga bermain di "Vans Warped Tour". Pada tahun 2004, Avenged Sevenfold mengadakan tur kembali di "Vans Warped Tour" dan merekam video untuk lagu "Unholy Confessions "yang masuk tangga lagu di MTV2's Headbanger's Ball. Tak lama setelah merilis Waking the Fallen, Avenged Sevenfold meninggalkan Hopeless Records dan menandatangani kontrak yang diajukan oleh Warner Bros.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (2001-2003)&lt;br /&gt;
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Sounding the Seventh Trumpet adalah debut album Avenged Sevenfold yang dirilis tahun 2001 di Good Life Recording dan di rilis kembali oleh Hopeless Records tanggal 19 Maret 2002. Mereka melibatkan gitaris baru Synyster Gates...&lt;br /&gt;
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Waking the Fallen (2003-2005)&lt;br /&gt;
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Waking the Fallen adalah album ke dua dari Avenged Sevenfold setelah yang dirilis tanggal 26 Agustus 2003. Ini adalah album pertama yang melibatkan Johnny Christ sebagai bassist yang baru.&lt;br /&gt;
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City of Evil (2005-2007)&lt;br /&gt;
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Tahun 2005, Amerika Serikat tengah jenuh dengan musik hip-hop dan pop yang merajalela, lalu Avenged Sevenfold merilis album mereka City of Evil tepatnya pada tanggal 8 Juni, 2005. Hits single Bat Country merupakan lagu metal/rock pertama yang merajai MTV TRL. Mereka mempopulerkan kembali solo gitar dengan duet gitaris Synyster Gates dan Zacky Vengeance yang benar-benar memanaskan area moshpit. Album tersebut mendapat sertifikat gold dan memenangkan predikat Best New Artist in a Video di MTV VMA 2006 untuk lagu Bat Country.&lt;br /&gt;
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Avenged Sevenfold (2007-2008)&lt;br /&gt;
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Tahun 2007, mereka kembali masuk studio untuk merekam lagu terbaru mereka untuk studio album ke-5 mereka. Awal Agustus 2007, mereka menjalani tur Asia Pasifik mereka, dan sempat mampir di Indonesia dan memainkan lagu mereka pertama kali di depan publik. Lagu yang berjudul Almost Easy tersebut mendapat sambutan hangat dari penggemar di seluruh dunia. Ketika itu band punk Jogjakarta Endang Soekamti didaulat menjadi band pembuka. Tahun 2008 ini, mereka berpartisipasi sebagai headliners di tour Taste of Chaos bersama dengan Bullet for My Valentine, Atreyu, Blessthefall dan Idiot Pilot. Ketika tour, mereka merekam sebuah DVD yang mengandung 6 lagu baru mereka. Tanggal 22 Oktober 2008, Avenged Sevenfold kembali manggung di Indonesia masih dengan event organizer yang sama yakni Java Musikindo dan kali ini band heavy metal Jibril didaulat menjadi band pembuka.Berkas:City of evil.jpg Avenged sevenfold tau konser di gresik di desa metatu mantep.&lt;br /&gt;
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Live In The LBC &amp;amp; Diamonds in the Rough (2008-2010)&lt;br /&gt;
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Album yang dirilis pada 16 September, 2008 ini berisi 102 menit DVD dan 52 menit CD.&lt;br /&gt;
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Di album ini terdapat dua lagu lama yaitu "Afterlife" dan "Almost Easy". Namun kedua lagu tersebut tidak sama persis dengan lagu aslinya. Pada lagu "Afterlife" ditambahi permainan biola yang lebih banyak, sedangkan lagu "Almost Easy" yang berbeda adalah mixing lagunya. Selain itu terdapat juga lagu "Walk" yang merupakan cover dari Pantera dan "Flash of the Blade" yang merupakan cover dari Iron Maiden.&lt;br /&gt;
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Pada tanggal 16 Juli, majalah Kerrang! (edisi 1219) mengeluarkan sebuah CD gratis berjudul "Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden" untuk menghormati album dari salah satu band heavy metal terbesar di dunia yaitu Iron Maiden. Matt Shadows berkomentar, "Maiden are by far the best live band in the world and their music is timeless," dan "This also gives us a chance to expose this great song to some of our younger fans who maybe aren't as familiar with Iron Maiden."&lt;br /&gt;
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Nightmare (2010)&lt;br /&gt;
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Setelah beberapa lama mereka mengeluarkan single "Nightmare" pada 18 Juli 2010 yang nantinya akan masuk kedalam album baru mereka. Dalam single ini mereka memanggil Mike Portnoy dari Dream Theater untuk menggantikan posisi The Rev yang meninggal pada 28 Desember 2009.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="judulartikel"&gt;   &lt;b&gt; Daftar Pemain Gitar Terbaik dan Terhebat Dunia - The Best Guitarists In The World&lt;/b&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;The Best Guitarists In The World ( Gitaris Terbaik Dunia )&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Seni merupakan hal yang sangat luas pengertiannya, dari Musik, Film,   Lukis, dan beragam macam Seni yanga da di seluruh dunia ini ada untuk   dinikmati para penggemarnya. Salah satu seni yang membuat maraknya dunia   adalah musik. dan kali ini, serbatop akan membahas pemain gitar  terbaik  di dunia. Nama-nama seperti JimiHendrix, Steve Vai, Joe  Satriani, atau  Yngwie Malmstein, Eric Clapton, atau Carlos Santana  mungkin sudah tidak  asing lagi.&lt;br /&gt;
Untuk Urusan terbaik, adalah hal yang subjektif dan tidak pasti seperti   ilmu sains. tergantung para penikmat musik itu sendiri dan dari sisi   mana mereka melihat kemampuan sang gitaris tersebut. ini adalah list   yang saya dapatkan dari tetangga sebelah. setelah meminta izin ke sang   empunya blog, akhirnya di peroleh izin untuk menerbitkan listnya disini,   atau kalau mau langsung meluncur ke sang pemilik asli postingan ini,   silakan disini&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jimi Hendrix ("Sang Dewa Gitar")&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmw_zkyhvwDeYOghLGJfaDLpLNovE0EJXxbKv1GQhVHAoEwe-vIokElCHyAKEdz87zmVGcXL6B6pvr7i7zYpWkvk1rs15dxmCIbDnL47Xc2i-bAR0j6zb0wPXqv-LgTQ-qPgVlRufqew/s1600/jimi-hendrix.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmw_zkyhvwDeYOghLGJfaDLpLNovE0EJXxbKv1GQhVHAoEwe-vIokElCHyAKEdz87zmVGcXL6B6pvr7i7zYpWkvk1rs15dxmCIbDnL47Xc2i-bAR0j6zb0wPXqv-LgTQ-qPgVlRufqew/s320/jimi-hendrix.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gitaris rock zaman kini yang mencari guru abadi atau sekadar melongok   puncak permainan hanya akan menemui satu orang: Jimi Hendrix.   Kepadanyalah, dan dari dia sajalah, segala teknik yang ada sekarang   dirujukkan. Simak pengakuan-pengakuan yang dipublikasikan majalah Guitar   (November 1997): "Dialah hal terbesar yang pernah kulihat," kata  Stevie  Ray Vaughn, . gitaris bluesyang tewas dalam kecelakaan  helikopter pada  1990.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Sependapat, Keith Richards, pemetik gitar The Rolling Stones,   menyatakan bahwa Stevie "memainkan ramuan materi yang sangat menarik".   Dan Eric Clapton, salah seorang gitaris yang pada 1970-an dijuluki dewa   gitar, mengakui dengan Jimi-lah "aku akhirnya merasa bertemu orang lain   yang bisa kuajak bicara dan bermain".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fenomena itu sebenarnya paradoks dengan kenyataan bahwa Jimi sudah tak   ada lagi. Ia meninggal di Rumah Sakit St. Mary Abbot, London, karena   berlebihan menelan obat bius. Konon, ia sengaja mengakhiri hidupnya   sendiri (pesan-pesan dan pernyataan-pernyataannya sebelum itu, seperti   dikutip Q Encyclopedia of Rock Stars, antara lain, berupa: "Aku sudah   mati sejak lama.")&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Namun jika memperhatikan benar, Jimi-lah yang "menemukan" hampir semua   kemungkinan eksplorasi bermain gitar. Pada masanya, ketika aksesoris   sound masih sangat terbatas, ia sudah memainkan wah dan distorsi secara   sempurna — yang lalu menjadi fondasi rock "n roll di masa-masa   sesudahnya. Ia bahkan melengkapi diri dengan jurus-jurus akrobatik,   misalnya memetik senar dengan gigi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lahir pada 27 November 1942 di Seattle, Amerika Serikat, dengan nama   Johnny Allen Hendrix, Jimi menaruh perhatian pada musik, khususnya   gitar, sejak kecil. Jagoan gitar pada masa-masa itu, seperti B.B. King,   Muddy Waters, Buddy Holly, dan Robert Johnson, menjadi idolanya. Gitar   pertama, jenis akustik, diperolehnya dari ayahnya pada musim panas  1958.  Dengan modal itu ia bergabung dengan The Velvetones. Dan sejak  itu  jalan hidupnya seperti sudah digariskan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dengan The Velvetones Jimi hanya ikutan tiga bulan. Pada musim panas   berikutnya, berbekal gitar listrik baru yang diperolehnya, lagi-lagi,   dari ayahnya, Jimi bergabung dengan The Rocking Kings. Sesudah itu Jimi   sempat mengikuti wajib militer, dan membentuk band di barak, tapi tak   lama. Cedera menyebabkannya diberhentikan dari dinas. Perubahan besar   terjadi ketika, sebagai gitaris pocokan yang sudah kenyang bermain   dengan bermacam artis, pada 1966, ia bertemu Chas Chandler, pembetot bas   Animals — band yang punya hit The House of the Rising Sun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chas, yang memutuskan keluar dari Animals dan memilih pekerjaan baru   sebagai manajer, membawa Jimi ke Inggris. Di sana Chas mempertemukan   Jimi dengan Mitch Mitchell, dramer, dan Noel Redding, pemain gitar yang   diminta membetot bas. Bersama mereka berdua, Jimi lalu membentuk Jimi   Hendrix Experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Experience cepat melambung. Single pertamanya, Hey Joe, sempat 10 minggu   ngendon di tangga lagu-lagu Inggris, mencapai posisi tertinggi keenam   pada awal 1967. Sukses ini segera disusul album Are You Experience?.   Inilah rekaman yang disebut-sebut sebagai kompilasi baru musik yang sama   sekali radikal; album yang menyuarakan semangat generasi pada masa  itu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tapi popularitas di negeri sendiri baru diperoleh ketika Jimi   berkesempatan manggung di Monterey International Pop Festival, County   Fairground, Monterey, Kalifornia, pada 1967. Di sinilah Jimi memamerkan   aksi teatrikal yang fenomenal: membakar dan menghancurkan gitarnya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bendera karier Jimi terkerek tinggi-tinggi sejak itu. Berturut-turut,   dalam waktu kurang dari setahun, antara 1968-1969, bersama Mitch dan   Noel, ia merilis Axis: Bold as Love dan album ganda Electric Ladyland.   Pada album yang disebut terakhir Jimi, yang akhirnya memiliki studio   sendiri, mengerahkan seluruh kemampuannya sebagai gitaris maupun sebagai   operator-sound engineer. Sukses besar. Tapi korban tak terhindarkan:   Experience bubar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jimi memang tak lalu ikut tenggelam. Ia bahkan masih sempat meramaikan   festival band yang hingga kini tak terlupakan dalam sejarah musik rock:   Woodstock Music &amp;amp; Art Fair. Waktu itu tahun 1969. Jimi, yang tampil   bersama Gypsy Sons &amp;amp; Rainbows (antara lain diperkuat Mitch),   mengantongi bayaran 125 ribu dolar Amerika Serikat, tertinggi di antara   para artis lain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sebuah bayaran yang pantas, tapi, rupanya, itulah penampilan akbar   terakhir bagi Jimi. Setahun kemudian ia lebih memilih meninggalkan   semuanya, selama-lamanya. Secara fisik, sih. Soalnya, pengaruh Jimi   justru tetap hidup hingga kini.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Joe Satriani (" Steve Vai: selama Joe Satriani tetap berkarya, saya akan tak akan kehilangan inspirasi")&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEQlalv9LNhyE1LMPXF7RguvPpt1SkbxetUtf7CSAoro9PmRgcZmx12SqLRFPVZyU13Rbuywv86PyS_KN01U53Pp-F3QZ3XT_JeOznYklw5zrytiJnMUn8Dny_G5iAjAX8M091l49mIs/s1600/joesatriani.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEQlalv9LNhyE1LMPXF7RguvPpt1SkbxetUtf7CSAoro9PmRgcZmx12SqLRFPVZyU13Rbuywv86PyS_KN01U53Pp-F3QZ3XT_JeOznYklw5zrytiJnMUn8Dny_G5iAjAX8M091l49mIs/s320/joesatriani.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joe Satriani, pertama kali belajar gitar pada saat berumur 14 tahun.   Pada umur 15 tahun, Joe sudah mengajar gitar (selama 3 tahun) kepada   beberapa muridnya yang antara lain adalah Steve Vai, Kirk Hammet   (Metallica) dan Larry LaLonde (Primus). Dapat dibayangkan betapa   tekunnya dan cepatnya Joe mendalami permainan gitarnya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sambil mengajar di Second Hand Guitar, Berklee, Joe merilis albumnya   yang pertama tahun 1986 yang berjudul Not Of This Earth. Tahun   berikutnya, Surfing With The Alien dirilis dan mendapatkan gold dan   platinum sales. Tahun 1989 Surfing in a Blue Dream pun dirilis dan   mencapai angka 750.000 keping untuk penjualannya dan masuk ke nominasi   Grammy Awards. Tahun 1992 The Extremist dirilis yang juga masuk nominasi   Grammy Awards dan mencapai peringkat 24 di Billboard chart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tahun berikutnya, Time Machine (dobel CD) dirilis. Di tahun 1995 album   yang berjudul Joe Satriani dirilis dan lagu My World masuk nominasi   Grammy Awards. Tahun 1998 Joe merilis albumnya yang ke delapan berjudul   Crystal Planet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Di tahun 2000 Joe merilis album Engines Of Creation. Di album ini Joe   melakukan eksperimen dengan rekaman menggunakan rhytm-rhytm yang dibuat   di komputer. Tahun 2001 Joe merilis album live nya Live in San   Fransisco.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Selain merilis album solonya, Joe Satriani juga merupakan penggagas   diadakannya G3. Bersama Steve Vai, Joe sudah beberapa kali mengadakan   konser G3 dengan dewa gitar lainnya seperti Eric Johnson (1996), Adrian   Leggs, Kenny Wayne Shepherd dan Robert Fripp (1997), Michael Schenker   dan Uli John Roth dengan Brian May sebagai Guest Star untuk show di   London dan Patrick Rondat di Perancis (1998) dan John Petrucci (2001).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joe Satriani juga berpartisipasi dalam proyek Merry Axemas-nya Steve Vai   dan memainkan satu lagu Silent Night yang di aransemen ulang dan juga   pernah mengisi posisi gitar untuk Deep Purple di tahun 1990-an.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Steve Vai ("Dewa gitar yang flamboyan dan serba bisa")&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQat9aVDl6fujrpxtYueQs56igdD43S5IvPTMcl4SErEaSWw5gGMbEiDNS7aSdV8Aa_D8_LQUKI68l5sAc7KsTV3FksY2oMpprXFbETUcjClw10_rTSf1GnKhT9KhmTDHWemUbQB3heI/s1600/steve-vai.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQat9aVDl6fujrpxtYueQs56igdD43S5IvPTMcl4SErEaSWw5gGMbEiDNS7aSdV8Aa_D8_LQUKI68l5sAc7KsTV3FksY2oMpprXFbETUcjClw10_rTSf1GnKhT9KhmTDHWemUbQB3heI/s320/steve-vai.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Siapa yang tidak kenal dengan dewa gitar yang satu ini? Permainannya   mulai dari blues, jazz, rock sampai klasik dan ethnic music. Permainan   gitarnya pun tidak terbatas pada komunitas gitar saja tetapi juga bagi   orang-orang awam yang tidak mendalami gitar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada umur 6 tahun, Steve mulai belajar piano. Pada umur 10 tahun, Steve   mulai belajar bermain akordeon. Pada umur 13 tahun barulah Steve mulai   mendalami gitar dan sejak saat itu lahirlah seorang dewa gitar yang   baru.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve Vai mengawali karirnya dengan album debutnya Flex-Able Leftovers   pada tahun 1984. Pada tahun 1990, Steve merilis album keduanya yang   berjudul Passion and Warfare.Album ini mendapat pengakuan internasional   dan Steve memenangkan polling pembaca majalah Guitar Player dalam 4   kategori yang berbeda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Album Steve yang ketiga berjudul Sex &amp;amp; Religion dirilis tahun 1993   dan album keempatnya Alien Love Secrets dirilis tahun 1995. Pada tahun   1996 album kelima Steve Fire Garden dirilis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tahun 1999, Steve meluncurkan album keenamnya yang berjudul Ultra Zone.   Dalam album ini Steve lebih banyak memfokuskan dirinya dalam komposisi   lagu dan bereksperimen dengan gitarnya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tahun 2001 album The Seventh Song dirilis dan album ini berisi lagu-lagu   slow/ballad yang pernah dirilis Steve dengan ditambah beberapa lagu   baru. Dan di tahun 2001 Alive in an Ultra World pun dirilis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve Vai juga pernah memproduksi 2 album Natal yang berjudul Merry   Axemas Vol.1 dan Merry Axemas Vol.2, juga konser G3 bersama Joe Satriani   dan Eric Johnson/Kenny Wayne Shepherd dan terakhir John Petrucci turut   juga bergabung dalam G3.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Belakangan ini Steve Vai lebih memfokuskan diri bereksperimen pada   permainan gitarnya dan sekarang ini band Steve Vai ditambah seorang   pemain bass yang sudah tidak asing lagi buat fans-fans rock tahun 80-an,   Billy Sheehan. Belum pasti kapan album barunya akan beredar, kita   tunggu saja… liberty and justice for all!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Petrucci ("Salah satu gitaris progressive yang paling popular")&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7uTEjh-aJ5KzklsLedwvKLRmsQJ0rPYQPcOPwciQBXq4p4att_1KSOLNNwyPiQttqgz9TxYKqubaZQ8pJ7hMkQVREAuOlKbnjosNrBPK2UjCYLh9g_4qpAAId5xfaCel7HGFKreWS34/s1600/cs-JohnPetrucci2-Atlanta71901.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7uTEjh-aJ5KzklsLedwvKLRmsQJ0rPYQPcOPwciQBXq4p4att_1KSOLNNwyPiQttqgz9TxYKqubaZQ8pJ7hMkQVREAuOlKbnjosNrBPK2UjCYLh9g_4qpAAId5xfaCel7HGFKreWS34/s320/cs-JohnPetrucci2-Atlanta71901.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John besar di Long Island, tepatnya di King park, dimana dia, john myung   &amp;amp; Kevin moore bersekolah bersama. John mulai Belajar gitar ketika   masih berumur 12 tahun (sebelumnya dia pernah belajar ketika berumur 8   tahun tetapi menyerah ketika Dia melihat kakak perempuannya harus   begadang tiap malam belajar main organ. Dia tidak merencanakan untuk   menjadi seperti Itu, Dia belajar gitar sepulang sekolah dan akhirnya dia   menjadi tidak tertarik lagi).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Namun dia mulai banyak terpengaruh Oleh permainan gitar dari gitaris   semacam Yngwie Malmsteen, Randy Rhoads, Iron Maiden, Steve Ray Vaughn,   dan grup besar Semacam Yes, Rush, Dixie dregs dan lain lain dia mulai   bertekad untuk mencapai level permainan seperti mereka.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sebagaimana kemunculan musik trash metal yang membuat John tertarik,   maka John juga memperluas influence nya dengan Mendengarkan Metallica   &amp;amp; Queensryche. John merasa membutuhkan tantangan yang lebih dalam   tehnik guitar oleh karena itu Dia banyak mengadaptasi hammering speed   &amp;amp; melodic style dari gitaris-gitaris seperti Steves (Steve Morse   &amp;amp; Steve Vai), The Als (Allan Holdsworth &amp;amp; Al Dimeola) Mike   Stern, Joe Satriani, Neal Schon &amp;amp; Eddie Van Halen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pendidikan musiknya dimulai dengan berbagai kelas teori musik yang dia   ambil ketika high school. Dia belajar secara otodidak, tetapi dia sempat   menerima beberapa pelajaran gitar yang dia ambil ketika dia masuk ke   Berklee College of Music di Boston, dimana dia Mempelajari komposisi   jazz dan harmoni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ketika di Berklee John Petrucci dan John Myung yang juga belajar di   berklee bertemu dengan Mike Portnoy, dan mereka mulai membuat band yang   diberi nama Majesty yang nantinya kemudian berganti nama menjadi Dream   Theater. John sudah merekam 7 album dengan Dream Theater, dan dia juga   banyak terlibat dengan beberapa proyek sampingan seperti Liquid Tension   Experiment Dengan Tony Levin, Age of Impact, dan bahkan game Sega  Saturn  yang disebut Necronomicon, dan juga terakhir dia terlibat dalam  proyek  G3 Bersama Joe Satriani dan Steve Vai. Kecintaan dia pada  menulis lirik  dikombinasikan dengan gaya komposisi yang unik dari  progressive fusion  Mengasah bentuk musik dari Dream Theater.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John tinggal bersama istrinya Rena, dan 3 anaknya SamiJO, Reny, dan   Kiara di New York. Ketika dia tidak bermain gitar dia banyak   menghabiskan Waktunya dengan istri dan anak-anaknya dengan bermain   skating, bersepeda, berolahraga dan menontong film.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John sedang merencanakan membuat solo albumnya yang pertama. Lagu-lagu   barunya yang dia mainkan ketika bersama G3 juga akan ada di solo album   tersebut. Jaws of Life (sebelumnya I.B.S.), Damage Control and Glasgow   Kiss. Dia melibatkan beberapa musisi seperti Dave LaRue pada bass, Dave   DiCenso dan Tony Verderosa pada drum.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Yngwie Malmsteen ("Pahlawan dan pelopor gitaris shredder sedunia dari Swedia")&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_v1vjQRsEoNS2zN1tr1Q0Cp8hRj8432L6S4no6P3ZOiW4K7QH6rx55dE1CaPLe5Sl4f5p22h8ZR2bzcztCXNvtYn6fAMz3yzjzj1gZQBdd1sKAlD_zatHitIueaJ5HtLr2sJGyzUbv88/s1600/images.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_v1vjQRsEoNS2zN1tr1Q0Cp8hRj8432L6S4no6P3ZOiW4K7QH6rx55dE1CaPLe5Sl4f5p22h8ZR2bzcztCXNvtYn6fAMz3yzjzj1gZQBdd1sKAlD_zatHitIueaJ5HtLr2sJGyzUbv88/s1600/images.jpeg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yngwie Malmsteen merupakan pelopor yang melahirkan seluruh gitaris   shredder yang kami tampilkan di website ini. Setelah Eddie Van Halen   (Van Halen) pertama kali membawakan tembang "Eruption" pada tahun 1978   yang memperkenalkan teknik "two handed tapping", Yngwie meluncurkan   album klasik baroque shred debutnya "Rising Force" yang mengegerkan   komunitas gitar rock, menciptakan standar baru untuk kecepatan &amp;amp;   keahlian dalam bermain. Warna "Neo-Classical" yang di bawahkan Yngwie   adalah berdasarkan struktur komposisi dari J.S Bach (1685-1750) dan   Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Setelah itu muncul para gitaris shredder yang menghasilkan sekian banyak   album yang sukses. Hampir setiap minggu muncul gitaris baru yang   mengklaim dirinya sebagai gitaris baru yang paling cepat di dunia.   Sebagai contoh: Paul Gilbert, Marty Friedman, Jason Becker, Richie   Kotzen, Vinnie Moore, Tony Macalpine, Greg Howe, dll. Tidak bisa   dipungkiri lagi bahwa Yngwie merupakan pahlawan gitar yang patut   diacungi jempol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pernikahan ayah Yngwie (seorang kapten tentara) dan ibunya (Rigmor -   seniman) diakhiri dengan penceraian tidak lama setelah Yngwie lahir. Di   samping itu Yngwie juga memiliki seorang kakak perempuan bernama Ann   Louise dan kakak lelaki Bjorn. Yngwie terlahir sebagai anak bungsu yang   liar, tidak bisa diatur dan ceria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada awalnya Yngwie mencoba untuk mempelajari piano dan trumpet tetapi   ia tidak dapat menguasai alat musik tersebut. Acoustic guitar (gitar   bolong) yang dibeli oleh ibunya pada waktu dia berusia 5 tahun juga   tidak disentuh Yngwie dan dibiarkan bergelantung di dinding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sampai akhirnya pada tgl 18 September 1970, Yngwie melihat sebuah acara   spesial mengenai meninggalnya Jimi Hendrix. Di situ Yngwie yang masih  17  tahun tsb menyaksikan bagaimana Jimi Hendrix menghasilkan bunyi   feedback guitar dan membakar gitarnya di depan penonton. Pada hari   wafatnya Jimi Hendrix tsb lahirlah permainan gitar Yngwie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yngwie yang penasaran tersebut kemudian membeli sebuah Fender   Stratocaster murah, mencoba memainkan tembangnya Deep Purple dan   menghabiskan banyak waktu untuk mengetahui rahasia dari alat instrumen   dan musiknya sendiri. Kekaguman Yngwie terhadap Ritchie Blackmore   (gitaris Deep Purple) yang dipengaruhi oleh musik klasik dan kekaguman   terhadap kakak perempuannya yang sering memainkan komposisi Bach,   Vivaldi, Beethoven, dan Mozart, memberikan ide kepada Yngwie untuk   menggabungkan musik klasik tersebut dengan musik rock. Yngwie terus   bermain seharian penuh sampai tidurpun dia masih tetap bersama gitarnya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada usia 10 tahun, Yngwie menggunakan nama kecil dari ibunya   "Malmsteen", mengfokuskan seluruh energi dia dan berhenti bersekolah. Di   sekolah Yngwie dikenal sebagai pembuat onar dan sering berantem,  tetapi  pintar dalam pelajaran bahasa Inggris dan seni. Ibunya yang  menyadari  bakat musiknya yang unik, mengizinkan Yngwie tinggal di rumah  dengan  rekaman dan gitarnya. Setelah menyaksikan violinis Gideon  Kremer  membawakan komposisi Paganini: 24 Caprices di televisi, Yngwie  akhirnya  mengetahui bagaimana cara mengawinkan musik klasik dengan  skill  permainan dan karismanya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yngwie dan beberapa temannya merekam 3 lagu demo dan dikirim ke studio   rekaman CBS Swedia, tetapi rekaman tersebut tidak pernah digubris atau   diedarkan. Oleh karena frustasinya, Yngwie menyadari bahwa dia harus   meninggalkan Swedia dan mulai mengirimkan demo rekaman dia ke berbagai   studio rekaman di luar negeri. Salah satu dari demo tape Yngwie ternyata   jatuh ke tangan konstributor Guitar Player dan pemilik Shrapnel   Records: Mike Varney. Akhirnya Yngwie mendapat undangan ke Los Angeles   untuk bergabung dengan band terbaru Shrapnel: "Steeler" dan seterusnya   yang disebut sebagai sejarahnya. Pada bulan February 1983 Yngwie   berangkat dari Swedia ke Los Angeles dengan bekal keahlian dan gaya   permainan barunya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Selanjutnya permainan Yngwie dikenal dunia dengan permainannya yang   sangat cepat di intro lagu "Hot On Your Heels". Yngwie kemudian pindah   ke group band Alcatrazz, sebuah band yang bergaya "Rainbow" dan   didirikan oleh penyanyi Graham Bonnett. Walaupun telah bergabung dengan   Alcatrazz yang menampilkan sekian banyak solo hebat di lagu "Kree   Nakoorie", "Jet to Jet," dan "Hiroshima Mon Amour", Yngwie masih merasa   terlalu dibatasi oleh band itu sendiri. Akhirnya Yngwie berpikir bahwa   hanya album sololah yang menjadi solusi terbaik.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Album solo pertama Yngwie: Rising Force (kini dinobatkan sebagai kitab   musik rock Neo-Classical) berhasil memasuki nomor 60 di tangga Billboard   charts untuk musik instrumental gitar tanpa berbau komersil. Album ini   juga memenangkan nominasi Grammy untuk Instrumental Rock Terbaik.  Tidak  lama kemudian Yngwie terpilih sebagai Gitaris Pendatang Baru  Terbaik di  berbagai majalah dan media, Gitaris Terbaik Tahun Itu, dan  Rising Force  menjadi Album Terbaik untuk tahun itu juga.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada 22 June 1987 mendekati ultah Yngwie yang ke-24, Yngwie mengalami   kecelakaan dengan mobil Jaguarnya yang mengakibatkan dia koma hampir   seminggu. Penyumbatan darah pada otak Yngwie juga menyebabkan tangan   kanannya tidak berfungsi. Karena takut akan karirnya yang akan berakhir   itu, Yngwie dengan susah payah mengikuti terapi untuk memulihkan  kembali  tangan kanannya. Setelah itu Yngwie mendapat cobaan lagi dari  kematian  ibunya di Swedia akibat penyakit kanker yang menghabiskan  banyak biaya  medical. Jika Yngwie orang lain, mungkin sudah menyerah  dengan nasib  seperti itu, tetapi Yngwie justru berubah dan kembali ke  musiknya dengan  semangat tinggi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Setelah itu Yngwie meluncurkan album yang laris manis seperti Odyssey,   Eclipse, Fire &amp;amp; Ice, Seventh Sign, I Can’t Wait, Magnum Opus,   Inspiration, Facing the Animal, Alchemy, War To End All Wars dan   akhirnya Yngwie berhasil mewujudkan cita-citanya untuk bermain bersama   sebuah Orkestra penuh di salah satu album terbarunya: Concerto Suite for   Electric Guitar and Orchestra in Eb minor, Op. 1 (tahun 1998).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ketika merelease albumnya Eclipse (1990), Yngwie sempat tour dan membuat   konser yang sukses di Indonesia (Jakarta, Solo, &amp;amp; Surabaya).   Rencananya pada bulan July 2001 ini Yngwie juga akan konser kembali di   Indonesia, namun dibatalkan karena pemerintah USA &amp;amp; istrinya   menasehati Yngwie akan keamanan politik di Indonesia. Padahal tiket   Yngwie sudah sempat laku keras di Indonesia, penggemar Yngwie di   Indonesia boleh kecewa. Kapan lagi Yngwie akan konser di Indonesia   apabila keadaan politik Indonesia masih seperti ini?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Album-album berikutnya adalah Attack!! yang memuat nomor hits   instrumental Baroque &amp;amp; Roll. Pada tahun 2003, Yngwie diajak   bergabung dalam formasi G3 bersama Joe Satriani dan Steve Vai yang   menelurkan 1 album dan 1 video. Setelah selesai tur bersama G3, ia   merampungkan album terbarunya Unleash The Fury. Album tersebut direlease   diawal taun 2005.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Paul Gilbert ("Salah satu dewa gitar dengan permainan paling cepat dan bersih")&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOgTHgwrZt7pCMm-Oqbw_1u63UiEGBlmjqWKTwP0HegFP0sf99HAbC_hirBh8yW51CZMr5jSIjndSGgdcL47FgzDsAdXPdbLW9kaKAoBZ6jeWD-L1arf2KaXBMpShLv5AXGxSaCGBABA/s1600/paul-gilbert-iceman-fireman1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOgTHgwrZt7pCMm-Oqbw_1u63UiEGBlmjqWKTwP0HegFP0sf99HAbC_hirBh8yW51CZMr5jSIjndSGgdcL47FgzDsAdXPdbLW9kaKAoBZ6jeWD-L1arf2KaXBMpShLv5AXGxSaCGBABA/s320/paul-gilbert-iceman-fireman1.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul Gilbert merupakan salah satu dewa gitar seperti halnya Steve Vai,   Yngwie, John Petrucci lainnya. Sebelumnya Paul dikenal melalui group   bandnya Mr.Big, rekaman Mr.Big yang laku keras turut membesarkan nama   Paul di dunia musik rock.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul sendiri sudah cukup mengegerkan dunia gitaris pada tahun 86-87   sebagai pemain gitar tercepat di dunia ketika Paul masih bergabung   dengan group band Racer X. Teknik permainannya telah sempurna saat ia   baru menginjak 17 tahun itu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada usia 5 tahun (1971) Paul sudah mulai mempelajari gitarnya, 10 tahun   berikutnya (1981) Paul coba mengirim demo rekamannya ke produser Mike   Varney dan di luar dugaanya Mike sangat mengagumi permainannya di   samping Tony Macalpine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada tahun 1984 Paul pindah ke LA dan melanjutkan sekolah gitarnya ke   GIT (Guitar Institute of Technology) dan kini telah menjadi instruktur   sekolah gitar bergengsi ini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada tahun 1986 dia bergabung dengan band pertamanya Racer X dengan   album debutnya "Street Lethal ", kemudian "Second Heat" (1987) &amp;amp;   "Live! Extreme Volume" (1988).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada tahun 1989 Paul meninggalkan Racer X dan bergabung dengan group   band MR.BIG dengan pemain bass yang disegani "Billy Sheehan", vocalis   Eric Martin dan drummer Pat Torpey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mereka meluncurkan album pertamanya "MR.BIG" dan MR.BIG tampil untuk pertama kalinya di Jepang pada bulan Oktober.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Selanjutnya Paul meluncurkan album berikutnya: "Live! Raw Like Sushi"   (1990), "Mr Big - Lean into it" (1991), "Mr.Big - San Francisco Live"   (1992), "Racer X - Live Extreme Volume 2? (1992), "Mr.Big - Bump Ahead"   (1993), "Mr.Big - Live! Raw Like Sushi 2? (1994), "HEY MAN" &amp;amp; " The   best of MR.BIG" (1996), "Hard Rock Cafe", " Live At Budokan " &amp;amp;  solo  " King of Club" (1997).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lagu "To Be With You" (dari Album "Lean Into It") menduduki posisi pertama di majalah Billborad USA selama 3 minggu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada tahun 1998 Paul tampil pertama kali di Jepang dengan solo albumnya.   Paul meluncurkan album solo "Flying Dog". Tahun 1999 Paul kembali ke   Jepang dan meluncurkan album solo kedua "Beehive Live" dan album ketiga   Racer X "Technical Difficulties".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tahun 2003 album Burning Organ dirilis, kali ini masuk ke label   Indonesia dibawah naungan Staria Enterprise. Namun album berikutnya,   Acoustic Samurai tidak lagi di Staria, melainkan berpindah ke label   Variant Music. Kemudian Paul menggelar promo tur album "Spaceship One"   hingga ke Indonesia. Hal ini disambut antusias oleh   penggemar-penggemarnya, pasalnya banyak artis asal Amerika yang menarik   diri karena takut disweeping oleh pihak-pihak tertentu.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nuno Bettencourt ("Dewa gitar yang mempelopori warna Funky Metal")&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6i3exB8STVsO1lN_MTRYrnTIHUFR2d9ApQ7RzYFWoVNFMAFptsDdCE43J1gYX8PuIsI6vrYBSY1YJQOvnJ6bR4QnBX0wfmDxKUJIIK_wXXRfXm_z9EJnYca5_AZiq13KuWLEcElIThnI/s1600/20060117_121048.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6i3exB8STVsO1lN_MTRYrnTIHUFR2d9ApQ7RzYFWoVNFMAFptsDdCE43J1gYX8PuIsI6vrYBSY1YJQOvnJ6bR4QnBX0wfmDxKUJIIK_wXXRfXm_z9EJnYca5_AZiq13KuWLEcElIThnI/s1600/20060117_121048.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nuno Bettencourt merupakan gitaris rock yang terbaik dalam permainan   ritemnya. Beberapa gitaris lain yang dapat menandingi permainan ritemnya   dapat terhitung misalnya: John Petrucci, Darren Housholder dan  beberapa  pemain funk metal lainnya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kekreatifan Nuno dalam menciptakan teknik permainan baru telah dikenal   sejak album pertama dan kedua group bandnya Extreme yaitu: "Extreme" dan   "Pornograffitti". Tidak heran Nuno dinobatkan menjadi "Best New  Talent"  (pendatang baru terbaik) begitu Extreme meluncurkan album  keduanya  "Pornograffitti".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sesuai dengan perkataan Nuno sendiri di interview-interviewnya bahwa   cita-cita Nuno adalah menulis album berwarna funk seperti Pearl Jam,   Nirvana dan sejenisnya. Oleh karena itu jika Anda ingin mendengarkan   kepiawaian Nuno sebagai shredder, maka kami rekomendasikan Anda   mendengarkan album Extreme: "Pornograffitti".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Album pertama "Extreme" dan album ketiga "Three Side Story" juga tidak   kalah bagusnya. Justru album solo Nuno sendiri dan band barunya Mourning   Widows, tidak menampilkan skill dari permainan Nuno sendiri. Bubarnya   Extreme cukup mengecewakan penggemar Nuno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada tahun 1982 Nuno pertama kalinya bertemu dengan vokalis Extreme:   Gary Cherone. Ini merupakan awal dari band Extreme tsb. 2 tahun kemudian   (1984) Nuno meninggalkan sekolahnya dan konsentrasi dalam melatih   permainan gitarnya. Nuno melihat drummer Extreme: Mike Mangini di sebuah   club di dalam band tribute Van Halen, ketika band-band lain sedang   istirahat, Mike memainkan solo drum yang luar biasa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1985 Nuno bertemu dengan bassist Extreme: Pat Badger yang bekerja di   toko gitar Jim Mouradian di Winchester di mana Nuno selalu memodifikasi   gitarnya di sana. Nama band mereka pertama kali dinamakan "The Dream"   sebelum menggunakan nama "Extreme" dan menghasilkan lagu "Mutha" yang   berhasil menerobos jajaran lagu di MTV. Tak lama kemudian nama band   mereka diganti menjadi "Extreme" dan tampil di Festival Mare de Agosto   (Santa Maria) pada tahun 1986.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada tahun 1987 Extreme memenangkan "Outstanding Hard Rock Act" pada   tahun pertama Boston Music Awards. Mereka juga memenangkan kontes MTV   video, yang ditonton juga oleh perusahaan rekaman A&amp;amp;M A&amp;amp;R scout.   Pada bulan September mereka mendapat kabar baik dari A&amp;amp;M record   untuk mulai rekaman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada tahun 1989 mereka kembali disebut sebagai "Rising Star" di Boston   Music Awards. Tak lama kemudian album debut mereka direlease, tetapi   tidak banyak mendapat perhatian selain menjadi album terlaris minggu   pertama di Boston, mencapai urutan ke 80 di US chart dan terjual 300.000   copy. "Kid Ego" menjadi single pertama mereka dan kemudian "Little   Girls" dan Mutha (Don’t Wanna Go To School Today).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guitar Magazines menobatkan Nuno sebagai "the next Eddie Van Halen"!   Extreme tour ke Amerika Utara dan Jepang. Lagu "Play With Me" menjadi   soundtrack film "Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure". Kemudian Nuno   mengisi ritem gitar di lagu Janet Jackson "Black Cat".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada tahun 1990 Extreme merekam album keduanya "Pornograffitti" di   Scream Studio (LA). Guitar magazine memberikan 6 halaman khusus untuk   Nuno. Lagu Decadence Dance, Get The Funk Out direlease, tetapi tidak   banyak yang terjadi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada bulan Desember perusahaan gitar Washburn membuatkan gitar N4 Nuno   Bettencourt Signature Series, sampai saat ini N4 membuktikan   kerberhasilan penjualan gitar Nuno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Awal kesuksesan Nuno terjadi pada bulan June 1991 ketika lagu "More Than   Word" menjadi hit nomor 1 di USA dan luar negeri termasuk Israel,   Belanda, dll. Nuno juga mengisi dan menjadi cover untuk video Hot   Guitarist Video Magazine Premiere Volume (December "92).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada bulan Oktober Nuno terpilih sebagai Rocker Terseksi di majalah   Playgirl dan juga memenangkan "Top of the Rock", "Songwriter of the   Year", "Solo of the Year" (Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee), dan "Guitar   LP of the Year" di majalah gitar "Guitar For The Practicing Musician"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Selanjutnya Extreme merelease album-album berikutnya: "III Sides",   "Waiting For The Punchline" dan kemudian meninggalkan Extreme, merelease   album solonya dan membentuk band barunya "Mourning Widows".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Penggemar shredder boleh kecewa dengan keluarnya Nuno dari Extreme   karena album-album berikutnya Nuno semuanya berwarna funk murni, tidak   terdengar lagi permainan gitar yang menampilkan skill dari Nuno.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Eddie van Halen ("Pelopor teknik two handed tapping")&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6COnMSs2llFT_M5UPMQcc7Xn9CahsP4WhA3bkK0d7uykwDvVtC3QW2-YUQMqNFyFKdm3NKqVFMjuW_49pVXN2wxAPH_8bUME4M38r5am5L4Rj5RBfcMZeB08KieEt101-PhIwzscEXE/s1600/EddieVanHalen.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6COnMSs2llFT_M5UPMQcc7Xn9CahsP4WhA3bkK0d7uykwDvVtC3QW2-YUQMqNFyFKdm3NKqVFMjuW_49pVXN2wxAPH_8bUME4M38r5am5L4Rj5RBfcMZeB08KieEt101-PhIwzscEXE/s320/EddieVanHalen.jpg" width="256" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sebelum era permainan gitar shredd dipopulerkan oleh Yngwie Malmsteen   pada tahun 1984, 6 tahun sebelumnya Eddie Van Halen telah lebih dulu   sukses menggemparkan dunia musik. Teknik two handed tapping atau yang   biasa disebut tapping saja telah berhasil secara mutlak meracuni lebih   dari separuh gitaris rock yang ada di Amerika. Bukan hanya teknik   tapping saja, ia juga mempopulerkan gaya permainan gitar hard rock yang   sangat berbeda dari kebanyakan gitaris rock yang cukup kental permainan   bluesnya. Solo gitarnya di tembang Eruption yang terdapat dalam album   debut grupnya Van Halen secara mengejutkan menjadi perbincangan utama   gitaris-gitaris rock dimasa itu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eddie Van Halen atau biasa disebut dengan panggilan singkat EVH,   merupakan seorang imigran dari Belanda. Ia dan keluarganya pindah ke   Amerika sekitar tahun 60an. Awalnya lebih dulu mempelajari piano dan   kemudian sedikit konsentrasi di drum. Sedangkan kakaknya, Alex Van Halen   malah mempelajari gitar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diam-diam mereka berdua saling mencuri kesempatan mempelajari instrumen   yang bukan miliknya. Alex belajar drum, EVH belajar gitar. Ternyata   malah keduanya sepakat bertukar alat musik. Jadilah kemudian EVH   menekuni gitar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada saat mulai belajar gitar, ia cukup terpengaruh dengan permainan   dari Eric Clapton dan Jimmy Page. Kemudian mereka membentuk band bernama   Mammoth yang akhirnya berganti menjadi Van Halen dengan masuknya   Michael Anthony pada bass, dan David Lee Roth pada vocal. Band ini   terbentuk secara resmi tahun 1974.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Album Van Halen yang dirilis tahun 1978 berhasil menembus charts   Billboard sampai posisi 15 dan berhasil terjual sebanyak 2 juta keping   yang salah satu menjadi penyebabnya adalah solo gitar EVH di lagu   instrumental, Eruption.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nama Eddie Van Halen langsung berkibar karena ia berhasil mempopulerkan   teknik tapping. Meski kontribusi dari David Lee Roth sebagai vocalis   yang atraktif dan fenomenal juga tak bisa dipandang sebelah mata, namun   bisa dibilang nama EVH lebih menjual. Namanya menjadi perbincangan dan   berkali-kali meraih penghargaan sebagai Guitarist of The Year oleh   majalah-majalah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Selain teknik tapping yang menjadi trademarknya, EVH juga dikenal dengan   senyumnya yang selalu ia tampilkan dalam segala kondisi. Tak heran   gitaris-gitaris muda di Amerika begitu menghormatinya. EVH kemudian   membuat penampilan gitar Fender Stratocasternya menjadi berbeda. Body   berwarna merah dengan garis-garis putih menjadi salah satu nilai   jualnya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Album berikutnya dimasa David Lee Roth menjadi vocalis yang dirilis   adalah Van Halen II (1979) dan Woman and Children First (1980), Fair   Warning (1981), Diver Down (1982), dan sebuah album yang merupakan salah   satu album masterpiece dari Van Halen yaitu 1984 yang dirilis tahun   1984.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Di album 1984, EVH menampilkan permainan keyboard yang menawan. Malahan   masyarakat awam lebih mengenal suara dan permainan keyboardnya di lagu   Jump ketimbang teknik-teknik gitarnya. Lagu Jump berhasil menjadi juara  1  di charts Billboard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada tahun 1983, sebelum album 1984 dirilis. EVH sempat bekerjasama   dengan King of Pop, Michael Jackson. EVH ikut serta dalam proyek album   Thriller yang nantinya terjual lebih dari 20 juta copy. Ia memoles lagu   yang berjudul Beat It menjadi sedikit berwarna rock dan dance. Tak lupa   juga EVH menampilkan solo gitar dan teknik tappingnya yang merajalela  di  lagu tersebut. Munculnya EVH di lagu tersebut mendapat respon yang  luar  biasa dengan perolehan menduduki puncak charts Billboard selama   berminggu-minggu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tahun 1986 Van Halen mengalami perubahan formasi dengan mundurnya David   Lee Roth dan digantikan oleh Sammy Haggar. Meskipun begitu, EVH tetap   mampu menampilkan permainan-permainan gitar terbaiknya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Album-album berikutnya seperti 5150 (1986), OU812 (1988), For Unlwaful   Carnal Knowledge (1991), dan Balance (1995) masih cukup mampu   memperpanjang nafas Van Halen dalam dunia rekaman. Tak lama kemudian   kembali Van Halen berganti vocalis dengan masuknya Gary Cherone (ex   Extreme).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Van Halen semasa Gary Cherone oleh banyak pihak dianggap sebagai era   terburuk dengan ditandai kurang suksesnya album Van Halen III (1998).   Tahun 2001 EVH terkena kanker mulut, ia terpaksa absen selama sekitar 2   tahun untuk proses penyembuhan.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Michael Schenker ("Salah Satu Pelopor Gitar Hero di Jerman")&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WQaVzo8YpD9Di7l0RO9IqYWPD-p5vRMDuGLGUqxVB67ZlIiUTj3Rzk2dC216ilT_-NULR5_O5J4tOaFY4ALDdfTmypqH7833lXdFMAjC9D8U59JbOT-y8O45ireAjCnwoqA5MP1Rrug/s1600/Michael+Schenker+88.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WQaVzo8YpD9Di7l0RO9IqYWPD-p5vRMDuGLGUqxVB67ZlIiUTj3Rzk2dC216ilT_-NULR5_O5J4tOaFY4ALDdfTmypqH7833lXdFMAjC9D8U59JbOT-y8O45ireAjCnwoqA5MP1Rrug/s320/Michael+Schenker+88.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jika diadakan polling mengenai "10 gitaris terbaik Jerman sepanjang   masa", saya yakin kalau nama Michael Schenker akan termasuk salah satu   diantaranya. Bahkan kalaupun disuruh memilih 5 saja, saya tetap yakin   namanya akan tetap masuk. Tidak aneh bila melihat sepak terjangnya   mengangkat nama Jerman sebagai negara yang memiliki gitaris kelas satu   dan mampu bersaing dengan gitaris handal dari Inggris dan Amerika.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michael dan saudaranya, Rudolf memiliki hobi yang sama, yaitu bermain   gitar. Michael mendapat inspirasi dalam bermusik dari 2 grup band yang   cukup populer di masa itu, Wishbone Ash dan Mountain. Ia juga sempat   bekerja sambilan sebagai transcriber lagu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tahun 70-an awal, Michael bergabung dengan band milik Rudolf, The   Scorpions. Kebetulan permainan Michael cukup menonjol, namun saat band   ini merilis album debutnya, Lonesome Crow pada tahun 1972 album itu   kurang mendapat respon yang positif. Satu hal yang perlu dicatat, saat   itu usia Michael baru 17 tahun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Setelah mengikuti tur promo bersama Scorpions, band lain bernama UFO   tertarik dengan talentanya. Kemudian Michael meninggalkan Scorpions dan   bergabung dengan UFO yang baru saja ditinggal gitarisnya, Michael  Bolton  (tapi bukan Michael Bolton penyanyi).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bersama UFO, Michael sempat merilis beberapa album, diantaranya   Phenomenon (1974), Force It (1975), No Heavy Petting (1976), Lights Out   (1977), Obsession (1978). Pada era Michael Schenker inilah nama UFO  bisa  berkibar dan mendapat pendengar yang lebih luas sampai ke pasar   Amerika.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Permainan gitarnya menunjukkannya sebagai seorang musisi yang   berpengaruh. Ia juga terkenal dengan sosoknya yang menenteng Gibson   Flying-V dengan body yang dimodif pada bagian catnya, setengah hitam,   setengah putih.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Akan tetapi setelah album merilis album Obsession, Michael dikeluarkan   dari UFO karena kecanduan alkohol dan kembali ke Scorpions. Ia   menggantikan Uli John Roth yang sebelumnya menggantikan posisinya saat   ia keluar dari Scorpions dulu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sekembalinya ke Scorpions, ia ikut merilis album Lovedrive pada tahun   1979. Namun sayang, ketika sedang menjalani tur pertamanya di Amerika,   Michael lagi-lagi absen hadir karena kecanduan alkohol. Album tersebut   tidak diterima di Amerika terutama karena masalah cover albumnya.   Michael pun digantikan oleh Matthias Jabs yang akhirnya menjadi gitaris   permanen Scorpions sampai saat ini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Setelah keluar dari Scorpions, ia sempat diangkat sebagai gitaris   pengganti sementara Joe Perry di Aerosmith. Setelah itu Michael   memutuskan untuk bersolo karir dengan membentuk Michael Schenker Group   atau biasa disebut MSG.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Di band ini Michael bertindak sebagai konseptor dan gitaris. Sedangkan   untuk vocal diisi oleh Robin McAuley. Album-album yang dirilis adalah   Michael Schenker Group (1980), MSG (1981), Assault Attack and One Night   at Budokan (1982). Album-album tersebut cukup berkarakter hingga  membuat  Ozzy Osbourne sempat menawarinya menjadi gitaris Ozzy setelah  kematian  Randy Rhoads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tahun awal-awal 90an, Michael juga sempat bergabung dengan Ratt untuk   bermain unplugged MTV. Selain itu ia pernah tampil dalam kolaborasi   Contraband bersama personel-personel dari band-band rock saat itu   seperti Shark Island, Vixen, Ratt, dan L.A. Guns). Kemudian ia merilis   album Thank You (1993), dan Unforgiven (1999). Tahun 1995, Michael   kembali bergabung dengan UFO, dan merilis album Walk On Water dan   kemudian tahun 2002 merilis album Sharks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dengan suara gitar yang khas dan riff-riff gitar yang catchy sebagai   kontribusinya pada Queen, Brian May menjadi salah satu dari sekian   musisi yang berbakat dan memberikan pengaruh pada tahun 70-an.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bryan May&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfT8nB8sn2McMTZRaBETBthlSxsKn_2fYsGpRlmdKP3xT3gmdfVleNV-biQKznHsf_ye4R8ikxZRsFrF9LH_15pjy_tXnDrqHN0Ow2fhCbRxW7XvrU2QRAC10anIFoANDh_WK5_RikUu0/s1600/brian-may-red-special.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfT8nB8sn2McMTZRaBETBthlSxsKn_2fYsGpRlmdKP3xT3gmdfVleNV-biQKznHsf_ye4R8ikxZRsFrF9LH_15pjy_tXnDrqHN0Ow2fhCbRxW7XvrU2QRAC10anIFoANDh_WK5_RikUu0/s1600/brian-may-red-special.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ia adalah anak seorang tukang servis elektronik dan musisi. Ia ternyata   ikut mewarisi bakat ayahnya dalam bidang menyolder dan musik. Namun ia   sanggup menyeimbangkan ketertarikannya akan teknologi dan musisi dan   kemudian melanjutkannya untuk meraih gelar di bidang Fisika. Di saat   senggangnya ia menyempatkan diri membuat gitar dibantu oleh ayahnya.   Gitar buatannya ini yang kemudian menjadi trade-mark Brian May di setiap   penampilannya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saat masih sekolah ia membentuk band pertamanya, 1984, yang merupakan   sebuah band instrumental. Band mereka manggung di sekitar kota London   dan membuka pertunjukan artis/band legendaris seperti Traffic, Jimmi   Hendrix, Pink Floyd dan Tyrannosaurus Rex (nantinya dikenal sebagai   T-Rex). Pada tahun 1968, ia meninggalkan bandnya untuk memfokuskan diri   pada studinya di Imperial College.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saat kuliah, May sering nongkrong bareng Roger Taylor dan kemudian   membentuk band hard rock trio bernama Smile. Ia malah juga meneruskan   pendidikannya setingkat S2 pada jurusan matematika dan ilmu pengetahuan,   tapi kemudian malah memutuskan untuk lebih fokus pada musik secara   penuh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Band Smile menandatangani kontrak dengan Mercury Records dan merilis   satu single yang tidak meraih sukses. Kemudian mereka menambahkan Freddy   Mercury pada posisi vokal dan merubah nama band mereka menjadi Queen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Setelah bekerja dengan beberapa bassist, akhirnya mereka menemukan dan   merekrut John Deacon pada tahun 1971. Queen kemudian menandatangani   kontrak dengan EMI dan merilis debut albumnya (Queen) pada tahun 1973   dengan kekuatan utama album mereka: kombinasi vokal opera Freddie   Mercury dan riff-riff keren Brian May.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian May bersama Queen terus berekperimen dengan mengembangkan sound   mereka. Albun A Night at the Opera dirilis tahun 1975 dan menelurkan   lagu hit "Bohemian Rhapsody", yang memperdengarkan kemampuan musikal dan   kehebatan mereka sebagai pengarang lagu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kedua album mereka selanjutnya A Day at the Races pada tahun 1976 dan   News of the World pada tahun 1977 juga meraih sukses besar di radio   maupun di toko musik dengan hit-hit mereka seperti "We Will Rock You"   dan bahkan "We Are The Champion" dari album News of the World malah   digunakan menjadi lagu kemenangan di lomba olahraga di seluruh dunia   sampai sekarang.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yang menarik adalah, salah satu lagu dari album News, "It’s Late" adalah   lagu dimana Brian May menggunakan two-handed tapping dan hammer-on  saat  solo gitar dan setahun kemudian baru Eddie Van Halen terkenal  dengan  two-handed tapping gayanya sendiri. May menyebutkan bahwa tehnik  tapping  yang ia gunakan diconteknya dari seorang gitaris band club di  daerah  Texas. Menurut gitaris band tersebut malah Billy Gibbons (ZZ  Top) yang  pertama kali menggunakannya dan ia hanya menconteknya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Setelah Freddie Mercury wafat di tahun 1991, Queen secara resmi bubar.   Hanya pada event-event khusus seperti "Concert for Life tribute to   Mercury" di tahun 1992 (menggalang dana untuk Mercury Phoenix Trust,   dibentuk untuk meningkatkan kesadaran akan bahaya AIDS).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian May kemudian lebih fokus bersolo karir, merilis Back to the Light   pada tahun 1993. Setahun kemudian ia merilis Live at Brixton Academy,   yang isinya adalah gabungan dari lagu-lagu solo karirnya dan dari   koleksi lagu Queen. Pada tahun 1998 ia merilis album berjudul Another   World dimana Jeff Beck ikut mengisi gitar pada lagu "The Guv’nor".&lt;/li&gt;
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Those who practice the art of Chaos magic believe that "Nothing is True and Everything is Permitted." Shape can be shifted, rules can be broken, and radical thoughts are the norm. This way of thinking might also apply to Ibanez X series. With the advent of the X series, Ibanez reintroduced non-traditional guitar shapes back into the mix. These off-the-wall shapes stand out in a crowd, but they are also excellent examples of form meeting function. There are no limits for the X series.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ibanez Falchion electric guitar is recommended for those who seek identity, because this shred machine has a striking and unforgettable look. However, you will never be able to tell how comfortable it is to play from its extreme appearance. The Ibanez original Edge III double locking tremolo guarantees tuning stability even under aggressive tremolo use. The original CAP active pickups are mounted for heavy, yet easy to control, sound. Available colors are “ Black Flat (BKF) ” for the classic metal vibe, and “Red Iron Oxide (RIX)”, where the red burst finish emphasizes the body shape.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ibanez Falchion electric guitar has an Edge III tremolo system. Ibanez provide their own adjustable Edge III tremolo system giving you unrivalled tuning stability during the most aggressive whammy bar use allowing you to truly express yourself while playing everyone single one of the 24 jumbo frets on the three piece bolt-on maple neck. A mahogany body helps give the XF350 solid and driving mid range making your tone stand out against the rest.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ibanez Falchion electric guitar, Red Iron Oxide is an ergonomically designed shredder with a stand-out look you will not forget. The XF350 was made for maximum comfort and higher fret access, while still maintaining the extreme, prominent style.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;FINISH: RED IRON OXIDE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img alt="Ibanez Guitar XF350 New Series" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://resources.ibanez.com/resourceservicehost/images/Ibanez/web/ProductMainZoom/XF350RIX.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 130px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;
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&lt;img alt="Ibanez Guitar XF350 New Series" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://www.guitar.co.uk/documents/5085/5085-large.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 130px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;img alt="Ibanez Guitar XF350 New Series" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://www.justmusic.de/mall/1/pic/J0101516_ibanez_XF350_RIX.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
FINISH: BLACK FLAT&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img alt="Ibanez Guitar XF350 New Series" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://resources.ibanez.com/resourceservicehost/images/Ibanez/web/ProductMainZoom/test/XF350BKF.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 130px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;img alt="Ibanez Guitar XF350 New Series" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://www.guitar.co.uk/documents/5086/5086-large.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 130px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;img alt="Ibanez Guitar XF350 New Series" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://www.dv247.com/assets/products/85663_l.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 380px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;SPECS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Neck Material: 3pc Maple&lt;br /&gt;
Neck Type: WIzard III&lt;br /&gt;
Body: Mahogany body&lt;br /&gt;
Frets: Jumbo frets&lt;br /&gt;
Fingerboard: Rosewood&lt;br /&gt;
Inlay: n/a&lt;br /&gt;
Bridge: Edge III bridge&lt;br /&gt;
NeckPU: CAP LZ10&lt;br /&gt;
BridgePU: CAP LZ20&lt;br /&gt;
HW Color: BK&lt;br /&gt;
Finishes: RIX, BKF&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;FEATURES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Edge III features two screws in the arm pocket, which allow easy adjustment of the arm height and torque.&lt;a href="http://resources.ibanez.com/resourceservicehost/images/Ibanez/web/insets/zoom/XF350BKF_neck.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img alt="Ibanez Guitar XF350 New Series" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://resources.ibanez.com/resourceservicehost/images/Ibanez/web/insets/zoom/XF350BKF_neck.jpg" style="display: block; height: 135px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In the last two decades, no other guitar maker besides Ibanez has done so much to advance the art and science of the tremolo. The Edge III represents the next phase in locking tremolos.
&lt;a href="http://resources.ibanez.com/resourceservicehost/images/Ibanez/web/insets/zoom/XF350RIX_pickups.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img alt="Ibanez Guitar XF350 New Series" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://resources.ibanez.com/resourceservicehost/images/Ibanez/web/insets/zoom/XF350RIX_pickups.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 135px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In the last two decades, no other guitar maker besides Ibanez has done so much to advance the art and science of the tremolo. The Edge III represents the next phase in locking tremolos.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img alt="Ibanez Guitar XF350 New Series" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://resources.ibanez.com/resourceservicehost/images/Ibanez/web/insets/zoom/edgeIII_cu.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 135px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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The Edge III features two screws in the arm pocket, which allow easy adjustment of the arm height and torque.
&lt;a href="http://resources.ibanez.com/resourceservicehost/images/Ibanez/web/insets/zoom/edgeIII_torque_and_height.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img alt="Ibanez Guitar XF350 New Series" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://resources.ibanez.com/resourceservicehost/images/Ibanez/web/insets/zoom/edgeIII_torque_and_height.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>NEW Ibanez ARZ400T</title><link>http://co2kiko.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-ibanez-arz400t.html</link><category>IBANEZ</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kukuh)</author><pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:07:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429711384765835252.post-8322298408658566822</guid><description>&lt;b&gt;ARZ&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The 24 frets, 25 inch scale ARZ takes it beyond the boundaries of traditional single cutaway guitars. The smooth neck heel provides unrivaled playability, while the rigid Tight-Tune bridge and EMG® Pickups make the ARZ ideal for today's metal players, who demand both heavy power chords and shredding solos.&lt;br /&gt;
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Neck Material: Mahogany&lt;br /&gt;
Neck Type: ARZ set-in&lt;br /&gt;
Body: Mahogany body&lt;br /&gt;
Frets: Medium frets&lt;br /&gt;
Fingerboard: Bound Rosewood&lt;br /&gt;
Bridge: Edge III bridge&lt;br /&gt;
NeckPU: EMG® H4A&lt;br /&gt;
BridgePU: EMG® H4&lt;br /&gt;
HW Color: BK&lt;br /&gt;
Finishes: BK&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;MODEL: ARZ400T&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;FINISH: BLACK&lt;/b&gt;
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&lt;img alt="NEW Ibanez ARZ400T" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://resources.ibanez.com/resourceservicehost/images/Ibanez/web/eg/products/ARZ400TBK.gif" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 130px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;img alt="Guitar Hot Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://www.chorder.com/media/inlineimage_models/rotated/13027.jpg" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 130px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Guitar Hot Wallpaper</title><link>http://co2kiko.blogspot.com/2011/10/guitar-hot-wallpaper.html</link><category>WALLPAPER</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kukuh)</author><pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:43:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429711384765835252.post-4968254422095389718</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2011/213/7/b/guitar_girl_by_xephshin_by_xephshin-d42cu6a.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img alt="Guitar Hot Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2011/213/7/b/guitar_girl_by_xephshin_by_xephshin-d42cu6a.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 250px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;img alt="Guitar Hot Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://fsb.zedge.net/content/7/9/8/6/1-4847054-7986-t.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 250px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;img alt="Guitar Hot Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://images.paraorkut.com/img/wallpapers/1600x1200/a/avril_lavigne_with_a_guitar-3994.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 250px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;img alt="Guitar Hot Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://www.trueburner.com/thumbnails/guitar-heels-pumps-sandal.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 250px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;img alt="Guitar Hot Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://fsb.zedge.net/content/6/9/3/6/1-5820792-6936-t.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 250px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 189px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;img alt="Guitar Hot Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://wallpaper.iphone32.com/wallpaper/201011/20101123223632743.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 250px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;img alt="Guitar Hot Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://mobile8wallpapers.com/wallpapers/allimg/c100527/12J9B644050-34162.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 250px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href="http://mi9.com/uploads/music/1848/cool-electric-guitar-wallpaper_422_23323.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img alt="Guitar Hot Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://mi9.com/uploads/music/1848/cool-electric-guitar-wallpaper_422_23323.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 250px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href="http://www.trueburner.com/thumbnails/rockstar-skeleton-star-guitar.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img alt="Guitar Hot Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://www.trueburner.com/thumbnails/rockstar-skeleton-star-guitar.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 250px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b61/00chaos8/insane-wallpaper.png"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img alt="Guitar Hot Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b61/00chaos8/insane-wallpaper.png" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 250px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;img alt="Guitar Hot Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTGuQEo9ESGy7a0B0lrkLBkkMks5WcXG-gylCzX18T9U5n-1XuaHJXaSMAJgQ" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 250px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;img alt="Guitar Hot Wallpaper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://www.wallpaper1080hd.com/Picture/allimg/c110510/1304b2U3ZW0-1C61.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 250px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Fender VG Stratocaster</title><link>http://co2kiko.blogspot.com/2011/09/fender-vg-stratocaster.html</link><category>FENDER</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kukuh)</author><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:54:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429711384765835252.post-369519234032304258</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Fender have married Roland's VG technology with the timeless design of the Stratocaster. The result is a cutting-edge classic. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://media.soundonsound.com/sos/sep07/images/Fender_VG_Strat_14_pickup_l.jpg"&gt;
&lt;img alt="Fender VG Stratocaster" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://media.soundonsound.com/sos/sep07/images/Fender_VG_Strat_14_pickup_l.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400x; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 350px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
To understand the concept behind the VG Strat, you have to go back a few years to when Roland invented the concept of guitar and amp modelling and implemented it in their pioneering VG range of processors.
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&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
The VG modelling system can emulate different guitar body types, different pickup types and layouts, various amplifier and speaker combinations and, of course, all the familiar effects and stomp boxes. It can even make an electric guitar sound like an acoustic guitar or bass and emulate various miking options.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
Providing there is room enough to fit Roland's GK six-pole pickup close to the bridge, VG systems can work with pretty much any electric guitar (the pickups are available separately, so you are not restricted to using them with the Strat). It needs to be a six-pole pickup in order to process each string separately — which you need to do if you want to create accurate guitar models where, for example, the pickups might be mounted at an angle, or, more importantly, to allow the tunings of individual strings to be changed for more complex models, such as drop tunings or simulations of 12-string guitars. The pickup goes so close to the bridge because, positioned there, it can pick up a relatively predictable sound from the strings and string bending doesn't push the string too far away from the pickup. The same GK pickup can also be used to drive Roland's range of GR synthesizers, via the multi-pin DIN socket on the output of the GK pickup's control box.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.dv247.com/assets/products/38522_l.jpg"&gt;
&lt;img alt="Fender VG Stratocaster" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://www.dv247.com/assets/products/38522_l.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400x; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 350px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
Roland's latest hardware VG processor is the VG99, which is far more powerful than its predecessors and allows for a huge amount of user customisation. They are great systems, but the flip side for many traditional guitarists is that the sheer scope of such a device can be daunting.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class="xhead" id="1" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Fender &amp;amp; Roland&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="xhead" id="1" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
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&lt;div class="bodytext" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
Apparently Roland have been working behind the 
scenes with Fender for some 10 years now, and the partnership is 
begining to bear fruit, in the form of a series of Boss pedals that 
model specific Fender amplifiers (so far, the Deluxe and the Bassman), 
and the Fender VG Strat reviewed here.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="bodytext" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
The VG Strat concept is pretty straightforward — 
marry Roland's cutting edge technology with a good, tried-and-tested 
Fender guitar. But while Roland were the first to bring guitar and amp 
modelling to the market, they're not the first to put guitar modelling 
into a physical instrument: that accolade belongs to Line 6, with their 
Variax guitars. &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="bodytext" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
The Fender-Roland approach is a little different 
from that of Line 6. Most importantly, the Variax has no conventional 
pickups, so all the sounds that are available are modelled from the 
signals picked up by the piezo sensors, set into the bridge saddles. 
This actually works pretty well (I have a Variax myself and I'm always 
surprised by how good it can sound). However, if you don't like the look
 or feel of the Variax guitars, you can't benefit from the technology 
unless you pay a guitar tech to cannibalise a perfectly good Variax and 
then fit all the parts and bridge into a heavily modified guitar of your
 choice.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="bodytext" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
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&lt;div class="bodytext" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
With the VG Strat, all the necessary electronics are
 discreetly hidden inside a very nice American Standard Stratocaster, 
which still has its own three original single-coil pickups, as well as a
 Roland GK pickup. The benefit of this approach is that you can always 
switch back to using the guitar as a regular Strat if your batteries go 
flat during a gig — you'll never be left unable to get a sound out of 
your guitar. You'd also probably want to use the regular Strat sound for
 playing straight Strat parts, because, let's face it, no model is going
 to get closer than the sound of the real thing!&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="bodytext" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
The other main difference between the VG Strat and 
the Variax is that the Variax allows you to model a whole range of 
familiar electric, semi-acoustic and acoustic guitars (as well as a few 
oddball choices such as banjo, sitar and resonator guitars) and, if you 
have a computer, you can load up their intuitive &lt;i&gt;Variax Workshop&lt;/i&gt;
 software and build your own custom guitars (by changing bodies or 
pickups). With the Variax you can also set up your own choice of 
alternative tunings, though these are tied to individual patches rather 
than being accessible globally.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="bodytext" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
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By comparison, the VG Strat offers less flexibility but, as we'll see, that isn't the idea. In addition to the 'normal' Strat, you get models of a slightly warmer-sounding Strat, a Telecaster, a selection of five acoustic guitars (from resonator to dreadnought, selected using the five-way pickup switch) and a humbucker guitar. There's no obvious intention to model any specific other make or model of guitar, but the Fender variations cover most tonal bases. You select them simply by turning the rotary model-selector switch (which is neatly disguised as a small, standard Strat knob). The first position is the normal Strat, which bypasses all the electronics, then the models start off with the alternative Strat. If you think that modelling a Strat seems like a bit of a waste of time when the real thing is just a switch-click away, remember that once you switch to modelling you can use the alternate tunings or 12-string emulation, which you can't do with the regular pickups.&lt;br /&gt;
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A second small knob controls the rotary switch used to select the alternative tuning options. These are Normal, Drop D, Open G (for all those 'Keef' rhythm parts), DADGAD (for the folkies and the Gordon Giltrap fans), Baritone/Low B (for that earthy Seattle grunge vibe) and a very plausible 12-string. Any of these tunings can be selected for any of the guitar models, though they all assume your guitar is tuned normally to start with. To save the control section from getting too crowded, the normal 'volume and two tone controls' arrangement has been simplified to a master volume and a single master tone control. As with the Variax, the modelling is confined to guitar types — there's no amp or effect modelling built-in, other than a little ambience reverb for the acoustic models.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="xhead" id="2"&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Nuts &amp;amp; Bolts&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="xhead" id="2"&gt;
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&lt;div class="bodytext"&gt;
The review model, which came in a high-quality ABS 
moulded case, is actually one of the nicest Strats I've played. It has a
 three-colour sunburst finish, three-piece ash body with sumptuously 
deep contours, a maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard (though a maple 
board option is also available) and chrome hardware, including the new 
US two-point vibrato bridge with solid, stainless-steel saddles. The 
three-ply parchment pickguard gives the guitar a slightly aged look 
(which I prefer to the usual stark white) and the neck has a slender 
C-section with medium jumbo frets that feel exactly right. Out of the 
box, the setup of the review model was extremely good, with no string 
choking, even though the action was lower than I'd normally set it. As 
expected, the fingerboard radius is the 9.5 inches used for most current
 Strat models. The only thing I'd change is that I'd probably cut the 
nut slots a few thousands of an inch deeper. Fender have fitted their 
current heavy-duty Fender/Schaller Deluxe staggered, sealed tuning 
machines. (If anyone from Fender is reading this, I'd like to suggest 
using slotted shafts on all your tuners, as they give almost as good 
tuning stability as locking machine-heads. Given that that's what the 
original Strats were fitted with, they also look more authentic.)&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="bodytext"&gt;
From the front, the only real giveaway that this 
isn't a straightforward Strat is the slightly changed control-knob 
layout, though if you look more closely you'll also spot the GK pickup. 
This blends in pretty well with the pick-guard, but would have blended 
even better had it been made in cream, rather than white. There's also a
 bright-blue power LED that comes on when a lead is plugged into the 
guitar. Power comes from four AA batteries that are fitted from the rear
 of the instrument, covered by a plate. A second plate on the rear 
covers the electronics, but from the front there are few clues as to the
 technology that lies within.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://zurlocker.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/vg_strat.jpg"&gt;
&lt;img alt="Fender VG Stratocaster" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_2429711384765835252" src="http://zurlocker.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/vg_strat.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300x; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 250px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
Fender claim that four decent rechargeable NiMH batteries will give an operating time of up to 10 hours. If the batteries do die on you, you get an early warning, as the blue power light starts to flash for a while before everything stops, giving you time to switch to the standard pickups for the next song. There is no obvious way to stop the battery draining when the normal Strat pickups are selected, as the system needs to be powered up to let you make an instantaneous change to an alternative model during performance, and there's no external PSU option. When I tested the battery life using the supplied alkaline cells, the blue light started to flash after less than a couple of hours, and though the NiMH batteries will certainly perform better, I don't think I'd want to risk using them for more than one gig.&lt;br /&gt;
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Once you've chosen a model, the five-way switch is used to to select either five or three pickup combinations, depending on the model. In acoustic guitar mode, the same switch selects between five different acoustic guitar types, including the resonator, and when any acoustic model is selected, the tone control instead functions as a reverb control, to allow you to add a bit of 'space' to the sound.&lt;br /&gt;
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One thing that really surprised me when the instrument was first announced was that it didn't include the multi-pin DIN socket that would allow it to drive other GK-compatible devices, such as Roland's range of guitar synths. My guess is that Fender were worried that too much fancy technology might put off potential buyers, but in reality they could have hidden it under a blanking bung, as Line 6 did with their CAT5 connector on the Variax guitar. According to Justin Norvell, Senior Marketing Manager for Fender, "We felt strongly that keeping the instrument simple was the way to go. Usually, the more functionality you add, the more complicated an instrument becomes, so we kept the VG Stratocaster pared down to the essentials, making it easy to pick up and play. After all, playing a Fender Strat shouldn't require the study of a phone-book-sized owner's manual".&lt;br /&gt;
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I think this is fair enough up to a point, but putting in the extra socket and offering USB editability, so that those who wanted to could set up their own custom tunings, would have made the instrument far more appealing to those who've already bought into the VG/GK concept, and it could easily have been arranged so that the casual user needn't deal with it. As it is, it is very much a case of 'you get what you're given'. On the other hand, I suppose there's an equally valid argument that says if you're into programming you should look towards Roland's VG88 or VG99 systems and fit a GK pickup on your own Strat (or buy a VG-ready Strat).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Sounds&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Comparing the modelled Strat sound with the natural Strat sound (from the conventional pickups), the model is slightly warmer, with a bit less of the characteristic Strat 'jangle', so it makes a useful alternative without straying too far from the familiar Strat tonality. The Telecaster sound is coloured slightly by the resonance of the tremolo springs, but the pickup sounds are modelled very plausibly, with a smooth-sounding neck pickup and a wonderfully brash, bright bridge pickup. When you switch to the Humbucker model, the sound you get is very similar to what you'd expect from a Strat fitted with two humbuckers, with the bridge pickup sounding not dissimilar to that of an HSS Fat Strat. Because the Roland GK pickup is magnetic, the dynamic response is very much in line with what you'd expect from conventional pickups. This also sidesteps the main weakness of the Line 6 Variax, which is that heavy-handed vibrato use can result in thumps being picked up by the bridge piezo transducers. Also, if you're into really serious vibrato abuse, piezo pickups tend to lose output when the strings go slack during dive bombing, whereas magnetic pickups such as those on the VG Strat keep on going.&lt;br /&gt;
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Turning to the acoustic sounds, there are three rather nice sounding 'conventional' acoustics, ranging from small to large body, plus a very bassy option that sounds to me like a miked steel-string, with all the top turned off for the top three strings, and a warm resonator sound on the bottom three strings (I couldn't find any details in the manual to describe what the individual acoustic models are based on so I've no idea what this one is supposed to be). There's also a very sweet-sounding resonator model. However, it is important that you play the acoustic sounds through a full-range amp such as an acoustic guitar combo or PA in order to reproduce the correct tonal balance. For recording, you can, of course, simply DI the acoustic sounds, but on stage some form of footswitch to allow you to redirect the signal to a different amplifier when playing the acoustic sounds would be pretty much essential. Line 6 include a switch and a remote powering system with their Variax, which makes a lot of sense but, again, Fender wanted to keep their VG Strat as simple to use as a conventional guitar, and they've certainly succeeded in that. The acoustic sounds are as good as any modelled acoustic sounds I've heard, and in a live band context they'd be pretty much indistinguishable from the real thing. Even played solo they're pretty impressive, and any tonal shortcomings are balanced by the lack of acoustic feedback problems. Turning up the Tone knob, as mentioned earlier, adds a little reverb, which takes away the DI'd dryness of the basic sound.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Alternate Tunings&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The 'open tunings' are achieved using pitch-shifting technology. Because of the way pitch-shifting works (by splicing and looping very short segments of audio), it rarely sounds entirely natural, but done well (as it is here) it gets close enough to fool the ear in most situations. This process always sounds smoothest on monophonic sounds, and the VG Strat benefits in this respect from the split-pickup system mentioned earlier. This also allows each string to be pitch-shifted by a different amount. In addition to the preset alternate tunings mentioned earlier, there's the 12-string model, which follows the tuning pattern for a real 12-string instrument (in that the bottom four string pairs are tuned in octaves, while the top two are in unison). This sonic illusion works very well, as it combines the unshifted sound with the doubled parts, resulting in a very plausible 12-string sound. The open tunings also sound pretty good, though if you pick the individual notes and really listen, you can occasionally spot a few pitch-shifting artifacts — but this is true of any such system, and in normal performance you'd be hard pushed to hear the 'trickery'. You do, however, have to play loudly enough so that you don't also hear the acoustic sound from the guitar strings as this can really confuse you, though this situation is really only likely to arise in the studio, where you're working at lower monitoring levels.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Practicalities&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The sound quality of the VG Strat is as good as from any guitar modelling system I've heard, and there's no denying its ease of use, but there are a few practical issues.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The battery life is something of an achilles heel: as there's no mains PSU option, this is something you have to think about very seriously. Of course, you have the fall-back option of switching to the regular pickups, but it would be worth investing in a set of eight good-quality NiMH batteries and a charger that can deal with four at once, so that you'll always have a spare set.&lt;br /&gt;
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Personally, I find the lack of a DIN output to drive my GR33 guitar synth rather limiting, and I'd like to be able to set up different tunings or more sophisticated guitar models — but then I'm more typical of a VG99 customer than a VG Strat customer. For the straight-ahead guitar player who simply wants a quality US Strat but needs the tonal flexibility to cover more electric sounds and a range of acoustic sounds, the VG Strat pretty much nails it. Those open-tuning options make perfect sense for anyone who wants to use any of the standard tunings on offer, because if you play a guitar with a floating vibrato, even retuning to a drop D is impractical, as all the other strings go sharp, due to the change in tension on the vibrato springs. Being able to switch to an alternate tuning for any of the guitar sounds is also very practical in comparison with the Variax, where you have to save the tuning as part of a patch, with the sound to which it relates.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Verdict&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The on-board electronics of the VG Strat add, in a very organic, intuitive way, to what is already a first-class, beautiful instrument. It isn't cheap, and it won't meet the needs of everyone interested in guitar modelling, or those who want the ability to drive a Roland guitar synth, but those users will probably go the VG99 route anyway. The practicalities discussed above are exactly that (practicalities) and are not insurmountable by any means. Ultimately, the VG Strat does exactly what its designers intended: it brings together a great guitar and a great guitar modelling system, in a very accessible way that won't scare off even the the most technology-shy guitarist&lt;/div&gt;
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