Learning guitar and enjoy playing itnoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Sat, 4 Apr 2026 15:42:24 -0700Blogger http://www.blogger.com50125https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/en-usnoGuitar news and information of The Guitar Learner network noreply@blogger.comhttps://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2025/08/guthrie-govan-best-performance-as.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Thu, 7 Aug 2025 14:34:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-7717421828716284854this guy isn't human. He's the true manifestation of guitar strength https://youtube.com/shorts/ZNHUKZdD9rM 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2025/08/ibanez-digital-delay-dl5-soundtank.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Mon, 4 Aug 2025 14:24:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-360935328637861645Ibanez Digital Delay DL5 SoundTank Series Pedal: Vintage Delay on a Budget Check the Ibanez digital delay DL5  from the SoundTank Series — a vintage-style digital delay pedal offering clear echoes, simple controls, and budget-friendly tone for guitarists of all levels. 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2014/08/frankenstrat-just-beat-it.htmlBeat ItFrankenstrathappy birthdaymichael jacksonnoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-5851516334186848738 Such a great collaboration history made when the king of pop Michael Jackson meet Eddie van Halen in one stage and performed "Beat It". Yes, that song is legendary and Eddie van Halen was the guitarist who fill the guitar solo track for that song.and you know what? EVH and the frankenstrat guitar appeared on MJ concert. The frankenstrat has magic spells which brought guitar into new steps and 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2014/09/old-guitar-pickups-is-it-worth-sound.htmlpickupsnoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Sat, 16 Aug 2014 23:27:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-923426489671847511 This question is bothering me sometimes. I'm sort of a retro-music style fan and likely I'd like to have a set of vintage guitar equipments which i can bring them on stage and meet these days' standard live performances. Reason i have for this is Legendary songs were built in old times with that times' technology. Old Amps and cabs, old guitars, old pickups.(while I know nowadays the old 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2014/08/and-i-destroyed-my-guitar-pickups-fail.htmlfail guitar DIYnoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Sat, 16 Aug 2014 03:58:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-6103386396260963068 well, this is embarrassing. i read some pickups modification and had decided to do pickups wax potting. actually it was my fault. i just didn't get the thermometer and my wax was overheat. here i share you the pics: they are destroyed Fernandes pickups. the plastic shrunk and i totally fucked up this time. they are not in reversible shapes. but one thing that interested me. Fernandes 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2014/08/problem-solution-possibilites-for.htmlhum Pickupsnoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Thu, 14 Aug 2014 13:53:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-5331846400096475008 what makes me wonder is, how all virtuosos can be hum-free? i have an old 90's Fernandes guitar which has noise-pickups. it is HSS and still i couldn't find solution possibilities for this until couple hours ago. this is what i got so far in searching the hum problem for my guitar Fernandes FR-55. it's been over a year ago and finally i got the closest possible solution on this. at very first i0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2014/08/august-rush-no-robin-williams-i-meant.htmlaugust rushrobin williamsnoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Mon, 11 Aug 2014 23:31:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-1443832367817290952  this post is dedicated to my inspiration and my idol Robin Williams. what inspires me beside guitar are movies and actors. somehow the stage performance is related to film acting. every each of learning and guitar exercising are elements of our stage act. you need to read the scripts, practice them, and act them naturally as the story need. you will see some great virtuosos are similar 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2014/08/Fernandes-Sustainer-101-Sustainer-kit.html101electric guitarFernandes Sustainerself buildSustainer kitnoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Mon, 11 Aug 2014 04:29:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-4059118801696314435 Fernandes Sustainer 101 Sustainer kit Recently I installed the 101 sustainer kit by Fernandes in my self-build guitar made from an oak coffeetable. I've made another of these guitars and I wanted this one to be as close to the original only with an added sustainer pickup and circuit. However, I had to compromise on some things: The original features Ibanez V7 and V8 pickups with their RG0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2014/08/marshall-ms-2-checksound-on.htmlchecksoundMarshall MS-2soundcloudnoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Wed, 6 Aug 2014 14:14:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-6289934064079322050 For us guitarists, there are lot of ways in introduce our music to world. this time I'm using soundcloud instead of YouTube to share what really a Marshall MS-2 sounds like. i made a playlist about this, not too deep in details since this mini pocket amp (?) is simple gear for our needs in practicing our guitar learning. but this mini amp somehow satisfies me inside my room (this marshall ms-2 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2014/07/assembling-electric-guitar-neck-and-body.htmlAssemblingelectric guitarTelecasternoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Sat, 26 Jul 2014 11:48:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-6466420166650005913 yeah, i should put more details on the blog post title but actually i want to show you how easy assembling guitar can be. what i got here was a separated squier telecaster neck and pre-wired telecaster body. the only thing you need here is one screwdriver and you can put them into one piece of beautiful telecaster. Assembling an Electric Guitar - neck and body just put them together and, 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2014/06/steve-vai-sexy-june-six.htmlGuitaristssteve vainoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Fri, 6 Jun 2014 13:57:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-6003058160634919029 what i got for you in June is the sexy guitarist Mr. Steve Vai. I'm not the biggest fan of him, but his work put him between my notable guitarists top list with all my respect. born in June 6 1960, Steven Siro Vai began his guitar learning at the age of 13 and took guitar lesson from Joe Satriani in 1974. he met some notable virtuosos and musicians where those moments were his vital parts in 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2014/05/being-mr-v-guitarist-who-own-flying-v.htmlelectric guitarflying Vnoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Thu, 15 May 2014 12:31:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-9076293044549360969 Mr. V yes, first you gotta let me using that title, then I'll show you some dreams. who's the first? yes, Gibson is the first brand which launched the flying V guitar. it was in 1958, The  flying V guitar designs were meant to a futuristic image of Gibson brand. Lonnie Mack and Albert King were considered the first user of this guitar model. Dave Davies and Jimi Hendrix started using 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2014/04/guitar-synthesizer-or-digital-effects.htmlBossDigital Effects ProcessorGuitar SynthesizerRolandnoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Mon, 14 Apr 2014 03:36:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-3350318392273448105 what i got lately is the Roland GR 55 guitar synthesizer, the most popular guitar stuff on YouTube right now i guess. it has been almost 2 years i dreamed  about playing this guitar synthesizer, until now. It's like (one of) my dreams come true. i always imagine a wide range of guitar playing in  live performances, with this stuff, I'll manage somehow. connected via Roland GK-3 synth 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2014/04/you-love-me-and-i-love-u2.htmlsongu2noreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Sat, 5 Apr 2014 13:59:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-8961760569257332149 That's what I said when I was younger, when some (few) girls asked about love to me, or to the other guitar boys, i guess. Fewer girls loved to hear what i was saying, yes, but none of them wanted me to write down those words on love letters. if they did, they would have known that U2 is involved with everyone's music. you can love me already, but i love U2 first. (haha, what some wonderful 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2014/03/upload-guitar-playing-to-internet.htmlacousticsguitarsyamahanoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:34:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-8115823888509195549 this was my promise a year ago and this time, i will fulfill it. yes, uploading videos to YouTube. i have to admit, that saving money for this blog purposes isn't easy. but whatever. i just bought a camcorder yesterday and i think it is a great camcorder. what do you say if i bought a samson's ZOOM Q3HD for this? haha. yes, as expected, this camcorder represents the fulfillment of musicians' 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2014/01/direct-input-for-much-better-output.htmlbehringerDI boxradialnoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Wed, 29 Jan 2014 18:40:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-8567809109603230648 Have you ever consider using DI box for your live performances, or your recordings? what is EXACTLY a DI Box anyway? does it really a tool for better sound output? all these questions are being asked around here and there, but actually, for me, i can't hear the differences,at least, not with passive DI box. okay, so what's the point in this post anyway? well, i tried to read and summarized all 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2014/01/fun-in-basics-minor-chords.htmlMinor Chordsnoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Fri, 3 Jan 2014 18:39:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-1703168815644486440 Happy New Year 2014! yes, i congratulate all of guitarists who still fight for their music until today, i hope all of you stand still with me. Well, this post will be the continuation for my post: Fun in basic, Major Chords,  and now is about the minor chords on guitar. FYI: these minor chords follow the natural minor scales, so as you can see the A natural minor scale notes are A(1) - B(20https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2013/11/is-it-that-great-gretsch-sound.html125th anniversaryelectromatic pro jetG5236Gretschguitarsnoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:53:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-222211370177031760 Today is a cloudy day and i can't get bright picture of silver sparkle of my new guitar (but it's okay though, my old cellphone camera can handle this), oh yes it's a Gretsch guitar. The Gretsch G5236 electromatic pro jet 125th anniversary with silver sparkle finishing. It's a beautiful pre-owned guitar with nice deal, no scratch and made in China. here are bunch of pictures about it: Gretsch 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2013/11/fender-stratocaster-highway-one-is-it.htmlelectric guitarfenderguitarsHighway OneStratocasternoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Thu, 7 Nov 2013 19:29:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-1885146611192119747 last week i got lucky. my friend lent me his Fender Stratocaster Highway One and it was my valuable moment of learning guitar characteristic. stratocaster has my respect because of its tone originality and how many songs made with this guitar, also how far the guitar players has become legends with this guitar existence. you can easily find names, let's say yngwie malmsteen, richie sambora, eric0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2013/11/is-this-frankenstrat-bike-bothering-you.htmlbicycleEVHFrankenstratpaint finishschwinnnoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Fri, 1 Nov 2013 21:23:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-6560348535155797410 just few days ago i posted about EVH's Frankenstrat and today i found that one of my friend is Eddie's big fan (he's not a guitarist, he's a keyboardist). i never knew that until i saw him with his motorbike today. An EVH frankenstrat theme motorcycle and it's cute!. here I share its pic:  am I right or what? i saw a lot of people have similar ideas about getting inspired by their idols0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-standard-guitar-tuning-eadgbe-tuning.htmlChromatic TunerEADGBE tuningGuitar tuningopen stringTU-3tuner pedalnoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Wed, 23 Oct 2013 04:24:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-5824651750644555297 The standard Guitar tunings assign the string pitches as E, A, D, G, B, and high E to the open strings of guitars. By convention, the notes are ordered from lowest to highest. These particular pitches are used by the majority of guitarists. why? Standard Guitar tuning made our left hand moves easily to play scales and chords with simple fingering logic. is there the best way of tuning your 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2013/10/have-you-ever-been-through-never.htmlconcertmetallicathrillernoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Mon, 14 Oct 2013 13:01:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-6919417802027185656 Yes, Metallica will take you there. It's 2013 and it is the time for everyone to experience Through the Never with +Metallica . this super heavy-metal band had made a real existence to its fans throughout the world with this movie. What we will see is actually a thriller concert film, which is new for me. the movie title itself is from the song with the same title  "Through the Never" 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2013/10/still-halloween-and-even-scarier.htmlEddie Van HalenEVHFrankenstratguitarsHalloweennoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:05:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-6190091125889178682 while famous frankentele is Steve Morse's, the Frankenstrat is Eddie Van Halen's creation. The name itself comes from the combination of Frankenstein name and Stratocaster, a famous Fender guitar model. for your information it is a american national treasure, "Frankenstrat" copy can be found at Washington D.C.'s American History Museum. The Frankenstrat is Van Halen's effort in combining 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2013/10/its-halloween-and-it-is-franken-tele.htmlfrankenteleguitarsHalloweensteve morsenoreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Fri, 11 Oct 2013 01:28:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-6149753283952738937 you know what time it is and there's nothing more interesting than a Frankentele. as you knew that telecaster gained incredible fans all over the world because its sound and its simplicity. there are lots of people want to have their own telecaster based on their personal ideas. simply taking telecasters into new genre without disrespecting its history. it's an amazing story, seeing what 0https://theguitarlearner.blogspot.com/2013/09/marshall-ms-2-cute-little-hard-rock.htmlMarshallMicro AmpMS2noreply@blogger.com (guitar learner)Mon, 30 Sep 2013 02:49:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592596441114513356.post-8747378039449138440 This Marshall MS-2 sounds louder than you think. yes, it's a mini-amps product by +Marshall Amplification and you can have much fun with this. I bought this new and it's made by Marshall manufacture in Vietnam. Marshall Amplification is a British company, well-known as one of the best guitar amps builders. You may have the big ones, but for this Marshall MS2 Micro Amp , I'd say this is my 0