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A cooler way to hang your hat and coat ! This rockin' guitar wall hook features amazing detailing and a whole lotta style. The perfect gift for your favorite " Guitar Hero" !Measures 10" H x 12" W x 1" D Guitars are made of painted wood with careful attention to detail, from the faux pearl tuning pegs and six fishing line strings to the miniature tremolo arm ("whammy bar"). The musical notes, staff and hooks are made of black painted metal Easy to hang with two attached "keyhole" openings on back (mounting hardware not included) Great for hanging hats, lightweight coats or clothing

Playing a musical instrument can be one of the most exciting things for anyone. It is not only satisfying but also lucrative as a career. Although each instrument has its own charm and significance, guitar seems to be one of the most popular choices of all time. For any guitar lover, it must be a treat to watch a person playing guitar and its tune and rhythm is simply overwhelming.

However, it takes a long time for a guitarist to master the art of playing guitar so well. If you ask any guitarist about their preference on the sound of guitars, their unequivocal answer would be electric guitar. Over the years, the popularity of electric guitars has gone up and so has their sale. Even though you have been playing acoustic guitar for some time now, you will need proper guidance while buying an electric guitar.

Take a look at the following points before you hit an electric guitar store:

Budget:

The prices of electric guitars would start from $300 and upward. If you have a shoe-string budget, chances are that you won`t find high-end guitars such as Guild Benedetto Signature Model or Paul Reed Smith Santana II. However, the good news is, due to the computer aided woodworking equipments, even low-end electric guitars sound almost as well as their high-end counterparts.

Types of Electric Guitar:

Electric Guitars can be found in different depending on their body. Most electric guitars are made up of solid wood such as Alder, Ash, Mahogany and Basswood. Semi-hollow instruments such as Gibson`s ES-335 are popular because of their thinness and lightweight. On the other hands, there are electric guitars such as Gretsch Black Falcon which a true hollow-body and f-holes allowing the user to tune the guitar to resonate sounds as well as the acoustic guitars do.

Types of Music:

Whether you would want to buy a Gibson ES-5 or Fender Telecaster depends purely on what music you play most of the time. For instance, if you belong to a country band, you should choose an electric guitar that produces cleaner and brighter twang. Hence, you can pick a Stratocaster or Fender Telecaster to do justice to your county band. On the other hand, go for the Paul Reed Smith McCarty Hollowbody II if you are playing music in a jazz setting.

Number of Pick-ups:

Usually, modern electric guitars can be found in two different pick-ups such as single coils and humbuckers. While single coils will sound brighter with a pronounced attack, humbuckers will produce a warmer and darker tone. Some electric guitars can also have mix pick-ups. Guitars having more pick-ups will produce more tonal variations.

Electronics:

All standard electric guitars have a basic set of pick-up selector switch, volume and tone controls. Instruments such as the Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster have an added feature which allows the player to adjust the warmer and flatter sound of the humbucker. There are also hybrid electric guitars such as synth guitar which are fitted with additional hardware for connecting them to a synth via a 13-pin RMC system. Electric guitar manufacturers are now putting more emphasis on guitars playability than their aesthetics.

Appearance:

The looks of electric guitars would vary greatly and it actually depends on you preference. Guitarists who are into death metal would hardly like a Fender Telecaster with a shell pink finish. Hence, now-a-days, electric guitar manufacturing companies produce guitars that are genre-specific.

Frets:

Many buyers do not care much about the frets; however, they are curial to the playability of electric guitars. For instance, electric guitars with smooth and playable neck will allow you to do hammer-on and pull-offs, bend notes, and deliver clean articulations at any positions of the neck. If the frets are tailored perfectly, the electric guitars will offer a superlative performance.

Roberto Sedycias works as IT consultant for PoloMercantil.

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If you love guitar playing and are on a look out for the best and most economical solution to guitar learning, then you can opt for Ben Edwards' Jamorama. Its primary objective is to enable guitar learners, (irrespective of their skills levels - beginner, intermediate or advanced level learners) to learn playing guitar through perfect ear training and reading guitar tablatures. This cutting-edge program uses such simple teaching methodology, that even an 8 year old kid with a true passion for guitars, can easily use, comprehend and apply the principles learnt through this program with utmost ease and comfort.

When you purchase "Jamorama: The "Ultimate Guitar Learning Kit", you will be entitled to receive several useful features and bonuses, that will enable you to play the guitar flawlessly. These features include -

1. E-books: You will receive 4 well-written downloadable e-books - one for beginner level learners, another one for intermediate level learners, a third book for advance level learners and the fourth one for all levels, which speaks about guitar tuning. These books provide coherent and complete information about guitar playing and contain several illustrations and photographs for easier understanding. The textual matter is punctuated with learning aids in the form of symbols that indicate that a play along Jam track or an audio or video example relevant to that part of the lesson is available to the learner for viewing and for easier understanding.

2. Video Lessons: You will receive 148 video lessons with audio-visual format to illustrate each lesson correctly. These video lessons and audio/video demonstrations are of reasonably good quality and are well produced. They provide split screens which simultaneously show the right hand and left hand finger movements, as well as other illustrations such as the fret board with guitar tablatures.

3. Jam Along Tracks: These audio files allow the learner to play along with a backup band, practicing some of the best guitar licks and small guitar songs. This adds a lot of spice and an element of fun while practicing.

In addition, the program also offers several useful bonuses such as -

4. Guitar Tuner Pro - It is a guitar tuning software. In fact, it is the best digital tuner available in the market to tune your instrument accurately. It provides a proper tone for each string of several different types of guitars.

5. Guitar Ear It - It is a software game that provides a fun-filled way to transcribe music in your mind and sharpen your musical ear. It helps you in recognizing the sound of a chord and chord progressions. It is really very effective in improving your chord recognition skills.

6. Jamorama Metronome - It is a digital metronome which provides you with a steady beat in order to help you improve your rhythm, tempo and timing while practicing.

7. Jayde Musica Pro - It is a guitar learning software in the form of a creative game which sharpens your music reading skills as well as teaches you to recognize and record each different pitch and musical note in your mind. You would soon be able to identify the way in which each single note is denoted.

The best part about this program is that it is very user friendly and can be easily used both with Macintosh as well as with Windows PCs. As a result, you will soon learn to play your favorite guitar licks and popular songs even if you are at a very early stage into your guitar training program.

Guitar enthusiast, Jason C Diggs, writes quality, non-biased reviews on the net's top instructional guitar programs. His highest rating goes to Learn and Master Guitar, a highly recognized, extensive DVD guitar course. He also offers over 30 FREE video guitar licks at his site.

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