Professional Grade Acoustic Flat Top Guitars For Flatpickers

An Introduction To The Elements of Fine "Flat Tops." I should start this off by naming what I mean by high end, when I talk about high end acoustic guitars, get your wallet out, I'm starting at about $1,500.00 new. It's true, you can get a great guitar for less, but you'll only get one at the level of quality which I shall discuss "used"-should you spend less. No worries there, used instruments are often broken in, and this increases the quality of their sound, and thus the enjoyment for the player. Second, just what on Earth is a flatpicker, and what is flatpicking? Simple, a flatpicker is someone who plays melodies on an acoustic guitar with a pick, plectrum, or whatever you wish to call it. Flatpicking, however, can be done...

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The Gibson J-45 Acoustic Guitar - An American Classic

A Beautiful Sunburst Gibson J-45 Gibson's J-45 is a historic guitar Since the 1930s the United States of America has been THE nation where the finest guitars were created on the planet Earth. The USA exports a lot of musical instruments, it's probably a hard fact most of them are guitars. Gibson guitars are equally famous and renowned across the world as are C.F. Martin & Company guitars, but Gibson also is famous for making electric guitars, and not just acoustic ones. Despite the political machinations of rogue tyrants who hate the populace and the economy of a nation, Obama is no match for Gibson guitars. Mr. Obama has nothing to offer us, Gibson guitars does. Gibson makes wonderful guitars,...

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Outlaw Music - The Grateful Dead

The Music of The Grateful Dead I've always loved the music of The Grateful Dead. I recall running around with my grandfather at a young age, and at the Canton, Texas flea market, First Monday, we'd happened into a booth where there were some musical instruments to look at, and things everywhere that had something about something called The Grateful Dead on it on everything. I had to ask someone what it was, and I was told that it was a rock and roll band. I have to admit that I was mostly a metal head at that early age. I saw those cool skulls and stuff, and thought that The Grateful Dead must be some kind of heavy metal band. I couldn't wait to hear my first Grateful Dead tune. Boy, was I ever disappointed! The Grateful Dead ...

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