Gary's Guitar Blog

As a kid I started to learn how to play the guitar, but like most kids I didn't finish the process. One reason was I wanted to play an electric guitar and I had an acoustic guitar (hey, I grew up in the Beatles rock-n-roll era...), but looking back that was just an excuse. I have decided this year (2008) to learn to play. I had been practicing on my wife's acoustic (yes, fingers really hurt at first...), but I now have a Fender Squier electric guitar with a Fender G-DEC 30 Guitar Digital Entertainment Center Standard amplifier (I really like my Fender G-Dec 30 amp, and I plan on purchasing a Fender Fender Stratocaster sometime in the future). This blog is going to help me chart my progress as I strive to be able to play my wife a song by New Year's Day 2009.

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Acoustic Guitars

Epiphone AJ-200S Acoustic Guitar Natural Chrome Hardware

A solid spruce top for a giveaway price!

The Epiphone AJ-200S Acoustic Guitar features a spruce top for superb tone and projection, a mahogany body and neck, rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays. Nicely appointed with gold hardware. A terrific second guitar you can fearlessly take on the road.

Fender CD60CE Dreadnought Acoustic-Electric Guitar Natural

Many features for the money.
The cutaway CD60CE is your guitar, with features including a spruce top, mahogany back and sides, die-cast tuners, Fishman mini-Q electronics and an included hard-shell case.
Fender CD60CE Dreadnought Acoustic-Electric Guitar Features: Model Name: CD-60CE, Model Number: 096-0605, Series: Classic Design Series, Body Style: Fender Style Dreadnought, Finish: Gloss (Polyurethane), Top: Laminated Spruce, Back and Sides: Laminated Mahogany, Neck: Nato, Fingerboard: Sonokeling, No. of Frets: 20, Bridge: Sonokeling with Urea Compensated Saddle, Machine Heads: Chrome (Die-Cast), Electronics: Fishman MiniQ Preamp with Volume and Tone Controls, Scale Length: 25.3" (643mm), Body Depth: 3.94", 100mm (Front) to 4.92" 125mm (Rear), Width at Nut: 1.69" (43mm), Width at Heel: 2.24" (57mm), Pickguard: Black, Fingerboard Inlays: White Dots, Logo: Gold Silkscreen, Binding: Black, Soundhole Rosette: Multi-ABS, Bridge and Endpins: Black, Strings: Fender 60L Phosphor Bronze, p/n 0730060003, Gauges .012 to .053, Accessories: Hardshell case (USA and Canada only)

Electric Guitars

Squier by Fender Black and Chrome Fat Strat Electric Guitar Black Rosewood Fretboard	A double deadly tone machine with rock star looks The Squier Black and Chrome Fat Strat is the ultimate fashion accessory in an electric guitar. This sleek, gloss black and chrome Stratocaster looks great under the lights. It's also an electric guitar that screams, thanks to a hot bridge humbucker, while 2 single-coils cover the traditional Strat sounds. Squier by Fender Black and Chrome Fat Strat Electric Guitar Features: Agathis body, Bolt-on maple neck, Rosewood fingerboard, Dot inlays, Medium-jumbo frets, Gloss black finish with matching headcap, Chrome pickguard and hardware

Fender Deluxe Roadhouse Stratocaster Electric Guitar Black	A classy Strat with superb tone The Fender Roadhouse offers a classic Strat configuration constructed with upgraded cosmetics and premium Texas Special pickups. An Ensenada-built version of the Roadhouse Stratocaster, this attractively priced picking machine features a brown shell pickguard, tinted maple neck, and Texas Special single coil pickups for sweet tone. Fender Deluxe Roadhouse Stratocaster Electric Guitar Features: Body: Alder, Neck: 1-Piece Tinted Maple, "C" Shape (Satin Urethane Finish), Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5" Radius (241mm), Frets: 21 Medium-Jumbo, Scale: Length 25.5" (648 mm), Width @ Nut: 1.650" (42 mm), Hardware: Chrome, Machine Heads: Fender/Ping Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines, Bridge: Vintage-Style, Synchronized Tremolo, Pickguard: 4-Ply Brown Shell, Pickups: 3 Texas Special Single-Coil Strat Pickups, and more...

Fender American Deluxe Fat Strat FMT Electric Guitar Amber Ebony	Fender craftsmanship at its best The Fender American Deluxe Fat Strat FMT is an absolutely stunning electric guitar. The American Deluxe is a beautifully crafted Strat topped by a 1/8" piece of solid flamed maple that is hand bent to the contoured top to create a perfect sonic and visual complement. The Fat Strat has S-1 switching together with a pair of new Samarium Cobalt Noiseless pickups plus a humbucker in an HSS configuration giving you a universe of tonal possibilities. The American Deluxe Fat Strat has an alder body, a maple C-shaped neck with ebony fretboard, medium-jumbo frets, and abalone dot inlays. The American Deluxe guitar includes a Fender hardshell case.

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Electric Guitar Starter Packages

Squier by Fender Stop Dreaming, Start Playing Affinity Strat HSS with G-DEC Junior Amp Metallic Red	A guitar pack with a band included! This Squier Stop Dreaming, Start Playing Guitar and Amp package includes a Squier Affinity Series Strat HSS and a G-DEC Junior Guitar Digital Entertainment Center, plus a strap, cable, gig bag, and picks. The Squier Affinity Series Strat HSS Electric Guitar combines 2 forward single-coils, bridge humbucker, and 5-way switching for incredible tonal range. Solid hardwood body, 21-fret rosewood fingerboard, die-cast chrome tuners, and standard fulcrum tremolo bridge. The Fender-designed G-DEC Junior Guitar Digital Entertainment Center features 15 watts, an 8" Special Design speaker, 16 amp types, 15 special effects presets, and 15 drum/bass/accompaniment loops. A MIDI connector allows streaming files from a computer and future software upgrades. 1/8" aux in allows jam-along capability with external CD or MP3 player, and the headphone jack doubles as line output to recording gear for further amplification.

Epiphone Les Paul Special II Player Pack Vintage Sunburst	Featuring the legendary Les Paul! What's so special about the Les Paul Special II Player Pack? The super-low price for starters, and that's not all. The Epiphone Les Paul Special II is made with a bolt-on mahogany neck, basswood body, smooth 22-fret rosewood fingerboard, dot inlays, and chrome hardware. This baby is every bit as handsome as its uptown cousins. Dual humbuckers—700T at the bridge, 650R at the neck—deliver long, singing sustain and true LP tones. This package also includes an Epiphone Studio 10 amplifier with 10W power through an 8" Electar Labs speaker; rugged gig bag; instructional video; super-accurate quartz tuner; plus a strap, cable, and picks to put it all together. Everything you need to get going!

Squier by Fender Stop Dreaming Start Playing SE Special Strat Pack With Squier SP-10 Amp Brown Sunburst	Turn your rock dreams into reality with this complete rig at an afforable price! This Squier Stop Dreaming, Start Playing guitar and amp package includes a Squier SE Special Strat and a SP-10 combo amp, plus an instrument cable, electronic tuner, instructional DVD, guitar stand, gig bag, and pick assortment. The Squier SE Special Strat Electric Guitar combines 3 single-coils and 5-way switching for great tonal range. It also has a solid agathis body with shell pickguard, 21-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot position inlays, die-cast chrome tuners, and standard fulcrum tremolo bridge. The Squier SP-10 amp controls include volume, treble, bass, and an overdrive on/off button that delivers tube-like tone. A headphone output allows silent practice. 10 watts drive a 6" speaker and the amp has a tough textured vinyl exterior.