| Can women punch out hot licks and melodic riffs on a six stringed fretboard? |
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| On my latest guitar I've used some of the desert acacias, Myall for the bridge and fretboard, minnerichi for the binding. |
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| Kelvin's hands were so small they could only just reach around the fretboard of his guitar. |
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| The larger the radius, the larger the circle, and the flatter the fretboard will be. |
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| The guitar had a moulded plastic fretboard and friction pegs, and was of course completely untunable, let alone playable. |
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| Now you can learn and practice the guitar fretboard anywhere you take your mobile device. |
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| I don't know why, but I just didn't like the look of a dark brown rosewood fretboard with a pale wood headstock. |
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| Set yourself a date by when you will know every single note on the fretboard and play them naturally. |
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| The guitar fretboard on a classical guitar, however, is usually plain and lacks these markers. |
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| Pressing on the fretboard alters the length of the vibrating string, producing a new note. |
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| The mere repetition of a few chords or basic riffs while you struggled with the fretboard still had you quaking with excitement. |
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| So as you play songs you will become more familiar with the fretboard and how songs are built. |
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| Though Pinhas adopts the same, pure fuzzed tone and a liking for big slides up and down the fretboard, closer listening reveals a more personal aesthetic at work. |
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| It is made with rosewood on the fretboard and a hardtail bridge. |
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| All this from a man who can finger a fretboard like nobody's business. |
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| His dazzling guitar playing was a joy to behold, with a seemingly bottomless pit of effects pedals to work with and a guitar that had a flashing fretboard. |
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| My other 6-string has a very round neck, so while it sounds great for thick chords and rhythm, it's hard to do anything on the top part of the fretboard. |
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| There is a world of difference between the act of consciously playing a note somewhere on the fretboard for some logical reason and the act of singing that same note. |
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| And like them, he worked high on the fretboard, peeling off nimble riffs without ever uncrooking his arm. |
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| After two hours, I was still mesmerised watching his fingers fly around the fretboard. |
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| Most power chords are also played with a consistent finger arrangement that can be slid easily up and down the fretboard. |
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| Later a hugely extended version of Rocket Queen gave Slash a chance to show off his fretboard skills with a 15-minute solo section. |
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| The maple neck and rosewood fretboard enable fast rhythm and lead playing, while the sealed tuner gears and adjustable bridge keep your guitar in tune longer. |
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| Yet, considering his penchant for poetic language, perhaps it's no surprise that the young Chuck is prone to soothing his battered fists round the back of a fretboard. |
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| Taylor's long-serving right hand man Jim Root, meanwhile, is a master of the fretboard who, for long periods of a predictable yet potent set, played within himself. |
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