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American Guitar Articles
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17 January 2007
14:13:44
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The Highlands They Are A-Changin'
There will be a few more American Guitars in the Highlands of Scotland soon, when Bob Dylan moves into his new Highland retreat at Nethybridge near Aviemore.
He is reported to have paid £2.2 million for his mansion, Aultmore, which lies in twenty-five acres of secluded wooded grounds in the shadow of the Cairngorm mountains. He bought it wi . . .
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| 15 January 2007
18:30:59
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PAF Humbuckers - ever wondered?
Since 1955 or so, Gibson have been fitting humbucker pick-ups to their guitars.
The reason they were invented was that the hum caused by feedback from other electrical sources, usually the amplifier, near the guitar, was picked up by the magnetic coils of the pick-up, causing a hum to be heard through the amplifier.
What the Gibson en . . .
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| 15 January 2007
18:15:50
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Pots - ever wondered?
Why do we call the volume and tone controls on an electric guitar pots?
They are round and sort of cylindrical in shape, a bit like a pot, but that is not the reason.
The working part of a pot consists of a fixed resistive track and a moveable contact. When the knob of the volume or tone control is turned, the contact moves round th . . .
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| 15 January 2007
18:04:31
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Gibson SG Guitars - ever wondered?
Ever wondered why Gibson SG guitars are called SG? Does SG have some deep and important meaning?
Well, it has a meaning, how deep it is we leave you to judge.
In the early 1960s sales of the Gibson Les Paul models were drifting towards the lower end of the graph and management thought they had better do something to make the guitars . . .
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| 15 January 2007
12:52:30
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The AXL Thin Amp
Amplifiers range from small, battery operated units which literally are made out of cigarette packets, to great heavy things which take two roadies to push around. Somewhere in between, you can find the Thin Amp.
This amp is about the same size as a notebook, or laptop, computer and comes with a case similar to a laptop carry case. It is e . . .
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| 15 January 2007
00:47:35
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Launch of americanguitars.co.uk
We are delighted to annouce the launch of our new guitar and guitarist website www.americanguitars.co.uk, an online resource specialising in information, help and advice, news and updates on American guitars for the musicians who play them.
Each category on our site helps with specific information for the guitarist, with something for the be . . .
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