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The 12-string electric guitar has been around for well over 50 years, with the first commercially produced instrument appearing in 1954 courtesy of Stratosphere, a small company based in Springfield, Missouri. Danelectro was next to offer a standalone electric 12 some seven years later, in the typically oddball Bellzouki, but the concept really took off [...]

6-string or 12-string Acoustic guitar, which should you get? Both have pros and cons, and both are excellent instruments, depending on what you're looking to accomplish on guitar and how much you are willing to spend. In this article, we'll go over both guitars, which will hopefully help you make an educated decision on which [...]

Series Summary Music is one of the primary forms of communication on Earth. Whether the use of tones and melodies developed before, after, or in conjunction with spoken language is unknown; yet music is unique in that it helps us to talk to each other in ways that language cannot achieve. Western popular music of [...]

I know a lot of people like to number the strings of a twelve-string guitar from one (high E) to twelve, but I find it much easier to number them as a six-string guitar, that is one through six, adding the designation “a” or “b” to each string as well. “A” means closer to the [...]

Do you want to learn about guitar string notes? While it may seem difficult to the beginning guitar player, figuring out the notes on the guitar is easy when you have a note chart in hand. The Notes On The Strings On the guitar, there are six strings. Each of these six strings is a [...]

Although twelve string guitars are much less common than their six string counterparts, they can be a valuable addition to any guitarist's collection. Let's take a look at what 12 string guitars have to offer. What is a 12 string guitar? Although the exact ancestry of this type of guitar is unknown, it seems to [...]

Beginner Guitar Lesson #2 – Guitar String Names We have teamed up with our friend Nate Savage of the Beginner Guitar System to bring you a series of beginner guitar lesson that will help you get started fast. The second lesson is about learning the guitar string names. While there are only 6 strings you’d [...]

Series Summary Email Series Views: 35,337 Videos in Series: 16 Rating: Music is one of the primary forms of communication on Earth. Whether the use of tones and melodies developed before, after, or in conjunction with spoken language is unknown; yet music is unique in that it helps us to talk to each other in [...]