2009 January : GEAR-MONSTERS

Stevie Ray Vaughan Playing Little Wing and Third Stone From the Sun

Here’s a video of Stevie Ray Vaughan playing Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing”, with a small bit of “Third Stone from the Sun” thrown in. I’ve said before that Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of my favorite guitar players. There’s just something about his playing that reaches me on an emotional level, and “Little Wing” is one of those songs that when Stevie plays it, I feel it as much as hear it.

(via Chris Jankowski)

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Baritone Guitars

Have you ever wondered what the difference was between a standard guitar and a baritone guitar? Premier Guitar has a pretty good write up about baritone guitars, written by Sweetwater Sales Engineer Art Hill.

In essence, it comes down to scale length. The scale length of a baritone guitar rests between a bass guitar and a standard guitar. As a result, baritone guitars often use heavier gauge strings and are tuned down lower than standard tuned guitars.

I was surprised to found out the diversity of artists that have used baritone guitars. Duane Eddy, George Harrison, John Lennon, Joe Perry, Johnny Cash, Dave Matthews, and Stevie Ray Vaughan all used baritone guitars at some point in their career, among many others.

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Guitar LlifeStyle

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