Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Fender ® CD - 100CE Acoustic Guitar


The CD100CE brings Fender quality to just about anybody. Delivering great playability, great sound and great looks, the CD100CE features the Fender-designed dreadnought cutaway shape with a spruce top, mahogany back and sides, scalloped bracing, 20-fret rosewood fingerboard, rosewood bridge with compensated saddle, chrome die-cast tuners, satin polyurethane finish and a Fender preamp with built-in tuner.

* Model Name: CD100CE
* Model Number: 096-1006-021
* Series: Classic Design Series
* Body Style: Fender® Style Dreadnought, Single Cutaway Acoustic / Electric
* Colors: (021) Natural
* Finish: Satin, (Polyurethane)
* Top: Laminated Spruce
* Bracing: Scalloped X Bracing
* Back and Sides: Laminated Mahogany
* Neck: Nato
* Fingerboard: Rosewood
* No. of Frets: 20
* Bridge: Rosewood with Compensated Saddle
* Machine Heads: Chrome, (Die-Cast)
* Electronics: Fender FTE3-TN Active On-Board Preamp which Features:
* Built In Chromatic Tuner,
* Volume,
* Bass,
* Mid,
* Treble
* Scale Length: 25.3" (643mm)
* Body Depth: 3.94" (100mm) to 4.92" (125mm)
* Width at Nut: 1.69" (43mm)
* Width at Heel: 2.24" (57mm)
* Unique Features: Dual Action Truss Rod,
* Dot Position Inlays,
* Black Pickguard,
* Black with White Dot Bridge Pins
* Strings: D'Addario® EXP-26 Phosphor Bronze, Gauges .011 to .052
* Accessories: None
* Introduced: 1/2006
* Notice: Product Prices, Features, Specifications and Availability Are Subject To
* Without Notice
Thanks Fender ®

C Major Scale

C Major Scale (C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C)
o -o-----o----
o -R-----o----
o ----o-------
o ----o--o----
o ----o--R----
o -o-----o----
1 2 3 4
------------------------------0-1-3--
------------------------0-1-3--------
--------------------0-2--------------
--------------0-2-3------------------
--------0-2-3------------------------
--0-1-3------------------------------

E -o-----o-----o-
B -R-----o-----o-
G ----o-----o----
D ----o--o-----o-
A ----o--R-----o-
E -o-----o-----o-
1 2 3 4 5
------------------------------1-3-5--
------------------------1-3-5--------
--------------------2-4--------------
--------------2-3-5------------------
--------2-3-5------------------------
--1-3-5------------------------------

E ----o-----o----
B ----o-----o--o-
G -o-----o--R----
D -o--o-----o----
A -o--R-----o----
E ----o-----o----
2 3 4 5 6
------------------------------3-5--
------------------------3-5-6------
------------------2-4-5------------
------------2-3-5------------------
------2-3-5------------------------
--3-5------------------------------

E -o-----o-----o-
B -o-----o--o----
G ----o--R-------
D -o-----o-----o-
A -R-----o-----o-
E -o-----o-----o-
3 4 5 6 7
------------------------------3-5-7--
------------------------3-5-6--------
--------------------4-5--------------
--------------3-5-7------------------
--------3-5-7------------------------
--3-5-7------------------------------

E ----o-----o--R-
B ----o--o-----o-
G -o--R-----o----
D ----o-----o----
A ----o-----o--o-
E ----o-----o--R-
4 5 6 7 8
------------------------------5-7-8--
------------------------5-6-8--------
------------------4-5-7--------------
--------------5-7--------------------
--------5-7-8------------------------
--5-7-8------------------------------

E -o-----o--R----
B -o--o-----o----
G -R-----o-------
D -o-----o-----o-
A -o-----o--o----
E -o-----o--R----
5 6 7 8 9
------------------------------5-7-8--
------------------------5-6-8--------
--------------------5-7--------------
--------------5-7-9------------------
--------5-7-8------------------------
--5-7-8------------------------------

E ----o--R-----o-
B -o-----o-----o-
G ----o-----o----
D ----o-----o--R-
A ----o--o-----o-
E ----o--R-----o-
6 7 8 9 10
----------------------------------7-8-10--
---------------------------6-8-10---------
-----------------------7-9----------------
----------------7-9-10--------------------
---------7-8-10---------------------------
--7-8-10----------------------------------

E -o--R-----o----
B ----o-----o----
G -o-----o--o----
D -o-----o--R----
A -o--o-----o----
E -o--R-----o----
7 8 9 10 11
-----------------------------------7-8-10--
------------------------------8-10---------
-----------------------7-9-10--------------
----------------7-9-10---------------------
---------7-8-10----------------------------
--7-8-10-----------------------------------

E -R-----o-----o-
B -o-----o-----o-
G ----o--o-------
D ----o--R-----o-
A -o-----o-----o-
E -R-----o-----o-
8 9 10 11 12
---------------------------------------8-10-12--
-------------------------------8-10-12----------
--------------------------9-10------------------
------------------9-10-12-----------------------
----------8-10-12-------------------------------
--8-10-12---------------------------------------

E ----o-----o--o-
B ----o-----o--R-
G -o--o-----o----
D -o--R-----o----
A ----o-----o----
E ----o-----o--o-
9 10 11 12 13
------------------------------------------10-12-13--
---------------------------------10-12-13-----------
-------------------------9-10-12--------------------
-----------------9-10-12----------------------------
-----------10-12------------------------------------
--10-12-13------------------------------------------

E -o-----o--o----
B -o-----o--R----
G -o-----o-------
D -R-----o-----o-
A -o-----o-----o-
E -o-----o--o----
10 11 12 13 14
--------------------------------------------10-12-13--
-----------------------------------10-12-13-----------
-----------------------------10-12--------------------
--------------------10-12-14--------------------------
-----------10-12-14-----------------------------------
--10-12-13--------------------------------------------

E ----o--o-----o-
B ----o--R-----o-
G ----o-----o----
D ----o-----o--o-
A ----o-----o--R-
E ----o--o-----o-
11 12 13 14 15
--------------------------------------------12-13-15--
-----------------------------------12-13-15-----------
-----------------------------12-14--------------------
--------------------12-14-15--------------------------
-----------12-14-15-----------------------------------
--12-13-15--------------------------------------------

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Harp Guitar Music Duane Noble Harp Guitar


I am extremely pleased to offer this brand new 2007 harp guitar by Washington luthier Duane Noble. Folks, the photos just can't do this instrument justice. Stunning and beautiful with amazing quilted mahogany back and sides (which I can only describe as "furry"), the quality and details are world class. This aesthetically pleasing instrument is one of my personal favorite contemporary designs within the growing harp guitar movement. It is a joy to play, ergonomic (how did I ever get along without an arm bevel?!), and lest I forget, it sounds wonderful!
Rich sustain with lots of overtones, yet beefy enough to handle any tuning and string gauges. With 14 frets to the body and a significant cutaway, there are way more high notes to be had than any vintage instrument.
Vaguely Knutsen-like, rather than Dyer-shaped, Duane's unique design dispels once and for all the headstock/arm bracket myth, enabling him to use Gotoh mini 18:1 tuners for easy, precise tuning on all 12 strings.
Duane builds with the perfect mix of woods, trim and decoration - bindings, rosettes, subtle inlay (the frets are marked on the side of the fingerboard where they should be) - resulting in lines, colors and textures that combine into musical instrument artistry.
Can you tell I love this harp guitar? True, I'm a player, not a salesman, so nothing but my-heart-on-my-sleeve at Harp Guitar Music!
P.S. Duane prices his instruments very competitively. Buy it before he gets wise.
- Gregg Miner, the "harp guitar pope"
You can see and hear this very instrument (though video quality is poor) on my NPR interview (click the "Listen" button).

Friday, May 7, 2010

Greenfield Guitars ® Brahms Guitar

Brahms Guitar

Commissioned by guitarist Paul Snyder, this instrument is inspired by the work of the great David Rubio, who crafted the original for concert player Paul Galbraith.

The Brahms Guitar is my model C1 married with the Novax fanned fret system and 2 extra strings. It is lattice braced, has an elevated fret board, negative neck angle and has an added low A to the outside on the bass side and a high A to the outside on the treble side.

The instrument has incredible clarity with perfect balance from string to string. A solid fundamental is supported by round, bell like highs and a delicate yet lush over-tone series.

It is simply a spectacular instrument.

Greenfield Guitars ® Model G4.2


Originally designed for Greenfield Guitars endorser, guitar contortionist and madman Don Alder, this is a G4 married with the Novax Fanned Fret™ fingerboard. Do you play in DADGAD and C [or lower] tunings? Do you tune down a half or even a whole step? This guitar will give you shivers! Lots of kick and clarity to the bass, exceptional intonation everywhere on the neck.

"This guitar has the clear, calm force of a norse god making a point about something."
-Jon Gomm
Scale length: 25" - 27"
Body length: 20 3/4"
Body width: Lower bout 17", Upper bout 12 3/4"
Body depth at lower bout: 4 5/8"
Overall length: 41 1/16"


To see stunning video of Don Alder playing his signature G4 on the Great Wall of China, click here.