My $10.00USD a set Gretsch Electromatic guitar strings arrived yesterday. I immediately installed the slighted rusted .11-.49 “Rhythm – N – Blues” gauges on my Gretsch G5120 — even though the factory installed strings were D’Addario EXL115. I wonder why Gretsch guitars don’t arrive installed with Gretsch stings? Is it because the Electromatic strings cost twice as much as D’Addario?
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If you have more than one guitar, you will, one day, need some basic tools to maintain your stringed instrument. In the Guitar universe, there is one granddaddy supplier of tools and other neat stuffs — and thy name is “Stew-Mac” — or “Stewart-MacDonald” if you want to be more formal. I purchased all these tools on my own, with my own money. Stew-Mac are not even aware this review is being written.
There are suckers born every minute, and the newly announced Guitar Sidekick is a device divined for a sucker purchase. For only $30.00USD, you too, can have this wildly unnecessary and ridiculous accessory for your guitar:
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There’s nothing more annoying than a vacillator writing reviews who cannot make up his mind. Dear and loyal reader Sean has rightly called me out on our Urban Semiotic blog for messing with him by changing my mind on what makes the best guitar strings gauge.
If you’ve been following this Boles Blues blog for any length of time, you’ve seen me do many guitar strings reviews with varying gauges and technologies. In my article — Why Can’t You Pick a Strings Gauge? — I endeavored to explain the madness of setting up my guitars with different strings sets.
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