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Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is a world-renowned company involved in the manufacture of stringed instruments and amplifiers. It is a privately held company based in Scottsdale, Arizona and its most popular product line is the solid-body electric guitars including the Stratocaster and the Telecaster. The Fender Stratocaster, popularly known as Strat is a double-cutaway guitar and has an extended top horn for balance while standing. It was first launched in 1954 and is manufactured continuously till the present date. The Fender Telecaster also known as the Tele is another master piece from the house of Fender and is a dual-pickup solid body electric guitar. It is the oldest solid-body electric guitar of the world and has set new trends in electric guitar manufacturing and popular music. Fender has continuously been adding new and innovative models in these two ranges of electric guitars and the discussion ahead will provide you an overview of some of the recent entries.

The Fender Aerodyne Stratocaster is one of the top Fender electric guitars. It consists of 6 strings and a Basswood body material. The top and the neck material is Maple and the fingerboard is made of Rosewood. There are 22 frets included in the Stratocaster and the scale length is 648mm. Another popular model in the range of top Fender electric guitars is the Fender Custom Telecaster FMT HH. The 6-string guitar has a Mahogany body and set-in neck, while the top material is Maple. It has an HH pickup configuration and the scale length is 648 mm.

There are a lot of things that need to be taken into consideration while buying an electric guitar. An electric guitar is unlike the bass guitar which has only strings, as it also involves a synthesizer which plays a big role in determining the quality of music played by the guitarist. While picking up your very first electric guitar, there are a lot of things that need to be taken into consideration. The tremolo arms of the guitar are a big concern and so is its neck. Then there are the various types of electric guitars out of which the choice can be made. Some of them include the likes of solid body guitars, acoustic guitars, acoustic-electric guitars, seven string guitars, nine string guitars, double neck guitars and 3rd bridge guitars. All of them have the same functioning apart from slight variations which makes them unique in their own sense. These guitars produce good sound and it also depends on the guitarist and his way of handling them.

If one looks for a fixed bridge and an HH pickup configuration with length of 638mm, then the Gibson les Paul Studio would be the best choice to buy. The Danelectro dead On 67 would be a good choice in case the guitarist prefers to have one in which the material used on the fingerboard is rosewood and the number of frets are 21. The number of strings in this piece is 6. It’s also important to remember that cheap electric guitars don’t necessarily equal poorly made guitars. The Epiphone Dot (ES 335) would be a good electric guitar for those who prefer hollow body types and with the number of frets being 22 and the scale length being 628mm. Different guitars have different characteristics and the same goes in the cases of all the names that have been mentioned above. All these guitars are good in their own way and would make for good fist time electric guitars.

If you ever dreamt of mimicking any guitarist’s trademark sound, then this line 6 pocket pod is just the one for you. The pod pre-amplifier from line 6 may look quite small but it is surely a pocket size powerhouse and has much more classic rock sounds than any roadie’s collection. Though this pocket Pod may be quite similar to that of a standard guitar tuner, the fact is that this Pod acts like a digital pre-amplifier and thereby allows the user to easily mimic the effects pedals as well as the sounds of the classic amplifiers.

In order to sound just like a professional guitarist like Jimmy Page or Eric Clapton, all you need to do is just plug in your guitar and simply connect your Pocket Pod either to your Mac or to your amplifier and you are all set to rock. The Line 6 Pocket POD Guitar Multi-Effect Processor is a highly compressive and portable device and has an amazing user interface. It is battery powered and can be connected to any computer via a USB port. Wherever inspiration strikes, this Pocket Pod allows you to create mind blowing guitar tones, as it is equipped with 32 modern and classic pre-amp models in conjunction with sixteen cab models.

Pocket Pod is capable of allowing a wide variety of tonal characters as it comes equipped with sixteen professionally designed effect models. This compact and portable multi effects device weighs 6oz and measures 5 x 3.5 x 2 inches. Its intuitiveness and portability make it a must have for any home Mac musician.