eMedia My Guitar Kit

eMedia My Guitar Kit Review

This kit, I bought as a Christmas gift to the family. The younger kids can't seem to get enough of it. I should have got two of these so there would be enough to go around. My older daughter has her own guitar and has been using this program in conjuction with the one that came with hers. I love how it's so kid freindly and shows every step how to play the guitar well. It's so easy for the kids to follow (even me) and they have so much fun doing it. I do have to re-tune it with every use, but I'm told by my guitar playing nephew that that's typical of nylon string guitars (half of the strings on this one are nylon strings, the other half are steel), but should get better with use. This one gets an A+ from me.

eMedia My Guitar Kit Feature

• 3/4"-size (34"), Sequoia acoustic nylon-string guitar
• Durable, nylon gig bag w/straps and pocket
• Extra set of strings
• eMedia My Guitar CD-ROM

eMedia My Guitar Kit Overview

size acoustic guitar fitted with nylon strings Narrow neck to accommodate smaller hands & fingers Animated fretboard Music speed can be adjusted with MIDI tracks Automatic tuner Metronome Chord dictionary Digital recorder My Guitar instructional CD-ROM with 60 lessons, authored & demonstrated by professional guitarist Kevin Garry, Ph.D. Includes gig bag, strap, guitar pick & extra set of strings

eMedia My Guitar Kit Specifications

The All-in-One eMedia My Guitar Kit: Perfect for Kids

Introducing the all-in-one eMedia My Guitar Kit. An ideal starter guitar kit for young budding musicians, ages 5 and up. The quality 3/4 size acoustic guitar is fitted with nylon strings, making it easier on little fingers. The neck has been narrowed to accommodate smaller hands and fingers. This kit is a great value--it comes with all the accessories needed to get started: a gig bag, strap, and guitar pick, plus an extra set of strings. What's more, it comes with a great teacher, the new eMedia My Guitar instructional CD-ROM for children.

	The award-winning eMedia My Guitar software is what sets this guitar kit apart from all others. In eMedia My Guitar, an animated character named Gary the Guitar leads kids through 60 lessons, authored and demonstrated by professional guitarist Kevin Garry, Ph.D. My Guitar teaches the basics, such as holding and tuning the guitar, playing chords and advances with songs to strumming techniques, rhythms and reading music.
	eMedia My Guitar teaches with the help of videos and live recorded songs.
	The Animated Fretboard shows kids where to put their fingers as the music plays, while the speed of music can be adjusted with MIDI tracks, so kids can learn at their own pace. The interactive games interspersed throughout the method make learning fun and easy. Valuable software accessories such as an automatic tuner, metronome, chord dictionary and digital recorder are all included. The eMedia My Guitar Kit is the perfect way to introduce children to playing guitar!

Reviews of eMedia's My Guitar CD-ROM

	EDITOR'S CHOICE 2008 "Easy-to-use and learn from" -- Warren Buckleitner, Children's Technology Review
	EDITOR'S CHOICE 2008 "Very well structured with a logical flow for maximum educational potential for children." -- Rev. James Fisher, The Toy Man
	AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2008 -- Rev. James Fisher, The Toy Man

The quality 3/4 size acoustic guitar is fitted with nylon strings, making it easier on little fingers.

NAPPA HONORS WINNER 2008
-- Parenthood.com

2008 PREFERRED CHOICE AWARD--Educational CD-ROM Music
-- Creative Child Magazine

"Terrific new introductory instructional CD for children... we didn't leave our seats until we completed every tutorial."
-- John Nemerovski, MyMac.com

"My Guitar is one of the best that this reviewer has seen in terms of commercial 'learn to play guitar' software packages... highly recommended."
-- Chad Criswell, MusicEdMagic.com

"Perfect for an introduction to guitar. I enjoyed this quick primer and definitely recommend the program."
-- Becky Berenbon, Cyber-Reviews.com

System Requirements:

Windows:
Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7
64 MB of free RAM, CD-ROM

Macintosh:
Mac OS X 10.3 or later (Intel OK)
64 MB of free RAM, CD-ROM

What's in the Box

3/4 size nylon-string acoustic guitar, gig bag, strap, guitar pick, strings, eMedia My Guitar instructional CD-ROM for children

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DC AURA Acoustic Electric Guitar

DC AURA Acoustic Electric Guitar Review

DC AURA Acoustic Electric Guitar Overview

The DC-AURA combines solid tone wood contruction with CF Martin's legendary attention to detail. Solid East Indian rosewood back and sides with solid Sitka spruce top. Solid black ebony fingerboard and bridge. Fishman Aura electronics onboard. ...

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Daisy Rock Tom Boy Guitar, Rosewood Fretboard, Wild Orchid

Daisy Rock Tom Boy Guitar, Rosewood Fretboard, Wild Orchid Review

Daisy Rock Tom Boy Guitar, Rosewood Fretboard, Wild Orchid Feature

• Bolt-on construction
• 24 3/4" scale
• Duncan designed alnico stacked single-coil
• Chrome hardware
• 22 medium fret

Daisy Rock Tom Boy Guitar, Rosewood Fretboard, Wild Orchid Overview

From Daisy Rock Guitars, the world's first company to make guitars designed especially for girls, comes the Tom Boy Guitar. Features a thin, lightweight agathis body and a 22-fret, 24 ¾ scale bolt-on, slim profile, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard and dot inlays. Includes boxed bridge with individual saddles and string thru body, Duncan designed alnico stacked single-coil (bridge) and Duncan designed alnico humbucker (neck) pickups, dual volume knobs, master tone, two 3-way tone-tap switches, and Grover tuners. All Daisy Rock guitars include a limited lifetime warranty and arrive set up and ready to play.

Daisy Rock Tom Boy Guitar, Rosewood Fretboard, Wild Orchid Specifications

About the Company
Tish Ciravolo, founder of Daisyrock, created this line of guitars and accessories due to her passion for making music, as well as her desire to "level the playing field" for female guitarists. The company offers a line of guitars and accessories to meet anyone's tastes. Her dream is that "every girl who wants to play guitar is welcomed and inspired to do so."

This original guitar is packed with features, including grover tuners, D'Addario strings, chrome hardware, and much more.

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Fender CD-60 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar, Sunburst

Fender CD-60 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar, Sunburst Review

At a buck under 0, this is a great bargain and a quality entry-level acoustic guitar. The finish is of very high quality and the sound is quite nice. The action is also better than one could hope for in a 9 guitar and the tuning pegs are excellent. It holds its tune very well, even with brand new strings (according to the Korg GA electronic tuner that I bought at the same time). An added bonus is the well made fake leather hard case that is also a bargain at the price. I'm sure more experienced guitarists could find fault and I'm sure a 00-plus guitar would be better made/sound better, but this is a great place to start. The sunburst finish is very nice. Amazon handled the transaction flawlessly also.

Fender CD-60 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar, Sunburst Feature

• Body Style Fender Style Dreadnought
• Top Laminated Spruce
• Back and Sides Laminated Mahogany

Fender CD-60 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar, Sunburst Overview

The CD-60 has all the features of more expensive models but more like a spruce top, mahogany back and sides, die-cast tuners and a hard-shell case included.

Body
Body Back : Laminated Nato Back
Body Binding : Black Body Binding
Body Depth : 3.94" (100mm) to 4.92" (125mm)
Body Shape : Dreadnought
Body Sides : Laminated Nato Sides
Body Top : Solid Spruce
Width at Heel : 2.25" (57mm)
Bracing : Scalloped X Bracing
Rosette : Multi-ABS Inlays on Soundhole Rosette
Hardware
Bridge : Sonokeling with Compensated Saddle
Bridge Pins : Black Bridge Pins w/ White Dots
Hardware : Chrome
Strap Buttons : Strap Button with Internal Block Reinforcement
String Nut : Synthetic Bone Nut
Tuning Machines : Die-Cast Tuners
Neck
Fingerboard : Sonokeling
Neck Material : Nato
Number of Frets : 20
Nut Width : 1.69? (43 mm)
Position Inlays : White Dot Position Inlays
Scale Length : 25.3" (643mm)
Truss Rods : Dual Action Truss Rod

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Aria AW-35CE Acoustic Cutaway Guitar with Electronics

Aria AW-35CE Acoustic Cutaway Guitar with Electronics Review

Aria AW-35CE Acoustic Cutaway Guitar with Electronics Feature

• Solid Sitka Spruce Top
• Mahogany back and sides
• Mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard
• Chrome Hardware
• Exceptional value

Aria AW-35CE Acoustic Cutaway Guitar with Electronics Overview

Aria's AW-35CE steel string acoustic has all of the same features as the AW-35, but also includes a cutaway body design, built-in pickup, 4-band EQ and auto tuner.

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Aria MM-10 Gypsy Jazz Acoustic Guitar

Aria MM-10 Gypsy Jazz Acoustic Guitar Review

Buying a guitar online without first playing it is sometimes viewed by many as being very risky. On the other hand, when a musician decides to purchase a guitar from a manufacturer that has been in the business for very many years, more often than not their products are first class.Strong competition from other guitar makers in respect of quality and affordability forces companies to pursue product excellence. Aria is such a company. I wish to congratulate Aria for a fine work of art and craftmanship in their Gypsy Jazz Guitar MM-10. I play mostly jazz and have owned, played and experimented with all kinds of acoustic guitars in search for a jazz tone, volumne, finger board playability and overall balance and projection.I have found these attributes in the Aria MM-10 Gypsy Jazz Acoustic. I examined the guitar very thoroughly when it was delivered to my home,and have found no manufacturer's defects.The action was just right out of the box. The guitar holds the tuning very well.I used this guitar in jam sessions with my friends who own expensive acoustics, but they could not drown me out when it comes to volumne. It is also great for finger style playing and feels like a nylon acoustic.It came with argentine strings. I am so impressed with this guitar that I am contemplating purchasing their parlor guitar model A19C-200S without even playing it first, if it is available at Amazon at a very affordable price.

You can't go wrong in purchasing the Aria MM-10 Gypsy Jazz Acoustic with such great craftmanship and affordability.

Stan Ruiz, Jazz guitarist & educator

Aria MM-10 Gypsy Jazz Acoustic Guitar Feature

• Solid Spruce Top
• D-style soundhole
• Semi-gloss finish
• Mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard
• Hip, gypsy guitar vibe

Aria MM-10 Gypsy Jazz Acoustic Guitar Overview

The Aria MM-10 Gypsy-style acoustic guitar offers an exotic playing experience. The unique D-shaped soundhole gives this great guitar amazing volume and clarity. This could be the new voice you have been looking for!

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Godin SD 22 Electric Guitar (Black Pearl RN)

Godin SD 22 Electric Guitar (Black Pearl RN) Review

I have been through a few guitars after I got back into playing several years ago. I got a Gibson Les Paul in a trade for an 74 MG Midget I had. I really liked it and actually bought another Gibson type guitar, an EPIPHONE Riveria P93, the head angles are the same. I saw the Jeff Beck at Ronnie Scotts and the Fender Strat he was playing. I had to try one so I got a Squire Affinity and really enjoyed the easy bending of notes. I was going to get a Fender Strat but saw an AD for Godin Guitars in PG Mag and read alot about them. I found this Godin SD22 on Amazon and the price was incredible, I bought it and have played nothing but it since. I want to get a GODIN Xtsa actually and spend a few more dollars. So that is my next purchase but for now I will be lovin thsi SD22.

Godin SD 22 Electric Guitar (Black Pearl RN) Feature

• Bolt-on rock maple neck with rosewood fingerboard and dot inlays
• Two Godin GS1 single-coils and GHB1 humbucker with five-way switch, tone, and volume
• Adjustable tremolo bridge and Graphteq Tusq nut
• Godin high-ratio sealed tuners
• Body constructed of silver leaf maple anchor and poplar sidepieces
• North American made
• Double-Action Truss Rod
• Canadian Hard Rock Maple Neck
• Ergo cut easy to play neck with wide tonal options

Godin SD 22 Electric Guitar (Black Pearl RN) Overview

Solid Body Electric Guitar

Godin SD 22 Electric Guitar (Black Pearl RN) Specifications

The SD 22 combines the easy feel of a short scale with the added snap of a rock maple neck. The short scale reduces string tension, which provides easy string bending and augments the low frequency response. The compact feel of the neck and the diagonal radius carved into the body produces exceptional balance and comfort. In short, this guitar is fun to play, and lends itself to classic rock and R&B sounds.

Maple and Poplar Body

The SD 22 is constructed with a blend of two tonewoods. A center of silver leaf maple serves as an anchor for the neck and is flanked by poplar sidepieces, resulting in Godin's stated goal of making electrics that begin with a great acoustic sound. Solid body instruments may not produce much in the way of volume, but make no mistake, wood weight and density, type (and quality) of the neck/body attachment, type of bridge and nut material all have an impact on that final sound.

One Godin GHB1 humbucker and two Godin GS1 single-coil pickups, along with a five-way switch for serious tonal options.

Godin high-ratio sealed tuners and Graphteq Tusq nut.

Rock Maple Neck With Rosewood Fingerboard

There are many grades of maple available out there. "Rock maple" is the term often used to describe a particularly hard variety of the wood that grows in colder climates. Rock maple necks produce excellent sustain, stability and feel, and pair up equally well with Rosewood and Maple fingerboards.

The SD 22's rosewood fingerboard further emphasizes the neck's mid-range, producing a more aggressive sound. The "22" stands for 22 frets, of course. The fingerboard features classic dot inlays.

Neck Fit/Pitch

The angle of the neck attachment--called pitch--has a huge impact on sound. A slight tilt forward will cause the guitar to sound boomy, a slight tilt backwards can make the guitar sound tinny. Equally important is the fit of the neck into the body. Godin guitars are renowned for tight-fitting neck attachments that support excellent neck/body energy transfer and precise neck pitch.

Godin Ergocut

Every Godin neck features an Ergocut shaping technique which bevels the edges of the fingerboard and frets back in towards the center of the fingerboard, providing an extremely comfortable worn-in feel.

Godin Pickups

The SD is loaded with one Godin GHB1 Humbucker and two Godin GS1 Single coil pickups, along with a five-way switch for maximum sonic power. The pickups share a volume and tone control.

Godin pickups are designed to be dynamic, responsive and transparent. Whether you play lightning fast country licks or big fat power chords, you'll appreciate the versatility of these pickups.

Graph Tech "Tusq" Nut

The precision Tusq nut is made with Graph Tech's "man made ivory," which couples the strings' vibrations to the neck and is impregnated with Teflon to improve the tuning performance of your guitar. Play as hard as you want, bend a few steps, and your strings glide back into tune. The highly resonant material also means you'll get crystal-clear, bell-like high end, big open lows, and an overall sustain increase.

SD 22 Specs

• Body: Contoured Silver Leaf Maple
• Neck: Rock Maple
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Frets: 22 Medium Nickel
• Fingerboard Radius: 12"
• Scale: 24 3/4"
• Top Nut: Tusq by Graphtech
• Nut Width: 1 11/16"
• Pickups: Two GS1 Single-Coils, One GHB1 Humbucker
• Controls: Five-Way Switch, Volume, Tone
• Finish: Black Pearl
• Tuners: Godin High Ratio Sealed Tuners

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