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Guitar is 38 inches in length and come with Steel Strings. The guitar has Linden Binding and wood construction with geared tuning. Each guitar comes with an extra set of steel strings, pick, tuner, gig bag and strap. The Steel String Acoustic Guitar is perhaps the most versatile and common guitar type. The Steel String Acoustic Guitar has a loud, bright ringing tone that clearly projects to the listener. This type of guitar is the backbone of most country and bluegrass bands. It's perfect for backing a singer and its stylistic palette encompasses everything from New Age and Country Blues, to hot Bluegrass flatpicking, jazz fusion and "unplugged" rock. Tuning Pegs are made of Brass and Steel for easy tuning and to keep the tuned string held in position. ... Read more

Features

• Wood Frame
• Length 38"
• Steel Strings
• Linden Binding and wood construction with geared tuning
• Comes with an extra set of steel strings, pick, tuner, gig bag and strap

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10" Djembe featuring a hand carved Kalimantan design and goatskin heads with nylon rope tuning. ... Read more

Features

• Goatskin head
• Nylon rope tuning
• Individual traditional design; no two are exactly alike

Features

• Black metal cowbell: total height 7" (at the opening, the bell is 4" wide x 2.75" thick).
• Unlike traditional cowbells used on the farm, this instrument does not have a clapper inside.
• For a beater, use a triangle striker or drumstick (available separately).
• A nice sound, and a great value!

Reviews (2)

More cowbell!
In the immortal words of Christopher Walken: "I got a fever! And the only prescription... is MORE COWBELL!"

Fans of the popular Saturday Night Live skit will probably want to join the masses and start playing the cowbell, the musical instrument of the 21st century.

Best instrument ever!
Wow, what can I say?
I just received this awesome instrument as a birthday gift, and I'm extremely impressed.

Are you in a band with a song that seems lacking? Just lay down some cowbell and you're sure to soar to the top of the charts.

The cowbell is indeed what separates the mediocre musicians from the true stars. Don't believe me? Check out these songs that have featured the cowbell.

"Don't Fear The Reaper" - Blue Oyster Cult
"Honky Tonk Women" - The Rolling Stones
"Only Time Will Tell" - Asia
"Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry
"Crosseyed And Painless" - Talking Heads
"Slave To Love" - Bryan Ferry
"Funkytown" - Lipps, Inc.
"Drown" - Son Volt
"We're An American Band" - Grand Funk Railroad
"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
"Spinning Wheel" - Blood, Sweat and Tears
"Jungle Love" - The Steve Miller Band
"She's Crafty" - Beastie Boys
"Fly Me Courageous" - Drivin' N' Cryin'
"Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Coconut" - Harry Nilsson
"Evil Woman" - Electric Light Orchestra
"King Of Rock" - Run-D.M.C. "Shake Me" - Cinderella
"Fat Man In The Bathtub" - Little Feat "Unbelievable" - EMF
"Once In A Lifetime" - Talking Heads
"Some Like It Hot" - The Power Station
"Welcome To The Jungle" - Guns N' Roses
"Last Night" - Northern State


RIP Gene Frenkle ... Read more

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16-Pad MIDI Drum Controller for Itchy Trigger Fingers More DJâs, Hip Hop artists and electronic musicians are leaning towards software based setups to create beats and grooves due to the huge variety of sounds available as well as the limitless opportunities for mangling sounds that sofware offers. But most beat-makers feel that their most interesting patterns comes from banging out a rhythm on the edge of the desk or on their knees, which is much more intuitive than using a MIDI keyboard or the tiny finger pads on many drum machines. M-Audioâs Trigger Finger offers DJâs, Hip-Hop artists and drum programmers an easy-to-use dedicated drum pad controller, which offers larger pads than most drum machines. M-Audio Trigger Finger at a Glance: Dedicated MIDI drum control surface with 16 velocity and pressure sensitive pads. 8 assignable knobs, 4 assignable faders with pre-programmed maps16 MIDI Presets and editor/librarian software included.Powered via USB connection, fully Mac and PC compliant. Play Expressively with Velocity and Pressure Sensitive Pads M-Audio Trigger Fingerâs 16 "MPC" sized velocity and pressure sensitive pads contribute to the feel of triggering "real" drums and percussion, ensemble "blasts", and virtually any sample or loop requiring a more percussive method of playing. Or, for VJs, Trigger Finger can even control video projections - and applying pressure to the pads can generate any MIDI controller you wish. ... Read more

Features

• 16 velocity and pressure-sensitive pads / 8 assignable knobs / 4 assignable faders
• Pre-programmed maps for Live, Reason, GM Drum, XG Drum, and iDrum
• Velocity control including locked velocity mode
• Program/bank change capability
• Powered via USB connection or optional DC power supply

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The Oscar Schmidt autoharp is a fantastic instrument, the are options include 15 and 21 chord bar setups. ... Read more

Features

• BERKSHIRE MODEL - 15 chords (Bb, C, D, Eb, F, & G major; A7, C7, D7, E7, F7, G7; Am, Dm, Gm)
• Plays in keys of Bb, F, C, G, and D
• Body of laminated woods with sunburst satin finish
• Comes with tuning wrench, tuning tips & picks

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For the serious music, start things off right with this Yamaha keyboard. It's larger than most, important for professionals and valuable for aspiring musicians. Features 76 touch-sensitive keys; 100 built-in songs; digital effects such as harmony, reverb, and chorus for enhanced sound quality; separate woofers and tweeters; general MIDI and Yamaha XGlite for great sound; large backlit LCD; Flash ROM that stores up to 99 songs; Yamaha Education Suite IV; and much more. Imported. 6Hx16-1/4Wx46-1/2L". ... Read more

Features

• Separate woofers and tweeters deliver sounds with clarity and precision for more lifelike instrument voices
• General MIDI and Yamaha XGlite makes for great sound
• 76 touch-sensitive keys with 100 songs built-in
• Yamaha power adapter is included
• Enhances sound quality with sophisticated digital effects like Harmony, Reverb, and Chorus

Reviews (5)

Wonderful sound, nice features
This keyboard seems to fall near the low end of Yamaha's middle series of electronic keyboards, judging by price and features.But it has everything I was looking for: large number of voices (400+), great sound, 76 keys, MIDI capability, USB interface.It also has teaching/learning tools, sequencing, styles/rhythms etc., but I wasn't as interested in those.The sound that comes out of this machine is wonderful.Even just the basic grand piano sound is terrific, and all the other instruments are incredibly realistic.The touch-sensitive keys are also a nice feature, and you can hook up an external sustain pedal (not included).

The previous reviewer who blasted this machine for having a long boot-up time and hissy sound is just plain wrong.This thing switches on and is ready to play instantly, and I haven't heard any kind of hiss, even at full volume.

This package came with a power adapter, which you would think is a given, but apparently is not in this product segment.It also came with a CD-ROM with software and drivers for the computer, and a DVD with some training videos.We've watched a couple and they're very easy to follow.The keyboard seems reasonably well built, but is also very light weight for its size so it should be easy to move around.I bought the Z-lock stand to go along with this also through amazon and it's a good fit.My only complaints are that some of the controls (like the jog dial and some of the pushbuttons) have a somewhat mushy feel that makes me wonder how they will hold up over time, and there doesn't appear to be a way to secure the keyboard to a stand.The piano keys themselves have a nice, springy feel with a decent amount of resistance that makes it easy to modulate the touch-sensitive response.

Best piano sound for the price!
AWESOME!!!I was looking for a keyboard to learn how to play piano on.The quality of the Piano sound was the most important feature to me. This keyboard has a grand piano feature that allows the grand piano sound at a touch of a button.Excellent piano sound.There is a lot of great features on the keyboard including a large lcd screen, chord dictionnary ,lesson mode great voices, midi and pc compatible with a standard ubs cable...just read the features of this keyboard.......there is so much more..i compared it to a casio and the sound of yamaha is much better!!!

This is perfect for anyone who is just learning how to play or is advanced it does have 76 keys which is very good if you want to learn piano. It also looks great with the keyboard stand LW15 which was design for the DGX keyboards. i also recommand this stand since it securely attaches the keyboard to the stand for more stability.

This keyboard is for me...the best quality for the price

Positively Awful
So I wasn't going to write a review, because I was always taught that if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.But this stupid piano has just pushed me too far so I feel obliged to try to help other people and persuade them not to get this.

Well, to start off, I need to get this out of the way - it *does* sound nice.It has a variety of voices (none of which I use), and a few other neat features.

But any positive thing I can say about the piano is completely obscured by some very obvious problems.First problem is the biggest - every once in a while, maybe every 500 times you play a note, the volume comes out wrong - completely wrong.I play very softly, and I keep the volume low, but just once in a while, a note comes out at deafening volume - literally, quite louder than you could get by hitting the key with a hammer, loud enough to hurt your ears at make you jump in fact, as if the piano were suddenly at max volume, so it is clearly not that I accidently strike the key to hard - no matter how hard I strike a key afterwards, the volume doesn't come close to these random highs.It completely butchers the song and ruins my mood.

Second problem is that the speakers hiss occassionaly - not always, but once in a while.Same thing happens when I put in head phones - again, only once in a while, but enough to be irritating.

Next problems are more minor - "boot up" time - the piano takes 4-5 seconds to start up - if you hit the pedal in that time, the piano will act as if it is pressed for the rest of the time it is on - you have to turn it off and start over if you want the pedal to work regularly.I don't know if this is a "feature" or not - all I know is that it is extremely irritating to have to wait to play every time I sit down.

Last - keys don't have nearly enough resistance, doesn't feel like playing a real piano at all.

In conclusion - this shouldn't even be something you consider when you're shopping.It's not like this piano has some good features and is missing others - it's just a piece of junk that you will regret buying.I'm stuck with it because it's huge and would be way too expensive to ship back.The numerous problems I have suggest that this is not just one faulty unit, but rather that they all have these problems.This is extremely upsetting coming from Yamaha, whom I trusted.I'm a college student and don't exactly have disposable income, but I'm looking at plopping down another 500 dollars just to get a decent working piano because this one is almost unplayable.

Great piano, missing accessories.
I really enjoy this piano.It sounds almost real and it has over 100 voices.I got it at Costco and the manual, songbook and software cd were missing.I am done buying durable goods at Costco.I wonder what songs, voices, etc. I am missing?

SUPERB
EXCELLENT! Easy to use with SUPERB WONDERFUL SOUND.I would recommend YAMAHA DGX-205 to everyone who has a great interest in and love of Music. Easy computer set-up with the free software disks. Quick Start DVD Information Guide is a PLUS. It also came with FREE SPECIAL BONUS POWER ADAPTER.
You also can't beat FREE SHIPPING, NO TAX, and UNITED PARCEL SERVICE(UPS)STRONG PERSON who delivered it right to my FRONT DOOR (Fifth floor walk-up). Note: When I purchased this at AMAZON.COM 8/24/04, there were 3 in Stock. When I was browing at it again 8/27/04 there was 0 left(more on the way)in stock. I felt very lucky to have made the decison to make this Purchase for my family of 5 without hesitation. It was love at first glance.EXCELLENT! SUPERB! ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

The perfect six-string treat for beginners, Yamaha's EZ-EG guitar is part electric guitar, part portable keyboard, and all fun. Twelve lighted frets show hand position for chords, and three convenient play modes include strumming (practice for right hand-- chords change automatically), chord training (practice for left hand--no strumming required, just make chord changes), and full play (practice for both hands--it shows you chord changes while you strum and play chords).

The guitar comes with six real strings for strumming or finger-picking, nine sampled but realistic guitar tones and eight bass-guitar sounds, as well as sampled sounds for banjo, shamisen, and even piano. You can practice on three full programmed songs and 15 choice song riffs to learn.

MIDI In and Out let you integrate the instrument with keyboard controllers or your computer, and the guitar includes flash ROM so you can download more songs to learn. Controls include volume, tempo, balance, and capo, and you have the option of standard and open tunings.

There's a built-in speaker as well as a headphone jack for private or late-night playing (as well as for connecting with an amplifier; headphones and amp not included). The EZ-EG runs off the supplied PA3C power adapter or 6 AA batteries if you want to take it on the roadfor a practice tour.

What's in the Box
Guitar, power adapter, pick, strap, tremolo bar, UX-16 USB MIDI cable, and Yamaha PA3C power adapter. ... Read more

Features

• 3 built in songs, plus 15 songs riffs to learn
• 12 lighted frets show hand position for chords
• 3 play modes, including Strumming, Chord Training, and Full Play (using both hands - shows you chord changes while you strum and play chords)
• 6 strings for strumming or finger picking
• 9 realistic guitar sounds - 8 bass guitar sounds - plus banjo, shamisen, and piano

Reviews (3)

An exceptionally poor tool for learning to play guitar
I've an advanced classical and rock guitarist, having played for 15 years.I have taught guitar lessons before.

This toy is marketed as an instrument to help learn guitar.I'd like to explain why it is overall a poor instrument.I played it for a few hours in stores, so this review is based on my experience with it.

First of all, here's what the toy can help you do.It can teach you fingerings.That is, it can teach you what frets to articulate when playing chords and scales.Unfortunately, it only goes up to the twelth fret, which will limit your ability to play on a normal electric guitar, which typically has 22 or 24 frets.These extra frets mirror the first 12 at an octave higher, but they also are quite a bit smaller, so adjustment to them isn't instantaneous.Learning to play solos involves learning not to have trip over one's fingers in the crowded upper frets.The EZ-EG cannot help you with that.

Here's why the instrument is a poor instructional tool.Playing guitar, even at a beginning level, requires more than simply learning fret positions.Guitar is a highly nuanced instrument.To play well, you need to learn how to perform a variety of articulations, such as slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, taps, mutings, vibrato, and more.Most of these are simply impossible to play on this toy.Note: Such skills need to be learned at the same time one learns basic fingering.They go together.You will severely handicap your playing style if you learn to play on this toy alone.

Even worse, the most difficult part of articulation for beginners is learning to put one's fingers in the right spot near the frets.This toy has you press a button instead.Thus, if you were to learn on this and then switch to a real guitar, you very likely won't be able to play.Instead, you'll produce string buzz, because you won't know how to position your fingers.You need to learn how hard to press, at one angle to press, and where to press, in relation to the fret.This takes a while, but it is vital that correct articulation in reference to the frets is learned as soon as possible.If you learn to play on this toy alone, you will handicap yourself.

Thirdly, guitars have metal strings, often at high tensions, depending on what type of guitar you are playing.Beginners normally say that the strings make their fingers hurt.An important part of the learning process is to practice until one develops calluses, so that one can slide one's fingers on the strings all day without pain.Again, if you learn to play on this toy by itself, you will not be able to play a real guitar.

Fourth, the toy sounds bad, like a cheap Yamaha keyboard.For a guitarist like myself, it was fun to play the synth sounds in the store where I saw this, but they were of low quality.If you are looking for a guitar synth, buy a Roland synth and pick-up system.

Fifth, an additional part of learning the guitar is learning to care for the instrument.A beginner needs to learn to tune strings, perform adjustments to the bridge, neck, and nut, and so on.Beginners frequently break strings, since they pick too hard, and it's important for them to learn proper right hand technique in reference to real strings.Tuning is especially important, because it helps the beginner learn what is known as relative pitch.

Overall, then, learning to play using this toy in isolation is counterproductive.A beginner will learn bad technique that must be unlearned when she switches to a real instrument.

If you wish to buy it as a beginning guitarist, please make sure you purchase a real instrument at the same time, and practice primarily on that.I do not dispute that this toy can help you learn scales, but that's all it can do.By the way, there are real guitars with LED inlays that will teach you scales and chords, too, without having all of the potential for disaster this toy has.

For this purchase price of the EZ-EG, you could acquire a decent low-end electric guitar, string it with .08 gauge strings (which are quite easy to play), and be off to a good start.

great guitar alternative for medically challenged fingers
I was a professional guitar player for years, 20 years ago (closer to 30 years ago) and had to give it up due to insulin dependent diabetes.The damage of 4-5 times a day of finger sticks to test blood sugars and the infections caused by the callouses of many daily hours of playing were just too great for my body to overcome.I haven't been able to play guitar since.

I found this guitar while shopping at a Sharper Image store and was instantly hooked.It doesn't create any pressure on my fingers at all, because the electronic keypads only require a very light touch.It does not have the feel of a real guitar and can't begin to pick up the nuances of play from real strings, but if you are unable to play a regular guitar for whatever reason, it's a great alternative.

The guitar does go momentarily slightly out of tune every time a new chord is played, but it only lasts 1 or 2 seconds and unless you are acutely aware of tone values, probably won't notice the difference, it self tunes immediately.It is easier to pick out songs than a regular guitar because the steel pickup doesn't vibrate the way a regular string will, hence your picking can be both truer and faster than with a regular guitar and no buzzing of strings either.

For a beginner, I can see this as having a fast learning curve, but will probably create some problems with transferring onto a regular guitar because as long as you hit the correct frets, it will give you true sound, which on a regular guitar will never happen unless the correct amount of pressure and the correct fingering is taking place.

I don't know how durable this instrument will be long term but I am currently deeply in love (again).

fun toy for beginners
This is definitely one big toy. But I am having a blast with it so far (it is day 3). I tried to start with a real electric guitar but that was too overwhelming. I have some knowledge of chords but little innate talent. So a tutorial guitar is just what I need to have fun and practice the basics. This is not a substitute for lessons though. You will only learn some rhythm guitar from the midi stuff. Also, you have to let go of any feeling of not liking the midi sound. Still, if you don't have a band, it's nice to strum along to something. I figure if I can learn all of the chords changes programmed into the guitar, I will have a decent background for picking out my favorite tunes. So in sum, the drawbacks are you can't slide down the neck because of the keys, you won't learn any picking from the tutorials and while you get 10 free midi songs from the website, the rest are priced around $6 a shot. Also the tremolo attachment impedes any sort of flashy follow through action with your right hand (but the tremolo comes off easily). I almost forgot to mention that I had a lot of difficulty getting the software to work from the url given in the packaging. After many error messages, I ended up searching for a windows xp update for both the midi usb driver and "song filer" the program used by yamaha to download songs onto your guitar. Even though I can't read Japanese, I went to a Japanese site and bless 'em cuz everything worked like a charm! The strong points are the many sounds you can choose from including 12-string (even though there are only 6 strings), overdrive and distortion. You can just play your own thing or practice one of the programmed selections. The electronic capo is really cool and the tempo adjuster is helpful. I haven't tried alternate tuning yet. But I'm sure it will be fun once I get the hang of it. I will try to write more after more time has passed. All in all, I'd recommend this for someone who isn't ready for the real thing yet and likes electronic gadgets. ... Read more

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Create three distinct sounds by placing fingers over the side chamber holes in various combinations. Constructed of high strength plastic. ... Read more

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The Idol Series was the Winner of the Guitar Player magazine EDITORS CHOICE Award as one of the best electric solid body guitars under $1,000. Now it is available in a BARITONE VERSION.It reaches the low end range of a 7 string using only 6 strings.This guitar smokes with all of Washburn's top features... Buzz Feiten Tuning System, Voice Contour Control, Jumbo Frets, set neck, and 18:1 Grover tuners. ... Read more

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Get those classic country, Hawaiian, and blues tones with this highly affordable lap steel. It features a hardwood body and neck with position markers, a single coil pickup, volume and tone controls, chrome hardware, and a stainless steel pickguard. ... Read more

Features

• Produces classic country, Hawaiian, and blues tones
• Hardwood body
• Hardwood neck with position markers
• Single-coil pickup
• Volume and tone controls

Reviews (2)

Artisan EA-1 Electric Lap Steel.....great deal!
This guitar was delivered yesterday. Aside from the obvious things mentioned in many reviews, namely the placement of the cord jack is ridiculous, and the wooden nut will need a replacement at some point, this thing is fantastic. The strings that came on it, were way too light for the guitar. There was some buzzing because of this. I put on a heavier electric set (12,16,24,32,44,54) and no more buzz. I might go heavier next time. I tried a riser nut, but ended up happier with the wooden one that came on the guitar. The finish isn't perfect, but fine for the price. The tuners are decent. The electronics work good and sound great! Playing with effects a little, this lap steel can sound somewhat "hollow" acoustic with certain EQing, classic bluesy, or power chord worthy with more distortion and effects. Whatever shortcomings there are, are more than made up for by the price. And a nice gig bag came with it too.
Bob P.

Unbelievable!?Well, almost...
I saw the listing for this on Musician's friend, and I had to get it.For years I'd been using the pitch bend wheel on a Casio keyboard to add weepy slide effects to recordings, so this was my first chance to experience the real thing.

As you might expect, there are a number of problem areas with a $60 lap steel.First of all, the jack is on the wrong side of the instrument, meaning you'll have to get a cable with a 90 degree angled jack to use it at all.Secondly, on my guitar, there is a great deal of string buzz on the 2nd and 3rd strings.I'm not sure if its the inadequately filed nut, or the generic strat-style saddles that are to blame for this.The single coil pickup does indeed hum quite a bit even at low volume.However, I still get hours of enjoyment out of this thing, despite never having played one before.

You can get a traditional dobro/lap steel tone bar or you can experiment with various objects.I had some good luck with a ceramic coffee mug handle.It sounds good with clean amplification or with effects.The most surprising thing to me was easy it was to get a handle on the basic slide technique.I'll probably never be a great lap steel player, but I can amuse myself for hours nonetheless.

For the price of a cheap pedal, you can add an entirely new sound to your repertoire.Go ahead and pick one of these things up.Its a can't miss proposition for under $70. ... Read more

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Each package includes 1 Yamaha Bubble Gum Pink translucent 3-piece soprano recorder (with Baroque-English fingering) and 1 copy of the Do It! Play Recorder! book and CD. Do It Play Recorder is a fine method book with a theme & variations format that allows students to progress at their own pace; many musical styles are included. The included CD is great for home practice. A great way to save on your favorite recorder and a new method book! This recorder does not come with a cleaning rod - we recommend purchasing a separate cleaning rod, since the recorder is really translucent and you will want to keep it very clean. ... Read more

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Guitar is 38 inches in length and come with Steel Strings. The guitar has Linden Binding and wood construction with geared tuning. Each guitar comes with an extra set of steel strings, pick, tuner, gig bag and strap. The Steel String Acoustic Guitar is perhaps the most versatile and common guitar type. The Steel String Acoustic Guitar has a loud, bright ringing tone that clearly projects to the listener. This type of guitar is the backbone of most country and bluegrass bands. It's perfect for backing a singer and its stylistic palette encompasses everything from New Age and Country Blues, to hot Bluegrass flatpicking, jazz fusion and "unplugged" rock. Tuning Pegs are made of Brass and Steel for easy tuning and to keep the tuned string held in position. ... Read more

Features

• Wood Frame
• Length 38"
• Steel Strings
• Linden Binding and wood construction with geared tuning
• Comes with an extra set of steel strings, pick, tuner, gig bag and strap

Product Description

Kit includes everything the aspiring piper needs to get started; hard case, instruction book, cassette, reeds, seasoning, hemp spool, stoppers, extra full reed sets, and full size, rosewood Highland bagpipes. The ideal starting package! ... Read more

Features

• Full size bagpipe made of rosewood.

Product Description

Electric guitar with gig bag, strap, pitchpipe, extra strings, picks, everything you need to get started playing the electric guitar. Features chrome hardware. Imported. Total Dimensions: 42-3/4Hx16Wx4-1/2D". Weight: 12 lbs. ... Read more

Features

• Tremolo bar and chrome hardware
• Starter kit for the aspiring guitarist
• Includes practice amplifier, padded gig bag, and guitar cable
• Maple neck and rosewood fingerboard
• 2 single-coil pickups, 1 humbucking pickup, 5-position pickup switch

Reviews (21)

Yamaha quality
Yamaha once again prove to the leader in making high quality beginner instruments from stringed instruments to wind instruments. This basswood strat-style guitar offers the player humbucking pickups and single-coil pickups for awide array of sounds AND a free-floating tremelo. The neck offers adjustments at the headstock which makes set-up much easier for more efficient playing. Hardware is what you would expect for a beginner instrument, but the beauty here is once this guitar has outlived its initial usefulness, the once-beginning guitarist may overhaul it completly to make it satisfy the new needs of an intermediate shredder. Basswood is a high quality tonewood and the bolt-on neck option makes it possible to give new life to this beast for just a couple-hundred dollars should the beginner wear out the original neck. The tremelo will only last for several yaers depending on playing time and wear and tear, but alas, this can be replaced with a professional quality trem. My 1985 equivilent Yamaha SE250 has recently been overhauled to a tight little shredding unit complete with Wilkerson trem. A $100 Carvin neck made this little number fly again and fly high, too boot. The amp just sucks however, but it gets the job done initially. If you're a parent, get used to spending money for your child's instruments. If you find yourself spending more every few years, more than likely your kid is improving and one day will thank you whole-heartily for supporting one of the most satisfying abilities one can ever learn. How to play an instrument. If you're a working adult with a knowledge of guitar instruments and wish to learn guitar, suck it up and spend at least $300 on a guitar only and buy an amp seperately. For junior just starting out, this is the way to go.

yamaha makes superior music instruments
i have an acoustic as well as an electric guitar. when i was a teenager and i could not afford to buy my own guitar, i used played with fenders and ibanez and washburns and gibsons and starocasters, nothing really compares to a yamaha. yamaha is the best there ever is. now that i could afford to buy anything, i will only give the best to my sons, yamaha pianos, drums, of course guitars.

Yamaha is SOLID
I've had this guitar for over a year and it has served me well, except for the input jack plate(plastic) which easily broke off after setting it down on a hardwood floor. I highly recommend the first mod you make to this guitar, if you want to call it that, is to replace the factory input jack plate(note, just the plastic outside plate, but you can replace the jack itself if desired) so that you won't have the same problem as me, I find myself soldering the wires to the input jack just because I didn't do this before I snapped the wiring. Getting back to the review, the guitar is awesome, very solid and comparable to a stratocaster. This EG112 Yamaha guitar blows the Fender SQUIRE out of the water, with much faster action, and two screamin pickups, one being a humbucker which you can easily switch between to get that echoes jimmy page sound or crunchy jimi hendrix sound. Granted, you will need pedals to assist you and perhaps a decent amp. But actually I like this amp, it makes a GREAT PRACTICE AMP, but will not get any louder than your average hardheaded drummer. It gets decent distortion, and does the trick for practicing and showing your friends a cool new riff. The only trouble I had with mine was a blown fuse, which was an easy 5 minute fix, it's a little smaller than a car fuse so you might have to go to osh to find one or rummage through your garage, like I did. But overall, this guitar should last you as long as you want it to. I don't take very good care of mine, and it's still in perfect working order after a year and a half of abuse, knock on wood. In order to keep the neck straight, buy a guitar stand for 15$, this is a must, don't lean it against your wall. Most importantly, have fun, and I've gotten nothing but praise for this 200$ gem from all kinds of guitar players, I paid 100$ with the amp open box so go figure). My best advise is to play it at the store and see what you think. If you don't like it email me at jcsilva1606@gmail.com
Rock on

Very good strong guitar.
I bought one of these thinking it would be a peice of junk. But it is very sturdy and it sounds good. the best part is it comes with evrything you need. picks, Amp,extra strings,Quik-Tuner,Wammy Bar,case,cable,shoulder strap. this guitar rocks. but if you want a louder amp you may want to upgrade but it still sounds really good. and it stays in tune for ever.
i recommend this guitar for begginers and advanced. but the price here is a bit high. but if you go to Sportsmensguide.com you can get it for 50 bucks cheaper.

High Quality & Great Value
I recieved this guitar package as a Christmas gift only a few days ago.I was very impressed, as it had everything that I needed to begin with.This package included the EG112 guitar, guitar strap, 7 watt amp, a gig bag, guitar stand, Yamaha guitar method book, extra strings, digital tuner, guitar pics, string winder, and a bar.My first time to play a guitar was on Christmas day.I have had the guitar four days, and I have already learned to play "Ode to Joy" and am working on "Yankee Doodle."The method book is very easy to understand.I have a friend who is an experienced guitar player, and he played it the day that I recieved it.He was highly impressed, and said that it was the best learner guitar that he had ever seen.In my opinion, the guitar sounds and looks great!I am very pleased.The price is highly economical.I have seen many other beginner packs selling for more than $300.It is also manufactured by Yamaha, which is a very trusted brand.If you are considering the purchase of a guitar, I strongly recommend choosing the EG112. ... Read more

Features

• Multi-colored plastic 3-tone train whistle, with a realistic locomotive whistle sound.
• Removable mouthpiece makes for easy cleaning.
• Approximately 9" long.
• For ages 3 and up.

Product Description

Wooden tambourine with non-tunable organic skin head for the budget-conscious percussionist. The skin head allows percussive taps and thumb rolls; double-row jingles produce thicker, louder textures than single-row jingles. Very lightweight. Excellent for children, beginners, and school use. 2 sizes: 8" with 12 pairs of jingles, and 10" with 16 pairs of jingles. ... Read more

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Lightweight USB Keyboard with 37 Mini Keys ... Read more

Features

• This compact 37-note mini keyboard comes with music software and games that make learning a breeze for all ages
• Installation is just as easy, simply plug eKeys into any USB computer
• The class-compliant design works immediately with Windows XP and Mac OS X, and installing the included drivers for other operating systems is a snap
• Learn to play the piano, create your own compositions, mix using the included library of professionally recorded samples, eKeys does it all

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Internationally recognized by performers for its beauty and simplicity, this is the most favored and famous harmonica in the world. The 1896 features finely chrome-plated heavy convex covers and a distinctive pearwood comb, packaged in a plastic hinged case with U.S. Marine Band photo. ... Read more

Features

• Specifications:
• 10 single holes, 20 reeds, length: 4
• Keys:
• Regular Tuning: G, Ab, A, Bb, C,C3, D, Eb, E, F, F#

Reviews (1)

Good Harmonica...but
I love the sound I can get from the old MB but my biggest problem is that it isn't the most durable for a long time of play.For one thing it isn't made to be taken apart to be cleaned.If you get too gunked up or get a stuck reed you are basically out of luck.Also, the wood comb isn't the most air tight comb out there.For my money the Hohner Special 20 is a better buy.It's about $5-10 more depending where you look but being able to take it apart will allow you to enjoy it longer. ... Read more

Product Description

It was some time during the Tang and Sung Dynasty when the vertically-played instruments were categorized as xiao and those horizontally-played as dizi. Made bound bamboo. Produces a very bright sound. ... Read more