PlayStation 3 40GB Rock Band Package. Includes Playstation 3 40GB Console and Rock Band: Special Edition.

Get set for the amazing future of next-generation gaming -- a world where your imagination and reality collide in vivid realism. Stretch beyond the confines of your normal life and into an alternate reality so lifelike you'll feel as though you can reach out and touch it. Imagine living out your wildest sports fantasies by competing against the greatest professional athletes of all time who are brought to life in such extraordinary detail you can count the beads of sweat rolling off their foreheads. Or, step back in time and parachute into some of the most famous battles in history as you fight through breathtaking landscapes and tumultuous battlegrounds that will make your heart beat out of your chest. No matter where your path to excitement leads you, the PlayStation 3 will make your destination come alive. +PLUS+Rock Band: Special Edition. Rock Band allows gamers to perform music from the world's biggest rock artists with their friends as a virtual band using drum, bass/lead guitar and microphone peripherals, in addition to offering deep online connectivity. Built on deals with the world's biggest record labels and music publishers, the music featured in Rock Band spans all genres of rock and include many of the master recordings from the biggest songs and artists of all time.This Special Edition box includes the Rock Band game, a wireless Fender Stratocaster Rock Band guitar controller, a Rock Band drum set and a microphone -- everything you need to get in the game and rock out.
Customer Review: Why...?
So if a PS3 40GB is only $399 and a Rockband package is $170... by my calculations that comes to $569 plus tax. Why would anyone pay $649 for this? Aren't bundles supposed to save you money, not cost you more...?
Customer Review: What a rip off!!
Why would anyone buy this bundle?? These two items retail for $600, don't spend over $800 to get them together. The only reason this even got one star is because it wouldn't let me leave it at none.

How to change an electric guitar string must be one of the most common questions asked of any guitar teacher in the world. The thing is though, changing electric guitar strings has about as many different variations etc as there is kinds of music! Ive got a method that has suited me for years and provides great tuning stability-here it is, so enjoy!

Resources: These things are by no means necessary but they will make life a lot easier if you have them to hand-Long nosed pliers, Wire cutters, Electronic Guitar Tuner and Guitar string winder.

How to Change Electric Guitar String: Step 1

Begin to remove the strings one at a time. When changing electric guitar strings, its important to maintain the tension on the guitar neck at all times, so try to only remove and replace one string at a time. Its most common to begin with the high E string, but the low will be okay too. Unwind it using your string winder if you have one, and be sure that its getting looser as you turn-its very easy to turn them the wrong way by accident, so always double check. Something else to consider is that once loose, it is sometimes easier to cut the string with the wire cutters-this way you can remove the ball at the end and prevent tangling, although only do it when the string is very loose!

How To Change Electric Guitar String: Step 2

As the Stratocaster solidbody electric guitar style is just about the most common, well assume that thats whats being used when changing electric guitar string. Different guitars require only slight variations though, so dont worry! You need to push the wire end of the new string through the back of the guitar body so that it feeds through the bridge, and then pull it toward the headstock so we can begin to wind it onto the tuning peg.

How To Change Electric Guitar String: Step 3

Turn the machine head on the string we are changing until the hole points straight back down the neck of the guitar, toward the bridge. Now you want to thread the new string through the hole, and pull it nice and tight. An important point to remember when changing electric guitar strings is dont hurt yourself- strings can be sharp!

How To Change Electric Guitar String: Step 4

Now that weve pulled the string tight, you want to loosen it a little by feeding some back through the hole. Ideally somewhere between an inch or two is okay-youll get a feel for how much you want the more you do it. This slack is what we will use to wrap the string around the actual post, and you need to make a loop and wrap the string around the post in a clockwise direction (assuming a guitar where the tuning pegs are on the left like a strat-if they are on the right you would loop it counter-clockwise.

How To Change Electric Guitar String: Step 5

Now you need to pull the loop you just made so that its semi tight and the wire keeps its shape around the post, and cut off the excess string. When changing electric guitar strings the excess string waving around can be pretty dangerous, so its good to get rid of it as soon as you can. Use the wire cutters and take off anything you dont need-all but about 2 or 3 inches should cover it, although this is obviously down to personal preference.

How To Change Electric Guitar String: Step 6

Changing electric guitar strings always makes me wish I had three hands, especially this next part! You need to start winding the string, but to ensure perfect tuning stability you need to make sure that as you wind the peg, the remaining string gets wound underneath the loop we already put there. The best way to do this is to slide a couple of fingers under the string, then you can use those fingers and your thumb to guide the strings as your other hand turns the string winder. It sounds tricky but its not as tough as it sounds.

How to Change Electric Guitar String: Step 7

Once you have the string reasonably tight (note-dont attempt to tune it to pitch just yet, just concentrate on getting the other strings changed over) you can cut away the remainder of the excess string from the tuning peg. Cut as short as is practical, and use the pliers to bend any sharp points out of the way.

Now all you need to do is change the other five! Changing guitar strings can be tricky and a little irritating but its much easier if you have a guide to changing electric guitar string like this one!

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Fender Standard Stratocaster Guitar 3-Ply Back Plate White

Guitar Replacement Backplate. Made by Fender.

Fender offers an assortment of Stratocaster back plates for all of your replacement needs.

This back plate is 3-Ply and comes in a white finish.

Buying your first guitar is a big step for anybody, but even more for you if you intend to play seriously. Most youngsters get a guitar in their teens, and play around with it for while until the novelty wears off, and then get involved in something else such as the opposite sex, or sports or whatever.

However, a few, and perhaps you are among them, decide to take playing seriously, and for them their first guitar has more meaning. If you are simply purchasing any old guitar so that you have one, then you don't have to spend a lot of money to get a playable instrument. Most people will likely buy a cheap acoustic guitar unless they have enough money to buy an electric guitar and amplifier. However, the point is that if you are not intending to use your guitar as a serious musical instrument, then you need not pay too much for.

If you do, however, then you should pay as much as you can afford because you tend to get what you pay for with guitars. The better makes definitely sound better, so try to save up as much as possible before parting with your cash. You must also decide what kind of guitar you want to play. Is it going to be electric? If so will it be a bass, or specially strung and designed for rhythm or for lead? What kind of tone do you want: the classic electric guitar sound of a Stratocaster or a loosely stringed Gibson to provide a Jimi Hendrix type of sound?

Most people want to play lead, but you won't know if you are cut out for that until you start playing. Even if you are playing lead or rhythm, what kind of music are you involved in? A blues guitar is strung totally different to a rock guitar, and the pick-ups are also different. It can save you money if you know what type of music you want to play, but if not, then that is probably a refinement you won't have to worry about until you are an accomplished player.

If you prefer an acoustic guitar then there are several types available. There is the traditional Spanish guitar than can be used for Flamenco or classical guitar styles, which is stringed in nylon. You should never use steel strings on a classical guitar because you will damage the bridge and the soundboard. There are other acoustic styles suitable for steel strings. Acoustic guitars are suitable fro classical, folk and country music, and are also good for learning before going for an electric guitar. The problem with electric is that you also need an amplifier, so are limited in where you can practice.

In fact, the answer to most of these questions will be that you don't know! You just want a guitar to learn to play on, and in this case a relatively inexpensive acoustic guitar will do fine. You can get a playable instrument for under $100 that is good enough to learn on. You will mostly be working on chords and fingering at the start until you are reasonably competent at strumming along to a tune, and then you can start thinking about more advanced work such as riffs and picking out tunes.

Before buying your first guitar you might also want to check up on the top guitars within your price range. Many budget makes produce low cost copies of some of the great guitars such as the Squire Stratocaster or one on the many Les Paul clones. However, they will not sound like the originals so make sure that you play whatever you intend to buy before parting with your cash.

Nor should you be a shrinking violet when testing the instrument. It matters less if people laugh at your standard of play than if you buy a lemon totally unsuited to your needs simply because you played so quiet that not only could other customers not hear you but you couldn't hear yourself. Play your guitar at the proper volume so that you can hear its tone, and if you don't like it don't buy it. There is no point in buying a guitar you don't like and is going to put you off playing: you might as well buy nothing at all!

These are the main things to consider before buying your first guitar, and if you take all of that into account you should end up with instrument that can do the job you want it to do, while also being suitable for you to learn on. Keep in mind that there will be plenty of time to seek the perfect guitar once you are able to play it properly, and that for now a functional instrument that sounds OK will do you just fine.

Now that you have one, it's time to learn how to play the guitar! You should consider an online video lessons site, and the best one out there is http://www.jamplaynow.com Check out some of their free lessons and you'll see I'm serious!

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