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The Ibanez GIO Series is an affordable guitar series produced by Hoshino Gakki (Ibanez), replacing the Cimar line. The GIO guitars are a “first step” model line, similar to Fender’s Squier guitars, and Gibson’s Epiphone line.

Used basses tend to range from $100 to $1500 and are often just as good, although pricing and selection will vary from one locale to another.

An acoustic guitar setup costs between $50 and $100, depending on the condition of the guitar and if new strings are included in the price. A setup involves checking and correcting intonation, neck relief, and action, and may also include fret polishing.

An eight-string guitar is a guitar with two more strings than the usual six, or one more than the Russian guitar’s seven. Eight-string guitars are less common than six- and seven-string guitars, but they are used by a few classical, jazz, and metal guitarists.

Even though Gary Moore used a very wide variety of guitars during the fiery course of his career, it is to the Fiesta Red ’61 Stratocaster that many of his fans return, again and again, as both an icon of his artistry on the instrument and a tonal touchstone.

In 1994, JJ Electronic started with the production of three types of tubes. Nowadays, JJ electronic offers an assortment of more than 40 types of vacuum tubes.

The balalaika (Russian: балала́йка, pronounced [bəɫɐˈɫajkə]) is a Russian stringed musical instrument with a characteristic triangular wooden, hollow body, fretted neck and three strings.

The viola caipira, often simply viola, (Portuguese for country guitar) is a Brazilian ten-string guitar with five courses of strings arranged in pairs.

Santa Claus, Indiana is a Christmas town you can go to and enjoy Christmas year round.