First Post

Hi, my name is Chase. Because the rules of this assignment have been changed from writing about whatever you want, to writing about a specific website, I had to find some way else to ramble on about guitars.
So, I picked this website, ultimate guitar, although it also deals with bass. For someone who is interested in music, even without playing guitar, this is an amazing site. Although it caters to fans of all styles of music, from pop-punk acts like Fall Out Boy, to smooth jazz like Wes Montgomery, it leans towards heavier bands, like Behemoth and Necrophagist. It has music news, exclusive interviews, reviews of cds, guitars, and amps, all on the first page. Also, it has an extensive series of forums filled with helpful and knowledgeable people. Users of the website can post reviews, post in the forums, and add tabs, which are an easier way to read guitar music than traditional sheet music. Here is a small part of a review that a user put up on my guitar, an Ibanez Xiphos.

Many metal guitarists, as me, have always loved the Ibanez-guitars. It is the fast playability it has, their flat fretboards and of course their loving double-locking tremolos. As Ibanez wanted to expand their attraction towards metalists, they needed a look that attracted them. After their success with the "Iceman" guitar they wanted to do something outrageous. They produced the new Xiphos.

It was built especially for hardcore and metal players, and the name was taken from the double-edged sword used by Greek and Spartan soldiers, as the form is the same. The Xiphos guitars are the fastest ones in the armory of Ibanez, and they selected DiMarzio D Activator pickups to get a really demonical edge.

To get the comfort which the Ibanez guitars are known for, they built the guitar around a five-piece maple Wizard II neck-through design. This centerpiece is extremely hard, and as the bridge is mounted to the very same plank, the note definition and clarity are pushed to the limit. The rest of this raw X-shaped guitar is made from mahogany which adds a little more depth to it's maple core.

Although the guitar looks heavy-weighted and hard to balance, the Ibanez factory has done it wonderfull. The guitar is easy to handle, and fit's nice either you stand, sits, run, headbang or are going for a stagedive. The X-shape is also bringing a lot of comfort when sitting and playing as well. You can either use it as a V-guitar, with it's bottom's two devil horn on each side of your leg, or as a regular one tilted on the side.

Reviews and posts like that showed me a lot of music, and guitar techniques, that shaped my musical personality today. So, even if you don't play guitar, or bass, it still might be a good idea to check out this website. You may learn a lot about music.