Charles Sedlak shows you how to add a little more flavor and personality to your pentatonic scale, for that electric blues guitar you have sitting at home, collecting dust. Some break out the Pledge, and play along.
MrfixitRick demonstrates the Shake Flashlight Shaker, as it generates electric power out of faucet water pressure. A Tesla CD Turbine is used to convert the kinetic energy of water into rotation. Then, a connecting rod and magnets charges the built-in battery of the shake flashlight.
For a guitar to sound good, it must be in tune. Tuning a guitar can easily be done with some PC software or an electric tuner. Using an electric tuner is easy. You need to know the strings names, which are, starting with the thickest: E, A, G, D, B, E. Once you memorize these, it should be easy to tune your guitar! Watch this how-to video to learn about using an electric tuner correctly, and make your guitar sound as best as possible!
Although not made of electricity, the electric lemonade brings a lot of cool colors, carbonation and alcohol to the table. A bit o' rum, some blue curacao and a little sweet sour and you're rocking.
Chrome yellow and electric combine to create a ravishing, attention grabbing makeup look. PRODUCTS USED
If you're tired of replacing the batteries on your remote control and you would rather have the TV remote charge by itself, grab a few solar cells, rechargable batteries, and a few extra odds and ends. With this mod to your remote, you can let light charge your remote and never buy another battery for it again!
Life's too short to play by the rules all the time. So the next time you and your girlfriends decide to go out to a club, check out this makeup tutorial to learn how to create a dramatic electric purple look.
OK, you've got yourself a single phase induction electric motor, but you don't know how to start it. Check out this simple how-to to discover a few methods of starting this motor up. You'll need to know this unless you want to burn out your motor!
Find out how to use a six volt lantern battery to really save you money. This is no con, or prank, or joke that involves 32 AA batteries; this is the real deal. Just watch this money saving video tutorial to see how to hack a six volt battery. You can easily replace a few of this cells, which are equal to 3 D batteries, which can be used inside of your Maglite flashlight. Don't let that 6 volt battery go to waste after buying it for the other false hack, use them in any way you can, like this...
Stan Taylor and his physics class at Miles Community College built a hovercraft powered by an average electric leaf blower! Watch it in action below.
November 29th marks the day of Nissan's triumph, not only as an automaker, but as an eco-friendly automaker. The new Nissan LEAF has won the 2011 European Car of the Year award, the first all-electric vehicle to be chosen for the award.
Do you know what your smartphone is made of? I've had smartphones for years, but if you asked me that question I'd probably respond with "Wi-Fi." For uninformed consumers like myself, it may shock you to know just how much goes into creating a smartphone.
Want to learn guitar? Some people feel helpless, or feel that it is too hard, but this is not the case. Utopian Thrash Metal Guitarist started out with one tablature book and a cheap electric guitar -- he self taught himself in almost no time.
First off, if you're new to electric guitars, here are some handy dandy definitions for you before you watch this video:
See how to make a guerilla battery pack for your camera! For this quick battery hack from ChappyShowcase, all you need is some gaffing tape and two batteries from your camcorder. Simply tape the two batteries together so that the contact terminals are facing away from each other. By combining two batteries into one, you'll have a guerilla battery brick setup. Now you're prepped for the most efficient battery swapping capabilities possible! This is a good trick for any assistant cameraman.
Want to play lead guitar in a rock band? Well first you have to learn techniques from the professionals. This guitar lesson from Siggi Mertens teaches you how to play a rock solo on the electric guitar. Once you get a hang of these popular guitar chords and tunes, you can start incorporating them into your own songs. With this lesson and a bit of practice you will be able to play and improvise a rock solo on the electric guitar. The next time you are with your friends you can impress them by ...
This is a very basic tutorial which shows you how to turn plain text into glowy, electric looking letters. Starting with just a blank background, this tutorial walks you through all the steps until you achieve your desired text effect.
In this bass guitar lesson for beginners, you'll learn how to identify and name each part of an electric bass guitar. Regardless of your preferred style of music, if you want to be great, you'll need to know the basics. And it doesn't get much more basic than knowing what each part of your bass is called.
If money or noise constraints are keeping you from plugging into your favorite Marshall stack, this home-recording how-to is for you. With it, you'll learn make an acoustic guitar sound like an electric one using Apple's GarageBand DAW software.
Box 2 is a fun and educational Flash game on Candystand that teaches people about the joys of renewable energy generation in increasingly complex puzzles. This series of videos will show you how to beat all 40 levels, including the alternate level 38 in it's own section.
Take apart a 9V battery and turn it in to Six AAA batteries. This way you save money. amazing science experiment trick. This is a simple battery deconstruction that results in a 9 volt battery's dissection into six AAAA batteries. They are not AA or AAA, but a kind you won't find at Radio Shack.
This video shows you how to play "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne on the electric guitar. The first step is to strum the second fret of the low E chord twice. Then move your ring finger to the fourth fret of the A string. Go back to the second fret of the low E. Strum that twice. Then place your pinky on the fifth fret of the A string. Then you go back to putting your pointer finger on the second fret of the low E string. Then the fourth fret of the A string. Then the second fret of low E strin...
Playing popular songs on the guitar is not as difficult as it seems. With this tutorial you can learn how to play "Eruption" by Van Halen on the electric guitar. This lesson is geared towards intermediate guitarists because it assumes prior knowledge of guitar playing. This lesson covers the finger picking as well as the chord structure for "Eruption." Watch this how to video and you will be able to play "Eruption" by Van Halen.
Playing popular songs on the guitar is not as difficult as it seems. With this tutorial you can learn how to play "YYZ" by Rush on the electric guitar. This lesson is geared towards intermediate guitarists because it assumes prior knowledge of guitar playing. Marty Schwartz covers the finger picking as well as the chord structure for "YYZ." Watch this how to video and you will be able to sing and play "YYZ" by Rush.
Charles Sedlak demonstrates the difference between legato and staccato notes when playing blues on your electric guitar. Every one should learn this, so don't say 'you don't need it'.
These techniques are important for playing any type of solo - here Charles Sedlak will show you how to do hammer-ons and pull-offs. And no, you don't actually need a hammer for this, and if you thought so, stop playing right now, put it down - you don't deserve that guitar of yours.
Blues isn't just about what you play, but how you play it. Here, Charles Sedlak shows you how to style your blues playing with vibrato techniques. Feel those strings, personally, for perfect bend pitches. Even the pros screw this thing up.
Charles Sedlak shows you the pentatonic blues scale, consisting of five notes. You definitely need to know these, if you want to hit some awesome riffs.
Charles Sedlak shows you how to master the 12-bar blues and a moveable 12-bar pattern. We will begin in the key of G. Pay attention and you'll never need another lesson, ever again (just kidding, you'll need more, much, much more).
Charles Sedlak shows you the Rumba Blues - a great tune to spice up your playing using a hammer-on! You say you don't need any spicing up, but nobody believes you. Watch the lesson, please, for everybody's sake.
Charles Sedlak shows you 'blues buffs' how to properly tune your guitar for a perfect blues experience. You already know how? Fine, then don't watch. But you'll be missing out.
Learn how to rock and play electric guitar like Judas Priest.
Justin explains how to play this electric guitar song: "Can't Stop" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. In part 2 he goes over the chorus, the bridge, and the guitar solo.
Millions of laptop batteries have been recalled because of the risk of FIRE. Get some tips from CNET to learn how to keep your laptop battery safe and secure. First, make sure your battery hasn't already been recalled. Second, don't leave the laptop constantly charging because it heats it up. One way to save your battery is to remove it completely when you plug in directly. Third, treat the battery as fragile. And finally, four, avoid buying knockoff batteries.
American Bartenders School shows how to make a Electric Lemonade mixed drink cocktail. You will need vodka, blue curacao, sweet and sour mix, and lemon lime soda, like Sprite or 7-Up. Watch this video specialty drink-mixing tutorial and learn how to make an electric lemonade cocktail.
This tutorial video will teach you how to make your very own home made electric motor. This electric motor can power a variety of accessories, and is useful for science projects.
This video is on how to install an electric fan onto a ESC (Electric Speed Control) for cooling of your radio controlled vehicle's motor. With a little soldering know-how, you can do this task easy, and quickly.
If you have a towing trailer that has electric brakes, you need to take care of them just as well as the brakes on your vehicle. This video shows you how to replace the brake shoes on electric brakes on a trailer.
Battery life is a constant problem with cell phones today, and the Droid smartphones running Android software are no exception. If you want to learn how to get the most out of your Droid battery, then check out this helpful video that provides 8 tips on cutting battery-eating apps and features. If you want more battery life and are willing to sacrifice the cool features of the Droid cell phones, then you have to do these things. Don't let you Droid battery get drained!
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