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By: Timothy Woods
So you want to be a rock star? Learning how to play guitar is a fantastic but often difficult experience. Here are some essential pointers to help you on your way. more...
By: Michael Rowland
Biography of Les Paul, developer of the solid-body electric guitar and pioneer of modern recording studio techniques. more...
Learn Why and How to Tune a Guitar
By: Alex Keshen
It's important to learn how to properly tune a string instrument if you're planning on learning how to play it. more...
By: Alex Keshen
Once you have the basic understanding of how to read a guitar tab, here are the basics to learning how to read and play bends, slides and hammer-ons/pull-offs. more...
Learn To Play Guitar by Tablature
By: Alex Keshen
While they may be a lot easier to read than traditional sheet music for beginners, guitar tab users also need to be taught how to read them properly. more...
The Most Famous Acoustic Guitar
By: Graham Lee
One acoustic guitar has been copied more than any other but never equalled. It is easily the most recognizeable and famous acoustic guitar ever - the Martin D-28... more...
By: Graham Lee
The fifties was a fertile period for electric guitar design. Both Fender and Gibson came up with solid body guitars that have remained essentially the same to this day... more...
A Most Famous Twelve String Guitar
By: Graham Lee
The chiming sound of the Rickenbacker 12 string guitar has a special place in the hearts of music lovers. George Harrison of The Beatles can be thanked for this... more...
By: Graham Lee
There are just a few guitars that even non guitarists would recognize, guitars that were used by someone so famous and influential that they are seared on the memory. more...
By: Graham Lee
The Fender company was one of the first true success stories of guitar manufacture and its early years were dominated by two guitars, the Telecaster and the Stratocaster. more...
By: Graham Lee
Ever wondered why a guitar is tuned the way it is? Ever wanted to tune it differently? Read on... more...
By: Graham Lee
These days a serviceable, even very good, guitar can be bought for under $1000 US whether you're talking acoustic or electric, but let's look at the high end... more...
By: Graham Lee
Everyone, at some point, finds themselves playing the same stale riffs over and over and experiencing an urge to do some violent Pete Townshend guitar smashing... more...
By: Graham Lee
If you've never played guitar before, your first lesson is bound to be a painful one that could lead to an abrupt and early end to a promising career. more...
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