Dec 18

About.com recently posted a article on Top 10 Stocking Stuffers for Guitarist. Things like tuners, capos, strings…. YAWN. No offense to About.com, but these are lamo gifts–way too practical. I'll give 'em that the heart slide is pretty cool. I thought I'd amend About.com's list with my own version which I think you'll find a...

Dec 14

Blender.com just put up a post with the 28 Most Recognizable Guitars. My favorite, the Jimmy Page Gibson SG Double Neck: These cover mostly the really well known guitarists, but you’ll also find in there the Misfits, Les Claypool (Primus), and Michael Angelo. So a pretty fair representation, I think. You can check out their top 28...

Nov 29

I've seen some funky ars guitar shapes in my life, but this bass guitar is easily the funniest to me. I have to admit I love practical jokes and I love the double take nature of this one! Brilliant! This is Stig Pedersen from Denmark's band D-A-D. Thanks to blogger G L Wilson for finding this image. Check out his blog for more funky ars guitar photos...

Nov 13

You know and I know playing guitar can be a beautiful thing. Some melody and rhythm can bring about the best of the human spirit and put it on display musically. There are also genres that sound great when all you hear is the guitar, stripped of the special effects, and the distortion; a lot of you like fingerstyle acoustic or classical guitar for that reason,...

Nov 13

Hi readers, I have a question for you. However, I want to first apologize for not posting anything to this site for almost 9 weeks. My goodness, time goes by fast. In the blogging world that’s considered a dead blog! While some serious personal family matters kept me away I’d like to let those of you still checking in know that I’m back and off...

Sep 5

Forget Guitar Hero, the real guitar heroes are the ones who get out there every day and record their intimate bedroom (and sometimes kitchen) guitar playing for all the world to see. Guitarists like "Jerry C" who exploded in popularity and became and oft interviewed face in the mainstream media got a lot of attention because of their YouTube...

Aug 24

Right off the bat, let me say that the purpose of this article isn't to incite a riot with those of you who believe strongly in the value of reading standard music notation. This article aims at giving the beginner guitar player, or the average experienced guitar player who doesn't know how to read music well (like me) some peace of mind, and the...

Aug 12

It seems that there’s often little thought given to the effect of fingernail length on sound quality when it comes to finger style guitar players (the classical guitar players are a little more conscious of this). Many of us just grow out our nails until they break and start over again. If you’re guilty of not maintaining your nails you know what I...