3 TrueFire Artists Nominated for Vintage Guitar Magazine’s Readers’ Choice Awards
Each year, Vintage Guitar Magazine honors those who inspired and awed us as guitar players, fans, and listeners by inducting great players, innovators, and inst...
3 Easy Tricks for Building Speed and Stamina as a Guitar Player
It’s incredibly important for guitar players to build up proper levels of speed and stamina. If you don’t, you'll quickly find yourself in a rut. Even worse, mo...
3 Things You Must Know Before You Start Giving Guitar Lessons
So you want to teach guitar? Great! Teaching is an incredibly rewarding career path, and it's what inspires us everyday at TrueFire. As a guitar teacher, yo...
7 Secrets to Learning Jazz Guitar
By Bruce Arnold To learn more from the professor of jazz, Bruce Arnold, check out his TrueFire courses: Total Modal and Jazz Guitar for Beginners. The cel...
5 Tips To Keep Your Sound Man From Hating You
Maintaining a good relationship with the sound man at whatever venue you’re playing at is one surefire way to increase your odds of sounding good at your next s...
10 of David Gilmour’s Best Guitar Solos Ever
David Gilmour needs no introduction. As Pink Floyd's lead guitarist, he is simply one of the best guitar soloists in the world, and his influence lives on today...
7 Things They Didn’t Tell Me When I Started Playing Guitar
by Rich Maloof 1. There will never be enough guitars
They never told me, when I bought my first really good guitar, that other guitars would move me in a co...
7 Guitars That Changed Music History
1. Gibson L-5
First introduced: 1923 Also Known As: The First Masterpiece Notable Players: Mother Maybelle Carter, Eddie Lang, Wes Montgomery, Scotty Moo...
7 Tips for Working with Substitute Musicians
by Rich Tozzoli Back in school, a substitute teacher usually meant you had a do-nothing day ahead. But if you’re a musician who needs someone to substitute f...
Labor Day Sale Winners
Our Labor Day Winners are announced below (listed by TrueFire username - each person has been contacted directly via email). Congrats to all our winners. ...
7 Tips for Writing Great Guitar Songs
Writing songs on guitar can be easy. Writing great songs on guitar can be nigh impossible. We asked veteran songwriter, recording artist, and guitar maestro, Ma...
81 Free Lessons to Get Your Rhythm Guitar Chops In Order
Rhythm guitar may not be the sexiest style in the world, but it's a fundamental skill on your path to become a guitar great (especially if you have any hopes of...