TrueFire Blog - Guitar Lessons

Hot Read: Noel Monk’s “Runnin’ with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen”

August 4, 2017

Get the Book on Amazon > Description The manager who shepherded Van Halen from obscurity to rock stardom...

10 Tips & Tricks for Teaching Yourself Guitar

July 21, 2017

With the right mindset, you can teach yourself how to play guitar, but how do you direct your...

The 11 Best Amazon Prime Day Deals for Guitar Players

July 10, 2017

Every year, Amazon hosts one of the biggest shopping days of the year: Amazon Prime Day. Prime Day...

WATCH: Steve Vai Explains How He Created His Song “For the Love of God”

July 6, 2017

In this video guitar lesson, Steve Vai shares background and key insights related to his famous song “For...

The 7 Best Guitar Slides

July 3, 2017

The vocal-like, expressive qualities of slide guitar are why so many blues masters have dedicated the time to...

10 Free Fingerstyle Blues Guitar Lessons

June 28, 2017

Fingerstyle Blues Handbook introduces you to “steady bass,” the key technique in many contemporary and classic blues styles....

4 Fingerboard Breakthroughs for Guitar Players

June 28, 2017

Fingerboard Breakthrough is NOT a fingerstyle course, nor is it a solo guitar or method course. So what...

15 Free Chord Inversion Guitar Lessons

June 26, 2017

Any instructor will tell you that the vast majority of players suffer from the same malady with respect...

8 Free Guitar Effects Lessons

June 26, 2017

Your effects sensei Jeff McErlain is a tone hound from the word go. Over the past 30 years,...

WATCH: Ben Folds Composes a Song LIVE with the National Symphony Orchestra

June 26, 2017

“So I want you to know, we have not rehearsed anything here.” —Dr. Charles Limb NSO Artistic Advisor...

11 Boutique Amp Secrets: What Mass-Produced Amp Companies Don’t Talk About

June 22, 2017

A boutique guitar amplifier is typically hand-built with the intention of being a significantly better product than the...

Support Reverb’s Tuners for Good: 100% of Proceeds to Guitars for Vets

June 20, 2017

June 27 marks Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day. June also marks the 10-year anniversary of Guitars...

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Guitar Lessons

11 Open Tunings for Guitar That Every Player Should Know

Open D Chords: How to Tune and Play Songs with Diatonic Chords

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Inspiration

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Guitar Influences: A Beginner’s Guide to Learning From Your Heroes

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Gear

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News

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NAMM 2026: The Top 10 Hottest Guitar Gear Releases

Hot Read: Noel Monk’s “Runnin’ with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen”

10 Tips & Tricks for Teaching Yourself Guitar

The 11 Best Amazon Prime Day Deals for Guitar Players

WATCH: Steve Vai Explains How He Created His Song “For the Love of God”

The 7 Best Guitar Slides

10 Free Fingerstyle Blues Guitar Lessons

4 Fingerboard Breakthroughs for Guitar Players

15 Free Chord Inversion Guitar Lessons

8 Free Guitar Effects Lessons

WATCH: Ben Folds Composes a Song LIVE with the National Symphony Orchestra

11 Boutique Amp Secrets: What Mass-Produced Amp Companies Don’t Talk About

Support Reverb’s Tuners for Good: 100% of Proceeds to Guitars for Vets

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