Thumb Fun
If you're an acoustic player, Chet Atkins is one of the godheads. In this beefy 10-part audio guitar lesson, get into the legend's style of using the thumb to k...
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3 Questions – Joe Satriani
Where does your melodic sensibility come from?
I grew up listening to every kind of music: classical, jazz, Motown, rock and roll, funk, blues, rock and heavy ...
Learn The Rules
by Charlie Doom It wasn’t until I started trying to learn guitar, taking guitar lessons, and writing my own songs that my entire perspective on music changed...
Free Download from Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto
Three-time Grammy winner, Larry Carlton and Takahiro "Tak" Matsumoto, the most renowned guitarist in all of Asia, teamed up to compose, record, and release "Tak...
Life Lessons From GWAR
by Charlie Doom GWAR has perhaps been more successful at offending people than taking over the world, but that hasn't stopped the self-proclaimed "Scumdogs...
The Most Priceless Guitar In The World
by Charlie Doom Call me petty, call me poor, but I play cheap guitars because I like the way they sound. There is definitely an ease and unspeakable beauty i...
7 Cool iPhone Apps for Guitarists
As some of you may already know, we have developed a killer iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch app for guitarists, including video guitar lessons, tab, and notation -...
Re-Think the Band: Unconventional Live Lineups
by Rich Tozzoli Playing live can be addictive. But a lot of players never get to experience the feeling of satisfying a crowd — and satisfying themselves — b...
Wes Montgomery’s Magic Box
Most guitarists recognize the E minor pentatonic scale - and with good reason. After all, it is the world’s most popular launching pad for rock solos and blues ...
“Mississippi Blues” – Tim Sparks
Tim Sparks has been redefining the acoustic guitar repertoire since he won the US National Fingerstyle Championship in 1993 with a ground-breaking arrangement o...
The Evolution of the Electric Guitar
A long and mighty history, owing itself to a lineage of equally mighty individuals, has brought the first electric guitar out of the treetops of imagination and...
Blues Jam Survival Guide
The full Blues Jam Survival Guide course is packed with over 115 tips, 75 essential licks, 43 practice rhythm tracks, and tons of other valuable insight designe...