Guitabulary: Blues Sixths & Jimi Hendrix
Chances are good that when Jimi Hendrix was playing timeless blues intros like the opening notes of Red House - he wasn't consciously thinking. I'm now fret...
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Daylight Savings
By Charlie Doom We’re still adjusting to the time change here, it’s been hard going. The coffee machine is down for the count; the tech says it wasn’t design...
50 Blues Guitar Licks You Must Know – Honeybeez
Face it--we love to play in E minor and so does your guitar. With a 22 fret neck there's E's abound ranging from the open low E string for raucous riffing all t...
Snowy Day Inspiration
Snow is hammering the East Coast like Pete Townshend hammered his Rickenbacker at the Railway Tavern circa 1964. For those of you trapped in that frozen mess, I...
7 Killer Guitar Gizmos You MUST Have
I’ve met some purists who claim the only gear they need is their guitar and amplifier. I don’t trust those people. Gear isn’t about what you need, gear is about...
Playing Old Guitar Strings
by Charlie Doom Spend thirty seconds playing a guitar strung with old, corroded strings and you’ll never want to strum on old strings again — unless you’re s...
Blues Guitar Lesson: “Sweet Home Chicago” Genealogy
by David Hamburger Come on...Baby, Don't You Want to Know? Over the years I've had the pleasure of teaching at various workshops in the company of som...
Happy New Year!
We’ve had a great time launching TrueFire’s blog this past year, and the feedback we’ve received from players around the world has been nothing short of inspiri...
Tuesday’s Daily Kindling
Good Karma: Check out and please support Little Kids Rock's Right to Rock Celebration, a benefit event to restore and revitalize music education in low-incom...
Thursday’s Daily Kindling
Fuel for the Fire: "My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an a...
Thursday’s Daily Kindling
Fuel for the Fire: "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
- Maya Angelou ...