Learning to play your first full guitar solo is a major milestone for any developing guitarist. The path to reaching that glorious moment is often filled with frustration, challenges, and wanting to ram your guitar against the wall. Difficulty Level Be realistic about your current skill level. As tempting as … Read more
The guitar has evolved immensely from its early origins to the high-speed shred fests of today. Guitar playing techniques have progressed dramatically, allowing great innovations in musical styles. The Blues Guitar Beginnings The guitar has its early origins in African-American blues music from the late 19th and early 20th century. … Read more
Getting that first electric guitar into eager hands need not drain bank accounts nor rely on questionable used gear thanks to quality student models produced by top manufacturers. Major guitar makers like Squier, Epiphone, and Ibanez offer thoughtfully appointed guitars benefiting from decades of perfecting playability. While used instruments possess … Read more
As a guitarist, few joys compare to plugging into a formidable tube stack amp, dialing in some crunch, and letting loose on a wailing solo or full-bore power chord riffage. Yet for those of us dwelling in compact urban apartments, cranking up a high-wattage amp risk not only the ire … Read more