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This post here continues from the previous posts, Gibson’s top 50 Guitarists of all time – 50 to 41, Gibson’s top 50 Guitarists of all time – 40 to 31, and Gibson’s top 50 Guitarists of all time – 30 to 21. 20. Django Reinhardt The French Gypsy Jean “Django” Reinhardt was one of the [...]

This is continuing on from the last posts on Gibson’s Top 50 Guitarists of all time – 40 to 31, and Gibson’s Top 50 Guitarists of all time – 50 to 41 30. Roy Buchanan Leroy Buchanan was a Telecaster player, a sideman and solo artist, and a master of the blues guitar.  He was [...]

This is continuing on from the last post on Gibson’s Top 50 Guitarists of all time – 50 to 41 40. Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) Though not the first punk rockers (that honour belongs to The Dictators or the New York Dolls, depending on who you ask), the Sex Pistols are probably the most iconic [...]

The Gibson guitar company is compiling a list of the top 50 guitarists of all time.  They’ve got their list from some fairly inscrutable process involving votes from their website’s readers, and from their own team of judges.  They are releasing their results ten at a time, so here are guitarists #50 to #41- I’ve [...]

What is a guitar pickup? A pickup is one of those little rectangular things on the body of an electric guitar, directly under the strings.  It will either be covered in a metal case, or in a plastic bobbin with some metal pole pieces or a bar magnet exposed. What does it do? A pickup [...]

Guitar World have a great article up about the history of charvel guitars. I’m a big fan of Charvel and Jackson guitars myself.  I first became interested in them when finding out that a lot of my favourite players, such as Eddie Van Halen, Warren Demartini, Randy Rhoads, Vinnie Vincent, Richie Sambora, George Lynch, Jake [...]

Playing guitar at home can be very rewarding.  And for many people, that’s enough.  But, to really learn guitar beyond a beginner level, to really progress with your playing you will need to jam with other people.  Learning to really lock into a band and to listen and connect with other musicians is completely different [...]

Many players are unsure how they should be holding the guitar.  Others simply haven’t given it much thought.  Bad habits will hold back your playing, make it unnecessarily difficult for them to play the guitar, or will cause awkwardness or discomfort, and can even contribute to strain and injury.  Good habits will improve your playing, [...]

When you first learn guitar, there is an entire vocabulary of brand new words you come across.  Here are some of the most basic of them explained: Parts of the guitar Neck The neck is the “middle” of the guitar, with one end attached to the body, and one end attached to the headstock.  The [...]

There’s an excellent post on the Guitar Noize blog with a great explanation of vibrato technique. In my opinion vibrato is one of the most crucial embellishments to tackle for any intermediate player learning electric guitar, and yet for something so ostensibly simple it can be one of the most surprisingly difficult things to explain. [...]