Learn Electric Guitar

Are you new to playing guitar, and not sure how you should go about learning?  There are a number of different ways you can get Guitar Instruction.  The best way to go about it depends who you are and what stage you are at.  Here are the common was to learn guitar, and the advantages [...]

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 first well [...]

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 one [...]

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 band [...]

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 is what makes [...]

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 E. [...]

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 strings [...]