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5 Great Rock Acts And Their Guitars

January 29, 2020March 11, 2016 by Andrew Reilly

The highlight of the year for many music fans are the large outdoor summer shows and festivals that can be found all around the world and this is often the best chance to see some of your favourite acts and artists.

Guitar Strumming Patterns

October 25, 2018March 10, 2016 by Lee Johnson

Strumming patterns breathe life into your chord progressions. You can write a great song from a tonal perspective, blending majors and minors with moments of tension and release, but with a drab strumming pattern it will sound flat and uninteresting.

Improving Your Guitar Picking Speed

October 25, 2018January 23, 2016 by Lee Johnson

When you start to play solos, picking speed becomes a massive issue. It’s largely because virtuoso guitarists like Yngwie Malmsteen and Paul Gilbert often play at electrifying speed…

The Best MTV Unplugged Artists and Their Guitars

June 26, 2018January 19, 2016 by Andrew Reilly

Pearl Jam performed in 1993 but it was the 1994 recording of Nirvana that remains one of the biggest MTV Unplugged shows.

Picking The Right Guitar Teacher

August 25, 2013 by Marko Jovanovic

Although some of the ultimate guitar greats were self taught, it’s probably the best idea to opt for hiring a professional guitar teacher, at least to get you started and give you that critical initial input and boost towards the music world.

Choosing a Guitar Playing Style

August 21, 2013 by Marko Jovanovic

You figured out how to hold the guitar properly, you know how to tune it right, now it comes down to a much more of a complicated question – choosing a guitar playing style that suits you the best.

Understanding Guitar Compression and How To Use it Right

August 15, 2013 by Marko Jovanovic

When you think about the guitar sound effects, it is usually the flashier ones such as the wah pedal, the distortion or the flanger effect that pop up to your mind first. However, there is yet another guitar effect that can be described as even more crucial than any of the ones we have just … Read more