New previously unreleased and never-before bootlegged concert footage from the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s 1967 performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. has been unearthed, is being released, and you can hear a track from it right now.Jimi Hendrix Experience:...
There are not many instruments in the history of classical guitar that are as important as the 1883 Antonio de Torres SP/MP. Which was previously owned by the great Spanish composer. Tárrega, also known as the father of the classical guitar. Only owned three guitars...
Fender has unveiled the Vintera II series, and we had all best take a deep breath because there is a lot in here as the Big F comprehensively refreshes its vintage-inspired Mexican-built range of electric guitars and bass guitars. There are many highlights, so where...
Have you ever given much thought to your frets? Frets are made in a range sizes, all of which can have a big impact on not only how your guitar plays but also how it sounds.Here are three things you should know about frets…1. Their shape affects playing feelFrom wide...
Gibson has officially announced the return of the Les Paul Supreme, one of the most generously appointed electric guitars in to roll off the Nashville. based guitar brand’s production line. The new range of Les Paul Supremes offers the model with a dual-humbucker...
If open chord shapes strike you as bland and boring, take heart. In this quick lesson we’ll show you four ways to get more mileage out of them and make them sound more exotic than you might have thought possible. You’ll probably identify the shapes in Figures...
Cliff Burton, Metallica's original bassist, played a massive role in plotting. the band's direction, an influence that palpably resonates in its entire body of work. He was tragically killed when the metal giants' tourbus overturned on a rural road in Sweden 27...
Talk shop with Gary Brewer for a few minutes and one thing rings clear as a bell: There is rhyme and reason behind everything on his mind. And that mind is full of wisdom acquired over more than four decades playing bluegrass professionally. As well as know-how handed...
Epiphone and Joe Bonamassa have teamed up once more for the launch of a new signature guitar based on the Mayor of Nerdville’s very own 1963 Gibson SG Custom.This is a special electric guitar. They didn’t make many like this in the first place. Originally a custom...
If you’re at all intimidated by the term dominant voicings, relax – they’re only nominally tough, and their alternate cousins contained here amount to little more than a few fancy blues chord voicings.In classical theory, the chord (V7) formed from the 5th degree of...