John grew up on Long Island, specifically in King Park, where he, John Myung & Kevin Moore went to school together. John started learning guitar when he was 12 years old (previously he had studied when he was 8 years old but gave up when he saw his older brother...
A number of music observers are still debating the historical origin of the guitar. Some believe the guitar came from Spain in the 16th century. The guitar is thought to have originated from the guitarra latina, a medieval instrument with a grooved design and four...
Indonesia also has a classical-style string player in Jubing Kristianto. This Semarang man honed his skills by participating in several guitar festivals. His family, who also love music, helped him develop his talent.Jubing's playing is known to bring 'atmosphere' to...
Who doesn't know this guitar god? The playing ranges from blues, jazz, rock to classical and ethnic music. His guitar playing is not limited to the guitar community but also to lay people who don't study guitar. At the age of 6, Steve began studying piano. At the age...
Andy McKee is an acoustic guitarist from Kansas who uses fingerstyle as his playing style. This man became famous through the Youtube video network. McKee was introduced to the guitar at the age of thirteen, and his first guitar was an Aria with nylon strings. From...
Joe Satriani, first learned the guitar when he was 14 years old. At the age of 15, Joe was already teaching guitar (for 3 years) to several of his students, including Steve Vai, Kirk Hammet (Metallica) and Larry LaLonde (Primus). You can imagine how diligently and...
Apart from being the guitarist of God Bless, Ian Antono also worked on compositions and included his guitar playing for several artists, including Nicky Astria, Ikang Fawzi, Anggun C Sasmi, Ebiet G Ade, and others. In addition, Ian is also good at making songs. Some...
Today's rock guitarists looking for a timeless teacher or simply looking at the top of their game will only talk about one person: Jimi Hendrix. It is to him, and from him alone, that all existing techniques are referred. Consider these confessions published in Guitar...
As a huge fan of Schecter Guitars, I've also been super attracted to their various PT models. These are their spin on the Telecaster, bringing their great build quality and modern appointments to a classic Fender shape. Especially a few years ago, when they released...
Eddie Van Halen is a guitarist where he is also part of the top American rock group called Van Halen. The man born in Nijmegen, Netherlands is known as an electric guitar player who has a lot of innovations in playing his guitar. Eddie even did a combination between a...