How To Find The Right Guitar Teacher

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Finding a good teacher is not always easy, at any level. At the beginner level it is important to get on the right foot and as an intermediate player you need to know that your teacher really knows his or her stuff if you want to move forward. ... Read article

6 Simple Steps to Becoming A HOT Guitar Player!

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Learning how to play guitar well is not easy. There are so many methods and so many conflicting opinions, it makes it difficult to know what to do.But the simple fact is, if you want to be the best you can, as soon as you can, then all you ... Read article

Modal Theory for Guitar Players - Part 2

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Playing the ModesWhen I used to use this pack with students, I provided them with a CD which contained a backing track for each of the modes. This enabled them to practive getting the sounds and shapes under their fingers. In this ... Read article

A Brief History of Fender Guitars

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Perhaps no other guitar maker has touched the hearts of so many players and collectors as Fender. By producing excellent guitars at reasonable prices, Fender has been the instrument of choice for many guitarists throughout the world. Both the ... Read article

Guitarists...Are You A Victim and A Loser?

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I was thinking today about THE most dangerous enemy of musical progressthe victim mentality. What do I mean by this?Often we can let our personal circumstances dictate our progress. For example, someone may let their guitar practice ... Read article

Les Paul Vintage Gibson Guitars

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Les Paul vintage Gibson guitars were first produced in 1952. These guitars were the first solid body electric that Gibson had made. The 1952 version of the Les Paul vintage guitar has a gold top nitro-cellulose lacquer finish, and no serial ... Read article

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