As you will see in the demonstration video, CoachGuitar is an iOS app which teaches you how to play hits from different decades and genres using a multi-camera video and animated fretboard view. The app is free to download (see http://coachguitar.com/ for links to the App)...

Nobody knows the ins and outs of Jimi Hendrix's guitar sound like Roger Mayer. Mayer had already worked with Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck and produced a number of different fuzz boxes by the time he met Hendrix at a gig at the Bag Of Nails pub in London. The two hit it off and...

In this video from Meinl Distribution TV Andy Timmons shows off his current touring rig (which hasn’t really changed much over the years), but what is interesting is a new prototype Andy Timmons signature Ibanez featuring a Rosewood fretboard and floating trem inspired by...

Some bands, (whether they're good or bad), simply have horrible fan bases... It's not always their fault, though of course, sometimes the artist is a bad influence and attracts the worst of fan for themselves. During November. Ultimate Guitar readers set forth to nominate and...

In this video, which was posted earlier this week by Artistworks, guitarist Paul Gilbert and bassist Nathan East show the world what you can do with one chord. The video is part of a series featuring more than two hours of playing, discussion and analysis in the ArtistWorks...

HARMAN’s DigiTech announced today that e-pedals offered through the DigiTech Stomp Shop are available for free download. Offering almost limitless sonic possibilities, the iStomp connects to an iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad enabling musicians to load the effect of their choice...

A video clip of pop star Lorde fronting a metal band at the age of 12 has emerged. The singer, (who is now 17 and whose single "Royals" has been a huge international hit), is seen in the video playing songs by the Cult with a rock band called "Extreme" at her high school. They...

Created by Youtube sensation Rob Chapman, Chapman guitars have been a phenomenon, and it was the Chapman ML-1 that led the charge. The first run was an almost instant sell-out, but now they're back and in more demand than ever. The runaway winner of a recent Music Radar...

In this new video posted this month by Vox Amps, guitarist (and Vox Product Specialist) Freddy DeMarco puts the company's new Night Train NT15H-G2 guitar amp through its paces. The NT15H-G2 is a 15-watt, all-tube head that offers classic and new Vox tones in a compact and...

Scorpions will release MTV Unplugged, a new CD/DVD, January 21 through Sony International. In advance of the release, they've posted a trailer, which you can check out below. Recorded and filmed this past September 11 and 12, MTV Unplugged was culled from two sets at the...

Fender has launched a pair of new travel acoustic guitars which hinge at the neck, allowing them to be folded away for ease of transport. The CD-140S VA and CD-60 VA feature Fender's Voyage-Air patented neck hinge, which means players can essentially fold the guitar in...

Lydon says he has 'a good liking' of Jagger because of his generosity when Vicious was accused of murdering Nancy Spungen John Lydon has spoken about his admiration for Mick Jagger, who paid Sid Vicious's lawyers when the Sex Pistols bassist was arrested for the alleged murder...

It is hard to imagine modern life without the electric guitar or imagine how the social and sexual revolution of the 1960s could have occurred without it. Les Paul’s great invention changed the world. Without the electric guitar there would have been no Elvis Presley, no...

Lady Gaga admits to smoking a whopping 15 joints a day. Pop superstar Lady Gaga says that she became addicted to marijuana after suffering from a hip injury last year. Question: Will smoking Pot help, or hinder, a musicians ability to; write, record and perform their music? The...

The custom-designed instrument belonged to 25-year-old Mississauga resident Kara Shred, who died suddenly in September. When Bon Jovi guitarist Phil X played his solo at the Air Canada Centre Saturday night, he made a dozen people cry. That’s because the 12 were the only...

Posted by: Jon via "GuitarNoize"  Ever wondered when seeing demos of Positive Grid JamUp Pro on YouTube how the guys are getting the audio from their iPad into their desktop computers in realtime?? As it turns out all you need is the Griffin StudioConnect for iPad....

Check out a recently posted (October 31) video of an 11-year-old Ronnie James Dio fan named Sara covering Black Sabbath's "Heaven and Hell" with her band, Motion Device. Sara dedicates the performance to Black Sabbath "and the one and only Ronnie James Dio." Motion...

Although Megadeth is one of the few classic metal bands still releasing new albums at fairly rapid pace, frontman Dave Mustaine recently expressed hope to unleash even more albums in the next five years. When asked by 80s Y Mas about the band's plans in the next five or...

Speaking on Eddie Trunk Rocks (via Blabbermouth), former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley has hit back at Gene Simmons' comments that he and Peter Criss were ,"a cancer" on the band. According to Frehley, Gene has "been shooting himself in the foot for years." "I don't know what's...

Loudguitars.com is very cool to have presented this fantastic footage of an intimate private lesson with guitar virtuoso, Joe Satriani. Produced by Darkophoto.com for Loudguitars.com and posted to YouTube just 2-weeks back! Music: "Shine on American Dreamer" by Joe Satriani...

Fender have added a couple of new Stratocaster models to their popular Deluxe series, the Deluxe Lone Star...  and the Deluxe Roadhouse...  ...which include some upgraded electronic switching configurations, hardware and large ’70s-style headstock. The Deluxe...

Derek Trucks knows what it's like to be just a kid and have everybody hollerin' about how great you are. He bought his first guitar at a yard sale when he was nine and by his 13th birthday had played alongside Buddy Guy and opened for the Allman Brothers. Trucks's early...

The sunburst Fender Stratocaster that Bob Dylan famously plugged in at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival will finally be auctioned off in New York at Christie's on December 6th. The guitar on which Dylan went electric is expected to bring in as much as $500,000, the Associated...

"South Park" creators spoofed Sinead O'Connor and Miley Cyrus, Consequence of Sound reports. Without spoiling too much, the latest episode of "South Park" broke the world record for most plot points in a 22-minute span, managing to tackle "Canadian puberty," Tom Brady's...