Ever wonder why so many girls in the front row of a concert, gaze up mesmerized at the guitarist of some band as he undulates and jams out riffs to 'whatever song' about love/lust/all-of-the-above happens to be his hit at the moment?  Why do so many girls feel the over-whelming...

Pomplamoose finished a 28-day tour at the end of 2014. They played 24 shows in 23 cities around the United States. It was awesome: Nataly crowd surfed for the first time ever, they sold just under $100,000 in tickets, and got to rock out with people they love for a full month....

Welcome to... "Micro-Lesson 082"   This Micro Lesson works on a short Classical Guitar Fingerstyle melody in the Key of "E."  The short riff is similar to Bach's Minuet in "D Minor," with a few twists and turns. One of the most important things to do is to keep...

1) Money From baby bands to superstars, unfortunately, money is the main reason bands break up. The baby to mid size bands that legitimately cannot survive on the income their band is generating tend to get tired of living well below the poverty line. Each member, one by...

Google Play Music users will now be able to store up to 50,000 of their own songs for free Google is expanding the size of its celestial jukebox. The company announced Wednesday that users will now be able to store up to 50,000 of their own songs for free using Google...

During the first three decades of the 20th century, guitar players wanted more volume, so guitar makers built larger-bodied instruments, using steel instead of gut strings, and metal instead of wood for the guitar body. In the 1920s, innovations in microphones and speakers,...

Welcome to... "Micro-Lesson 081"   This Micro Lesson takes a look at a fast paced Blues-based double-stop lick in the key of "B."  This bluesy harmonized lick is best performed by using hybrid picking, or with finger-style. The lick applies a quick moving double-stop...

An audio clip of an interview with guitar icon Jimi Hendrix made the week before he died has been released as part of an animated web series titled "Blank on Blank" (via Classic Rock). The conversation between the guitarist and UK journalist Keith Altham was recorded in...

Welcome to... "Micro-Lesson 080"   This Micro Lesson is set into a funky sixteenth-note groove using chords closely surrounding the "E Dominant 7th" and it's extensions.  The first section of the riff involves chord qualities related to the, "E Dominant...

The DigiTech TRIO pedal certainly made waves at NAMM 2015 winning the best in show award and you can see why it certainly is very clever, even if it has kind of taken some of the wind out of the sails of the recent Kickstarter success BeatBuddy.  Where TRIO differs from...

Welcome to... "Micro-Lesson 079"   This Micro Lesson breaks down a melodic line covering one of the most popular jazz progressions.  The I, VI, II, V is one of the most common jazz chord movements used in the style. The melodies that surround these chord...

GuitarBlog: Minor Key Seventh Chords... In this weeks GuitarBlog we study a few unique minor key chords including, "Dominant Seventh," "Diminished Seventh," and, "Minor /Major Seventh."  These chords can be quite specialized. And, in order to get a better idea of how...

Most used electric guitars are going to need some repairs or a setup, and buying a guitar that needs a little work isn’t necessarily a bad deal, as long as you come out ahead when you add bench time and parts to the selling price. It is common for guitarists who purchased...

Welcome to... "Micro-Lesson 078"   This Micro Lesson takes a look at how the chord movements operate for a common set of jazz changes.  Jazz progressions operate around a set of common harmonic movements. Of these changes, one of the most popular are the...

There is a video starting to make the blog rounds this morning of Joseph Edgar Foreman, aka 'Rapper' Afro-man, laying down a devastating right-hook to a woman who got onstage during a free concert in Biloxi, Mississippi, and began dancing with him in the middle of his guitar...

Welcome to... "Micro-Lesson 077"   This Micro Lesson adds a twist to the basic Blues sound and incorporates chromatic sections around the notes of the common Blues Scale.  Set within the key of "A Blues," this lick begins with a short and detached sounding...

You've likely heard about the "$2 Million Dollar" black Les Paul Custom being described by Guernsey’s Auction House as the “Holy Grail” in the lead up to Thursday night’s sale in New York City. Unfortunately, many are not impressed, echoing what’s been said by the world’s...