Perhaps you’ve heard of GuitarRising? Boing! Disney, very quietly, is releasing their own real-guitar-game, tentatively titled Star Guitarist. Instead of red, blue, and orange plastic buttons that are half the size of a credit card, you have to learn how to play real (colored) strings.

Studio-recorded drum tracks await you anytime you want. Played by industry masters (not Larry who works at the video store.) Quite often the drum tracks start off with a count off, or drumstick clicks. Close your eyes and you can imagine Carmine Appice is there in your garage.

Shop Victoriously. A seldom-used black cherry Schecter C-1 Plus is on its way to me, and I am just a-twitter to take this baby out and open ‘er up on the highway!

Again, I must repeat: I’m not an accomplished guitarist, nor am I an accomplished Line6 JM4 user either. Yet. I was having fun with my guitar and the JM4, and I created another very brief recording. It’s in Am scale, and I performed the rhythm chords and the solo on top of it. Each one was recorded using two different guitar effects.

The tone of the minor scale is nice and moody. If you want bright, happy tones, go talk to the Major scale. The minor scale has personality for days.

I have had the best damn time playing with my Line6 JM4. It makes practicing a total joy. It makes my hundred-dollar-special guitar sound fine. Everyone should have a Line6 JM4 box.

Okay, I am not very good. My brain knows the minor pentatonic scale, but my fingers aren’t intimately familiar with it. But I’m proud of my first recording. Have a listen.

There’s something that fascinates me about Gibson Corvus guitars. I knew nothing of them until I played Guitar Hero 2, where the Corvus is an unlockable extra in the game.

The Guitar Shop Podcast, courtesy of Wade’s Guitar Shop in Milwaukee, WI, puts out a very friendly, fun to listen to podcast. Heck, they even respond to my dumb email during their podcast. Righteous!

“Everyone is a beginner at one point”
I’m Don, I started GuitarNoob after realizing that I spend a lot of my online time looking at guitar-related stuff. I have RSS alerts set up on Craigslist and eBay for Schecter guitars; I listen to guitar-related podcasts on my Zune; and as of this writing I am anxiously [...]