It doesn’t need to be complicated to kick fucking ass.
A few weeks ago, I saw “It Might Get Loud”, the guitarists’ documentary of The Edge, Jack White, and … thanks to Jack White I forgot the name of the legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist… John Bonham… no he played drums. Shit. It’ll come to me.
All kidding [...]

Watch & Learn just released a new instructional five buck title: Rock 101 - Combining Licks and Chords. I’ve purchased many products from Watch and Learn. Their FreeGuitarVideos page has a lot of very helpful free videos. And their pay material is stellar, at a very low cost.

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.

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.

“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 [...]