A few years back, many of us whiled away our time reading some insightful interviews in the pages of Guitar Player (GP) magazine or discovered more information about acoustic and electric guitars and their players, all gifted to us by the hard work and guitar passion of Tom Wheeler.
Joe Satriani, Phil Collen [Def Leppard], and John Petrucci [Dream Theater] are just about wrapping up a 25-date G3 Tour across the U.S. and Canada that started on January 11th and will end on February 25th.
There are thousands of video guitar lessons on-line, some are marginal and some are terrific. GI PICKS will help to ease the pain of hunting around to find videos worth viewing to learn guitar basics, intermediate and advance techniques.
One of the critical techniques that’s commonly ignored by most guitarists and many guitar instructors is the proper use the guitar pick or plectrum.
The guitar fretboard of a guitar can be such a challenge to learn, that many of us give up and are lost anytime we find ourselves down and across the neck. We may as well be looking at a splatter gram.
Many guitar players love the melodic sounds of pick sweeping, tracking through the notes of chords they’re used to strumming. With the discipline to practice daily, pushing your accelerator one or two extra notes a day and setting a reasonable goal, most guitarists will b able to sweep pick in about 100 days.
There and thousands of video guitar lessons on-line, some are marginal and some are terrific. Editor’s Picks will help to ease the pain of hunting around to find videos worth viewing to learn guitar basics, intermediate and advance techniques.
In 2017 legendary Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett embarked on his Genesis Revisited & Classic Hackett Tour. During a stop at Birmingham Symphony Hall in London of that year, Steve and his band filmed a concert for CD/DVD release entitled, Wuthering Nights: Live in Birmingham.
Glenn Hughes, the former bassist and singer of Deep Purple, known to millions as the ‘Voice of Rock’, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and the current front man for rock super group Black Country Communion, is pleased to announce that he will be performing Deep Purple only material with his “Glenn Hughes Performs Classic Deep Purple Live” nationwide U.K. tour in October 2018.
After a long temporary breather, Guitar International magazine is returning to offer our fellow music and guitar enthusiasts with news and information about acoustic and electric guitars. We will, however, broaden our coverage to include more emphasis on vintage guitars, buying and selling guitars, music careers, unique guitars, music industry challenges, innovations and personalities.
