In the 1950s and '60s, guitar-driven music was booming in Britain and Europe. USA guitars were still hard to obtain there, and Asian guitar factories were not yet supplying most of the world's low and medium price instruments. ...more

This article and others from the August/September 2005 issue will be online in a few weeks. ...more

The percussive style found in a lot of funk, R'n'B, blues, hip hop, and many other genres is a style of playing that is very popular among guitarists. ...more

Hopefully you have mastered last issue's Part 3 and are now ready to move on. In this lesson you are going to learn the chords of A minor (Ami for short), Dmi, and Emi. ...more

The Wellington Sound. Don't fight it cos it's here now. While no bands are the same, there seems to a collective or a community of like-minded souls in the windy city that is bringing their noise to the nation. ...more