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The first thing you may think when you see the new Gibson Joan Jett Melody Maker is, 'What a damn fine looking guitar.' You just might follow that up with, 'Er, so who's Joan Jett?'.

If you began to read this article, chances are that you have been working on your sweep picking technique and struggled with improving it.

Playing slide guitar in standard tuning – as opposed to an open chord tuning – is very different, and quite difficult because you have to take extra care in damping the strings.

Rusty Cooley demonstrates and teaches how he splits a scale and moves it in a linear fashion along the fretboard.

We've been itching to get our hands on this new series for many months now and the timing couldn't be better: we're writing this review on official Iron Maiden Day!

Most everyone knows about the good old Drop D tuning that is used in metal guitar music. But, there is a deeper darker side to some other tunings

Do your beginning guitar students usually progress slowly with you? Do they sometimes %u2018get stuck%u2019 and reach a plateau in their guitar playing?

I've always loved Telecasters, ever since seeing George Harrison on the telly with his sweet Rosewood model from the famous rooftop performance in 1969 playing 'Don't Let Me Down' (though strangely...

A demo and review of the Martin D-15 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar. This all mahogany acoustic guitar from Martin produces a warm tone that just makes you want to play.