The biggest, most anticipated and unrivalled guitar event of the year, the London Guitar Show launches on the 11th June at ExCeL London.  It features four days of seminars and clinics, master classes and other activities including a careers fair, guest speakers, instrument demos and workshops. Featured in the world class lineup is the Master [...]

While they’re not the first corporation to set up shop in Second Life, the 3-D Virtual world created by Linden Labs, Gibson Guitars are now the first major music manufacturer to establish an official island within the virtual surrounds of the digital world.  Gibson Island takes the shape of a giant Les Paul guitar, and will [...]

The August 2008 edition of Premier Guitar, the definitive gear centric magazine for serious, accomplished players, has hit news stands.  The beauty of this magazine is that they also make available the complete content of articles, free on their site, both in a web page and flash magazine format. The August 2008 issue includes highlights such as: [...]

You might have noticed a couple of things over the weekend – that it was a little quiet on the news front, and more importantly, that site looks a little different now.  Both were due to the fact that our puggies been busy redesigning the look of the site, and have finally completed the overhaul!  [...]

I’m always on the lookout for interesting sites and resources for learning the guitar, and this one fit the bill to a T.  Songsterr, according to their blog,  ”is a service offering an extraordinary experience of playing, learning, and singing guitar on-line. Songsterr provides a realistic guitar sound and gives you a full control over [...]

Inventor, musician, and entrepreneur Les Paul “flipped the switch” at Marshall & Ilsley Corporation’s (M&I) corporate headquarters in downtown Milwaukee on Friday, June 20, lighting two sides of the 18-story corporate headquarters in the shape of Les Paul styled guitars. To honor Les’s recent 93rd birthday, M&I also presented him with a birthday cake, which [...]

The July 2008 edition of Premier Guitar, the definitive gear centric magazine for serious, accomplished players, has hit news stands.  The beauty of this magazine is that they also make available the complete content of articles, free on their site, both in a web page and flash magazine format. The July 2008 issue is dedicated to acoustic guitars, and [...]

If you’re into curves, and not just those on a guitar, then check out Guitar Magazine’s 2009 Buyer’s Guide. The Girls Next Door, Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson, rock out on the cover of Guitar Magazine. The girls do a group shot, and each has their own separate cover photo. The photos include the girls posing [...]