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Guitar & Gear DealsGuitar Gear Deals of the Week — Jun 28, 2026Deals of the Week This week's biggest price drops on guitars & gear. 50% OFF Vintage Harmony? acoustic Hollow arched top body…🕑 7 min read • Jun 29, 2026Read Article →
Guitar Hot TakesWe Asked 300+ Guitarists the Best Lead Player of All Time. These Are the Top 15We asked 300+ guitar players who they thought was the greatest lead player of all time. Now, bear with us because we already know…🕑 15 min read • Jun 26, 2026Read Article →
Guitar Hot TakesThe 10 Best Guitar Albums Ever Made, Voted by GuitaristsThis past week, we asked 100+ guitarists what they thought the “Best Guitar Album Ever Made” was. And let me tell you.. reading…🕑 12 min read • Jun 22, 2026Read Article →Guitar & Gear DealsGuitar Gear Deals of the Week — Jun 21, 2026Deals of the Week This week's biggest price drops on guitars & gear. 59% OFF Ernie Ball Music Man John Petrucci Signature JP6…🕑 6 min read • Jun 21, 2026Read Article →Guitar & Gear DealsGuitar Gear Deals of the Week — Jun 18, 2026Deals of the Week This week's biggest price drops on guitars & gear. 59% OFF Ernie Ball Music Man John Petrucci Signature JP6…🕑 5 min read • Jun 19, 2026Read Article →
GearWhat’s the Best Guitar Amp Under $500? Guitarists Weigh-InWe tossed one a fun question out to our community last week: what’s the best guitar amp under $500?…🕑 11 min read • Jun 15, 2026Read Article →
Guitar TipsThe 5 Major Scale Positions, Connected With CAGED (A Complete Guide)If you only learn one scale in your life, make it the major scale. I think 95% of us know it’s the single most important thing…🕑 15 min read • Jun 15, 2026Read Article →
Guitar Hot TakesThe 11 Most Overrated Guitarists of All Time, According to 500+ GuitaristsWe asked 500+ guitarists who they think is the most overrated guitarist of all time. Annnnddd, you probably guessed it, but we’ve…🕑 13 min read • Jun 8, 2026Read Article →
GearThe One Guitar Most Guitarists Would Play for the Rest of Their LivesWe asked 500+ guitarists which guitar they’d play if they could only ever play one for the rest of…🕑 14 min read • Jun 8, 2026Read Article →Guitar Hot TakesWe Asked 200+ Guitarists Who the Most Underrated Guitarist of All Time Was. Here’s the Top 10.So we threw a question out to our guitar community: who’s the most underrated guitarist of all time? Over 200 guitar players…🕑 16 min read • Jun 1, 2026Read Article →
Guitar TipsThe 10 Best First Songs to Learn on Guitar (We Asked 300+ Players)We asked our community a question that sounds simple and absolutely is not: what’s the first song every beginner guitarist should…🕑 15 min read • May 31, 2026Read Article →GearThe Best Guitar String Brands, According to 600+ GuitaristsWhat seems like an easy guitar question isn’t so cut and dry after all.. Last week, I asked 600+…🕑 17 min read • May 31, 2026Read Article →
GearTaylor vs. Martin: Which Acoustic Guitar Is Better?If you’re trying to decide between a Taylor and a Martin, you’ve already realized this is one of the…🕑 14 min read • May 25, 2026Read Article →
Guitar Hot TakesThe Best Guitar Solo of All Time, According to 250 Guitarists (Ranked)We asked one of the most loaded questions in guitar to our community last week: What’s the best guitar solo of all time? 250+ of…🕑 16 min read • May 24, 2026Read Article →
GearStrat vs. Les Paul: Which One Should You Buy?If you’re trying to decide between a Fender Stratocaster and a Gibson Les Paul, you’ve already realized this is…🕑 13 min read • May 19, 2026Read Article →
GearWe Asked 500+ Guitarists for the Most Underrated Guitar Brand. Here Are the Top 20.I polled 500+ guitarists with one question: what’s the most underrated guitar brand? The answers came in fast. Strong…🕑 22 min read • May 18, 2026Read Article →
Guitar Tips10 Guitar Habits Even Experienced Players Struggle WithYou’ve been playing for years.. You know your scales.. You’ve got your favorite chord grips locked in (IYKYK). You’ve spent hours…🕑 30 min read • Sep 22, 2025Read Article →
Guitar TipsThe 9 Most Overrated Guitar Tips (And What to Do Instead)Every guitarist has heard advice that’s supposed to “change your playing forever.” But let’s be honest.. a lot of those so-called…🕑 32 min read • Sep 10, 2025Read Article →
Guitar TipsWhy Some Guitarists Sound Like Pros (and Others Don’t)I was working with a student last week who said something that I’ve heard a million times: “Ben, I can play all these chords, but…🕑 3 min read • Aug 31, 2025Read Article →
Guitar Tips15 Guitar Mistakes Every Beginner Makes (And How to Avoid Them)Man, those first few months with a guitar are brutal, aren’t they? My hands hurt and it sounded terrible. That was the first time…🕑 30 min read • Aug 31, 2025Read Article →
Guitar TipsWhy Most Guitar Warm-Ups Are Completely UselessI used to warm up with all the typical exercises. Chromatic runs, spider walks, you name it. But here’s the thing I realized…🕑 2 min read • Aug 30, 2025Read Article →
ArticlesThe Scale Trick That Doubles Your Playing PowerSo there I was, two years into playing guitar, confidently ripping through my minor pentatonic shapes… …until someone asked me to…🕑 2 min read • Aug 28, 2025Read Article →
GearThe Guitar Technique That Sounds Harder Than It IsThere’s this word that makes a lot of guitarists immediately think “Nope, that’s way too advanced for me.” Arpeggios. It sounds…🕑 3 min read • Aug 27, 2025Read Article →GearThe 5 Best Guitars for Beginners (That You’ll Actually Want to Keep Playing)You know the story. You get fired up, buy a “starter” guitar, struggle with stiff strings and mystery buzzes, then quietly retire…🕑 24 min read • Aug 20, 2025Read Article →ArticlesAre You An Intermediate Guitarist? Take Our Quiz!Intermediate Guitar Skills Assessment Quiz 🎸 Intermediate Guitar Skills Assessment Discover your current skill level and identify…🕑 5 min read • May 31, 2025Read Article →The Guitar NewsletterThat Doesn’t Suck.
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