guitars News

Worldwide trade distributors John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. is gearing up for a massive NAMM 2012 show with a full showcase of its complete range of guitars and basses now distributed in more than 70 countries around the globe. JHS is at Hall E 1212.

2011 Rolling Stone "Street to Stage" WINNER, Charles Rangel, has decided to share his Air-Tapping Guitar secrets, exercises & techniques with the world. 6 video lessons, 12 music tracks & 30 ringtones on the Mac® App Store. HOLIDAY SALE - 50% OFF!

Following an extensive review, Guitar World Magazine, the largest U.S. guitar magazine, has granted Fretlight its prestigious Gold Award.

Attendees can win Miranda Lambert tickets, earn money for their school’s music programs and meet an American Idol finalist

Wyatt Wilkie and Richard Ralston join 22 other guitar makers on the Web's premiere archtop guitar luthier directory.

Sierra Guitars is pleased to announce the addition of two new flamed top models to the Sunrise line of acoustic/electric Auditorum sized guitars.

Sierra Guitars is pleased to introduce the new acoustic-electric 12-String offering to the Northstar Series, the SS112CE.

Ryan Thorell is the latest addition to the FineArchtops.com community of archtop guitar luthiers, guitar makers who build their guitars by hand.

Worldwide trade distributors John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. is gearing up for a massive NAMM 2012 show with a full showcase of its complete range of guitars and basses now distributed in more than 70 countries around the globe. JHS is at Hall E 1212.

2011 Rolling Stone "Street to Stage" WINNER, Charles Rangel, has decided to share his Air-Tapping Guitar secrets, exercises & techniques with the world. 6 video lessons, 12 music tracks & 30 ringtones on the Mac® App Store. HOLIDAY SALE - 50% OFF!

After recently winning the Rolling Stone® "Street to Stage" competition by public votes, Charles Rangel of The Dime Store Novelist has decided to share his Air-Tapping Guitar secrets, exercises and techniques with the world.

Following an extensive review, Guitar World Magazine, the largest U.S. guitar magazine, has granted Fretlight its prestigious Gold Award.

The Cheap Guitars Shop announce a range of pre-Christmas discounts on their full range of guitars and guitar accessories.

Locally-based singer-songwriters Marty England and Amy Petty will be teaming up to present an evening of song at Rivermill at Dover Landing at 8:00pm on Friday, October 21st. Tickets are $8 in advance and are available online at www.rivermillnh.com.

Attendees can win Miranda Lambert tickets, earn money for their school’s music programs and meet an American Idol finalist

NC guitar maker Jay Lichty, of Lichty Guitars, announces Custom Acoustic Guitar Gift Certificates, the perfect one of a kind item for a winning holiday gift guide.

Guvera.com and Children of Bodom, in Partnership with ESP Guitars and Monster Energy - Will Award a Signature Henkka Seppälä ESP Bass Guitar and other Prizes to the Most Aggressive Social Networking Shredders – Running Now Until July 14th, 2011

Sierra Guitars is thrilled to participate in Orange Amplifiers’ Tornado Victims Fund-raising “Music Aid for Joplin” auction by donating a SA28CE Sierra Sunrise Auditorium guitar and bag.

Dean Guitars NYC Night to be the first live webcast from the esteemed Iridium Nightclub as part of Les Paul Tribute Monday on Mon. June 27th. Join Guitar World, Newtek Tricaster, Livestream.com & Dean Guitars for this very special concert webcast!

Musicorp, a leading distributor and manufacturer of musical instruments, lighting products and accessories is thrilled to be your source for Hamer XT Series guitars in the United States.

MacNichol Guitars and Mandolins (www.MacNichol.com) announces that it has become an Authorized Dealer for K & K Pickups, providing sales and installation of K & K pickups.

There are many electric guitar makers to choose from – but only one offers a tonal chamber with a wooden pickguard. This revolutionary design creates a tidal wave of sound.

Final Competition to be held August 31 At the Bigfork Performing Arts Center in Montana

DBZ Guitars donates a custom built guitar to help raise money for the Ronnie James Dio "Stand Up and Shout" cancer fund.

DBZ Guitars, continuing a pattern of industry firsts, expands their line of award winning guitars with the custom engraved Peacemaker Cavallo.

Worldwide trade distributor John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. has proclaimed Winter NAMM 2011 as the company's most successful show yet.

The popular on-line buying service, WeBuyIt-ALL.com, now has locations in Florida.

DBZ Guitars announces a new breakthrough in guitar neck design. Unveiling of DBZ’s cutting edge new necks, called the Dean B Zelinsky "Z-Glide" Reduced Friction Neck (patent pending) will take place at the 2011 NAMM show January 13 in Anaheim, CA.

Having just gone via the procedure of purchasing a brand new acoustic guitar, it struck me that this may be the greatest time to let others know what I think about to become the greatest technique to undertake at guitar stores to get best deals!

The Music Store has been working on musical instruments for 39 years; but its technicians have over 100 years of combined repair experience.

Starting with this music recording software and gear will permit you to have the fundamental boosts which you require so that you can cut your very first music recording software recordings.

British artist Damien Hirst, whose bold works have set records in London’s auction houses, has painted a guitar using his celebrated ‘spin painting’ technique and donated the work to War Child. To be auctioned by Christie's February 17, 2011.

The Seagull Acoustic Guitar S6 boasts such features such as a solid Canadian Cedar top and Laminated Black Cherry back as well as sides, which is nearly unheard of in this price range. With most guitar manufacturers you don't get out of the plywood..

DBZ Guitars announces the "Win It All" Guitar Giveaway. Get a chance to win the Ultimate DBZ Guitars Collection! Simply Join the "DBZ Guitars Official Win It All" Facebook Group and you're entered. That's it!

The new Fretlight Studio 4.5 allows a user to watch Fretlight music videos while lighting up their Fretlight guitar so they may learn chords, scales, play songs, take video lessons, or improvise a solo.

Fat Neck Guitars now offers a Trade-in and Consignment service. Our aim is to provide the customer with much better terms than those of the traditional ‘Guitar Shop’.

Announcing the launch of a new guitar website in the UK

The Trend POV Show is celebrating its one year anniversary with a special episode. This week we will be spotlighting PRS Guitars for innovation with exclusive content and interviews with Paul Reed Smith himself.

DBZ Guitars launches their new interactive website, "The DBZ Experience" and it is live as of this morning at www.dbzguitars.com/experience. Viewers should click the full screen option in the lower right corner for the full experience.

A new interactive Sierra Guitars website is now live at www.sierraguitars.net! It features a live twitter feed, real-time commenting, free artist music downloads, artist and product videos, free desktop and smartphone wallpapers, and a dealer search

DBZ Guitars wins Best in Show Award at this year’s National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade show held in Nashville, TN.

"Build a Vet a Guitar" event on July 16 and 17 at Wild Earth School in Hudson, WI from 9 am - 5pm, will help launch Minneapolis chapter of Guitars For Vets

LA Instruments, a musical instrument store, moves to the web offering new, used and collectible vintage music instruments at rock bottom prices.

Sonic Edge announced today the launch of its new website, www.sonicedgeinc.com, featuring a new user interface and expanded functionality.

Sonic Edge announced today that it would introduce its second pedal, the Tumbleweed, at this year’s Summer NAMM conference in Nashville, TN.

Sonic Edge has signed its first distributors and dealers for its pedal line, beginning with the J&J Overdrive pedal, which ships later this month. These companies cover the U.S., Japan, Australia and Europe.

There are people who are really born to be musicians. Many of them don't realize this early on in their lives until they held an instrument in their hands.

Learning to play any musical instrument has significant benefits, studies have already proven that decades ago. There were studies that showed that music can increase memorizing capacity, comprehension, time management and organization skills.

Playing this specific instrument is also being preferred because it serves as a powerful bind that connects all the instruments in a band including the drum, the keyboard, and even the vocalist.

The use of electric bass guitars in the 1950s has mainly been for the purpose of replacing the sounds produced by the double bass which has that acoustic feel and sound popularly evoked in jazz, funk and R&B genres.

Electric bass guitar has been among the most favored instruments to be played by many. This is because the instrument is user-friendly and also creates a unique sound that is essential in producing a great song or composition.

So you want to learn how to play the bass guitar? Before slapping and hammering your way to superstardom and rock icon status you need to go over some few technical details about your new bass guitar.

Music has always been a part of the lives of so many people. It serves as an inspiration to many who are being tested by life's challenges.

Electric guitars are often made of solid body such as wood of different types. The body will be the main part of the electric guitar that holds the bridge, pickups, strings, strap holder, volume/tone controls and tremolo inputs.