Guitar Noise

Women play guitar and play it well. If you’re not familiar with any great women guitar players, Guitar Goddesses, if you will, then let David Wagle get you acquainted with four exceptionally talented ones right now!

If you think tracing back your family tree is fun, then think about musical genres. Who would be Pete Townsend’s great-grandfather? And who would be the trunk of the tree of country guitarists? The answers may surprise you and, as is always the case with David’s articles, you’ll learn a lot about some guitarists that you may never have heard of. Hopefully you’ll learn enough to get out and listen to them!

The rock solo is in some ways the quintessential guitar sound. The dream of playing one really great solo is more or less why we keep strapping up and plugging in. Since the number of really great guitarists is much greater than the length of time given to write an article, we’ll focus here on a few really fantastic players and then discuss how those players inspire us.

Listening to music is one of the easiest ways to learn about your guitar - and one of the easiest things to forget about! Guitar Noise is pleased to introduce the first of a series of articles from David Wagle, which are here to help you expand your listening library in the hopes of becoming better guitarists and musicians. We start out with a list of Top Ten Great Guitarists Who Never Make Top Ten Lists But Should!