Our good friend Dan Denley is giving away a Martin acoustic. A $1400 Martin acoustic!

Dan is the brains and fingers behind Lead Guitar Secrets and Blues Guitar Secrets, which we’ve had special offers on before. Today Dan is releasing his next series of DVD guitar lessons called Acoustic Guitar Secrets. I haven’t watched all 5 DVDs yet, but I’m looking forward to getting more into it. Even if it’s a bit too beginner for me, I always learn something new from Dan’s books and DVDs.

To enter the contest for the Martin acoustic guitar go to Dan’s blog here. Go here to get your copy of Acoustic Guitar Secrets, which is being released today.

Update: I should have mentioned that this contest closes at midnight Dec. 14. Get your entries in right away.

Update 2: This contest is now closed to entries. Over 500 people entered, with many GN readers getting in last minute entries. Please let us know if you win; I may want to come over to your house and try the Martin.

Queensryche now has a greatest hits album: Sign of the Times - The Best Of Queensryche. This is the Definitive Queensryche Collection with 17 of the band’s best songs. We have 2 copies of the Deluxe Edition to give away. The Deluxe Edition features a Second CD of 15 Unreleased Demos, Live & Bonus Tracks - including a new track Justified featuring original guitarist Chris DeGarmo.

If you have Windows Media Player installed, you can listen to the track Sign of the Times.

To enter this contest, please send us an email and tell us your name.

The contest is open until October 25, 2007 at midnight. Winners will be notified by email and announced in the newsletter. Only one entry per person. Good luck.

Update: Contest is closed. Thanks for the entries.

To celebrate the release of Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr, we are giving two lucky winners an album litho and a copy of the album.

To enter this contest you need to give us a word that rhymes with “Ringo.”

The contest is open until October 13, 2007 at midnight. Winners will be notified by email. Only one entry per person.

Now, what are you waiting for? Get out that rhyming dictionary!

Update: Contest closed. Thanks for the interesting entries.

In celebration of the 25th Anniversary Release of George Thorogood’s legendary “Bad to the Bone” album we are giving away a custom made (by George himself) signed guitar slide along with a copy of “Bad to the Bone: The 25th Anniversary Edition”. These are the exact same slides that George uses on stage. In addition two runners-up will receive copies of the album.

To enter this contest you must answer the following skill testing question:

What year was “Bad to the Bone” originally released?

The contest is open until September 25, 2007 at midnight. Winners will be selected by random. Please only one entry per person. We will notify the lucky winners by email and announce the results in our newsletter.

In case you’re not excited yet, here’s what the slides we’re giving away look like. Pretty cool, huh?

Update: This contest is now closed. Thanks to all those who entered. The winners will be announced soon.