Guitar Noise Forums

News
Read about the latest happenings of our site! If you have an upcoming gig or jam, post it here.

Meet and Greet
New to guitar or just new to Guitarnoise? Say hello here. Where are you? What are you playing, acoustic, electric or both? How long have you been playing? What styles do you like to play?
On topic posts only please.

Singing
Think you can't sing? Think again. Can you hum or sing the pitches as you tune your guitar? Can you sing along with your car radio? You can? Great! Now we know you can sing. It's good to get that out of the way. Come on in and wail away.

Beginner's Q&A Forum
Post your question here and an experienced guitar player or teacher will get back to you.

Guitar Players Discussion
Discussion about guitar playing from a diverse group of people with different tastes and levels of experience.

Bass Players Discussion
Check out the Bass Players forum if you want to talk about playing bass guitar.

Guitar Noise Lessons
Got a question on a lesson? Don't quite understand what or how or why? Just want some company as you learn? Come join the gang in the lesson forum

Slide and Alternate tunings
Y'all come on in and sit a spell. All things Slide and alternate tuning. Celtic, country...whatever. Get your fill of DADGAD, open G and whatever tickles your fancy. Strictly on topic please.

Guitar and Music Theory
Well who doesn't have a question about theory? Come on in and get them answered here. Beginning to advanced theory questions are welcome.

Guitar Repair and Maintenance
Need to know how to setup your guitar? How do you lower your action? How do you get rid of the Milli Vanilli stickers? Look here first.

Sunday Songwriters Group
The Sunday Songwriters club is a stretching exercise for your mind. Arpeggios for the brain cells, so to speak. After all, writing is like playing - to get better, you have to practice.

Guitar Noise Songwriting Club
Get help writing songs, find composers for your lyrics or set up songwriting exchanges. You can post messages here to find songwriting partners or post your lyrics and get feedback. Questions about copyright? They go here too.

Live Sound
Live sound reinforcement, running PA's and general amplifier/amplification questions and discussion.

In The Studio
Recording engineering discussions and questions. Also a great place to discuss software, plugins, and computer based recording/arranging.

From Here to There
Here is a forum for everything between the guitar (here) and the amp (there). If you want to know about cables, effects pedals, multieffects, noisegates, line drivers, phasers, distortion post your questions in here.

Hear Here
Post your links to your own recordings here if you'd like some feedback. Please keep it clean or let us know ahead of time a parental advisory is in effect. This forum is for your own recordings. Do not post links to copyrighted material or commercial MP3s.

The Other Side
Women play guitar, too! This page is specifically for the discussion of women's topics on music in general and the guitar in particular. All genders invited to discuss things!

Online Jams and Collaborations
Are you looking for someone to jam? Do you have AIM or MSN or YIM? Would you like to collaborate online? Are you just looking for something to do with the microphone attached to your PC? Post here.

Opinions and Polls
If you have a post about music or guitar that doesn't really fit anywhere else, put it here. This is strictly on topic, guitar or music related topics only. Please be civil and courteous here. This forum is moderated and respectful conversation is expected.

Reviews of Instructional Material, CDs and Shows
Post your reviews of instructional material for guitar or bass. Reviews of books, your favorite bands latest CD, how to videos, live band performances and other instructional websites are all welcome.

Your Suggestions for Guitar Noise
A space for you to offer suggestions for improvements or lessons you would like to see on Guitar Noise.

Games and Trivia
Music Trivia, Song Association, Album Cover, Music-related Trivia. Post it here. Please keep it music related.

Swap Meet
Do you have GAS? Do you need to sell your old Strat for a new Les Paul? Post your WTB and NTS requests here, along with your contact information. These posts will be locked after one week, and deleted after one month.

Freebies, Giveaways, Contests and guitar apps
If you see a contest for a free guitar, strings, amp or anything else related, post a link here. Also if you have a favorite freebie app, like a tuner or metronome, post the download link here.

Indie Music sales and site/product promotion
Do you have a guitar related site you'd like the readers of the guitarnoise forums to check out? Have you seen a guitar site you think the readers of guitarnoise should visit? Post it here. Do you have a link to a favorite offsite lesson? It goes here too.