The chords don't get old. An open c is the same any decade. The c that you described with the low e played open is still technically a C. It has all ...

The book that helped me a lot with putting all the pieces together was The Complete Idiots Guide To Rock Guitar by David Hodge. It will give you a wel...

ANY guitar is worth a proper setup. The cheapest guitars imaginable are (often) capable of beautiful sounds if they're set up right. The exceptions ...

Read up and learn to do most the setup yourself. It's a useful skill to know and a strat is easiest to setup if you're gonna do it yourself since the ...

There is nothing wrong with fingering a chord different from the standard, and I've seen many guitarist play a D just as you've described. I try to le...

It's not so much the size as the shape. It's neck is a little thicker compared to, say, a strat neck.

The best place to find a good drummer ...try talking to the person at the music store who is looking St different style tribal drums, bodrams, or othe...

I personally like les Pauls. They are heavy and expensive but any solid body guitar with a maple, mahogany blend will be heavy. And just like anythin...

I am partial to Martin myself, I also like ibenez too. There are lots of options, just try to stick with familiar brands so that you know that the sou...

Oh. I should mention that I'm using the method described in The Complete Idiots Guide To Rock Guitar by Dave Hodge, or I think I'm doing it that way. ...

A lot, though not all, of the music put out today sounds terrible live because the "artists " rely too much on everything being polished up in the stu...

I think everyone here knows Hendrix was a big inspiration for me.... he made me want to play guitar years before I actually picked it up. Though Hend...

I decided to start learning solos by learning to play a couple cool ones that someone already wrote so I'm learning sweet child o mine. I thought I wa...