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Hello everyone and I appreciate that I haven't posted in a couple of weeks but hopefully today's post will spark more. This is more like a list of the guitar blogs that I read on the internet, but nonetheless it is still a list of awesome guitar blog thats you must read. I've been wanting to do this list for some time now because it's sort of a thank you to these blogs aswell. This blog wouldn't have been possible without some on this list showing me that a guitar blog would be a good place to jot down my thoughts. So lets have a look at some[...]

Hello everyone and welcome to another weekly guitar quiz. This is where you can test your guitar knowledge every week. Here's last weeks answers: 1936 Pete Townshend Palm Mute MC5 Beefeaters Lets hope you all got those correct and your guitar knowledge is outstanding. Now onto this weeks quiz: [quiz=27] // I hope you got all of those questions correct. The answers will be posted on next weeks quiz. Want Regular Free Updates? Just sign up below with an RSS Reader or by email for your free updates. Subscribe in[...]

Can I introduce you please to a lump of cheddar cheese? Knit one! Pearl one! Drop one! Curl one! Yes, these are in fact lyrics to a song that very nearly reached number one in the UK charts back in 1998. They are from the England World Cup song, Vindaloo by Fat Les. Granted, it was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, but when you look at some of the biggest songs ever written, you start to see some of the lyrics were extremely obscure and weird. And when you look deeper into it you can find that most of the obscurest lyrics were written around[...]

Hello everyone and welcome to another weekly guitar quiz. This is where you can test your guitar knowledge every week. Here's last weeks answers: Les Paul Booker T & The MGs Mick Taylor/ Max Middleton Teen King and The Emergencies Bo Diddley Lets hope you all got those correct and your guitar knowledge is outstanding. Now onto this weeks quiz: [quiz=26] // Good luck for this weeks fascinating guitar quiz. The answers will be posted on next Fridays quiz. Want Regular Free Updates? Just sign up below with an[...]

Our most favoured guitar idols are often people that inspire us with their musical ability and guitar prowess. Their songs often speak to us and tell us that we should try and pick the guitar up, whether it be to emulate some of our favourites or to start our own band or write our own music with our very own style. But it isn't just the music that inspires us to create our own music, sometimes, when they are not getting wasted, sleeping with groupies or taking drugs, guitarists can say some pretty awe inspiring things. So what are the best[...]