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I was walking through my city centre the other day and noticed something very strange. No, it wasn't the massive concrete playground that failed architects had created. Neither was it the still icy floor for the fifth week running. It wasn't even the increased Police presence that I had noticed. No, it was the Guitar shops, or, lack of. I remember when I started playing the guitar about 6 years ago, there were 5 guitar shops within at least five miles of my own house. Let me tell you a little bit about them. Shops, shops, shops! The[...]

Have you ever wanted to be involved in an online Guitar community that is similar to facebook. A place where you can upload and tag photos. A place where you can upload a playlist of your favourite songs on your profile. A place where you can chat to all your other Guitar friends instantly with a facebook-like chat box in the right corner. A place where you can post blog entries for the whole network to see. A place where you can post events to showcase your favourite bands next gig, or even your bands own gig. A place where you can post[...]

So the last decade was a pretty good one for music, and especially guitar music. We saw some great Guitar bands, and some great Guitarists. But what can we look forward to in the first year of the next Decade, 2010? Well, there are some great bands that are releasing some new material. There are also more Guitar games coming out. And there is an ever increasing presence of Guitar-related websites. Albums To Look Out For Vampire Weekend - Contra The Strokes MGMT Red Hot Chili Peppers Kings Of Leon The White Stripes Fleet[...]

Hello everyone, I would just like to wish you all a Happy New Year! May 2010 be a great year for you all. Did you all have a good New Years Eve? I did. I went round my friends for a house party and we played drinking games and other sorts. Was wicked. Anyway I would just like to share with you my New Years Guitar Resolutions. I am doing Guitar Resolutions this year because I feel I haven't played nearly enough. So here they are: Carry On This Blog - As far as I'm concerned this blog has been a blessing to me as it has made me[...]

Hello, and welcome to the third and final instalment of the Decade Review. In the previous two reviews I covered the greatest riffs of the decade, the best albums of the decade and the death of some of the great guitarists of the decade. Today I'm going to be looking at how technology has effected the way we listen, play, discuss, teach, record, share and buy guitars. So to start with I am going to look at probably the biggest technological advance to effect Guitars this decade. The Internet. The Internet Although the internet was[...]