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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[...]

Well hello and welcome to a Saturday post. Oooooo it's been a long old time since I've done one of these so I hope you enjoy it. Today I'm going to be showcasing the best performances that MTV Unplugged has gave us over the past 21 years. Many great artists have performed for MTV on their Unplugged show from Aerosmith to Dylan, Kiss to Alice In Chains and newer acts such as Vampire Weekend and Paramore. These are just some of the artists to give amazing performances on Unplugged, but which artists were the pick of the bunch? Here I intend to[...]

Hello everyone and welcome to another exciting Guitar Duel, these are proving really popular. Before we get onto this weeks duel lets look at who won last weeks battle between Morello and Cobain. I must admit I did sort of expect the end result in which Morello was the overall winner. It was quite close though. Thanks for voting guys. But now onto this weeks cincilating duel between two of the older greats. For this weeks poll we travel back to the birth of rock n roll in the 50s. With these two guitarists we look back at a girl called Lucille[...]

Hello everybody and welcome to another juicy Guitar Duel! This is a regular feature where I put two guitarists against each other and let the readers decide who is the better guitarist. Last time's Guitar Duel saw Mark Knopfler take on Brian May in a hard fought battle which Knoplfer first looked like he would win. However, a few days later and May took the lead, resulting in a 10-8 win for May. Thanks for all who voted on this one. Now onto another exciting Duel. This week see's two of the most notable guitarists in the rock world and more[...]

Right, now this post might seem a little ponsey, and is not what my usual posts are aimed at. Usually it's about how guitarists make their instrument wail and scream or how hard a particular musician rocks. But I thought it was time we looked at a different side of the guitar. A side that often gets neglected by some bands and guitarists, yet a side that is so vitally important for the guitar. Yes there have been guitar songs that have rocked the fuck out of my ears but there has also been those guitar songs that have soothed them. And this,[...]