Welcome to the Beginner Guitar Lessons! I’m happy you’re here. If you are new to playing guitar then this free guitar tutorial is what you need. Please don’t expect nor push yourself too hard to be able to play or shred your guitar like all those pros or guitar gods since playing guitar, especially for beginners can be quite painful and frustrating. Playing guitar is supposed to be fun and if you find it hurts your fingers then you must have been doing it the wrong way. Read the rest of this entry »

This is the last part of Guitar Accessories – Which Ones Do I Need To Buy For My Guitar? To read the complete article please check the first part and the second part previously posted before this article.

Metronome

If you want to play your guitar in time then you are going to need to buy a metronome.You can choose from modern electronic metronomes or traditional mechanical metronomes. Traditional metronomes look very nice and are made from either plastic or wood, they are also known as pendulum metronomes because the ticking sound is produced by a small pendulum that swings back and forth, much like the old Grandfather clocks. The Traditional wooden or plastic metronomes tend to be a lot more expensive than the electronic metronomes.

The leading metronome brands in order of popularity* are:

* Wittner
* Korg
* Yamaha
* Seiko
* Qwik Time

Cleaning and maintenance (polish, nut file set, wrench set, fret file set)

To look after your guitar you will need to at least buy some guitar polish. Gibson produce a good guitar polish and also Doctor Ducks Axe Wax is very popular.
If you are serious about guitar playing then you might want to have a nut file, fret file or wrench set. You can keep your guitar in top playing condition. Read the rest of this entry »

This is the second part of Guitar Accessories – Which Ones Do I Need To Buy For My Guitar? If you haven’t read the first part please click here.

Guitar stands or Guitar Hangers

There are lots of different types of guitar stands, it really depends on which stand is more suited to you.
There is the standard guitar stand, the universal guitar stand, the auto grab guitar stand, the double and triple guitar stand and the wall mounted guitar stand. The standard guitar stand is the most popular and comes in three different types: i) electric/bass, ii) classical and iii) universal.

The most popular* brands are:

* Stagg
* Hercules
* QuikLok
* Giraffe
* Warwick
* Fender
* String Swing
* Ibanez

Plectrums (also known as picks)

Plectrums are very cheap and can be bought individually, or in packs. Most commonly you can buy plectrums on the web in packs of 6. Guitar plectrums come in different gauges. Usually the thinner ones are used with Classical, Spanish or Flamenco guitars, the medium gauges with Electric and Acoustic guitars and the thickest ones with Basses.

There are lots of brands of plectrums. The most popular* are:

* Stagg
* Jim Dunlop
* Fender
* Gibson

Guitar Leads/Cables

Guitar Leads normally come in different lengths: The most common is the 15 feet/4.5 metre leads. This length is ample if you are playing in a band.

Popular* brands of guitar leads/cables are:

* Ibanez
* Peavey
* Stagg

Guitar straps

If you want to buy a gift for a guitarist, there is nothing better than a nice leather guitar strap.

Levys and Gibson are the most famous brands of guitar straps, Levys have the most comprehensive selection.
Other guitar straps to look out for are Dickies and Wrangler. Read the rest of this entry »

There are a number of guitar accessories that you might want to buy for your guitar. Guitar accessories are relatively cheap and if you are buying a guitar, you might be able to pick up a good deal if you want to buy a number of accessories as well.

Here is a list of guitar accessories to consider (in order of the most popular):

* Guitar bag or case
* Guitar tuner/pitch pipe
* Guitar strings
* Effects pedals/Foot Switches
* Amplifiers
* Guitar stands
* Plectrums (also known as picks)
* Guitar Leads/Cables
* Guitar straps
* Guitar Capo
* Guitar Slide
* Headphones
* Metronome
* Cleaning and maintenance (polish, nut file set, wrench set, fret file set)
* Footstool
* Stringwinder (also known as a pegwinder)
* Straplok set
* Power adaptor for effects pedals

Guitar Bags and Cases

If you plan on gigging a lot or travelling on planes/trains etc. I recommend buying a guitar case, otherwise a padded gig bag will do just fine. The Kinsman guitar cases and guitar bags are a very good quality and are also one of the most popular. The Kinsman guitar bags come in three grades.

1) Standard – hardly any padding and one small pouch for music books and accessories

2) Deluxe – quite well padded, with two pouches

3) Premium – extremely well padded, with large and small pouches and a shoulder strap.

The Kinsman guitar cases are made for Stratocasters, Telecasters, Les Paul shape, electric, acoustic or bass guitars. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you happy with the color of your electric guitar? If you’re not have you ever thought to custom paint it?
It took a lot of consideration for some people to strip down their guitar and I don’t recommend it if you’re not comfortable with the idea, however if you have an old electric guitar to experiment with and you can take the risk of damaging it then you can try this idea.

Custom paint jobs are expensive. A good guitar custom paint shop can charge you easily $200 for a simple coating work, and the more complicated the custom design the more expensive the cost will be. I find it ridiculous to send a cheap guitar to this shop because the paint job price is more expensive than the guitar price itself. If you don’t know how to custom paint your guitar there is a good tutorial you can buy, and when you master the work there is always a possibility to make this custom paint guitar as your side job. A good guitar painting tutorial will cover everything needed to paint your guitar including how to select a good combination of paint colors and how to do airbrush custom paint as well. Many guitarists are inspired by custom motorcycle paint jobs so they want to see some airbrush custom paint works done on their axes too. Read the rest of this entry »

My fellow guitarists, today I managed to get some cool and free guitar video tutorials for you from JamPlay.com. JamPlay is a good guitar resource with more than 300 hrs high quality videos from 33 guitar teachers. Note that the video you are watching below is much smaller than it’s original size. I had to resize it to fit into my blog page.

There are many ways to learn guitar and one of it is by joining an online guitar tutorial site like JamPlay. With the membership fee as low as $19.95 you can get unlimited access to the guitar lessons, name it metal, rock, blues, bluegrass, classical, fingerstyle, country, jazz, celtic and many more. Whatever your choice is you will be satisfied with the video and tutorial quality they offer. They even have guitar lessons for Christmas in case you are planning something to show off for the big day.

Should you plan to join the membership program please be aware that you can easily get distracted – like kids in a candy shop – there are so many high quality guitar tutorials available and if you don’t pay attention to your main focus you will be ‘lost’!