Guitar Tricks Blog

Posted February 26, 2016

Complete List of What's Free on Guitar Tricks

Our guitar lessons are THAT GOOD. And to prove it, we made the first tutorial in each section free. This is in addition to the 24 free sample lessons.

These tutorials never expire, and are always available to you...

Posted January 25, 2016

Enter to win a BeatBuddy Mini from Singular Sound!

Posted January 22, 2016

Goodbye, Glenn Frey: a Fallen Eagle

I had just gotten off work. I fished my phone out from the bottom of my bag and checked messages as I walked to the car, and there it was. Word from my cousin in Tampa: Glenn Frey RIP. Three stark words that stopped me dead in my tracks. What? For a moment I wasn't sure I had read right...

Posted January 15, 2016

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Stardust

What more can be said about David Bowie's passing that hasn't already been said? The six heart attacks he survived, the liver cancer so few knew he suffered from, the messages embedded in Blackstar that portend his demise, his final album on track to becoming his biggest record ever...

Posted January 15, 2016

The Guitar Tricks Difficulty Ratings

Posted December 28, 2015

2015 Highlights

The best is yet to come, but here's what we've accomplished in just 365 days. Thank you for everything!

Posted December 24, 2015

NEW: Lyrics on Guitar Tricks

As you know, Guitar Tricks is the most comprehensive one-stop-shop guitar resource online. Now we're branching out so you can learn songs on the guitar AND see the lyrics so you can lead those singalongs!

Posted December 8, 2015

Happy birthday, Keith Richards!

The legendary Keith Richards' birthday is coming up on Dec. 18. To celebrate, we challenged Guitar Tricks instructor Mike Olekshy to play 25 Rolling Stones riffs in one take!

Posted November 20, 2015

Local Shops Series: SF Guitarworks

This holiday season we want to highlight independent music stores all over the U.S. In this first edition, we got to know Geoff, owner of SF Guitarworks in San Francisco, CA...

Posted November 20, 2015

Local Shops Series: Bass Strings Online

Here's our second installment of highlighting independent music shops this holiday season!

Posted September 28, 2015

Instructor Douglas Showalter On Good Morning America

Guitar Tricks instructor, Douglas Showalter, making us proud with a live taping on Good Morning America, where he performed the hit single, "Burning House", with his band, Cam.

Posted September 21, 2015