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Posted March 25, 2016

Six Influential Guitarists Who Were Mediocre Players

You won't believe who is on this list.

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Posted March 18, 2016

John Lennon is Here


Learn the secrets behind the greatest Lennon songs of all time, straight from the instructors!

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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...

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Posted January 25, 2016

Enter to win a BeatBuddy Mini from Singular Sound!

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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...

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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...

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Posted January 15, 2016

The Guitar Tricks Difficulty Ratings

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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...

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Posted November 20, 2015

Local Shops Series: Bass Strings Online



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

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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.

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Posted September 21, 2015

Spice Up Your Blues Playing

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Posted September 18, 2015

Meet Sam, a Guitar Tricks Guitarist.



Every evening, after kids have gone to bed, Sam unwinds from his day by pulling out his guitar at his home in L.A. For the next couple hours, he's learning how to play the instrument he was introduced to at the age of 12, but for 20 years had never committed to learning until 6 months ago, when he discovered Guitar Tricks. "I was looking around the Internet - YouTube videos - and I stumbled upon Guitar Tricks and it seemed to be the best thing I could find by a mile."..

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