That’s it. I quit guitar. There is just no way possible I can catch up to the technical ability of Mike Orlando in this lifetime. Good thing I believe in GuitarPlayerZen reincarnation and will be sure to start practicing 8 hours a day from when I turn 5 and will [...]

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With it being Memorial Day weekend, we figured why not remember some of our fallen guitar heroes?
God Bless all the great music that came out of these guys! Here is a short list along with their WikiPedia bio pages for all you guitar players to visit and pay your respect:
Jimi Hendrix
Stevie [...]

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What the hell is a mouth trumpet? Good question!
In a follow-up to our last post featuring a beat-boxing guitarist, I would like to share with everyone one of my personal favorite musicians, Raul Midon. Not only does this guy have some exceptional right hand chops, but he can sing [...]

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Recently I was again reminded of Rolling Stone’s Top 100 list of guitar players, and it really made me start thinking. Since starting GuitarPlayerZen, I’ve really realized that it is pretty much impossible to come out with any kind of objective rating scale on guitarists. Hell, I know probably more than 100 guitar [...]

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Hey guys just letting you know that our good friend Misa Micevski’s new cd, Two Shores is out and ready for guitar lovers to buy! If you want to know more about Misa, check out his Featured Artist of the Week article.
You can buy his awesome jazz/fusion album here at AbstractLogix
Or Here at [...]

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Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you Ted Orr, one funky guitar cat, who’s played with funk legend George Clintion and others. Breaking barriers of what the guitar should sound like and how it should be played, Ted Orr utilizes midi and other modern tools & techniques to get the sounds he hears inside [...]

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Davy Jones of Monkees fame compared him to a young Bob Dylan - meet guitarist and singer-songwriter Tim Cheatle.
Songwriter, composer and guitar player Tim Cheatle has been making music in various styles for over 25 years. He describes his relationship with music as “long and complicated” and is currently working in the guise of a [...]

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Monte Montgomery has taken the acoustic guitar beyond anyone’s expectations. With his amazing fretwork, unique combination finger and pick style playing through trailblazing “chordal” thoroughfares often baffling even the most accomplished players.
Could not have said it any better myself. If you haven’t been exposed to his music yet you are missing out. Not [...]

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If you cut the head off a guitarist, does it still play for a little bit before it finally dies?

T-Cophony, born in 1984, is a guitarist and songwriter who has been playing since the age of 14. He listened to many styles of music. His unique technique pleases his crowds. T-Cophony’s unique style is a [...]

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You’ve probably seen this young virtuoso in some YouTube video or another playing jaw-dropping lines with both hands simultaneously. Maybe you’ve hired a professional mercenery to eliminate him so that your YouTube guitar pyro-technics would be ranked the highest. But there is no doubt that Justin King has got some serious talent.
Known for [...]

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