James has signed up to attend Guitar Breaks in June, so we asked him what he’s looking forward to most: “Well, pretty much all of it! I’ve never actually had a formal lesson, and have been intermittently picking up a guitar all my life (played in a few bands) but over the last couple of years […]
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That Pedal Show & Peter Honore at Guitar Breaks June 2017.
Guitar Breaks in Italy with Mick and Daniel from That Pedal Show and Peter from Andertons TV.Guitar Breaks is delighted to announce that we are partnering with That Pedal Show to deliver our ‘Week Away’ guitar holiday experience in Italy from Sunday June 11th to Saturday June 17th. This year we are based at the award-winning Villa […]
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Where does guitar tone come from?
Tone. The holy grail of electric guitar. If you are a guitar player, you may well have already spent the majority of your playing life chasing THAT elusive tone. You know the one. The one you can hear in your head. The one that other guitar players seem to already have. Yet you just cannot […]
Tommy Twangs for George
Tommy Emmanuel bosses his Maton acoustic in honour of the late great George Harrison. […]
“That’s about as good as I’ve ever heard it.”
When BB King tells you that, you’d better believe it. Check Derek Trucks totally nailing it. […]
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Less is definitely less.
Check out The Edge here demonstrating one of the most important guitar skills: Playing for the song. […]
Classic Dave Gilmour ‘Shine on…’
Utterly beautiful playing from Sir Dave…… And we all love a red Strat. Right? […]
The Reverend Billy Gibbons – La Grange
Live at Daryl’s house. Check Billy’s opening note of the first solo at 1.22 mins. Peachy! […]
Bend it like Beck
Old school classics given the wangbar treatment, the way only Jeff can. […]
Don’t mess with Keef
Sometimes a tasteful solo is never going to cut it. […]