JUST WONDERING WHAT EVERYONE USED TO GET STARTED OR TO IMPROVE CHOPS. WHAT HAVE YOU USED OR ARE USING NOW. HEES MINE... PETRUCCI-ROCK DISCIPLINE-------i need to get back to this SCOTT HENDERSON-JAZZ ROCK MASTERY-------little over my head now.i'm not really a jazz guy but SH is a...

About 2 months ago I bought a loaded Clapton pickguard with the Active pickups off a fellow Harmony Central member (who I am told frequents Jemsite as well) that was out of his 1996 Torino Red USA Eric Clapton Signature Strat. I wasn't really sure what I was going to do with it, but I love the...

Hi All, I have a slight dilemma. I've been playing the gutar for approx 18 years and I am technically quite proficient. However, I want to get a lot better and I want to be a much better musician. The problem is I am not a beginner at all and all books assume that as you progress you are...

hi guys, I need your help to become a better player: I need a roadmap! I can dedicated 3h/week to learn. right now what I am doing: - learning songs from tabs - learning new licks I am an absolute 0 in terms of theory (i know the pentatonic + shapes) and I find myself doing the same old...

Ok,,,,, I have tried everything,, but just can't seem to learn these things,, I need advice on any good books around especially ones with scales?? each & every scale detaileddd It's just so annoying,, been three years and am still at the same spot where i was when i started.

hi all i figured id post this as i read it on a normally reliable site apparently satchs new cd will be out on 1st of april? (april fools day?) and its called wait for it Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock? does this sound like BS to anyone else? 1st of april? anyway heres...

I bought into the Learn and Master Guitar program (~$150). I just started it. I'll post my thoughts and progress. Has anyone else tried it? Comments? I got the program before my guitar so all I was able to do was watch the first 2 lessons. The picture quality is pretty good and Steve Krenz...

I got my passes and I cant wait to see the show. Its on Saturday night at the special guests are Paul Gilbert, Marty Friedman, and Herman Li <--sp? I will take pictures if possible and post some when I get back!!! Gonna have ALLOT of fun at NAMM this year!!! :)

hello, I've been playing on/off for a couple fo years. I can play play a few songs reading tabs. nothing fancy though and I am a bit bored to read only 1/3 of my guitar magazine because I don't understand the chord progressions, the mode etcetc since I have a bit more time now I'd like to get...

As the title says would like to buy Doug Doppler DVDs and Ibanez 2005/6/7 Catalogs PM Please Thanks

I'm wondering what is a good way and/or good resources to teach myself how to put together songs of my own. I'm really only interested in the instrumental guitar niche since that is what I am most gripped and consumed by. I haven't taken any kind of theory or anything formal, though I did have...

Hey guys and girls, I'm exploring some scales and i want to know how do i work out the chords to play over a certain scale. Example: Say if i'm playing a basic A major scale how do i work out what chords will fit with that scale? Is there some formula or something like that. Or do you just...

Can someone please explain to me what a Mode is.

ok guys, so i know power chords, and power chords simplified in drop D. but i really want some new stuff. I want a new sound, but i don't know any more chord progressions. Even just basic chords that sound awesome. Remember, these are for rock. I really neeed help here!

Hey guys. I've been playing guitar for about 3 years and am comfortable with were I am at with my ability. I've got a killer RG with Evos and a 2x12 fender amp. When I'm practicing and playing I often have trouble with were to start when making a riff. I understand a bit of music theory but I am...

Hello, I was practicing today and a friend of mine told me: you know that the E minor Penta you're playing you can use it as a G major penta and do this and that? "hummm... no..." I really feel I am really bad at theory as I am a self taught guitar player (and I thought that I could be a...

Ok, I admit, I'm not such a theory guy, but now it's time to finally learn this stuff. How do you switch keys? Say I'm playing an A major scale... to switch to another key, it has to be a key that's within A major, correct? Or does it even matter and I can switch to just any note at all? An A...

Hello, I want to learn music theory with apllication to guitar. I would like to learn scales, composing and improvising. I want a method with exercises that are easy buildup method. Everything goes, books, progs, dvd's ... Anyone got any experience with it ? Thank you ! not2secure4u

here's a reminder: Steve's going to be at Zone Music in Cotati California (north of SF 45 minutes on Hwy 101)on Saturday May 19, from 11AM to 4:00PM. Zone is presenting Steve with it's highest honor, a coveted "IN the Zone" award, presented in "Recognition Of His Inspired Creativity and...

JEMSTOCK Saturday May 19th @ ZONE MUSIC in Cotati CA JemStock is a celebration of the Jem guitar's 20th birthday, with apperences by Steve Vai, Bill Reim (President of Ibanez) and the guys from the factory in Japan. We invite YOU to join us in celebrating, displaying, selling, trading, buying...