This is an area of the site I will be trying to expand on this year... I hope to get a range of guitar gods to share some of ther insights. :)

Masterclasses with Guitar Legends

Tommy Emmanuel

Tommy Emmanuel - interviewed by Justin Sandercoe

Tommy is one of the greatest guitar players of all time. In this interview with Justin (exclusively for this web site) he talks about how he learnt to play, some techniques he used to practice and offers some advice for all of us. :)

www.tommyemmanuel.com

 

Materclasses with Guitar Gurus

David Mead

David Mead - Reverse Engineering…

David knows a lot about jazz. In this great lesson he talks about basic jazz chord substitution and how to use it. David's new album "Nocturnal" was produced by the jazz guitar legend Martin Taylor. Check it out at:

www.davidmead.net

 

Masterclasses with Guitar Institute Instructors

Max Milligan

Max Milligan - An introduction to alternate picking

Guitar Institute instructor and acoustic guitar wizard explains alternate picking bass parts for fingerstyle acoustic guitar. Some basic exercises and a piece called Blues For Chet. He has more geat lessons on a range of topics on his web site:

www.maxsguitarschool.co.uk

Lee Hodgeson

Lee Hodgeson - Guitar Leads Do Sound Different...

Guitar Institute instructor and all round legend, Lee is probably one of the most knowledgeable guitarists on the planet. His knowledge is encyclopaedic and in this lesson he discusses guitar leads and tonal differences between cables. Really interesting information, it's fascinating and has changed the way i think about leads...

Martin Goulding

Martin Goulding - Legato Primer

Guitar Institute rock guitar specialist and technical wizard gives you here a complete run down on developing your legato skills. I only asked for a short maserclass but this is a few pages long! wikid.. And it's really really good. Check it and get your chops happening.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5.

 

Other knowledgeable folk share some advice

RGT

Tony Skinner - Finding A Guitar Teacher

The head of the RGT gives valuable advice on how to choose a private teacher.

 

***Note - I think the RGT is a great place to find a teacher but I do not endorse the grade system they use, at all. I am not a fan of it.

Dave Walsh

Dave Walsh - Guitar Repairs & Maintenance

Dave always set up my guitars and did any repairs, he knows his stuff and in this masterclass explains the basics, and what to expect from a repair store. He runs www.southendmusicschool.co.uk in Croydon (South of London) and he runs a guitar repair workshop that works out of www.martinphelpsmusic.com, also in Croydon.

 

Artist Focus Masterclasses by Justin...

T-Bone Walker

T-Bone Walker

This is a link to the web site I made for T-Bone as he didn't have his own site. Contains biography, links, licks, a solo with audio and discography. Hope you like it. T-Bone was an amazing performer and very influential early electric guitarist - but is often overlooked, he was a close friend of Charlie Christian - and he was a major influence on Chuck Berry (read as: Chuck nicked all his licks and moves!!) -- there is a lot to learn from this guy :)