Electric Guitar Trends

 
I was scrambling to learn some new songs before band practice the other day, and I realised the tools I use to learn songs have changed over the years.
Then
I still remember learning songs on vinyl records, having to pick up and drop the turntable needle if you wanted to hear a section over again.
 
Now
Today, I [...]

Folks who are serious about playing guitar better, practice playing guitar.  I have read many interviews with famous guitar players, and all of them say you have to practice guitar, to get good at playing guitar.  Most people reading this blog, understand this aspect of guitar playing.
This is one electric guitar trend that will never go away. If you [...]

I remember learning guitar licks from vinyl records.  You had to drop the stylus on the right groove, play along with the lick, then pickup the stylus again, drop it onto the right groove, and get into position to play.  A tiring, tedious procedure. 
Now, LP’s (long playing records) played at 33 1/3 rpm.  Most turntables still supported the short lived 16 rpm record format.  [...]