My First Guitar Buying Guide

Guitar news

• Guitar heroes can really learn to rock (Independent) 11 March 2010
  All those hours spent perfecting your technique in ‘Rock Band’ and ‘Guitar Hero’ don’t, I’m afraid, add up to any real finger-picking skills.
• Ipswich gallery to host guitar duo (Norton Mirror) 11 March 2010
  Guitar Guitar duo will blend styles in Wavepaint concert.  
• Power Gig: it's a rhythm game... with a real guitar (Ars Technica) 10 March 2010
  There is a point when playing rhythm games such as Rock Band or Guitar Hero where you hit a kind of wall; there is only so much to learn hitting buttons as notes flow down the screen. Power Gig: Rise of the Six String —in addition to having a terrible title—wants to break that wall by teaching you actual guitar skills if you choose to move past what the […]
• On latest guitar game, players strum real strings (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch) 11 March 2010
  NEW YORK -- An upcoming musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument.
• New Guitar Game Features Real Guitar (PC World via Yahoo! News) 9 March 2010
  A new twist to the popular music game genre will bring players one step closer to the rock icons they seek to emulate -- Power Gig: Rise of the Sixstring features a guitar controller with real strings (instead of buttons).
• Brewer High School eyes rock 'n' roll guitar course (Bangor Daily News) 10 March 2010
  BREWER, Maine -- There are a number of budding guitar heroes in the city, and school officials want to tap into their talents and will soon offer an after-school rock 'n' roll guitar …