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• Marathon at 92nd St. Y to Wrap Up Guitar Festival 26 January 2012
  The New York Guitar Festival concludes on Sunday at the 92nd Street Y with a classical marathon of Italian works, old and new.
• How to learn to play the guitar with Android 26 January 2012
  (Credit: Gibson) Do you want to become a real-life guitar hero, instead of just a virtual one on your gaming console? Gibson Guitar, the world-renowned guitar maker, has an Android app that will help you learn to play a real guitar. Available for free in the Android Market, the Gibson Learn & Master Guitar app has just about everything a beginner could a […]
• Gary Marcus, Professor at N.Y.U., Picks Up a Guitar 25 January 2012
  An academic who had no rhythm spent a sabbatical finding a way to learn to play the guitar.
• Wood protection law creates splintering in guitar industry 23 January 2012
  While the National Assn. of Music Merchants and some guitar makers seek reform of the federal Lacey Act that protects certain exotic woods, others benefit from it. Veteran guitar repairman Bob Wirtz faced a wall of pricey custom-built electric guitars, and he had the ear of Gibson Guitar Corp.'s resident expert on the instruments. But what Wirtz wanted […]
• Country stars prepare for Golden Guitar Awards 27 January 2012
  Country music's night of nights is set to get underway this evening when the Golden Guitar Awards are held at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
• Band contest goes on without Guitar Center gear 26 January 2012
  Guitar Center will have a reduced role in this Saturday's Battle of the Bands, after nearly pulling out altogether. The annual event features 13 high school rock bands performing at the Maryland Hall for Creative Arts. Traditionally, Guitar Center has provided back-line equipment - such as instruments and guitar amps - for the musicians , while the stor […]