by Shane Sanders | Mar 24, 2025 | Learn, Video
Learn how to bring the raw, edgy sound of punk rock guitar to your rhythm technique In this beginner-friendly Gibson App video lesson, Irene Ketikidi will help you explore how the foundational style of Chuck Berry evolved into the intense, confrontational guitar sound...
by Lee Glynn | Mar 3, 2025 | Gear, History, Learn
These are the main differences between the Gibson J-45 and Gibson Hummingbird acoustic guitars—including sound and size What’s the difference between the Gibson J-45™ and Hummingbird™ acoustic guitars? It’s a key part of the decision-making process when buying...
by Chris Vinnicombe | Feb 26, 2025 | Artists, Learn
The benefits of starting off in open tunings, developing a light touch, and more Johnny Stachela is a modern slide guitar virtuoso. His lyrical, electrifying approach to bottleneck slide has lit up stages and studios with The Allman Betts Band and Duane Betts &...
by Shane Sanders | Feb 17, 2025 | History, Learn
How did five-note scales become popular in so many music genres and styles? Pentatonic scales, those beautiful and expressive five-note wonders, take two forms: those with semitones (hemitonic) and those without (anhemitonic). They are used worldwide in nearly every...
by Shane Sanders | Feb 14, 2025 | Artists, Learn, Video
If you want to sound like Slash but don’t know where to start, the Gibson Gear Guide will show you how in this essential guide If you’ve ever wanted to play guitar like Slash, this Gibson Gear Guide video with host Dinesh Lekhraj is the perfect place to...
by Shane Sanders | Feb 10, 2025 | Artists, Learn, Video
Expand your blues guitar vocabulary with a line from a master bluesman In this Gibson App video, blues master Kirk Fletcher demonstrates a favorite lick in the style of B.B. King. He plays it in the key of B flat and notes that many horn lines are performed in the...
