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Online guitar school Next Level Guitar are holding a competition to give away a free strat style acrylic Guitar.Check the video for the rules.

Head over to the Fender Website for details. Fender.com From the Fender site. Tickets to Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010, Saturday, June 26, at Toyota Park in Chicago, sold out in 20 minutes, while the Clapton-endorsed T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition mobile device flew off the shelves. And sure, since its an outdoor [...]

Now this is damn scary!! From the The Daily Record out of the UK. Rock legend Jeff Beck’s £700K insurance for fingers – after cooking accident Apr 9 2010 Daniel Gusmaroli Rock guitarist Jeff Beck has insured each of his fingers for £700,000 after accidentally chopping off part of an index finger. The 65-year-old was [...]

Head over to ProGuitarShop.com site for a chance to win a Fender custom shop 51 Nocaster.

Head over to Fenders site for details.

From the Moog foundation press release. March 8, 2010 Asheville, NC — The Bob Moog Foundation announces a once in a lifetime raffle opportunity to begin Tuesday March 9, 2010 at 12pm (EST). The Foundation will be selling $50 raffle tickets for a chance to win one of Lou Reed’s Moog Guitars. Only 200 tickets [...]

From the Gibson Site, Contest ends Apr 5, 2010.

This is going to be the place to be, take a look at the confirmed line-up so far. Albert Lee, Allman Brothers Band, BB King, Bert Jansch, Buddy Guy, David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos, Doyle Bramhall II, Earl Klugh,  Eric Clapton, Gary Clark Jr., Hubert Sumlin ,James Burton, Jeff Beck, Jimmie Vaughan, [...]

Here’s a great way to help , Jim Soloway is raffling off a custom built Swan with 100% of the proceeds going to Mercy Corps.

The web is full of little sites offer guitar lessons, most of the ones I looked at didn’t look all that great or contain valuable content. Gibson’s site have some really well thought out and informative stuff. Arlen Roth is the instructor and knows his stuff.