October 2010 – Page 65

Electric Guitar

Top Web Resources for Electric Guitar.

Top Web Resources for Electric Guitar:

The Rise of the Electric Guitar – exhibit that features instruments that illustrate how innovative makers and players combined the guitar with a pickup (sensor) and amplifier to create a new instrument and a new sound that profoundly changed popular music–blues, country, rhythm and blues, jazz, and rock and roll–in the 20th century.
Electric Guitar – strange but interesting site with faqs about guitars, amps and effects.
Klein Electric Guitars – manufacturer of very artistic electric guitars
How Electric Guitars Work – great educational article from the Howstuffworks people.
Electric Guitars – zZounds features lowest online price guarantee for new electric guitars
The Electric Guitar – Present at the Creation – historical overview on NPR, streaming audio
History of the Electric Guitar – very nice interactive timeline – style history
Modal Analysis of an Electric Guitar – physics project analyzing vibrations in electric guitars
The Physics of Electric Guitar Pickups – physics guys don’t seem to have any practical work to do. That’s great, because they’ve put together an interesting discussion of electric guitar pickups!
Electric guitar – wikipedia entry
Custom Electric Guitars – Timtone is a manufacturer of beautiful electrics.

Classical Guitar

Top Web Resources for Classical Guitar.

Top Web Resources for Classical Guitar:

The Classical Guitar Home Page – news, classical guitar music, classical guitar MIDI files
Classical Guitar Tablature – 850 classical guitar tabs in plain text format
Free on-line Classical Guitar Lessons – On-line lesson program for beginning guitarists, and for guitarists who already play another style but want to learn how to play Classical Guitar.
Classical Guitar Midi Archives – 2136 MIDI files from 128 composers.
Classical Guitar Archives – Provides musical and technical information about the Classical Guitar including; Sheet Music, Midi Files, Freeware, Resources, Real Audio Media Clips, and Events.
Classic Guitar – Illustrated history of classical guitar and the life of composers for it.
Connecticut Classical Guitar Society
Stafford Classical Guitar Centre – markets high-end classical guitars
Classical Guitar Composers List (CGCL) Homepage – a succinct reference to composers who have composed at least one published original music for, or being transcribed for, solo classical guitar.
Classical Guitar Review – news and recording reviews
Classical Guitar Magazine – features; interviews; international news; coverage of worldwide guitar events; music, book, concert and recordings reviews; articles on guitar history, musical analysis and technique; music supplements and a concert diary.
Classical Guitar and Lute – includes free tabs for lute and guitar
Baltimore Classical Guitar Society – a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the art of the classical guitar.
Classical Guitar Net – comprehensive resource for classical guitar information
Jubing’s Free Classical Guitar Music – composer site with free MIDI files
Austin Classical Guitar Society – sponsors international concert series
Classical Guitar FAQ – ugly but useful

Christian Guitar Tab

Top Web Resources for Christian Guitar Tab.

Top Web Resources for Christian Guitar Tab:

Christian Guitar Resources – everything for the Christian music fan, including guitar and bass tabs
Rockin With The Cross – Christian Guitar Chords & Tablature
Christian Guitar tabs – ChristianMusicWeb features tabs, lyrics, chords, and MIDI files
Christian Alternative Guitar Tabs – archive of tabs and chords
Christian Guitar Tabs – TotalTabs section for Christian tabs
Christian Guitar Online – small set of Christian guitar tabs and song book resources
Charlie Christian Guitar Tabs – jazz guitarist transcriptions
Christian Guitar Tabs – About.com Christian Music category has tabs and chords
Free Christian Guitar Tabs – small collection on personal site

Bass Guitar

Top Web Resources for Bass Guitar.

Top Web Resources for Bass Guitar:

Active Bass – features articles and extensive collection of bass guitar lessons
Bass Guitar Magazine
Bass Guitar Scale Page – interesting collection of 5, 6, 7 & 8-tone scales
TalkBass Bass Guitar Forum Bass guitar and double bass forums, interviews, reviews, tabs, and more.
Bass Guitars – zZounds features lowest online price guarantee for new bass guitars
Bass Guitar – Guitar World magazine site for bass players
Bass Guitar Lessons – by Mark Stefani features free bass guitar lessons
David King Bass Guitar Systems – custom headless electric bass guitars in 4, 5, 6, and 7 string versions
Bass Guitar Discussion Forum – Bass Place has forum, and catalog of gear
Ritter Bass Guitars – fine handcrafted bass guitars, including beautiful and exotic designs
CyberFretBass – free online electric bass guitar lessons
Alembic Handcrafted Bass Guitars – custom and exotic designs
J. T. Hargreaves Basses & Guitars. – Jay Hargreaves custom bass designs
Modulus Guitars – handcrafted bass guitars
Matthew Garrison – site for well-known bass guitarist
Free Bass Guitar Lessons – small collection of lessons at Guitarists.net

Acoustic Guitar

Top Web Resources for Acoustic Guitar

Top Web Resources for Acoustic Guitar:

Acoustic Guitar Central – home of Acoustic Guitar magazine
Acoustic Guitar Home Page – dedicated to the art of acoustic guitar
Acoustic Guitar Tuition – sells video-based classes
Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar Page – dedicated to the art of Fingerstyle Guitar.
Acoustic Guitar Care Tips
Acoustic Guitar Song Collection – guitar tabs, musical excerpts and interviews with famous acoustic guitar songwriters.
Dansm’s Acoustic Guitar Page
Acoustic Guitarists’ Annotated Guide to the Internet
Gibson Montana – Masterbuilt Acoustic Guitars
Acoustic Guitar – Magazine Subscription
How Acoustic Guitars Work – great article at HowStuffWorks.
The Physics of the Acoustic Guitar
Acoustic Guitar – ragtime, blues and folk styles
zZounds Acoustic Guitars – online retailer that guarantees lowest prices