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Tools This coming week we'll be r  eviewing
some of the instructional sites around the web and see what
gives the most bang for the buck. Everyone knows how
frustrating it is to watch some pimple faced kid with a
Fender Squire trying to give a lesson on youtube. Your
pretty much turned off video lessons forever after watching
that shit. Have you purchased some DVD instruction course
only to find so much information you need a college
refresher course to understand what the fuck he is talking
about. "Man, all I wanted to learn was Free Bird!"
You can always practice Kumbayah at the local YMCA but
really don't you just want a little help working out the
stuff you can't figure out on your own? Well fasten your
seatbelts and we'll review the good, the bad and the ugly.
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103 The trouble with a lot of instructional sites is it's really just a tease to get you to signup and take your hard earned  cash.
But what I liked about
iguitarmag.com was
it's free. Not some, or part or a little it's just really
cool and really free. It's setup in different formats like
online videos and interviews, online lessons, product
reviews and giveaways as well as an online mag that's
totally flashy not at all like the stale PDF driven shit you
see on the big name guitar magazine sites (are you listening
Premier Guitar?) the more you delve into it's mass
collection of resources the more bitchin stuff you'll find
like the interview of Michael Schenker in the latest issue.
I have David Jones, iguitar contributor, to thank for the
link and I'm sure if you give it a try you'll be presently
surprised.
http://www.iguitarmag.com
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102 This next site is also one of my favorites 'cause I like the blues, baby. While he does offer a lot of lessons for sale he also kicks down the free shit as well. With weekly lessons that are right up your alley if your into Texas Blues and 
especially Stevie Ray Vaughn. He lays them out in a fashion
that is really easy to understand, he plays in a tuning that
I use all the time (half step down) and above all Anthony
just seems like a hell of a nice guy who really appreciates
his followers. So cruise on over and take a look. You'll be
glad you did.
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101 Our first tour lands us on the sunny shores of  Guitar
Master Class or GMC (I had a pickup with the same
initials, hmmm) When I first took a looked at this site I
thought the lessons were a little shallow. "Wow, this guy is
really rippin' it up but how am I supposed to follow this
guy, let alone figure out those how to play those licks."
But then what I thought was a rating system for the video
along the top was really a step by step by step breakdown of
the lesson or the song! He plays it fast, he plays it slow,
he shows you from different angles and the whole time he
doesn't yak on and on about what the note is called or what
key and scale he's playing in. OK, I'm thinkin' that's cool,
but as I explored the video player I see all kinds of
wondrous pleasures awaiting me. Is that a metronome? Yes it
is! Wait, are those backing tracks for the song I just
learned? Genius. Keyboard controls to toggle through the
song and control the player? NO WAY. The tabs are right
below the player for the section I'm learning and look I can
download the backing tracks and PDF files onto my computer.
Check out the forums, chat with instructors, interact
through the workshops or just stop in for the lick of the
day. Really cool and I ended up spending a lot more time,
having fun, practicing MY GUITAR and really when you think
about it isn't having fun why you started playing guitar in
the first place? (OK, for the groupies too) So go check it
out and tell Boris Badenov I said "hi".
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