Guitar Lesson Reviews

If the idea of virtually limitless guitar instruction at your fingertips excites you, you’ll absolutely love Jamplay.com. Launched in February of 2007, Jamplay exploded on the scene to quickly become one of the world’s largest video guitar lesson websites on the internet.

Currently they have over 1000 hours of hi-def video guitar lessons from 86 different guitar teachers and they continue to add more lessons every week! These aren’t just some low-quality videos either, but studio recorded lessons taught by expert guitarists with many years of experience. If you want to see a few of the lessons they produce, you can take a look at some free guitar lesson samples they have on their website.

Unlike most any other guitar course, Jamplay gives you a chance to learn from a variety of guitar instructors and get exposed to many styles of playing guitar. Whether its heavy metal, blues, rock, acoustic, or Hawaiian slack key, you’ll guaranteed to find it at Jamplay. We should also point out that Jamplay isn’t just for beginners; Intermediate and advanced guitar players will also benefit tremendously from Jamplay’s lessons and tools.

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Ok, so why do we like Gibson's Learn and Master Guitar so much? Well for starters, what you get in this course is the equivalent of 2 full years of guitar lessons, but for a tenth of the cost! If you like the idea of a DVD course over online video or downloadable lessons, L&M Guitar is worth a look.

Learn and Master Guitar comprises of a set of 20 professionally-produced 20 DVDs, 5 Jam-Along CDs, and a 100+ page course book. You'll also have the advantage of great support in the form of a members-only community forum where you can get answers to all your questions from the greater guitar playing community (as well as from Steve Krenz himself!)

Steve Krenz is a gifted music teacher that really cares about his student's success. In the DVD lessons he lays out a step-by-step plan that allows you to start playing guitar right away. The lessons are taught step-by-step and easy to follow, and each builds on previous lessons, so no prior experience is required.

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One of the oldest major guitar learning sites on the internet, GuitarTricks.com enjoys a large following. Started in the late 1990's by Jon Broderick, the website boasts a database of more than 11,000 video guitar lessons with more being added all the time. The lessons are taught by a variety of teachers (33 in total) that have experience in many different genres and styles of playing guitar.

A GuitarTricks.com membership is a good option for beginners, though many of the lessons are for intermediate to advanced guitarists as well. Regardless of skill level, guitarists are sure to find plenty of lessons to keep them busy. One of Guitar Trick's biggest advantages is that they are one of the few websites that offer a large variety of licensed song lessons from artists such as the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Maroon 5, 3 Doors Down, Nickelback, Nirvana, and KISS amongst others. In fact, they currently have over 900 licensed songs, which completely dwarfs their competition.

Guitar Tricks vs. Jamplay: Many of our readers want to know which online guitar video lesson website is "better". Though we maintain that Jamplay has the edge in regards to higher quality lessons and more video content, Guitar Tricks wins out in the affordability category. A membership to Guitar Tricks is less than $15/mo… a smoking hot deal for the amount of quality teaching you get. Plus, no other site has as many licensed song lessons as they do.

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For many years now, Jamorama has taken guitar newbies and given them a great start in becoming accomplished guitarists. The course is designed primarily for those new to guitar and tries to keep the learning process fun and engaging.

The software (Jamorama Maestro v2.03) is exceptionally easy to use. It comes with a download manager where you can download your lessons as you go through the course. All external material (video lessons, audio examples and Jam along tracks) are accessible right from within the software as well. This is big improvement over previous iterations of Jamorama’s guitar lessons where you had to constantly look up individual files on your computer. When a new version of Jamorama is produced, our only wish would be that they add more video components in the course. (Note: Lifetime updates are included free with your Jamorama membership)

Besides the main lessons, Jamorama also comes with some nice bonuses like several software guitar tools and learning games which add more value. Jamorama makes our top choice for downloadable pc-based guitar lessons for those on a budget.

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