Guitar Tips Reviews

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Costs:

• Guitar Tips.com au is currently priced at $47 for a lifetime membership and this is a one time charge.
• For an additional $15, you can purchase Guitar Tips on cd-rom.
• Payment can be made online via Guitar Tips' own secure server, mail order form, fax order form or paypal.
  

 

Features:

• Guitar Tips.com au contains 70 detailed lessons featuring;
  • audio and video demonstrations.
  • detailed and insightful written content.
  • useful diagrams and images.
• Lesson topics include;
  • Foundation techniques
  • Introduction to chords
  • Strumming techniques
  • Getting into leads and scales
  • Further lead techniques
  • How to create your own original song.
  • Pick up speed with picking exercises and techniques
  • Advanced techniques and tricks.
• The website's content can be quickly and easily downloaded on to your hard drive for off line access.
• Simple and useful chord dictionary and scale generation tool for easy reference.
• 5 jam tracks.
• All content is tab based, with no reference to standard music notation anywhere on the site.
• You can subscribe to the email newsletter to get some free lessons which will give you a feel for the sort of content available on Guitar Tips.com.au.
  

 

Editor's Verdict:

The sales page for GuitarTips.com.au is packed full of sensational claims about "guitar secrets" and "the hottest guitar techniques available today" that will enable you to go from a complete beginner to "mesmerizing audiences with your amazing guitar playing" in just 30 days. Logic says that getting to a level of playing that would "mesmerize" anyone should take a bit longer than that, and as usual in these matters, logic is right in this case. Reaching a pro level of guitar playing obviously takes a fair amount of hard work and dedication, so sensational claims like the ones made on GuitarTips.com.au can be a little off putting. However, we believe its our job here at no1reviews.com to look past all the hyperbole and see what the site can offer in the way of genuine content. With that in mind, Guitar Tips actually turned out to be quite a nice surprise.

The site offers access to 70 different lessons with embedded video and audio demonstrations, diagrams, pictures and detailed written descriptions. The course ranges from the raw basics to advanced lead techniques and compositional methods. The information offered is far reaching, detailed and genuinely useful.

The site is run by Chris Elmore, and while his sales pitch is a bit over the top, his written lessons offer good insight into many aspects of guitar playing. His video content isn't quite as convincing however as many of the videos on the site have slightly disappointing sound and lighting quality and Chris' on screen style isn't exactly what you'd call charismatic. In fact, the quality and format of the site as a whole is not as good as can be found elsewhere. That said, the actual content (the most important aspect), delivers the goods and provides you with more than enough information to take your playing to new found heights. All of the content on the site can be easily downloaded to your mac or PC for off line access and there are some great extras that also come with your one off purchase like a handy chord dictionary and a scale tool to help you get to grips with scales and modes.

It just goes to show, you can't judge a book by its cover, and you can't judge a guitar site by its sales page. If you're not worried about slightly lower production values, and just want access to stacks of insightful and well organized material for a great price, Guitar Tips is well worth a visit.

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