Tom Briggs

How to Read Guitar Chord Diagrams: A Beginner’s Guide Pick up almost any guitar songbook, open a tab website, or flip through a beginner method book, and you will find chord diagrams scattered across every page. These small grids are one of the most efficient ways to communicate where to put your fingers on the … Read more

How to Read Guitar Chord Diagrams: A Beginner’s Guide Pick up almost any guitar book, open a songbook, or browse a chord website, and you will immediately run into chord diagrams. These small grids might look like a foreign language at first, but once you understand what each element represents, they become one of the … Read more

5 Essential Chords Every UK Beginner Guitarist Should Learn First Learning guitar is one of the most rewarding things you can do with your spare time. Whether you picked up a second-hand acoustic from a car boot sale in Coventry or treated yourself to a brand new Fender from Guitar Guitar on a rainy Saturday … Read more

Fender vs Yamaha: Which Beginner Guitar Brand Is Right for You? Picking your first guitar is one of those decisions that feels far more complicated than it needs to be. Walk into any music shop on a Saturday afternoon — whether that’s Guitar Guitar in Birmingham, PMT in London, or your local independent — and … Read more

Why Your Fingers Hurt When Playing Guitar — And When It Gets Easier If you have just picked up a guitar for the first time, there is a very good chance your fingertips are screaming at you. That dull, pressing ache after a practice session, the way your skin feels bruised and tender when you … Read more

A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Reading Guitar Tabs and Chord Diagrams Learning guitar is one of the most rewarding things you can do with your spare time. Whether you picked up a second-hand acoustic from a car boot sale in Coventry or treated yourself to a shiny new Stratocaster from Guitar Guitar in Birmingham, you … Read more

Best Budget Guitars Under £150 Available in the UK in 2024 Starting out on guitar is one of the most rewarding decisions you can make as a musician — but it can also feel overwhelming when you’re staring at a wall of instruments in a shop or scrolling through endless listings online. The good news … Read more

The 10 Most Common Mistakes Beginner Guitarists Make (And How to Fix Them Fast) Learning guitar is one of the most rewarding things you can do. There is a reason millions of people across the UK pick one up every year — it is portable, social, endlessly versatile, and genuinely fun once you get past … Read more

How to Choose Your First Guitar in the UK: Acoustic vs Electric for Complete Beginners Picking up the guitar is one of the most rewarding things you can do, and the UK has a brilliant scene for beginners — from independent music shops in Manchester and Bristol to online retailers like Andertons, Thomann, and Guitar … Read more