Guitar Tricks Reviews
Guitar Tricks
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Guitar Tricks have 45 different guitar instructors covering many different styles and techniques and are fast-approaching 4,000 video guitar lessons(with more coming out every week). Almost 100 lessons are added to the site's database each month, and the site's membership is huge as well. They recently welcomed their 10,000th member. If you're new to guitar or advanced the multitude of styles, genres and skill levels will keep you learning for a long time.
GuitarTricks.com membership is a good option for beginners to advanced(though not for children), many of the lessons are for intermediate to advanced guitarists as well. You’ll sure to learn a lot no matter what your skill level.
The Guitar Tricks Course Includes:
The Guitar Tricks multimedia online guitar lessons include - basics, e.g., learning how to string/tune a guitar; formation of major chords; reading music; scales; barre chords; basic song structure; techniques that match different styles of music (jazz/rock/blues/country, etc.); inspirational, artists video (e.g. BB King, Eric Clapton, etc.); Genre studies; Technique references, and more.
Free Basic Membership
24 Lessons Limited - Expanded Faculty, Technique Reference Library, Tutorials, Jam Station tracks, Expanded Artist Categories and Community Features.
Unlimited Full Access Subscription
3000+ Lessons Unlimited Full Access Tutorials
Downloadable Guitar Trick FLV player to view video lessons on your computer
Technique Reference Library
Expanded Faculty (multiple instructors)
Jam Station (with 150+ tracks)
Community Features (Messages, Avatars, Profile, Uploads, etc.)
Metronome & Tuner
Expanded Artist Categories (100+)
Personalized Features (Book-marking, History, etc.)
Active Subscriber Help and more
Guitar Tricks has an active community forum that many of their members regularly contribute to. They have a member-chat room as well, though we didn't find anyone around that would talk to you us when we recently visited. :) Actually, there just wasn't anyone around at that moment...
Because most of the lessons added are by independent guitar teachers, the audio and video quality will vary. However, Guitar Tricks does have a quality-control process in place to keep low quality videos from being added to the database.
How the site is Organized:
You can view the site's diverse course material by category. They have all major guitar genres represented including, acoustic, alternative, jazz, funk, metal, bluegrass and more. They also have a 'inspired by' section. Other categories include chords, exercises, techniques, theory, reference, and beginners. You can also search the site by keyword.
NEW ADD By 2.1.2010!
- Officially Licensed Song Lessons
- Blues Level 1 & 2 Full Courses
- Country Level 1 & 2 Full Courses
- Rock Level 1 & 2 Full Courses
- 15 New Instructors
- 200 Style and Technique Tutorials
Guitar Tricks is quite generous in the extras they give to their members. They currently offer the following tools for download:
1.Guitar Tricks FLV video player (for viewing downloaded videos)
2.Guitar Tricks Digital Tuner
3.Ultimate Metronome (read our review for more details)
Buyer's Tip: The metronome that Guitar Tricks offers as a free download to its full access members actually sells separately on UltimateMetronome.com for $20. Yet another great reason to give GuitarTricks.com a try!
Support:
Guitar Tricks makes sure that you aren’t alone when practicing, or faced with a specific problem. With a Full Access Subscriber’s forum, you can directly link up with highly experienced guitar instructors to get answers to your questions; qualified guitar technicians are on call to provide guitar maintenance and care; Of course, you can always visit the Guitar Tricks ‘Help’ page; call them on phone; or simply shoot an Email across to them.
Suitable For:
Most levels:
Beginner , Intermediate , Advanced
Beginner level also suitable for Children of 8 years and above.
With adult assistance, also suitable for Children under 8 years old.
Compatible for both PC and Mac.
Ease of Use
We won't say that Guitar Tricks is the easiest video site to navigate (largely due to it's size), but it does have a ton of handy features. For example, it keeps a history of the lessons you've visited so it's easy to navigate to lessons you recently viewed. You can also bookmark particular lessons you especially like.
Risk: Ordering Security + Guarantee:
Compared to other online lesson sites, Guitar Tricks’ monthly membership is a steal at $14.95. You can save an additional $25.00 by purchasing a one-year membership, but you’ll probably want to try it out for at a month beforehand. You can order using a credit card, paypal or even by check.
Guitar Tricks offers a 60-days, No questions asked money back guarantee. If you are not 100% satisfied, just send an email (or return physical version), and receive a 100% refund - No questions asked. In addition, after you get your money back, you still get to keep all the bonuses listed above.
Price: Monthly/$14.95
Conclusion
GuitarTricks.com vs. Jamplay.com
Here is a simplistic comparison between the 2 major online guitar video lesson membership websites. We hope to have a better site-by-site comparison up in the near future.
Pricing: On a monthly basis for both the monthly and yearly plans, Guitar Tricks is a couple dollars cheaper than Jamplay per month, Jamplay’s yearly package is cheaper than Guitar Tricks.
Lesson Material and Instructors: Guitar Tricks has roughly 3x the quantity of lessons that Infinite Guitar provides, and Jamplay.com has roughly 12x that amount. Jamplay also provides the largest and most diverse pool of instructors that you’ll find on one site.
Lesson Quality: GuitarTricks.com’s lessons vary greatly from lesson to lesson though they are starting to exclusively add better quality lessons to their database. Jamplay wins big in this category as their lesson are filmed in HD and are usually filmed with multiple camera angles and split views – an essential part of learning guitar.
