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Status Quo’s Rick Parfitt will be the next presenter in the highly successful Lick Library Live Webcast series. Lick Library will be bringing you this exciting opportunity to interact with Rick in person on 1st June 2010 at 7.00pm (19.00 hrs BST).

Amit Chatterjee will be hosting an exclusive masterclass at the at the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance facilities in Kilburn, London on Monday 17th May.

To celebrate the 65th birthday of the legendary Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, Lick Library has chosen four DVDs from their vast library of titles, featuring Ritchie’s style of playing.

When was the last time you dusted off the boxes in the attic, sorted through the items in your closet or took a good look through your loft and stumbled upon a guitar case in the corner? Well back in 2007 an American gentleman did exactly that. When he opened up the guitar case he saw something very special inside, it was a highly prized 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard in pristine condition. The Les Paul was valued by a reputable company and was told he could expect to sell it for a six figure sum. Gibson Guitar is well known and highly regarded worldwide by guitar aficionados and guitarists from all musical genres for consistently producing the finest electric and acoustic guitars.

Lick Library has announced the release of Andy James’ Shred Guitar in Six Weeks, a series of DVD Guitar lessons. Andy James, is widely respected as a master shredder and is one the UK’s top guitar teachers.

Continuing to provide the ultimate experience in music education, Guitar Workshop Plus has scholarships available for the 2010 summer program and an incredible guest artist/instructor line-up. Guitar Workshop Plus has announced three sessions at two locations for its 2010 summer schedule. Confirmed session dates are as follows:

In honor of Zakk Wylde’s recent Golden Gods Award for the “Best Guitarist of 2010″ from Revolver Magazine, Dunlop, EMG, Epiphone and Coffin Cases have joinmed forces and compiled the best of his signature gear and are offering you the chance to win it in the Ultimate Zakk Wylde Gear Pack Giveaway.

Martin Taylor has announced his partnership with online video exchange pioneers, ArtistWorks, Inc.

Can’t Get Enough of Bad Company? Then check this out. Lick Library’s Mike Casswell brings you the definitive Learn to Play Free and Learn to Play Bad Company guitar lessons. These DVD’s are released following Bad Company’s recent UK tour.

New for Cordoba Guitar’s expanding ukulele line, the all-solid, 100% bamboo 25SB and 25CB (Soprano and Concert size, respectively) are beautifully simple and uniquely striking. The sustainable bamboo makes these models the ideal option for environmentally conscious musicians.

Learn to rock with one of the best in the business as Danny Gill presents the next in the Lick Library live webcast series. The live video feed from the studio will start on the 8th April 2010 at 19.30 (GMT), 11.30 USA-PST, or 14.30 USA-EST.

Lick Library’s continually expanding archive of guitar DVD tutorials now includes Learn To Play Van Halen, Van Halen The Solos, Quick Licks Fast Rock in the style of Van Halen and Guitar Techniques Van Halen. Acclaimed author and guitar tutor Jamie Humphries presents the Learn to Play and Quick Licks in the style of Van Halen, and the legendary Lick Library co-founder and guitar tutor Stuart Bull presents Van Halen the Solos and Guitar Techniques.

With timeless looks, world renowned tone and rock-solid U.S. guitar building skill, American Special guitars are built by the people, for the people. They feature Fender’s bestselling Texas Special pickups for tone that sings and snarls, tough and beautiful gloss finishes and 22-fret satin-back necks for effortlessly smooth sliding.

First published in 1994, and now in it’s third edition through Music Sales/Wise Publications, The Open Tuning Chord Book For Guitar gives guitarists working in standard tuning a basic introduction into open tune playing.

Gibson Guitar has announced the highly anticipated launch of the Gibson Guitar App.

When Lick Library started to create it’s learn to play AC DC DVD’s it was clear from the start that with so many great songs more DVDs would have to be added. As a result Lick Library is pleased to announce the release of Jam with AC DC Volume 2 and Learn to Play Angus Young The Solos adding to the existing Learn to Play AC DC Volumes 1,2 and 3, Jam with AC DC volume 1 and Quick Licks for Guitar - Angus Young.

Alfred Music Publishing has announced the release of the authentic guitar TAB songbook: 10 Years, Selections from Division and The Autumn Effect by this great American alternative metal band. This guitar TAB songbook includes complete and accurate transcriptions of the most popular songs by 10 Years, featured on their albums "Division" and "The Autumn Effect".

The iGuitar Workshop, featuring members of the Brian Moore Guitars Custom Shop, is now performing a variety of guitar services, technology upgrades and repairs on many different makes and models of electric guitars, acoustic guitars and other stringed instruments.

Lick Library continue to grow their considerable array of guitar tuition DVDs with the release of Learn to Play Led Zeppelin Volume 1 and 2, Learn to Play Jimmy Page the Solos and Quick Licks Up Tempo Rock and Minor Blues both in the style of Jimmy Page.

Guitar Scale Magnets is a finger positioning tool for learning and playing musical scales that is located on the top of the guitar’s neck adjacent to the fretboard – a “cheat sheet” for the fretboard. In essence, it is a “cheat sheet” learning tool for the guitar that allows the player to QUICKLY locate where musical scale shapes begin on your guitar’s fretboard. These slap on scale strips are learning tools geared towards beginner and intermediate guitarists and are meant to be used as training wheels to assist players where scale shapes begin.

Lick Library has announced their second exclusive Live Webcast. As well as making great Guitar Tuition DVDs, Lick Library also makes it possible for you to talk to their top Guitar tutors and ask them questions – live on the 11th February at 19.00 hours GMT.

How to Make a Living Teaching Guitar was first published as an ebook in 2002. Not that long ago in real life perhaps, but ancient history in internet terms. Indeed, as author Nick Minnion sat down to re-read the book prior to revising it, he says he was surprised how much of it had already grown outdated: “The original work contained references to a number of outmoded concepts like ‘Tape recorder’, ‘Tuning fork’ and ‘Eric Clapton’ ”.

Lick Library’s extensive range of guitar tuition DVDs has just got bigger with the release of Learn to Play Pink Floyd Volume 2, Learn to Play Dave Gilmour the Solos, and Quick Licks in the style of Dave Gilmour. These new DVD sets give you the chance to study Dave Gilmour’s legendary guitar solos, licks and riffs and are presented by Jamie Humphries who draws heavily from his own personal experience of playing with the Australian Pink Floyd.

The Guitar Institute has announced the launch of the 2010 guitar scholarships programme. These sought after awards are for study on the Institute’s renowned one-year Higher Diploma guitar course, commencing October 2010, with one fully-funded place to be awarded to the winner (worth £5,250) plus a partially funded place for the runner-up (worth £2,625). The Higher Diploma is a specialist one-year full-time course, developed by the Institute to train and develop students of guitar, bass, drums and vocals for a career in the music industry.

Metal Legends Duff McKagan of Guns & Roses / Velvet Revolver fame and James Lomenzo from Megadeth lead a star studded line up of artists appearing on the Rotosound booth at NAMM 2010, Saturday 16th January. They are joined by a newly emerging star Eva Gardener fresh from touring with Pink; Warren DeMartini, Warren DeMartini, Robbie Crane from Classic metal rockers Ratt and veteran bass player, the one and only Billy Sheehan. A full list of appearances is detailed below: