When you learn the CAGED system the right way, built on the open chord shapes you already know and taken one step at a time, it changes everything about how you see and play the guitar. Here are five reasons why.

Have you tried to learn the CAGED system before and ended up more confused than when you started? Unfortunately, that’s pretty normal. The way most teachers present CAGED almost guarantees you'll feel overwhelmed. You get handed a diagram with all five shapes laid out across the fretboard in every key, with no clear starting point and no sense of what to actually do with it. Of course that feels impossible. In this week's video, we break down the two things that can make CAG

If you've ever seen a CAGED diagram and thought "I have absolutely no idea what I'm looking at", you're in good company. It's one of the most talked about concepts in guitar and also one of the most poorly explained. In this week's video we fix that. Let's break down exactly what the CAGED system is, why it matters, and how you can start applying it to your playing right away, without burning out or taking on too much at once.

Have you ever been jamming with a friend and completely frozen? You get to a part of the neck and your mind goes blank. Or you watch someone else navigate the fretboard effortlessly and think "I have no idea how they do that." The feeling like everyone else got a map and you didn't is one of the most frustrating things in guitar. And it's more common than you think. In this week's video we dig into the two main reasons guitarists get lost on the neck.

Recently, though, the footswitch on my King of Tone started acting up. So I began looking for something in the same vein that would be a little more road-worthy and easier to replace if needed. So… can the Throne of Tone dethrone the King? Let’s talk about it.

If there’s one piece of gear that has tried to teach me that lesson, it’s the Line 6 HX Stomp. This is the sixth one I’ve owned. Every time I sell it to try something else… I end up buying another one. So why do I keep coming back?