A picture of a heart inside the strings of an acoustic guitar, showcasing the love that Berklee Online instructors have for guitar.

Best Guitar Songs—According to Berklee Online Faculty

We polled members of the Guitar Department at Berklee on the guitar-based songs they love the most. Some of the usual suspects are there—Hendrix and Van Halen, etc.—but you may be surprised by some of the songs that strike a chord with your instructors, including some acoustic picks!

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A musician writing on a piece of staff paper, with their glasses, guitar, and smart phone on the table. 

Curated Courses about Reading, Writing, and Rhythm at Berklee Online

Berklee Online wants to empower you to fill in your musical gaps when it comes to reading, writing, and rhythm with these 10 curated courses.

A guitarist steps on a pedal, which will inevitably help that guitarist establish a signature tone.

The Quest for Good Guitar Tone

Thaddeus Hogarth shares his thoughts on achieving your signature tone on electric guitar.

Beginner Guitar Lessons with Thaddeus Hogarth

Are you new to the guitar? Get some expert guidance over on our YouTube channel with over three hours of free beginner guitar lesson content with Berklee Online instructor Thaddeus Hogarth!

Funk and R&B Guitar Tutorial with Thaddeus Hogarth

Berklee Online guitar instructor Thaddeus Hogarth demonstrates the importance of the pentatonic scale in funk and R&B music.

The Klon Centaur guitar pedal.

The Klon Centaur Phenomenon

Thaddeus Hogarth, a guitar instructor and course author at Berklee Online, talks about his own experience with the Klon Centaur guitar pedal, and how its introduction in the ′90s is arguably one of the most significant milestones in the world of overdrive pedals.

Best Clean Boost Pedals

In this post, we’ll talk about the idea of some kind of boost and moderate EQ to the pure guitar signal. I am interested to hear all of your comments and thoughts on this

Evil Robot Amp by Fretted Americana Review

I was at the New York Amp show earlier this year and the night before the show, I attended a jam session where one of my good friends was jamming through an amp called an Evil Robot.

Signature Guitar Tone and Picking

Let’s talk about attack devices, or ways to get a string moving. I know it sounds too simple to be true, but this one post might be the difference between you and your signature sound!