Guitar Gear

Writing GuitarGear.org has always been a labor of love for me. When I first started the blog, I didn’t know how well it would do at all; in fact, I didn’t even envision it to be widely read. I put what I wrote out there and just shared it; first with just a small group of WordPress bloggers and a fairly narrow set of people outside of the WordPress community. In the past three years, GuitarGear.org’s readership has really expanded, and it’s great to meet some of the wonderful personalities that come to visit!

Now and then though, a visitor comes along who’d like to contribute to the blog. It hasn’t happened that often, but I’m always open to and excited at the prospect of having others contribute because heaven knows I can’t cover everything, and widening the scope of what GuitarGear.org has to offer is always a good thing! So without further ado, I’d like to introduce a new author to GuitarGear.org, Brett McQueen.

Brett contacted me last week to see if he could contribute to GuitarGear.org to help drive traffic his own site: Guitar Friendly, where he provides free guitar lessons and other insights on playing guitar, and of course, acquiring gear. So not only does GuitarGear.org now have a new author, we’ve got a new sister site! I’m really excited by this partnership between us, and I think it’ll help both of our sites grow!

The most amazing thing about Brett is that he’s a full-time music student, and even cooler still, his degree is in worship ministry. As you know, I’ve never made it a secret that I play at church service. It’s a great venue for playing, and also one of the most challenging places to play. Plus, for the gigging musician in me, it’s a regular gig, and I’m all about playing as much as I can. With Brett, we share a passion for music as well as a passion for playing music in a church setting. Talk about alignment!

In any case, get set for some great material! Brett’s first article will be about buying your first electric guitar, and for those new to electric, it provides great insight on the process of evaluating and ultimately choosing your first axe.