I have to apologize to all of you faithful WGG readers for my extended absence in the past nine months…  My life’s been in a time of transition, and although I’m playing as much as ever, I haven’t had the time to be over here keeping up with my posting.

 That said, I’m going to do my best to be more reliable in the next few months, starting with a post next week discussing an extremely cool pedal that I’ve been playing with for the past year, the Line 6 Verbzilla.  If you’re into reverb, synth style stuff, or just absolutely tripped out guitar tones, it’s one you won’t want to miss!

 BTW, several of you have contacted me asking if you can help with my “lack of content production” by contributing yourselves.  I’d be very happy to post any articles, thoughts or experiences of yours here… and although I won’t promise that it will definitely make it up, I’d be happy to place some good info from you here and credit you for it! 

Hey everyone, this is Worship Guitar Guy’s sister - better known to the online community as naz.  It has come to my attention that my brother has been decidedly absent from the Worship Guitar Guy scene.  In fact, I do believe I have visited this blog more in the past month than he has, and considering the frequency with which I visit anything guitar related, that’s a supremely sad statement.

 I’ll be honest with you - I know practically nothing about guitars.  I know the difference between an electric and an acoustic, and that Gerry’s Strat is black while his Telecaster is teal, but that’s about it.  Pedals all look the same to me, and this talent/hobbie/obsession seems to require far more money than I’m willing to invest in something that does not require gasoline or an operating system.

So why am I posting on Worship Guitar Guy?  The answer is quite simple, really.  I’m tired of seeing the same post from the end of January, and if I’m tired of it then surely you loyal readers who actually have an interest in all things guitardom (a new word of mine - feel free to use it anywhere) must be sick of awaiting an update.

Thus, here is your update.  I can’t tell you anything about chords or gear or methods or any of that other madness, but I really just wanted to see how long it takes my brother and his associates to realize that this particular blog has been hijacked and resort to such drastic measures as posting themselves to resolve the issue of inactivity in this cyber domain.  (I’m such a pirate.)

So, place your bets, people…  How long do you think it’ll take for Gerry to realize his blog has been updated?  How long do you think it’ll be before you can read of my untimely demise at the hands of my brother online?

Even if I do not survive this not-so-clandestine effort, if it resulted in bringing a smile to your face and motivating my brother to resume his blogging activities, it was well worth the sacrifice.

If you don’t hear from Gerry soon, expect to hear from me!

-naz

Dear Loyal WGG Readers,

We would like to apologize for the lack of posts over the past month and just want everyone to know that the blog is indeed still up and running and will continue to stay that way. We are alive and well, but I know that myself and Gerry have been extremely busy over the past few weeks! We just want everyone to know that we’ve got some cool posts planned for the next month and we appreciate all the comments and support!

Jon

Worship Guitar Guy Blog

Ok, I know I’m a couple of days late for this…  the last two weekends I’ve been playing alot around the area here…

But  have run across a phenomenal resource that’s too good not to share. 

Paul Baloche’s Acoustic Guitar DVD is a phenomenal resource I’ve been benefitting alot from lately.  If you don’t know who Paul is, he’s a worship leader who’s known for writing many of the songs you may sing week in and week out in your church.  One thing he really stands out in doing though is developing practical and easy to understand resources to help worship guitarists improve in their playing.

What I absolutely love about this DVD is Paul teaches you all kinds of alternate chords and voicings for you to incorporate in your playing.  Most of these additional voicings are easy for a beginner/intermediate player to pick up and start using pretty quickly, and it will add a ton of color to your sets.  (You can see most of the chord charts included in the companion workbook PDF link.)  And these chord voicings are extremely helpful for even electric guitar players, since it will help you explore more of the neck on your guitar, as a way of expanding your tonal vocabulary beyond just root position chords.

It just might be the best $30 you can spend right now…

Ok, Ok… I know I’ve been gone for a while.  And you’ve spoken… I’ve heard…  I’ll be back next week with a new post.