If you want to get better at the guitar in 2017, it’s going to require planning! But the good news is: it’s all fun, rewarding, and easily done to at least try. Here are 17 springboard ideas to get your guitar playing blossoming this year... or any time!

Historically speaking, this week in rock music has been marked by a trove of memorable events. One of rock and roll’s greatest bands kicked off their first headlining tour, a legendary American glam band signed their first contract, and Gibson launched one of its most innovative instruments.

From Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready to Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen, here are our Top 10 Gibson.com interviews of 2016!

KT Tunstall speaks with Gibson.com about her new album, KIN, and her new Custom White Dove, which she created with Gibson Montana.

Historically speaking, this week in rock music has been marked by a trove of memorable events. Great Britain’s most influential hard rock band kicked off their first American tour, a country music icon passed away at a tragically young age, and a spectacularly popular Swedish pop group performed onstage for the last time.

Going back to Bobby Helms’ "Jingle Bell Rock" and Chuck Berry’s "Run Rudolph Run," rock and rollers have tried to put a modern spin on the spirit of Christmas. Vying against crooners like Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, and Johnny Mathis is never easy this time of year, but a handful of more raucous artists have acquitted themselves well. Below are ten albums that would fit nicely in any rock lover’s stocking.

From the births of Jimmy Buffett and Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder to the formation of Jethro Tull, the rock events don’t stop for the holiday week of Dec. 19 through 25.

Christmas gets a metal makeover with these songs from Rob Halford, Twisted Sister and more.

With new and inspired releases from acts like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Joe Bonamassa and Band of Skulls it is clear that rock music is still alive and well!

Gibson.com salutes to the singular 6-strings skills of ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons, a man who takes detours with the blues but is remarkably consistent with is vision. "You can definitely make someone wiggle in their seat a little bit," Gibbons says of his solos, "if you know where you're heading with it and end up there..." Along that journey, he’s travelled with some legendary Gibson Les Pauls and SGs...