The StagePlayer is a combination folding stool/guitar stand created by Nick Vail Designs. I use a folding stool similar to this when I play guitar, and I can see the benefit to having an attached guitar stand.
Here are some of the features of the StagePlayer:

no assembly required
weighs only 10lbs
fully padded and comfortable
fits most guitars, basses, [...]

Would you buy a guitar from Best Buy? You may have that choice soon. The Associated Press is reporting that Best Buy is planning on opening up music centers inside as many as 85 of its existing retail stores:
The nation’s largest consumer electronics retailer will announce Tuesday that it plans to open as many as [...]

Back Door Slam, one of my favorite new bands, has recently released a new EP consisting of 4 new songs and a video. The songs included on the EP are:

Back Door Slam - The song by Robert Cray from which they got their name
Riding with the King - by John Hiatt
Been Down So Long - [...]

Guitar World has recently posted a video tour of John 5 discussing his collection of vintage guitars, mostly consisting of vintage Telecasters. Looking at vintage guitars is fascinating to me, and John 5 has a great collection, including an almost mint 1953 blond Telecaster and a mint 1954 Blackguard Esquire.

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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Fender Jazzmaster:
Fender unveiled its Jazzmaster guitar in 1958, intending to score a one-two punch with an instrument that would be the company’s top-of-the line successor to the Stratocaster guitar and appeal to serious jazz guitarists, a class of musician that had eluded Fender’s widening reach. Although it [...]

Gibson has recently released several new guitars in their Inspired By series, including the Joe Bonamassa Aged Les Paul Goldtop. The guitar includes a carved maple top, 2-piece light mahogany back, cream binding, 1-piece mahogany neck, 1959 neck profile, Bonamassa Truss rod cover, and BurstBucker 2 and BurstBucker 3 pickups. The pictures of this guitar [...]

Another guitar-related podcast I’ve recently discovered is the Premier Guitar podcast put out by Premier Guitar magazine. The podcast features many interviews and gear reviews. Recent interviewees include Jol Dantzig, Steve Carr, and Chapman Stick inventor Emmett Chapman.

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GuitarCardio.com, a site created by Brad Heintz, is a site that helps you increase your guitar stamina through a series of user-selectable exercises. Brad explains why he created the site:
Like most people who have to practice at something, I found that the practice & warm-up part of my routine got stale pretty quickly, and that [...]

The other day, I was browsing UkeleleHunt.com, a site devoted to the ukelele, and noticed the following video of a cover of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Lenny” by Jason Arimoto.

If you enjoyed the “Lenny” video, check out some of Jason’s other videos on his YouTube channel. There are some great videos of [...]

This is a beautifully sang (and played) acoustic song with a blues progression. The first time I heard it, I thought it was going to be a simple blues song, until the vocals came in. It surprised me as it wasn’t what I suspected it to be by listening to the beginning.
Apparently “Life By The [...]