The holiday season can be busy, but it can also be an awesome time for us guitarists to catch up on some much needed woodshedding. Maybe you have a couple days off of work? Maybe you have a new guitar-related toy or two? It could be as simple as a bottleneck slide or as fancy as an Axe-FX… or as awesome as a Gittler Synth Guitar (wink wink)! Whatever it might be, what’s important is not the price tag, but the sense of newness and inspiration it brings you guitarists out there in the new year.

To get you fired up, here’s a list of 18 reasons why the electric guitar is the coolest instrument in the world, presented by Encore Music Lessons.

Rocking holidays and a New Year to you!

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