Alphabet Soup Guitar Giveaway Clue #22 - To find today's letter you'll have to outrun the train to Music City!

This month we give you: Kings of Tone

When times are rough, it’s only natural to want to go back to when the times were better; return to the good ol’ days. This explains the immortality of things like vintage cars, the U.S. constitution, Joan Rivers and our latest video guitar course Kings of Tone.

But no matter how bad things get, reliving the past is paradoxically impossible. Yes, you can buy that 1981 BMW 325i, join the Libertarians, donate to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and even get your hands on a vintage pedal or two, but none of that will change anything. Gas is over $3 a gallon, it’s not the 18th century, Botox never fools anyone and the last vintage Strat I saw didn’t help the guy sound any better.

The only thing that looking to the past can give you is a review of all the lessons that were learned. My dad once told me that if you’re going to try something look at what all the people before you have already done and then try to do it better. That’s what progress will get you – something better. But in a strange way, progress can’t be achieved unless you’re familiar with what had to come before it.

Of course there’s something that cannot be overlooked: driving that old beamer is a helluvalotta fun, everyone’s entitled to their own beliefs, there’s nothing wrong with trying to feel better about yourself, and what could be more awesome than sounding like your favorite guitar legend while belting out murderous licks with the volume cranked to 11? Nothing.

Just some of the legends you can learn to play like: Larry Carlton, Eric Johnson, Johnny Winter, Robin Trower, Joe Walsh, Rory Gallager, Uli John Roth, and Tommy Bolin.

Truth. Love. Music.