Let's Get Serious About Guitar
And have fun doing it.
“What I have to say, I say with my guitar."
Jimi Hendrix
Make your guitars play the best they possibly can, with luthier and touring guitar tech, Nick Scout
Achieve professional level precision without years of experience, even if you've never touched a tool before!
Nice! Tell Me More!Learn to play all over the neck with the CAGED system (for Rock & Blues)
Plenty of guitarists have heard of the CAGED system - but how do you actually use it? We focus on applying it to your rhythm and lead playing focusing in on both rock and blues.
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Bring Music Into Your Life With A Course Designed For Adult Beginners
We meet you where you are, in the time that you have. With lessons broken up to take only ten minutes a day, we assume nothing and take you from buying your first guitar right through to playing hundreds of songs.
Sounds good! Tell Me More!Don't Get Lost On The Neck
With a simple, 7 minutes per day practice routine, we guide you through learning every note on the fretboard, once or for all.
No more sliding into nowhere and hoping you're in key - find the note you're looking for, first time, every time.
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“I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since."
Slash
Artist Courses
We focus not on replicating their signature solos note for note, but on a deeper understanding of their creative processes and technical prowess.
Slash
Masterclass
Unlock your appetite for destruction using Slash’s Snakepit Scale System.
Hendrix
Masterclass
Become experienced and craft your style by learning Hendrix's Axis Mastery System.
Gilmour
Masterclass
Prepare for The Great Gig In The Sky by Learning Gilmour’s Scales & Techniques.
Page
Masterclass
Get Ready To Bring It On Home By Learning Page’s Scales & Techniques.
“I can communicate far better on a guitar than I can through my mouth."
Jimmy Page
Meet Your Instructors
Nick Scout
Nick Scout is the owner of Scout guitars, and has 13 years of experience as an instrument technician, award-winning composer, and luthier. He has toured as a guitar tech for Steve Vai's Inviolate Tour, Less Than Jake, The Blue Man Group, and many others.
As an educator, Nick taught the the Guitar Tech Development program at El Camino School Of Music, Repair and Technology from 2020 through to 2023, and is currently the head luthier for OME Banjos.
Gabriel Leopardi
Gabriel Leopardi is a professional musician who has spent the last 20 years playing, recording, and touring with mega-label bands like Metallica, Duran Duran, Paramore, Evanescence, and more. He is currently selling out theaters with his band, Ramen.
In addition to playing out, Gabriel has been teaching guitar online for over 15 years, and is himself endorsed by major brands such as Neural DSP and D'Addario.
Brian Kelleher
Brian is the founder of KillerGuitarRigs.com and KillerGuitarAcademy, has been playing guitar for close to 40 years at this point, giving lessons on and off, and occasionally touring with bands as a photographer.
J Ring
J Ring has been a music educator for over 20 years, teaching students in Florida, Tennessee, and everywhere in between, as well as working as the educational director for several music schools - all while finding time to write and record epic soundtrack-influenced music forged around guitar!
“I’m only myself when I have a guitar in my hands."
George Harrison
From the people at
Killer Guitar Rigs.com
Killer Guitar Academy is a project that was born after years of work in Killer Guitar Rigs. Killer Guitar Academy aims to provide free materials and courses to guitarists at any level. Be it beginners or advanced players. As well as paid premium courses which are carefully designed to take your guitar skills to the next level.
With a supportive community, weekly challenges, carefully designed courses and even regular freebies Killer Guitar Academy is the one place to be to unlock your inner rockstar.
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