December 23, 2025

Estimated read time: 4-5 minutes. New Year’s resolutions are hard to stick to. We all start strong, then life happens. Schedules get busy, motivation dips, and suddenly that big plan to practice every day turns into “I’ll get to it next week.” Sound familiar?The good news is that getting better at guitar does not have to mean grinding scales for hours or completely changing your routine. Sometimes all it takes is the right setup to make playing feel easier, more fun, and more natural to come back to. As 2026 rolls in, here are a few simple guitar goals to focus on, plus some tools that can help you actually stick with them.

December 09, 2025

Estimated Read Tim 5 - 8 Minutes. By the end of the year, a lot of us hit a little practice slump. You have spent months grinding scales, learning songs, tightening timing, and now your routine is starting to feel the same every time you plug in. Totally normal. The trick is not to force inspiration, but to change the game you are playing. So here is a fun holiday challenge. Ten bite sized guitar prompts to try before the year ends. No pressure to be perfect. The point is to stay curious, keep your hands moving, and remind yourself why you picked up the guitar in the first place.

December 03, 2025

Estimated Read Time: 3-4 minutes. Every great guitar riff starts the same way. A random noodle that seems like nothing, until it turns into a hook you cannot stop playing. In my experience, the best riffs show up when you are not really trying. You are just in the right place, the right mood, the right minute. But we get it, life is busy now. You cannot always wait around for inspiration to magically land on your fretboard. What you can do is set yourself up for it. The right tools do not write the riff for you, they put you in the frame of mind where riffs happen faster, and where ideas do not slip away the moment you find them.

November 14, 2025

Estimated Read Time: 2 minutes. Spark NEO Core is officially out in the world, and real guitarists are already putting it through its paces. Players everywhere are discovering how this powerful set of guitar amp headphones transforms the way they practice, travel, and stay inspired.

November 11, 2025

Estimated Read Time: 3 - 4 minutes. Inspiration is one of those things that always seems to show up at the wrong time. In the car, on a walk, or right before bed, we’ve all been there. But when you finally sit down to play, your mind goes blank. Every guitarist knows that feeling. Thankfully, today’s gear makes it easier than ever to Spark (see what we did there?) new ideas when creativity feels out of reach.

October 28, 2025

Estimated Read Time: 2-3 minutes. As a musician, I’ve noticed something: my inspiration to practice always seems to hit late at night. Maybe it’s the quiet of the world, or maybe musicians and night owls just share the same DNA. But there’s nothing like plugging in, cranking up, and getting lost in your own sound. The problem? Neighbors, sleeping family members, and paper-thin apartment walls don’t exactly appreciate a 1 a.m. jam session.

October 23, 2025

Estimated Read Time: 3 - 4 Minutes.  On tour, simple and reliable gear matters. Three Days Grace / Five Finger Death Punch guitar tech, Jeramy "Hoogie" Donais, works behind the scenes to keep the band’s massive rock tone locked in every night. One of the tools he now keeps in his daily setup is Spark 2, a compact amp that’s become part of his backstage workflow for fast tone checks and quick idea building. We asked him how Spark 2 fits into life on the road.

October 23, 2025

Estimated Read Time: 3 - 4 Minutes.  We get it—the most cumbersome part of any live performance (or even a casual band practice) is the setup. 99% of us don’t have road crews, so we’re dragging in our own gear, untangling cables, and trying to figure out why half of them are too short or frayed. Meanwhile, your singer wants to move across the stage without turning it into a rodeo of tripping hazards.