About Vivid Guitar

Vivid Guitar is an email-first, guitar-focused media site.

Think similar to newsletters like the Morning Brew and The Hustle, but focused on guitar. 

Each newsletter issue is a bit different, but typically features some of the following:

  • Bite-sized guitar lessons. Easily-digestible lessons focused on concepts you will remember and be able to apply to your playing, regardless of what genre you're into.
  • Jam tracks. Learning chord voicings and progressions, and soling over them is one of the best things you can do to improve your playing.
  • A gear showcase. Discover the most interesting gear, and lesser-known guitar brands.
  • Guitarist Spotlight. Learn about up & coming guitarists, guitar educators, or other items (such as books, courses, etc.). Guitarists featured tend to be across rock, jazz, funk, blues, soul, bluegrass, and other genres (though while I found metal guitarists very impressive, it's out of my wheelhouse).
  • Guitarist Q&A. Get practice ideas, playing tips, advice, and more from top guitar players.
  • The most interesting guitar news. The goal isn't to bombard you with every piece of guitar news out there, but to filter/curate the news we think you'll find unique and interesting. Hear about new gear releases, notably YouTube videos, podcast episodes, and more.

I'll occasionally do deep-dive articles on things like specific types of gear, but the focus is on the newsletter.

This is still pretty new, and I'd love any feedback you have on what you like or don't like. Hit me up at Dustin@vividguitar.co.

A little about me

My name is Dustin Glass. I live in the Burlington, Vermont area, with my wife, 3 kids, 2 cats - and a few guitars.

I'm mainly a home musician these days, and write and record instrumental music that's a combination of jazz, funk, rock, & blues. My focus is on guitar, but I also play bass, and (poorly) attempt to play keys.

I like a wide range of music & guitar players, but some of my favorites include Trey Anastasio, Julian Lage, John Scofield, Mark Speer, Derek Trucks, Eric Krasno, & Jerry Garcia.

When I'm able to make it out of the house, you'll often find me checking out live music, skiing, hiking, or biking - or most often, shuttling my kids to a ridiculous amount of activities.

📩 Shoot me an email at Dustin@vividguitar.co to let me know what type of content you'd like to see in the newsletter, to just to say hi.

Oh, and if you haven't yet, I'd love you to sign up for the newsletter: