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Guitar lessons are common, but they have never been a requirement. Some of the most recognizable players in rock, blues and country learned from records, from friends, or from hours alone in a bedroom.
The nine players below are widely documented as having taught themselves, entirely or largely. Their routes were different, and so were the instruments and the circumstances.
Jimi Hendrix
Hendrix started out in Seattle as a teenager. He first had a one string ukulele and later a cheap acoustic guitar. He then moved to a white electric guitar in the late 1950s.
He was left handed, so he flipped a right handed guitar over and restrung it. He learned by ear, copying blues records by artists such as Muddy Waters, Elmore James and B.B. King. His 1967 debut album, Are You Experienced, showed how far that approach had taken him.
Jimmy Page
Page grew up in Epsom, Surrey, and picked up the guitar as a young teenager. He has often described himself as largely self taught, absorbing rockabilly and early blues from records.
By the early 1960s he was working as a London session player, a job that demands speed and adaptability. He joined the Yardbirds in 1966 and formed Led Zeppelin in 1968. Zeppelin’s first album arrived in early 1969.
Eddie Van Halen
Van Halen began with classical piano lessons as a child. He turned to guitar later and worked out…
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Author : Matthias Binder
Publish date : 2026-11-05 07:19:00
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