How far is your nearest guitar shop? Is the lack of local shops driving you to buy over the internet, or to make trips to the big city to get your guitar gear? We have generated a map of the US guitar shops in the guitar-list database, to show how the guitar shops are distributed among states.

You can explore the map at this link. If your favourite shop is not listed here, then why not register at guitar-list and add it yourself. Shops from all countries are welcome.

Ever wondered why so many heavy metal guitarists in the 1980s had long hair? By growing your hair long (and thereby saving the cost of haircuts), you can save enough money to finance your next guitar.

If the average price of a haircut is around £10 ($20) and you have a monthly haircut , by letting your hair grow in 3 years you could raise £360 ($720). Enough to get a new guitar!

As a bonus, when your hair gets really long you can cut it off and sell it to a wig shop, raising even more cash.