Gibson User Reviews

Gibson: Learn & Play Guitar

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Reviews Summary

Positive highlights

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This app hasExcellent guitar lessons and instruction quality

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This app hasInteractive and engaging learning experience

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This app hasAccurate feedback on performance

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This app hasAbility to connect guitar and amp to the app

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This app hasGamified experience with goals to achieve

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This app hasReal songs, not just cheesy covers

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This app hasAbility to slow down and practice sections

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This app hasHelps users progress faster than other apps

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This app hasVariety of genres (classical, folk, country, rock, metal)

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This app hasSuitable for beginners to advanced players

Negative highlights

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This app hasLimited view of the song, can only see a bar or two at a time

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This app hasInconsistent learning curve, some lessons too easy while others more difficult

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This app hasNote and chord detection issues, sometimes misses or registers incorrectly

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This app hasLag when slowing down songs, making it difficult to practice

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This app hasTuner issues, sometimes displays incorrect chords

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This app hasLack of a PC client, only available on mobile

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This app hasRotation issues, app flips upside down unexpectedly

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This app hasExpensive subscription, more affordable options available

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This app hasDifficult to try the app without committing to a long subscription

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This app hasLimited song library, not many popular songs to choose from

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Not available to family share

App appears to be a good app. Although you are only able to do 1 lesson a day on the free user version. The app is not available to family share which makes the app over priced for those who have more then one child wanting to learn.

CrankyPantsAdam

a year ago

Response from developer

Hi there and thanks for your review! We do offer family sharing. It's called "Gibson Premium Yearly Family+". If you need help in how to find this subscription you can email us at app.support@gibson.com and well guide you. Thanks, Daniel

Great for any level of experience!

I’ve been playing purely for my own pleasure for over 40 years. I play a little lead guitar but stuck rigidly in the G Blues scale thanks to the limitations of previous “teach yourself lead guitar” books.
The app is great to work through or jump around and try different things. I’ve started a level or two behind my current ability and it’s a great way of unlearning previous bad habits and refining what I already knew.

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Mortgagejohn1969

a year ago

Response from developer

Hi there, we are thrilled to hear about how our app is helping you on your guitar playing journey! Please reach out to us at app.support@gibson.com if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. Best regards, Matthew

where are the tabs …

this is a weird app it design for serious guitar learning .. they are using their own notation which is weird to someone already playing and reading tabs and partitions… and it’s also expensive compared to the fender app which is at least using normal notation and tabs …

deslauriermc

a year ago

Response from developer

Hi there, thanks for your review! It would be great if you could please reach out to us at app.support@gibson.com and let us know how you feel we can improve our app. Best regards, Matthew

too expensive

good contente but pricing is too steep

Lanatheme

a year ago

Response from developer

Hi there, as a free user you have access to one free daily lesson as well as the tuner, metronome and Gibson TV. Please dont hesitate to reach out to us at app.support@gibson.com and let us know how you feel the app can improve in this aspect. Best regards, Matthew

Easy Learning

I’ve really enjoyed the app for several months now, just trying to learn at the age of 51 and this app keeps me inspired, interested and challenged. There is a ton of information and tabs to follow. I imagine even a skilled, well seasoned guitar player would enjoy and appreciate what the app has to offer. Multiple, well known players provide valuable insights through the videos and step by step instructions, and suggestions. Easy to read and play to tabs make it simple to follow and play. For decades I’ve tried to commit myself to learning on my own and always walked away frustrated with how overwhelming it was to take on all the tabs, notes, chords, techniques and everything to do with learning and playing. This app really helped ease me into learning without overwhelming information pilled on. With very little effort and time I’ve continued improving and learning all of everything there is to know and understand. In essence, this app is as simple as it gets to truly learning how to play guitar. Great job to the team who is producing it.

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Bonzze11

a year ago

Response from developer

Hi there, thanks for this amazing review! We are beyond thrilled to hear how much our app is helping you in your guitar learning journey! Keep us updated with how you are enjoying the new content by reaching out to us at app.support@gibson.com. Best regards, Matthew

Meh

I think the app is decent. I’ve been using it a few months now (waiting for the goods songs to come up), and have a come a long ways. However, any experienced players advice to you, will be to learn and play songs you like. But this app only has trash songs that no one even recognizes. So for that, I lost interest and switched apps.

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Yeeaaaaaah buddy!

a year ago

Gotta love the paywall…

Got paywalled after 15 mins worth of very basic, one note lessons, despite selecting “advanced player.” I know nothing’s free but I sorta hoped that giving up 2 months pay for a guitar I’m gonna have to haul 1000 miles back to a city myself to get rewired properly might buy a perk or two in the app. Silly me.

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Rockbasslife

a year ago

Response from developer

Hi there, as a free user you have full access the the tuner, metronome, Gibson tv and a daily free lesson! Be sure to come back each day to play your free lesson. Best regards, Matthew

??

It’s a great app and it’s such a great easy way to learn, tho ever since that update it been saying I got thing wrong when I get them right or right when I get them wrong sometimes, my phone is old so it could be that but I’m not sure

shalia king

a year ago

Response from developer

Hi there, thanks for the great review! Please reach out to us at app.support@gibson.com so that we may resolve this issue you are experiencing! Best regards, Matthew

Don’t pick monthly for a free trial, you’ll be charged

Feel this app is being shady already only 2 minutes in, difference between yearly and monthly is staggering, a free 7 day trial should be exactly that, whatever plan, it’s misleading, most people are gonna pick monthly to be cautious but then it bills you without warning you, if you want the free trial pick yearly and cancel straight away, you should still get the 7 days, I don’t know because I WAS CHARGED!!!! I haven’t tried the app properly yet but already p*ssed off, it’s expensive, has issues just like Gibson guitars, when’s the Epiphone app coming out?..

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Supertoady72

a year ago

Response from developer

Hey there, thanks for reaching out. They yearly subscription comes with a free trial while the monthly doesn't. Transparency is important for us so we work hard to make these things as clear as possible. And it seems we still have some work to do here. Could you perhaps send us an email to app.support@gibson.com so we first of all can help you out, but also hear your thoughts on how to improve this? Best, Daniel

Measure/beat markers

I love this app for practicing guitar, and I think it’s totally worth the subscription. But I can’t understand why it still doesn’t have beat or measure markers?? This would make it so much easier to look ahead as you’re playing and anticipate the upcoming riffs, and seems like a no-brainer to add. Hopefully someday it gets added, then it’ll be five stars for me.

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