Newcastle Guitar Lessons

There are some superb guitarists and some brilliant teachers of music, Jimi is exceptional at both. I started looking for a guitar tutor a couple of years ago and came across Jimi via the Internet. I can honestly recommend him to anyone just starting to play guitar but also to intermediate and advance players. From a personal point of view I have gained skills in technique as well as learning about the incredible depth of music itself, building knowledge to give an understanding of what you ...

Since I’ve started having guitar lessons with Jimi Savage I’ve improved dramatically! He teaches, improvisation, sight reading, theory and all the hard stuff that most people may not like, but puts it in a way that really easy to understand and very enjoyable and importantly to be musical. Although I used to use YouTube videos before I went for lessons, it’s with Jimi that has made the big difference to me because he emphasises what is most important along the way and highlighted what is not ...

"I started taking guitar lessons with Jimi about 10 years ago. At that time I could not play much of anything thing on my (then new) electric guitar. Prior to meeting Jimi, I had taken some lessons with a local guitar teacher, although he could play guitar really well, I found his teaching methods hard to follow and his preparation for the lessons poor. Jimi’s teaching style is very laid back but focused and effective, even though I am a very busy person and can’t always commit nearly as muc...

I have been receiving tuition from Jimi since 2006 and over the last 10 years I have gone from being a very sketchy bedroom player to achieving a Merit in Grade 7 electric guitar and a member of a gigging band. As a late starter, in my mid-twenties I found Jimi to be very sympathetic to the challenges facing an adult learner. I can’t emphasise how much more efficient and effective it is to meaningfully learn from someone like Jimi, who has mastered their instrument. It is so much better in a...

When I first started coming to see Jimi I had been fiddling around with the guitar for a couple of years and teaching myself Guns N’ Roses songs from tabs on the internet. I knew some basic chord shapes and had learned to parrot some riffs, but not much else. I told Jimi that my goal was to play like Slash. Today, I have improved immeasurably and my goals are completely different. My lessons with Jimi have broadened my horizons more than I thought was possible and I have learned that music i...