Real rigs. Real gear. Real talk.
GuitarHub is where guitar players come to read the gear and rights stories that matter, browse the rigs other players actually run, and find free tools. Browse it all open. When you want to post your own rig and talk, the community lives on Suede Social.
Real Rigs
Community · Suede SocialThe signal chains players actually use, posted by the players who use them. Browse rigs here, then join Suede Social to share yours.
Open the community→Reads
Gear, rights, and the business of guitarExplainers that a forum thread can't hold. Start with the Fender Stratocaster lawsuit and what it means for players and builders.
Read the hub→Tools
guitarchords.infoFree chord library, scale trainer, chromatic tuner, and metronome. No sign-up, no tracking. Runs in your browser.
Open the tools→Practice App
Suede Studio Guitar · iOSTuner, timing practice, chord tools, a rig workbench, and session capture. The studio in your pocket.
Get it on iOS→The Fender Stratocaster Lawsuit, Explained
Fender won a copyright ruling on the shape Leo drew in 1954, then started mailing cease-and-desist letters to the builders who kept it alive. One of them landed on John Mayer’s guitar. What it means for players and builders, and the bigger question of who owns a design.
The Signal Chain
A Player’s History of Amplifiers, Effects, and the Pursuit of Electric Guitar Tone
46 chapters covering every significant amplifier and effect in electric guitar history. The physics of the pickup. The circuit logic of the pedal. The business of tone. Standard, Deluxe, and Workbook editions. Free at guitar.solutions.
Read free at guitar.solutions →“Guitar tone is a chain: the string vibrates, the pickup converts it, the cable carries it, the amp colors it, the speaker moves air. Change one link and you change everything that follows. IP in the AI era works the same way. Change who holds the registration and you change who gets paid at every step.”
— Jason Colapietro (Johnny Suede)
Jason Colapietrois the founder and CEO of Suede Labs and a published author. He built the creator-ownership layer for the AI media era: proof of creation, programmable IP, on-chain royalty routing, and agent-accessible licensing on Base blockchain. Patent pending USPTO 63/947,120. Also by Jason: The Guitar Without a Number, The Human Authenticity Layer, Proof as Infrastructure, and Stake Your Claim — all on Amazon.
Open to read.
Yours to join.
- iThe hub is open. Read every rig and every story without an account, an email, or a paywall in the way.
- iiThe community is real. When you want to post your own rig and talk gear, that happens on Suede Social, grounded in actual signal chains.
- iiiYour work stays yours. GuitarHub is built by Suede Labs, the creator-ownership layer for the AI era: proof of creation, programmable rights, and royalty routing.
◆ ProvenanceGuitarHub is the open front door to Suede Social, a guitar community grounded in real rigs. Both are built by Suede Labs, the creator-ownership layer for AI-era music, and maintained by Jason Colapietro, AI expert and founder of Suede Labs.