TrueFire Reviews 32

in general it's very good. Quality videos from many players.

BUT, and that's a big but: only well known players are featured. As a pro musician for 32 years myself, I see absolutely no causal connection between how famous is someone, and how good they really are at what they do.

Say, I'd want to be a great singer, would I take video lessons by the singer of Guns'n' Roses? I don't think so....fame happens mostly because one does the right thing at the right time in the right place. This is not necessarily an indication of true artistic worth, or being a good teacher.

One might even be a very good musician, but a terrible or mediocre teacher. And the opposite is true, too, which is much more common than the former.

In short, Truefire is really for beginners who go 'wow, so and so is teaching here! that's the best thing in the world!'.

But if you are already a musician, you won't be dazzled so easily, and the better you are, the less so you'll be impressed. Such is my case.

I have seen similar trends elsewhere, for example on Masterclass.com. Personally, I think JTC is the better one as it has many advanced courses, - because they are advanced, not because the player is famous -.

But if you are a beginner, Truefire is not a bad place, just not the ultimate, because the content is choses according to 'fame', not intrinsic pedagogical worth.

And many of the musicians featured there, they can 'teach' you their style. But that's not how best music is learned. You want to learn things you can use to create your own thing, not to learn someone's style.

I signed up for an All Access annual subscription in January and paid $99 instead of $249, and I'm rather disappointed. Here's my impression in bullet points:

- The courses for ear training and left-hand finger technique were full of errors, so they were rather sloppily prepared.

- The individual guitarists' courses were rather trivial and laughable.

To be fair, though, it might be useful for beginners who have mastered cowboy and barre chords and want to progress from there. But for me, YouTube is better and cheaper, and I'll give GP a try now.

contacted Truefire for a cancellation of my subscription. They answered that I should cancel it on Apple subscription on my iphone. But I hadn’t any subscription there. I told them that. But no answer. I contacted them four times on mail but still no answer. This company is a big scam. Stay away. You are locked in and can not get away when you have started a subscription. Stay away!

I don't want to talk about their courses as that experience depends on the level of the player who buys the course. I do want to talk about the Truefire site. There are so many courses on offer and each one only gives a glimpse of what the course is about and the level of player that it is aimed at. I was concerned that I would have to look through several courses before I found one at the right level for me - and in the process spend a fortune on courses that were not appropriate. I WAS WRONG!
Truefire offer a 'satisfaction guaranteed' and swap a course within a 14 day trial. I used it, last night, for the first time. There was no discussion after I put in my 'claim' and the course was swapped out within one hour.

You get what you pay for.. I come back to this website every other year. I think that's the best way to do it. Pay while you're in practice season and cancel your sub when you're in the off season. Simple as that.

I was impressed by the Blues beginner course which I hoped to plod through at my own pace. I was later charged £108 for All Access - and when I cancelled this was denied a refund. Be very careful what you select - especially courses that are on offer

Amazing site tons of material, for the player who needs to move from the beginners stage.

I personally started with Andy Guitar, amazing for beginners with good quality content, and moved to Truefire to take my playing to the next level

This is pretty much a scam site. Offers a 14 day trial but then asks you to put card details in. Also upon creating an account it appears they over promise on the content. Avoid!

I read the reviews and I don't understand them. Tuefire has a HUGE amount of courses and lessons. I bought some and then I changed to yearly subscription. It is like the beach on a sunny day - you can swim in the sea :)
They are communcative. It may be slow if you are not on their continent but they always reply. Very helpful. I have subscription on other websites and I bought many online courses but it is the best.

no you cannot cancel payments at any time. you are locked in for a period of at least four months, a con in my opinion. go try somewhere else.

Customer service is top notch. Plus their catalog of lessons and the teachers they get is fantastic.

Just Excellent.
Price, content, performance & video quality 5*.

Truly an amazing learning resource for guitar, bass, and banjo beginners through professionals! Even more superb customer service!

Super helpful, kind, and patient.

Quick and friendly customer service!

Long story short, I went to my TrueFire "Dashboard" and virtually everything I'd purchased over the years was GONE!

I contacted TrueFire (had to leave a Voicemail) and shortly thereafter, Adam (via the Help Desk) called me back, and confirmed a suspicion I had. I switched laptops a while back (kids had bought me a new one) and somehow (still not certain how) I created a 2nd Account which more recent purchases were going into, but in the meantime all of my previous purchases were "Missing".

Adam quickly resolved the issue for me by "merging" the accounts, and now everything is back. While I had suspected the problem was at my end (which it was!) Adam was able to resolve it for me much quicker than it would have taken me to dig up how I'd set up/configured the other account.

"Thank You, Adam", and "Thank You, TrueFire" !!

I am brand new to the acoustic guitar starting in February 24'. Tried out several other online apps for lessons. I did not want to spend $$ not knowing if I would stick with it. I finally found TrueFire. I spent 5 months working my way through the free guitar courses. Very easy to follow along. Learn at your own pace. What a crazy good deal! I think it was approx. 80 individual lessons. I am now paying for the courses and could not be happier with how much I have progressed. Thanks!!

Adam has helped me a number of times and explained how to refine and be more specific in search. He has located a number of studies as well.

If your a hard rock/metal guitarist True fire/jam play are not for you. I've searched through the entire website and nothing caters to metal guitar. Unless your into country,folk, finger style,classic oldies move on there's nothing here for you. Even there song lessons only have a handful of metal songs which only covers what I call pop metal such as Metallica and Megadeth. I really wish I could have seen what they had to offer before I purchased the annual membership. Plain and simple if your wanting to learn metal YouTube is free and has a lot more to offer. I'm pissed I wasted money on this BS

As an experienced educator with over 30 years in the field, Truefire is a disorganized mess. I recently picked up guitar after a long hiatus and felt like Youtube could not provide me a proper education. But after trialing Truefire, Youtube is the better way to go for me. Every course I tried feels stiff and boring. It is as if the teachers just Googled top things to know about x and then just made their curriculum short tips videos on those topics. Nothing is really connected or builds on the previous thing.

If you are interested in Truefire, try Justin Guitar first.