The Institute is very proud and excited to be sponsoring Guitar Idol 2008!

Want to be the face of a new generation of guitar heroes? Here’s your chance! Get ready to flex your rock chops, dazzle with your country pickin’, amaze with your jazz sophistication, scintillate with your searing blues – or just plain riff it up!

‘Guitar Idol’ is a massive new online competition to find the hottest new guitar player out there! The talent search starts here and now – and with the live final to be staged at the London Guitar Show 2008 (part of the colossal London International Music Show) on June 13th, this is a major event that no self-respecting axe slinger can afford to miss – and you could be one of the stars of the show!

The 10 players who gain the highest votes before June 1st 2008 will be invited to perform in front of thousands of guitar fans at The London Guitar Show on Friday June 13th 2008, and will be judged by a panel of top industry professionals.

There are thousands of Pounds worth of prizes up for grabs, massive promotional opportunties and international recognition – plus the winner will be opening up for a LEGENDARY guitarist on June 15th on the main stage at the finale of The London International Music Show!

For details on how to enter this incredible competition please visit www.guitar-idol.co.uk