{"id":4812,"date":"2025-04-19T00:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T00:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/?p=4812"},"modified":"2025-04-19T00:33:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T00:33:01","slug":"totally-guitars-weekly-update-april-18-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-blogs\/guitar-news\/totally-guitars-weekly-update-april-18-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Totally Guitars Weekly Update April 18, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Totally Guitars Weekly Update April 18, 2025\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X5_hqV2wl_w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nApril 18, 2025<\/p>\n<p>A really fun tune derailed my train this week as I got infatuated with arranging <a href=\"https:\/\/totallylessons.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=9&#038;t=28095\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Itchycoo Park<\/a> for solo guitar. 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