Thank you for your interest in virtual guitar lessons through Guitars for Vets. Helping Veterans on their musical journey is our passion. Through our Cyber Chapter, we provide free acoustic, electric, or bass guitar lessons online to Veterans across the country. Upon successful completion of the program, each participant receives a new instrument. This page will guide you through everything you need to know about applying for online lessons.
Click here to see where the nearest chapter is to you: FIND A CHAPTER
Before you apply, it is important that you have time each day to commit to learning this great instrument; so if you are in the middle of a house move, career change, are a new parent, or just otherwise very busy, please consider applying when you are ready.
1. THIS PAGE
Enrollment through this page opens on the 1st of every month at 1:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM CT / 11:00 AM MT / 10:00 AM PT and remains open until all spots are filled, which often happens quickly. To improve your chances of securing a spot, we encourage you to click the “Cyber Chapter Application” button as soon as enrollment opens.
2. JOIN CAVARTS
Alternatively, join the Guitars4Vets learning center in CAVARTS where you can apply to be put on a small waitlist for a virtual instructor. Scroll down to the bottom of this page for more information about joining.
The cyber chapter allows Veterans to enroll in the G4V program free of charge and complete 11 weekly online private lessons. These lessons are individualized and designed to help Veterans learn at their own pace. Students can choose to take lessons for either an acoustic (Operation Unplugged), electric (Operation High Voltage), or bass guitar (Operation Bass Camp) and upon completing the 11-week program, will receive a new instrument based on what program they enrolled in.
As a Guitars for Vets Cyber Chapter Student, you agree to:
Registration for Guitars for Vets’ Cyber Chapter will open on the first day of every month and remain open each month until we have reached full capacity. If registration is closed at any point during the month, please check back on the first day of the following month.*If you are within 40 miles of a chapter, you may not qualify for the Cyber Chapter. To check if there is a chapter near you, please CLICK HERE
Created by Veterans, for Veterans, the Challenge America Veteran Arts Community (CAVARTS) is a national hub that brings together Veterans of various backgrounds who support one another as they connect, learn, and grow through the Arts. Membership to CAVARTS is FREE and exclusive to Veterans and service members! Guitars for Vets and CAVARTS have joined together to create a space for Veterans to enjoy learning, playing, and growing in their passion about the guitar. As Guitars For Vets (G4V), we offer Music with a Mission by specializing in teaching veterans how to play (emphasis on PLAY!) the acoustic guitar but this space can grow into anything guitar-related.
While you are waiting for a virtual or in-person lesson, check out this video on G4V’s Introduction to Acoustic Guitar Program. This free program consists of 5 self-paced interactive learning modules that will teach you the basics of fretting, chords, chord transitions, and strumming…all the skills you need to start playing songs!
Join the CAVARTS community and receive exclusive access to joining Guitars for Vets 11 week program.
Since 2007, our organization has refined a guitar instruction program aimed at providing Veterans struggling with physical injuries, PTSD, and other emotional distress a unique therapeutic alternative. G4V pursues its mission to share the healing power of music by providing free instruction, a new instrument and an accessory kit in a structured program run by volunteers, in concert with our community partners.
Guitars For Vets Processing Center
13400 Bishops Ln Suite 120
Brookfield, WI 53005
