ZEPPARELLA GUITARIST AND solo star Gretchen Menn is happy to offer her tips to fellow guitar players. But she’s quick to add that she doesn’t consider herself any kind of six-string authority. “I’m in the same boat as everybody else who plays guitar,” she says. “I’m still learning something new about the instrument every day.” She pauses, then adds, “That’s the point, really — I’m trying to learn something new. I never want to assume that I’ve got it all down.”
For Menn, the art of playing and studying guitar is a journey fraught with conflicting emotions. “It’s thrilling, fun, aggravating and humbling — everything rolled into one,” she says. “But I keep at it. Some days the progress is fast; other days
