Ultimate Guitar

Guitarist community website Ultimate GuitarWebsite typeTablature archiveOwnerUltimate Guitar USA LLCCreatorEugeny NaidenovParentMuse GroupWebsiteultimate-guitar.comCommercialYesRegistrationOptional Ultimate Guitar (Ultimate Guitar USA LLC), also known as Ultimate-Guitar.com or simply UG, is an online platform for guitarists and musicians, started on October 9, 1998, by Eugeny Naidenov and based in San Francisco, US. Its website and mobile application provide free and paid user-submitted guitar tablatures and chord sheets, as well as video courses, reviews of music and equipment, interviews with musicians and forums. It is now part of Muse Group. Features Users of Ultimate Guitar are able to view, request, vote and comment on tablatures in the site's forum. Guitar Pro and Power Tab files can be run through programs in order to play the tablature. Members can also submit album, multimedia and gear reviews, as well as guitar lessons and news articles. Approved works are published on the website. The forum is moderated, but there has been no censorship of curse and swear words since September 1, 2015. From 2007 to 2014, Ultimate Guitar allowed its users to create profiles, enabling soc