Ace Maghoul

Nick (who goes by Ace), started playing guitar in 1991 at the age of 11. He has been in numerous bands and writes his own original songs. He is now in a Pink Floyd tribute band called Echoes. Ace is very passionate about teaching and has taught in multiple locations and schools across the Bay Area. His goal is to make learning more enjoyable by encouraging students to mix theory with learning their favorite songs.

Ace covers the following topics: intervals, major and minor scales, harmonic and melodic scales, pentatonic scales, building chords, determining key centers, modes, modal interchange, effects, pentatonic substitution, and more. He is a guitar teacher at School of Rock San Jose. Ace's influences include Eddie Van Halen, David Gilmore, Jimmy Page, Brian May, Eric Johnson, Steve Clark, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton.