Justin Derrico’s “Fricken Chicken” Workout

Feb 7 2012 12:00AM
Justin Derrico’s debut solo record, Boldly Going Nowhere, features blazing guitar work from start to finish. More...

Quick Licks

Feb 7 2012 12:00AM
This lick was inspired by Allen Hinds’ solo in “Oscar’s Swagger,” off his great Monkeys and Slides album. More...

10 Things You Gotta Do to Play Like Dick Dale

Aug 18 2011 12:00AM
LONG HAILED AS THE INDISPUTable King of Surf Guitar and the Father of Loud, living legend and American icon Dick Dale never actually set out to define a genre—that was left to the throngs devotees who followed in his wake. More...

The Rockabilly Scale

Aug 18 2011 12:00AM
HERE’S A SOMEWHAT EXTREME but quite useful application of the February 2011 issue’s “Modded Pentatonic” concept. More...

Five Insights into the Roy Buchanan Style

May 10 2011 10:05AM
He was the rarest of breeds—a guitarist’s guitarist with an innate grasp of bittersweet country sounds, wailing blues licks, sophisticated jazz harmonies, and balls-out rock and roll, all presented with spine-tingling tone, More...

Back to School Joel Hoekstra’s Hard Rock Hybrid Picking

May 1 2011 11:40AM
It's hard to say who the hardest-working man in the guitar business is, but Joel Hoekstra would certainly make a strong contender for the title. More...

Technique Toolbox “Melodic Tapping”

May 1 2011 1:00AM
Many techniques that are often used for flashy soloing, like sweeping or tapping, are generally lumped in the “shredding” category. More...

Rusty Andersons Pop-Rock Riffing

Dec 1 2010 1:00AM
ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN PAUL McCartney in the last ten years knows what a great player Rusty Anderson is. More...

Robot Invasion Further Experiments with Diminished Transformers

Jul 1 2010 1:00AM
IN LAST MONTH’S LESSON “Diminished Transformers,” June 2010 GP, we explored the concept of unfolding a diminished 7 chord into four dominant 7s, an idea we can attribute to Pat Martino. More...

GITs Dean Brown Maps the DNA of the Great American Groove

Jul 1 2010 1:00AM
“EVER BEEN TO THE EXPERIENCE MUSIC Project in Seattle?” asks Dean Brown. “You gotta go. They have that big Hendrix exhibit, and one cool thing you can do there is listen to famous Hendrix tunes with the different tracks isolated. More...

Monster Guitar Method Vols 1-5

Jul 1 2010 1:00AM
Although there seems to be more talking than playing on these DVDs, John Maurice Doyle still shows you a bunch of good stuff. More...

Quick Licks June 2010

Jun 1 2010 1:00AM
Here’s a great way to emulate a pedal-steel or slide player by using your whammy bar More...

Hidden Hammers Sleight of (Picking) Hand and the Art of Sneaky Slurs

Feb 7 2012 12:00AM
One of the coolest things about rock lead guitar is that a little sleight of hand not only makes fast phrases easier to play, it often makes them sound more natural, too. More...

Getting Out and Back In with Justin Derrico

Feb 8 2012 12:00AM
Last month Justin Derrico showed us some ways to take a solo outside, and this time he’s getting even further out, as evidenced by Ex. 1. More...

Quick Licks

Feb 8 2012 12:00AM
This is a great way to get a heavy, galloping sound on power chords, inspired by the bitchin’ Beck tune “What Mama Said. More...

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