Latest articles by David Brewster
Sharpen Your Shred Skills Using This Straightforward Yngwie Malmsteen-Inspired Lesson
Steadily build up speed and accuracy using alternate picking and quick position shifts
How to Bend Strings Like Andy Timmons
Inspired by Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck and SRV, Andy Timmons’ expressive, soulful string-bending technique is among the best
Grab Your Fender Stratocaster and Get to Grips With Funk Guitar Star Cory Wong’s Dexterous Rhythm Technique
Explore the Vulfpeck and Fearless Flyers maestro's standout rhythm guitar style
How to Craft Sizzling Rock Leads Using Pivot Arpeggios
Generate cool-sounding repetition licks that flow and work well in a variety of musical contexts.
A Crash Course in the Texas-Sized Melodic Phrasing of Billy Gibbons
A comprehensive look at the smooth signature fretboard navigation techniques of ZZ Top's guitar great.
Hands Like Holdsworth: Improve Your Stretch and Open Your Ears
Pick up some exercises that will strengthen your fretting-hand fingers considerably, and eventually improve your reach.
Steve Lukather's 12-Tone Secrets
Learn how Luke puts chromatic phrasing to impeccable use in his licks and solos.
A Lesson in Marcus King's Chromatic Passing Tones and Colorful Pentatonic Mutations
King’s signature touch and guitar voice are unique and consistently spot-on.
An Appreciation of Michael Lee Firkins' Ingeniously Soulful Playing
Arriving at the peak of the neoclassical shred guitar trend, Firkins was a breath of fresh musical air. Learn some of his deeply eclectic, highly refined playing techniques.
