David BrewsterSocial Links Navigation Grid List Latest articles by David Brewster Sharpen Your Shred Skills Using This Straightforward Yngwie Malmsteen-Inspired Lesson By David Brewster published 11 August 23 Steadily build up speed and accuracy using alternate picking and quick position shifts How to Bend Strings Like Andy Timmons By David Brewster published 3 August 23 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 By David Brewster published 19 April 23 Explore the Vulfpeck and Fearless Flyers maestro's standout rhythm guitar style How to Craft Sizzling Rock Leads Using Pivot Arpeggios By David Brewster published 7 June 21 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 By David Brewster published 27 May 21 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 By David Brewster published 20 April 21 Pick up some exercises that will strengthen your fretting-hand fingers considerably, and eventually improve your reach. Steve Lukather's 12-Tone Secrets By David Brewster published 29 March 21 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 By David Brewster published 11 September 20 King’s signature touch and guitar voice are unique and consistently spot-on. An Appreciation of Michael Lee Firkins' Ingeniously Soulful Playing By David Brewster published 11 June 20 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. How to Solo Like Marty Friedman By David Brewster published 16 April 20 Gain some insight into the lead playing style of one of rock and metal guitar’s most celebrated innovators. Steve Howe's Fretboard Geometry: How to Adopt the Yes Icon's Progressive Guitar Approach By David Brewster published 16 April 20 Uncover the origin behind a number of famous riffs, licks, and phrases from the classic Yes catalog. MOST READ1"I was playing the wrong key and everything, but it didn't seem to matter": Watch George Harrison play a Little Richard classic with Deep Purple in 19842“It was a way to kind of memorialize the folks that I lost”: Grieving the death of his grandparents and close friend Joey DeFrancesco, jazz guitar ace Dan Wilson found solace in creating his beautiful new album, Things Eternal3 ”If you don’t get your act together, then you can’t expect your band to be.” Session player and bandleader Ben Misterka shares his wisdom on playing savvy in the post-pandemic world4Don’t miss out on a Black Friday bargain - Sweetwater’s up to 80% off Cyber Week sale is only live for 3 more days5“It’s the sound of the Stones: a five-string with a six-string on top. Guitars are amazing things – you can make an orchestra out of them…” Keith Richards on life without Charlie, The Beatles and the Stones, and new album Hackney Diamonds
Sharpen Your Shred Skills Using This Straightforward Yngwie Malmsteen-Inspired Lesson By David Brewster published 11 August 23 Steadily build up speed and accuracy using alternate picking and quick position shifts
How to Bend Strings Like Andy Timmons By David Brewster published 3 August 23 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 By David Brewster published 19 April 23 Explore the Vulfpeck and Fearless Flyers maestro's standout rhythm guitar style
How to Craft Sizzling Rock Leads Using Pivot Arpeggios By David Brewster published 7 June 21 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 By David Brewster published 27 May 21 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 By David Brewster published 20 April 21 Pick up some exercises that will strengthen your fretting-hand fingers considerably, and eventually improve your reach.
Steve Lukather's 12-Tone Secrets By David Brewster published 29 March 21 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 By David Brewster published 11 September 20 King’s signature touch and guitar voice are unique and consistently spot-on.
An Appreciation of Michael Lee Firkins' Ingeniously Soulful Playing By David Brewster published 11 June 20 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.
How to Solo Like Marty Friedman By David Brewster published 16 April 20 Gain some insight into the lead playing style of one of rock and metal guitar’s most celebrated innovators.
Steve Howe's Fretboard Geometry: How to Adopt the Yes Icon's Progressive Guitar Approach By David Brewster published 16 April 20 Uncover the origin behind a number of famous riffs, licks, and phrases from the classic Yes catalog.
