John Wheatcroft

John Wheatcroft

Guitarist

John leads a busy double-life as an artist and an educator. He has performed with artists as diverse as Billy Cobham (Miles Davis), Alex Acuña, John Williams, Frank Gambale, Paco Peña, Biréli Lagrène, Stochelo Rosenberg, Angelo Debarre, Paulus Schäfer, Mozes Rosenberg, Mike Clark and Bill Summers (The Headhunters), Carl Verheyen, Ralph Salmins, Paul Elliott, Keith Carlock and Laurence Cottle. John has toured the world with both Carl Palmer (ELP) and John Jorgenson (Elton John/ Hellecasters) and he is a regular contributor to Guitar Techniques UK, along with contributing numerous lessons for Guitarist UK, Guitar Part (France) and Guitar World (USA).

Latest articles by John Wheatcroft

Phi Yaan Zek in his home studio
How I use the Melodic Minor scale by Phi Yaan-Zek

By Phi Yaan-Zek Published

Supercharge your soloing chops with Phi Yaan-Zek’s six Steve Vai-esque examples

Lessons
Guitarist Tim Lerch
Blues and Jazz Chord Masterclass! Learn the sweetest chords from world-renowned Gypsy-jazz guitarist Tim Lerch

By Tim Lerch Published

Discover a wealth of dominant 7th, diminished and chromatically colored chords to bring variety and sophistication to your playing

Lessons
Marcus Deml
"Breathtaking bends!" Acclaimed European instrumentalist Marcus Deml delivers a string-bending master class

By Marcus Deml Published

Expand your blues, rock and fusion licks with Deml's expressive string-bending examples

Lessons
A picture of Jennifer Batten with electric guitar
“What I learned at GIT.” Jennifer Batten delivers three must-know fusion licks

By Jennifer Batten Published

The first woman to graduate from the famed Guitar Institute of Technology, she reflects on her time there as the school's first female instructor

Lessons
Erlend Krauser performs at the Wolfblues Festival 2016 playing his Guthrie Govan signature Charvel.
Erlend Krauser shows how to perform expressive hammer-ons, pull-offs, whammy-bar scoops and two-hand tapping

By Erlend Krauser Published

Jeff Beck’s soaring licks meet Stanley Jordan’s fretting fluidity in Krauser’s tapping and whammy-bar techniques

Lessons
Brett Garsed playing slide with an image of Joe Walsh
Brett Garsed teaches his angled-slide technique that lets you play lines like Walsh used in the James Gang and Eagles — but in standard tuning

By Brett Garsed Published

The masterful Australian slides through 12 examples with blues-rock grit, using 5ths and octaves

Lessons
Steve Morse playing, with the words "How does he DO that?"
Steve Morse: My 5 go-to ideas for playing AND writing

By Steve Morse Published

He's known for his alternate picking virtuosity, creativity and ability to adapt. In this exclusive lesson, Steve Morse shows us the five core approaches he uses

Lessons
John Etheridge
John Etheridge teaches the essentials of sophisticated jazz-rock soloing in six examples, with video and tab

By John Wheatcroft Published

John's vibrant soloing covers a broad spectrum — from the Altered and Diminished scales through to wonderful passing notes and quartal chords

Lessons