electric guitar lessons Summon the Power of the Metal Gods and Add Some of Michael Schenker’s Magic to Your Own Playing in This in-Depth Lesson A tribute to the Flying V-wielding MSG, Scorpions and UFO guitarist’s elegantly melodic metal riffing Learn How to Use Suspended Chords in the Style of Jimmy Page, Van Halen, the Police, Pantera and Others Ditch the 3rd and explore sus 2, sus 4 and 7sus4 chords using open-position and movable voicings Fatten Your Chops With Double-Stops in the Style of Blues Legends Like B.B. King, Lightnin' Hopkins and Robert Johnson These essential phrases will help you speak the language of blues guitar Latest electric guitar lessons Three Sure-Fire Ways to Break out of That Old Minor-Pentatonic Deadlock By Mac Randall published 11 August 23 Completely alter your use of the minor pentatonic scale using these examples in the style of Jimmy Page, Noel Gallagher, Robert Fripp, Peter Green and Eric Clapton 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 Set Basic Campfire Chords Alight in Four Easy Ways By Guitar Player Staff published 10 August 23 Do open chords sometimes strike you as a little bland and boring? Here's how to make them sound more exotic How to Tap Like Eddie Van Halen By Dale Turner published 9 August 23 Learn EVH's astonishing tapping techniques including slides, bends, harmonics and more Ever Feel Lost on Certain Parts of the Fingerboard? These Ten Invaluable Pointers Are Your Key to Unlocking It All By Jesse Gress published 3 August 23 Don’t waste years struggling to remember every single note on the fingerboard – this awesome lesson will get you there fast 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 Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors MOST READ1“I was doing what I was supposed to do, while something totally different was coming from Jeff… There were parts where it just did not work”: Jimmy Page reflects on the Yardbirds, and his short-lived two-guitar tandem with Jeff Beck 2“We all grew up with their music, looking at the album covers, and learning these classic guitar riffs and parts”: Jackson Browne, John Mellencamp, Mavis Staples honored by Bruce Springsteen at second annual American Music Honors show3“If we were recording at Olympic Studios, we would often hear Led Zeppelin. I’d see Jimmy Page sitting there, overdubbing in darkness”: Peter Frampton reveals the stories behind five of his classic tracks4Three guitars that exemplify the PRS SE line in 2024 – reasonably priced, impeccably put-together, and versatile in terms of both tone and playability: PRS SE CE24, SE Custom 24 Quilt and SE Swamp Ash Special review 5“I bought my ’59 sunburst Les Paul from my first wife’s brother... he’d gotten sick – he called me and said, ‘I’m probably not gonna make it. Will you buy my Les Paul?’ Now it gets to live on and still make music”: Vince Gill on his beloved 'Burst
Three Sure-Fire Ways to Break out of That Old Minor-Pentatonic Deadlock By Mac Randall published 11 August 23 Completely alter your use of the minor pentatonic scale using these examples in the style of Jimmy Page, Noel Gallagher, Robert Fripp, Peter Green and Eric Clapton
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
Set Basic Campfire Chords Alight in Four Easy Ways By Guitar Player Staff published 10 August 23 Do open chords sometimes strike you as a little bland and boring? Here's how to make them sound more exotic
How to Tap Like Eddie Van Halen By Dale Turner published 9 August 23 Learn EVH's astonishing tapping techniques including slides, bends, harmonics and more
Ever Feel Lost on Certain Parts of the Fingerboard? These Ten Invaluable Pointers Are Your Key to Unlocking It All By Jesse Gress published 3 August 23 Don’t waste years struggling to remember every single note on the fingerboard – this awesome lesson will get you there fast
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
