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101 Amazing Licks - Lick 42

Posted 05/04/2007 at 8:01pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Get yerself jazzed up with a quirky dorian lick in the style of Andy Summers.

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101 Amazing Licks - Lick 41

Posted 05/03/2007 at 9:20pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Three-note-per-string licks are for girly-men! Try this chromatic monster of a lick, inspired by the likes of John Petrucci and Steve Morse.

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101 Amazing Licks - Lick 40

Posted 05/02/2007 at 2:38pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Yngwie! Need we say more?

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101 Amazing Licks - Lick 39

Posted 05/01/2007 at 11:01pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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How many licks does it take to get to the center of Paul Gilbert's alternate picking exercise? 39, apparently.

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101 Amazing Licks - Lick 38

Posted 05/01/2007 at 3:55am | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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A crazy legato lick from Paul Gilbert is up next--hope you can pull it off! Get it? Legato? Pull-off?

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101 Amazing Licks - Lick 37

Posted 04/27/2007 at 10:11pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Warning! Today's neo-classical lick is not for the faint of heart... and neither is Vinnie Moore's circa 1986 hairdo!

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101 Amazing Licks - Lick 36

Posted 04/25/2007 at 2:47pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Get yer shred on with this tasty two-string arpeggio lick in the vein of Anthrax's Scott Ian!

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101 Amazing Licks - Lick 35

Posted 04/23/2007 at 8:59pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Stretch yourself with this pseudo-pentatonic fret hand punisher!

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101 Amazing Licks - Lick 34

Posted 04/20/2007 at 8:50am | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Sweep 'em off their feet with this sick ascending sweep picking lick--a Testament to Alex Skolnick!

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101 Amazing Licks - Lick 33

Posted 04/19/2007 at 1:37am | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Dave Mustaine loves him some tremolo pickin', so here's a nice example that he'd be proud of.

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