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Tips on Building Your Pedalboard

Introduction to the Lydian Pentatonic Concept

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How to Build a Beer Cooler Ukulele

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Prog-Gnosis: An Introduction to Double Picking

John Petrucci Lesson: Combining Triad Arpeggios to Form Polytonal Chordal Allusions

Introduction to Spread Triads for Guitar, Part 1

Exploring the Phrygian Mode’s Evil Sister Scale, Phrygian Dominant

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60-Second Songwriting: Song Structure Basics—the Intro

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Electrifying a 1973 Stella With an $11 Pickup

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Journey to the Core of Zakk Wylde’s Pentatonic Shred

Eight Tips for On-the-Road Guitar and Gear Maintenance

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Forgotten Guitar: Les Paul and Mary Ford's 1954 Guitar Duel

A 1966 Gretsch Tennessean that has nothing to do with this story.

Break Open ii-V’s with This Nine-Note Scale

Steve Vai's Course in Ear Training, Part 1

Flea Market Guitar Review: Blues-Approved 1963 Stella Acoustic Guitar

Session Guitar: The Gear You Really Need to Make Incredible Recordings at Home

Build This Simple DIY Guitar Amp Kit

How to Expand Your Jazz Chops with Rhythmic Displacement

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60-Second Songwriting: Song Structure Basics—the Pre-Chorus

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Seven Ways to Nail Down Slash's Greasy, Slithery Style

Add Some Staccato, Jake E. Lee-Inspired Licks to Your Arsenal

Modernize Your Jazz Blues Chords

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Father’s Day Gifts that Don’t Suck—A List By a Guitar Dad

Five Ways to Make Your Guitar Solos Stand Out

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Cacophony Guitar Duel: Jason Becker and Marty Friedman Shoot It Out in Japan

Dimebag Darrell: How to Pump Up Your Riffs

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Dave Mustaine Lesson: Exotic Voicings, Major and Minor Diads and "Upside Down" Chords

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What's The Buzz?

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Freak Guitar Project: Turn an Antique Set of Bellows Into a Three-String Screaming Slide Guitar

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How David Bowie Helped Launch Stevie Ray Vaughan's Career

Session Guitar: Need to Come Up with a Solo? Put Down the Guitar and Visualize

Watch George Harrison's Final Performance

A Guide to Nuno Bettencourt’s Extreme Tapping

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In Deep: Reggae Guitar and the Music of Bob Marley

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Wild Stringdom with John Petrucci: Recognizing Repetitive Fretboard Shapes on All String Groups

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Take a Dip in "Sour Milk Sea," a 1968 Track Featuring Three Beatles and Eric Clapton

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The DIY Musician: The Fascinating World of Ed Stilley’s Guitars

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The Art of Practicing (and Getting Motivated to Practice)

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Five Awesome Robert Johnson Covers (Besides "Crossroads")

Using One-String Scales to Break Out of Box Patterns

Session Guitar: When to Go Direct and When to Mic in the Studio

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How to Conquer a Creative Block

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A Guide to Pentatonic Slides

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More on Developing Proper Sweep Picking Technique

More on Hybrid Picking, and a Gypsy Jazz–Tinged Run in E Minor

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Using Triad Arpeggios to Imply More Complex Chord Qualities

B.B. King Blues Lines for Jazz Guitar

How to Craft Heavy, Harmonically Challenging, Single-Note Riffs

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How to Incorporate Finger Slides and Legato Techniques into Intricate Phrases

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Guitar Techniques of Prog-Rockers Gentle Giant, Yes, Genesis and King Crimson

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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King Play "Pride and Joy" and "Born Under a Bad Sign" in 1983

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