Feel like your guitar playing sucks? Angel Vivaldi has one simple trick to turn that around By Michael Astley-Brown US virtuoso shares the secret to feeling better about your playing
How to use finger slides to create expressive, sitar-like sounds By Dweezil Zappa Dweezil Zappa shows you how to utilize this tasteful technique to give your playing an exotic flavor
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Go from Johnny Cash to Polyphia with these 6 diverse licks By Pat Heath Advance your guitar playing in 30 minutes by nailing these distinct styles
Take your lead playing even further with these unusual string-bending techniques By Andy Aledort Master these and make your guitar sing like the human voice
Riff-savvy guitarist plays 50 Avenged Sevenfold songs in five minutes - how many can you name? By Richard Bienstock From Unholy Confessions to, well, see for yourself
Dream Theater could be funding your music tuition with the launch of new Berklee College of Music scholarship fund By Richard Bienstock "The Dream Theater t-shirt has been the most popular item of apparel on our campus for years," says Berklee resident Roger Brown
A guide to ambient guitar: channel your post-rock heroes using delay, reverb pedals and more By Alex Lynham Learn how to create stunning electric guitar soundscapes with our hands-on examples for all levels of guitarist
Ernie Ball launches 4 new Slinky string sets - meet the Turbo, Mighty, Mondo, and Skinny Top Beefy Bottom By Amit Sharma New options for different gauge combinations with the same world-renowned tone
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5 hurdles every beginner guitar player faces - and how to avoid them By Justin Sandercoe Justin Sandercoe lends GT his insight as one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers
Diversify your playing with Greg Koch's red-hot hybrid-picking lesson By Guitarist editors Koch serves up a little bit of country, a little bit of jazz and a little bit o’ blues on the side as he shares his 8 favorite licks
Make your guitar solos truly epic with these awe-inspiring licks By Richard Barrett Become a better blues player now with this lesson, complete with full audio examples and backing tracks
Give your solos an unexpected twist by using math to craft musical phrases By Dweezil Zappa Utilizing number sequences to approach songwriting will yield unusual results, as Dweezil Zappa explains...
The Surrealist wields two Abasi Larada 8-strings to mind-bending effect on the ethereal Arcadia By Michael Astley-Brown Exclusive premiere of Roopam Garg’s harmonic guitar masterpiece
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Shake up your songwriting by borrowing chords from a parallel minor key By Jimmy Brown With examples of the technique employed in famous songs across different genres
Has the mystery behind Keith Richards' acoustic sound on You Can’t Always Get What You Want finally been solved? By Richard Bienstock LA-based guitarist Jon MacLennan believes he has cracked the acoustic code
Get an intense, 'outside' sound with this lick By Glenn Proudfoot Learn an interesting new lick - and give your fingers a workout - with this lesson
