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How to let it rip like the late, great Gary Moore
By Richard Barrett published
Time to show the Marshall amp no mercy and engage the Tube Screamer – this solo lesson works mid '70s Thin Lizzy into Parisienne Walkways and Still Got The Blues and doesn't hold back
![B.B. King [left] cups his hands to his ear as he asks the crowd for more. Joe Bonamassa, with a Les Paul, gives his crowd a thumbs up.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P3XrQLh86C27JfPp4AGp6n-320-80.jpg)
“I met him in 1990 when I was 13 years old. We became lifelong friends”: Joe Bonamassa pays tribute to B.B. King
By Joe Bonamassa published
Bonamassa says King was the kind of player who could say it all with one note – “Just one stinging vibrato and you know it can only be him”

Cory Wong reveals how to solo over chords in a meaningful way
By Cory Wong published
Wong explains how outlining notes in the chord progression helps find a solo that's melodically on-point and just what the song calls for

“Sometimes simplicity wins the day”: Joe Bonamassa on the art of writing a heavy guitar riff
By Joe Bonamassa published
In his latest GW video lesson, the blues-rock superstar recalls how some of his heaviest riffs came together, and to your shock – and maybe even horror – they were written in standard tuning

Bob Weir's 6 principles of rhythm guitar
By John Stix published
Often overlooked in guitar circles when compared to Grateful Dead bandmate Jerry Garcia, Weir was a brilliant rhythm player who blended jazz, folk, country, blues, and rockabilly influences into a style that any guitarist would do well to study

Jared James Nichols on why playing in a trio opens up your soloing approaches
By Jared James Nichols published
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Mountain, Rush... Jared James Nichols argues that three is the magic number, allowing guitar players to stretch out and the band to feed off each other

Cory Wong on how you can use double-stops in a melody or solo
By Cory Wong published
Using the Fearless Flyers jam Anaheim, the funkmaster unpacks an essential technique for all guitar players, and shows us how it can be rhythm, lead, and both when you need it to be

Charlie Starr’s open G slide soloing masterclass
By Charlie Starr published
In his latest GW column, the Blackberry Smoke guitarist shows us how open G frees us up from the same tired old note choices
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