Artist Lessons

The Spiritbox riff-master shows you how to chug along to Angel Eyes

Because you can't have enough exit ramps from traditional blues phrases, here's how you can use the notes of a dominant 7 chord to spice up your solos

The Blackberry Smoke frontman goes unplugged to give us a lesson in the fingerstyle techniques he applies in his day job

Celtic rock bagpipe phrasing, THAT blazing arpeggio and a crazy bend that broke a string – learn how Brett Garsed played his solo in this exclusive feature

In this lesson, the blues maestro demonstrates how pickup choice affects the tone and can be used for different purposes

Your 21st-century metal workshop is in session, as Stringer shows you how to play Spiritbox's Holy Roller

In his inaugural Guitar World column, the great Corey Congilio demonstrates how all players can benefit from a technique borrowed from country players

The Blackberry Smoke guitarist gives us a lesson in how to sound like you've got a B-Bender, even if you don't

Turbocharge your fretting hand stretches, screaming bends and blues-rock intensity with the core techniques that shaped Philip Sayce’s signature sound

In his debut GW column, the prog-metal master teaches you the punishing seven-string string-skipping techniques behind Spiritbox’s Jaded