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Dan Auerbach is one of Ohio’s greatest guitar players, bringing blues roots to the mainstream with a major-league soloing and riffing style
By Martin Cooper published
This video lesson unpacks Auerbach’s rhythm and lead approaches – and mastering it could put gold on your ceiling

How to use a voice-leading approach for guitar solos with Andy Timmons
By Andy Timmons published
Andy Timmons shares a roadmap for soloing over chord changes and making your leads count

Joe Bonamassa blues guitar lesson: JoBo pays tribute to an unsung Les Paul legend
By Joe Bonamassa published
The Mayor of Nerdville gives us a lesson in the blues style of Tower of Power guitarist Bruce Conte, a player whom JoBo says is one of his favorite guitarists ever

Randy Bachman on how a broken string inspired his iconic American Woman guitar riff
By Janelle Borg published
How one broken string on a ‘59 Les Paul changed Randy Bachman’s career

“This is impossible to play!” Joe Satriani and Sammy Hagar name – and nail – Eddie Van Halen’s hardest guitar riffs during first-ever Best of All Worlds performance
By Matt Owen published
Joined by bandmates Michael Anthony and Jason Bonham, the supergroup performed 5 tracks from the Van Halen catalog live on air ahead of their 2024 tour – mere minutes after getting together for the first time

Philip Sayce is a modern blues-rock master – from daredevil overbends to tremolo picking with fingers, his licks will take your pentatonic soloing to a new level
By Jon Bishop published
Schooled in Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix, the Canadian Strat sage teaches you some of his most raucous licks in this exclusive lesson

“Imagine trying to convince your parents to buy you this thing in 1958!”: Joe Bonamassa shares his favorite Gibson Flying V licks
By Joe Bonamassa published
"Amos" is a very special guitar, with a very special sound, even if it was a little ahead of its time in 1958. In this tab and video lesson, Joe Bonamassa shows us what it can do

Dimebag Darrell was a shredder like no other – learn the solo licks that made him a metal legend
By Charlie Griffiths published
Take your metal playing to a new level with this lesson on the uncompromising style of the late, great Pantera icon
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