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Sue Foley shows you how to breathe new life into your 12-bar blues
By Sue Foley published
Foley returns with four ways you can freshen up those blues licks and assert your personality upon the material

“Yes, Eric can certainly shred!” Joe Bonamassa shows you how to connect lead phrases like Eric Johnson
By Joe Bonamassa published
Eric Johnson's playing is inspiring but bamboozling. How does he sound so fluid? Well, Joe Bonamassa has some thoughts (and four examples) on how we can nail Johnson's style

What funk maestro Cory Wong learned from James Hetfield
By Cory Wong published
Papa Het has got a brand new bag when it comes to downpicking, and it’s full of lessons for the funk guitar player

The secret behind Marcin, Matteo and Paco? How rest note picking can improve your tone, speed and volume
By Declan Zapala published
Paco Peña, Marcin Patrzałek and Matteo Mancuso all use rest strokes to play powerful single notes – here's how to make them work for you

Buddy Guy influenced Clapton, Page and Hendrix – here’s what you can learn from the blues icon
By Richard Barrett published
No-one plays the blues like Buddy Guy – but that doesn't stop us trying. We look at four ways the blues icon approaches his solos. Warning: it's going to get fiery

Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones explains what people get wrong about his Black Dog riff
By John Paul Jones published
In his inaugural Guitar World lesson column, authored in 1996, the legendary bassist also revealed why he used pick to lay the song down in the studio – and why he later would use an eight-string bass to play it live

Can you keep up? 6 minor pentatonic licks that go FASTER!
By Leon Todd published
Turbo-boost your pentatonic lead playing by learning from Nuno Bettencourt, Joe Bonamassa, Jimmy Page and more

If I was starting guitar again today, this is the first deal I’d jump on – get $1,000 worth of content for just $125.65 with Guitar Tricks' Summer Black Friday
By Matt McCracken published
Thinking about buying new gear? Investing in your technique is a much better way to spend your money

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By Chris Barnes published
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Sue Foley pays tribute to blues icons Johnny Winter and Muddy Waters with 4 essential soloing licks
By Sue Foley published
Sue Foley returns to help us navigate the I-IV-V changes and come up with some soloing ideas that enhance your melodic sensibility – and add a bit of fire along the way
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