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How Eric Gales’ signature licks can hot-wire your blues playing
Gales’ genre-mashing guitar style is rooted in the blues but takes exhilarating detours through his expansive musical vocabulary. This primer establishes the mood with some jazz chord melodies before tackling his lightning quick picking
5 shred techniques you can learn from Bumblefoot
This lesson will guide your lead through the weird, wonderful and endlessly creative style of Ron Thal, and you don't even need a double-neck electric to take part
How to restring an electric guitar
Our easy step-by-step guide to changing the strings on your electric guitar – with pictures
How to master Chet Atkins’ fingerpicking technique and take your acoustic playing to the next level
Atkins was one of Nashville’s most successful producers, session guitarists, and a veritable picking legend whose influence can still be heard in countless player's styles
Feeder’s Grant Nicholas shares his tips on on songwriting, gear and tone: “You can always find a new way of playing a chord”
Grant Nicholas checks in from his rehearsal space to drop some science, advising players to keep our pedalboards close and our acoustic guitars closer, and to keep on experimenting
7 habits that will make you a better guitarist
Tips to make your journey of six-string self-improvement that little bit smoother
Danny Bryant shares his greatest gear hits and misses – and his guitar shopping advice
The British bluesman had just purchased an Epiphone Riviera when we called. It was a good time to talk about a life in gear...
7 ways to be a more sustainable guitarist
Celebrate Earth Day by exploring the ecologically sound choices that will make your setup more sustainable, and potentially better-sounding, too
