Back in July, our friends over at Reverb put out a terrific video in which guitarist Joe Shadid played 20 of the greatest Telecaster riffs of all time—in a single take. Recently, Shadid decided to repeat the feat, but this time with 20 of the greatest Les Paul riffs ever.
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His playing had an intensity and drama that even Eric Clapton admired – and it all started with classical guitar: Paul Kossoff was a rare genius with a vibrato to die for
![Three funk guitar maestros [l-r]: Hamish Stuart of Average White Band crouches down to play his Telecaster; Nile Rodgers of Chic gives the audience some love; and Claydes Charles Smith of Kool and the King holds it down with sunglasses on in an archive B/W live shot.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JiG8AhR8Xa2U8sYe6rBRm7-1280-80.jpg.webp)
The glitterball guitar heroes of ’70s funk were masters of rhythm guitar – and learning their string-popping techniques and snappy chord shapes will make you a better player
