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Power-up your blues with a turnaround trick that was a specialty of the great Freddie King
By Sue Foley published
This masterclass in turnarounds explores different ways to approach an essential blues technique, so of course it finishes up with a look at how the master of turnarounds did it back in the day

Jared James Nichols explains how to use open strings and Drop D tuning to bulk-up your blues fingerstyle
By Jared James Nichols published
Park your electric guitar in Drop D. Throw your pick in the trash. It's time for some muscular fingerstyle with the purveyor of blues power himself

Joe Bonamassa on his love for the Gibson ES-350 – and why it's a blues powerhouse
By Joe Bonamassa published
The ES-350 was a big favorite of Chuck Berry's. Well, well, well, it's no surprise that Joe Bonamassa loves it too. And here he puts it through is paces, and takes us to the B.B. Box in the process

How to layer guitar parts like a pro (with a little help from Cory Wong)
By Cory Wong published
In this exclusive video and tab lesson, the funk maestro serves up a big ol' slice of rhythm layer cake that reimagines the guitar as keyboard, bass, as everything in the band

Jared James Nichols teaches you the wild drop D blues stomp he wrote with Tyler Bryant
By Jared James Nichols published
Learn Hard Wired, a fingerstyle blues-rock riffing masterclass that has groove for days

Sue Foley salutes Elizabeth Cotten and her favorite female guitar pioneers in this fingerpicking blues masterclass
By Sue Foley published
Foley's latest lesson unpacks the Piedmont fingerpicking style perfected by the likes of Elizabeth Cotten – and there's some Memphis Minnie, too

Joe Bonamassa pays homage to Duane Eddy – and reminds us why the “Titan of Twang” was a great blues player, too
By Joe Bonamassa published
After saluting the late, great Duane Eddy at his tribute show in Nashville, Bonamassa serves up a video and tab lesson that shows us what we can learn from a rock ’n’ roll trailblazer

“I look at guitar playing as a dance between both hands…” John Butler shares his secrets in this stunning masterclass
By John Butler published
Wild tunings, double thumbing and chicken picking. Sometimes with an 11-string. The Australian acoustic wizard's stunning “weird b****** way”, played and explained
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