Forgotten Guitar: Joe Satriani Plays “Surfing with the Alien” on a Strat Copy at a Fan’s Home By Jonathan Graham If you've ever needed more evidence that the majority of a guitar player's "sound" is in their fingers...
John Petrucci Lesson: Combining Triad Arpeggios to Form Polytonal Chordal Allusions By John Petrucci Learn how to use triadic arpeggio forms within your riffs and solos as a tool to create rich-sounding, poly-chordal sounds.
Tony Iommi on Overwhelming Odds and the Right Way to Play "Paranoid" By Tony Iommi Learn the correct way to play Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" riff from the writer himself in this classic GW lesson.
Queen, Tony Iommi and Roger Daltrey Perform "I Want It All" in 1992 By Damian Fanelli A star-studded performance of a Queen classic.
How to Fortify Power-Chord Ideas with Single-Note Lines and Diads By Metal Mike Chlasciak Learn a variety of ways you can bring more melodic content to your power-chord-driven ideas through the use of single-note lines and small two-note chord voicings.
Full Shred with Marty Friedman: Taking Licks You’ve Learned from Others and Making Them Your Own By Marty Friedman Marty Friedman dishes on how to carve out your own niche when you're creating improvised solos.
Forgotten Guitar: Danny Gatton Performs on 'Nightwatch' in 1989 By Jonathan Graham "The world’s greatest unknown guitarist" at his finest.
Watch Black Sabbath Perform "N.I.B." at Their Final Show By Jackson Maxwell The godfathers of heavy metal tear through one of their earliest classics at their final show.
Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 5 By Steve Stine Learn a really easy way to expand your pentatonic major and pentatonic minor into diatonic scales.
Watch an 18-Year-Old Dimebag Darrell Shred in 1984 By Damian Fanelli A teenage Dimebag works his way through a solo with his trusty Dean ML.
Watch This Rare 1986 Interview and Factory Tour with Master Luthier Paul Reed Smith By Jonathan Graham “Give us a couple of years, we will be right there with Fender and Gibson" - the then-little-known Paul Reed Smith.
How to Get More Mileage Out of Your Scales By Adrian Galysh These nuggets will give your playing some interesting variations and patterns you can mix and match while navigating the fretboard.
Watch Eddie Van Halen Play Ritchie Blackmore Riffs By Damian Fanelli Some rarely seen footage of Eddie Van Halen backstage playing some of the riffs that influenced him the most.
Full Shred with Marty Friedman: Using String-Bending and Vibrato to Personalize a Melody By Marty Friedman Marty Friedman details a few of the string-bending and vibrato techniques he uses and their best musical applications.
Synthesizing Different Musical Styles in the Quest for Inspired Improvisation By Joe Satriani Satch dishes on how to go about blending different styles to improve your improvisation.
How to Incorporate Finger Slides and Legato Techniques into Intricate Phrases By Mark Holcomb Employing finger slides can inspire new and different melodic ideas.
A Guide to Sweep Arpeggios with Chromatic Runs By Sammy Boller Learn how to add chromatic runs to your sweep arpeggios.
Watch Led Zeppelin Play One of Their First Concerts in 1969 By Damian Fanelli In the U.S., Led Zeppelin’s self-titled debut album was only three months old—and it wouldn't be released in the U.K. for another two weeks.
Joe Satriani's Guide to Building Chords from “Stacked” Fourths By Joe Satriani Satch demonstrates some interesting things you can do with stacked fourths.
Kirk Hammett and Michael Schenker Jam Behind the Scenes on 'That Metal Show' By Damian Fanelli Metallica's lead axeman jams with one of his idols.
