Latest about Holiday 2016
Blues Shapes: Using Triadic Forms as Soloing Templates
Chord forms can provide useful templates of fretboard shapes for improvising melodic lines.
Using Syncopation to Disguise the Meter
Learn how unexpected rhythmic shifts and syncopations can obscure the meter.
Tips on Precision String Bending
A variety of ways to fortify and improve one’s string bending technique.
Review: Wampler Pedals Tumnus Overdrive
If you’re familiar with C.S. Lewis’s fictional series, The Chronicles of Narnia, then you’ll know that Tumnus is the diminutive, faun-like character that’s a clever adaptation of the mighty centaur.
Boogie Shred: Exploring Percussive Acoustic Guitar Techniques
People often ask me how to play "Boogie Shred" from my album What Just Happened?
Review: Prestige Guitars Legacy Spruce/Mahogany
Vancouver’s Prestige Guitars have firmly established themselves as one of Canada’s premier electric guitar builders.
Metallica's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett Talk 'Hardwired,' Buddy Guy and Jimi Hendrix
It’s a pretty harsh way to say “howdy do” after such a long absence, but most metal fans would probably agree a pissed James Hetfield is a good James Hetfield.
