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Sick Riffs: Gavin Rossdale and Chris Traynor teach you two massive Bush hooks
By Sam Roche published
Learn to play Everything Zen and Flowers on a Grave, taken from opposite ends of the band's catalogue

Sick Riffs: Tom Keifer teaches you Hype's down-tuned, single-string swagger
By Sam Roche published
The all-E-string riff is taken from the Keifer Band's 2019 album Rise

Sick Riffs: Dylan Rush teaches you the infectious indie octave work of Vistas' Tigerblood
By Sam Roche published
The Scottish trio's six-stringer joins GW to demonstrate the track's undeniably catchy hook

Sick Riffs: Eric Dover teaches you the bend-heavy licks of The Lickerish Quartet's Lighthouse Spaceship
By Sam Roche published
The Slash's Snakepit and Alice Cooper guitarist shows you how to play the new supergroup's first single

Sick Riffs: Christian 'Dushi' Douscha teaches you the symphonic palm-muted chug of Visions of Atlantis's A Journey to Remember
By Sam Roche published
This drop-tuned track from 2019's Wanderers will give your picking hand a workout

Sick Riffs: Rebecca Lovell teaches you the high-octane blues-rock of Larkin Poe's P-R-O-B-L-E-M
By Sam Roche published
This Strat-heavy track from 2016 album Reskinned boasts some nimble pentatonic runs

Sick Riffs: Mat Dauzat teaches you the rich, acoustic goodness behind Dauzat St. Marie's Watch Me Go
By Sam Roche published
Strap on an acoustic and follow along with this beautifully evocative song

Deepen the impact and feel of your solos by string-bending across the fretboard
By Andy Aledort published
Learn these techniques to really make your guitar sing
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