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Guitar Tricks Labor Day sale
You can finally become a six-string god this Labor Day as Guitar Tricks slashes an annual guitar lessons subscription to only $99 for a very limited time

By Daryl Robertson Published

This epic Labor Day promotion will see you master classic riffs from the likes of AC/DC, ZZ Top, The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd and many more

Lessons
Paul McCartney and Paul Mescal comp
Paul McCartney on the time he gave Paul Mescal a Beatles guitar lesson

By Phil Weller Published

Mescal is set to portray Macca on the big screen, which afforded him a guitar lesson with the man himself

Guitarists
Best Fender Play deals February 2022: take your guitar playing to the next level for less
Fender forges surprise Samsung partnership to bring Fender Play to home TV screens for the first time

By Phil Weller Published

Now available as an app on Samsung TVs, the tuition service just got easier to access

Plugins & Apps
Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa shares his top tips for blues players looking to level up – and it’s not to learn more solos

By Phil Weller Published

There’s no “Rosetta Stone of the blues” – but he says doing this will transform the fundamentals of your playing

Guitarists
Joe Bonamassa smiles onstage and raises his hand. He holds a Gibson Les Paul Standard. Eric Johnson wears a brown shirt and plays a Daphne Blue Fender Stratocaster.
“Yes, Eric can certainly shred!” Joe Bonamassa shows you how to connect lead phrases like Eric Johnson

By Joe Bonamassa Published

Eric Johnson's playing is inspiring but bamboozling. How does he sound so fluid? Well, Joe Bonamassa has some thoughts (and four examples) on how we can nail Johnson's style

Artist Lessons
How to play the B chord on guitar
How to play the B chord on guitar

By Jenna Scaramanga Last updated

Beginner guitar: the B chord is one of the trickier chords you'll learn as a beginner, but mastering it will close that gap and make you a more well-rounded player

Beginner Lessons
Marty Schwartz and Slash
Slash had been watching Marty Schwartz videos to brush up his blues chops

By Phil Weller Published

It seems the GNR man looks to Schwartz for guidance like millions of other aspiring players

Guitarists
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.
The glitterball guitar heroes of ’70s funk were masters of rhythm guitar – and their techniques will make you a better player

By Jon Bishop Published

Unpacking the techniques pioneered by the likes of Nile Rodgers, Hamish Stuart and Claydes Charles Smith

Artist Lessons
Donnie Laudicina teaches a James Brown-inspired funk rhythm figure
Learn the ‘chanking’ funk approach popularized by game-changing James Brown guitarist Jimmy Nolen

By Donnie Laudicina Published

You can chank us later for this lesson in an approach that could revolutionise how you execute your rhythm guitar manoeuvres

Techniques
Shane Theriot
Spice up your funk rhythm chops with this Shane Theriot video masterclass

By Andy Saphir Published

The New Orleans virtuoso and MD of hit TV show Live From Daryl’s House has a style that's all hot sauce and flavor, and here he shares the tricks behind his tracks

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