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Freddie King in his pomp, playing a Gibson ES-355TDC
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

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Jared James Nichols
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

Artist Lessons
Guitarist Steve Morse of Deep Purple performs live on stage at Hard Rock Live in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on February 10, 2022 in Hollywood, Florida
Steve Morse on why warming up before a show is crucial – and the one guitarist who does it right

By Janelle Borg Published

Morse names the prog maestro with a fool-proof warm-up routine...

Guitarists
A still of Joe Bonamassa demoing his Gibson ES-350, live from Nerdville. He wears a baseball cap and a hoodie.
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

Artist Lessons
Cory Wong plays his new gold Ernie Ball Music Man signature StingRay II and wears a striped longsleeve
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

Artist Lessons
Alex Lifeson of Rush plays his Gibson semi-hollow live in 1976.
Rush’s Alex Lifeson was a master of first inversion chords – here are 5 voicings you can use in your playing today

By Richard Barrett Published

Don't be intimidated by the terminology. First-inversion chords is the fancy name for slash chords and they can add some range and spice to your songwriting

Chords
GWM595 Jared James Nichols Lesson
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

Artist Lessons
Joe Bonamassa plays a Guild electric at a tribute to Duane Eddy. On the right, Eddy, pictured at the 2009 Country Music Hall of Fame Medallion Ceremony, plays his Gibson signature archtop.
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

Artist Lessons
Jimmy Page plays a dreadnought acoustic, seated in front of a mic, in this B/W archive shot from Earl's Court, 1975.
How Jimmy Page used open C tuning to open up a whole new world of acoustic blues

By Richard Barrett Published

In this tab and video lesson, we show you how open C tuning is great for slide, it can present adventurous players with fresh chords and help them reach notes they couldn't in standard

Lessons
Sue Foley is photographed against a black background and holds her beat-up Paisley Telecaster
Sue Foley shows you how to nail blues turnarounds

By Sue Foley Published

Turnarounds come around within the last four bars of a 12-bar blues progression and getting them right puts the cherry on top of the sundae

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