How to clean your guitar: the Guitar World guide to keeping your guitar in premium condition By Metal Mike Chlasciak, Guitar World Staff 18 March 2020 Get your electric guitar looking like new in just four steps inspired by the car detailing world
How to Construct Classic Eighties-Style Metal Guitar Parts By Metal Mike Chlasciak 31 May 2019 Learn three “classic” metal-style riffs packed with melodic movement.
Combining Metal-Style Rhythm-Playing Techniques to Create Memorable Riffs By Metal Mike Chlasciak 03 May 2019 Learn a handful of riffs designed to sharpen up very specific and different aspects of your heavy-metal guitar technique.
10 Tips to Boost Your Practice Session By Metal Mike Chlasciak 22 March 2019 Sure, there are days when we are all inspired to pick up our guitars and play. But what about the other days?
How to Incorporate Suspended Chords into Heavy Metal Rhythm Guitar Parts By Metal Mike Chlasciak 20 March 2019 Learn a few different examples of rhythm-guitar ideas that jump around harmonically and also feature the incorporation of suspended chords.
How to Fortify Power-Chord Ideas with Single-Note Lines and Diads By Metal Mike Chlasciak 19 February 2019 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.
How Guitarists Can Build Super-Human Legato Chops By Metal Mike Chlasciak 23 January 2019 Get your fret-hand chops in shape and develop excellent fretboard “traction” with this lesson.
Build Up Your Chops with These Challenging, Molten-Hot Metal Riffs By Metal Mike Chlasciak 28 November 2018 Mastering these riffs will get your chops razor sharp and stronger than ever.
Exploring Drop-D Tuning’s Unique Melodic Possibilities By Metal Mike Chlasciak 16 November 2018 Some cool things you can do with drop-D (with an emphasis on unusual melodic intervals).
Killer Runs to Sharpen Your Pick-Hand and Fret-Hand Skills By Metal Mike Chlasciak 07 November 2018 Fortify your fret-hand/pick-hand coordination while strengthening your overall chops and ability to play fast and clean.
How to Use the Dark Sound of the Phrygian Mode’s “Flatted” Intervals By Metal Mike Chlasciak 15 October 2018 Examine how the Phrygian Mode can be utilized for heavy-metal riffs and solos.
Mastering the Fundamental Modes Across the Entire Fretboard By Metal Mike Chlasciak 26 September 2018 Get a more complete understanding of the seven fundamental modes.
Exploring the Phrygian Mode’s Evil Sister Scale, Phrygian Dominant By Metal Mike Chlasciak 13 June 2018
Get your Maiden and Priest on by building awesome three-part guitar harmonies By Metal Mike Chlasciak 15 May 2018 Mike Chlasciak shows you how to achieve multilayered heavy metal bliss
How to Forge Aggressive, Memorable Riffs with Unexpected Twists By Metal Mike Chlasciak 02 April 2018
Pentatonic Trailblazing: How to Navigate Through a Familiar Scale to Produce Fresh-Sounding Licks By Metal Mike Chlasciak 02 January 2018
One-Way Ticket to a Sick Guitar Tone By Metal Mike Chlasciak 28 September 2016 Guitar players are usually on a mission to improve theirguitar tone. For many, this journey never ends. I dare say we're obsessed with it.
