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Take your shredding skills to the extreme with this Michael Angelo Batio lesson
Good news and bad news. First, the good: we've adapted MAB's hyper-technical style for single-necked guitars. The bad? Welcome to the toughest shred lesson this side of Planet Gemini
Haken's Charlie Griffiths teaches you 5 shred licks to take your technical abilities to the next level
With a new solo album out, the Haken guitarist and Guitar Techniques tutor is on a mission to challenge your picking and fretting hands – and to test your theory skills
5 mindblowing Guthrie Govan licks you need to learn
In our great Erotic Cake-off, our star baker is the aristocratic Guthrie Govan. Here you’ll discover a handful of tasty licks from the UK guitar master
5 soloing ideas you can learn from Tony MacAlpine
One of Mike Varney’s original Shrapnel shredders, MacAlpine marries speed and technicality with a strong melodic sensibility
5 ways to play guitar like Greg Howe
These advanced exercises in shred guitar will take you through the Shrapnel alum’s sweeping and tapping style, and offer a grounding in his quicksilver jazz-fusion improv concepts
Sophie Lloyd: “Trolls got me down, so I made a ‘shredding to Justin Bieber‘ video as a retort. You can shred over anything you want!”
The six-string social media phenom talks online shredding, her love of high-gain guitar tones and her approach to breaking down the classics
35 high-octane shredders – including Michael Angelo Batio, Joel Hoekstra and Nikki Stringfield – join forces for massive charity speed-guitar fest
The second Shredding for Hope charity collaboration also features Marty Schwartz, Richard Shaw, Kiko Wongo, Alicia Vigil and many, many more
Go from Johnny Cash to Polyphia with these 6 diverse licks
Advance your guitar playing in 30 minutes by nailing these distinct styles
