Five Essential Blues Boxes By Guitar World Staff Learn the underlying shapes that lie within the licks of the blues-rock guitar greats.
How To Learn (and Remember) Guitar Solos By Jackson Maxwell Learn how to not just pick up guitar solos, but really nail them down.
How to Play Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Pride and Joy” Sliding Chords By Chris Scapelliti A guitar solo is the highlight of any Stevie Ray Vaughan song, and the solos he performed in his 1983 hit “Pride and Joy” are among his finest.
How to Mix Chords with Blues Licks By Christopher Scapelliti Mixing small chords into your blues licks is a great way to give your soloing a more polished sound.
How to Use Open Strings for Blues By Jackson Maxwell This video takes you through a few keys, and shows you how you can use open strings in each.
How and Why to Set the Action on a Strat for Blues By Guitar World Staff How to properly set the action on your Strat for blues guitar.
10 Ways to Start a Blues Guitar Solo By Damian Fanelli 10 paths to follow when it's your turn to solo at the weekly blues jam.
Ten Rules for Blues Soloing By Guitar World Staff Ten rules budding guitarists should follow when attempting a blues solo.
Learn Jimi Hendrix's "Skipping the Root" Chord Trick By Guitar World Staff Pick up a cool chord embellishment that Hendrix played in "Bold As Love."
12-Bar Blues Endings for Beginners By Guitar World Staff A simple, easy-to-follow lick beginners can use to expand their blues vocabulary.
The Five Strat Pickup Positions By Guitar World Staff Learn how best to switch between the Strat's different pickup positions whilst playing blues.
10 Ways to Help Your Band Hate You By Damian Fanelli Here's a new videofrom Texas Blues Alley, the people who brought you How to Be a Jerk Guitarist in 10 Easy Steps.