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

Cory Wong on why approaching rhythm guitar like a drummer makes you a better guitar player

By Cory Wong published

One of the great rhythm guitar virtuosos teaches us how not only to play to the beat but to be the beat itself. This video and tab lesson explains all...

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Jared James Nichols wears a cut-off denim jacket and takes a solo on his Gold Top Les Paul, 'Dorothy'

Jared James Nichols on the art of the riff and what Eddie Kramer told him about songwriting

By Jared James Nichols published

The fingerstyle blues-rock phenom shows us how open drone strings and simplicity can be used to write a riff that you can build a whole song around, just as he did on Honey Forgive Me

Artist Lessons
Steve Lukather solos on his natural finish Ernie Ball Music Man Luke signature guitar at a recent Toto show – the band's logo is emblazoned across Planet Earth in the background.

4 searing blues guitar solo ideas in the style of Steve Lukather

By Richard Barrett published

Lukather might have made his name in box-office rock and pop, but the blues underpins it all, and this quick-fire tutorial with tab and audio unleashes some serious soloing heat

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Minor Pentatonics

Every player uses the minor pentatonic – here’s how you can leverage the guitar's most-used scale in your own playing

By Stuart Ryan published

Every player is aware of the minor pentatonic, but not everyone knows how to make the most of it. These examples – in the style of some prolific pentatonic players – will help you master the shape everyone uses

Techniques
Sue Foley is photographed against a black background and holds her beat-up Paisley Telecaster

Sue Foley shares some blues you can use with 6 essential licks that all blues fans should know

By Sue Foley published

Sue Foley's inaugural GW column kicks off with a bang! Blues you can use, people. This part one of a two-parter introduces essential walk-up licks to build your soloing vocabulary

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Joe Bonamassa [left] hits a high note on his 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard. He wears a dark suit and shades. On the right, Rory Gallagher is pictured at the 1975 Reading Festival, and solos on his number one Strat.

Joe Bonamassa explains the slide guitar genius of his hero and icon, Rory Gallagher

By Joe Bonamassa published

In this tab and video lesson, Joe dons a metal guitar slide and unpacks the late Irish blues legend's glissando magic

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Cut-out black and white images of T-Bone Walker and B.B. King on a purple and blue background. Text reads 'Bl-azz?! Where blues meets jazz.'

Bend it like B.B.: What you can learn from these 6 blues and jazz guitar greats

By Alex Farran published

Bends, embellishments, arpeggios and more – from Charlie Christian to BB King and George Benson, how to unlock the genius of the jazz and blues icons

Techniques
Cory Wong plays an Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay II electric guitar

Knowing where the notes are on the guitar is a skill all players should take seriously. Here are 10 ways you can master the fretboard

By John Wheatcroft published

Get ready for a deep-dive bootcamp, complete with 2 visual diagrams and 10 exercises that will increase your confidence and knowledge of the fingerboard

Guitarists
Erja Lyytinen

Erja Lyytinen shares her 6 go-to slide licks for unlocking more expressive soloing

By Jon Bishop published

She wowed Sonny Landreth and Carlos Santana called her the “future” – Erja Lyytinen shares her 6 go-to slide licks for unlocking more expressive soloing

Techniques
John Sykes hits a note and feels it under a blue stage light, as he plays his Les Paul Custom onstage with Thin Lizzy.

“The passion of Gary Moore with riffs inspired by Zeppelin”: The searing lead guitar of ’80s rock’s great journeyman

By Richard Barrett published

Exploring the lead guitar style of John Sykes, a player who – like Page, Blackmore, and Moore – balanced flair with power

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