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In his inaugural Guitar World column, the great Corey Congilio demonstrates how all players can benefit from a technique borrowed from country players

The Blackberry Smoke guitarist gives us a lesson in how to sound like you've got a B-Bender, even if you don't

Turbocharge your fretting hand stretches, screaming bends and blues-rock intensity with the core techniques that shaped Philip Sayce’s signature sound

In his debut GW column, the prog-metal master teaches you the punishing seven-string string-skipping techniques behind Spiritbox’s Jaded

Paul was a student and a tutor at LA's G.I.T. (Guitar Institute of Technology). Here are the shred secrets he learned there – and taught

In his latest lesson for GW, Joe Bonamassa celebrates B.B. King’s late '80s collaboration with U2

In his latest Guitar World column, the blues powerhouse channels Slowhand (and uses his own track Threw Me to the Wolves) for a lesson in lyrical leads

Soloing over changes is cool, but sometimes the blues is all about exploring melody over a single chord

No B-Bender, no problem, as the Blackberry Smoke frontman shows us 9 licks for that faux pedal-steel sound

Altered chords can be intimidating at first, but here we demystify the naming conventions, and once you understand that, you can easily find your own