Guitar Lessons

Supercharge Your Chops: Part 4

by Brad Carlton If you dig these video guitar lessons from Brad Carlton, click here to check out more. In this 4-part video guitar lesson series, Brad Car...

Supercharge Your Chops: Part 3

by Brad Carlton If you dig these video guitar lessons from Brad Carlton, click here to check out more. In this 4-part video guitar lesson series, Brad Car...

Charlie Christian: Going to the Source

by David Hamburger Charlie Christian was an unabashedly guitaristic player. Hot to go with one of the first commercially available electric guitar and amplif...

Supercharge Your Chops: Part 2

by Brad Carlton If you dig these video guitar lessons from Brad Carlton, click here to check out more. In this 4-part video guitar lesson series, Brad Car...

Supercharge Your Chops: Part 1

by Brad Carlton If you dig these video guitar lessons from Brad Carlton, click here to check out more. In this 4-part video guitar lesson series, Brad Car...

All Thumbs: Rockabilly Fingerstyles

by Arlen Roth When I play country or rockabilly on electric, I inevitably slip into the alternating-bass “Travis picking” style. But while Merle Travis and m...

The ABCs of Funk Guitar

by Ross Bolton - in association with Guitar Player Magazine Much like the Colonel's famous "11 herbs and spices," the recipe for funk guitar is shrouded in m...

Duane Allman: Master of Southern Slide

by Arlen Roth Duane Allman and slide guitar: To many devotees of his playing, with and without the Allman Brothers, the two will forever be inseparable. Duan...

Country Rhythm: Going Chordless

by Joe Dalton When I was 19, I auditioned for Shirley Alston’s group, The Shirelles. The first thing the band leader told me was that the guitar spot require...

12 Essential Blues Turnarounds

by Andy Ellis Are your blues a little tired? Crave some fresh sounds? Nothing rejuvenates a 12-bar groove faster than a fancy turnaround, and we’ve got a doz...

The Metal Pentatonic Workout

by Rusty Cooley Metal is a lot different today than it was in the ’80s. Back then, things were brutal. If you didn’t know how to solo, you weren’t even looke...