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...

Jimi Hendrix: All the Way to “Ladyland”

by Joe Gore More than two decades after his tunes overtly modeled after clean-toned death, Jimi Hendrix’s remarkable rhythm guitar style still grips the soul...

3 Priceless Intermediate Guitar Tips

These tips are from of Reddit user “YourRealName” and were posted to the r/Guitar sub-forum, which we highly recommend for any forum-loving guitar players out t...

Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan Licks

Stevie Ray Vaughan was the last great blues guitar innovator, a guy who grabbed the collective consciousness of six-stringers and fans alike, and we're still wa...

Bop-a-Billy Basics

by Jude Gold & Brian Setzer If you could pour Brian Setzer’s explosive mixture of rock, country, jazz, and rockabilly into the gas tank of a muscle car, you’...