Aside from learning your basic major and minor scales, there is one additional set of notes that guitarists usually learn first: the pentatonic scale. Though st...
Learning to solo on guitar comes with its challenges. But, there are some tricks you can use to get ahead. Learning arpeggios, for instance, is widely regarded ...
On this final episode of Tone & Effects Shaping for Guitarists, Jeff McErlain and Matt Schofield show us their travel pedal boards! When you're on the road, you...
On Episode 4 of Tone & Effects Shaping for Guitarists, Jeff McErlain talks about delay pedals and how they combine with overdrive pedals. More importantly, he d...
On Episode 2 of Jeff McErlain's YouTube series, Tone & Effects Shaping for Guitarists, Jeff explains the difference between germanium and silicone fuzz pedals. ...
Welcome to Jeff McErlain's YouTube series, Tone & Effects for Guitarists! On this first episode, Jeff kicks things off by showcasing the best uses of overdrive ...
It’s a cliché, but it is true. Tone is in your hands. One of the quickest ways to get to good to good tone, and least expensive, is in your choice and guitar pi...
Take a minute to think about your favorite jazz-influenced blues guitar players and what makes them amazing. Trying to imagine all of the tricks that these play...
It would be an understatement to say that honing your skills as a rhythm blues player is a satisfying feat This, however, can come as a challenging feat for som...
Some of the best rhythm players are actually the legendary blues-rock guitarists you know and love. Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and Keith Richards are excellent ...
The blues-rock genre has provided a stage on which some of the most legendary guitarists of all time have stood. Players like Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Jef...
Guitar is one of the only instruments that you can actually perform a bend on and the technique is inherent in all styles of blues and rock guitar playing, Bend...