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Blues guitar instruction – Not for beginners

Learning how to play the blues is a great idea, seeing as it’s the foundation of most rock music.
If you’re just starting out on guitar, blues guitar instruction may be a little too advanced, especially since blues lead guitar lessons are mostly what it’s about. Even the blues rhythm guitar instruction requires that you at [...]

How to play fast guitar solos

Learning how to play fast lead guitar solos, the kitchen sink and a mug.
I learnt something quite important the other day about playing guitar fast, when I accidentally bumped a mug that was standing on the kitchen sink.
You probably know what I’m talking about, like when you drop a plate or something like that and [...]

Behringer V-Amp 3 or cheap V-Amp 2, you decide

Want a cheap V-Amp 2 or have you been waiting for the V-Amp 3 like me?
Well, it seems like while the others are sleeping, someone was ready when the first V-Amp 3’s shipped out, but that’s not why I’m writing this.
It’s the new price on the old V amp 2 that got my attention.
Update: This [...]

The Power Chord – A Rock Guitar Lesson

The true power of a distorted rock guitar power chord.
I remember it well. The guitar player magazine that ended my first marriage. It was an ad for the Art SGX 2000, a new guitar multi-effects processor with a valve preamp and digital effects.
It only took three words for me to know I just had to [...]

A beginner electric guitar lesson that doesn’t hurt so much

Power chords in dropped D tuning – The beginner rock guitarists short cut
When it comes to beginner electric guitar lessons, this has to be the quickest and easiest short cut I know of to fast track to playing power chords on the guitar. Especially if you’ve only just recently started to play the guitar and [...]