Tag: Guitar
We know how amazing it feels everytime you pick up your guitar to jam, but all that is spoiled when there is this annoying fret buzz. If you are experiencing the fret buzz, the very ...
s David Gilmour’s latest solo album hits the streets, we break down the Pink Floyd guitarist’s four- and five-fret string bending technique. You can expect to snap an occasional string playing these huge bends Notable ...
Total Guitar 2015 readers’ poll results: the players who put the heavy to the metal. 10. Kerry King/Gary Holt (Slayer) After receiving over 50,000 votes across 11 categories, this year’s Total Guitar readers’ polls were ...
With an eye to the past while still looking forward, Fender’s Bassbreaker series puts classic tones at your fingertips, with a few twists to offer up a wider palette of tones. They pay tribute to ...
It always starts with something small, a seemingly insignificant act that can have a huge effect on the rest of your life. Horror stories usually begin like this. Guitar tuners. We all use them. Clip-on. ...
If you are like most guitarists out there, you will have at some point found it frustrating getting the “perfect tone.” Try the following tips to help improve your guitar sound. Crank Up The Mids! ...
Rightfully revered as one of the most amazing guitarists of all time, Jimi Hendrix’s unique sound was a combination of his one-of-a-kind hands and the gear he used. And a major component in his rig ...
Want to be a great musician? Then, you have to practice — a lot! Having the proper tools and practice space will help with organization, workflow, accuracy, and time management in order to make the ...
Dream Theater’s John Petrucci has amassed quite a line of signature guitars from Music Man; 6-strings, 7-strings, higher-end, entry level — these outstanding instruments cover a wide range of tonal and musical applications ...
Introduction Buying a vintage guitar can be a minefield of dodgy playability and overpriced mint-conditions, but there are still some bargains to be had out there – you just need to know what you’re doing. ...
What according to you is the, let’s say the cheapest way to enhance your guitar’s appearance as well as make its tone better? Cleaning, of course! And how can you possibly do that when you ...
It was only a few days back when DJ Ashba reported called it quits with the legendary band Guns N Roses (check out the full article here) and now Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal has called it ...
It takes the right instruments and the right practice to make a novice into an expert, for a beginner who is learning to play guitar, Laney offers you just the thing! An ideal twin Channel ...
With the last blog, we wrote extensively about Stagg Products, explaining about how good Stagg Products are for you. All of the products made by Stagg is made by particular accuracy, making them the best ...
Using scales, a lot of students ask me why they should learn scales, what use will it have to their playing and perhaps even, shall I practice scales more than songs and just focus on ...
Setting goals on guitar We’ve all been there: you listen to Steve Vai‘s or Satriani‘s or some other guitar god’s latest album and you think it’s so cool that you go “This is it! I’m ...
Example for This Lesson Look at the pattern of coloured circles on this next diagram. The solid red circle, numbered zero, is placed at an arbitrary fret. The pattern shows it uses pitches that are ...
Were you ever discouraged in math class when you were deducted points for not adequately showing all of your work? It seemed like a trivial thing. The answer to 1 + 1 is 2. The ...
It has become more and more popular over the years to create unplugged acoustic versions of electric songs. Sometimes these acoustic versions you hear sound great, and other times they can kind of miss the ...
When you start out playing blues guitar one of the most challenging things is to make the blues scale actually sound bluesy. It’s one of those scales that require an extra effort in order to ...
I am Greg Studley, and this is Lesson 6 of Improvising With Knowledge on Ultimate Guitar. These lessons are designed to get you accustomed to yet another pentatonic scale shape, which can be used as ...
Hey guys, I decided to make a very random but informative video about Neapolitan Chords! These chords are my absolute favorite when it comes to chromatic harmony. Neapolitan Chords: Neapolitan Chords have a very distinct ...
I’ll keep this as short as possible. The motivation for this video is the fact that most lessons out there require you to perform sweeps in downward/upward motions. That means, you start either by picking ...
Hey guys! Here is a simple worksheet that will help guide you through the modes of C Major. I enjoy this because it opens up a whole lot of exercises that I will cover later! ...
