Guitar Techniques

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“I’ll find an hour-long Swedish massage video and turn off the sound”: Why tapping genius Stanley Jordan practices guitar by soundtracking massages on YouTube guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

“Ithought, ‘Is the guitar in open G tuning?’ But I soon discovered it wasn’t a standard guitar at all”: Charlie Starr on the magic of the B-Bender – and 5 bender-inspired licks you can play on any electric guitarworld.com/lessons/artist…

“The guitar community came through and sent about one million solos to me”: The world’s buzziest guitarists fought to get on this Bilmuri track – now the winning solo has been revealed guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

“I am 10 times the player when I hold a guitar pick the ‘wrong’ way”: A blues guitar hero showed me how he held his pick – and it changed the way I played guitar guitarworld.com/lessons/tips-a…

Philip Sayce: The 5 techniques that define my sound guitarworld.com/lessons/artist…

“It will take time to build up the accuracy that the riff demands”: Welcome to Mike Stringer’s downpicking bootcamp guitarworld.com/lessons/artist…

Paul Gilbert: What I learned and taught at GIT guitarworld.com/lessons/artist…

“The promoter was panicking and asked me to headline. I didn't have a band with me. And I didn't have any solo material prepared”: Paul Gilbert’s completely unplanned Jimi Hendrix tribute set for first-ever digital release guitarworld.com/artists/music-…

“You’re hanging out with your hero, then they go, ‘Okay, cool. Now pick up the guitar and show us what you got’”: Prog virtuoso Luis Kalil recalls the time he met – and played for – Jason Becker, at the shred icon’s house guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

“It was just unbelievable. I’ve literally never heard anything like it my whole life”: Jacob Collier on what happened when he gave his 5-string acoustic to Julian Lage and Chris Martin guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

“This can be the area that spawns the most intimidating names”: 5 altered chords you need to know – and how they get their names guitarworld.com/lessons/chords…

“The tune was inspired by legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius’ Teen Town”: Cory Wong on why doubling the bassline is one of the “most badass” things a guitarist can do guitarworld.com/lessons/artist…

Bopping blues and greasy grooves: Ally Venable's rhythm guitar tips and secrets guitarworld.com/lessons/artist…

“I was asked to sit in with Buddy Guy. John handed me his 1930s National and smiled while I struggled to get anything out of it”: Joe Bonamassa leads tributes for musical troubadour John Hammond, who has died aged 83 guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

“The way we think about guitar and what the instrument is supposed to do has changed”: Justin Hawkins explains why technically complex bands like Sleep Token and Polyphia are generating mass appeal trib.al/aOhwEVR

“We get past our second show and I get an email from Robert. At the end, he said, ‘Can I make a suggestion?’” How Robert Fripp helped Steve Vai tailor his King Crimson playing on the BEAT tour with one piece of advice trib.al/hqsiwaR

“It’s important to know where your guitar lives and find sonically where you want to be. There are some tricks on the guitar that will get you there in a hurry”: Joe Bonamassa shows you how to get more tones from your Gibson Les Paul trib.al/hjw6IuP

“Jim Morrison was carried out because he was shouting abuse. Jimi Hendrix was there. We were all getting drunk”: Ritchie Blackmore recalls the first time he saw two-hand tapping – at a wild show in 1968 trib.al/ddFYZ6A

“In that last year of his life, I said to him one night, ‘Les, I don't know, but I swear, you're playing better than you were last year’”: Tommy Emmanuel recalls his final moments with guitar legend Les Paul trib.al/UzwSyNd

“Stevie would fill out the sound by combining bluesy licks with chords and rhythmic playing”: How to blend rhythm and lead blues guitar like John Mayer and Stevie Ray Vaughan trib.al/Ic0xAIK