As pop idol, hit-making solo artist, and with the most star-studded CV of any sideman, the affable Welshman offers up his ...

This allows him to get weight into his phrases while establishing a tight, identifiable tonality that sits alongside the bass ... a fill using the D minor pentatonic scale. This tuning allows ...

Chords, scales ... with a B in the bass (check out Examples 1 and 2 below). A polychord contains two complete triads played together. This isn’t always easy on the guitar, but the Em/maj9 ...

a band whose creative ambition matched the scale of their triumph. Page, like Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, was a Yardbirds alumni, first playing bass guitar and subsequently guitar, briefly alongside ...

mDecks Music proudly announces the release of its latest interactive courses: Mastering Pentatonic Lines & Pentatonic Voicings, a comprehensive resource designed to unlock the full potential of ...

No matter how you skin it, folks don’t much like change, and the sight of a headless axe still causes consternation among the electric guitar and bass-playing ranks. Many brands have flirted with the ...

John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison conformed to their stated roles of rhythm, bass and lead guitar respectfully ... where Harrison plays the blues scale riff on his Gibson SG then ...

There are hundreds of bass lures lining the compartments of my boat. I’ve spent a small fortune over the years collecting different lure designs, colors, and sizes to ensure that I’m ready for any ...

Unsurprisingly, music lessons were a struggle but, when he was about 17, he saw a strange guitar hanging in a pawnshop window in Downtown Los Angeles. “I had never seen anything quite like it ...

There are many on the market, but which are the best audio interfaces for guitar? Even if you don’t have designs on becoming the next Eric Valentine or Jack Antonoff, you still stand to benefit ...