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Chris Letchford’s Guitar Technique Book

Chris Letchford (Scale the Summit) was born in Houston, Texas in 1984 and began playing guitar at the age of 8 — since then he’s attended MIT, Berklee School of Music and the Houston Community College and managed to tour in support of Dream Theater — does he really need… Continue »
By Dave | 07 March 2010 | Rock | , | 8 Comments   

Derryl Gabel – Creative Tapping Techniques

(See also Pentatonic Passages , Cool Legato Phrases, Cool Legato Phrases 2 ) Derryl Gabel is of course no stranger to any fan of Fusion or Shred guitar and indeed, no stranger to this website as I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing other DVD’s of his in the past. I… Continue »
By Dave | 09 February 2010 | Rock | , | 0 Comments   

Mattias IA Eklnudh – Grow your own Moustache (Volume 1)

If you haven’t heard of Mattias IA Eknlundh and Freak Kitchen then you have probably been asleep for some time so play the above video very loudly, make yourself a cup of tea and come back when you’re refreshed…..or possibly take some drugs, stay here, stay freaky and read on!… Continue »
By Dave | 05 December 2009 | Rock | | 5 Comments   

Paul Gilbert – Get out of My Yard

The Mighty Pablo surely needs no introduction and his own particular idiom should likewise be familiar to most fans of technical guitar playing. Famous for his awesome chops, goofy sense of humour and style Mr Gilbert has been terrifying guitarists for years and also producing great music with a variety… Continue »
By Dave | 21 November 2009 | Rock | | 0 Comments   

Carl Verheyen – Improvising without Scales

Not content with merely being the lead guitarist for Supertramp Carl has been a first-call session guitarist for many years and in that time has also found the time to pen many instructional books and columns for different publications. A man of impeccable taste and quite otherwordly chops he has… Continue »
By Dave | 05 November 2009 | Rock | | 0 Comments   

Derryl Gabel – Pentatonic Passages

Born in 1970 and having started playing guitar at the comparatively late age of 15 Derryl came to prominence after being chosen to jam with none other than George Lynch on his 1992 release “Sacred Groove”. Although initially classified as a NeoClassical shredder Derryl is now very much a virtuoso… Continue »
By Dave | 30 October 2009 | Rock | | 2 Comments   

Brad Gillis – Star Licks Masters Sessions

Brad Gillis – Star Licks Master Sessions One half of the classic Night Ranger guitar duo (his partner in crime being Jeff Watson) Brad is another overlooked guitarist who nontheless has his roots firmly based in melody and feel rather than sheer blazing speed – for that reason alone he’s… Continue »
By Dave | 16 September 2009 | Rock | , | 0 Comments   

Kee Marcello – REH Master’s Series

Kee Marcello – REH Master’s Series   One of the Old School of guitar players, Kee is also another underated guitarist with a lot of ability and a penchant for not only blazing chops, but highly melodic solos. He covers some scale sequences, alternate picking exercises, string skipping exercises, solo… Continue »
By Dave | 16 September 2009 | Rock | , | 0 Comments   

George Lynch – REH Master’s Series

George Lynch – REH Master’s Series George is another player that really needs no introduction to anyone familiar with rock guitarists, even in passing. Over the years he’s worked with a wide selection of players and musicians from multi-platinum rock with Dokken, instrumental outings with the like of Tony Macalpine,… Continue »
By Dave | 16 September 2009 | Rock | , | 0 Comments   

Brian May – Star Licks Masters Sessions

Brian May – Star Licks Masters Sessions One of the most unique and instantly recogniseable guitar players ever, Brian’s tone, approaches to song writing and inventinve use of effects really need no introduction to any of us and this is his only instructional video – but its a very good… Continue »
By Dave | 16 September 2009 | Rock | , | 6 Comments   
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