Richard Barrett is on a mission to make you a better blues player – with full audio examples and backing tracks

HELLO, AND WELCOME to my new column for Guitar World! Over the course of these lessons, I will be sharing many of the techniques and approaches I use for creating effective melodies and rhythm guitar

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This month Richard Barrett embellishes some open-position chords to find that satisfying jangle

Recorded at Edward Van Halen’s fabled 5150 Studio, the latest album from Alter Bridge could very well be their most riff-laden to date

Alex Bishop reflects on 20 years at the workbench, and considers the lessons he has learned along the way