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

ONE OF THE coolest and most badass-sounding things a guitarist can do is double a long, complex bass line an octave higher. This was my approach for the song “Dean Town,” which I recorded with Vulfpec

LAST MONTH, I discussed some of the advantages of playing in a power trio, such as the open harmonic canvas that it affords me as a guitar player. “Threw Me to the Wolves” is a song of mine that prese

IT’S BEEN MORE than five years since Eddie Van Halen’s death left a void in the guitar universe. Like Jimi Hendrix before him, EVH’s influence will continue to be felt for decades, possibly centuries

Guitarists Adrian and Richie prepare to take their side project on the road with shows in the UK.

A STAPLE OF many great country and country rock songs — and, in the hands of Jimmy Page and Albert Lee, rock songs — is the sound of the B-bender. For those unfamiliar, a B-bender is a string-pulling