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In the second part of this lesson, Richard Barrett asks you to lend your ears to the sounds of the silver screen for real-life context

Michael Watts reflects on how the choice of the two most popular back and sides woods affects your acoustic sound

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

Time to put your soldering iron down and consider a few often overlooked facts and figures about the guitars we play. Dave Burrluck answers some questions…

TODAY I'D LIKE to talk about downpicking — picking or strumming consecutive downstrokes — and why it can be so musically effective. This is something I learned from studying the riff-writing style of

Extremes in dark and light are effective tools in creating punchy focal points. I have painted lots of sunny, acrylic street scenes – mainly backlit – and really enjoyed dabbing in the sparkly highlig