Guitarist

Blues Headlines

Difficulty

10 mins per example

Tutor: Richard Barrett | Gear used: Knaggs Choptank, Vox AC15 C1

Soloing With Chords

to hear players imply the harmony of the underlying chord progression when soloing. In fact, the backing track for this month’s Headlines is purely drums and bass (in the old-school sense), so it leaves things open for this kind of playing. It also makes it necessary

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Guitarist

Guitarist9 min read
Taylor Made
“When I was a young teenager, I loved the idea of playing guitar. At the same time, I was learning how to make things in school ’shop classes…” says Bob Taylor, co-founder of Taylor Guitars. “In my 11th grade high school woodshop class, I made my fir
Guitarist6 min read
Tones Behind The Tracks
Album: Medusa (Frontiers Music SRL) Tracii Guns has long slung his Les Paul in bouts of rock ’n’ roll excess as a longtime hair-metal icon with his namesake band, LA Guns. But lately he’s been branching out through several side gigs, one of which fea
Guitarist3 min read
1965 Gibson EB-6D
“Several features make this example unique. Firstly, there’s the colour, because I’ve never seen a sunburst one before. It’s like a two-tone tobacco sunburst; I’ve had a Les Paul SG that was the same colour. It had to be custom-ordered and that’s why

Related