Guitar Hacks – Page 2 – Unlock the Guitar

3 Ways to Get Out of a Scales Rut

September 7, 2017

Most guitarists get stuck in a scales rut sooner or later; this is somewhat due to learning patterns which, because…

August 27, 2017

While playing fast for the sake of it is probably not a worthwhile pursuit on guitar, once you’re over 17,…

November 23, 2016

I’m a big fan of ideas like this that reduce thinking and allow you to come up with some great…

August 23, 2016

I was never a big fan of learning arpeggios, especially via a set of shapes up and down the neck,…

August 18, 2016

Guitarists tend to get fixated on box 1 of the minor pentatonic scale and milk it to death. You may…

July 1, 2016

Almost all guitarists get stuck in a rut once every so often, and it can take a while to get…

May 8, 2016

It all started back in Music College in the early 2000s, at the ACM in Guildford (UK) to be precise,…

December 17, 2015

You might be somewhat put-off by learning the so-called advanced chords with big, scary names like Cmaj13(#11) and so on,…

November 12, 2015

Let’s face it, learning scales is hard work; there are just way too many of them, and how do you…

May 27, 2015

If you’ve ever taken a closer look at how Jeff Beck approaches soloing then you’ll notice that he’s not one…