Latest articles by Adrian Clark
Play guitar like... Steve Hackett
Blending soaring soloing with far-out experimentation, Steve Hackett's playing fizzes with invention. Here, he teaches us some of his most effective techniques...
How to play guitar like... Mike Stern and Eric Johnson
Add some formidable jazz-rock licks to your repertoire
How to play guitar like... James Taylor
James Taylor's acoustic guitar style has been instantly recognisable since the early 70s, and has influenced countless singer-songwriters since
How to play guitar like John McLaughlin
With a career reading like a history of modern jazz and various hybrid styles, John McLaughlin is not the easiest artist to summarise in a few short examples
Tech 21 Character Pedals - Blonde
Sansamp technology recreates the classic Fender sounds of the fifties and sixties
Buddy Whittington: 5 hot blues licks tabbed
A video lesson with free, high-quality tab
Quick chord lesson 5
Tired of using the same old chord shapes? These substitutions will freshen up your rhythm playing in seconds. This week: B minor.
Brad Davis teaches bluegrass guitar
A video and tab lesson on advanced picking
Line 6 ToneCore Pedal Liqua-Flange
With its entry into the compact stompbox market, Line 6 produced quite a few surprises – and it isn't finished yet.
Quick chord lesson 4
Tired of using the same old chord shapes? These substitutions will freshen up your rhythm playing in seconds. This week: D.
Quick chord lesson 3
Tired of using the same old chord shapes? These substitutions will freshen up your rhythm playing in seconds. This week: F#m.
Quick chord lesson 2
Tired of using the same old chord shapes? These substitutions will freshen up your rhythm playing in seconds. This week: E
Guitarist quick chord lesson
Have a go at these substitute chord shapes for a bit of rhythmic inspiration, courtesy of Adrian Clark's regular column in Guitarist magazine.
Exotic Scales: The Harmonic Minor
Here's a simplified tale of music theory. The seventh note of a major scale is very powerful. In G major the notes are G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, so we're talking about the F#.
