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How to Play Guitar like Synyster Gates, Slash, and Herman Li.

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How to Play Guitar like Synyster Gates, Slash, and Herman Li.
...you should try to replicate your favorite artist's licks and solos. It can be a ton of fun, and it can catapult your abi...

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7 Guitar Influencers You Should Be Following in 2020

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7 Guitar Influencers You Should Be Following in 2020
Once again, I just happened upon this guy. Dan McNally is a de-tuned metal rhythm super hero. He posts at least a few newly recorded guitar/bass/drum tracks every week. His guitar tone is brutal, and his sense of rhythm is sickeningly good. Think of August Burns Red meets Meshuggah, and totally original. 

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Breakthrough Technique That WILL Increase Your Guitar Shredding Speed.

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Breakthrough Technique That WILL Increase Your Guitar Shredding Speed.
It didn't matter how many times I practiced it using the chromatic scale exercises with the metronome. My left and right hands just wouldn't sync up, and I didn't know why.That's when I decided to go elsewhere for new exercises. Google lead me to Bur...

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Why You Aren't Improving As A Guitar Player.

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Why You Aren't Improving As A Guitar Player.

Here's the thing about playing guitar. Its a perishable skill. That means it requires upkeep to maintain your skill level. Most of us know and understand that. That's why we try to play every day. The trouble is...

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'72 Tele Deluxe vs Player Series HH Tele

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'72 Tele Deluxe vs Player Series HH Tele
Adventurous guitarists started hot-rodding their Telecasters in the late '60s and early '70s with big-sounding humbucking pickups that lent new style and swagger to rock music. The Classic Series '72 Telecaster Deluxe brings it all back as an authentic evocation of its early-'70s ancestor, including dual Fender Wide Range humbucking pickups, a large pickguard, Stratocaster® headstock and bridge, cool skirted amp control knobs and more. A favorite of players from '70s rock to modern U.K. alt-rock and much 

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