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Hello everyone and welcome to another vicious Guitar Duel! This week looks to be another tasty affair, but I don't think its going to get as many votes as last weeks Guitar Election between Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton. I really didn't expect last week to get so many votes, and what's more, I didn't expect the result that entailed. The result of last weeks Guitar Duel was an resounding win for Jeff Beck with 82 votes to Clapton's 28. But now onto this weeks Guitar Duel. Two more recent guitarists than some of the previous duels, this week see's[...]

So Are You? Or don't you want to be? This relates back to an article I read a few weeks back about guitar motivation. I had plans to write a post about it back then but I was busy so it must have been pushed to the back of my mind. Until I seen a picture of the Hendrix statue in Seattle. This immediately sparked a thought process. Why do we decide to learn the guitar in the first place? What is it that draws us to want to tame this magical beast? Potential Fame? Commanding a Stage? Or maybe just for the general Fun Factor of it? This[...]

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of riff of the week. This weeks riff comes from a "Supergroup" called Audioslave. Audioslave consist of three of the members of Rage Against The Machine and the singer from Soundgarden. They were only together for a few years but they created this monster guitar riff during that time. Tom Morello is god. Now some of the previous riffs that I have uploaded have been slightly easier than this one. The hardest part of this riff for beginners is probably the speed its played at, but start slow,[...]

Hello everyone, it's nearly the new year! I actually can't wait to be honest. I am quite looking forward to seeing the back of this year. Anyway I hope you enjoyed yesterdays post, even though it was mainly about death. On todays post, I'm mainly going to be looking at the best riffs of the decade. A decade which flourished with guitar riffs, especially the first 5-6 years of the decade. This list is in no particular order. So to kick of this post here are some quality riffs! 1) The Strokes - Reptilia The Strokes burst onto the music[...]