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Welcome to Fingerstyle Boot Camp!
Almost exactly 200 years ago, Italian guitar virtuoso Mauro Giuliani published a set of 120 picking-hand studies. It remains one of the most comprehensive exercise routines ever created, and I’m using...
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Tim Pierce’s Studio Guitar: Layering Guitar Parts
Hello all! First and foremost, I am honored to be part of Pure Guitar Magazine. Here’s a video where I demonstrate layering parts on a song and then take a couple solos for fun. The guitars you’ll see...
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Movin’ Wes: How to Play Like Wes Montgomery
Hello, Wes Montgomery fans! It’s the G-Man here, coming to you from my Manhattan desk to discuss the man I consider the greatest guitarist of all time – Wes Montgomery. If you haven’t figured it out...
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Tremolo x 2 = Double Fun
Distortion, in its many grades of grit, and anything that whooshes or swirls, such as phasing, flanging, chorusing, etc., are high-profile favorites for guitar and bass. Echo and reverb? Everyone loves...
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This video features a great new artist named Tim Stop. Tim wrote and sang the song, and he plays piano and acoustic guitar on it. Tim was brought to me by my friend, producer Aaron Johnson, who...
View ArticleStefan Grossman Lesson: Playing Country Blues in Vestapol Tuning
With this lesson, we welcome Stefan Grossman as a Pure Guitar contributor. Stefan is one of these rare players who’s equally renowned as a very fine acoustic guitarist and as a teacher. He owns and...
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Jazz Guitar Essentials: Ten Must-Hear Albums
Pure Guitar recently had a Facebook entry that solicited people’s choices for the greatest cover tunes by their favorite guitarists. I had a great time sitting back and daydreaming about it, hitting...
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Here’s a song with a great artist named Taylor Mesple. Taylor plays wicked keyboards and great guitar. He sings great and is an excellent songwriter. He and his family also own Wildwood Guitars in...
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