Guitar Scales The following post talks about scales. If you really want to learn every major, minor and pentatonic scale for guitar (along with the chord-tone arpeggios), you’ll want to get my new ebook ‘Advanced Guitar Basics: Scales and Arpeggios’ (click the link for more!). Metal guitar harmonies are really … Continue reading
This week’s lick is inspired by the solo on Metallica’s ‘Leper Messiah‘, from the ‘Master of Puppets’ Album. You can either play it with alternate picking, which is a challenge in itself, or you can sweep it, as we’re doing today. Played this way, this lick makes a great example … Continue reading
So, last month we were looking at the lead guitar style of Metallica’s Kirk Hammett. Then, at the end of the month I wrote this lesson on how to play and sound like Kirk. If you’re a fan of Kirk Hammett, I suggest checking that post out! Now, I’m more … Continue reading
The Jim Dunlop KH95 wah: if there is one effect that Metallica’s Kirk Hammett is well known for, it’s the Wahwah pedal. In this post, we’re having a look at Kirk’s signature wah by Jim Dunlop. Wah pedals were originally invented to sound similar to the expressive, crying tone that … Continue reading
The Randall KH120RHS is one of the more recent Kirk Hammett signature stacks from Randall Amplifiers. Now, you may be wondering why Randall would be making a signature stack amp for Kirk Hammett. I mean, aren’t Metallica more associated with Mesa Boogie amps? Which Amps does Kirk really use? Well, … Continue reading
