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Dec 18th, 2010

I Need My Lead Guitar Parts to Stand Out?

We’ve had a reader question come in on the subject of lead guitar. Let’s take a look: Question: I play guitar in an indie band but I’m having problem with sound levels during gigs. I’m the only guitarist and when I’m strumming everything is fine but have found that my lead parts get drowned out by the bass [...]

Dec 11th, 2010

Can I Play Lead on Bass Guitar?

Well here’s a question I just had to answering straight away: Question: I was just wondering if I could play lead on bass. And is there any musician that does that? Answer: To do so, you need to be very proficient on the instrument. It is common in jazz to have the bass player take a solo. [...]

Dec 5th, 2010

Lead Guitar Articulation Help?

A tough lead guitar question this week. Let’s dive straight in Question: im am trying to learn lead guitar. when i play a scale at a moderate tempo a lot of times my pick simply gets "stuck" and will not pass the string, expecially in the bass notes. what is the solution and why is it [...]

Nov 28th, 2010

I Recorded Lead Guitar Tracks Which Went into Songs, Put on 2 Cds, and Now the Band I'm No Longer in Is?

What’s this week’s question? Let’s dive straight in… Question: having a reunion with a couple of different members, and is selling those cds, I saw them as recently as Nov.14th ,2010, on Ustream. Has anyone out there ran into this? I need to protect my lead guitar parts. I think this was a "joint work", but [...]

Nov 27th, 2010

Is There Any Cool Simple Riffs That I Can Play on Lead Guitar?

What’s this week’s question? Let’s dive straight in… Question: i am a very talented guitarist and i can play alot and i was just wondering if there are any simple cool riffs? Answer: sweet child of mine

Nov 23rd, 2010

Lead Guitar Notes for Only Exception?

This week’s question is as follows: Question: Hi what are the notes for Paramore’s the Only Exception lead guitar. Please no tabs I need the notes thanks Answer: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/p/paramore/the_only_exception_crd.htm try that out..theyre chords not tabs..maybe its what youre looking for but thats what i used to learn it ^

Nov 18th, 2010

What Electric Guitar Strings Would You Use to Play Rock As a Lead Guitarist? Like for Metal-rock?

What’s this week’s lead guitar question? Let’s dive straight in… Question: What gauge strings would i use? Answer: If you bend a lot, you should try 10s for les paul styles guitars with 24 3/4 scale length. or 9s for fender style 25 1/2 inch scale length. If you drop tune, use 11 or 12 [...]

Nov 17th, 2010

Is Fingerstyle Guitar Solo the Same Like Lead Solo?

We’ve had a reader question come in on the subject of lead guitar. Let’s take a look: Question: lead solo as in like….ahh….like heavy metal solos o.o im thinking about learning fingerstyle guitar when i saw this kid ’sungha jung’ Check out his Vids he really inspired me to play guitar but i never played a guitar [...]

Nov 10th, 2010

Difference Between a Rhythm Guitar and Lead Guitar?

Another lead guitar question has come in this week. Let’s tackle it straight away: Question: I sound dumb…but is there any difference between the guitar itself..like a rhythm electric guitar or lead electric guitar.. i dont mean d guitarist…i mean d INSTRUMENT Answer: A guitar is a guitar, whether or not is is "lead" depends on what that [...]

Nov 7th, 2010

Something Wrong with My Guitar Lead?

Another lead guitar question has come in this week. Let’s tackle it straight away: Question: Every guitar lead i’ve had has ended up with a loose connection and ended up broken, why? i’m not doing anything to damage it and i’ve tried different brands but none of them have lasted more than a couple of months. [...]