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Tasteful, melodic guitar solos over crushing riffs? Wolf Hoffmann knows a thing or two about that

We’re gonna be working on your pull-offs and bending, using a touch of Wolf’s Teutonic attitude

Also, being able to switch rhythms right in the middle of a phrase is something that stops your solos sounding robotic. You’re gonna be practicing that too

This episode slams – I can’t wait for you to hear it. I’ll see you there when it drops!

Plus, he defeated Hans Gruber at Nakatomi Plaza in 1988. What a badass

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The latest masterclass has just landed at Castle Higgy!

This is perfect for you if you get stuck trying to move fast through those stodgy 2 note pentatonic patterns 🥵

You know how it goes... you try to do something fast in the pentatonic box position and you end up flailing away with some random-ass hammer-ons. It's hard to feel like you can truly glide through those shapes

Well, now you can learn a better way of speeding through the pentatonic shapes in a way that feels easier and flows better 🔥

This one is something I use all the time in my own playing. In fact, it's one of my most recurring runs that I use to speed through the pentatonic scale in a horizontal fashion. You've probably seen me using it in the Effortless Improv videos jams that we do... so now you can learn how to do it yourself

This is available to all existing members of The Complete Guitarist. Just log in, go to the Speed and Technique Accelerator, and scroll down to Masterclass 23: Sliding Shredatonics!

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1 DAY TO GO!

If you’ve been following these posts over the last few days you’ll notice that we’re focusing on melodic string bending and vibrato this time. And few players are such masters at this as the one-and-only Joe Satriani

Joe’s never played a bad note. Fact. The dude knows the guitar inside and out and he knows how to control that sound

If you take a leaf out of Joe’s book and learn how he does those really screaming high notes then you’ll have another gold star against your name, along with the title ‘BADASS’

Seriously, it’s not that hard to do. Just do it. I’ll show you how. It’s not rocket science. You’ve just got to stop hiding from this stuff and give yourself permission to do what the legends do

So that’s Jason Becker, John Sykes, Gary Moore and now Joe Satriani that we’re going to use as our inspiration to level up your string bending and vibrato. If you don’t want to be able to do that then you don’t wanna get better on the guitar. It’s that simple

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When it comes to wild string bends, driven by raw emotion – there are few hands that can wring all the juice out of a guitar string like Gary Moore. What a legend

Respected by bluesman, shredders and non-musicians alike, Gary's ability to weave melodic passion using the most expressive guitar techniques is worth studying. As with the Becker and Sykes sequences that I'm throwing your way, this exercise is another step further in dominating the hell out of your fretboard

If you go through these musical sequences and actually practice them then your fingers will feel like they've been upgraded. It's like Bruce Banner turning into The Incredible Hulk. Just without the green skin...

Being able to play with tastefulness and feel is something all guitarists of any age can learn - whether you're 21 or 71

You don't need to have lightning fast fingers. You just need to be good at bending and vibrato - and that is WAY more attainable as a short term goal for any guitarist - including you

And, as I said, you don't need to be super fast to do it. You just need to be willing to weather sore fingertips for a few days. I'm 100% sure you can do that

Better bending and vibrato makes you sound like a pro guitarist, even with two to three notes - because the whole quality of sound is way better. You can get that power-up almost instantly by getting those two techniques under your control

Episode 34 of The Complete Guitarist drops on Tuesday, 28th October.

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