Duane Allman is one of the greatest blues and rock guitarists of all time. During his short life and career, he changed the landscape of the blues. He adapted and built upon the bottleneck style of bluesmen like Elmore James, blending the blues with country rock and roots music. In...
There are very few guitarists that sound like Albert Collins. His tone is instantly recognisable and sets him apart from almost every other blues guitarist in the modern era. Blues guitarists often use words like 'thick' and 'warm' to describe the type of tone they consider desirable. Albert Collins took...
Beautiful blues tones come from marginal gains. There are no magic guitars, amps or pedals out there that will transform your tone. To get a killer blues tone, you need to optimise every stage of your signal chain for maximum impact. And today, we'll be looking at how you can use...
Boost pedals are an amazing tool for blues guitarists. They help to shape your tone and give you a lot of control of your sound - especially in a live setting. But knowing which pedal to buy is always a challenge. There are so many different brands and pedals out...
Of all of the different guitar pedals out there, the humble boost pedal is one of the most underrated. A lot of blues guitarists add overdrive, fuzz and wah-wah pedals to their boards before they even consider using a boost. And many guitarists neglect boost pedals altogether. Yet adding a boost...
Freddie King is the ultimate blues guitarist. He plays with passion, intensity and feeling - and does all of this with an amazing sense of melody and timing. He wrote some of the most iconic blues songs and instrumentals of all time and in the early 1960s, had a huge...
Last night I had the great pleasure of attending an online tone and gear workshop run by Dan Patlansky. Not only is Patlansky a killer player, he has an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of tone. Crafting a beautiful blues and blues rock guitar tone has been a life long passion of...
Dialling in a beautiful blues tone is no easy task. You can have all of the key elements in place - a great guitar, the right pedals and a brilliant guitar amp. Yet for some reason, you just can't get the tones you want. The great news, is that a lot...
There are few figures in the history of the blues as iconic as Albert King. It is little exaggeration to say that he redefined how many blues musicians approached the guitar. His huge two tone bends, vocal playing style and sheer power influenced a whole generation of guitarists, including Eric...
Jimmy Page is one of the most iconic guitarists of all time. He helped to redefine rock music, bridging the gap between British bluesmen like Eric Clapton and Peter Green, and heavy rock guitarists like Slash and Eddie Van Halen. He has crafted some of the most memorable riffs ever...
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