This amazing triple-feature is a multi-faceted investigation of Gypsy jazz history and technique. It includes an interview with Gypsy jazz master Joscho Stephan, complete with extensive lick and tablature downloads, as well as two conversations with experts on Django Reinhardt and Gypsy history and culture!
As every guitarist knows, a thousand repetitions doesn’t always guarantee results. How much do we really know about musical practice?
Get ready for an unguarded conversation with one of metal’s most inimitable lead guitar voices: Marty Friedman.
While we don’t like to count our chickens before they hatch, we’ve been doing a lot of work lining up new Masters in Mechanics material, and thought it would be remiss not to share what’s cooking. Here’s a peek at our upcoming interview schedule: Read More
We’ve just updated the Cracking the Code Season Pass with a new video — a feature called “Guitar Anatomy: The Four Fundamental Movements”. Read More
In this intimate chat with the amazing Jimmy Bruno, we explore the intricate two-way pickslanting and two-way sweeping mechanics that power his masterful bop excursions.
In the conversation, Jimmy dives into his seemingly endless reservoir of creativity and produces a veritable rainbow of harmonic ideas: dominant, diminished, augmented, altered, suspended and more. Download includes the one-hour conversation and over 60 slow-motion clips with tablature.
Our latest Masters in Mechanics release features over two hours of incredible investigation:
This month we’re taking you on a trip to Winfield Kansas for the 2007 National Guitar Flat Pick Championships. Bluegrass is a unique world where mechanical standards, competition, and creativity work together to produce amazing players like Carl Miner. Carl won the whole thing as a teen, and placed second twice, including the year we interviewed him.
Read MoreCountry hero Albert Lee needs no introduction. He’s shared a stage with veritable pioneers of rock and roll, and his legendary ability to weave groovy, fluid lines through the changes has sent generations of pickers to the woodshed.
Steve Morse’s almost mythical musical capabilities need no introduction. Marrying blazing chops to a singular sense of hook writing creativity, his distinctive brand of rootsy American virtuosity has inspired generations of players to think outside of the pentatonic box. Read More
Steve Morse’s mind-boggling chops and peerless creativity have garnered him historical renown and captured the imagination of a generation of players.
His one-note-per-string alternate picking technique is one of the most magical in all of rock guitar. But behind the technique lies an amazing mechanical solution. In this interview, we not only witness the magic — we discover how it actually works.
