gp-vault-magazinesOur long time friends at Guitar Player magazine have a 48-year history of publishing insightful, educational and very inspiring articles and lessons from the world’s top guitar artists and educators. One of their popular digital publications, the Guitar Player Vault, digs deep into their awesome archive to revisit top-ranked articles and lessons.

For the next several weeks, we will treat you to a series of curated blog posts featuring the lessons that we consider to be the best of the best. Grab your guitar and dig in!

1. Sonny Landreth’s Slide Secrets

October 2008

Sonny Landreth Slide Guitar

2. Streaming Vertical Slicing

March 2005

Adrian Legg Slicing

3. Savory Riff Recipes from Scott Henderson

August 2002

Scott Henderson Riff Recipes

4. Hot Rod your 12 Bar-Blues Progressions with Passing Chords, Backcycling, and Tritone Substitution

February 2006

12 Bar Blues Progressions

5. Improvising without Scales

October 2011

Improvising Without Scales