In honor of Paul Gilbert's one year anniversary of teaching online guitar lessons at ArtistWorks, we're giving away a free Ibanez guitar! This one is extra special though, because it's coming straight from Paul's personal guitar collection. That's right, you may even recognize it from some of the Video Exchanges! It will be signed by Paul of course, and something you'll be able to cherish forever. If you're one of Paul's students here you'll automatically be entered to win. Any new students who sign up June 15-July 15th will also be entered.
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More details to come!
String bending: you love to hear it, now it's time to learn how to do it right. So grab your guitar and let Paul Gilbert show you how it's done!
"The world would be such a better place if people practiced their scales like this!" - Paul Gilbert
Aside from being a world famous rock star, Paul's been teaching guitar for a long time and knows what works and what doesn't. What he's referring to here of course is that muted down/up stroke between notes, what he likes to call the CHICKA (pronounced just as it sounds… say it with me now: "Chick-Ah").
Most guitarists have heard about the Pentatonic Scale and how important it is in Rock music. Well this exercise is even MORE important because it's something you can actually use in a song. And, it's a lot more fun to practice your scales this way.
We got some great pics of Nathan from Bass Player Live 2012, some legendary bass players stopped by the booth to wish Nathan well with his online bass lessons.
Lee Sklar, Steve Bailey, Stu Hamm and Nathan posing at the Electric Bass School booth