Lessons & Features
Country shred magician Albert Lee's
Fun Ranch Boogie. (3.68MB Quicktime)
Demoing the Cornford
Hellcat. (21.5MB Quicktime)
AMP IN A BOX, IN A BOX: The Tech 21 NYC
Trademark 30 captures that GT2 sound, which, uh, captures those other amp sounds. (8.97MB Quicktime)
THE BRUNO LEAD MAN 60: Midrange monster. (3.36MB Quicktime)
THE DIEZEL VH4: Wylde bass response. (11.21MB Quicktime)
THE ROCCAFORTE HG100: Ain't Talkin' Bout Marshall. (22.96MB Quicktime)
THE HOT CAT 30: This cat's got the blues. (5.88MB Quicktime)
THE MATCHLESS CHIEFTAIN: Tart and tasty. (6.09MB Quicktime)
THE CORNFORD MK50H: Flawed beauty? (13.3MB Quicktime)
YOUR HOLLOW BODY IS A WONDERLAND: The Two Rock
Topaz's jazzier side. (10.51MB Quicktime)
AMPALICIOUS: Amp shopping at
Ultrasound Rehearsal. 40-minute feature. Beware the large file size! (484.61MB Quicktime)
Yngwie Malmsteen's
Now Your Ships are Burned (5.5MB Quicktime)
Cracking the Code
CRACKING THE CODE TRAILER! Click above to watch in 640x360. Got a fast machine and a big TV? Download the HD version
here. (8.92MB Quicktime)
FEARLESS, PEERLESS:
Steve Morse's daunting command of one-note-per-string alternate picking set a benchmark for right hand dexterity. (15.55MB Quicktime)
GOING FOR IT:
Mike Stern glides through changes with horn-like grace and intuition. (23.17MB Quicktime)
ATKINS DIET: At a
Tommy Emmanuel show, fingerpicking virtuosity is only one of the many enticing items on the menu. Tommy is a master of both thumb and flatpicking styles, and a world-class performer. (17.03MB Quicktime)
SWEEP EMOTION:
Frank Gambale's sweep picking innovations are exceeded only by his taste and expressivity. (13.24MB Quicktime)
RADICAL TRADITIONALIST:
Jimmy Bruno's bebop mastery is powered by a space-age combination of sweep and alternate techniques. (25.46MB Quicktime)
COUNTRY BOY:
Albert Lee is one of
Hogan's Heroes, and a hero to many for his pioneering fusion of flat and hybrid picking. (11.78MB Quicktime)
METAL TO THE PEDAL:
Michael Angelo Batio dazzles with a jazz-inspired pedal tone lick that displays his legendary alternate picking cleanliness. (9.41MB Quicktime)
WARP SPEED, SCOTTY: With his awe-inspiring fusion of thumb and flat picking techniques,
Scotty Anderson takes classic American jazz and western improvisational styles into hyper drive. (19.83MB Quicktime)
FUEL ECONOMY:
Joe Stump is the picture of fluidity in a series of ascending mixed minor economy picking runs. (2.61MB Quicktime)
VALLEY GUY:
Walnut Valley National Flatpick winner
Carl Miner discusses a trademark string-switching technique. (15.63MB Quicktime)
READY TO WREMBEL: Gypsy jazz force
Stephane Wrembel and his trio careen through a hot-rodded take of Django's
Dark Eyes. (15MB Quicktime)
THE SHREDCAM REVEALS ALL: Consecutive downstrokes are used to connect sweeps in this kewl arpeggio lick. (5.82MB Quicktime)
CODE CLIP: ShredCam footage of Rusty Cooley tearing it up on a sevens-based lick (5MB Quicktime)
BEHIND THE SCENES:
Rusty Cooley warms up with a furious barrage of sixes. (5.29MB Quicktime)
OLD LICK, NEW TWIST:
Marshall Harrison treats the ShredCam to a fingerpicked, reverse
Paul Gilbert. (4.66MB Quicktime)
BEHIND THE SCENES: Bluegrass master
Orrin Star gives electric guitarists some hell (2.62MB Quicktime)
