Guitar Techniques

30-MINUTE LICKBAG

EASY LICKS EXAMPLE 1 JAMES HETFIELD

CD TRACK 24

With this Metallica style picked idea, take good note of where the various phrases move between sustained notes, palm muting, powerchords and single-note figures. These textural changes bring weight and movement to the riff. For rhythm parts, Hetfield uses a humbucker in the bridge position and

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