Guitar Player

MASTER’S FIVE

1. THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO SOLO

here are two schools of thought to soloing, and I subscribe to both of them. The first is to start slow, low and subtle, and then build to a crescendo. That’s totally fine. Or you could go the other way, like Jeff Beck did on his solo to “Farther Up the Road” from the album . Right from the downbeat, he opens a can of whoop-ass and doesn’t let

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