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Tutor Richard Barrett | Gear used Knaggs SSC & Vox AC15 C1 Difficulty | 10 mins per example

licks and solos, most of us would have to admit that, from time to time (or perhaps more often than that), we call upon on ‘stock’ phrases at will and vary these to fit over different chords, tempos and even styles if we go so far as to take things like tone/amp settings into consideration. The idea behind these four examples is to give a few ideas to incorporate into your internal ‘library’. I’ve chosen

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