mosiddiqi

I somehow managed to get into a bit of theory in one of the “Lick of the day” threads http://markweinguitarlessons.com/for...9-Paul-Gilbert! and it got me thinking about why a guitar player like me, who relies on his ear, sometimes feels the need to think or analyse music in a theoretical way.



Like most rock players I guess, I like to keep things simple. I like to know that my favourite minor pentatonic box shape is always an option, albeit I might ...

I restrung my two Stratocasters last night, my favourite American Series and my "throw it round the room" Squier Classic Vibe 60's..both terrific guitars. As I've been playing a lot of acoustic recently, I thought I'd try heavier gauge strings as my usual 9-46 hybrid set were beginning to feel a bit flimsy.

However, I realised I only had one set of 10's lying around and was going to use those on my Ibanez Artcore..so, instead, as an experiment, I thought I'd mess with the ...