Lessons Lamb of God: "Set To Fail" Lesson Tuition By By Willie Adler and Mark Morton published 21 August 2009 Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By Willie Adler and Mark MortonSocial Links Navigation More about lessons Unlocking the power of 7th chords: expand your guitar chords beyond the basics How to weave crosspicking and Carter picking into your acoustic guitar playing Latest “I said, ‘Let’s get Hendrix to play on it.’ His manager said, ‘Jimi’s playing shows back-to-back.’ So we got Jimmy Page”: The hit ’60s single that was supposed to feature Jimi Hendrix… but ended up with Jimmy Page See more latest Most Popular Unlocking the power of 7th chords: expand your guitar chords beyond the basics How to weave crosspicking and Carter picking into your acoustic guitar playing “There are so many sounds to be discovered when you get away from using a pick”: Jared James Nichols shows you how to add “snap, crackle and pop” to your playing with banjo rolls and string snaps Don't let chord inversions bamboozle you. It's simply the case of shuffling the notes around How to play slap bass: an essential guide to slapping and popping Bass chords: shapes that work on bass guitar – and go beyond the power chord Joni Mitchell described it as ‘fly fishing’ and Jeff Beck was a master of the craft – learn how to use volume swells like guitar legends Eddie Van Halen, Allan Holdsworth and Larry Carlton How to find new approaches to blues soloing – using fingerstyle improv ideas and Roy Buchanan-inspired licks Want to play Master of Puppets the right way? Here's how to get faster at downpicking so you can chug like James Hetfield “The intensity of Rory’s guitar playing – the emotion, the sound and his incredible attack – was mindblowing for me”: Joe Bonamassa pays tribute to the late, great Irish blues-rock icon Rory Gallagher MORE FROM GUITARWORLD...1Yvette Young’s fretboard wizardry was a wake-up call for modern guitar playing – but with her latest pivot, she’s making music to help emo kids go to sleep2Unlocking the power of 7th chords: expand your guitar chords beyond the basics3How Joni Mitchell formed an unlikely partnership with Jaco Pastorius4Jimmie Vaughan says your fretboard choice doesn’t make a difference – and SRV is his proof5Lenny Kravitz guitarist Craig Ross has been playing Jeff Beck’s $490,000 Yardburst Les Paul onstage for an entire tour
![Joe Bonamassa [left] wears a deep blue suit and polka-dotted shirt and plays his green refin Strat; the late Irish blues legend Rory Gallagher [right] screams and inflicts some punishment on his heavily worn number one Stratocaster.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cw28h7UBcTVfTLs7p7eiLe-840-80.jpg.webp)
