These videos and audio files are bonus content related to the June 2015 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now or at the Guitar World Online Store.
Lesson Videos
• Time to Burn with Michael Angelo Batio: Getting Started with Proper Sweep Picking Technique — Video
• Thrash Course with Dave Davidson: Exploiting Odd-Time Meters, and How I Play “Madness Opus” and “Witch Trials” — Video
• String Theory: Fun with Two Bright-Sounding, Uniquely Flavored Scales Built from the Same Six Notes — Video
• Metal for Life with Metal Mike: A Practice Piece That Incorporates Useful, Challenging Techniques — Video
• In Deep with Andy Aledort: How to Create Flowing, Stylish Licks Like Eric Clapton — Video
Audio Lesson Files
• Acoustic Nation with Dale Turner: The Deft Fingerpicking and Odd-Tuning Riffage of Stephen Stills
Gear Review Videos
• Review: Fishman Fluence Modern Humbuckers — Video
• Review: Strymon Deco Tape Saturation and Doubletracker Pedal — Video
• Review: Jericho Guitars Fusion — Video
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