Latest about Andy Aledort
The guitar greats describe a good solo as a “song within a song” – here’s how to make it happen
In his final In Deep column, the great Andy Aledort teaches us how lead guitar can maintain a compelling conversation over changing chords
Andy Aledort on dreaming up his Satch and Vai-endorsed blues album
The veteran guitarist’s new album, In a Dream, features US guitar great David Grissom, plus covers of Jimi Hendrix, Cream and Albert King
How I went from guitar journalist to Dickey Betts’ right-hand man
Guitar World’s Andy Aledort played over 250 shows around the globe with his hero. He traces his history with the late Allman Brothers Band icon, and shares his personal experience of working with the complex, generous guitar legend who once gave him one of Duane Allman’s slides
How to get more from oblique bends, a staple of blues-rock guitar playing
Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Johnny Winter all used this technique to great effect – here's how you can make the most of it in your solos
How to combine one and two-string melodies with drones for more melodically inventive approaches
This lesson will help take your soloing outside of muscle memory and learned playing habits
Learn Randy Rhoads' warm-up exercises and more in this complete 1982 guitar clinic
The Ozzy Osbourne guitarist himself teaches technique and the Crazy Train solo
How to play slide guitar solos in open E tuning
Get creative with a slide and an open tuning and you can add a vocal glissando quality to your playing
Create twists and turns in your solos with four-note 7th-chord arpeggios
Expand your understanding by incorporating chromaticism and a “scalar” approach
