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“That song has a Led Zeppelin-meets-Frank-Zappa unison riff up front, but I tried to imagine what Krist Novoselic might play”: Fusion bass great Jimmy Haslip breaks down his 2001 project with Robben Ford and Vinnie Colaiuta

Jimmy Haslip is a lefty who plays a left-handed 6-string bass with the strings reversed

Guitar World

“The sound of this thing is really quite surprising”: Watch Robben Ford demo the 8W tube combo from the amp company that gives his Dumble a run for its money

Ford helped build the legend of Dumble amps but admits he is playing Little Walter amps “pretty exclusively” these days

MusicRadar

Robben Ford has been sideman to stars from Miles Davis to Joni Mitchell, George Harrison and even Kiss – and he's an expert in fusing the worlds of jazz and blues guitar

Improve your voice leading, chordal vocabulary and harmonic tension and release now as we put Ford's style under the microscope in this in-depth lesson

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"The diminished scale seems to loom large in my legend…" A blues masterclass from Robben Ford

Video lesson: “For the most part, people just know three chords and the pentatonic scale. That is a cul-de-sac!" Let Robben Ford be your guide to the way out…

Guitar World

Few players are doing more to write the future of blues guitar than Kirk Fletcher – banish clichés with his tasty soloing style

Kirk Fletcher is destroying clichés one lick at a time, and this tab and audio lesson takes an in-depth look at his style

Guitar World

50 guitar chord shapes guitarists need to know

Increase your fretboard vocabulary now!

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Session guitar legend Michael Landau reveals what it takes to play with the biggest artists of all time and explains why “Strats are the ultimate couch guitar”

As Fender releases two signature Stratocasters for the session guitar hero, he reflects on recording with the likes of Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Joni Mitchell – and what it’s like to play on a Pink Floyd track in front of David Gilmour

Guitar World

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25 great blues-rock guitar licks lesson

Play in the style of Clapton, SRV, Hendrix, Gilmour, the three Kings, John Mayer and more with our tab and audio lessons

MusicRadar

How to solo using compound time – the secret behind some of Frank Zappa and Robben Ford's most out-there leads

Open up some all-new possibilities for your lead strategies with these fresh rhythmic soloing approaches

Guitar World

How to use chords in a blues guitar solo

We all think of the blues solo in terms of which notes sit atop which chords, but reversing that proposition – and building chords into the solo itself – generates some tasty new phrasing ideas

Guitar World

Robben Ford warm-up show a lesson in jazz and the blues

Robben Ford kicked out the cobwebs in style with an enthralling two-hour set of jazz and blues.

Newcastle Herald

Guitar legend Robben Ford coming to Lizotte's

"I've been travelling with my own band for 30 years. It's not a luxury. It's what I do."

Newcastle Herald

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