Guitar Solo in Time Tips – Keeping it tight!
One of the key fundamentals with any music and any instrument is timing and it doesn’t matter what you’re playing, if it’s not in perfect time then it sounds amateur and somewhat annoying for the listener. If you have ever struggled in the past with guitar timing then you may find these ‘guitar solo in time tips’ useful, and hopefully instantly applicable to your playing

Hand Placement – The Overlooked Solo Necessity
When learning how to play guitar solos there are quite a few things that first come to mind; technique, speed, picking style for starters…but rarely is hand placement talked about. When I talk about hand placement here I’m referring to the ‘fretting hand’ and not the picking hand, although you

100 Greatest Guitar Solos of all time (apparently)
There has been a lot of talk lately about the ‘100 greatest solos of all time’, well this has probably been talked about since the creation of mainstream music. I just thought i’d share the list that people have come up with and the order and sequence, and see what anyone else thinks? For me personally there are a lot on the list that should be where they are (maybe in a different o

Way Huge pedals giveaway!
Today is a great day for you, but for me it is a very sad day because I am announcing the biggest competition in Guitar Noize’s history. Ok so I’m not sad about that, I’m sad that I am going to have to say goodbye to the incredible trio of pedals from Way Huge. All you have to do to be 1 of the 3 lucky winners to

Using Backing Tracks
Do you ever get bored playing your guitar to an electronic beep? Although playing to a metronome is one of the most beneficial things you can do for your playing (in more ways than you can imagine) it can sometimes feel a little unreal and more often than not, uninspiring. When learning