by Justin Comstock | Apr 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Let’s say you’ve got the open strings down. Maybe even the first few frets feel familiar. But once you move up past the 7th fret—or someone throws out a random note like “B♭ on the D string”—you freeze. You need a guitar fretboard note chart Sound...
by Justin Comstock | Apr 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
When you hear a confident guitarist speak through the fretboard, you realize something powerful: it’s not about playing fast—it’s about knowing where you are at all times. If you’re trying to learn the guitar fretboard fast, you’ve probably hit a few walls....
by Justin Comstock | Apr 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
There’s a moment in every guitarist’s life when the fretboard stops looking like a grid of strings and dots—and starts becoming a landscape. Learning guitar fretboard is a journey. But getting there? That’s the hard part. Learning the guitar fretboard is one of those...
by Justin Comstock | Apr 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
There’s something timeless about the tone of Eric Clapton. Whether you first heard him as a blues purist in John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, the psychedelic slinger in Cream, or the soulful songwriter in Unplugged, Clapton’s guitar playing always circles back to...
by Justin Comstock | Apr 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Walk into any guitar shop, and you’ll hear scales—fluid patterns dancing up and down the fretboard, a conversation between player and instrument. But behind those licks and runs is a secret not every guitarist talks about: the real power of scales isn’t just in the...
by Justin Comstock | Apr 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
🎯 Introduction: Why Guitar Fretboard Visualization Changes Everything Guitar fretboard visualization is one of the most powerful skills a guitarist can develop — yet almost no one teaches it. Most players learn by memorizing scale shapes, chord grips, and song tabs....
by Justin Comstock | Apr 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
🎸 Introduction: Fretboard mastery is the holy grail of guitar playing. It’s what separates players who fumble through shapes from those who command the neck like a language. I used to be the first kind. I could play blues licks in A minor for days—but only in one box....
by Justin Comstock | Apr 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
🎶 The Power of Three Notes Ever sit down with your guitar, play all the scales you know, and still feel like your solos sound… robotic? It’s a common trap—chasing complexity when the secret to great guitar tone and phrasing lies in simplicity. I learned this the...
by Justin Comstock | Apr 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
There’s something magical about the pentatonic scale guitar A minor—especially when you stop thinking of it as a box and start treating it like a living, breathing language. In this post, we’ll explore 5 creative, real-world ways to make the A minor pentatonic scale...
by Justin Comstock | Apr 8, 2025 | Tips & Tricks
When I first picked up the guitar, I didn’t want to play scales—I wanted to play music. But what I didn’t know back then was that the best scales to learn guitar are the ones that let you do both at the same time. In the hands of a soulful player, a scale isn’t just a...
by Justin Comstock | Apr 7, 2025 | Tips & Tricks
If you want to learn guitar fast, you’re not alone. Every aspiring guitarist dreams of playing their favorite songs, soloing with confidence, or jamming with a band without fumbling for the next chord. As someone who’s been in the trenches—both teaching...
by Justin Comstock | Apr 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you play blues guitar and don’t study B.B. King, you’re skipping a chapter that wrote the whole book. From his unmistakable vibrato to his ability to tell a story with just five notes, B.B. King transformed the electric guitar into a voice that spoke across...
