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...
by Justin Comstock | Apr 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Let’s be honest. If you play guitar, you’ve probably messed around with the 12-bar blues. Maybe you’ve even nailed a few licks. But until you understand how to use a blues guitar chord properly—how to feel it, how to phrase it—you’re only scratching the surface of the...
by Justin Comstock | Apr 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
Let me start with this: If the phrase “guitar bar chords diagram” makes your hands hurt just thinking about it—you’re not alone. For many players, especially in the early stages, bar chords feel like the brick wall between open chords and real...
by Justin Comstock | Apr 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you’ve been playing for a while and still dread guitar barre chords, you’re not alone. Maybe you’ve tried to muscle through them—squeezing your fret hand into submission—only to end up with aching fingers and buzzing strings. Or maybe you’ve avoided barre chords...
