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: triad shapes on guitar If your solos feel mechanical—or your rhythm parts crowd the mix—you don’t need more scale boxes. You need fewer, clearer notes. That’s what triad shapes on guitar deliver: the chord’s DNA (root–third–fifth) in compact,...
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...
