Author: Richard Wilde

If you have a guitar that you want to restring and haven’t played it in a while, then you have probably forgot what gauge strings you had on before. …

Finger picking opens up new playing possibilities, providing your guitar as a stand alone instrument. Finger picking gives you a full sound allows you to be a one-man band …

Did you know there are many different styles of picking techniques? The techniques help you in certain scenarios, depending what you want to play. the way you pick individual …

Using harmonics add a whole new dimension to your playing, making you sound so much more interesting! There are FOUR ways you can activate harmonics on your guitar. This …

The phrase “shredding” is often misused in the guitar language. I think this is mainly due to the fact that it is not technically a musical definition. Arguably it …

Pinched Harmonics add energy & flavor to your playing. Making you sound more interesting as a guitarist. By being able to leverage pinched harmonics can be the difference in …

Dive bombing is a guitar technique in which the tremolo bar, also known as the whammy bar, is used to rapidly lower the pitch of a note, emulating the …

Anyone can learn how to sweep pick if they know how practice the right things, and practice them well! Sweep picking is one of the advanced techniques for guitar. …

The type of strings you use massively impact your tone and performance when playing acoustic guitar! There are hundreds of guitar strings available on the market, all diverse in …

The CAGED system can help every guitar player to get familiar with all the frets on the guitar neck. It is equally vital for both lead guitar and rhythm …

Richard Wilde new Album – Into the Abyss: Guitar set, first song release 6th July 2021 – sees the Sheffield-based musician imagining six tracks with nothing but his six-string. Taking …

If you play a lot sanding then your life literally depends on your strap lock! For the guitarists who mainly stand while playing guitar, the strap lock gives you …