Elliot Easton - CARS, GUITARS & ELLIOT EASTON  AP PRV15

Series: Power Rock Video. Alfred Publishing
In this VHS video, Elliot Easton of The Cars demonstrates some of his more famous solos, explains his techniques and principles, and talks about how he achieves his tone. You'll also get to see and hear Elliot in action as he jams with an all-star rhythm section that features Tim Bogert on bass and Bugsy Wilcox on drums. This is a great video for any serious student of the electric guitar.

Elliott Randall - On Guitar, Part1  AP VH068

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Develop the skills necessary to express your own ideas and create an individual style. Elliott offers many of his personal technique tips including picking, warm- up exercises, natural sound effects, tremolo, muting and bending, plus how to create exciting solos. Includes performances with Cornell Dupree and Chris Bishop. ( 65 min VHS Video)

FAMOUS ROCK GUITAR RIFFS AND SOLOS  HL 00320233

Learn the trademark riffs and solos that define rock guitar! In this DVD, Musicians Institute guitar instructor Tom Kolb provides in-depth analysis of these eight groundbreaking songs: No Particular Place to Go (Chuck Berry) · Crossroads (Cream) · Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix) · You Shook Me (Led Zeppelin) · Iron Man (Black Sabbath) · Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple) · You Really Got Me (Van Halen) · Crossfire (Stevie Ray Vaughan). Approximately 60 minutes.

George Lynch - GEORGE LYNCH  AP REH818

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Series: REH Video. Alfred Publishing
George demonstrates shapes, tapping, string skipping, vibrato techniques and whammy-bar effects plus several favorite licks. He also teaches excerpts from some of his famous recorded solos. Watch George in the recording studio where he's creating solo overdubs for the Lynch Mobalbum WICKED SENSATION. (50 min.VHS Video)

GET THAT CLASSIC FENDER® SOUND!  HL 00641071

The licks, solos and rhythm parts of the great 'Telecaster' And 'Stratocaster' players, taught on original vintage instruments. Includes tips on tone, amp settings and little-known facts about the instruments and their famous players. A must for all electric guitarists and collectors! 90-Minute VHS Video * Includes Music + Tab * Early Intermediate Level.

GRATEFUL DEAD LEGENDARY LICKS  HL 02500551

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Series: DVD

Artist: Grateful Dead
Author: Nate LaPointe

A Step-by-Step Breakdown of Grateful Dead's Guitar Styles and Techniques. Learn the note-for-note riffs and solos of Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir – the legendary guitarists of San Francisco's ultimate jam band – via in-depth analysis of: Casey Jones • China Cat Sunflower • Friend of the Devil • Shakedown Street • Sugar Magnolia • Touch of Grey • Truckin' • Uncle John's Band. Running time: 2 hours!

Great Rhythm Grooves for Electric Guitar   HL 00641072

With special guests Louis Johnson, bass and Tetsugi Ogawa, lead guitar. Alex Weir teaches guitarists how he got the driving sounds that made The Talking Heads, Brothers Johnson, Tom Tom Club and others burn! Priceless advice on pick speed, tonal variations, rhythmic development, hand/wrist positions, timing and more. 80-Minute VHS Video * Early Intermediate Level.

Greg Howe - HOT ROCK LICKS  AP REH812

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Series: REH Video. Alfred Publishing
This VHS video covers a variety of subjects ranging from melodic warm-up exercises to Greg Howe's most treasured and favorite licks. Includes: alternate picking, 3-octave scales, 4-note-per-string patterns, how to use arpeggios, and exciting two-handed licks. The tools you need to create your own hot solos. (60 min.)

HEAVY METAL VOL. 1

Hold on to your hat as Dan Warner, your SongXpress instructor, shows you the all the great riffs and licks from these smoking Heavy Metal guitar classics. Plus, our exclusive on-screen diagrams and tablature will have you performing these classics in no time. Titles include: Crazy Train (Ozzy Osburne) * Paranoid (Black Sabbath) * Rock & Roll (Led Zeppelin) * and White Wedding (Billy Idol). Special Features of DVD include: * Tuning Segment * "Additional Tips" Video Clips * Internet Connectivity * On-Screen Chord Diagrams. SongXpress is a fast and easy way to learn your favorite songs on guitar.

HEAVY METAL VOL. 2

Break out the platform shoes and black leather, Dan Warner, your SongXpress instructor, is going to show you everything you need to know to play these heavy metal classics. All the tunes you listened to “back in the day,” will now come alive on your own guitar after learning all the chords, riffs and power melodies from greats such as Dokken, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Deep Purple. Titles are: Flight of Icarus, Iron Man , It’s Not Love , Smoke On The Water. DVD special features include: Special Tuning segment, Chord diagrams, Additional video tips, Internet connectivity, and much more!  SongXpress is a fast and easy way to learn your favorite songs on guitar.

HEAVY METAL VOL. 3

Danny Warner, your SongXpress instructor, is back again to teach you more of the heavy metal tunes you love. He will touch on some of the major influences in the heavy metal world, such as Dokken, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. Our on-screen chord diagrams will make it easy for you to learn these songs. Including: Alone Again, The Trooper, War Pigs, You’ve Got Another Thing Coming.

INTERMEDIATE ROCK GUITAR  HL 00320011

Guitar Institute of Technology instructor Tom Kolb has played with Steve Miller, Richard Marx, Jefferson Starship, and the Beach Boys. This 30-minute video features solid rock guitar principles like major, minor, and pentatonic intervals of scales, double stops, arpeggios, rock rhythms, solos, and more. 32 minute VHS Video.

Introduction to Musical Styles for Electric Guitar

You want to learn the guitar and you want to learn it now! The quickest way to learning songs is learning to play in different styles. The UBXpress series takes the fundamentals of the #1 instructional music video (Ultimate Beginner Series) and combines it with the most revolutionary way of learning great songs (SongXpress) in order to create a path of learning designed to get you up and playing in no time. Whether it's blues, latin, or good old rock 'n' roll, there are certain concepts and fundamentals that are common to all contemporary songs in their genre. We'll teach you the elements of a basic song in each style so you can apply them to your playing and learn hundreds of songs like it. With UBXpress we don't just feed you for a day, we feed you for a lifetime. Skills Include: * Posture & technique * How to tune correctly * How to change your strings * Chords * Strumming patterns * Arpeggios * Fingerpicking and much more! Special DVD Features Include: tuning segment, performance option, artist video previews, additional video tips, beginning music theory interactive, listening recommendations, and Internet connectivity.

JIM KELLY'S GUITAR WORKSHOP VIDEO

Valuable to players at all levels, this great video will teach you to play in the style of the guitar greats. You can watch Jim's hands while he plays and discover the secrets of his approach and technique, and play along with the tracks using the notation and tab provided in the video booklet. Includes over 70 minutes of guitar performance and instruction. Also available in DVD - The interactive song lessons on this extremely comprehensive DVD disc represent a cross-section of modern guitar styles and song forms. The split-screen footage, multiple camera angles and incredible close-ups let you watch Jim Kelly's hands to learn his secrets, tips and tricks as he presents each tune as a full performance followed by a special teaching section. He plays in the style of guitar greats like Jeff Beck, Wes Montgomery, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Pass, Pat Metheny and more. With over 90 minutes of guitar performance and instruction, an accompanying booklet with standard notation & TAB, and lessons in English, Japanese and Spanish, Jim Kelly's Guitar Workshop DVD lets everyone have fun and improve their playing at their own pace. 90+ minutes.

Jim Weider - ROCKABILLY GUITAR

With special guests Levon Helm, Rick Danko and Chris Zaloom. Complete two-tape series. Jim Weider, lead guitarist for The Band, teaches the wild, freewheeling licks, techniques and rhythm patterns of the rock pioneers, using the original guitars and amps of the '50s and '60s. Includes tips on solos, scales, exercises plus how-tos for using whammy bar, amp tremolo, Echoplex and more. Video One: Jim teaches the country fingerpicking that Scotty Moore used on Elvis Presley's early hits; shows how Duane Eddy got his twangy sound; and highlights how Paul Burlison's single-string lead work influenced Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and others. 90-minute video * Includes Music + Tab * Early Intermediate Level. Video Two: Jim analyzes and demonstrates the great trademark licks and rhythm patterns of Chuck Berry and the innovative solos of Eddie Cochran. 85-minute video * Includes Music + Tab * Intermediate Level.

Jimi Hendrix - Learn to Play the Songs from Are You Experienced

This fantastic product shows guitarists how to play the important parts to every song on this influential album. The 2 video set or DVD is hosted and taught by Velvert Turner, a student and friend of Jimi's, with demonstrations by ace Hendrix guitar educator Andy Aledort. For each song, the guitar parts are played at two tempos to help players learn each riff and solo properly, and there are backing tracks to play along with. As a bonus, this set includes actual footage of Jimi playing many of the songs explored and presented on these tapes. Players will learn: Purple Haze · Manic Depression · Hey Joe · Love or Confusion · May This Be Love · I Don't Live Today · The Wind Cries Mary · Fire · Third Stone from the Sun · Foxey Lady · Are You Experienced? · Stone Free · 51st Anniversary · Highway Chile · Can You See Me · Remember · and Red House. Available on VHS or DVD (with the navigational freedom that a DVD provides, you will easily be able to go right to the lessons of your choice!)

JOE WALSH  HL 00324315

Joe takes you through 45 wild and crazy minutes of solid guitar basics for 'How To Set Up A Guitar For Perfect Intonation.' He covers the nitty gritty of the most important 'how to's' to help you get the most out of your axe... stringing your guitar, adjusting your truss rod, intonation, perfect pitch, how to clean your pots, as well as all you ever wanted to know about pickups, G-tuning, E-tuning, using the slide and creating your own solos. Joe Walsh, living rock legend and one of the most respected and influential guitarists, presents an insightful view of the guitar as both a solo and supporting instrument. 47-minute VHS Video.

John Petrucci - Rock Discipline

Get ready for this two-hour epic on the art of modern rock guitar. After a valuable segment on warming up, John Petrucci (Dream Theater) covers how to develop speed and accuracy, chromatic exercises, playing with dynamics,connecting scale fragments to form long solo lines, and much, much more! Special Features of DVD Include: Backstage With John; G3 Tour Footage; Hilarious Bloopers On The Set; Interactive Tour Of John's Guitar; Tuning Segment; Dream Theater Discography; Additional Product Previews; Printable PDFLessons; Internet Connectivity.

Kee Marcello - KEE MARCELLO  AP REH832

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Series: REH Videos
Kee Marcello, the guitarist from Europe gives you a close up of his incredible power, technique and soulfulness. Learn many of Kee's favorite scale sequences and licks as well as exercises for string skipping and alternate picking. Watch him rip through 'Hammers Heart' -- dazzling! Booklet included. (60 min. VHS Video)

Learn To Play Your Own Rock Solos  MB RDR0003

by Stuart Bull
Learn to create your own rock guitar solos with with Stuart Bull This groundbreaking DVD helps you play your own rock solos from the simplest point right through to complicated licks and phrases. This superb tutorial will show you how to take your existing ideas and develop them into something fresh and exciting. Also supplying you with many new licks and concepts to add to your vocabulary of rock guitar playing. Stuart Bull has taught tens of thousands of guitarists worldwide. He has made numerous TV appearances on the the Musicians Channel¹s Advanced Guitar programmes as well as working with major artists from the world of rock and pop.