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Guitar Lick Factory: Great Blues, Rock and Jazz Lines

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I like Jesse Gress's work. It's often simple and to the point. There are a lot of lick books out there to choose from and I think that this one is good because it provides not just licks but a variety of phasing options and rythmic patterns to try them on. This helps jump start you on adapting the lick to yourself. The only thing I don't like about this book is that it's not wire/coil bound. If you're gonna buy it, immediately take it out to and get it re-bound with wire or coil. It will make it much easier to work with.

This is a handy guide with over 100 classic guitar licks in it for you to play around with & enjoy from many genres of rock music. It begins with some Scotty Moore licks & takes us all the way into modern day music.

The way I use these licks is to fiddle around with them on guitar & see what the originator had in mind when he came up with them. I've taken several & simply played them without distorition; then with distortion; then with varying effects; then with just the neck position humbucker; then with the bridge pickup; and so on.

Why?

To experiment & expand out of the box. Some think these are for copying old songs which they can be used in that manner but I like a good lick book because it helps me to get into the mindset of the lick's writer. What made it sound so cool? What about it grabs the attention? Is it the specific notes or note patterns? Could it be the clarity in which they're played? Or is it something more like the volume & depth of the notes?

I like to experiment & play for my own happiness. I don't do the bar-band scene so I'm not out to impress anyone other than myself with the occasional Eureka! moment. Lick books like this are fun like fake books in that they can help you to expand what you already know instead of simply just rely on them as patterns to mimic.

If nothing else, get this book to experiment & play with. Try your hand at digging into yourself to see what makes a lick, really tick. Remember, "the highest form of mind, is when it is acting in a creative manner" - quote me on that one cuz it's MINE!