How to Play Rock Guitar: Lethal Licks & Lessons! : From the Guitar Player Chop Shop [Paperback]

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Book Description

Publication Date: February 1997

The precise playing styles, licks, tips, and inside secrets of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards, and seven other rock guitar masters are described in this how-to-book and audio CD. A special lesson by rocker Eddie Van Halen reveals his tips for beginners in rhythm and lead and the foundations of his famous harmonic and right-hand tapping techniques. 12 photos.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A book and CD package presents eleven audio lessons and two full song transcriptions to help budding rock guitar players learn their instruments. Included in this fine how-to coverage are the basic elements of soloing, tips on rock theory, and specific references to the rock guitar styles of Hendrix and others. From wah-wah secrets to chord clinics, this provides an excellent set of instructions. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Backbeat Books; Book & CD edition (February 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879304030
• ISBN-13: 978-0879304034
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,409,406 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars At least one good chapter and CD track, July 9, 2002

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sir_isaac_newton (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Play Rock Guitar: Lethal Licks & Lessons! : From the Guitar Player Chop Shop (Paperback)

A collection of classic tutorials from Guitar Player magazine. This is probably a 2.5 really -- there are a couple of very good bits and the price, especially on Amazon now [price], is quite reasonable. Like the other reviewers, I found most of the articles dry and unhelpful. However the first chapter -- Eddie Van Halen basically giving a beginner guitar class -- is excellent. It encouraged me to push my guitar teacher to start blues improvisation -- with very encouraging results. There is a interesting exercise later on the CD where somebody plays pentatonic scales over different chords to show how the overall sound changes, quite dramatically -- that was very interesting. I have many guitar tutorial and this is the only place I have come across this very useful exercise. Ear training is important. For some reason the CD scratched up very quickly (soft plastic/bumpy roads?). If you want a better, more contempory tutorial in a similar vein I would suggest that you check out Guitar Techniques magazine (which will cost about [price] a copy with CD -- the same as the Amazon price for this book).

I am not sure why they picked NSU of all the tracks in the world to cover -- seems pretty random. The short wah-wah chapter was reasonably interesting although it could have been better. The second chapter "the power of 5" contains useful scale chord information in a very concise form -- although the accompany text is disappointing. I haven't put much time into the other chapters -- perhaps my fault but they don't inspire. Like many guitar books, this one seems a little dated now, although the content is pretty timeless for the most part.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It has some awsome licks!, February 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Play Rock Guitar: Lethal Licks & Lessons! : From the Guitar Player Chop Shop (Paperback)

It's very easy to learn with it, one month after I started reading this book I was rockin' some serious riffs.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dont Buy It, March 10, 2000

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"miguelcr" - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Play Rock Guitar: Lethal Licks & Lessons! : From the Guitar Player Chop Shop (Paperback)

First, in the cover of the book is written "Complete song transcriptions" well if you don't know how to read music, you don't have a point of reference to know how the music is, rhythm, tempo, etc, because the songs aren't in the cd. Second this book is too easy and boring, it's not worth while buyng it, take my word, the book is too compact.