If you can count, you can be a music theory master! It's no joke, either. Music theory boils down to 2 concepts: counting and definitions, with a heavy emphasis on counting. In this video, I show you how really understanding the major scale, and counting out the notes paves the way for...
Can you make it through a gig with only 3 switches? The answer is YES! In this video I break down how to get the most out of the 3 switches on the Fractal FM3.
Always a subject for hot debate. This is one guitar players honest experience with both products through touring, gigging, ogling, and coveting...
The Scene controllers are a bit of a mystery, but offer more flexibility in our presets than might be realized. Join me as we dive deep into this modifier...
There is a MUCH faster way to learn the pentatonic scale shapes that NOBODY talks about! Arbitrary names- like "shape 1" "shape 4" and so on- don't actually connect to anything musical or, more importantly for learning the guitar, connect with anything we ALREADY KNOW on the guitar. The method I...
Since the inception of the Perform Pages, dialing in live tones at the venue has never been easier, but what to include in them? Here are my go-to's across several presets...
The vocoder block can be a bit of a tricky beast but man is it fun! I dive in to the synth block, vocoder block, and the specific signal routing to get these incredible tones out of your Axe-FX. The tones here are inspired by Random Access Memories by Daft Punk.
Pentatonic scales are an amazing tool for improvising, but we don't have to be limited to only ONE pentatonic scale per key. Let's take a deep dive into what a pentatonic scale actually *is* and cause some mayhem at the musical molecular level!
At one point or another you are going to need to create some new tones and utilizing these 3 key features of AXE-EDIT III will dramatically make things faster!
A great solo boost is an essential part of the gigging guitarist's rig, but with so many ways to implement one in the Fractal, it can be a confusing task. Here is my preferred way to get the job done...
In this new segment, we take *A Closer Look* at guitar solos, riffs, and licks of some of the most notable guitarist who have graced the instrument before us.
If you want to improve, it's not enough to only learn the "tab" of a solo, rather how the solo is connected to the rhythm, harmony, and...
More often than not, learning major scales starts with a lot of memorization around a circle of fourths (circle of keys) followed by tricks to get the "right" answer, but what's missing is the "why". Pop on your theory hats to take a journey on how to really master your knowledge of major...
