The Best Electric Guitar Tone for Rock

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Learn how to play electric guitar like a rock star. Get tips on what amplifiers & effects to use for the best rock and roll sound in these free music equipment videos.

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Summary: Rock music of the last 50 years has been largely inspired by one of the most versatile stringed instruments yet produced—the electric guitar. Adolph Rickenbacher introduced it to the world in the 1930s and started a musical revolution. And with a large array of sounds at its disposal, the electric guitar is almost the perfect companion for rock music and all of its subgenres, lending itself to the sounds of the soul and the imagination. It is no surprise, then, that electric guitars have driven rock music in some very diverse and powerful directions, helping great artists like Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, and Eric Clapton develop into icons that are still speaking to entire generations of people.

In these free music lessons on video, learn what equipment you need to sound like a rock guitar hero. Get tips on what amplifiers to play through, like the classic Marshall JCM Series, and what electric guitar settings work best for that raunchy, crunchy rock or metal guitar tone. Find out what an effects pedal might offer you for other distortion sounds. Watch these videos and learn how to sound like a rock star!

About the Expert

Expert: Bill Macpherson has been playing guitar professionally for more than 20 years. In addition to his guitar playing, he runs a recording studio and is a sought-after freelance graphic artist.

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