Guitar Tricks I use

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This is probably the worst thing a guitarist can do... admit he cheats. well i'm not really a pure guitarist since i started out on bass and just transferred things i learned on bass to guitar at first my solos were a bit weird to my bandmates cause i relied heavily on the lower 4 strings EADG (or if you're looking at your guitar, it would be the thicker strings on top) playing on those strings gave me a heavier tone every time it was my lead solo and here's cheat number 1 i'd turn towards my drummer and act as if we were jamming just s people wouldn't see me using the EADG strings. 2. i'd pick and palm mute at the same time giving me dead notes every now and then which made me sound like a drummer or giving apercussive edge to my solos 3. never ever think practicing scales is boring... they've gotten me through a lot of gigs i'd insert a pentatonic run with a chromatic run and go for a bluesy swing to my phrasing ( i relied heavily on my drummer) hammer onsand pull offs are your best friends and if you want to go for an excitng sound learn to pnch harmonic i did all this in a death metal band when i finally struck out on my own i brought all of these things plus i studied under a good teacher how to finally learn how to use all the strings i usually hum my solos to myself just so i'd be able to make it sound spontaneous and not like a glorified practice session as i got older i relied moreonlegato and excessive use of distortion, delay, feedback and knowledge where to place my fingers next so practice those pentatonics and chromatics and myxolydian scales and try to come up with a combination of your own best of all tapping is a great trick too when push comes to shove