STRING THINGS
Weekly Riff from The Sound and The Story - Jacky Vincent playing "Good Girls, Bad Guys"
This week seems to be flying by, so we thought it'd be fitting to showcase one of the fastest shredders in the world: Jacky Vincent performing his laser-precise solo from Falling In Reverse's "Good Girls Bad Guys"
Weekly Riff from The Sound and The Story - Alter Bridge - "Waters Rising"
'Waters Rising' is the eighth song on Alter Bridge's fourth studio album "Fortress."
Weekly Riff from The Sound and The Story - Alter Bridge - "Cry of Achilles"
In this edition of the FRET12 'Weekly Riff', Alter Bridge's very own Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti sit down to do an entire video playthrough of the 2013 song “Cry of Achilles”.
Weekly Riff from The Sound and The Story - Josh Rand - Hell & Consequences
Josh Rand is a huge part of Stone Sour's heavy, yet uniquely melodic sound. Whether it's writing mosh-ready riffs, or shred-tastic lead guitar playing; Josh has a sound and style...
Weekly Riff from The Sound and The Story - Mark Tremonti - "Come To Life"
Alter Bridge lead guitarist Mark Tremonti takes you through one of his most well-known solos in this lesson for "Come to Life."
Weekly Riff from The Sound and The Story - Jacky Vincent
Jacky Vincent performs a classic solo that he designed “to be a bit nuts.” It features plenty of insane (yet beautiful) arpeggios, tremolo picking, sweep picking with tapping- all infused with plenty of mind-bending speed.
John Connolly Returns To The Weekly Riff
What better way to practice gratitude than listening to John Connolly play this weekly riff from his song, "Thank You."
Brent Hinds Returns To The Weekly Riff
Get ready to get psychedelic as Brent Hinds takes you to a place called "Oblivion." Whether it's palm-muted, sixteenth note rhythm playing, to full-blown soulful soloing, to some note bending...
Weekly Riff from The Sound and The Story - Leslie West
Leslie West showcases the iconic riffs and tells all the stories about a true rock n' roll classic: Mississippi Queen!
Weekly Riff from The Sound and The Story - Jim Root
Clean octave intros, single-string riffing and trills, speedy tremolo picking, Drop A heaviness, oh my! Jim Root takes us into his garage to show us all how it's done. FRET12 presents a video play-through of Slipknot's smashingly-heavy "Sarcastrophe."
Weekly Riff from The Sound and The Story - Bill Kelliher
Take a look at the man behind the curtain, as Mastodon’s very own Bill Kelliher performs his guitar parts from “Ember City” in this intimate studio playthrough performance!
Weekly Riff from The Sound and The Story - Mark Tremonti
Mark Tremonti is a significant part of our Fret12 legacy, and it's only right that we throw it back to our first The Sound and the Story DVD in which he taught his iconic solos from Alter Bridge's opus: "Blackbird."