STRING THINGS
Weekly Riff with Towa Bird / A FRET12 Pick From the Depths of YouTube
@Towa Bird is a rising star in the guitar universe and we’re just a bit obsessed with this music. Her YouTube channel features a great mix of cover tunes and...
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 with Mark Tremonti / A FRET12 Records Exclusive
Weekly Riff from YouTube – FRET12 Records’ very own Mark Tremonti sits down at Groovemaster Studios in Chicago to teach every detail of his guitar solo from “You Waste Your Time.”
Weekly Riff with Mattrg470 / A FRET12 Pick From the Depths of YouTube
Weekly Riff with Mattrg470 covering the Eddie Van Halen intro to Beat It by Michael Jackson.
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 with Kurt Vile / A FRET12 Pick From the Depths of YouTube
What could be better than grabbing a guitar, a brew, turning the amps on, and sitting down with a friend and letting the riffs flow? D'Addario mixes some great storytelling and guitar noodling in this 10 minute feature with the one and only Kurt Vile.
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 with Mateus Asato / A FRET12 Pick From the Depths of YouTube
Melodic guitar god Mateus Asato jams over The 1975's smash hit "Somebody Else"
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."
Weekly Riff from The Sound and The Story - Troy Stetina
This week's riff features guitar virtuoso/all-around musical mastermind Troy Stetina performing the guitar parts from his band Second Soul’s song: Shine Down.
Weekly Riff from The Sound and The Story - Josh Rand - "Gone Sovereign”
Josh Rand performs his guitar solo from “Gone Sovereign”, the lead single from 2012’s “House of Gold & Bones – Part 1” by Stone Sour
Weekly Riff from The Sound and The Story - John Connolly
John Connolly plays through the riff-centric, down-tuned, Drop B goodness that is “Pieces” from Sevendust’s 2005 studio album: “Next.”