Fire up your arsenal of licks with this compendium of more than 60 must-know phrases that will set you playing alight, complete with a supporting CD of demonstrations.

Every aspect of rock guitar is covered in this selection of ideas, intended to form a unified springboard for your own rock and metal adventures. Techniques include:

• Rock chords
• String bending
• Hammer-ons
• Vibrato
• Pull-offs

. Minor pentatonic scales are explained in full, providing the knowledge for you to use the full scope of the fretboard in your solos.