Welcome to Strictly Guitar
I’m Allan, and I’m a guitar player from Adelaide, Australia.
I started playing guitar in the 80’s, inspired by the music I was hearing on the radio and watching on TV.
I’ve spent a lot of my life playing guitar in church-world so I’ve covered a LOT of different styles of music and worked with some fantastic musicians.
I started Strictly Guitar so I had a way to share my guitar playing experience with the world.
I love amp modellers – Line 6 Helix, Bias FX, Overloud TH-U to name a few and I also use a Variax guitar.
But I also love the sound of a Fender Strat through a cranked-up tube amp.
On the site, you’ll see articles about gear and becoming a better guitarist. I’ll also share a lot of the videos and tutorials that I’m watching.
“It doesn’t matter what your level is. Just focus on slow improvements and become the best player you can be”
Line 6 Helix
The Helix has become one of the most popular guitar modelling units.
We have a heap of resources to help you get the best out of your Helix, whether you’re just starting out or have had one for years.
Click through for our Line 6 Helix Resources
Bias FX 2
Overloud TH-U
Overloud’s TH-U has become popular through a combination of great sounds and the addition of the Rig Player.
How I gained my first 1,000 Spotify Streams
In this article, I'll show you how I achieved my first 1,000 streams on Spotify. It took a while, but in the end, the strategy that I thought would work, worked well. Early last year I released a track called 'Vating' on Spotify under my artist...
Line 6 Helix Amp Models – the Matchless DC30
Johnnathan Cordy has a bunch of great Line 6 Helix and POD Go resources on his YouTube channel and is definitely one of the people I enjoy watching to learn how to get more out of my Helix Native software. The Matchless amp is one that I've...
Using the Line 6 Helix Tuner
Jason Sadites is back with another "Dialling In" video, this time on the topic of the Helix tuner. Yes, the tuner! The Helix tuner is a topic of much discussion on various forums and has been a major source of complaints over the years. Personally,...
Eric Johnson Guitar Lessons | EJ Mini Lessons
Over the past couple of months, Eric Johnson has been posting a series of video mini-lessons to his Facebook and YouTube channels. I've been an Eric Johnson fan since his Tones album, bought his Hot Lix instructional video back in the day, bought...
How To Play Like I’m Gonna Lose You by Meghan Trainor On Guitar
I've been listening to Like I'm Gonna Lose You by Meghan Trainor (feat. John Legend) and I quite like this song. It's really easy to play with the same chord progression over both the verse and chorus. There are a couple of extra bass notes used to...
Ed Sheeran Live At FlyPoet
I've been reading Ed Sheeran's book 'A Visual Journey'. It's a great book and well worth a read to learn more about the person behind the music. The story goes that he flew to LA and a friend had set up this gig at a poetry night called FlyPoet....
Ed Sheeran and John Mayer Playing Don’t On The Late Late Show
Great clip showing Ed Sheeran and John Mayer playing together on The Late, Late Show. I'm not sure why Mayer picked the pink Jackson to play (he also used it in the Grammy's) and whether he's consciously trying to look like Buddy Holly. Whatever...
Adrian Belew’s Guitar Rig
Premiere Guitar just published this video on their YouTube channel where Adrian Belew talks through his guitar rig. He uses a Parker Fly, with a Line 6 Variax controller inside it to give the Variax guitar tones. He also has a Sustainer pickup to...
Andy Timmons Electric Expression from Truefire – my review
The folks over at Truefire released a new course from Andy Timmons called Electric Expression. I started going over the lessons last night and thought I'd write this review so you can all learn more about what he teaches. Firstly, I'm a big Andy...