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

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Bias FX 2

Bias FX 2 from Positive Grid has been around for a while and is one of the most popular amp plugins for PC and Mac.

Click through for our Bias FX 2 Resources

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Overloud TH-U

Overloud’s TH-U has become popular through a combination of great sounds and the addition of the Rig Player.

Click through for our TH-U Resources

How I gained my first 1,000 Spotify Streams

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...

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Line 6 Helix Amp Models – the Matchless DC30

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...

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Using the Line 6 Helix Tuner

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,...

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Eric Johnson Guitar Lessons | EJ Mini Lessons

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...

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Ed Sheeran Live At FlyPoet

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....

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Adrian Belew’s Guitar Rig

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...

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