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Tony Iommi – Starlicks Lesson (1984)

Tony Iommi

One of heavy metal’s true innovators as a part of the mighty Black Sabbath. Tony Iommi gives a rare lesson, which can be seen in full, in the video clip below.

The video covers licks and lead sections from several Black Sabbath favorites, along with a special fully notated solo section. In this Video Tony Iommi teaches you to play 20 short licks from several songs from the Black Sabbath Live Evil Album, explains his set up (mid-1980s) and talks a bit about how he plays using thimbles, due to a hand injury earlier in his life.

Video sections include;

1. Guitars & Equipment
2. Guitar Tune Up
3. Licks
4. Additional Solos

 

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Editor in chief of Thinking About Guitar — Former Editor in chief of Guitar Interactive (2017 - 2025), Jonathan has written online articles for Guitar World, Guitar Player and Guitar Aficionado over the last decade. He has interviewed hundreds of music's finest, including Slash, Joe Satriani, Kirk Hammett and Steve Vai, to name a few. Jonathan's not a bad player either, occasionally doing gear reviews, session work and online lessons for Lick Library.

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