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The Many Guitar Tones of Eric Clapton
Guitar Tone
[ Updated February 2020 ] Eric Clapton is not only one of my favorite guitarists, but he has also been a big influence on the way I approach my guitar tone. Through the years he has created a ...
7 Tips to Get You Out of that Guitar Rut
Blues Guitar
I have heard so many people tell me that they feel like they are stuck in a rut with their guitar playing and they don’t know what to do to get out of it. In this blog post ...
Blues Rhythm Guitar pt 2
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In my new Blues Rhythm Guitar pt 2 course I want to continue on with the blues rhythm guitar lessons that were started in pt 1. There were personal and health reasons that Blues Rhythm Guitar pt 1 ...
Play Like Duane Allman Pt 2
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The next course I’m releasing is how to play in the style of Duane Allman over a Soul Serenade track. You’ll learn the concepts and techniques behind playing like Duane and a complete solo in the style of ...
Win a Free Yearly or Lifetime All Access Pass
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For the 10 Year Anniversary I’m running a special promotion where you can win 1 of 5 All Access Passes. There will be 3 Yearly passes and 2 Lifetime passes given away. To qualify you will need to ...
10 Year Anniversary
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This week marks the 10 year anniversary for the release of my first ever DVD video course Slide Guitar Method 1 Open E Tuning. This is the course that started it all for me and was the catalyst ...
NEW Acoustic Blues Guitar Lesson
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After nearly 9 years of creating video guitar lessons, I’ve never made a solo lesson that focuses specifically on playing an Acoustic Blues Guitar Solo. Granted I did create a Dobro lesson in my Open G Tuning course ...
New Course Available – Unaccompanied Blues Solo
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In the next installment of solo lessons that I add to the All Access Pass, I’m going to teach something that I’ve never taught before. This solo will be one that is played without any accompaniment. I feel ...
How to Record Your Guitar Over a Backing Track
Guitar Recording
Ever since I started playing guitar over 25 years ago I can remember one thing that I always did that really seemed to help me get better. That one thing is recording my playing and listening back to ...
New Clapton Badge Style Lesson
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In June we’ll continue the Artist series style solos with a Clapton Badge style solo. Now Badge is one of my favorite Cream era Clapton solos and I think it is a great study for learning how to ...
Andrews Spectraverb 16 Demo
Gear Demos
I recently decided to go back to using amps for my lessons as they are much easier for me to use and most importantly, I can be a little louder than I previously thought I could in my ...
Blues Rhythm Guitar Release
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One of the top things that guitarists have a problem with is rhythm. Let’s face it rhythm is hard, but achieving a fluid rhythm blues guitar sound is achievable by learning and applying the correct foundation. In my ...
LGN Live Broadcast 3 – Warren Blue Sky Slide Style
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In the next Live Broadcast we’ll be taking a look at Warren Haynes slide guitar parts over Blue Sky. His playing we’ll be analyzing is the An Evening With the Allman Brothers concert back from 1992. This has ...
Kemper Amp Profiler Comparison to a Real Amp
Guitar Recording
Recently I obtained a Kemper Profiling Amp as I won’t be able to crank my amps as loud as I have been in my new working space. I really wanted to see if I could get the same ...
LGN Live Debuts Tuesday Jan 26th
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I’ve been experimenting with doing a Live Video Broadcast for about 6 years now and have tried all kinds of different tech to make it high quality. The technology has not always been easily available and the results ...