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Are You Telling a Story With Your Guitar Solos?
This is a very simple lesson, but one of the hardest to put into use. It is probably what separates a really great blues solo from the average one. For…
My Settings for Blues Guitar and Slide Guitar DVDs
Since everyone is always asking my exact settings, here they are for some of the blues and slide guitar DVDs I’ve recorded. Try them out and see what you think.…
Blues Guitar Tone: Equipment on a Budget
In the last post, I talked about how to get a good blues guitar tone. Even if you do this, you will have to have some equipment. So what if…
How to get the Ultimate Blues and Slide Guitar Tone
I get a lot of emails about how to get a good blues or slide guitar tone. A lot of the questions are valid and that’s probably what I would…
When I started playing slide guitar….
I get a lot of email and questions about how to start playing slide guitar. When I answer, I try to remember what it was like way back then when…
Slide Guitar Lesson: What kind of strings should I use?
Almost every week, someone asks me what kind of strings I use on my SG. In this post I want to let you know what I believe are the best…
Why do you want to learn how to play fast blues guitar licks?
You’re the top dog, with master chops. You can play blues guitar licks faster than a speeding bullet. If your fingers could get a speeding ticket, you would be driving…
Are you experiencing the Dip?
Seth Godin put out a book entitled, “The Dip”. This is an excellent book, and I highly recommend it to anyone trying to learn something, or run a business. In…
How to get hundreds of Blues Guitar Tones without buying anything!
So I get emails all the time from people asking me how to get that blues guitar tone from this and that. I can honestly say that I don’t really…
1966 Fender Vibrolux Review: The Ultimate Gig amp for the Blues?
Well recently I found a great deal on a 1966 Fender Blackface Vibrolux amp. This amp is known to be great for playing gigs, due to the wattage and amount…
Slide Guitar in Standard Tuning: Learn Warren Haynes.
If you want to learn slide guitar in standard tuning like Warren Haynes, then the 2 course set of slide blues guitar lessons I have been working on may be…
3 Reasons Why Your Slide Guitar Playing Never Gets Better
You’ve probably heard the story of how Edison failed 6,498 times before he created the light bulb. I don’t know how true it is but I definitely know he didn’t…
Slide Guitar Lessons: Rhythm Guitar in Open E Tuning
f you play slide guitar in open e tuning, then there is no doubt that you would like to play rhythm guitar as well. As a guitarist in a band,…
Blues Guitar Lessons on DVD: Do they work?
Have you worked through any blues guitar lessons on a DVD? I know I have. I spent a long time trying to learn blues guitar from every source imaginable. There…
How to Play Slide Guitar in Standard Tuning
It seems like everyone is kinda mystified about how to play slide guitar in standard tuning. In this slide guitar lesson, I’m going to break down a slide guitar lick…