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This is Why I Think Derek Trucks is So Great.
I’m sure everyone has heard of Derek Trucks by now. If you haven’t, you need to. He is becoming one of the greatest guitar players of all time. He has already accomplished amazing things such as, joining Eric Clapton on…
Albums I Recommend for Learning Blues and Slide Guitar
I got an email a while back from someone asking what CDs I recommend to him for learning to play blues guitar. I thought I would do that right here in this blog post. I cut my teeth on these…
Dickey Betts: A Highly Underrated Songwriter
If you know the Allman Brothers, you know Dickey Betts. I think a lot of people think of Dickey Betts as more of a guitar player than a songwriter. While Dickey is an extremely talented guitarist, he is also one…
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 example, when you are having a conversation with someone and…
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. Post a comment below on what you find works for…
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 you don’t have much money, or don’t want to spend…
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 ask as well, but these questions don’t have answers that…
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 I first started playing. Although it has been about 17…
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 strings for playing slide. Is this answer set in stone?…
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 without a license. Simply put, you got fast chops and…
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 this book Seth talks about the process of how one…
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 use many effects. Right now I’m going to tell you…
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 of clean headroom you can get as well as the…
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 for you. I’ve got about 3 hours of HD shot…
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 succeed on his first try. Why am I telling you…