Open E Tuning Chord Lesson
If you are new to Open E Tuning then there is one question that you will no doubt begin to ask. How do you play any chords in Open E Tuning? Well it’s pretty simple actually. In this post, I’ll…
Slide Guitar
When Are Guitar Lessons Even Worth it?
Recently, someone emailed me and asked what were in my lessons that he couldn’t learn on his own. I thought for a little while and thought. Nothing really. Is this true? I thought about it for a good while and…
Classic Vibe Tele and the Wave Cannon for a Ry Cooder Style Blues Tone
In this blog post I’m going to show you how I got this really cool bluesy slide guitar tone kinda in the style of Ry Cooder. This is a melody I’ve been playing for a while and I thought it…
Use These 4 Tips And I Guarantee Your Guitar Playing Will Improve
Last week, I decided to get back into squareneck Dobro playing. I used to have one about 5 years ago and learned to play to an ok level. Not anything amazing, but just to be able to play some cool…
FAQ: If I learn open e tuning slide guitar, can I play in other keys?
This is a question I get asked on a regular basis. I thought I would address it here on the blog. Many people want to start playing slide guitar. It’s a great way to express a vocal type guitar sound.…
7 Reasons Why You Didn’t Find Success with Slide Guitar
With the rise in popularity of Slide Guitar, partially due to Derek Trucks, many people are now wanting to play this expressive way of playing the guitar. Playing slide guitar is as close to the human voice as you can…
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…
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…
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?…
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…
Derek Trucks and his new guitar amp?
When you think of Derek Trucks, you think Fender tube amps. Specifically the old “Super Reverb” he is so well known for. No doubt that Derek gets an amazing tone from his old Super, and who would ever think he…
My top 5 Blues Guitar players.
There are so many great blues guitar players that it’s hard to choose just 5, but I’m gonna try. This list is going to be based on purely blues. Not blues rock, but blues guitar players only. I know the…