So I was checking out some Joe Bonamassa doing “You Shook Me” live at Red Rocks and noticed this signature sound that I’ve heard in so many other places…
Glad you revisited the slide in your daily emails. I have been waiting for ages for more courses similar to 5 Easy slide solos, or even the Delta slide. They are great training programs and I loved them both. Any advice on when we can expect some more courses like those.
I am assuming this is in “standard” tuning. I am nottrying to be rude or sound ungrateful. I actually do love these weekly submissions from you. But Griff, I think you should provide that sort of basic info when you toss out a lesson like this. It’s just not obvious to many of us that are less experienced.
Jimmy
This is a video for the more advanced students. Your assumption is correct, that it is in standard tuning. One way you can tell, besides the fact Griff did not specify the tuning, is that he’s referring to “the boxes” which do not exist (in the same way) within chord-tunings. If it had been a non-standard tuning, you can rest assured that Griff would have mentioned it. Also… the musical notation is standard here. That would not be the case with a chord-tuning.
Hi Griff,
Looks like a great refresher here again..
Yes it would be great if you would post up a couple of the songs your band plays next weekend from 31st March 2017 – 3 April 2017 as well as maybe a couple of the BGU Live videos similar to what you did in Memphis last year.. In all it gives us even more encouragement to see our teacher and mentor in action with your band as well as the other BGUers that qualified for the BGU Live.
Best wishes for a successful next weekend and have fun..
Griff
Great lesson. However, in your lessons can you also give a brief description on the sound e.g. amp and guitar settings and pedals used. It would be great to have this for all your lessons. Thanks.
Very cool man but hey Griff would love to hear your band I hear you doing a gig this weekend coming up I would love to hear a song from The show so if you could post one would be really cool, keep rockin ps.and thank you for all the videos man awesome teacher
Think Mr. Bona massa was doing a cover of Led Zeppelin’s. Song “You shook me all night long. Thanks for posting this now I have the opening.There are a couple on You Tube but they take you No where.I must admit to myself that I’ve got to slow down & learn everything properly. I tend to grasp something then move on.Hope You do Read these. I can play the Start of 30 Songs, But can’t play one right through. This eats me up when I get down.
The sound of the guitar setting / amp is grinding on the ears when done over and over…nice riff though…like “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”…yeah how about that one for a try…One of the greatest ever.
I have your “Introduction To Slide Guitar – Standard Tuning” course and highly recommend it! Admittedly, I never mastered the slide and that’s due in-part to my strings being set so low, but that’s where I like them.
I agree with Jeffrey, I’m still learning at 71 and he’s so right “We NEVER learn it all…”
Some people start their day with a cup of coffee I like to start mine with a cup of Griff. Wish you would have been around in 1958!
Griff I want to thank you for the great work you do. I am 64 and have been playing since I was 12. But I quit playing about 8years ago because I had to raise my grandson from the time he was born and it was all I could do to do it.
Different now though. Clicked on your ad for playing a complete solo with 4 notes. I am back on board now after about a month of getting my calluses back. Thank you so much. Love the lessons and my renewed interest in playing.
Cheers Griff
For the lesson I have to wrap abit of tissue around my little finger to stop the slide
From flopping about as I can’t find a slide that fits nice with no play
Pretty guitar Griff , but again to much anal dink, dink, dink,without any music context ,as a preface. l’m sure in the right music it sounds good , but just isolated notes, just noise. Play something first , or a backing track to create interest.
Bruce, the lick is the context of this lesson, I think we guitarists(or want-a-be guitarists) are supposed to take it, learn it, maybe rearrange it, then use it in the musical context we choose. The lick utilizes 2 boxes and 2 octaves, its the way many of us musically under educated folks learn how the real pro’s do or did it, in bits and pieces, like eating an elephant
Thanks Griff for another great (free) mini lesson.
I’m really glad there’s not a lot of intro music playing first. All those other websites take forever getting to the meat of the lesson. As slow as my download speed is, I would lose interest during all that. To each his own.
This reminds me of the lesson showing the moves through the major octaves from box 1 which sounded a little Allman Bros. (G in the lesson). I tried to do it in the minor pent. and could not make it work. It never occurred to me to start in box 5 and go back to 4.
Nice to add to the slide licks.
Thanks,
Pat
Just a comment, in case there is anyone else like me, that has been following your lessons (and DVD) and practising on an electric guitar without an Amp. Actually, I now have a freebie software Amp (Native Instruments – AC Box Combo) which I use with my PC and Hi-fi system with ‘Focusrite Scarlett Solo’ input module. And I am so(pleasantly)surprised that through the ‘Amp’, my Hammer-ons and Pull-offs sound great. I am actually doing them right; but before, without the ‘Amp’ it sounded cr-p.
The one problem that has surfaced with the ‘Amp’ is that on my Bends, I can hear the (unwanted)sounds of other strings being ‘pinged’ as I push for the Bend. Griff, I’ll have to watch your action next time you are ‘Bending’. Hope you all had a great Eclipse. Have a good weekend.
I have an AMP or two but when watching TV at night with the wife, I practice without the AMP using one of my 4 Electrics, just be sure to turn down the sound on the TV ( when the adverts come on).It’s an amazing way to practice and then when you have the AMP it is simply great to hear what you have been doing.
woke up this morning,open my computer, went straight to your lesson,and wow! just what I needed.It’s like buying a new guitar. these lessons got me exited again.Thanks Griff.,for making my life exciting again.
Griff, thanks again for a great lesson. I have your acoustic blues guitar course,which comes with the Slide course. I have not reached that level yet, but this lesson really helps . I love to hear Joe Bonamassa .He was in town here a couple months ago . Cannot wait to practice . Mike Z.
Griff, When I play slide ( not that much) I use my middle finger because when I try my pinky or ring finger it doesn’t feel right, do you think I’m making a mistake? Thanks for everything!
Dave, I settled on the pinky slide because a teacher pointed out that leaves three fingers to chord or fret. The slide will probably feel awkward no matter where you start. I found the key to be a light glass slide. I use one called “The Rock Slide” and it now feels completely natural. It takes a while so keep at it.
Pat
You lost me on the boxes 4? 5? When you show Box 1, you always play it (5th fret, A minor, back and forth, up and down). But, when you talk “upper boxes,” (the part I really don’t know yet) you just whiz on by (this is part of box 4, box 5, etc.) Guess I got to work on the boxes a lot more! It’s all in the boxes….somewhere!
Had an “AHA!” moment. Been really working on slide techniques for about two years. Up to now I have concentrated on sliding into a note or on vibrato. Didn’t really think about sliding out of a note to get a bend. Funny how we can miss the forest because of the trees. Thanks.
What a great lick! And, I think I’m starting to “catch on” to what you’ve been preachin’ (maybe we should start calling you Reverend Griff. Reverend of the Blues!). When you first played that lick, I immediately thought (and kind of heard in my head) some rhythmic variations that would be easy to to do and sound great.
Cool beans Dude like the moves and linking the octives together. I just reset up a epiphone standard pro just the same color as the one here real nice sounds great . are you all marshall with that sounds crisp and clean . great lesson Ty yeah by the way it was important to mension about the pinky or third i am a third finger person oh and you could tune the guitar in E also and there is more cool sounds that can be found there. thats another video perhaps c ya
Love the slide Griff… in fact the first style I learned when I was about 11 years old (1956)… Then it was called “Hawaiian Guitar”… back in 1972 I bumped into a guy named Larry Boatman who taught me some slide licks in an open ‘D’ tuning… really cool stuff… Larry’s brother is Jack Boatman who played lead with Leon Russel back in the day… I’m still learning at 70 years old… We NEVER learn it all, right?
84 replies to "You Shook Me Style Lick"
Very useful in a lot of ways. Never looked at box 5 like this.
Hi Griff
Glad you revisited the slide in your daily emails. I have been waiting for ages for more courses similar to 5 Easy slide solos, or even the Delta slide. They are great training programs and I loved them both. Any advice on when we can expect some more courses like those.
Cheers
Alex
I am assuming this is in “standard” tuning. I am nottrying to be rude or sound ungrateful. I actually do love these weekly submissions from you. But Griff, I think you should provide that sort of basic info when you toss out a lesson like this. It’s just not obvious to many of us that are less experienced.
Jimmy
This is a video for the more advanced students. Your assumption is correct, that it is in standard tuning. One way you can tell, besides the fact Griff did not specify the tuning, is that he’s referring to “the boxes” which do not exist (in the same way) within chord-tunings. If it had been a non-standard tuning, you can rest assured that Griff would have mentioned it. Also… the musical notation is standard here. That would not be the case with a chord-tuning.
Exceptionally tasty ~ not to mention useful ~ new lick. Thanks, Griff. Happy holidays!
I play slide also besides my regular BGU lessons and this was a good lesson thanks
A deep socket like 11/16 works for a slide. bad to the bone and trouble no more my favorite slide choices
A la Lowell George?
A great window with a view lesson Griff! Thanks for the insight.
Griff,
What is your slide made of? I have only goofed around but have not found a slide I like.
Thanks for the lesson,
Louis
Glazed ceramic.
Hi Griff,
Looks like a great refresher here again..
Yes it would be great if you would post up a couple of the songs your band plays next weekend from 31st March 2017 – 3 April 2017 as well as maybe a couple of the BGU Live videos similar to what you did in Memphis last year.. In all it gives us even more encouragement to see our teacher and mentor in action with your band as well as the other BGUers that qualified for the BGU Live.
Best wishes for a successful next weekend and have fun..
Michael-Sydney-Australia 26 March 2017.
Griff
Great lesson. However, in your lessons can you also give a brief description on the sound e.g. amp and guitar settings and pedals used. It would be great to have this for all your lessons. Thanks.
Hi Griff,
could it be possible to add a short explanation about right hand fingers?
It would be helpful.
Thank you.
You’re Great!
Left fingers….sorry
Forget it !! Is clearly explained
Super cool…thanks…later.
cowboy
Very cool man but hey Griff would love to hear your band I hear you doing a gig this weekend coming up I would love to hear a song from The show so if you could post one would be really cool, keep rockin ps.and thank you for all the videos man awesome teacher
Great Tone Griff. What are you playing through?
Thanks!
I like the way you explain how a lick is developed and used instead of just giving the lick. Keep it coming.
Think Mr. Bona massa was doing a cover of Led Zeppelin’s. Song “You shook me all night long. Thanks for posting this now I have the opening.There are a couple on You Tube but they take you No where.I must admit to myself that I’ve got to slow down & learn everything properly. I tend to grasp something then move on.Hope You do Read these. I can play the Start of 30 Songs, But can’t play one right through. This eats me up when I get down.
PS. When using slide playing one note, are you muting with either hand?
I am the same way I learn the intros and solos and that’s it. Even when practicing something I get side tracked and end up noodling
Really dig this lesson. Would love more electric slide lessons eventually.
Thanks Griff–you always make my day.
When playing a minor pentatonic pattern, will it work to move up one box to make it major?
Not really. The notes will be in the A major pentatonic scale but the lick will be rooted in F#, not A so it won’t really sound like A major.
When playing in a minor pentatonic pattern, will it work to move up one box to make it major?
The sound of the guitar setting / amp is grinding on the ears when done over and over…nice riff though…like “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”…yeah how about that one for a try…One of the greatest ever.
GRIFF,
I have your “Introduction To Slide Guitar – Standard Tuning” course and highly recommend it! Admittedly, I never mastered the slide and that’s due in-part to my strings being set so low, but that’s where I like them.
I agree with Jeffrey, I’m still learning at 71 and he’s so right “We NEVER learn it all…”
Some people start their day with a cup of coffee I like to start mine with a cup of Griff. Wish you would have been around in 1958!
Old School & Still Rockin’
Hey Gary,
I’m with ya. 73 and still learning.
Griff I want to thank you for the great work you do. I am 64 and have been playing since I was 12. But I quit playing about 8years ago because I had to raise my grandson from the time he was born and it was all I could do to do it.
Different now though. Clicked on your ad for playing a complete solo with 4 notes. I am back on board now after about a month of getting my calluses back. Thank you so much. Love the lessons and my renewed interest in playing.
Hey Griff,
Great little slide, I am not there yet but recorded this lesson for when I get to the level of Slides.
It would be good if you can attach the PDF of the TAB as easier to Copy & Paste.
All Great lessons
Michael-Sydney-Australia
thanks griff nice lesson
Thanks, Griff. Any tips on muting the b string while you slide down?. Slide guitar for me is lots of unwanted sympathetic vibration.
Thanks Griff but it reminded me as a learner that fret 5 (A) is my comfort zone!
Great….as always!
Hey Griff,Thanks again,Its a neat rif,Joe Bonamassa,did it well.Len.
Not into Slide Guitar yet! Still figuring out how to play blues with left hand fingering.
Takes me back to the early Zep days before I knew how much they “borrowed” as their own.
Cheers Griff
For the lesson I have to wrap abit of tissue around my little finger to stop the slide
From flopping about as I can’t find a slide that fits nice with no play
Thank ‘s i am going to try that with MY slide that is too big ! Cheers !
Pretty guitar Griff , but again to much anal dink, dink, dink,without any music context ,as a preface. l’m sure in the right music it sounds good , but just isolated notes, just noise. Play something first , or a backing track to create interest.
Once again PURE GOLD!
Bruce, the lick is the context of this lesson, I think we guitarists(or want-a-be guitarists) are supposed to take it, learn it, maybe rearrange it, then use it in the musical context we choose. The lick utilizes 2 boxes and 2 octaves, its the way many of us musically under educated folks learn how the real pro’s do or did it, in bits and pieces, like eating an elephant
Thanks Griff for another great (free) mini lesson.
I figure since you know where it comes from you can hear it in context with a YouTube search first if you’re not already familiar with it.
I’m really glad there’s not a lot of intro music playing first. All those other websites take forever getting to the meat of the lesson. As slow as my download speed is, I would lose interest during all that. To each his own.
This reminds me of the lesson showing the moves through the major octaves from box 1 which sounded a little Allman Bros. (G in the lesson). I tried to do it in the minor pent. and could not make it work. It never occurred to me to start in box 5 and go back to 4.
Nice to add to the slide licks.
Thanks,
Pat
Patrick, which lesson are you referring to? I think that’s one I’ve been trying to “re-find”, but I’ve not been able to locate it.
Just a comment, in case there is anyone else like me, that has been following your lessons (and DVD) and practising on an electric guitar without an Amp. Actually, I now have a freebie software Amp (Native Instruments – AC Box Combo) which I use with my PC and Hi-fi system with ‘Focusrite Scarlett Solo’ input module. And I am so(pleasantly)surprised that through the ‘Amp’, my Hammer-ons and Pull-offs sound great. I am actually doing them right; but before, without the ‘Amp’ it sounded cr-p.
The one problem that has surfaced with the ‘Amp’ is that on my Bends, I can hear the (unwanted)sounds of other strings being ‘pinged’ as I push for the Bend. Griff, I’ll have to watch your action next time you are ‘Bending’. Hope you all had a great Eclipse. Have a good weekend.
Hi Ditisi,
I have an AMP or two but when watching TV at night with the wife, I practice without the AMP using one of my 4 Electrics, just be sure to turn down the sound on the TV ( when the adverts come on).It’s an amazing way to practice and then when you have the AMP it is simply great to hear what you have been doing.
Michael-Sydney-Australia
woke up this morning,open my computer, went straight to your lesson,and wow! just what I needed.It’s like buying a new guitar. these lessons got me exited again.Thanks Griff.,for making my life exciting again.
Thanks Griff. Great lesson. The more slide technique the better!
Ditto!
Thank you, Griff!
On ya griff
Great stuff, Griff.
Whoever said ‘Those that can, Do. Those that can’t, Teach’, is talkin’ BS.
You are proof that ‘The Best Teachers are the ones that Love their Trade’!
Keep On!
I second that, Dititsi.
Griff, thanks again for a great lesson. I have your acoustic blues guitar course,which comes with the Slide course. I have not reached that level yet, but this lesson really helps . I love to hear Joe Bonamassa .He was in town here a couple months ago . Cannot wait to practice . Mike Z.
Thanks Griff. Always something new to add. Never stop the learning process.
Griff if you get time Check out Jeff Becks album TRUTH,great version of you shook me on it with Rod Stewart Singing it.. great job as always Griff.
The Reverand is teacher
He’s teachin’ ’em a riff
They just call him “Preacher”
Plain ol’ “Preacher Griff”
Hey preacher how do I count it?
Which ever way you choose
No matter how you mount it
You’ still ridin’ the blues
Nice Walt !! Nice…
Gracias!!!
Sweet blue classic Griff I guess this lesson sends me right to the mighty Zeppelin and Mr Page thanks much for the super 2 octave lesson !!!!
Griff, When I play slide ( not that much) I use my middle finger because when I try my pinky or ring finger it doesn’t feel right, do you think I’m making a mistake? Thanks for everything!
Dave, I settled on the pinky slide because a teacher pointed out that leaves three fingers to chord or fret. The slide will probably feel awkward no matter where you start. I found the key to be a light glass slide. I use one called “The Rock Slide” and it now feels completely natural. It takes a while so keep at it.
Pat
Hi Griff could you put this on tap so I can print it out
It’s amazing how the scale is used in so many song endings. Thanks for the video.
You lost me on the boxes 4? 5? When you show Box 1, you always play it (5th fret, A minor, back and forth, up and down). But, when you talk “upper boxes,” (the part I really don’t know yet) you just whiz on by (this is part of box 4, box 5, etc.) Guess I got to work on the boxes a lot more! It’s all in the boxes….somewhere!
Cool Griff! Similar to the end of Solo #6 in the BGU Course in the
key of E. Something worth getting under your fingers for sure.
When you count out in this time signature, do you count 1-2-3 four times per measure or go all the way up to 12?
Count 4 groups of 3, 1 & uh 2 & uh 3 & uh 4 & uh
Nice and simple.
Had an “AHA!” moment. Been really working on slide techniques for about two years. Up to now I have concentrated on sliding into a note or on vibrato. Didn’t really think about sliding out of a note to get a bend. Funny how we can miss the forest because of the trees. Thanks.
Thanks Griff, that was a nice little piece of toast with my coffee. These little hits keep me from getting stale. Thanks again. You da man. Roy
Good riff Griff….what pedal(s) are you using to add the longer sustain to your LP?
This one is a Tube Driver but most any overdrive would work.
Appreciate that lesson. Simply and user friendly.
What a great lick! And, I think I’m starting to “catch on” to what you’ve been preachin’ (maybe we should start calling you Reverend Griff. Reverend of the Blues!). When you first played that lick, I immediately thought (and kind of heard in my head) some rhythmic variations that would be easy to to do and sound great.
Cool beans Dude like the moves and linking the octives together. I just reset up a epiphone standard pro just the same color as the one here real nice sounds great . are you all marshall with that sounds crisp and clean . great lesson Ty yeah by the way it was important to mension about the pinky or third i am a third finger person oh and you could tune the guitar in E also and there is more cool sounds that can be found there. thats another video perhaps c ya
revisited 3/18/2016 seen this before but lost it . my pal gave that guitar i set up away to a nephew hope he luvs it . c ya
Very nice! Thank you for sharing. I will be trying this out tonight.
Love the slide Griff… in fact the first style I learned when I was about 11 years old (1956)… Then it was called “Hawaiian Guitar”… back in 1972 I bumped into a guy named Larry Boatman who taught me some slide licks in an open ‘D’ tuning… really cool stuff… Larry’s brother is Jack Boatman who played lead with Leon Russel back in the day… I’m still learning at 70 years old… We NEVER learn it all, right?
Blessing,
Jeffrey
very cool will try this without the slide