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June 18, 201559Comments

Ask Me No Questions – SRV Rake Lick

Fellow BGU'er and my good friend Lloyd (Paparaptor on the forum) asked me about this particular technique that SRV uses in many places, but it's really obvious on this tune

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June 16, 201592Comments

Clapton Sweet Home Chicago

There's a version of Clapton doing Sweet Home Chicago that I've always really dug from his Robert Johnson Session back in 2004... (hopefully this will stay up, sometimes the Youtube copyright

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June 1, 201567Comments

Hendrix Style Bend Licks

I love this sound and I've always associated it with Jimi Hendrix as I believe he does it in "All Along The Watchtower." Of course, as I was listening further I

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May 24, 201578Comments

Slow Blues Trick – In And Out Of Time

Recently I spent a lot of time listening to Red House by Jimi Hendrix, as well as slow blues by Johnny Winter, SRV, and Gary Moore... And I found a really

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May 19, 201587Comments

How To Attack A Note

One of the subtle things about playing guitar has to do with articulation, or how you attack a note. Sure, you can pick it, but there are a lot of other

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May 3, 201551Comments

Adding Tweedlies To Simple Licks

I've been spending a lot of time lately working with people on improvising in live clinics and private lessons... and I hear a lot of the same thing. I call it

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May 1, 201593Comments

Shift Your Licks To Box 4

We so often get hung up on patterns (like boxes 1 and 2) that are based around 1st or 6th string roots... But there is SO much great music to be

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April 22, 201579Comments

How To Use A Capo

I had quite a few people ask me about capos recently, so I did a quick little video on how they work, and what you might want to do with

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April 6, 201561Comments

Double Stop I to IV lick

Today I have a quick little trick for you to liven up your shuffle blues solos. This is an idea that will take you seamlessly from the I to the IV

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March 25, 201597Comments

Playing In Position

In this lesson we'll look at a short piece of music I put together from a classical study that is specifically designed to work on your ability to play in

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