Tones – Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog

January 14, 202022Comments

Pick, Fingers, Claw… Yes!

Albert King always used his fingers to pluck the strings... Stevie Ray Vaughan pretty much always used a pick... Robben Ford uses sort of a "claw" with both the pick and his

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August 2, 201720Comments

Bluesapalooza Pedalboard Rundown

Laura and I are heading off to Mammoth Lakes (California) today because we are performing at the annual Bluesapalooza Blues And Brews Festival up there on Sunday at 11:00am (and

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January 23, 201586Comments

Gear I Use For Everything…

One of the questions I get asked most often is how I get the sounds I get either for gigs or for my videos. So I thought I'd try to

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November 6, 2012276Comments

Pedalboard Demo Of The Day

Hello, my name is Griff Hamlin and I'm a pedal-aholic... Yes, I have a huge problem with those little stompbox things and the wonderful sounds they make. I have like 3

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May 3, 20112Comments

Getting Guitar Tones – Start With The Guitar

One of the questions I get a lot as an electric guitar player is about how to achiever certain (good?) tones. What types of guitars, pedals, amp, cables, tubes, picks,

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April 18, 20115Comments

Limited Edition Joe Bonamassa Fuzzface Pedal

Well since I recently found such a cool video with Joe Bonamassa talking about his new Les Paul, it seems fitting to post this video with a demo of the

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March 12, 2009334Comments

My New Blues Junior Video

One of the forums on the BGU bulletin board is a gear forum. Lately there's been a lot of talk about the Fender Blues Junior which is a great little

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