October 4, 2010104Comments

String Bending Lesson With Marty Schwartz

A lot of my readers probably also know Marty Schwartz. I had never met Marty personally until just after the Play Crossroads competition several months back. As it turns out,...

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discussion

August 24, 2010248Comments

Learning Blues Guitar Solos

One of my favorite parts of Blues Guitar Unleashed is the member forum. I try to get over there pretty much every day and join in on the discussions about guitar learning. And...

by Griff

Lessons

July 24, 2010216Comments

Speedy Pentatonics

If you’re into the fast, blues/rock sounds of Joe Bonamassa, Walter Trout, Gary Moore, or that kind of weird Griff Hamlin guy, then this video is for you. Buckle your...

by Griff

Lessons

July 6, 2010180Comments

Jimmy Page Style 4 Note Pulloffs

Today’s video is all about a pentatonic 4 note sequence involving pulloffs. This has been stolen from Jimmy Page by pretty much everyone at some point. I don’t...

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discussion

December 3, 200920Comments

Griff & The Moderators…

Here’s another inspirational one for you. About a year ago, a guy named Chuck came on board BGU. He was one of the first onto the BGU Member Forum when it started, and...

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Lessons

November 14, 2009117Comments

9th chord substitutions

While we often talk about how blues is based around 7th chords, those are just suggested chords. In reality you can substitute the 7th chords for 9th chords… and you want to.

by Griff

Lessons

October 23, 2009170Comments

Blues Box 2

Now that we’ve spent a fair amount of time with box 1, let’s take it up the fretboard a bit into the next 4 fret region which is commonly called box 2.

by Griff

Lessons

October 15, 200997Comments

Blues-Tricks-And-Tweedlies

Alright, let’s cut to the chase… there’s a really cool trick that almost every blues player does, and here’s how you do it….

by Griff

Lessons

October 29, 2008186Comments

Major Minor Solo Example

Yesterday I posted a lesson where I talked about using the major and minor blues scales over different portions of a 12 bar blues progression. I took that video clip right off...

by Griff

Lessons

October 28, 2008229Comments

The Secret Of Blues..

It’s odd how things come in to your life at times when you aren’t ready… Now, I’m not some zen master with some mystery of the universe unsolved, not...

by Griff