Blues Guitar

Use These 4 Tips And I Guarantee Your Guitar Playing Will Improve

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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 stuff. Unfortunately, I had to sell it to get … [Read more...]

How to Set and Achieve Goals with Your Guitar Playing

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It's 2012 and I bet your super pumped that this WILL BE the year that you start playing blues and slide like you want to. You are probably really excited about the new gear you got for Christmas and you've been thinking about how this year is … [Read more...]

“I Practice Guitar But I Don’t Get Any Better.”

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Do you find yourself saying this over and over again? If you are already thinking that this phrase sums up your guitar playing experience, then reading this post may bring some long needed answers to your mind. So why does this happen to people? … [Read more...]

The 3 Most Important Things to Have When Playing the Blues.

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About a week ago I asked everyone on Facebook this question. I got a lot of great answers ranging from heart, soul, space, feeling, tone and more. I have thought about this question a lot and after quite a bit of thought, I came up with what I … [Read more...]

7 Tips to Get You Out of that Guitar Playing Rut

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I have heard so many people tell me that they feel they are stuck in a rut with their guitar playing and don't know what to do to get out of it. In this blog post I want to give you 7 tips to getting out of that rut so many people seem to end up … [Read more...]

Are You Practicing Without a Guitar?

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I would say that most of the time people associate practicing the guitar with sitting down, grabbing their guitar, and then practicing scales, licks, and other things that the person wants to improve on. However, I believe that you can develop … [Read more...]

My Top 5 Duane Allman Guitar Solos

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Duane Allman has been one of my biggest influences since I started playing guitar. Back when I first put Live at the Fillmore East on, I became immediately obsessed with trying to learn how to play like this blues guitar giant. His style and sound … [Read more...]

4 Guitar Maintenance Tips You Should Know

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This is a guest post by Marty Mercer. A great guitar player and owner of Stone City Repair Shop in Joliet Illinois. You can check out his music at www.bigdogmercer.com I get countless people at the shop who have problems with scratchy volume and … [Read more...]

Do This One Thing and Your Guitar Playing Will Get Better. I Guarantee You!

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Sounds like a bad late night infomercial huh? Well, I can guarantee that this will work, but I can’t guarantee that it will be easy. This pretty much goes against the PLAY THE GUITAR OVERNIGHT OR YOUR MONEY BACK GUARANTEED line of thinking. This … [Read more...]

Mastering BB King’s Vibrato

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If you have listened to BB King and tried to reproduce his playing, then you already know that his vibrato is one of the most difficult things to reproduce. Simply put, if you can't vibrato like BB, then your licks won't have the same punch. Yes … [Read more...]