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Podcast 40: Open E Tuning Slide Guitar Lesson

By John Tuggle on November 4, 2010 Leave a Comment

In Video Podcast 40, I will show you a cool Open E Tuning Slide guitar lick that will teach you how to groove and improve your timing skills. Practicing this type of lick will help you to always stay in time and improve your groove skills. Derek … [Read more...]

7 Reasons Why You Quit Playing Slide Guitar

By John Tuggle on August 25, 2010 3 Comments

With the rise in popularity of Slide Guitar, partially due to Derek Trucks, many people are now wanting to play the most expressive way of playing the guitar. Playing slide guitar is as close to the human voice as you can get. If you want to play … [Read more...]

Slide Guitar Lesson 3 Month Video Challenge.

By John Tuggle on June 24, 2010 Leave a Comment

I keep saying over and over again about the importance of recording yourself to find out what you need to practice to get better. Well now I'm going to give you a real life example of this in action. A customer of Learning Guitar Now has agreed … [Read more...]

Slide Guitar Lesson: Guitar Setup For Slide

By John Tuggle on April 9, 2010 3 Comments

In this slide guitar lesson, I'm going to show you exactly how I set my action for playing slide guitar. It is really not that hard, but is the first thing you MUST do if you want to get anywhere playing slide guitar. This tutorial is for Gibson … [Read more...]

Podcast 33: Duane Allman Style Slide Guitar Lesson

By John Tuggle on February 10, 2010 Leave a Comment

In podcast 33 I will show you how to play a Duane Allman style slide guitar lick in open e tuning. Duane was the master of the electric slide and knew how to draw some amazing licks from minimal notes on slide guitar. Less is more is the key to … [Read more...]

Slide Guitar Lesson: What kind of strings should I use?

By John Tuggle on February 4, 2010 6 Comments

Almost every week, someone asks me what kind of strings I use on my SG. In this post I want to let you know what I believe are the best strings for playing slide. Is this answer set in stone? No. If you find something you like better, then by … [Read more...]

Slide Guitar Lesson Video Podcast 31

By John Tuggle on December 19, 2009

In this weeks Slide Guitar Lesson Video Podcast I'll show you a lick in open E Tuning played in the Key of G. This lick is part of a lesson included in Slow Blues Slide Guitar - Open E Tuning part 5. Playing slide guitar in Open E Tuning is … [Read more...]

Slide Guitar Lesson Podcast 27: Learn Derek Trucks

By John Tuggle on August 21, 2009 15 Comments

In this weeks podcast, I'm going to break down a slide guitar lick used by Derek Trucks in the song "Key to the Highway" from the Songlines DVD. The solo he plays in this song is nothing short of brilliant. Derek effectively manages to blend the … [Read more...]

Slide Guitar Lessons: Rhythm Guitar in Open E Tuning

By John Tuggle on July 29, 2009 3 Comments

f you play slide guitar in open e tuning, then there is no doubt that you would like to play rhythm guitar as well. As a guitarist in a band, you will not just be soloing all the time. To be an effective band member, you will need to learn how … [Read more...]

Blues Guitar Lessons on DVD: Do they work?

By John Tuggle on May 20, 2009 29 Comments

Have you worked through any blues guitar lessons on a DVD? I know I have. I spent a long time trying to learn blues guitar from every source imaginable. There were not as many options as there are now, but there have always been videos. Back … [Read more...]