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Slide Guitar

How to Emulate Pedal Steel with Slide Guitar in Open E Tuning

July 20, 2010

If you want to expand the sounds you can get on slide guitar in open e tuning, then check out this tutorial on emulating pedal steel. Pedal Steel is a really cool instrument and can be extremely difficult to learn, carry around, and they are quite expensive. So what if you want to get that type [...]

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Albums I Recommend for Learning Blues and Slide Guitar

May 12, 2010

I got an email a while back from someone asking what CDs I recommend to him for learning to play blues guitar. I thought I would do that right here in this blog post.  I cut my teeth on these albums and recommend anyone serious about learning blues guitar and slide guitar to at least [...]

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My Settings for Blues Guitar and Slide Guitar DVDs

March 19, 2010

Since everyone is always asking my exact settings, here they are for some of the blues and slide guitar DVDs I’ve recorded. Try them out and see what you think.  Post a comment below on what you find works for you to help others who are trying to get a good blues guitar tone. Here’s [...]

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How to get the Ultimate Blues and Slide Guitar Tone

March 11, 2010

I get a lot of emails about how to get a good blues or slide guitar tone. A lot of the questions are valid and that’s probably what I would ask as well, but these questions don’t have answers that are yes and no. Best Settings? Sample question – “What do I set the Bass, [...]

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When I started playing slide guitar….

March 9, 2010

You know, I get a lot of email and questions about how to start playing slide guitar. When I answer, I try to remember what it was like way back then when I first started playing. Although it has been about 17 years since I first started, I can still remember sitting in my bedroom [...]

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Playing Slide Guitar Like Duane Allman

February 5, 2010

Pretty much if you mention playing slide guitar, you will no doubt hear the name Duane Allman come up.  He is considered the innovator of the electric slide guitar.  Drawing from Robert Johnson, Elmore James, and Muddy Waters, Duane developed his own unique slide guitar style that no one has been able to duplicate.  There [...]

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

February 4, 2010

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 all means use them. This [...]

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Slide Guitar in Standard Tuning DVD: Learn Warren Haynes.

September 25, 2009

If you want to learn slide guitar in standard tuning like Warren Haynes, then the 2 DVD set of slide blues guitar lessons I have been working on may be for you. I’ve got about 3 hours of HD shot video in this 2 DVD slide guitar lessons package. This DVD will cover: Intervals Open [...]

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3 Reasons why your slide guitar playing never gets better.

August 5, 2009

You’ve probably heard the story of how Edison failed 6,498 times before he created the light bulb.  I don’t know how true it is but I definitely know he didn’t succeed on his first try.  Why am I telling you this?  I’ll come back to it in a minute. I know you probably just want [...]

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Derek Trucks and his new guitar amp?

January 26, 2009

When you think of Derek Trucks, you think Fender tube amps. Specifically the old “Super Reverb” he is so well known for. No doubt that Derek gets an amazing tone from his old Super, and who would ever think he would start using a different amp. But Derek trucks strives to break new ground. This [...]

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