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Nashville Style Country Guitar #2: Guitars, Tone & Gear

Brent takes you through how his tools have changed and evolved over the years. From the first guitar he used in a Nashville session, to his new signature model. He also talks amps and effects and discusses which types of setups he prefers for different kinds of music. He gives some great demonstrations of different tons and explores the use different delay styles and the uses for each.

• May 24th, 2013 at 7:13 pm EDT
• Posted by C.Liepe

Style of John Mayer #2: Pentatonic Scale

Rich Nibbe takes a look at how you can apply the pentatonic scale in the style of John Mayer into your playing.

• May 24th, 2013 at 6:40 pm EDT
• Posted by J.Booth

Robbie Merrill Artist Series #10: Blues Jamming

In lesson 10 of his artist series, Robbie Merrill discusses jamming in a blues format. He talks about some blues tendencies and provides a demonstration of how he would jam in a blues setting.

• May 24th, 2013 at 10:42 am EDT
• Posted by J.Mounce

Joel Kosche Artist Series #13: The E-Bow

In this lesson Joel Kosche introduces an interesting device called an E-Bow. With an E-Bow your guitar can sound like a violin, cello or any other instrument with high sustain.

• May 23rd, 2013 at 7:02 pm EDT
• Posted by J.Booth

Guitar & Pedal Mods #12: Boss DS-1 Mods

Steve McKinley finishes up his guitar and pedal mods series with a killer triple mod lesson on the Boss DS-1. Mods featured are the diode lift mod, Jack Orman's fat mod, and a Marshall-like crunch mod.

• May 23rd, 2013 at 6:21 pm EDT
• Posted by J.Booth

Theory & Improv with Brendan Burns #17: Harmonic Pentatonic Improvisation #1

Brendan teaches us how to improve our improvisation using just the major pentatonic scale.

• May 23rd, 2013 at 6:14 pm EDT
• Posted by J.Mounce

Basic Guitar with Jessica Baron #60: Song Arrangement

It's time to apply the techniques that have been taught so far, and apply them into understanding and creating song arrangement. This lesson, Jessica will discuss how to create a song beginning and ending.

• May 22nd, 2013 at 7:01 pm EDT
• Posted by T.Rugh

Nashville Style Country Guitar #1: Series Introduction

Learn Nashville Style Country guitar from one of the most recorded guitarists in history: Brent Mason! Rhythm grooves, solos, Country pickin' and a glimpse in to the life of an A-list Nashville session player!

• May 22nd, 2013 at 5:42 pm EDT
• Posted by C.Liepe

Style of John Mayer #1: Introduction to John Mayer

Rich Nibbe and JamPlay are proud to present another "In the style of" series, this time featuring the one and only John Mayer. This introductory lesson dives right in, taking a look at soloing ideas, percussive rhythm and bends.

• May 22nd, 2013 at 5:41 pm EDT
• Posted by J.Booth

Dream Theater - Pull Me Under

Here is a lesson on Dream Theater's most popular song. Recognizable by its brooding clean intro and brutal distorted rhythms, this song is must learn for metal guitarists. Chances are if you want to learn a song like this you'll want to take your time and sink your teeth into it, learning every nuance. At just over 2 hours this is probably the most comprehensive lesson on this song you'll probably ever find. As usual, Allen Van Wert explains every part note for note while keeping things light and interesting.

• May 21st, 2013 at 11:37 pm EDT
• Posted by A.Miller

Theory & Improv with Brendan Burns #16: Modal Navigation #3

Brendan wraps up his Modal Navigation mini-series by showing us how to play the modes on three strings.

• May 20th, 2013 at 12:47 pm EDT
• Posted by J.Mounce

Robbie Merrill Artist Series #9: Chromatic Jam

Just like with the previous lesson, Robbie Merrill discusses jamming using chromatics. He sets up two separate drum tracks and demonstrates how jamming using chromatics can be done in different styles.

• May 20th, 2013 at 10:19 am EDT
• Posted by J.Mounce

Using a Capo #3: The Drop D Capo

Justin introduces the Drop D capo, which only covers 5 strings, and talks about it's common uses. He also covers transposition using this capo.

• May 17th, 2013 at 8:51 pm EDT
• Posted by J.Booth

Gospel Guitar #8: Complex Hymns

Steve Eulberg takes a look at whether it's possible to play along with a hymn that is very complex harmonically. He will be using the beautiful tune, "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" as an example.

• May 17th, 2013 at 7:49 pm EDT
• Posted by J.Booth

Basic Guitar with Jessica Baron #59: Travis Picking

Demonstrating yet another widely popular fingerstyle picking technique called Travis Picking, Jessica will break down this technique and apply it to a very catchy and easy to play song.

• May 17th, 2013 at 12:27 pm EDT
• Posted by T.Rugh