Subject: How to recreate those amp tones (on the cheap?)...
How to recreate those amp tones (on the cheap?)...
April 27th, 2018 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, Wednesday, we talked about classic amplifier tones supplied to us by some iconic artists. I mentioned the Internet has made it fairly easy these days to hunt down gear settings. The challenge isn’t in the information - it’s in afford ...
How’d they get that sound?
April 25th, 2018 at 8:34 am EDTHey Friend, Isn’t that the eternal question? How did your favorite guitar player get their rig to sound so freakin’ awesome? It’s the stuff of legends, and a cause of endless tweaking on your amplifier controls. Growing up and playing in ba ...
Plucking double stops
April 22nd, 2018 at 12:15 pm EDTHey Friend, I put my driving instructor hat on today and took my daughter out for some practice... We graduated from driving around a mall parking lot to actually circling the entire mall - which include driving on a real road! Throw in a little ra ...
Simple hybrid picking practice...
April 20th, 2018 at 8:31 am EDTHey Friend, Let’s do a little hybrid picking practice today. I put together a little progression to complement the video lesson I shared from Acoustic Guitar magazine the other day (here it is again if you missed it). A couple things before we ge ...
Like putting chocolate and peanut butter together...
April 18th, 2018 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, While we could go for many weeks working on economy/directional picking exercises (believe me, I could load you down with so many you’d be good for a year!), we’re going to check out another picking style. Its called Hybrid picking, ...
Trying out open tunings… and a PSA
April 15th, 2018 at 9:09 am EDTHey Friend, If you’re here in the States, just a friendly reminder… Federal taxes must be filed by Tuesday, April 17th! If you need more time, file an extension, but get it done. What the “H - E - double hockey sticks” does this have to d ...
Don’t worry - you’re in luck...
April 13th, 2018 at 8:30 am EDTHey Friend, Ooo, Friday the 13th! Do you feel lucky, Punk? There’s a blast from the past for you... All kidding aside, lots of people consider this an unlucky day. I’ve mentioned it before, but it’s never been a big deal in the Vance family ...
Take control of your direction
April 11th, 2018 at 8:33 am EDTHey Friend, Today’s exercises are designed to focus primarily on your picking hand. When you play through them, be very strict with yourself - the picking direction needs to be followed to get the most benefit out of these exercises. We are tra ...
Let’s try this...
April 8th, 2018 at 9:49 am EDTHey Friend, Happy Sunday! I’ll ask you to send some patience and luck my way today… My youngest daughter got her temporary driving license, and we will go out for our first lesson later this morning… I’ll keep this short. Learning economy ...
Economy/Directional picking...
April 6th, 2018 at 8:30 am EDTHey Friend, Economy picking expands on alternate picking by incorporating downstrokes or upstrokes based on the next string you’re moving to. I’ve read that economy picking is the combination of alternate and "sweep picking," but based on what ...