Learning to navigate around your guitar fretboard is difficult. In fact, the challenge that it presents is so great, that most guitarists don't even attempt it. And for some guitarists, just thinking about how and where to start with learning the logic of the guitar fretboard causes them to feel...
In my opinion, Eric Johnson is one of the most gifted guitarists of all time. He combines amazing technical ability with a soft touch and tasteful phrasing. In his playing he fuses a whole range of genres - including blues, rock, jazz and soul. In doing so, he has created...
If you want to create effective blues guitar solos, I would strongly recommend learning the blues scale. As the name suggests, this is a scale that creates a distinctly 'bluesy' sound. And as such - it has been used to great effect by countless blues and blues rock guitarists. In...
In recent years, guitar pedals have come to play an increasingly important role in the blues. Manufacturers have made huge developments in pedal production, which has increased the range of guitar pedals out there and also made them both more readily available and also more affordable. The benefits of this...
Hi Guys! I hope you're all keeping well and safe during these crazy times. Today I wanted to try something a little different with this post. Part of what I enjoy most about running 'The Happy Bluesman', is that it gives me the opportunity to connect with amazing people from...
Eric Clapton is one of the most influential blues guitarists of all time. Over the course of his career - which now spans almost sixty years - he has inspired generations of guitarists. The history of Clapton's career is remarkable in many ways. Though perhaps what particularly stands out is the...
Eric Clapton is one of the most influential blues guitarists of all time. Over the course of his career - which now spans almost 60 years - he has inspired generations of guitarists. The history of Clapton's career is remarkable in many ways. Though perhaps what particularly stands out is the...
If you want a beautiful vintage blues or blues rock tone, you don't need a whole range of different guitar pedals. The blues is not really a 'pedal heavy' genre. And whilst there are a number of blues and blues rock guitarists - like Jimi Hendrix, Gary Moore and Gary...
If you want to create varied and interesting blues guitar solos, I would strongly recommend getting to grips with the major pentatonic scale. As you might have guessed from the name, the major pentatonic scale is closely related to the more commonly used minor pentatonic scale. The latter is a...
I think there are very few blues guitarists out there who haven't wanted to sound like Stevie Ray Vaughan at some point in their career. He is one of the most famous blues musicians of all time, and is celebrated for revitalising the whole genre of the blues in the 1980s....
In recent years, overdrive pedals have come to play an...
The pickups that you use in your guitar play a fundamental...
It is not easy to build the perfect pedalboard. There are so...
In my opinion, learning how to connect the 5 pentatonic...
Guitar practice is difficult. In fact, I would argue that...
The world of guitar slides is not easy to navigate. As is...
When it comes to choosing guitar strings, players seem to...
If you want to get started playing slide guitar, the first...
If you want to dial in a killer blues tune, I would...
Over the course of his career, B.B. King crafted some of the...
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