August Learn & Master Guitar News

 
Video Tip - Eric Johnson Triads

One of the guitar legends of our day is the great Eric Johnson. Eric’s amazing speed and musicality changed the landscape of rock guitar. His soloing is immediately recognizable by his use of open triads with large intervals. These “Eric Johnson Triads” can add color and depth to your sound. This lesson teaches these unmistakable triads and how to incorporate them to make great sounding solos!

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Guitar Resources Sale

I get asked a lot about how to get great tone out of a guitar, so I found a couple of books I could recommend for just that purpose. One is Guitar Gear of the Greats and the other is Guitar Tone and Effects. Both of these are very thorough discussions of what gear you would use to get certain tones.

Also, those of you who are moving toward making music with your iPhones and iPads, you'll want to check out the iRiffPort device on the specials page. — Steve


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Achieving Great Tone

Tone. It’s the guitar player’s holy grail. Those who have it are instantly recognizable. Have you ever listened to a player and say, “Man, he sounds so great. How does he get that tone?” Now you don’t have to settle for dog tone.

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This Week in Gibson's Skills House

Latest Song Lessons: (Don't Fear) The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)
                    Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (Jet)
                    The New Black (Every Time I Die)
                         Get Free (The Vines)
                         Black Hearts (On Fire) (Jet)
                         Don't Know Why (Norah Jones)
                    

Guitar Apprentice: The New Black (Every Time I Die)

New Videos from Steve Krenz:

Foundation Lessons: Money Chords in C

Style Lessons: The Ultimate Jazz Chord and
Get Bach! ... Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring

Power Workouts: Open Chords



 
August Student of the Month

Name: Dave Fengler

Profile name: CTGull

City: Wallingford, CT

What made you want to play music?: Martin 000CXE acoustic
Yamaha FD01S acoustic
Epiphone Les Paul Studio
Mustang 1 amp

Favorite style(s) to play: Eric Clapton, Tommy Emmanuel, Steve Vai, Jennifer Batten (I looked up to her as a teen)

MEET DAVE HERE...