Hey Bruce Yes, Duke said to keep it light. But to emulate the tone on his track it needs to break up. He has an overdrive pedal - a bad monkey. But i don't think he is using it...

Hey Steve, thanks for the advice! I can always use it. I have basically zero experience playing lead guitar outside of my guitar room, except for noodling at the guitar shop. I...

In this first lesson I show you how I approach playing the song. Then we discuss the fundamentals of slide techniques. Finally we explore the main riff of the song and basic...

Hey Bruce, sounds good. If you have a small amp (5 watts) that you can crank, i think it adds to the vintage of the track - notice Duke's track has that breaking up sound. Thick...

Hey Duke. So here's another try at this. I practiced playing it along with JLH and I think I've got a much better handle on the groove now. There's a kind of a bubble you feel when...

Greetings Guitar Wizards!! Coney Island Avenue! Here we go in the key of A with a song that I wrote a few years ago to celebrate my favorite street in Brooklyn. In this lesson...

A fun song. I am going for the feel/mood here more so than correctness. A couple of cloth bandaids are allowing me to continue due to blisters. I do very little finger picking....

Hello Friends, Guitar offers us many different ways to play the same note. This is truly one of the instrument’s strengths because it allows for a great deal of variance of nuance...

Hi Bill - You are correct. The bass line does have a semi-minor, or “blues“ minor feel and sound, so you can hit the major 3rd, (the unbent three draw) on the V chord, but not on...

Hi Mr. Corey.. My first video playing acoustic blues here on Sonic Junction. Hope to get some tips from you, in order to improve my blues guitar. Best regards

Hi again, So I'm noticing that the guitar line has a minor feel and you never hit the 3-draw natural, even over the 1 chord.  Is that right?  You can't do the 3rd of the scale...

Hey Duke! Glad to read on your Facebook page how much you are enjoying Poland! I'll bet the food is amazing! Here's another attempt at Little Wheel. It really is such an elusive...

Hey Sonic Junction - This week I’ll be breaking down verse one of my new piece, Sloppin’ and Slidin’. Like a lot of the verses in this piece, this first verse contains mostly draw...

Blisters, ouch, and no crazy glue to remedy :(  

Hi Friends, We are on the last lesson for "Little Wheel" this week and I reitterate many of the points about this song and John Lee Hooker's style. My most important advise is to...

Michael, that’s a great idea. Keep your eyes peeled for future lessons. 

Like I said, it’s hard to describe (at least for me) - But the key is usually finesse rather than muscle. 

Huh!  Scale down the focus and magnitude of he compression.  I would have thought the opposite.  Thanks - that's definitely something to explore.  Yeh, Sonny Boy does some things...

Can you post notation for the vocal melody?

Hi Bill - Glad you like the piece. Rusty tells me that by me being such a primitive guitar player, I sometimes come up with some cool “ignorant“ bass lines that a real guitar...

Hi Rick, Good to virtually see you again.  I like the guitar line - spooky without being cheesy.  Not an easy feat. I love your ideas.  Seems like every verse I think I know...

Jack, thank you so much for these kind words. It’s a wonderful community that we have here and I feel lucky to be a part of it! cheers, Chris

Hello Chris, one more time a beautiful tune to learn, this one interestingly different, a melancholic folk ballad. Frankly Chris, I’m amazed at the quality of what you do for us...

Ok. Never'been in Lyon. I live in Tours.Cheers :)

I'm  from  Lyon. Do you know the  city  ?

Hi french buddy ;)Where are you from ?

Hello Chris, one more time a beautiful tune to learn, this one interestingly different, a melancholic folk ballad. Frankly Chris, I’m amazed at the quality of what you do for us...

Hello Chris, one more time a beautiful tune to learn, this one interestingly different, a melancholic folk ballad. Frankly Chris, I’m amazed at the quality of what you do for us...

yes I'm interested....where can i find it,on badassharmonica? I'm living too far from united states and if it possible I can do this with online...

Really loved the discussion on dynamics! I find myself focusing on that more and more and in all kinds of musical settings. Thanks for that. Also, great song for playing in D....