Terry, I've been playing with both approaches you describe with the same thoughts about the ease of having to switch from puckered to TB.  Maybe we're being too picky but aside...

I got a Fender 1963 Boss reverb pedal to go with my 1963 Princeton Amp. Interesting that such a thing was available. I added a Boss Blues Driver BD2. Sounds like I hoped it would...

I have the same problem (though probably much worse) than Bill Blatner -- about timing , ahead of the beat, behind the beat, etc. and am hoping that this series will help.  Love...

WELL SAID! Ultimately there are as many different ways to play it as there are people to play it. The important thing is that you play it!

Thank you for another excellent series of lessons that examines a standard from different styles and perspectives. This material is rich and challenging, and I find that I need...

John, I think you've hit the nail on the head - the elbow can't be locked out of the equation. Especially in Doc Watson's technique the elbow was a huge part of the mechanism to...

Glad to hear it! The little things can make a big difference.

Well, I'll be! I am echoing a couple of the comments below, but--still!--I'm really quite astounded about what a difference it makes in sound to rotate the pick by flexing the...

I think someday speed will come for me or at least increase ...  I guess it is expected on a lot of these songs but for the time being I'm pleased with the progress.  

I got the notes down. It's going to take a lot of practice to learn it.Great tune

I have lots of questions but I'll try to keep it tight.  On the basic, 1-chord rhythm where you do the Tut-ti-Tut-ti articulation, are you drawing on 1 and 2 with your tongue off...

Thanks, Peter! Wouldn't it be great if Duke did a Rockabilly tune? :-) 

Dennis, I have really enjoyed your lessons, they have had a big impact on my playing! Is there any chance of a Blues Chromatic series from you on Sonic Junction? that would be so...

i think yout tounge blocking 3 and 4  holes?  i'm sure 5blow is

Hey Duke! What a great tune this is to play. I feel a whole lot stronger after working on this one; much more in control of my neck vocabulary. I took your advice and listened to...

Hey Duke! So, just getting around to this lesson and it's  great one! I love the jazz boogaloo feel. I've never played anything like this on guitar, so I hope I'm getting it mostly...

Hi Chris - and anyone else who may be reading along. So, although I've caught on later in life to this style of music and picking the guitar, I still feel like I've discovered...

Hi Chris,     Once again, thanks for a great lesson. Always interesting to get inside the mind of Doc a little bit. Here is my attempt at it... I had some trouble with the...

Good stuff pretty tricky  

Thanks so much Mike! I believe at some point we will do this, I have a few ideas that would work well in this lesson format. 

Dennis, I have really enjoyed your lessons, they have had a big impact on my playing! Is there any chance of a Blues Chromatic series from you on Sonic Junction? that would be so...

Dennis, I have really enjoyed your lessons, they have had a big impact on my playing! Is there any chance of a Blues Chromatic series from you on Sonic Junction? that would be so...

Hi there Sonicites!!! This lesson features an original tune, "Don't Ever Be Blue", from my album, "My Gift To You". Today we are playing it in the key of F Maj. So in order for...

Thank you for another excellent series of lessons that examines a standard from different styles and perspectives. This material is rich and challenging, and I find that I need...

yeah man !!!!!!!!!!

yeah man !!!!!!!!!!

Yes, haha, on the road as we speak. I have met a few of you on the road and so glad to see you when I'm on tour. Thanks for coming up and introducing yourselves when you come see...

Dennis, you've been one busy dude!  Thanks for the lesson!  

Thanks Bill! It is getting back to basics in a way, because your timing and sense of rhythm is a basic musical foundation...but very few players work at it and get good at it. It...

Hi Dennis, This sounds like a real getting down to basics lesson.  When you say, "The best way I know to improve your timing is to work on playing rhythm," and then you design a...