Hey whats up Friend… So you probably heard the newsthat guitar legend and inventorLes Paul passed away, just a fewdays ago… at the age of 94. Les Paul is the king! He inventedthe Les Paul guitar! Move over Elvis 🙂 Seriously, what an amazing life and contributionto music. If you’re a guitar player for any …
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Hey Friend, Ok, I am going to have a cool surprise for you in about a week or two. One of our legends is releasing a new course. Ok, let me back up a bit. As you know, I have several of my own guitar courses like Killer Guitar Control Secrets (guitarcontrol.com/main.php) and the Ultimate …
hi Friend, Hope your weekend was rocking. I was travelling around a little bit to see some friends but I’m back home now 🙂 Had to get in a quick mini-vacation before the summer ends. Anyway I wanted to share 2 things with you today. One of the most rewarding parts of my job is …
Hey Friend, Ok i promised a special dealio to you a few days back, and here it is 🙂 I call it the lifetime cable package. Thanks to our alliance with Rokstark, we’re able to get you these awesome 21 foot Rokstark-Spectraflex cables that come with a lifetime warranty. Did you know that Spectraflex is …
Hey folks, Claude here again with another mini lesson. Kinda short on time right now, but here we go: First, we’re in D major. Ok check this out – first you can make cool textures in the same chord without even moving… Try this D major riff. You can even keep your fingers in the …
Friend, my Guitar Ally… Whaddup. It’s Claude “Guitar Man” Johnson back at you for another episode of cool arpeggio ideas. Go check out my blog for something I’ve got cooked up for you today. https://www.claudejohnson.com/blog/ It’s a lesson in D major that you won’t want to miss. And don’t forget to post your comment on …
 Ok here’s a cool idea I had playing around with arpeggios. First, take a CMaj7 arpeggio. You can play it like this: Now, I first learned this kind of pattern from Derryl Gabel (www.fusionguitarsecrets.com/main.php) But I discovered a few cool things on my own about it recently. One cool thing is that the top …
Friend, I hope you had a cool weekend, and since August is here (which means summer is almost done)… I hope you’re making these weekends count! If there’s nothing spectacular going on in your neck of the woods, then you can get some spectacular guitar practice in. And speaking of the guitar, I have a …
I’m up early today… Gotta go over to my dad’s house to help him withthis new barbecue grill he’s getting. You see, with his new artificialknee only 8 weeks old, he can’t lift anything heavy. So I’m helping out. But before I go, I thought I’d write you a quick email this morning. Some guitar-related …