Hi Friend, Claude here – its Saturday afternoon and i’m just getting my day going here. Last night I was hanging out at Starbucks with some of the local “knuckleheads”, and we usually get into some interesting conversations and there’s cool music usually. So speaking of cool music, next week there’s gonna be a new

Hey Friend, I just got an email from Silvio Gazquez, our “resident virtuoso” electric guitarist. He’s written a new song and entered it into the 2009 Guitar Idol Contest. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3TdWe8pFdM Wanted to share this song with you, and ask your help in wishing Silvio good luck this year in winning the contest.

Hey Friend, TGIF, right? Got anything exciting going on this weekend? Not sure myself what I’m up to, but… I just wanted to give you a quick reminder that the “free trial” Guitar Scale System deal ends in a few hours (at midnight tonight). Just to recap: You can try the new GSS 2.0 for

Hey Friend, It’s not every day that I’m called a “genius”. However, today is one of these days… Here’s the email I got: ========================== First of all I just wanted to say thank you Mr. Johnson! This scale system is great for anyone on any level of expertise, and knowing how much it has helped

Hey there Friend, Today, I want to talk about a secret fear I have… And most guitar players have yet they never talk about. That’s being humiliated. I’m talking about either: laughed at either in their face or even behind their backs. It’s a fear even a lot of “big names” have. Especially if they’re

Hey Friend, Sometimes you don’t need “endless hours of boring practice” to go to the next level. Sometimes it just takes a new tool… A new system… a new paradigm… and BOOM: you’ve jumped to the next level. That happened to Joe Griffin… Here’s what he just emailed me: ========================== My names is Joe and

Hi Friend, You’re welcome… In the past 3 days, so many people have emailed me and said “thank you” for all the cool tips, video, pics and stuff. I can’t even reply to all of them… I’m glad the exercises were helpful. I really like helping guitarists improve their chops. Every new trick and technique

Hi Friend, Everyone’s talking about this new “web 2.0”. I guess I’m behind the times. People have been asking me for 2 years: “Claude, when are ya gonna get a MySpace page?” Well, I finally set myself up MySpace, Facebook and Twitter. Check it out: https://www.twitter.com/Claude_Johnson https://www.myspace.com/ClaudeJohnson https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=561323235&ref=profile Also, I want to share with you

Hi Friend, I was recently in Winslow, Arizona. Yes, this is the same place that was made famous by the Jackson Browne/Eagles song “Take it Easy”. To see a real pic of me standing on the corner in Winslow Arizona, and to learn this classic tune, go to this page: guitarcontrol.com/takeiteasy.php?v=1g13 Claude Johnson Beginner Guitar

Hi Friend, First of all, I know you’re curious and the answer is “no”, Claude Johnson has no relation to Eric Johnson. Except we both love the guitar and especially Fenders 🙂 I was just digging up stuff here, and I found this lick that is REALLY easy to learn, but at the same time,