Man, it is a beautiful day today. Hey, guys. Claude Johnson here and I am very, very excited about our new DVD course called “Acoustic Guitar Toolkit”. It comes from Sol Philcox who is one of the hottest players in the national scene today. He’s the same guy that toured with Grammy winner Jake Owen. …
hi Friend, My newest video is cool for at least 3 reasons. Like my Acadian friend says: “Trip-ledge-jay”. You’re gonna wanna check out today’s video because: 1. It’s got a TOTALLY NEW “pro” intro. Let me know what you think of it. 2. I got a pro video guy to come over and tweak my …
hi Friend, Well the anticipation is hitting the boiling point here at the Guitar Control headquarters as Sol Philcox fans are trying to bang down the doors to get their hands on his latest masterpiece. And guess what? I’m taking the heat to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL. How? By offering you an IRRESISTIBLE NO BRAINER …
Here’s a great exercise for building-up your accuracy and speed with the finger picking. What we’ve got here is basically a really simple G chord. We’re going to start [unintelligible – 00:30]. As you can see, we’ve got this little banjo roll thing at the end. That’s a good lick to know how to play …
Step 1: Learn the correct right hand technique” Most players want to focus on the left hand because it’s selecting which note to fret. But the right hand is SOOO important. A good right hand technique makes all the difference between sounding wonderful or sounding horrible. Step 2: Learn the correct left hand technique. Once …
hi Friend, How are ya? I’ve been a feeling a bit overwhelmed, overworked, and overtired the last few weeks, but all things come in waves and cycles. I know life can’t be peaches and cream 100% of the time… All things considered, I’m doing ok 🙂 Got a video for you today. Actually, this is …
Country thumb picking technique, it’s kind of like a Merle Travis, Chet Atkins thing. This isn’t really like an accurate recreation of their styles because they really had, Chet especially, had a really unique and delicate and beautiful playing style that I can’t really recreate that. But I can take elements from that and the …
hi Friend, Murphy’s law strikes again! Just when I got my new camera settings figured out, one of the 650W bulbs on my new lights burned out. DOH! Yes, I know you want more videos from the Claudester… And you’ll get em’… 🙂 But in the meantime, I have a really nice video from Sol …
hey Friend, A few years ago one of my mentors taughtme something powerful… He calls it: “The gun to the head technique”. And it goes like this… “If I put a gun to your head and told you:you have to play something that’s going toblow people away or I’ll blow your brains out— what would …
hi Friend, I want to talk today about “enhanced noodling” and no I’m not talking about adding soysauce to your ramen. :_) By the way, hope you’re having fun wherever you are. I’ve been spending time with my fiancee the last couple days and watching old movies. Before she makes me take her out to …