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Way to go Ron I know you have been working on this for some time.... now on to the Blues Spotlight course and then Steve's Finger Style course. LOL I just checked on ebay and you can find them cheap there. You can most likely get through the Blues spotlight course in 6 months, but the Finger Style course took me 2 years more. (It is the best by far.) Funny thing though...the first song Steve played in the intro to the L&MG course is the last song he teaches in the Finger Style course, which is "Paulette". Congratulations, George

Thanks Diane, we appreciate the photos of what the rest of us are missing. Wish I could go to each of the classes offered.

Oh man, I think I would like that one on Rhythm Craft also. How was that one Matonanjin? I am more interested in learning more than aquiring new toys. ...On second thought I like new toys too. Maybe a Focusrite 2i2 will show up for Christmas. LOL

Thanks for the heads up. Steve had sent me the Fingerboard Breakthrough by Howard Morgan. That one is tough, really useful! When I installed it Truefire sent me a 2 week free access. In that time I was able to complete Jeff McErlain's Take 5 Blues Arpeggios and the Pentatonic Deep Dive. Both are great courses. I tried one by Matt Schofield Blues Speak but he was way over my head. I started the Take 5 Uptown Blues Soloing, but ran out of time for the 2 weeks. I just purchased 4 more of the $5 courses and they are downloading now...2 by Jeff McErlain, 1 by Pete Hutlinger and 1 by James Hogan. That should keep me busy for the next month or so. LOL

Well...play it and see how it sounds. It sure sounds ok when I solo that way. In the key of C you have C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am and Bdim. So for the chords Am, Dm and Em I just play a few notes from the Am pentatonic, then slide down to the Dm pentatonic for a few and then the Em pentatonic for a few notes. I don't know if that's "right" but it has helped me with trying to think of something to do in a basic solo. Hmm Sounds like that would be a good Fretboard Workout Series for Steve.

Congratulations. Did you notice that the last song Steve teaches in the Fingerstyle course was the very first intro song that Steve played at the beginning of the main Learn and Master Guitar course? Check it out. LOL

There is also a backing track for this song on you tube that you can play along with. I'll try to find it later and link it for you.

I love this song and watching Gary Moore playing it is amazing. I think I got the tab from Ultimate Guitar. Lot of fun learning this song.

These workouts were great. Each one was better than the previous. I would have gladly paid for these workouts like the previous series. Thank you Steve, these workouts have really brought everything you have taught me together into a cohesive package. It makes all the hard work worth it and fun. I can't thank you enough.

How about in April instead. Can't wait until August in the title.

This is a good song to practice using the triads we just covered. I didn't know this song so I listened to it on youtube and found a tab on Ultimate Guitar. This version used G, D, Em in the verse and in the chorus it was C, Dsus, Em. Sounds great with triads, just play it in different areas like the lessons. https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/bethel-music/it-is-well-chords-1478340

Wow, That was a great lesson.

Neil, It was just bumped up to 3 months for the 1st 100,000 who sign up. I looked through some of the lessons, but most are very beginner oriented. I am more into lessons like what Phil Keagy has on Jam Play now. My son however, is just starting to learn how to play. Since the Gibson L & M Guitar program is more organized and has a vastly better teacher he is going to use my old discs and books. (best $149 I ever spent)

Are all of the lessons just basic beginner lessons or do they have advanced lesson as well. I just signed up and looked breifly and saw mostly basic lessons. (I'm still at work right now) My favorites were the old Gibson lessons with Arlen Roth and those with Steve.

That might be a good lesson for some of us... How to trouble shoot audio problems, feedback, noise and how to set up your own studio equipment to avoid these problems. Need to find a sound engineer to give us tips and show examples of what to avoid. Didn't we have a fellow who was a sound guy who set up for us at one of the gatherings a few years ago at the hotel?

I just saw an email from Gruhn's and they will be closed to the public for a while. Wonder if Steve will still do the live lesson there tonight?

Thanks Steve, I just copied this and put it in with the minor triads print outs. I know you said this before and I should have remembered it.

Hi Wim, I think I posted this before somewhere , but time flies and I don't remember where. I don't post much because it takes away from practice time even though I lurk around here every day. As far as the main L & M course goes I started that when I turned 60 and finished the complete course in about 18 months. My only previous guitar knowledge was a few cowboy chords some friends showed me in college. School and later work took all of my time. I like to stay focused on just a few things at one time so I can finish them so next I did the Blues Spot Light course over a 6 month period. Next I did the Fingerstyle Course, which took about 12 to 14 months to complete. That was the hardest, but also the best one. Steve sent me 2 classical music books, which really helped me learn where to put my fingers on the fret board over the next year and during that time I also completed the L & M The Song Hits. Recently I completed the 100 Rock Lessons Goldmine. That took a good 6 months or so. I really wished that kind of course was done by Steve. I need to see video as well, not just the sound clips that came with it. In all of these courses I would search on line to get more info on each topic that was covered to get a better understanding of each lesson and practice songs that demonstrated those topics. Currently I am working on the 100 Blues Lessons from Goldmine. As my studies have progressed I am able to learn new topics and songs much quicker. Now at 65 things just seem to flow easier and seem more natural all over the fretboard. I have also read many other guitar theory and technique books recommended by Steve. I'll list the ones I remember: Pumping Nylon, Desi Serna's 2 volumes of Fretboard Theory, Creative Chord Substitution for Jazz Guitar (ok this one baffled me, but I will go through it again when I start the 100 Jazz Lessons book), Edly's Music Theory for Practical People (this one is more my level LOL) and multiple music books I picked up from Steve and multiple Song Lesson DVDs from Hal Leonard as well. Since I still work full time 6 days a week, my playing time is at night when I get home, after I take a 10 minute nap (for an hour). I can usually practice until around 11:30 and as Steve says, I only practice on days that I eat. No band or playing partners, just me and ear buds so I don't bother anyone. It would probably help me more than anything else now to play with others, but I don't have that kind of free time at the present. I am sure others in our guitar family have had similar experiences and probably play a whole lot better than I do. GH

RCL, show us a picture of what you mean. The only tie I see online is between 2 notes of the same pitch. If they are different pitches I think that is called a "slur". I'm sure if Diane is around she will know. Every time Steve listed something in the course I would look it up online to get more input on that subject. (Sometimes I just "didn't get it" and it helped to read about it from other sources.) GH

Me too Dave, when I was 7 or 8 my piano teacher asked me to leave and not come back because I was scaring away his customers. LOL I ended up learning from my mom instead and still love the classical music she taught me.

Chris, Since you are looking at the Boss Katana 50 I would just go slow as others have said. The Katana has many of the well known Boss effects that are included in the setup that you can try out first. This is just what I copied from their description of the amp you are looking at: Stage-ready 50-watt combo amp with a custom 12-inch speaker Five unique amp characters: Clean, Crunch, Lead, Brown (derived from the Waza amp), and Acoustic (for acoustic-electric guitars) Choose from a huge selection of customizable effects and effect routing configurations with the BOSS Tone Studio editor software Dedicated gain, EQ, and effects controls for adjusting sounds quickly Four Tone Setting memories for storing and recalling all amp and effect settings Power Control for achieving cranked-amp tone and dynamic response at low volumes Three Cabinet Resonance types for fine-tuning the tone and feel Mic’d cabinet emulation on the USB and phones/recording outputs, with customizable tone via three Air Feel settings Channel and global parametric EQs for refined sound shaping Built-in tilt stand for optimal monitoring and sound projection Pro setups available at BOSS Tone Central Katana Version 3 Newly Added Features Effects selection expanded to 61 different types; Roland DC-30 Analog Chorus-Echo, BOSS GE-10 Graphic Equalizer, and 95E pedal wah added Assign favorite effects parameters to the front-panel effects knobs Assign specific effects parameters for control from an expression pedal connected via the rear panel Record with stereo mod, EQ, delay, and reverb effects in a DAW via USB I have an older Fender Mustang IIIv2 that has so many effects I will never use them all. Plus you can download presets that others have made and posted that you can try out and modify. The Katana amps seem to be hot right now from what I have read. Plus for $230 for the Katana 50, that's less than what 2 "real pedals" cost. Might still need a looper as Diane said. Good Luck, GH