Jody Worrell has two new premium lessons available on playing country guitar licks that are built out of chords instead of scales. Chordal Licks 1 & 2 use a series of double stop riffs and arpeggios to create licks that would sound great in a country rock song or other ballads. Learn how to play the licks with detailed instruction and then practice along with the included rhythm tracks. You can watch the previews below and find out more lesson and order details here.
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Jody Worrell has two new premium lessons on beginning to intermediate level country guitar solos. Country soloing has come to be identified for it’s twangy sound. One way to create that twang is to use double stops or playing two notes at the same time. Using different scale intervals determines the sound of that double stop. In Jody’s Easy Double Stop Country 1 we will use 6th intervals as the double stops in our riffs. In the second lesson on this topic we will use thirds as the basis for our riffs. Both solos are taught in detail and then practiced over a backing track in the key of A. Go to the lesson page for more details or check out the previews below to hear what the solos sound like.
Lesson 1 Demo:
Lesson 2 Demo:
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A couple of years ago Brad Paisley was “not quite settled on the overdrive sound he was getting from his live rig”. So he contacted Brian Wampler from Wampler Pedals about custom making him a pedal to achieve a tone that was clean but could also “get crunchy with some ‘beef’ to it.” The final result was the Paisley Drive which in addition to sounding great, is a pretty sweet looking pedal as well.
Wampler was kind enough to send over one of these pedals for us to review. In the video below Guy Fenocchi walks you through the different settings,tones, and playing possibilities of this pedal. First, Guy will demonstrate the Paisley pedal on it’s own. At the end we’ll hear what the Paisley Drive sounds like in the context of soloing with a jam track. You can find out more about the pedal, it’s specs, and possibly win a free one on the Wampler product page. Below the video we’ve included a transcription of the audio.
Transcription:
Hi I’m Guy Fenocchi from FreeGuitarVideos.com. The following video is a demonstration of Wampler Effects. In this video we’re going to be looking at the Paisley Drive.
Alright, here’s our Paisley Drive. This was designed by Brian Wampler with Brad Paisley. The great guitar player, Brad Paisley, I’m sure you’ve heard of him. This is to his specs and Brian worked closely with him, and this has a lot of really cool features.
Along with your basic volume, gain, and tone knobs, it has a presence switch which can give you more treble or a higher end sparkle. Depending on the pickups you use, I would think that would be a crucial choice, whether you have the presence on or off. We’ll get back to that.
It also has a Mid Control Contour. So it has three positions. In the middle you get less of the mids. Up position gives you more and then the down position gives you the most. So with you presence and mid contour that gives you a lot of options. Again with how much gain you’re using to what style of pickup…whether it’s a single coil or a double coil, your choices may be with the presence and mid contour and then you can just dial in your tone.
What I’ve noticed about it and what I like is, I’m using Humbucker pickups. I’m also playing through a hand wired Panter Amp it’s a 40 watt amp with a 112 Celestian finished 30 in it. So we’re playing through some nice equiptment to test this out.
Let me show you with minimal gain, almost like a boost. I like for humbuckers: the presence on with the gain down with the mid control in the down position. (plays) It gives it a nice little bite. Cuts through. If I take the presence off, it darkens up a little bit. At that point, I like to add a little more gain. It cuts through, it’s very articulate. You can really hear each tone, each note really clear. It has nice bite and attack.
With chords, same thing. With the up position on the Mids, it starts to sound a little more throaty. Even with those big chords, you get those bass notes that really come through. With the presence up, that even cleans it up a little more. So you can really dial in what you like.
I’m on the treble pickup, the bridge pickup of my guitar. If I go into the neck poistion the presence is good in the same spot. Maybe a little more tone, turn up the gain.
Now back in the bridge position. It’s all your preference. I’m going with less mids and presence off and lowering the gain. Tone up.
Let me go back to my favorite position. Presence off. Mids on High. Pretty high on the gain. It’s not way overpowering but still stays articulate. It acts real nice with a volume roll off. It has great touch sensitivity with your volume control.
So those are things you want to play with. But I don’t think there would be any position, that any guitar player couldn’t find with this pedal.
Of course, this pedal has true bypass. The Presence switch and Mid Countour switch are really unique. I don’t know of many pedals that have those combinations. It’s 9 volt DC which takes about 9 mA so it’s not bad on batteries. I’m using the pedal power so it doesn’t take any strange power source and should be good on batteries. Let’s take a listen with our track.
Also be sure to check out our Brad Paisley Style Licks premium guitar lesson.
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Jody Worrell has two new premium lessons that will teach you the basics of country guitar soloing. In Easy Country Solos 1 & 2 Jody will cover the same type of techniques he teaches in his more advanced lessons. However in this video, we’ll tackle them at a much more reasonable pace for the intermediate player. Jody will provide detailed instruction on how to play the array of twangy bends that help create country’s signature sound. Check out the lesson page or the demos below for more details.
Easy Country Solo 1 Demo
Easy Country Solo 2 Demo
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There’s a solid new free lesson by Jason Loughlin on Premier Guitar’s site. The lesson will teach you how to play a few rhythm parts like Danny Gatton. These rhythm ideas mimic the sound of a boogie woogie piano in older country. This isn’t a terribly complex lesson but it’s fun to mess around with and see where you can take it. Below is a sample bit of tab and there is also audio for each example on the lesson page. If you’re looking to get more into hybrid picking and lead country skills check out Peter Vogl’s Chicken Picking Package.
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