On Episode 4 of Tone & Effects Shaping for Guitarists, Jeff McErlain talks about delay pedals and how they combine with overdrive pedals. More importantly, he d...
On Episode 2 of Jeff McErlain's YouTube series, Tone & Effects Shaping for Guitarists, Jeff explains the difference between germanium and silicone fuzz pedals. ...
Welcome to Jeff McErlain's YouTube series, Tone & Effects for Guitarists! On this first episode, Jeff kicks things off by showcasing the best uses of overdrive ...
It’s a cliché, but it is true. Tone is in your hands. One of the quickest ways to get to good to good tone, and least expensive, is in your choice and guitar pi...
Take a minute to think about your favorite jazz-influenced blues guitar players and what makes them amazing. Trying to imagine all of the tricks that these play...
It would be an understatement to say that honing your skills as a rhythm blues player is a satisfying feat This, however, can come as a challenging feat for som...
Some of the best rhythm players are actually the legendary blues-rock guitarists you know and love. Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and Keith Richards are excellent ...
The blues-rock genre has provided a stage on which some of the most legendary guitarists of all time have stood. Players like Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Jef...
Guitar is one of the only instruments that you can actually perform a bend on and the technique is inherent in all styles of blues and rock guitar playing, Bend...
An easy way to approach soloing is to learn the chords, and then use the pentatonic scale to play over them. It's a relatively safe and practical way to begin y...
One of the most critical things you can do when learning how to play blues guitar is becoming familiar with the chord progressions of popular songs, and play th...
These 4 free guitar lessons are from Jeff McErlain's 30 Sweet Blues Licks You MUST Know. You'll not only majorly stoke up your lick vocabulary, you’ll also lear...