@Graham...I'm not sure how many exactly, but there are a lot.  I still will add more open tuning songs with slide in the coming months.  Good luck!!

@ Steve...I guess just write them out...if you need any help just let me know.  Interesting to me that there are a lot of versions to this tune.  I never knew!!  Good luck.

@Maurizio...how is it going?

@Tony O....greetings and thanks for your message.  I think the best place to start is where you feel most comffortable.  Maybe try a simple song like Runnin and Hiding or .44...

@JD...the guitar is nice so don't be too hard on yourself!  There are a few things you can do to make it better but I think you already know what that is from reading your post...

Ok JD merci bien...  

 

Greetings Steve and thanks for posting.  I hope this helps.  Check what the thumb is doing while the other fingers are picking...the thumb sometimes is playing at the same time and...

Yes I still live in ri. Im withThe band you see in the video we've added a keyboard player since then. We're playing our second swing night at the knickerbocker next wednsday...

John and all the others that have requested Charlie Christian tunes. I see here I have neglected your requests and will get one in soon. Thanks, Duke

Pierre, One suggestion I could make is to raise your pickups higher on the treble side to get more output and better tone. also lower the bass side of the pickups. its not a...

Jim, Oscar Moore is another of my favorite guitarists. He was unique in his approach and was very fast for that time. I have incorperated some of his licks into my playing and they...

Hi Joe, You are correct, Louis Jordan was fabulous and his small band arrangements were so perfect. I have never tried to adapt them to guitar because I love them so much the way...

Hi Frank, Yes, Meet me at no special place is a great song and I should do it live. I'll try to add that one into the mix. I'll need to re-learn it first. It's not so much hard as...

Hi Guy's Now that I have Paul helping me for a while. I will have him show you Johnny's Blues. It's really done with horns on the recording by Johnny Hodges but i thought it would...

Hi Joe, Thanks, of course there are a gazillon Dylan fans who want to know all kinds of things which I cannot answer. All I can say is I was called to come participatate on time...

Jack, Are you still in Rhode Island?

Jack, I will consider "Gee I wish." Its a very long solo and not so easy, I can't even play that whole solo anymore but I could certainly teach it piece by piece. There are a lot...

 Duke, this is a great tune. It's good for me to practice at this tempo. I did a few takes before I settled on this one and I notice that I made the head more comlicated than it...

Just a great job on that. Very tasteful vocals, piano And guitar. Can I ask what chords you are playing.

Hey Corey,   I trust you're doing well.   Kindly note this text is partly copied and pasted from your lessons site which I deleted after failing to upload my first try in...

Hi Kurtis!   Thanks for your Feedback, it's much appreciated! Yes, you're right about the Peter Gunn theme song ;)   Greetings,   Tony

I have to qualify that Hopkins remark because very late in his career he did play J-50's and J-60's  -  But only when he was making big money in the blues revival did he change...

One point though - a jumbo guitar like a J-45 is a modern invention.  Gibson's first jumbo was the J-35 and it was produced in 1938.  Lightnin' Hopkins didn't own a Gibson in until...

Nice. Also, that one spot where you switched it up that reminds me of what I know as Peter Gunn theme song...is that right?

Also, my tuning is GCEA if that helps. The G is up where my thumb is. GEA are all the same notes as your GEA, but they may be a little higher. The C string is like the Bass on the...

 Corey,  This is my go at the main lick. Also, my first attempt at the record feature on this site.  What's your words on it?   Thank you, Kurtis

@Vinny and Tom..thanks for your informations! It's a pleasure to read you!!

Alex -- you are right -- probably 30-40 dollars in the depression - but that is not 150 dollars in today's dollars.  Even if it were, quality vintage instruments increase in value...

Heads Up...??? ... The fact of the matter is... Guitars sound best when the wood used for the TOP is thin. Most high quality professional classical guitars are made with very thin...