Jamorama Relaunches with Free Guitar Lessons

The guys at Jamorama have just re-vamped their website and re-launched the most popular of online guitar lesson packages.

Jamorama Lead and Jamorama Acoustic have been withdrawn and the range now consists of two products: Jamorama Standard, which is $49.95 and Jamorama Deluxe, which is $99.95.

Video Guitar Lesson: BB King – Thrill is Gone

I’ve said it many times before on Fretboard, but BB King is one of my favourite guitar players. In fact, if I was forced to choose my No. 1, I reckon BB would get the nod. There’s just something about that lovely warm tone from his Lucille, the way he strips it right down to just the clean note and uses vibrato to wring everything he can from the strings. I’ve seen him live a couple of times, and he’s sensational.

How to play slide guitar in Standard Tuning | Learning Guitar Now

I love slide guitar, particularly blues slide. And some of my favourite players played slide, from Elmore James and Muddy Waters, to Duane Allman and Bonnie Raitt. I have to confess, though, I’ve never mastered bottleneck slide, and I’ve only ever tried it using open tunings. In this lessson, however, John Tuggles demonstrates How to [...]

Video Guitar Lesson: Joe Bonamassa

Guitar Lifestyle picked up on Guitar Center’s posting of a number of videos from Joe Bonamassa’s recent instore guitar clinic.
In the clip below, Joe discusses his slide technique and how corny eighties movie Crossroads, and specifically the Ry Cooder soundtrack piqued his interest in slide guitar. Watch as Joe discusses his slide technique:

(Via Guitar Lifestyle.)