How to Emulate Pedal Steel with Slide Guitar in Open E Tuning

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Published July 20, 2010 at 1:19 p.m.

If you want to expand the sounds you can get on slide guitar in open e tuning, then check out this tutorial on emulating pedal steel. Pedal Steel is a really cool instrument and can be extremely difficult to learn, carry around, and they are quite expensive. So what if you want to get that type [ ... ] ...

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Effective Tuning

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Published Jan. 18, 2010 at 8:19 a.m.
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So, NAMM is upon us and the buzz word is “polyphonic tuning”. That’s great tech but just how much will this help us get our guitars in tune properly? It will certainly speed up tuning up floating bridges and I’m seriously interested for that alone! But there’s so much more going on with the guitar neck that in my opinion an electronic tuner is simply one step of the tuning process ... And it’s tuning that is one of the areas where I think a lot of guitar players fall flat ... See

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NAMM 2010: TC Electronic announce the PolyTune Polyphonic Tuner

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Published Jan. 14, 2010 at 7:17 p.m.
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Last week I posted about a new software app called the Polyphonic Guitar Tuner which I thought looked pretty cool, well it seems that they have been pipped to the post, unless of course that was a sneaky viral from TC Electronic? It could well be considering the developer is Danish as are TC Electronic! ... The PolyTune is a stomp box sized Polyphonic Tuner that allows you to switch modes between a standard tuning mode and PolyTune mode that enables you to tune all your strings at the same time.

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Slide Guitar Lesson Video Podcast 31

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Published Dec. 19, 2009 at 12:20 p.m.

In this weeks Slide Guitar Lesson Video Podcast I’ll show you a lick in open E Tuning played in the Key of G.  This lick is part of a lesson included in Slow Blues Slide Guitar - Open E Tuning part 5.  You can get the free tabs to this podcast here.Playing slide guitar in [ ... ] ...

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Lick Library release series of Stevie Ray Vaughan DVD’s

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Published Aug. 25, 2009 at 7:39 a.m.
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From the press release: ... Lick Library, one of the worlds leading suppliers of guitar tuition DVDs, has just released a new title in the definitive series of DVD’s to learning how to play the jaw dropping blues guitar riffs, licks and technique of the late, great Stevie Ray Vaughan (SRV) ... As one of the most respected, influential and legendary blues guitarists of the 20th century, Stevie Ray’s unique style and technique continues to be an inspiration for all guitarists. The new series

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Slide Guitar Lessons: Rhythm Guitar in Open E Tuning

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Published July 29, 2009 at 8:41 a.m.

If you play slide guitar in open e tuning, then there is no doubt that you would like to play rhythm guitar as well ... As a guitarist in a band, you will not just be soloing all the time ... To be an effective band member, you will need to learn how to play [ ... ] ...

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Learn to play slide guitar like Dickey Betts.

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Published Dec. 18, 2008 at 7:45 a.m.

Did you know Dickey Betts had some really cool slide guitar licks?  You may be thinking that only Duane played slide guitar.  Nope, not true.  After Duane’s untimely death, the Allman Brothers reformed and Dickey pulled out that slide on more than one occasion.Dickey often played in Open E Tuning just like Duane, and I [ ... ] ...

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