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Why diminished phrases can be your secret weapon in a blues chord progression
By Josh Smith published
Josh Smith offers a road map for harmonically interesting blues guitar playing, offering fresh ideas for connecting notes between chords

Joe Bonamassa has collaborated with some of today’s finest blues players – learn their soloing secrets with this epic lesson
By Andy Saphir published
The JoBo Rolodex is filled with top blues guitar talent, and here we explore seven solo examples inspired by close contacts Eric Gales, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Kirk Fletcher and many more

How to use chromatic passing tones as connective tissue in guitar solos
By Josh Smith published
Please join us in the chroma-zone, where you will find new ideas for where to take your solos in a country or jazz setting

Joe Bonamassa just dropped a new single – and it features one of his “best-ever guitar solos”
By Matt Owen published
Twenty-Four Hour Blues is the lead single from Bonamassa's upcoming album, Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, which features Josh Smith and Kirk Fletcher

How to use chromatic approaches to expand your blues soloing vocabulary
By Josh Smith published
Josh Smith is here to make you a better blues player by showing you the musical value in outlining chords in your lead playing

Joe Bonamassa, Joanne Shaw Taylor and Carmen Vandenberg play an electrifying game of blues tag in this cover of B.B. King’s Ain’t Nobody Home
By Matt Parker published
The three players trade licks and smiles – all backed by Josh Smith – on this classic King cover, albeit seemingly unaware of the irony that they’ve crowded in a room to do so

NAMM 2023: Josh Smith and Seymour Duncan release the Flat V pickup set – an unorthodox blend of Tele-style single coils
By Matt Owen published
The pickups – which first arrived in the blues titan's Ibanez signature model – feature a unique combination of Alnico 2, 3 and 4 magnets in order to facilitate dynamic, expressive playing

Hone your hybrid picking with this lesson in the style of the great Danny Gatton
By Josh Smith published
Josh Smith is our guide in mixing flatpicking with fingerpicking for a piece that references Gatton's style along with James Brown

Josh Smith and Poly Effects finally unveil the Flat V – a wild two-channel gain pedal that took more than two years to make
By Matt Owen published
Combining analog tones and intuitive digital controls, the Flat V looks like it could be one of the most tonally diverse, sonically nuanced overdrive pedals on the market
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