Hammer-Ons And Speed

[02NateFinn]

What happened to the tip of the pickup selector?? Haha

[FreaquedeMusique]

Lol two videos were playing at the same time xD

I thought DAMN ANDY THATS SOME CRAZY SPEED xD

[mcagnin]

Can you talk about ghost notes (I think they call it that way) that you play as an ending of the lick (min 7:19). I've seen BB, Cray, Mayer and you do them many times and sound to me as if you were talking with no air left on your lungs. Love how it sonds and would like to apply it to my playing, but I ned to understand how it functions. Thanks for your lessons.

[edu256]

what song is this???

[dann3th3manni3]

@edu256 It's a lick found in many of Stevie Ray Vaughn's songs. Most notably, Texas Floods.

[dann3th3manni3]

It's the opening solo lick in this video:

watch?v=tWLw7nozO_U

[dgwhite1972]

oh yeah and please continue to think of things that you may take for granted cause honestly i'm a beginner on my second try at guitar and these not knowing these sorts of things is why i quit all those years ago.

[dgwhite1972]

FRicken! Hell! Thank god cause i so thought i wasn't supposed to do that. i totally wanted to do hammer ons. At least now i know its not wrong! now i just have to practice it cause i've been trying to pick through all these licks and yeah i it starts feeling impossible.

[SingleCoilVoodoo]

Fantastic video Anthony...as always.

[coffeeblackneggwhite]

i know i should be paying attention just now... but i can't help it... my brain just goes on and on:' this guitar looks so fine! oh my it looks goood! its sound's so sweet!' ....sorry, what's that bout hammers and shtuff? no seriously, thanks for the lesson man! : )

[Wagiblues]

Good teaching, Mister - beside Siggi maertens you have the talent and patient to bring people further on. Thks

[MauroPavanelli]

great Steve cover

[aklanonboy]

so that's why no matter how much I practise, I never play this lick clean by picking those fast hammer on notes.

thanks for this :)

[liatdadon]

best teacher by far keep it up my friend

[liatdadon]

best teacher buy far

[gabluesdude]

Nice lesson man. You on the blues jr. right?

[JeffKnight]

Very useful.

[radomu1]

Hammer-ons are definitely important for speed... unless you're Steve Morse

[Dcbois]

Hey Anthony. Love the Grosch, and think it is your best sounding guitar, on the videos anyway.. Are those Lindy's? Great lesson, by the way.

[gr8bluesgtr]

@Dcbois Fralin Blues Specials.

[Dcbois]

@gr8bluesgtr I figured they were. They sound nice. In my Strat I have the Duncan Antiquity II's, and they sound great as well if you ever get a chance, check them out. I'm playing through a Mesa Lonestar 4x10 Combo which is the amp I have always wanted, and finally got. I enjoy, and appreciate you work.

[loveguitars]

5 Stars

[maltelundell]

Thanks, Anthony! :)

[Stoerfishprojekt]

its great - thank you :)

[regelemihai]

Ohh, so that's allowed? I never knew. When I do this lick I always have a hard time picking the hammer-on at full speed, and I thought I was doing the technique wrong.

Thanks for the tip Anthony!

[gr8bluesgtr]

@regelemihai Yes, it's allowed. Unless you're asking someone who has no idea what they're talking about :-)

[regelemihai]

@gr8bluesgtr

Hehe, yep; makes sense :)

Thanks again!

[savage3960]

Great lesson Anthony!

[stidd1]

Anthony, ya hold your pick like Stevie too?

[bluesatsunset]

Another great lesson straight to the point Anthony. Keep up the good work.

[slashy04]

I would love a lesson on the ballad that gets played on the OD comparinator :D

[ArielsSmartyPants]

Great video. I think people get so caught up in shred picking and forget that a lot of the speed is developed through less picking and movement.