Here's the play out jam from the Stratosonic upgrade film... not for the first time recently I have used ZZ Tops 'Just Got Paid' as the riff and loop inspiration. This is a great variation on the standard blues rock progression with soloing firmly in the G maj (E min) Pentatonic boxes.
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Steal My Licks #29
By special request here is the piece I used to compare Stratosonic upgrades. You may recognise this as inspired by (but a more frantic version of) Brown Sugar from ZZ Tops first album. I play it using powerchords - E5 / G5 / D5 and I keep it very simple here just trying to copy a few of Billy Gib...
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Steal My Licks #28
Here's the main jam on the new Les Paul from this weeks film... many people recognised the Dicky Betts influence and it was indeed the result of an hour or so on youtube trying to learn some of his licks. That they are recognisable when I play them I guess shows how distinctive and influential pl...
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Steal My Licks #27
Here's the jam from last weeks Tokai review. The track it remind me of was in fact 'Psi Power' from the 1978 Hawklords album '25 Years On' but it's a familiar progression used in countless songs, and also a brilliant loop to jam over for hours and hours so please join me!
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