Al Petteway's Dream Guitars Process

We have had the good fortune at Dream Guitars to have the wonderful Al Petteway demo hundreds of instruments for us over the years. We always look forward to having Al in our studio on recording days - not only for the pleasure of hearing him play, but also because Al's charm is infectious.
But how does he decide what to play on each guitar?
We thought it would be fun to have Mr. Petteway walk us through a bit of his process for choosing which samples to play for our video demos.
Enjoy!
@DreamGuitars

[@jamesdiller2613]

I miss Sir Al.. He was and will always be my favorite.

[@MrJazzlarry]

Thanks for this Al. The insight you provide in exposing your creative process is more valuable than all the tabbed lessons stacked up on my desk. Good to see you are surviving the pandemic intact. Cheers!

[@DreamGuitars]

Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers!

[@Dave-White]

Thanks Al and Dream Guitars!

[@DreamGuitars]

Our pleasure!

[@4earsonly160]

HEY AL MR PETTAWAY I CAME ACROSS CALEDON WOODS RECENTLY I WISH I HAD HEARD IT WHEN YOU FIRST RELEASED IT I'M ENTHRALLED WITH THE ALBUM IT'S WONDERFUL WE'LL NEVER GET TIRED OF IT IT'S ALWAYS FRESH AS OFTEN AS I LISTEN TO IT.. I'VE MET AND SEEN IN PERSON MANY OTHERS WHO ARE GUITAR WIZARDS AND A FEW OF THEM ARE GONE BUT NEVER EVER FORGOTTEN AND FOREVER RESURRECTED WITH WHAT THEY CREATED AND PUT FORTH.. I'LL PUT AWAY YOU ARE IN A GROUP OF VERY SPECTACULAR CREATORS OF MIND BLOWING GUITAR WORK THANK YOU

[@lukeluquer4611]

a very good teacher

[@SiggyMe]

You have a creative artistic brain and that is very appealing how to patch things together is making more music than the average person certainly more than me. So this is a nice lesson to work through my head. You are a great teacher as with you there are no mistakes only learning. Thanks!

[@hullabaloo2601]

I absolutely love the exact same song you play in demos. In fact, I am disappointed when you don’t go to that holy grail song. Thanks Al!

[@daveowens]

Awesome Al, thanks for the behind-the-scenes look!

[@DreamGuitars]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Porsche997C4S1]

I love this! What a talent!!

[@savagetofu1]

Good show!!!😀😇

[@mitchfortson8413]

Great playing,I usually play drop D make up all neat stuff,thx

[@vincebasile7532]

One request. Could you always start with an arpeggio in the key of E major? That way we can hear each string and check the bass E and treble E to see if there is a sweet 'ping' in the high E.

[@lukeluquer4611]

thank you john I mean Al

[@lukeluquer4611]

I am seeing signs of arthritis in his fingers. Hope I am wrong.