Blues Guitar Lesson: How To Play The Thrill Is Gone by BB King Intro Solo

[@lisan1010]

Griff, your BB king lessons were the first tutorials I watched on youtube and the first song I learned on my electric guitar 2 years ago. Thanks to you now it's a passion. Today I'm revisiting this lesson, so much to learn yet!

[@michaelcaton9358]

The last little bit of that solo is so good it breaks my heart.............

[@RobertPickeringBucketList69]

5 years later, still one of the best !

[@scottca9780]

This is my favourite of the many lessons of this solo (though it always takes me a few minutes of adjusting to which bird is which fret).

[@buzzstankos8532]

Thanks so much, Griff... I keep coming back to this lesson and I always learn something new...

[@otmanblues4138]

Griff, This is the Best Thrill Is Gone lesson I’ve seen on KZbin. The way you explained how the 4 note solo pattern got shifted down an octave really made sense. No one has ever explained that way. Great! Thank you 🙏 👍👍👍

[@bluesguitarunleashed]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Sleek.Strings]

You are amazing! The only one who does it the right way 👍Thank you!

[@michaelmendillo7513]

The second you play that B note,,, it's like okay,,,I am in BB Land. !!! Lol,,,, 😎👍😁💞💞💞

[@belo1971]

« No pinky bend ....it is one fo the Basic guitar technique », would say my guitar teacher , a professional one ! Great lesson indeed !

[@jemrock1441]

👍 Good friend 🙂 💫 👍 i take for me to playlist learn electric guitar 🎸 🎶 🔥. Thanks friend for sharing. Rock on!

[@garypowell4565]

Griff, you have this down to a science! Thanks

[@juanjanse6782]

Wow, really nice session. thanks!!

[@craighoffman5040]

Definitely a favorite

[@EricMitchellRL]

As always, Your videos are excellent and very useful. Your Blue Guitar Unleashed videos brought me back to the guitar after almost 30 years of collecting dust in closet. Your courses have accelerated my skills and my confidence with playing the blues. Thank you.

[@cajunqueen5125]

Many thanks for putting together and posting this terrific lesson.

[@alexgormley1565]

Thank you so much, what a great lesson sir! You should be proud

[@RoyMcFarlane]

Awesome, thank you so much Griff. This has to be one of my favourites.

[@vegaspatrick2]

I play a Epiphone blues Box with some light strings, it is acoustic and electric thanks for sharing. already your student BLU.

[@MrNonaste]

Great lesson! Thank you. And WOW! What a BEAUTIFUL guitar.

[@guitpizz]

Very solid.

[@johnmedlen3124]

Great song, great job Griff. Good education learning to play a classic blues song like the recordings. keep 'em comming

[@vegaspatrick2]

thank-you so much. I have been practicing and I have 90% keeping up with you. I am so stoked today. thanks again. I am one of your BLU students.

[@geraldbrown2875]

Great song great lesson! Thank you 😊🇨🇦👍

[@larrymich]

Gerald Brown i

[@HiramekiDojo]

What an excellent video! Thank you very much, Mr. Hamlin!

[@Braglemaster123]

Excellent

[@tc2222000]

Hi Griff. Excellent video. I wish you could add tabs with it. So much easier

[@themihnea9582]

You are a fantastic player and your technique is just great!

[@acedragon6592]

EASY LESSON. IN 1969 WAS PLAYING WITH THE NEW YORK DOLLS. LIKE YOUR T-SHIRT. ITS BACKWARDS, WE WHERE COLONIZED. LOL! THANKS GRIFF.

[@JHOLLY117]

Love the shirt!! 👍

[@thegolfnut812]

Thanks, very good lesson.

[@lisan1010]

a fantastic lesson from a great teacher, thanks Griff

[@mickkelly8153]

Very informative, thanks for taking the time

[@buddhamus]

Thanks for this lesson. "The Thrill Is Gone" was the first BB King tune I heard and it's still my favorite. I've tried to figure out what BB's doing on this song for years and kind of gave up. It sounds so simple, but then that's the challenge of it. Also I never could figure out the chords on this tune. I could never get it to sound right.

[@johnnybumpous9108]

Great lesson, thanks!!

[@nevillegreg1]

Nice sounding guitar.

[@TheJimmercury]

4220 Euro :)

[@alfredocovitto5949]

Sei bravissimo👏👏👍grazie. Mi sono iscritto. Ci faresti anche il continuo del solo? Grazie sei il. Migliore👏👍👍🥂🎸

[@VincentPriceknives]

Thanks for this one.

[@robertroyster2833]

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gasparepellecchia]

great , man!

[@BarrettOwens]

Thank you for a terrific lesson!

[@MrNonaste]

I think that the shirt is clever...and quite accurate.

[@ahmedassaad1]

You definitely deserve more likes, more views and more subscribers. Thank you very much 👍 Yeah, and by the way, very nice guitar 🎸 and the color is amazing.

[@lisan1010]

what a fantastic tone.. I'd like to know what amp were you using

[@jbcrimmins]

I couldn't help but notice that B.B. started multiple licks on the 1. Bars 1, 2, 5... but when you're the King who needs rules? Also, I can see where Clapton got the ideas for Strange Brew. Whenever I try to replay this solo in my head, Brew keeps creeping in.

[@JohnWilliams-ke6jy]

Great lesson Griff , you're the man! I can see you have an great collection of instruments that you play , and I am in awe of your gear. Curious about your take on less expensive gear Epiphone , Squier , G&L Trib. ect. I find the tone on some of of these axes to be very close to the originals. Do you think they are a bargain to buy or in the long run is it better to save up & invest in the more expensive gear ?

[@bluesguitarunleashed]

Get what you can afford and don't worry about it. The difference between a $500 and $3000 instrument isn't NEARLY what it used to be.

[@anivegmin]

You said that the Eb played on the 11th fret of the E string "makes no sense", and is just a "passing tone". But surely it's the 3rd of a B7 as opposed to the minor 3rd of Bm7, so it's mixing the major into the minor in a classic blues manner, so it makes just as much sense as using the b5 blues note. It's sensible in terms of the blues. Also it happens at the point where there is a progression from a m7 to a maj7 chord. Well I think that's what's going on.

[@bluesguitarunleashed]

It would make sense if this were a "standard" blues where the B was a B7 instead of a Bminor. It's normal and customary to put a b3 over a fundamentally major chord - that's the blues in a nutshell - but to put a major 3rd over a minor 3rd is an odd choice and unusual. There are VERY few instances of this that I've seen and I've transcribed hundreds of solos over the years.

[@anivegmin]

OK Thanks.

[@opannefrank1986]

@@bluesguitarunleashed I've also transcribed hundreds of blues solos. I'm unsure why this is so confusing to you. It makes perfect sense to me.

[@bluesguitarunleashed]

@@opannefrank1986 it isn't confusing, it's unusual at best... but hey, if you dig it, carry on.

[@45zapatero]

Great video . First of a series of some iconic solos ?😉

[@jeffwhitner6637]

Nice Job! Plus nice guitar choice if you do not have a 335.

[@bluesguitarunleashed]

I do have a 335, but right now I'm digging this PRS more, it's great!

[@JeffintheD]

Please tell me what strings you are using. Are those 9s? I’m having trouble with some of the bends.

[@JeffintheD]

Never mind, I guess I should have waited until the end where he tells us he uses 10s. LOL. Great video!!

[@mirsini5199]

Where can i find the backing track?

[@brturner]

How do you do that choke bend on the ninth fret of the 3rd string I can't get the right pitch

[@atebea5259]

is it in standard tuning?

[@joer5000]

I don’t see the link to download the book?

[@cockroachdeloach5093]

Nice chops! Sweet rig too! Dumb shirt though.

[@aydenburris8631]

What gage are those strings? Those gotta be 7s

[@greenman8285]

You got to give it some sugar :)

[@jean-lucbersou758]

shit .....the blacksmith backing comp !

[@francoisbouchard5461]

standard tuning ?

[@thegolfnut812]

Yes.

[@stephensandorf5962]

Great idea for a video but I need you to go slower or repeat the first time you go over the solo.

[@RickDanner]

you nailed it , maybe you could check out my version

[@imannonymous7707]

whats the point if it isnt arranged

[@DennisfromBoston021]

to fast man

[@robinschmitt2729]

you talking too much