Box 1 PRO Tips from 40 YEARS of playing

[@PeterKertesz2013]

Brilliant video, back to the basics .Or as the Great Robben Ford said: "Do not to be afraid to play almost nothing" 🎵🎸

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Thanks man!

[@MarkFeaGuitar]

Nice stuff mate! Good that not all of us are obsessed with Shred!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Ah cheers. Yep there's a lot more to guitar than shred!

[@kevinkinnu341]

Alvin Lee was a great master of box 1

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Good point!

[@petset77]

Brilliant. You've simplified these techniques like no one else has. Breaking down to economy picking with hammer on/pull offs (in the correct spots) adds what sounds like a lot of speed to a listener while the player can relax through it. Bending the double stops adds such soul and fullness. ...and yes, position one is great because it's in the perfect hearing spectrum to cut through a mix without being shrill (then again, I've been a bass player for decades, so...). Thank you sir!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

That's a brilliant comment. Thank you so much!

[@mikeandrulonis6553]

Great lesson and you have to love the commentary from little Jimi! Thanks for the tips.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Thanks so much. Big Jim says hi!

[@kanal7944]

THANK YOU. Turned out to be yery inspiring on the guitar.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Ah thanks so much!

[@thelolguy007]

Couldn’t agree more. Get sick of all these bedrooms players dissing the box when SRV made it sound so awesome like many more do

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Exactly, box one is brilliant!

[@luizvelazquez1113]

You mean the way you are dissing bedroom players? Some people may choose to be just that. It doesn’t necessarily mean that we can’t play as you suggested….

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@luizvelazquez1113 Not at all. Noone is dissing bedroom players. We've all been one at some point or another. What the comment meant was about dissing box 1 when it's great. Peace.

[@luizvelazquez1113]

@@timdaleybluesguitar101 Right on….

[@robertcalvin2643]

I'd shred if I could!

[@Foggjammer]

No worries. Never too much Stevie. Great lesson.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Thanks! 😃

[@cmdrlt.evildead5328]

finally got round to watching this video and just top tier epic just inspiring one video after another.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Big thanks mate!

[@zenncatt]

Thank you Tim for sharing these bluesy golden nuggets. Liked and subscribed. Have a great day.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Thanks for the sub!

[@daltonlouzada627]

The lesson itself is amazing and made me a subscriber, but I needed to comment about the Jimmy avatar. It’s very funny! I love it

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Thanks for the comment! Super glad you approve of Big Jim, he says hi!

[@gergemall]

Thank you Maestro

[@mnbv990]

Excellent lesson sir. very relaxed and easy to follow.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Many thanks!

[@abrigospardos]

Chuck Berry would say the Chuck Berry thing was actually borrowed from T-Bone Walker. It's the T-Bone thing!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Haha, good point. Virtually everything is derivative. I'm sure T-Bone stole it from someone! We all steal and then adapt.

[@davidmacleod9313]

4:17 To me that’s verging on Alvin Lee, to start “I’m Going Home”. (I use my pinky then ring finger for a few quick pull offs (Eb,D,C…landing on A,then a quick D. God! I hate trying to be articulate in two languages! Lol) Anyway, keep going. Oh wait! I have to undo pause. (I’m 70, you know, so…)

[@timemerson2691]

The snarley thing reminds me of Billy Gibbons. ❤. Thanks Tim

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Ah sweet. Yes I agree, Billy loved his double stops! Thanks!

[@theyoungupstarts1243]

Snarly is my new technical term and i love it, and you can too!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Haha, yes it's a useful term. You could also apply it to people e.g. 'a snarly dude!'

[@johnletitia]

Thanks! Great way to explain styles of the great players

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Glad you liked it!

[@stickman55100]

Every post you make is always so valuable.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Fabulous comment, thank you!

[@chucklutter7399]

Idea appeals to me quite a bit for where I'm at, just sub'd to see your other content. Thank you for sharing! BEST AND PEACE

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Super cool. Hope you enjoy the rest of my content. Thanks for the sub!

[@Burntvalve]

That was great info that's the quietest I've ever seen Jimi lol keepem coming mate cheers from the US

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

I'll get him to be a bit cheekier in the next vid! Cheers!

[@autk]

The "basics" are the foundation, use them differently to sound better or use them the same essentially with a little personal spin, and harmonic sauce, they sound good for a reason!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Precisely!

[@cryptogumbyckb1183]

btw that #3 intro gave me Beatles vibes.. Baby You Can Drive My Car

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Cool!

[@mraggrovator]

Super lesson thanks

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Glad you liked it!

[@voronOsphere]

Amazing Lesson!!! Thanks! Subbed!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Big thanks!

[@412willis]

What a great lesson. Thanks!!!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

No worries!

[@mrmr314]

Good lesson mate. Thanks. Could you please give us more SRV stuff as a lot of it is quite complex at speed.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

It's in the pipeline!

[@brucemillar]

Great tips. Cheers Tim! 👍

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

No worries Bruce, thanks!

[@jwilkinson341]

Great easy lesson to build on.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Exactly what I was aiming for! Thanks

[@thebluesrockers]

Jimi said "I like to tweak my doobies!" hahaha... Great lesson Tim. For a Stratocaster guy, you sure make that Les Paul sound good.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Ah cheers mate! I am a Strat guy for sure, but I do love that Les Paul too! Big Jim says hi!

[@doubled5383]

Positions 1, 3 and 5 for minor pentatonic is the bomb.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

All cool. Must say, I prefer position 4 after 1. I find it very similar to position 1. Cheers!

[@doubled5383]

Can’t disagree. For minor pentatonic all of box 1, bottom 4 strings position 5, high 4 strings positions 2 and 3. All of box 4.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@doubled5383 Spot on!

[@stevebnarasky7994]

While you’re adding Jimmy at the 5th n 8th fret, tap on the 10th fret with your index finger and you just added Eddie to the mix!😂

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Haha! Sweet! I was a huge Eddie fan back in the day!

[@BonesJonesMusicMD]

Excellent explanation!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Big thanks!

[@Vicos]

Thanks, Tim! Very helpful! Look forward to more vids. (The Jimi doll does seem to have a bit of an attitude 😁😉)

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Super glad it's helpful! I will have a word with Big Jim, he is getting too cocky!

[@thebluesrockers]

@@timdaleybluesguitar101 I'm surprised "Big Jim" didn't bring up how much shit SRV stole from the legend "Albert King" Most people think SRV stole from Hendrix but both of them learned a lot from Albert. I love all the work you do on coming up with Jimi's lines. It makes your channel special & different. Thanks again, for all your great lessons. Peace.. Joe

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@thebluesrockers Yep very true SRV stole a ton from Albert but boy did he move it on! Thanks for the Big Jim appreciation, means a lot. Cheers Joe!

[@chapmanfx8104]

Gold as usual Tim thx

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Ah thanks mate!

[@briansbrain426]

I don't know what amp you are using with that LP, but it sounds 10x better than when I used the neck pickup on mine (and I've got Pearly Gates.)

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

To be honest, I record through an AxeFxIII. I find it much easier to get great sounds rather than using my valve amps. I always use the valve amps live and for general playing at home but for recording the Axe takes some beating.

[@kenny3485]

tasty ... very cool lesson!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Thanks! 😃

[@chriscorbin1055]

Are you using delay or echo. Sounds good. Simple Technics go along way.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Yes I'm using quite a heavy ambient reverb and a bit of delay. Cheers

[@zicowilco60]

Hey Tim subscribed ..great ideas man ..I will adapt these ideas ..only thing is I don't use the plectrum..I'm a,thumb man 😂😂😂

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Big thanks. Playing with your fingers is super cool!

[@waynegram8907]

TIM, When are you doing to make a video lesson about Hendrix and SRV using 6th chords and 6./9 chords? Hendrix started throwing in these motown r&b 6th chords, Sus+slash chords, and 6/9 chords in the album axis bold as love. SRV listened to the album axis bold as love and also started throwing in 6th chords like Lenny and Rivera Paradise, etc.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Some great ideas, but probably a bit too in depth for my mainstream channel. I tend to cover more in depth stuff on my Patreon channel.

[@waynegram8907]

@@timdaleybluesguitar101 ok just asking since RHCP John Frusciante was influenced by the album Axis Bold as Love using "shell chords" inverted chords, slash chords

[@tjk3380]

Its likely the Jimmy Page part of that first lick was copped from T-Bone Walker, who used it on many, many tunes.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Great info, thanks!

[@maradonel88]

please do modes,and how to find positions like pentatonics.modes on 3 notes per string😇😇

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Yeah good idea. Modes always confuse people. I cover this a lot with students in private lessons.

[@maradonel88]

@@timdaleybluesguitar101thank you

[@maradonel88]

i waith for the video profesor

[@dougsmith8430]

Subtleties, Nuance, Technique and Space… BB King did alright using this approach. 🎸😑

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Sure thing!

[@begonnne]

There is always a place for the blues, but the blues is not the place for all. Does this mean that 'The Blues' have become just another 'niche'? I pretty much left them behind decades ago, but still play the odd one or two 'just for a nice change'. I think the Blues is more an expression of emotion rather than just a playing style, both in the lyrics as well as the music. This idea is taken to the extreme in LZ's 'Since I've Been loving You', and cut to it's barest essentials in Fleetwood Mac's 'Drifting'. Edit: I swapped the Blues scale for the 'Harmonic Minor' scale, just in case you were interested enough to read this far.....

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

I adore Since I've Been Loving you, great minor blues tune with an interesting twist! I should def do a video about it at some point!

[@begonnne]

@@timdaleybluesguitar101 It's a very powerful song indeed. That's what I find so appealing about it.

[@begonnne]

@@timdaleybluesguitar101 I think it's the pure emotion of the chord sequences that does it for me - when I play my version I also exaggerate the human sense of grief in the lyrics.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@begonnne I get that. It's a very strong and almost haunting chord sequence.

[@jeffrowlette]

The "need" to leave position #1 is in your mind. EVERY note is in position #1 unless you want a higher or lower octave. Don't think there are notes on the other positions that aren't in position #1. They're all there in one spot.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Totallly agree! There's a good title for a KZbin video. 'The need to leave position 1 is all in your mind' !

[@Filmbuf-g2k]

As a newbie to lead guitar .can I ask why Am pentatonic seems so popular on KZbin .is it for songs played In the key of C (I understand that Am is the relative minor key for C Major ) or songs in the key of A.....

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Good question and there are a few answers. 1. There are a lot of blues songs written in the key of A 2. Position 1 is in a very convenient place in Am i.e. not too low down the neck, not too high, great for bends 3. In the key of Am you can use a lot of the open strings too. 4. Navigating to the other positions is simple from Am position 1, particularly if you jump up to position 4, which is arguably the next most convenient position after position 1.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Oh and of course you could use it for C major as you said.

[@Filmbuf-g2k]

@@timdaleybluesguitar101 thank you...Nice to have these little light bulb moments....

[@allenbrininstool7558]

SRV was Albert King on steroids. The triplets are Eric Johnson. Factoid: SRV and Eric Johnson were friends and roommates in Austin

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Totally agree with that! Didn't know SRV and EJ were roommates though! Cool.

[@Bwiser63]

I got the 1st 👍

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Nice job!

[@noend2551]

Hey man. I would like to buy one or two courses. But not via card, only via PayPal. I would like to be from Austria. Lg. Man, thanks for all.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Hi there, great stuff! You can buy my courses via Paypal, there is a Paypal button in checkout. Thanks! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGWWkmN9pchrq7M&ab_channel=WildwoodGuitars

[@edevita]

Wongs Pizza!!!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Yeah, saw him a few months back. Cory is awesome!

[@azbluesdog]

“Exploit position 1 to its maximum”… is that what made Jimi so popular with the ladies?

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

You've discovered his secret!

[@jeffrowlette]

Aw...Jimi Hendrix. He taught me pentatonic in triplets. The very beginning of the solo to Bold As Love - straight A minor ascending in triplets. I learned the notes one by one - from vinyl no less. I knew NOTHING about "pentatonic scales," but Jimi showed me that. And for years, actually, even now, running the pentatonic in triplets is integral in my practice. It all started with Bold As Love ❤️

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Man I love Bold as Love, my fave Jimi track.

[@markbryant4641]

He really was something else. I'm not into straight up R&B at all. Hendrix and Zeppelin transcended the genra.

[@godned74]

From this day forward, I will no longer call a guitar virtuoso a shredder. They shall be known as tweakers 😆

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Haha, keep tweaking!

[@mariobuttino6095]

Sounds great but play a Strat.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

I usually do!

[@mr.k905]

Hm, to me all this IS the box. That’s what people want to overcome when they say they want to escape the box. Here is a thing you can do if you really want to “escape”: Just put on a record/backing track (preferably not a blues. Something on one chord is ok in the beginning), close your eyes and just play a super random note on the fretboard. (It’s important that you don’t know what note it is or how it relates to any box etc. The weirder it sounds in context of the backing track, the better!). Now try to “make your way” from this note to “a more familiar place” on the board. Very important: Use your ears, not your eyes! You can even stay on one string at the beginning, it doesn’t matter if it’s a hassle to play. What you want to do is to train your ear(!) to kinda get out of any tonally uncomfortable situation back into a familiar one. This way you will discover to hear all the notes that will get you from A to B. After a while you will see that ANY note on the fretboard can be used in any context. There are no wrong notes, only bad choices how to connect those notes to others. But there are also endless possibilities that will work. Once you have internalized all these possibilities, you will incorporate them in your playing and expand on the box to the very maximum.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Great exercise and I totally agree. I do this sort of thing a fair bit. Playing around with tonality and also pushing things harmonically is great fun.

[@johncarlo7395]

Please, no more dreaded Blues, and minor pentatonic scales, it's almost every other KZbin video.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

That's because it works so well! Tried and tested. And position 1 is king.

[@bradleygunyon304]

Hey- yes &…some folks are just learning their way… let them Chuck Berry into Steve Vai…

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@bradleygunyon304 Good point sir!

[@danpalmer4820]

​@timdaleybluesguitar101 Yep. Why should anyone avoid the box? It's where all the good stuff is!