Breaking Down Shawn Tubb's Incredible Technique - Tips To Creating Your Own Terrifying Technique

[@GerryBlue]

Amazing, Shawn reveals 1% of his secrets, gives us mortals a lifetime of knowledge, thanks!

[@BrettPapa]

Pretty much! I plan on wrangling him in for some more lessons next time I am back in Nashville! He has so many awesome chops, its ridiculous!!

[@GerryBlue]

Please do, I wouldn't mind paying for lesson (not too expensive though, :p) Thanks for the video

[@JohnnyBGood-ii8kt]

Papa, wow what a great player, thank you for having Shawn with us and those amazing licks and his approach to creating riffs from chords. I played all of 2 hours with just that one lick in C.

[@BrettPapa]

Awesome man! Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

[@CamiloVelandia]

Great video! One thing that wasn't mentioned that I think is a huge part of Shawn's playing is how killin his time feel is!!! Super tight player rhythmically... and add to that the clean chops and tasty licks, and you've got a winner!! Great as always Shawn!

[@BrettPapa]

For sure! The real thing that makes any guitar player great is feel. Thanks for checking it out! More with Shawn coming soon!

[@BMWBikes-i7n]

Faaantastic, Shawn is a wonderfull Gitarero! A great fun to listen you both!

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks for checking us out!

[@andywoodmusic]

this is killer, love shawns playing!

[@BrettPapa]

His playing is pretty darn amazing! Very inspiring!

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks so much Andy!

[@paulhamrick9092]

Brett you are the man with all these badass players on your channel. You must be learning a lot of new things & having lots of fun in Nashville

[@BrettPapa]

It has been awesome! Filmed a sick course with Ford Thurston too! It’s going to be awesome!

[@gordonspeirs8179]

Thanks Bret, I just got hooked to Shawn great stuff, he deserves more followers. Both of you are such humble dudes

[@BrettPapa]

Sure thing Gordon! Been trying to get him back over here for forever. Great dude! Super humble yet terrifying at the same time lol!

[@michaelreis8266]

I just watched Shawn's AC20 Vid which as usual left me grinning and shaking my head, I love the outside vibe in blues etc. Was thinking someone needs to get in that guys head, then I find this, lol. Cheers Brett, awesome :-)

[@BrettPapa]

Sweet! Thanks for checking it out!

[@fullmetalsal]

you mean his Morgan AC20 clip

[@redstrat1234]

Papa, you ask all the right questions. Great work

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks! Hopefully doing more with Shawn in the future!

[@touchtonetechnique6984]

Thanks for posting this!! it’s great hearing the ‘secrets’ and mindset of one of the best!

[@BrettPapa]

Sure thing! Thanks for checking it out!

[@jakollee]

This is one of the best (ok, it's THE best) video on YT about "outside" playing, it definitely warrants repeat viewing. Many thanks to both of you for doing this! (Of course, ST doesn't completely reveal all his secrets: 8:13 to 8:23 - Wow!) I'll be working on some of those licks (in half-speed mode) for a while...

[@BrettPapa]

More to come! Thanks for watching!

[@Andreorsel]

jakollee , i would not call this “outside playing”. This is all from the old bebop/Jazz school. What you are doing is connecting notes from scales or chords with chromatic movements. It is all from the Jazz school and nothing new. When you are playing realy outside you would have to stay much longer out of the tonality before comming back to notes within the tonality. A way to do this for instance is by superimposing chords. Say you have one chord a Cm7, what you can do is thinking: Ebm7 Ab7 I Dm7b5 G7 altered to Cm7 Now the first part of your improvasation is all in Dbm7 before you resolve to the Cm tonality, that realy sounds outside. You can of course expand on this and even stay longer outside of the tonality. The way Shawn uses this bebop approach in a more pop/ blues context you do not her often, and his fluidity in connecting the lines is realy great! I love his playing, but it is not containing secrets. Just go back listening to old school bepop/Jazz. Guys like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, etc... You will all find it in their improvisations. Someone who takes real outside playing to a whole other level was for instance Allan Holdsworth.

[@TylerTribby]

Love that guy. Thanks for your content, Papa!

[@BrettPapa]

Sure thing! Thanks for watching!

[@bluesguitarunleashed]

That story about the old Boogie store takes me back... I actually was the guitar teacher there back in the day and got to try and teach over the guys playing the Dual Recs on 10... good times!

[@BrettPapa]

Haha! It was a good time for all! Not to mention it was all plugged into a 20 space rack of effects lol!

[@slowpoke7888]

Awesome guys. I love this stuff. Entertaining interviews of great guitar players, for sure. But Brett won't let 'em go until he extracts some really useful lessons for all us lot. Major bonus. Thanks guys.

[@BrettPapa]

You are welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@AshRavens]

who are you talking about at 20:36? Tom ...? Can't understand the last name.

[@BrettPapa]

Bukovac. One of the best guitarists I have ever seen hands down!!!

[@jefflittle4427]

Thanks Brett and Shawn. Kept me busy tabbing and learning licks half the day...smile.

[@BrettPapa]

Awesome! Thanks for checking it out!

[@arottie4097]

Thanx for sharing. It's great to hear the different perspectives of the peps who out there doing it for real/wkin wit the best! Seems like the majority of these session guy all are very humble. I think their ability to leave the attitude @ the door plays a huge roll in their success!! I am curious as to who you were talking about round here 20:35 I made out tom but couldn't hear the last name? wanted to ck him out.

[@BrettPapa]

Tom Bukovac, he is pretty much the who's who of session guys in Nashville. He was the top dog for a long time and he really is an out of this world talent. I'm working on tracking him down haha!

[@jusachipa]

Hey man, I dig these talk-showy, guest lessons you got going on here. This is a great way for those of us not living in places like LA, Nashville, Austin (or the US in general) to learn about other killer guitarists in Murica. Is this a regular thing?

[@jkov]

Yup, these videos are gold!

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks! Yes, I'm going to be doing a lot more of these in the future. Thanks for checking them out!

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks!

[@rossbyron]

he is one of my top two favs

[@NickBright6]

Yeah nice relaxed style man. Great you ask the right questions to understand what they are playing. This was really interesting.

[@GetUpTo88]

LOVE Shawn Tubbs. Liked the video before I even watched !

[@BrettPapa]

I can see why! He is awesome!

[@jonlewis63]

Way , way way, above my skill level but incredibly interesting . Shawn Tubbs , Ford Thurston , Guthrie Trapp these posts are superb . Thank you sooo much !!!

[@BrettPapa]

You are welcome! More to come soon!

[@oldguysguitarvlog183]

Outside diminished runs a la Robben Ford. Wow! Love it!

[@BrettPapa]

Great stuff! Shawn has that stuff down!!

[@periloustemple8290]

Absolutely the best "side-stepping" kind of lessons I have ever seen. Wow. Lot's to practice and deal with, but good stuff.

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks! Trying to get Shawn back on soon!

[@ryanthecore]

Great lesson Bret, Shawn is one of my favorites, I also followed him around the OC trying to glean anything I could from his licks and tone. Please do more videos with Shawn. Thank you Bret & Shawn.

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks! Coming soon!

[@markrodgers3497]

Damn, Brett ! You run in some lofty circles !

[@BrettPapa]

Haha! Just lucky to have some well connected friends! Thanks for watching!

[@gabrielperrymusic]

Great video. Thanks for sharing!

[@BrettPapa]

Sure thing! Thanks for watching!

[@LIONHUNTER68]

Outstanding video. Great stuff!

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@2tallB]

I dug the diversion rap! Dropped a few of Nashville player names that I wasn't familiar with. Tracking them now, of course... they're all great. Love these talk session and Shawn always sounds killer!

[@BrettPapa]

Lot's more coming soon!

[@gisellechacon7081]

That was one smokin' guitar lesson fellas, seriously! Thanks to you both, I have work to do!❤

[@BrettPapa]

Glad you liked it! Hopefully we can get Shawn in again soon.

[@omarcusihuaman4261]

QUE CHEVERE @TUSCLASESDEGUITARRA con el gran shawn tubbs !

[@BV_Beve]

Two of my favorite dudes ! Great Brett & Shawn !

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks!

[@embreesmith7613]

now were talkin' here ..!! You are getting the most outta Nashville, Brett love the diminished stuff Hi, Shawn .. :)

[@BrettPapa]

Thank ya sir! Glad you liked it!

[@autocrow]

I was just jamming in E minor like I love to do (who doesn't) and I tried throwing in passing notes from outside of my scales. I even tried some crazy little chromatic runs outside of the scales and it was sounding really cool. Your ear doesn't expect it. Love that white Suhr! Shawn is a great guitar player btw.

[@BrettPapa]

He is awesome! Thanks for checking it out!

[@tobba748]

Love it, so darn intriguing! 😎

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@andiWatson]

Shawn is such a great player

[@BrettPapa]

Indeed he is!

[@TheRealBalloonHead]

Sweet tele Brett

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks! I love that thing!

[@laicank]

The guy is super awesome. Could you please do a lesson with Greg Koch too?

[@BrettPapa]

Hmmm, I'll see what I can do.

[@joefriedmanguitarnut]

Does Shawn play with the round side of his pick?? How does he get that smooth sound???

[@JonKaneshiroGuitar]

You’re a beast! Love how effortless it looks. Tone was amazing. Were you using a drive for this? Also, always wondering if you play with relatively low or high action.

[@BrettPapa]

I can't remember what Shawn was playing through. He has quite a few amps there. His action was fairly low. Thanks for watching!

[@chumbo]

What's the name of the guitar player he's mentioning at 15:33 (JD...?)

[@BrettPapa]

Simo probably.

[@jeffriley9807]

Shawn is becoming one of the few in my top guitarist. His imagination has my getter totally out of the box. I’m a huge Steve Lukather, Joe Bonamassa, ect.. I love out of the box and tubbs does it in such a tasteful manner

[@BrettPapa]

Yep Shawn is definitely in that league.

[@INVERTEDBUKAKI]

that was awesome

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@eddyrox5150]

two of OC/LA's best - awesomeness

[@BrettPapa]

Haha!

[@dixonrooster5954]

You gotta do doug rappoport man!

[@BrettPapa]

Working on it haha!

[@marshall3524]

Thanks you

[@BrettPapa]

You are welcome!

[@roseslasher]

What's a straight feel? Or even shuffle. I have a vague idea of that. Could you do a video on time and bars and stuff encompassing that and how to solo using those concepts. Just something fundamental if you could. Thanks Brett.

[@superalvedon97]

A straight feel is in my world when you play the classic rock n roll thing, think Chuck Berry. So basically straight eight notes. In a shuffle you are delaying the second eight note which gives it the shuffle feel. You could also look at it as a triplet with the middle note taken out. Different ways to look at it.

[@meleecritical]

That's my uncle!!! And he's hanging out with papastache! My head is exploding!!!

[@shawntalarico6384]

meleecritical Your uncle is a great player

[@BrettPapa]

Haha! Classic! Well your uncle is one amazing guitar player!!

[@PaulGeorgePastor]

Wow. Dude YOU are the king of string! Listen to me, hahaha I lost all my coolness! Pardon me Brett as I totally fan out on you! You are king of string and your whole flippin court are royalty bro! Just ...wow. oh ok wow, AND this is THE BEST EVER shedding session ever caught on film. That's it. I'm done...MIC is DROPPED! ELVIS is out of the building and I can't believe you have given us this... I'm going to watch it again for, like, the 19th time and pinch my arm between replays to make sure this is real. Wow. Shawn wow you are amazing bro! Thank you thank you thank you thank you!

[@BrettPapa]

Haha! You are funny! Thanks for checking out the vids! Glad you like them!

[@Nautijan]

Ok, that was awesome. What pick is he using? Seems quite thick? Anyone ?

[@BrettPapa]

Not sure! Thanks for watching!

[@Deuce_Luminox.]

What amp is Shawn using? Great tone.

[@BrettPapa]

I don’t remember. He has got a few in there!

[@arnyarny77]

beautiful "bounce" to his playing

[@alecdawson1668]

Those chromatic ideas are reminiscent of Jimmy Herring. Pretty cool..

[@mikemarabeas6575]

Hi Brett is it true u are s lefty? I'm a dominant lefty but learned righty. Been playing 20 years and I can play but I feel I'd be much better if I played my natural way. Certain things like shred guitar and certain rhythms just require much more effort. Thoughts on your experience. I can tremelo pick at about 150 but tops I bet I can blow that away lefty in two months. On the other hand my legato is pretty good and my bending

[@BrettPapa]

I am a lefty. I just figure I would have more coordination in my left hand. Plus it's not so hard to find guitars!

[@mikemarabeas6575]

papastache102 thanks Brett!

[@mikemarabeas6575]

Love these interviews by the way making me want to visit Nashville

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Does Shawn know how to play a wrong note?

[@BrettPapa]

He would say yes but I beg to differ haha!

[@FabrizioPeretti]

Those shapes at 9.50 are all Cminor triad/voicings

[@ShawnTubbs]

C minor 6 ;)

[@FabrizioPeretti]

@@ShawnTubbs right!

[@gervason]

Shawn is a great guitar player! I noticed a strange fact: his fingers have a tremolous movement (when they are not on the fretboard). I hope it is nothing worrying...

[@BrettPapa]

Jacked up on coffee and no food haha! He is all good!

[@row759]

Whether it was intended or not. By playing for Carrie Underwood in front of her sold out shows. Actually gave Shawn the exposure he needed to do what he wants to do now. Which is show people how to play guitar. Even though his job was to help Carrie get a good start to her career. Carrie didn't pick him to be part of her band. Arista at the time did that.

[@Dcba964]

Am i wrong or he it sounds like the lydian dominant scale?

[@PolaOpposite]

Altered 3rd, 5th, and 9th notes are blue notes, not wrong notes.

[@MWright95186]

alpha century... that's where he get's that stuff... lol? mOre wonderful stuff... BLIsssstteringly good... ;0) M

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@donprice732]

Shawn's a bad dude!

[@BrettPapa]

Yes he is!! Hoping to film some more with him soon!

[@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial]

Damn Clark Kent is a badass player.

[@BrettPapa]

Yes he is! Straight up terrifying! Just was with him to days ago and was severely humbled lol!

[@gorillaz111268]

yOUR LESSON jIMMY hENDRIX BESTIALITY

[@PedroEvil12]

Shawn Tubbs is one of the few guitar players that can play "outside" without sound boring and in a simple chord progression

[@BrettPapa]

Very true!

[@tangentz0007]

Why do i bother trying?

[@BrettPapa]

Because if you do you might get it one day! Just maybe not as fast haha!

[@tangentz0007]

@@BrettPapa I'm 66. Ear player my whole life. Better to just play what i can with heart and feel. The more I watch virtuosity like this the more depressed I get. My family and friends love my playing. I'm retired so it's good enough. I played pro many years ago and have pro equipment including les paul, strat, tele, and FUCHS BJ 21 MKIii amp and pedals. So for me hobbiest is good enough. These Nashville players are just beyond belief good. Even your intimidated. Thanks for your reply by the way. Nice of you to even bother taking time. best regards. Happily retired USA in Bulgaria. :)

[@mkreple]

So what you're saying is.... you're 38? LoL!!!!!! You doing Skynyrd, Bad Company and Blackberry Smoke?

[@BrettPapa]

No, I'm going to be 43! Yep, more of that stuff on the way soon!

[@mkreple]

Sorry, I meant they are coming to town for LS Fairwell tour next month. This will be my 48th next month. www.songkick.com/concerts/32610354-lynyrd-skynyrd-at-glen-helen-amphitheater

[@johnnyh64]

Wish you would have let Shawn teach us instead of constantly interrupting him. I really wanted to learn the lick at 9:15 and you just kept talking over him. I appreciate you having the interview but please let them talk/teach and be a little more conscientious about your interjections.

[@petedavis7970]

You need to be doing some Greta Van Fleet lessons... Highway Tune, Black Smoke Rising, Edge of Darkness... These kids are gonna be huge and you need to get out in front of it...

[@BrettPapa]

I’ll check them out.

[@paulhamrick9092]

Pete Davis they sound good but need to find their own voice. Too much Zeppelin influence

[@maxx.mazzeo]

WRONG HOLE!