Make Your Funk Guitar Riffs Funkier! - Guitar Lesson - How To - Tutorial | RJ Ronquillo 2017

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Wanna make your funk guitar rhythms really funky and greasy? Check out these ideas!
Guitar: LSL Tbone
Amp: Suhr PT100
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[@yourbuddykevin]

you're becoming one of my favorite guitarists, love the lesson videos!

[@AlfredHugecokk]

I think he already he's my favorite guitarist ! I f....ing love his style !

[@maccanti57]

Mine too :-)

[@godparticle7]

excellent - more funk when you have time please

[@rayvac7743]

Superballisious you've got your own sound and feel of your own love it.

[@leemichaels406]

LOL ... the shake ! I like it. I always called it a smear.

[@J1JL]

Mark Lettieri vibe... Nice !

[@OriginalOldSkoolFunk]

Great lesson Maestro. The Teles tone is on point. I made a living back in the day playing these same very simple and sparse rythm licks. Fragments are easy and if you got a funky groove, often times...less is more...

[@OriginalOldSkoolFunk]

Mike Price I'm honored to get a thumbs up from you Sir. Some of the greasiest, funkiest, classic rythm licksters...ie...Roger Troutman, Bruno Speight, Tony Maiden, Prince, Catfish Collins etc built whole songs on no more than 2 and 3 note chord ideas. No full grips needed and a funky bass player has all of the root notes locked down anyway. Keep chunking out those snappy 16ths with your right hand and let the left do all the talking...lol

[@RJRonquillo]

Yes! :)

[@reineh3477]

I agree. The better I get in playing, the less I play. I love play percussive notes on the guitar and leave space between the licks.

[@mraggrovator]

Brilliant lessons and playing.

[@My6stringer]

R.J. is down to earth, solid on guitar, and fun to learn from. Kudos man, keep 'em comin'.

[@AlexpxThreeTen]

Still funky mid-pandemic is 2020. Thanks f the lesson!

[@SxSxG666]

Very useful lesson. Thanks for sharing!

[@SypherSeven]

Whooo! You got me grooving on the porcelain throne!

[@slartbarg]

Man, this was one of the best instructionals you've made yet, super glad you started makin' 'em.

[@mediumshreddercheese]

It’s now 6/8/21 but I love all your old vids bro!!!

[@stevehogan8829]

Love playing behind the beat... I do it naturally.

[@martincomesana6824]

This is gold!

[@Jamsville]

Great video! The voice leading stuff at 2:50 is really cool. Shows how knowing your fundamentals is essential even when playing music that some people think is "just one chord". I actually ironically posted a video today about this type of voice leading concept.

[@streetwiseguitar5113]

Genius

[@edpetrik4304]

black pick guards are really great for showing how much one doesn’t .. play / wipe down .. a guitar ... that’s why all my guitars ( all three ) have .. white pick guards 😎🎸

[@PJ-hn4cg]

Yes and yes ...

[@erichlovekamp2504]

Kindofa,, less is more thing . Watched your life on the road video the other day , thanks for lettin us in on that part of your life. Really enjoy all your teaching videos . Had a good friend stationed in Okinawa together for a couple a years 86 87 I got out he kept going really wish we would’ve stayed in touch . He is a Phillipino guy too Virgil Garcia . Don’t know why I said all that , just to say why can’t we all just get along and stop trying to control the game . Love the way you play and teach !! Thanks!!

[@RJRonquillo]

Erich Lovekamp Thanks! Stay tuned for my next tour Vlog, I think you'll appreciate it.

[@eduardochozas7411]

Man, there is so much gold here. Thanks RJ!

[@fakestreamedia5309]

Awesome, love your rhythm playing , would love to hear more of you just playing rhythm to some backing tracks

[@EduardoSanchez-qx4xh]

RJ. thanks for this great contribution, Master!

[@brianpetersen3429]

Nice hip tips... got to revisit my Tower of Power and Meters albums.

[@mitchpucik3104]

Best guitar videos on youtube, thanks dude, really helping me expand my playing

[@tylergagne4535]

I always fall back on this video when I get stuck in a rut. Thanks RJ!

[@zbqb84a]

Been following you for a couple weeks now... great call by me. Love your videos and the laid back presentation. Keep it up!

[@joeg5507]

I likes it guru!!!

[@ProfessorOKaine]

Nice work, RJ

[@GeoZero]

Ha, I was going to say Notorious. Great funky funk funk. Great sounding guitar too.

[@neodym1337]

Great stuff! Really fun to learn as an funk guitar beginner!

[@eddiegeorge4047]

Great tip RJ many thanks

[@imbradandyouarenot]

Sounds like Prince, I like it.

[@frantisca]

Nice playing ! This LSL has a great tone & seems quite versatile :)

[@lollofunky]

thank you for this great lesson!!!

[@00TimeTraveler]

Kool!

[@dubshockmedia1110]

dope feel, RJ. FIRE!

[@ALEXONLIFE]

You have a real natural touch/talent for the guitar. How many guitars do you own? Are all the guitars in your vids your own or do you borough them. What brands are you sponsored by and endorsing?

[@kylebollendorf4856]

Glad I saw this video in the suggested! Really helped me break out of a rut and I stumbled upon some killer funk clean tone with the help of your newer funk video. Bright switch on the normal channel of my 65 Bassman with the guitar volume knob way down. Thanks Brother!

[@Blue_3rd]

Great tips, RJ, cheers! That’s a lovely guitar too. ✌️🎸

[@Halfsteptheory]

I've only recently discovered your channel, but man, you put out some really good stuff. Also, your interview with Brett Papa was awesome.

[@jorgedanielfranco1420]

muy bueno muchas gracias!!!

[@georgevalenzuela2489]

I’m a big fan. Keep up the great videos R.J. , They are extremely helpful! Thanks man!

[@Mike_D_5150]

You had me laughing with that 1st basic chord example!

[@bigkeezo]

🤘🏾🎸 subbed

[@30smsuperstrat]

Great stuff! But then again you always got great stuff. Found some new gems in this one, although a bunch of that stuff I find myself doing too. I wonder who some of your funk influences are, maybe we’ve heard some of the same stuff? One other embellishment thing I like to do I stole from the bass part on Ledisi Go where I send thee, is a whole step hammer ons while descending . I usually don’t do more then two or three for fills. Anyways cool stuff

[@zvonimirsarcevic7928]

yeah..more of this please..:)

[@jasenmoyle3722]

Love your Tele man is that a Seymour Duncan jb in the bridge position great lesson

[@skatetodeath666]

Def like some more in depth funk lesson by you ;)

[@lone-wolf-1]

Gracias!

[@MikesChalkdustGr00ve]

do you have the backing track that you were using for that first (2 note) chord riff?

[@robsthedon]

👌

[@thejonnyfantasm]

keep making these videos! they are always inspiring to make me better. LOVE your Del Guapos shirt retro like the Monkees! RJ and the Del Guapos should make another record. sweet telecaster! is that a Lil ‘59 in the bridge?!?! what string gauge and brand do you use? thanks RJ!

[@RJRonquillo]

Thanks! Yes that's a Duncan Lil 59, and I use D'Addario NYXL 10's

[@avatar90404]

Dig the Duncun 59 pickup

[@braddaddis371]

avatar90404 didn’t think I was a huge fan of the 59’s until listening to him play them through his tele. Very nice

[@TomGoldsmithguitar]

i was gonnas say the same thing

[@bossesg1]

this is what I call "sidewalk funk" I really want to get mix dark latin chords with this kind of funk but can't quite figure it out. You know use some dimished stuff some 6 chords maybe.

[@banjobanjo-xn7lq]

6:14 = Barney Miller

[@thelonetwangster]

Barney Miller theme tune !

[@mikeorr7567]

I would love to go to a jam session sometime like you mentioned in the beginning. I live in Nashville and none of my friends are musicians and I have kids/job/wife. I’m dying to play tunes with other people (tired of playing alone) but I also am just looking to have fun, not commitment (yet). I have been playing a long time and just want to jam with some other good musicians. Any recommendations on networking for a guy like me?

[@RJRonquillo]

Hi Mike! There are plenty of weekly blues jam sessions in town. Mondays at Bourbon Street Blues, Papa Turney's BBQ usually has a weekly on Wed or Sat., Soulshine Pizza has a jam on Sundays.

[@juddaustin399]

Say R.J. I GOT A QUESTION! check it - i just got hired as guitar for an R&B thing and I need to get that crisp strat sound for comping. A lot like what you hear on the old Motown records. I'm pretty sure its direct to the board stuff. what would you use to approximate that with your amplified rig?

[@bilbojohnson9191]

Thanks for the video, such amazing talent! Just curious, what string size do you prefer? Cheers from Knoxville :)

[@RJRonquillo]

+Bilbo Johnson Thanks so much! I usually use 10s. But I have some guitars with 9s, 11s, and 14s on my jazz guitar.

[@patrickedwards2158]

👍

[@pataxlund1993]

How can I get one of those T-shirts??

[@RJRonquillo]

rjandthedelguapos.bandcamp.com/merch

[@murahachibu]

Do you use any of the UAD amp plugins? If you do, I’d love to see a video on those and your general thoughts on amp plugins. I ask because I recently got a UAD Arrow and I’m feeling like I get better tone with it than my mic’ed tube amp.

[@RJRonquillo]

I'm a big fan of the Suhr PT100 plugin, and the Marshalls.

[@jimivibes609]

Gotta apply this to my music, check it out monsieur ronqilio

[@01kid01]

video speed x 1,25 --> Ffffffooooooooonkyyyy !!!

[@Trivette_williams]

I like your style bruh. youre cool and i like the way you dress and shit. you remind me or Keith urban.

[@BrazenNL]

Somehow, you sound Dutch to me ...