Muddy Waters Slide Riffs | Reverb Learn to Play

Muddy Waters has become synonymous with blues guitar greatness, and with good reason. Today, Jeff Massey explains how to replicate some of Muddy's iconic licks so you can experiment and add them to your own riff repertoire.
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[@TenThumbsProductions]

Reverb has the best booth at NAMM. What a cool company.

[@youarethecreator1]

Not mentioned, but Muddys influence on Jimmy Page and Robbie Krieger hit me right away. I'm thankful for this knowledge, kick ass, peace, love. Thank You.

[@kcave23]

This guy is such a great player. He makes everything look so easy.

[@LP-qi8hs]

Great lesson and tips for one of the greatest blues players.

[@codykleinsmith]

You’re telling me that there wasn’t a telecaster, or at least a thumb pick in the entire building?!?!

[@buddylobos5277]

Yes, although I do have a framed B & W of Muddy playing a white, '61 single PU Les Paul Jr.

[@edgarsnake2857]

Thanks Jeff. Much appreciated. I saw a Muddy concert once and he was smokin'!

[@iwillnevergetone5]

Reverb, y'all keep teasing me with this LP Custom! I need Jeff Massey to do a full video on every detail of it. a non-trademarked Reverb rig rundown please of this guit!

[@pookachu64]

Darrien Day yeah that colour!! Wow, love the matching headstock

[@2skyland]

How high is your action? I don't play a lot of slide but when I do, I make sure to knock every fret available.

[@vickeybird]

Fantastic lesson, awesome tone too!

[@tonypistilli7111]

Nice video man! Gonna fire up the cigar box guitar after work and mess around with this.!

[@kevdean9967]

I love Muddy's rhythm playing!! I think it's an overlooked aspect of his abilities!!!

[@gTuya11]

Earl Hookers name should be mentioned here. A fair amount of those melodies came from his guitar too.

[@kevdean9967]

Hooker was the King. Love his "Blue Guitar," which Willie Dixon wrote "You shook me," and Muddy sang over the instrumental track. Also Muddy's "You need love" with Hooker killing it!!!

[@bryanmannoia8410]

the king of the slide/wah combo. there is still no one else like him.

[@MessengersoftheCross]

Thank you so much. Very informative and exciting to learn about standard tuning.

[@freddycookjr.2164]

GOOD JOB NAILING MUDDYS TONE

[@goodhuck93]

Grats on the Reverb gig, Jeff.

[@sellmeyoursoul6601]

man how do you play so clean with such low action so high up, Ive been messing with a slide for a few days my shits pretty whack lol

[@samrotschild]

Nice guitar colour. How do you call it?

[@brianwarner308]

great lessons, great footage too

[@MvsG18]

How to sound like two door Cinema club please (Sam Halliday guitar)

[@semitayahudineohassan9157]

Sonzêra da hora !!! 👊💥🔥

[@cmh2111]

Your dam right "MR. Muddy Waters"

[@firstandlastswagman269]

Evey thing gonna be al right

[@suhailcouto1832]

the best

[@Dubious_Kieran]

That sounds like a long distance call...

[@gilianledall8495]

Holy shit !

[@bobdeluxeandtheideals1356]

🔥🔥🔥

[@lovelyperson6925]

God he is. God

[@znmcg]

Are you from Appalachia? You remind me of sturgill Simpson for some reason 😝

[@rocka-billythekid5221]

He reminds me more of Sturgill's drummer Miles Miller 😂

[@smarttecgames2193]

they call me maddy waters

[@mattmanley7118]

anyone knowledgeable enough on where this would all be in open E tuning? Slide in standard? bleh

[@revampnation9492]

Standard tuning with a cap on third fret

[@LeeGee]

Imma make video about thumb pick user but I not bring thumb pick.

[@sailordogclips7020]

does this guy look like the heroin dealer from pulp fiction?

[@aaronbrown0417]

This doesn't sound like muddy at all to me.... he's missing very key ingredients of his solos n style

[@vaquero141]

Missing the mojo

[@aaronbrown0417]

Plus rushing the turnaround n skipping whole parts... muddy would do him like when Bob margalin was trying to play muddy style in front of muddy WRONGGGGG lol