Using Your Middle Finger To Play Scuttle Buttin'

[@GloryIan]

If you look closely, SRV does the slide from D to E on the B string with an upstroke, not a downstroke, which makes a small but significant difference in speed. The last note of the lick (open E) is also usually done with an upstroke, which is harder to do but also more efficient in terms of speed.

[@milkmansada]

THANK YOU

[@BigSpnda1803]

youre beautiful

[@deltabluesdavidraye]

On the record he bends instead of sliding

[@L3ONARDO07]

@@deltabluesdavidraye No he doesn't lol, he always slides in every performance and you can hear it on the studio too. Look at Montreux 1985 if you still have doubts, it's crystal clear.

[@paulrobertson2099]

​@@L3ONARDO07look at the umbria guitar festival footage. You can see he goes between bends and slides there. Before going to all slides

[@minato33ify]

I am working this lick every fuck*** day to get enough speed. This tip is gonna help me. One day maybe I'm gonna be able to play this correctly, cuz it's just the best introduction you can do if you play in front of people

[@Texasbluesalley]

You and me both.

[@Paul7218]

Same here! That's one of my daily practice riffs. Now I need to start hybrid picking too. Arghhhh.....

[@ryankadyschuk6657]

I use to have it on lock but just left it in the dust, gotta find time everytime I pick up the guitar to do it for a good couple of minutes

[@andrestevens930]

use bends with just second finger

[@jamesman3694]

Mind blowing, this information is massive for any SRV fan, including myself. Great find and thanks for sharing 👍

[@AFXMCOM]

I like SRV's music so I guess that makes me a fan. However i just wasted 6 mins and 47 secs of my life on something that doesn't make a SH!T 1 way or another,

[@starmanoretorno]

4:51. 6:35

[@dougnoyes9854]

BRILLIANT! Thanks for figuring out that single finger pluck. So much smoother now. What a great catch!!! Thanks Anthony.

[@renleblanc2993]

On the studio version they are bends, not slides - and it's important because you get better phrasing with the bends- sounds better with bends as well in my opinion.I think he does the slides live to make it easier on the hand in the heat of battle.

[@michaelmckenna9022]

My biggest problem with learning this song is if I invest a lot of time and effort not being sure that I am playing it right. Everyone has a different version they're teaching.

[@only5186]

I think he's nailed it here though. As far as my research and trying to play this lick has told me anyway. Def not a easy one to play right at speed but you can blow minds and have alot of fun if you get it right for sure.

[@mvinge]

I literally said holy s out loud when it was revealed his hybrid picking… After 20 years I had just about got it down with just picking…. and I'm not great at hybrid picking. That snap on the high E is definitely accomplished with the middle finger....Back to work. Damn it Stevie! Other songs SRV uses hybrid picking that I can think of are Hide Away and Mary Had a Little Lamb but those are more obvious to hear. Incredible discovery. Thank you sir!

[@jaredgiordano4587]

What a great discovery. I love playing that song and that picking section has always been the biggest challenge for to execute cleanly. I just tried it and within just a few minutes I can tell it will be an improvement. Cheers

[@hearpalhere]

Great lesson! Learning how to hybrid pick has really opened up a whole new world of playing options for me.

[@nolanr7679]

It's about time someone showed us how to play this.

[@tulyar1043]

Thank you for sharing this piece of detective work. This is going to save me a lot of time learning this song. People put tech down but used for the right reasons it can reward due diligence. Thanks once again.

[@paulcleaver6677]

I play with a pick and flick with my fingers sometimes. I'm going to give this a go sometime

[@remivanel2429]

3 months ago i wanted to learn this lick but couldnt be fast enought, i finally find a way to do it ! Thx for the video

[@Kept_Crude]

Nice work! and very kind of you to share. It is a very nice kind of madness we all share. Love your vids.

[@TheLeanoni]

Omg I actually noticed this a few years ago from obsessively watching his live performances. Thank you for sharing it!!

[@carlhennicke2537]

You are so right with this. I never got the same articulation and feel the way most people play it. Leave it Stevie to always be the master!

[@LoganJ.Rooney]

Mind. Blown

[@MichalKulbakaGuitar]

That's 100% spot on I noticed that when I was learning it last year that he uses he's 'F' finger for it makes it a lot easier to play Regards Mike :)

[@RickHavok]

What you're doing is priceless.

[@Texasbluesalley]

Thank you.

[@williamrobinson7435]

Very informative. Thanks for posting!

[@Timber1262]

Perfect! I hear the difference immediately. I'm trying to incorporate this hybrid picking to as many as possible! Thanks

[@kriss9344]

I learned that sweeping down to the high e and then sweeping back up to the b (while also hitting the high e on the way up) is the easiest way for me to play this song at SRV’s insane speed while still getting that fast picking sound. Hope this helped some, RIP SRV🙏🏻

[@stevewu1990]

I have so much respect for you. Been watching you for years.

[@timorourke1155]

Anthony,great detail on the breakdown, very informative brother.

[@rickrutledge7361]

Wow. Great lesson! I’m workin’ on it. Big fun!

[@skov1949]

Thank you so much, already am able to play it faster and opened up so many possibilities with hybrid picking for me!

[@jameslawson5772]

I’m a country player and when I started learning this tune, with out thinking I used hybrid picking, and to be honest to straight pick it at the speed he’s going, and do it clean would be almost impossible. Josh Smith did a thing for Primera Guitar were he talks about Scuttle Buttin an plays some of it. Watch he’s right hand. He does it right, which means clean an in time.Its really easy to see where he uses the middle finger to pull up with

[@GhostGuitars]

awesome, will def try this, thanks!

[@tubefixxer]

Fantastic find on using the finger!! great stuff! 👍

[@peterlangbroek5102]

Nice one! Thanks for the free vid!

[@reinotsurugi]

This is the first time I'm glad to learn there is hybrid picking involved. Very natural.

[@edgardohernandez4468]

Thanks so much for this updated lesson, I was recently watching your older video and trying to learn it that way. I’ll try with this authentic way cause this lick is so fun to play and sounds so cool

[@Thomcat1954]

Thank You so Much

[@roelheijmans]

I gave up on this lick years ago. You need to be super human to play it perfectly I guess.

[@volche_art9165]

DON'T GIVE UO JUST CONTINUE AND YOU WILL GET IT

[@thewizzlerishere]

I bet you were a day away from cracking it.. you should pick it back up

[@roelheijmans]

@@thewizzlerishere Actually I did 🤣 Thanks to the lock-down I had some spare time to crack this lick 😉

[@tylerleavitt2715]

Never give up on guitar man. You can do it.

[@LuizCamporez]

So many years... Dude... Thank u!!!

[@azull1189]

Love that 4K vid of scuttle buttin

[@13thAMG]

You're still an awesome player and teacher, Anthony (hi from Australia) ... even when in Crocs. 😉 Ha ha ha. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 J.

[@jeffmansfield914]

Saw that.

[@angrybuzzy]

Amazing discovery!

[@thedonrizzguitar]

Thank you for this, l thought he was doing a hybrid picking thing, Philip Sayce is a master of this as well 🙏🏼

[@ScottWaldenGuitar]

Thanks for the video. I've also had trouble with that section. It will take some practice to get my middle finger used to picking the high E string. Mainly because the lick is so lightning fast.

[@MortenRodneGuitar]

Nice find!

[@Krinklebop]

Awesome job, been fighting this for decades, thanks!!!! Subscribed!

[@Krinklebop]

The other part I found challenging was the upstroke to slide the B string from the 3rd to the 5th fret. The trick is to mute the high E with your left hand and swipe through it as a rake instead of trying to pass over it and hit the B string alone. This also adds a little extra percussive sound and beefs it up instead a super clean slide from the 3rd to 5th fret.

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

SRV had bass frets installed on his Strats which might have a bearing on his licks and tones.

[@katbert100]

Great opening, srv might used the same technique in some other fast open e licks

[@Texasbluesalley]

I'm almost certain now that he did.

[@purkalurk123]

Thanks man you saved me a lot of picking! Amazing work breaking this riff down.

[@terrell420]

Wow! I've been working on this for a few days and struggling same spot ... and found this. You're right, this is the trick!! Thanks!!! I'll join your locals site again if this gets me back into SRV :)

[@stackoverflow128]

I have been playing this for a few years, using pick only (I thought quite convincingly), I always wondered if he used his finger to hybrid pic, now we know, Thanks a million, now its time to learn it the way god intended, your analysis is forenSick!!!

[@ronniewilliford3449]

Man,.. The weird nuances of an individual's playing technique can be so innate that the player isn't even aware of how they do it sometimes. This is one of those little kooky artist things that develop after playing a song for awhile. Thanks for rooting it out, Anthony. Very fun to see. Not judging, but I imagine one of the guitar or pedal companies might have some better studio slippers in there stable of merch. Maybe slip your feet into some fuzzy tube screamers.

[@Texasbluesalley]

lol

[@fredfloyd68]

Great...if you get a chance do..rude mood or collins shuffle...

[@Paul7218]

Great video again mate. Trying this way now..

[@shnoop123jimbo7]

I’ve been playin for six months I don’t think I’m ready for this speed lol

[@nerenahd]

Amazing work Anthony

[@nothousebroke]

Liked and subbed to new channel thanks for your work preserving old material

[@JohnHorneGuitar]

Nice find. Though working through the song with a pick helped me get some stuff together.

[@zloboslav_]

Wow! That's brilliant and I'm gonna try it! Thank you so much!

[@lsdzheeusi]

The best video thumbnail of 2020!

[@canakpinar1020]

My sensei, respect.

[@MrLeeallenmusic]

Very good video

[@richardsrensen4219]

thanks i woner if he is also use this hybrid picking in mary had a litle lam? there is a lick who looks a litle like this

[@miksax2164]

Should we just do the second e with finger too, after the slide to 5th fret of B?

[@only5186]

Nice crocks bruh! Lol great lesson. I learned this lick from your old video. I can play pretty fast but it never sounded right to me because of the open b. ALOT people cover this on yt and it isnt right either. Now i gotta train my finger to pick that open string. Thanks brother man

[@shanebradleyguitar475]

Awesome man. New channel looks sweet. I’d love to see the el mocambo Lenny version cleaned up

[@catotrincado9579]

THANKS!!! IT WORKS!

[@rafaelarruda2563]

Really nice catch!

[@Chrisrib]

thats great man !

[@nativeclan]

Cool diamond of info.

[@3373-g8z]

I'm pretty sure you solved the mystery! The picking of the 2 open strings with just the pick is awkward.

[@Alchemist37]

That was just a brilliant find and to share it with the broader guitar community is much appreciated 🎸❤️🎸❤️👌👍🏻

[@michaelsnyder6922]

Yeah, pointed this out to you a couple of years ago

[@xfighter1117]

I play with my fingers like that no matter what so I guess I was doing it right the whole time!

[@robertleach8429]

You can not play any music without feeling it

[@FreaquedeMusique]

Lovin the crocs

[@sayshuh]

I honestly don't think you can duplicate SRV, u might be close but that is why he's so special. Keep up the good work and thanks.

[@davidbernstein3042]

Anthony any chance you could cover the intro to SRV’s famous sound check??

[@anejo333]

I always thought I was cheating by throwing in my middle finger. Thank you for the help

[@chucklambert7283]

i have seen him both bend into the first note and slide into it.

[@tommy--k]

Yes, live he slid, but on the recording he bent. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/goWwnoRqapqtoqM

[@wjdfhr57]

best tips!!

[@imavishcii1123]

OOOOOH WHAT A LEGEND HE’s WEARING CROCS!

[@thewizzlerishere]

They make sandals too, best pair i've ever owned

[@cyberswine]

How do I get the "Pro Player" program (shown at 3:28)?

[@jumblenk]

How to improve like scuttle butin time signature? I feel loosing some momentum when play it

[@OscarJTrump]

Hey I tried finding your 4k blues channel and I can't get in. It says it " is private "

[@alexandredeboni6040]

so basically do you always use the picking hand middle finger to play the high E string in this song?

[@Texasbluesalley]

I haven't quite mastered it to the point where I'm actually faster using the middle finger. I've been doing it without for so long that it's hard to retrain.

[@DuMail82]

It’s called hybrid picking. SVR did this a lot. John Mayer does it even more.

[@luissegura1580]

And also we could use that tip for the intro of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" too... Right?

[@jack_up1122]

I love the shoes brotha

[@susancorgi]

Man this is even harder lol thanks tho for the effort

[@ryankadyschuk6657]

I just came to say ya that’s how I been playing it, with my middle finger lmao

[@clgmafnas]

Ah... the Lonnie Mack influence 👌🏽

[@luisserrano5951]

Nice crocs

[@thecardkillerscorner6515]

This man got Crocs!!!

[@gadzukis1018]

dude... that's why SRV was the master

[@ProductionsNate]

Ok, this is epic

[@bryanyoung2963]

If you watch VC (Vaugh Cover) the Stevie Ray Vaughan scuttle buttin he does a good job but you got to watch it a few times he is a fingers a lot on their right hand I guess I called hydro picking and no negative on this guy's teachings but when you brought up the finger I just thought of the other video on it great info

[@ACoustaDC]

Texas Blues Crocs 7:31 et. al.

[@TomNetzband]

Sweet jesus thank you for pointing this out. Been going crazy trying to pick the entire sequence and it's been rough haha.

[@PierreVincentRobert]

Maybe...the question is: does he play hybrid picking on other songes?

[@milkmansada]

The bastard made it impossible to play slowly, you basically have to sweep the whole riff

[@coolwaterdvr]

🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@luissegura1580]

Thanks Anthony for that tip....considering Stevie's style was so plenty of techniques you nailed the most. Imperceptible he did in the hand that most of the people weren't aware of....thanks so much man