Hi All, As promised, I've got some more B-Bender material. For those of you unfamiliar with the B-Bender guitar, I fill you in with my gap-y knowledge. :-) The B-Bender sounds amazing and is a great way to expand your creativity and imagination on the guitar. So, in order for you to better understand the B-Bender Guitar I've posted a lesson called Triads for the B-Bender which gives you a way to connect B-Bender licks to triads on strings 1,2, an...

Hi All, As promised, I've got some more B-Bender material. For those of you unfamiliar with the B-Bender guitar, I fill you in with my gap-y knowledge. :-) The B-Bender sounds amazing and is a great way to expand your creativity and imagination on the guitar. So, in order for you to better understand the B-Bender Guitar I've posted a lesson called Triads for the B-Bender which gives you a way to connect B-Bender licks to triads on strings 1,2, an...

Hi All, Per request, I've been delving into the B-Bender more and have some new content coming out! I've listened to a lot of Sneaky Pete steel playing over the years, voluntarily and involuntarily. I've also studied his steel playing a lot of over the years. Sometimes when I'm caught off guard by a Sneaky solo and I don't analyze it quickly, he sounds like a psychedelic country guitarist to me instead of a steel player. So, I've transcribed Sne...

Hi All, I was recently asked to transcribe a Myrick/Rugg speed picking exercise that was released I'm assuming in the 1970's. It came with a country sounding 1541 backing track. Probably in one of the few pedal steel fanzine or magazines that was released long ago. Not sure when exactly. But, the point is that: It's a great right hand exercise for utilizing two fingers It shows you how to connect a major scale together across 3 strings up and...

Hi Everyone, I realize this John Hughey intro has been done so much, but I'm going to post it anyway because I think have cracked the code on how to do it properly! I was going through all of my videos to update them with the soundslice tab player for my site and was noticing how horrible my version sounded to me, and I think I figured out why. Also, I just couldn't just leave that up there! So, I redid it. I thought that the 2nd measure where he...

Hi All, It's been too long! We've had a busy spring updating and revamping the website for modern computing. One thing you might notice is most of the pedal steel lessons are synced to tab. This is a great way to loop certain measures, slow down the demo, and a tool for those who just want to practice the lick, intro, solo, etc. Also, the lessons are no longer separated by Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced in the menu bar. Rather they are separated...

What the heck are modes?!Hello Steel-ists,I just released a video about how to take 1 lick and give it a different feel or context by using the concept of modes.I'm a very modal dude. Love em'. Fantastic! Here's some background on me, I went to Jazz school for about 2.5 years, and I learned a lot, especially that I don't really like jazz. As a youngster I attended jazz school camps and hesitantly played in Big Band/Be-Bop combos at non-jazz schoo...

Who is Eric Heywood?!Hello obscure musical table machine massagers,If you're like me and you mention the name Eric Heywood in average musician company eyes kind of glaze over, and you get remarks like, "yeah I kind of remember Son Volt didn't they have a tune on a Volkswagen commercial?" But, if you started playing steel 15 years ago and Nashville and Texas were thousands of miles away, the name Eric Heywood is probably a lot mor...

Hello Rady Guide Friends,I wanted to let you know that the new site, Jeff's Guitar & Steel is finally here! We released the site last week and I couldn't be more pleased. With the new site you'll be able to track your progress by being able to check off and mark complete the videos you've already watched. For those looking to build their guitar skills incrementally, the content from Beginner to Advanced is arranged in such a way that you'll b...

Hi Everyone! I wanted to let you know we've got some fantastic new steel tutorials, most importantly the ENTIRE TRANSCRIPTION OF TOGETHER AGAIN by Tom Brumley!. Sorry for all the caps, but I mean that's a big deal! We've also put in some time in upgrading our audio quality. I'm using a new Lavalier mic suggested by a Rady Guide subscriber and doing some light mixing with pro-tools. I think you'll be able to see an improvement in audio quality...