Thumb it of course, everyone knows that Montgomery played exclusively with his thumb, but do you know why? As an early GP once reported, Montgomery’s famed thumb technique "evolved from his experimentations after complaints from neighbors, his next-door aunt, and his wife over the loud sound created by the pick." The more subdued sound of his thumb became, unintentionally, a vital part of the Montgomery sound.

Strange but true: According to all video documentation we’ve seen, Montgomery didn’t use his pinky to fret single-note lines, and reserved it exclusively for octaves and chords. For complete authenticity, the examples in this lesson reflect this three-fingered approach wherever applicable. Now, loosen up that thumb and get ready to ...

Chop Suey

This month we have a peek at Ladd Smith, who has won Guitar Player Magazine Guitar Hero 2007 (Joe Satriani and Elliot Easton of the Cars were among celebrity judges who selected the winner), he also received an honorable mention in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, at the John Lennon Education Tourbus Mainstage and performed at Muriel Anderson's All Star Guitar Night, the top ticket concert at the Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. "Ladd Smith took the GH07 championship because his ‘Outrun the Train’ was a thrill ride of furious note barrages, clean-toned spank, and country melodicism," continued Molenda. "It’s incredibly difficult to play fast runs so pristinely — without a little help from distortion or sustain from the amp — and the judges acknowledged this in their decision." Here is ‘Outrun the Train’ which Ladd picks apart in his new TrueFire course Modern Nashville Guitar due out next month. Practice smart, play hard ...

This CD features 20 interactive video lessons, plus a ton of extras!

The video lessons break down particularly tasty techniques and tricks that'll leave you dripping music from your finger tips.

Video lessons presented in TrueFire's  proprietary player

The player controls the text, tab, jam tracks and video elements of each lesson.

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Video lessons included:

1. Bb Blues
2. V (alt) IV I Lick in F
3. ii V(alt) I Link in F
4. Gm7 Lick 1
5. Gm7 Lick 2
6. Gm7 Lick 3
7. C7(alt) Lick 1
8. C7(alt) Lick 2
9. C7(alt) Lick 3
10. FMaj 7 Lick 1
11. FMaj 7 Lick 2
12. FMaj 7 Lick 3
13. F Blues Scales in Octaves
14. F Blues Scales Lick 1
15. F Blues Scales Lick 2
16. F Blues Scales Lick 3
17. Chord Melody Example
18. Octaves Melody 1
19. Octaves Melody 2
20. Dominant Lick

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