Wow! I've just discovered your channel today and I am really impressed, Rick... Incredible stuff! Thanks a lot! Please keep up the amazing work! Greetings from Spain!!!!!
Sir this is wonderful!, I've been learning lots of Tower of Power songs and it's amazing how often this happens on their songs:) totally recommend tower of power ,great pieces of art harmonically and in every aspect that you may need practicing, each song has something different to make you think about:)
Fantastic lessons, super clear and super funky! Question for you and community: what weight pick do you recommend, especially for fast, syncopated skank strumming? The reason I'm asking is that lighter picks seem much easier, but don’t want to be limited to them when mixing in melodic fills.
I used a pretty heavy Clayton 1.52 teardrop. It's all personal preference really but I prefer the punchy attack and tone I get with heavy picks. I suggest you also check out my lesson "this technique hurts.." for another Technique for skank strumming
This is an Indonesian company named Sjuman Instruments that makes really nice handmade guitars. Check out the review I did on it. You can also find them on Instagram
Hi Rick, I’m pretty much getting a handle on this - great lesson. Could you please do one on using a Wahwah pedal to play funk? I could do with some tips.
I'm a noob guitarist. I read some music for piano. Should I even bother with tabs? Or learn both while I progress. For sax I prefer just reading the music and re writing it in letters lol. And for harmonica I prefer a tab system they use. I could probably learn guitar tabs too just wondering
Tab only gets you so far, you need to at least be able to read note values in notation to understand the duration of notes which tab alone doesn't give you.
please go to tastyguitar.com scroll to the bottom of the page and sign up for free, you will then receive an email with a link to the scubscribers area, follow the link and scroll down the page you will see a player withe the backing tracks where you can download that one and many others, thank you!
@@TastyGuitarcom thanks for the reply. Although, I wasn’t asking about the pickup, but the actual bridge itself. I like the saddle design and that it has no rim
There is no one way to get "funk tone" alot of it is personal preference. I myself dont use compression as I feel it kills dynamics. I like to have my clean tone on the edge of breakup with a good tube amp, even eq, not too bright, nice mids and not muddy. A little reverb. At least that's what works for me.
The closet term for your slide is glissando /ɡlɪˈsandəʊ/ Learn to pronounce Music noun: glissando; plural noun: glissandi; plural noun: glissandos Defined as; a continuous slide upwards or downwards between two notes. The difference here is your slides are brief. BTW Nice palying
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Thank you again! So glad I bought your book too!
thank you, enjoy the ebook!
This is such a fun channel
So many great riffs to learn! Fantastic job
thank you!
First chops of the day! Thanks, fun to play them all.
Beautiful guitar and sweet tone. As usual, great funky lesson. Keep it Tasty, Maestro...! 👊🏾
thanks oldskool!
One of the Best channels ever so glad I found you!
Glad you found my channel too!
Great lesson. Love that funky stuff.
Excellent illustration
Quickly becoming my favorite channel! Thanks for all your great lessons and content!
Right on, thank you!
Gosh! Do I ever hear The Meters in that opening example! Thank you Rick, always a pleasure to be at your masteclass.
thanks Mark!
Hey!! just discovered your channel and i am really enjoying it, please keep up the funk! greetings from Brazil
Glad you found it!
These examples are simply delightful!
Thanks Jim!
Chika-chika bow-wow.
Sweet Rick. This is awesome dude.
Wow! I've just discovered your channel today and I am really impressed, Rick... Incredible stuff! Thanks a lot! Please keep up the amazing work! Greetings from Spain!!!!!
Thank you Oscar, glad you found my channel!
That's so funky, the socks in the trunk of my car are jealous!
Haha this comment made my day
Fantastic teacher, pro player
Thank you Rob!
Wow, awesome funk licks!
Thanks for watching!
Awesome lesson. So funky. Gonna try these out now!!
Excellent lesson!
Drop it in the slot and chop it up! Great stuff, Rick.
Thanks sonicbridge!
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude! What a great start to the weekend! I saw Nile Rodgers and Chic play in Belfast last week. You'd have fitted right in!
ahh man would have loved to have been at that show!
Great Lesson. Fantastic! Thank you!
thank you for watching!
Awesome lesson Rick thanks😘
thanks Anne!
Thanx, Maestro.
Thank you for watching Brenda!
Love your playing and skills. I would love to know about your gear. Thank you 🙏🏾 ...
on this video I'm playing a Sjuman SQ16 guitar into the Suhr Bella amp with an xotic ep booster and strymon flint reverb, think that was it
Rick that guitar is awesome!
I agree!
Great quality material!!! Very musical well played and well explained. Congrats and keep it up with the great job!!!Cheers from Rio
Thank you!
Best lesson ever!! Thank you.
Right on, glad you dig!
Just subscribed to your channel. Fantastic! What is the guitar (and pickups) you are using for this lesson? Very funky.
Thanks! This is a Sjuman sq16 guitar. A really great value guitar from Indonesia. I did a full review, check my gear review playlist
Man those are some tasty licks brother!! Happy Friday to you
Thanks Jeff!
Sir this is wonderful!, I've been learning lots of Tower of Power songs and it's amazing how often this happens on their songs:) totally recommend tower of power ,great pieces of art harmonically and in every aspect that you may need practicing, each song has something different to make you think about:)
Thanks Lucas, yeah TOP is one of my favorite bands!
Great stuff Rick!!! Are the last examples some kind of mixodorian?
Yeah kinda, thinking more of a dominant chord groove with minor color....mixing the 2 scales together
2 dislikes? I´m guessing the same dude with two accounts disliking every amazing video
Haha yep
Fantastic lessons, super clear and super funky!
Question for you and community: what weight pick do you recommend, especially for fast, syncopated skank strumming? The reason I'm asking is that lighter picks seem much easier, but don’t want to be limited to them when mixing in melodic fills.
I used a pretty heavy Clayton 1.52 teardrop. It's all personal preference really but I prefer the punchy attack and tone I get with heavy picks. I suggest you also check out my lesson "this technique hurts.." for another Technique for skank strumming
@@TastyGuitarcom yes, saw that and now am developing a very useful callus after the initial pain ;-}
That's my hand sketches btw on Sjuman guitar ;-)
Man, you are great
Another great and insightful lesson! Thank you for all the exemplary lessons and for sharing your talent with all aspiring guitarists!
happy to help!
Really nice. What guitar is it you're playing?
This is an Indonesian company named Sjuman Instruments that makes really nice handmade guitars. Check out the review I did on it. You can also find them on Instagram
Yeah man, awesome 🙌🏻🙏cheers
Thanks!
I now this is a Syman Guitar....nice sound
Sjuman, yeah it's a great guitar!
This is really tasty!!!!!
Thank you!
Hi Rick,
I’m pretty much getting a handle on this - great lesson. Could you please do one on using a Wahwah pedal to play funk? I could do with some tips.
I'm a noob guitarist. I read some music for piano. Should I even bother with tabs? Or learn both while I progress. For sax I prefer just reading the music and re writing it in letters lol. And for harmonica I prefer a tab system they use. I could probably learn guitar tabs too just wondering
Tab only gets you so far, you need to at least be able to read note values in notation to understand the duration of notes which tab alone doesn't give you.
Ala Meters people say. Love this stuff,Thanks!
thanks for watching!
You are very rapidly becoming my favorite guitar instructor, stellar playing!
thank you Edo!
GOLD Rick
Thank you!
👍👍
Do you have any idea what it was like in the 70s trying to learn this stuff off records by ear?
For me it was cassettes, but yeah players these days got it easy
Great! But I don´t get how to download the backing track?
please go to tastyguitar.com scroll to the bottom of the page and sign up for free, you will then receive an email with a link to the scubscribers area, follow the link and scroll down the page you will see a player withe the backing tracks where you can download that one and many others, thank you!
Excuse me, what’s that bridge you got on that guitar?
They are called Ganee pickups, bridge has some real bite
@@TastyGuitarcom thanks for the reply. Although, I wasn’t asking about the pickup, but the actual bridge itself.
I like the saddle design and that it has no rim
@@heiah oh ok, it is made by Aldridge Empire
That was funk’in delicious!! 🍌👍
Thank you!
Hell. Ya.
Thanks Doug!
The link to check out the gear he's using isnt recognized by amazon
Strange, guess its not been active so they must have discontinued it. It shows suhr bella amp xotic ep booster, flint reverb
How can I improve my funk tone? Using a strat in clean neck pickup with compression
There is no one way to get "funk tone" alot of it is personal preference. I myself dont use compression as I feel it kills dynamics. I like to have my clean tone on the edge of breakup with a good tube amp, even eq, not too bright, nice mids and not muddy. A little reverb. At least that's what works for me.
Seems easy but you need first to be possessed by this evil's fonk rhythm! ;-) Great video!
That helps
new guitar? don't remember seeing this one before...
Yeah, I did a review on this guitar a while back, check it out here th-cam.com/video/h4NXqWV-KEU/w-d-xo.html
sa-weet!
It s dificult ,à Nice lecon
The closet term for your slide is glissando /ɡlɪˈsandəʊ/ Learn to pronounce
Music noun: glissando; plural noun: glissandi; plural noun: glissandos
Defined as; a continuous slide upwards or downwards between two notes. The difference here is your slides are brief.
BTW Nice palying
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😁
live
Too hip Rick
Thanks Freddy!