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[demondom]

Greetings Jack and thank you BTW for these incredible lessons. After 10 yrs of playing I found myself stuck as a below average intermediate. I've logged in thousands of hours doing everything imaginable. Self taught unfortunately but recently a few simple thoughts have begun to change things. One comment someone made was 1) that most of us already have enough tools in the box to produce something meaningful but don'tknowhow to apply them; and 2)what you said: "a template to give our solos more structure ie. spaces in our phrasing to change them"
In this 5 minute lesson you taught me something I never put much thought or effort into. Always feeling like I need to keep playing alot of notes to sound interesting. Copying other people was nice to learn songs and riffs but I was not creative and could never figure out what it was that the pros are doing. In a never-ending search for simplicity this 5 minute lesson unlocked years of frustration (along with several other lessons you posted. Thus lesson alone with a little practice resulted in 75 minutes of my 1st original work ever. Far from great but by definitely my most enjoyable experience since I started playing guitar 10 years ago. Something I definitely forgot about... isn't that why we started in the 1st place 🤔
Many many thanks to you again Jack.

[paulshults]

In a world of shredding, this is such an incredibly valuable lesson. This is more about saying something rather than go fast. Very musical. I'm quickly becoming a fan!
Thank you from Texas!

[jonnyprideofficial]

You’re awesome man, I absolutely love your online lessons and your style of playing! It’s so accurate and melodic with no wasted notes. Keep on keeping on! 🤙🎸

[southpaw]

Making the (guitar) world a better place, One lesson at a time. Thanks Jack !

[Dave-gfkd]

BEAUTIFUL in it’s simplicity and clarity!!!! Able to implement immediately. Thank You!

[slowfinger]

Thanks Jack. Explained with the right words to make very simple directions I can keep in my head as I play.

[donindri]

The thing that jumped out at me the most was changing the subdivision. Thanks for posting.

[SweetLou-Cafe]

Incredible lesson, it’s so difficult to find people who tackle these kind of lessons, thank you

[bluesdawg]

Jack I've been playing 50 years, I've expanded a lot from listening to you. Melodic and sweet. Larry Carlton is my favorite player. I've been following Larry since the 70's when he was with the Jazz Crusaders. Your style is solid and there bro. Los Angeles Playing the changes

[jimc]

I so wish Jack was around when I was a young spry kid super impressionable and looking for distinct and solid direction on guitar these great YT videos but mostly as a private instructor. Calm and yet authoritative instruction and great musical direction would have made such a materially altered positive change of direction in my own playing style!! Jim C.

[IamtheActionman]

Thanks so much to you and Papa for once again blowing my mind with knowledge.

[dananthony]

These videos definitely have the best guitar tones hands down.

[GuitarDeuce]

Thank you for your valuable content. You have so much soul and feeling in your playing. It’s a pleasure just to sit back and listen to.

[themayor]

As always great job Jack.... I love underplaying more than overplaying.... You have great feel command of the instrument. Keep it up MATE!

[kevinmusso]

Jack! You are a wellspring. Spaces, yes! I’ve recently begun this approach. Silence is as effective as a flurry of notes. Spaces allow you to feel what was played.

[robertblake]

Well, you have done it, again. Now I see why your solos are so interesting by taking the same line and varying the tempo. Very illustrative. Made me by your new course. :-). Best, Robert

[steveo]

Another amazing tutorial. Thanks so much!

[nyzombiesquad]

Luv this lesson dude nice way to lay the tracks in front of me...ty

[stickman]

As always, so much great instruction and phrasing ideas. Love having the Patreon subscription. Thank you so much.

[martinoplayer]

lesson with a whole concept thats the right way