EXCELLENT TRICK to BREAK OUT of The Box - No Scales Needed 

Rock on Mike! You know the score on this one. I think in the end we're lucky, because in figuring out the licks and riffs by ear develops your unique skills as a player. And learning from a friend, well that has advantages too. Always good to have another musical friend! Thanks for watching!

@@MarkZabel No need to thank me Mark,, I only want to show my appreciation,,,,😎✌✝💕

Awesome! Really glad I could help rekindle that fire. Keep it up!

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks! 😃 Oh no, I was in the audience on that day. I think I was 12 or 13. A buddy who worked on "stage crew" snuck me into the high school and we watched from a hidden room. I was supposed to be in class at the junior high down the road. I remember he was playing a red SG though!

@@MarkZabel Thanks Mark 😊 I'd of done the same!

Thanks 👍

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

I don't want to speak for Mark, Im sure hed like to answer himself, but it looks like a charvel.😁

Thanks Chuck! And David P is right on - a Charvel - Pro mod So-cal 2 (dumbest name ever). It's the most tame looking shred-style guitar I could find! :)

Thanks David! Oh, I play a lot of R&B and arrange folk songs. (I know, I know) BUT, I've been totally digging a "new" Squier Strat I got in a trade. Honestly the best Strat-style guitar I've played. So I'm playing some Stevie Ray and Robert Cray too! Always great to hear from you brother!

@@MarkZabel Oh then it was a great trade then, good score😁 enjoy the day mi amigo

Hey brother, thanks! No tabs on this. (Well, I guess theres a backing track for paid Members - and another video.) The backing track is useful, but honestly, you want to avoid tab on this. Best to figure out the lick in various positions by ear because you'll really remember it better and know it *your* way, which is super-important. I know it's a pain once or twice, but well worth the extra effort. Pays dividends!

Understood and good point! Thanks again for another great lesson!

@@epiphone278 thanks. Good luck with it!

Thanks Gavin! You're interested in the solo? I could do a lesson on soloing in that country-ish style. Would that work for you?

@@MarkZabel That would be great Mark. Rose of Cimarron could quite easily be an Eagles song. No wonder Meisner and Schmidt from Poco were recruited by the Eagles!!

Hey man, sorry I missed this. Yes, there's a somewhat boring but effective technique to build up speed. The basic premise is that most musicians play faster than they should when they are practicing. And this paradoxically leads to lack of speed. So the idea is to learn to practice slowly and then reinforce that. Here's one way. (Use alternate picking throughout if that's the skill you're building. At a certain point it will be necessary.) Step 0. Take a musical line. Could be a scale fragment or simple lick. Doesn't matter. Separate it into a whole note for each note. So each note gets its own measure. Step 1. Set the metronome at 60 BPM. Play the phrase until perfect. Step 2. Increase to 70 BPM. Play until perfect. Step N. Keep increasing by increments of 10 BPM until you've arrived at 120 BPM. Then do the same steps with the same phrase, but use 1/2 notes. This means everything is twice as fast as in the steps of the previous part. Then increase to 1/4 notes. Then increase to 1/8 notes, then 1/16 notes. When you get to 120 BPM using 1/16 notes you're at 32X the speed of the original!! That's day 1. On day 2, do the same thing. Maybe abbreviate the first whole note exercise, but keep the others. On day 3, do 120 BPM whole note, 120 BPM 1/2 note, but then the whole thing for 1/4, 1/8, 1/16. Day 4 do 120 BPM for whole, 1/2, 1/4 then entire exercise for 1/8 and 1/16. Day 5 do 120 BPM for whole, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and entire exercise for 1/16. That's enough. Repeat this exercise at least once every month. It reminds you how important it is to play slowly. It's a total cliche, but it's also true - you've got to be able to play slowly to play fast. Many of my students practice phrases (for the first time!) faster than I do. I constantly have to ask them to slow down. The metronome is a tool for keeping you at a slow pace, and it works for that! Hope this helps!

@@MarkZabel thank you very much Mark. I'll work with a metronome...I'm also going to take some lesson from your channel as I mentioned before. Having surgery on my right wrist soon and will work on some of your lessons in recovery. Thanks again...be well.

@@straight8ight glad to help. Best of luck with the surgery and in recovery!

Hi Matt. I probably did one at some point. Definitely didn't delete it. You might try looking for blues vs rock and roll or something like that.

Glad you enjoyed! The guitar is a Charvel Pro-mod So-cal Style 2. (Dumbest name!) Here's a link. www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PMSC2PNA--charvel-pro-mod-so-cal-style-2-24-2pt-hh-natural-ash

@@MarkZabel Unrelated question, but you might know, in Jesus Just Left Chicago, what are the spoken words Billy Gibbons says towards the end of the song. Sounds to me like : "Talking about him now" Since I learned the solo it's in my rotation and dont want to mess up the lyrics.

@@dchanson55 Hmm, the last words I know are "You don't have to worry ... 'cause takin' care of business is his name". I'll have to listen again!

@@MarkZabel go to the 6 minute mark he speaks some words not in lyrics. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UvoyWlnvVxw.html

@@dchanson55 Just a bunch of off-the-cuff stuff ... "talkin' about the here and now" ... that's best I can do.

Hi Richard. The notes of the original lick are A, C, D, and D#. Members get tabs and backing tracks. (link in description). BUT do your playing-self favor and try to learn the lick without tab. Use your ears and don't worry about getting it exact. Just get it to where you think it sounds okay. What you learn in doing that is immense. The one in this video is only 4 notes, so it's a decent one to try. You can do it!

Hi Richard. I ended up posting the tab after all. You can get it here. Get TABs here: tinyurl.com/ybpzjuwm

Charvel. Dig your handle man!!

@@MarkZabel 😅⚡🎸⚡

Hi Roger. Thanks for the feedback. What part(s) do you want/need to have slowed down? The idea/process here is what is important, not the specific lick: - Take a lick you already know - Find the starting note - Map the starting note everywhere on the fretboard - Figure out (by yourself) how to play the lick at all the starting notes. The lick I used as an example isn't important. Figuring out how to play it yourself for each A is what will help. Hopefully that is what is coming across.

@@MarkZabel If I could figure it out for myself I would not be trying to learn it "fast and easy" from some one who knows how.

Why don't you speed up some for those of us who are more advanced ' Oh wait that's what the play back speed is for.

@@rogersmith5167 Hi Roger, I asked for real about what you needed to have slowed down. I appreciate constructive feedback. This video is about *a process* for you to follow. What is it about the process that you need to hear more slowly?

@@rogersmith5167 you can slow the video speed down yourself on RU-vid and adjust the speed to your liking.