How to Use Hendrix Doublestops and 6ths to Create a Chill Rhythm Guitar Part 

One of the BEST lessons availble on the Internet. Really improved and expanded my playing. Thank you Eric.

I learned about 173 things in this one lesson. Thank you, Eric!

The amount of inspiration Frusicante and Mayer took from Hendrix are so apparent when anyone breaks down Hendrix's techniques!

U sir are the genuine article and a REAL guitar professional. I've been running the circle of 5th's lately and stumbled on to this accidently playing by ear. In 5 minutes U've solved and shown me the proper technique on those hammerons. The angle and touch makes the strings sing! if attacked aggressively it just sounds awful. Thanks a million!

Lightbulbs are illuminating! Great teaching! You’ve got a real knack for demystifying this stuff. I say bravo!

That mustang did it for me. Beautiful

Great lesson, just enough bits to inspire and not so much as to intimidate. Keep 'em coming!

My favorite guitar channel now. Subbed. Found you while researching the Fender Bassbreaker 15.

Very interesting. Very helpful. Very well explained. It is good to know the 'how' & the 'why'.

One of the best lessons I've seen. Thanks a lot

Love the Silvertone . was my first amp. About1964

magic ...you given lots of ideas... many thanks...

Fantastic explanation! This method off grouping things and filing away is exactly how I process guitar. I will have revisit this video a few times to really absorb everything! Thanks!

Opening this video was the best decision I made today.

That Is such a beautiful guitar

sounds great at the start

This is a brilliant lesson, thank you so much

excellent lesson

I’ve been playing for 20+ years and I wish someone would’ve shown me this 20+ years ago

yes , very pleasant teacher you are

holy shit this is mindblowing

Great lesson, thanks Eric.

Wow, a fresh way to look at things (for me anyway). Nice. Thanks.

Awesome stuff Eric............Salute!

Very good lesson, thanks!

Subscribed. Excellent and informative video. Thanks!

Hey Eric great video, do you know if your Mustang had the original finish stripped (originally white?). Beautiful guitar and great sound!

Excellent! Thank you!!!

Excelent Best video that show how to solo over chords

This is so good!!! Thanks!!

Superb video!! Many thanks! :-D

Subscribed. Thanks for the content man.

Fantastic tutorial :)

If you use bar chords it’s really hard but you could just do the Hendrix triad in a Hendrix inspired vid 🙈 No hate sorry if it seems like it

Great stuff. Thank you & subscribed.

🙌🏼 Thank you 🤙🏼

I had a Sears Silvertone twin 12 . It was a good Amp but the reverb was really junk.

I like your instruction; it's very thorough. As I watch you bending your wrist (see 2:47), however, I can't help think that is inappropriate posture to play safely without injury. Is there a way to do these licks without bending your wrist. This is something I've been dealing with as I learn the nuances of playing fingerstyle with rest strokes in a flamenco context. I want to learn these blues licks, but I find myself unable to bend my wrist while playing. It makes my left hand grip feel compromised / weak. Another issue for me (in spite of having larger hands) is effectively using the thumb on the 6th string (see video) while forming chords. Might this be due to guitar neck dimensions? Anyway, thanks for any response you may have. - J

Eric love the vids mate. What age did you find out you were hipster?

What's wrong with covering the full fret with your forefinger? Ps - I like how you're not trying to sell me stuff 👍🏼

Eric, I have been playing guitar for a while now (14 years, shit that's half my life) and have always felt like I stopped making progress a long time ago. This video has completely opened up my playing. The way you communicate notes relative to chord shapes and positions is wonderful. I was stuck playing up and down minor blues scales, trying to solo over blues progressions, and it always sounded bland. With 30 minutes of following through a couple of your videos, I feel like I can play the way I always dreamed of playing. Please, please, please keep posting these wonderful lessons.

There's something to be appreciated about a RU-vid guitar lesson that FEELS like an actual guitar lesson. No jump cuts, a few mistakes here and there to show that no one is perfect, and just solid advice that feels natural and not over the top. You have yourself a subscriber. I look forward to pulling this up when I get home.

Lesson aside, that guitar/amp combo sounds so tasty. Thanks for the great tips!

This man better have a hot wife.

This feels like the Bob Ross version of RU-vid guitar tutorials. And I love it. Happy little chords!

GREAT stuff Eric

Wow, what a great lesson. I'm a middle-aged bedroom guitar player (after the kids go to bed) and my band days are long past. But I still love to play, and this lesson was a wonderful etude on how to do a whole lot with a little. Thanks! Also, that Mustang sounds and looks great!

I already was aware of the magic of 6ths and 3rds but I had no idea that they could be so easily connected to the CAGED system and its different inversions. Great lesson, thanks!

Probably the best channel under 10k subs that I've come across

The RU-vid algorithm has been begging me to take this lesson all week. It was right, this was what I needed.

This is so frustrating to watch.. I'm on my lunch break at work and miles from my guitar!! Can't wait to put these ideas into practice, thanks for these easily digestible tips; subscribing.

After being struck by Hendrix's first album when I was 14 years old I am picking up the guitar again and trying to play some of his incredible sounds. I am not amazed by young guitarist fascination with his unique styling. His originality exceeded his peers. We speak of him over 50 years after his death in awe of what he accomplished. Thanks for the great lesson! jhv

Beautiful playing so nice to see this kind of playing Instead of mindless shredding.

So many years have passed and I'm still watching this video, you're such a good teacher. Thanks a lot for being around doing this.

Great sound from the guitar and amp. I'd like to see a lesson on the improvisation styles of Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine.

Whoa! Man, I love how this guy communicates technique and theory in an easily digestible, not to mention memorable, manner. Subscribed. Shared to FB. Thanks Eric!!

Absolutely perfect lesson on creating rhythm licks to accompany 5th and 6th string root major and minor chords. These tips connect the whole darn fretboard. Wonderfully done.

Erm, yes yes and yes. Subscribed. Every town needs a guitar teacher like you. The world would be a happier place. Making sense of music is a skill and so valuable, thank you sir.

Yessssss. This is the lesson (mainly the 6ths explaination) I've been slowly working out on my own and just instantly clicked for me because of this video. Subscribed and liked, thanks man!

This is the single greatest, most well paced, informative and tip laden guitar lesson video I have ever seen in the hundreds (thousands?) I have watched. You've made it one of only a handful of people I subscribe to. Kudos!

Keep coming back to this video if you ever feel stuck or bored of playing the same old stuff. Eye opening-ly helpful. Thank you!

Thanks Man! You are awesome! You are like the Bob Ross of guitar. Such a pleasure to watch and I am learning some cool stuff. Thank again. :)

I think it’s excellent that you speak about the physicality of playing some of these things. Most teachers ignore the changes your body might need to make to help execute a part, and that can often be the critical piece that’s missing and is causing the student most of their frustration. Great job!

Great lesson! Really liked how you talked about the touch and angle of the fretting hand. The tone was a pleasure to hear in that room! Thank you for letting us hear your hands, guitar and amp cleanly 👏

Will definitely be watching more of your videos. RU-vid just found you for me and you're mint. Love your independence and sass. Great playing. Thanks for fucking up sometimes, makes it real. To top it all. I didn't feel like I was practicing so that is key for me. Was an easy lesson for a beginner probably even as you can play it at 40 bpm if you really want to and it will still sound half decent and musical. Thanks so much for existing dude.

wow. you did more in this video than some teachers do in twenty videos. Amazing stuff. I've been playing for years and I walked away with heaps of useful info. subb'd and recomended! Keep up the great work!!!

your way of teaching is super clever, Eric. you are on point, explaining guitar. Not so obvious. I follow you with pleasure, really. i recently decided to change my way of playing guitar, more bluesy oriented. i'm really having progress starting from your videos and practicing. thank you and hugs from Italy. Michele

Eric this is a great tutorial. I have been playing for over 40 years and jammed and taken lessons from pros in genres across the board. You are a natural teacher. The main reason I picked up electric guitar years ago was hearing and seeing Jimi Hendrix play. It blew my mind. Conveying his technique in your way is inspirational! Thank you!

Really nice lesson with some great tips :)

I love the tone, brother !! Wow those first seconds is how any guitar should sound.

Amazing lesson! Thanks for putting this together! I'm probably gonna have to watch it another 20 times to fully understand, but that's OK with me.

Great lesson, Eric! You're one of the best guitar teachers on You Tube!

The 2nd half of this vid really opened things up for me. I'd been stuck playing the same licks forever. Have you considered a Patreon where contributors can access all of your content?

I just found Eric's channel and so far I'm pretty impressed. I love the way he explains some of the nuances that alot of teachers have forgotten the people who need this video DON'T KNOW

my man that lesson inspired an aha moment in my brain! connecting chords with scales in place.....brilliant!!!!!

VERY nice! Really ended up being a Hendrix/Mayer lesson to me. Those 6th's were John Mayer all the way. Almost a more useful CAGED lesson without using the word, but that's really all the CAGED system boils down to- same shapes being connected and getting you the important scale tones to use for tasty note choices!

You are a very, very good teacher. You are actually thinking in terms of your students (rather than just adding yet another good-looking video, a trap which I fear many other RU-vidrs fall into). Thank you!

Oh man! I used to have a Silvertone amp just like the one sitting there when I was a kid ! Wish I had it back!

this is so much fun to practice. Stored in the folder : "That is what you have to do to sound good"

I love it! Do one on Stevie Ray Vaughan!

Simple! I’ve been playing for 50 years and this has taught me so much. Thank you.

Omg! That amp looks just like an old Sears Silvertone my old man used in his band from the 60's.

The playing and tone is the answer to "what do fenders sound like"

Great lesson! I've been studying 6ths alot lately trying to hammer it in to my brain and this lesson made it sink in. I was alsp glad to hear you talk about bar chords being what works for you, makes me feel normal. I tend to navigate my board off bar shapes and didn't even realize it.

I couldn’t subscribe fast enough. I love your communication and teaching style. I look forward to watching more and applying. 👍🏻👍🏻

Hello, Sir, I thank you for laying this out. I am 63 years old and still learning. You have opened another door for me. Sincerely, jcw

This is one you should repost like in a community post when you did this and say this is a great one to come back and look at. I put it up for years ago but leave a link for it if people want to watch it again this is a very informative one.

Your tone is insane

Yep, and now i steel these licks from you!!’. (Means you are a player that i like ;-))

Most useful video I’ve come across in years. A follow up would be amazing, teaching more fills for root 5 & 6 chords 😇😇😇🙌🏼

I've wanted to know how to use fills between chords for a long, long time. This is the best lesson I've seen in how to do just that.

I'm a normally a Gibson man, but that guitar is beautiful.

i've been teachin for a while and i freaking love this niche lesson type stuff. no wasting time with too much explanation, just here's the idea now play it and move it around as much as possible. cool stuff man

Mate! this is so useful, every now and than a vid comes along that improves ones playing with leaps and bounds. onya mate. thanks a million.

Great lesson Eric. I am also particularly impressed by the guitar tone in that it is clean when played lightly, but has immediate wonderful crunch whenever attack is increased. I don't get that at all in my set up so I am hoping you can advise me about how to bring that exact tonal expressiveness about. Is it a matter of having the volume controls set exactly right on the guitar and amp or the just the guitar and it's pickups or a stomp box that you are using - or some other factor? I don't believe it is completely random, so what exactly are you doing to achieve this?

You’re such a great teacher, and an even better guitar player. I’m learning so much. Thank you.

I love that mustang. and that amp so sweet. Back in the day u could buy those by the dozen.. Awesome.

This was amazingly helpful. One of those lessons that was actually a breakthrough for me. Thank you.

If you did a 5 hour video of you just playing that guitar and amp I would watch all the way through. It's so lovely

What a good teacher - points out the things he knows you're going to do wrong before you do them......experience!