Renan31st July 2012That's awesome man! You're playing really good!
Piotr Kaczor31st July 2012This is absolutely fantastic, Ben! Love it!
St Anger31st July 2012Ooh Yeah
Ben Higgins31st July 2012Thank you gentlemen.. really enjoyed making this one
Opetholic31st July 2012Oh yeaaa
This is great stuff.. I will try this one out for sure Thanks Ben.
WeePee31st July 2012Nice ! Now I can learn new bluesy licks
smolentsev31st July 2012Awesome peace of bluesy stuff!
ItSME331st July 2012great note choice and sound. love it
Opossum31st July 2012Awesome! Just out of curiosity, how do fans at a metal show respond when you switch gears and play something like this? Or do you?
- Ben Higgins31st July 2012Awesome! Just out of curiosity, how do fans at a metal show respond when you switch gears and play something like this? Or do you?
Thanks man. No, blues doesn't feature in any of the stuff I would play live 
Dieterle31st July 2012Hey Ben ,
Cool !- jmg31st July 2012
Video & tabs for backing track please?
- casinostrat1st August 2012
Awesome lesson man! The backing would be good for an audio collab as well!
JPBluestring1st August 2012Great lesson Ben. No I never thought I'd hear you playing the Blues but what a success. Thanks.
Cosmin Lupu1st August 2012Dude! This is very good! You know what
I can't wait to hear you cover some modern dropped metal stuff! I'm sure you'll be killer at it 
spacebran3rd August 2012awesome! I love your metal lessons, but this is fantastic! I'm learning it right away
- Ben Higgins3rd August 2012
Thanks for all the great feedback guys
JaxN45th August 2012There's some great licks in there Ben! Great to see your personality come through in this style. Awesome
Mudbone8th August 2012Ben, you're fantastic at the blues. You should definitely consider incorporating it into your material.
Marcus Siepen17th August 2012Great power blues, Gary Moore or Joe Bonamassa would like that ;-)
- Ben Higgins17th August 2012
Thank you all again, guys.. this one was really enjoyable to play - made a change of pace and feel from the metal that I normally do
rhoads24th October 2012Yep, this is my next one
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Hi guys and welcome to... something a bit different!
I thought I'd step outside of my normal area and dip my toes into the blues.
I went for a heavy 6/8 groove which is perfect for big, wide obnoxious bends and lazy vibrato. The scale used throughout is the Am Pentatonic scale because it works over all the chords.
In terms of technique, there's nothing too difficult. I use a little bit of chicken picking in the first part of the solo which is basically a combination of my pick and my middle finger. It helps give an aggressive, clipped sound to the notes. You can play this without doing that, of course, but you may not get the same staccato effect.
This lesson will test your bending skills and demand that you let go and inject some passion and feeling into the runs or they will sound as stiff as cardboard. There's no magic formula to developing that feel apart from the magic formula of practise! The only way to get better at something is by...you guessed it, doing it!
Step into the blues, Ben style!
Enjoy
Tempo: 110 bpm
Key: Am
Gear: Marshall JVM 410H OD1, Orange setting
Scale used:
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