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Kristofer Dahl7th November 2010Awesome topic and very useful spoken explanation Mate!
Mate Nagy7th November 2010Thank you Kris!
I'm glad you like it ![]()
Adrian Figallo7th November 2010that's some sharp dressed guitar man ![]()
playaxeman7th November 2010Really rocks. ZZ top lesson is great
Gerardo Siere7th November 2010Very nice groove, thanks for sharing.
Crazy_Diamond7th November 2010Nice lesson I love ZZ top... You've got a great tone with some good explanation in the 1st video.
thefireball7th November 2010Groovy! My friend had me listen to these guys once before.
thefireball7th November 2010You're accent is cool! (I'm from the south in the USA.) ![]()
Bogdan Radovic7th November 2010Great style coverage! Love the groove! ![]()
Mate Nagy8th November 2010
Lian Gerbino8th November 2010very cool man! music for the road!
kaznie_NL8th November 2010Awesome song, awesome version ![]()
Mate Nagy8th November 2010I'm very happy about the welcoming of this lesson ![]()
It's a 'secret' but maybe I can tell you, that the second part of this lesson will come soon as a Billy Gibbons style fingerpicking solo lesson, called ZZ-Top fingerpicked II. or something.
The solo goes on the same groove, so learn this groove well and maybe you can jam with your friends on this one
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Zsolt Galambos9th November 2010I really like the way those riffs sound fingerpicked! Great explanation as well, man! ![]()
Ivan Milenkovic9th November 2010Awesome, great familiar riffs! ![]()
Jerry Arcidiacono25th November 2010You've got a great tone for this lesson ![]()



Hi GMC'ers! In this lesson I composed a tune inspired by ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man"! I transformed this song in order to capture the unique vibe of Billy Gibbon's fantastic guitar playing.
I added a simplified bass line to the rhythm to give it an authentic feel. Later I realized that the base line sounds better if I play it with my thumb instead of the pick (personal preference). It then became a finger picking exercise to a cool song. You can also play this lesson using your pick too, so it can be a hybrid picking exercise also.
Techniques:
* Finger Picking Rhythms
* Hybrid Picking Rhythms
* Slides
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Cheers/ Máté Nagy