• In depth discussion on gear.
• Different types of guitars
• Different pickups.
• Different pickup combination.
• How to effectively hold your pick.
• Right and wrong posture in Picking.
• The 3-points of efficient picking: Elbow, Wrist and Finger/Thumb.
• Right-hand stability bracing.
• Palm and string muting techniques.
• 17 Critical Techniques:
• Critical Technique #1 - Picking
• Critical Technique #2 - Scales
• Critical Technique #3 - Rhythm
• Critical Technique #4 - Slurs
• Critical Technique #5 - Bends
• Critical Technique #6 - Vibrato
• Critical Technique #7 - Sliding
• Critical Technique #8 - Efficiency
• Critical Technique #9 - Open Strings
• Critical Technique #10 - String-Skipping
• Critical Technique #11 - Tapping
• Critical Technique #12 - Harmonics
• Critical Technique #13 - Whammy Bar
• Critical Technique #14 - Arpeggios
• Critical Technique #15 - Power Chord Clean-Up
• Critical Technique #16 - Octaves
• Critical Technique #17 - Stretching

BONUS #1 ($27 Value) – 42 Days To Blazing Guitar Solos Quick Reference Guide

For those times when you're not in front of your computer or TV comes in super handy.

Downloadable PDF tab book for everything covered in the videos

Bonus #2 ($19 Value) – Progress Tracker

Progress Tracker, which will help you chart your daily progress. You can write in the date that you learn each new skill and you’ll know exactly what you should be working on every time you pick up your guitar. It will help you stay on track with a flexible, but structured, practice routine. And it’ll give you encouragement as you see how much you’re learning.

Bonus #3 ($19 value) – 42 Days To Blazing Guitar Solos Quick Start Guide

You'll know exactly how to use al the information in your course so you can jump in and get started right away.

Bonus #4 ($19 value) – The Ultimate Success Secret

I wrote this several years ago after a ton of research when i accidentally discovered the "one thing" that the most successful guitarists all have in common.

• Basic blues licks to get you started

• Essential blues licks every serious guitarist needs to know

• Texas licks in the style of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Winter.

• Blues rock licks in the style of Clapton and Duane Allman

• Progressive blues licks used by Jimmy Page and hendrix
• Funk-blues licks made famous by Freddie King, Albert Collins and Buddy Guy.
• Rapid-fire blues licks that you can throw in to add that extra kick to any solo

• Acoustic blues licks and study of turnarounds

• Jam tracks

BONUS #1 ($47 Value) – Acoustic Blues Licks and Turnaround DVD

Old school, pre-WWII licks and turnarounds used by guitarists like Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Lemon Jefferson and the Rev. Gary Davis.

Bonus #2 ($27 Value) – 96 blues Licks Guide Book

Downloadable book (PDF) that gives you all the tab for everything covered in the videos

Bonus #3 ($97 Value) – Lifetime access to online customer support forum

Lifetime access to online customer support forum so you can get the help when you need it most.

Bonus #4 ($27 Value) – 10 Blues Backing Tracks

10 downloadable blues backing tracks so you can practice your new solo skills

Bonus #1 – Downloadable tab book

Caged Made Simple guide book that gives you all the tab and chord diagrams for everything covered in the course.

Bonus #2 – 10 biggest mistake most guitarist make

1 hour, online video course.

Bonus #1 – Downloadable tab book

Caged Made Simple guide book that gives you all the tab and chord diagrams for everything covered in the course.

Bonus #2 – 10 Biggest Guitar Mistakes

Online video course by Prof. Steve Stine.

• How to setup your current guitar and gear (no matter what it is) so you can get that authentic blues sound and tone
• What the blues really is and why it's a critical style that every serious guitarist needs to know
• The blues influence on rock, pop and country and why it's important to master blues fundamentals
• The three most crucial chords for blues and why can't play realy blues without mastering these...
• Why the blues is the ultimate "jam session" music how you can jump in a play with other musicians…
• How to get various blues-tones from your existing gear like humbucker vs. single coil pickups, acoustic vs. electric, solid state vs. tube amps, understanding wattage vs. realistic needs, and much more…
• Fundamental scales and music theory for blues players including the chromatic and diatonic scales and how they're applied to the blues…
• How to play a simple 12-bar blues so you start playing fast!

• The major and minor I-IV-V chord progressions and how to play the both it in the most important keys for blues
• The four critical root-6th and root 5th barre-chords used in blues: major, minor, min7 and dominant 7th
• How to play endless variations on the 12-bar blues form so you never get bored
• Introduction to direct chord substitution so you'll always be able to create new songs
• 3 simple techniques for massive strumming-control
• Down vs. upstrumming, aggressive vs. passive strumming, and why strumming less is always better than over strumming…
• The three critical blues rhythms -- shuffle, straight and swing -- and how to play them all so you can jam with anyone, anytime. Plus, a complete breakdown of the most critical blues strumming patterns...

• A complete, step-by-step explanation of what the 12-bar blues is and how it relates to other styles of music
• The 3 critical parts of every 12-bar blues so you can learn blues songs fast
• The "call and response" technique and how it's used in blues
• The blues turnaround and why it's crucial for understanding blues songs
• How to instantly figure out the rhythm of any blues tunes and apply the "straight vs. swing" test so you can jam along fast
• How to play the 12-bar blues using basic open chords followed by a demonstration of how to add 7ths and dynamic rhythms to spice it up…
• How to play the power-chord-blues found in bands like ZZ Top any place on the fretboard, in any key

• How to develop your own fast-track practice routine so you can accomplish more in less time so you can play authentic blues and develop your own style mega-fast
• A simple visualization technique that makes learning new songs a snap
• Focused-practice vs. "noodling" and why most guitarists never really learn how to play the blues (but you can easily avoid this mistake)...
• Essential blues licks for electric guitar and how to actually use them in your own soul-stirring solos…

• The 5 most crucial solo techniques for playing real, authentic blues solos and how to start using them immediately...
• The 5 most essential scales for authentic blues guitar...
• The one real secret about combining scales that all hall-of-fame blues players use, but rookies never figure out…
• 1 easy way to keep your solo from sounding like a scale...
• How to avoid getting "stuck" in one place when you're playing a solo...
• 1 simple way to move in-and-out of different scale-positions so you're solo always has soul...

• The 3 essential blues riff-styles that make up 90% all electric blues music
• The boogie-blues, Chicago riffs and the Texas Shuffle
• The most important blues riffs and song styles that every blues lover should know...
• 2 "forgotten" blues song-forms that are found in all kinds blues music today. Hint: master these to make learning new songs fast and easy...
• The 8-bar-blues and why it's crucial to being a complete blues guitarist...
• The 16-bar-blues and how to use it to play mind-melting blues solos...

• Everything you need to know about TURNAROUNDS… including how to play them backwards and forwards, and how to use hybrid-picking to bring that down-home, Delta "flare" to your turnarounds...
• What turnarounds are and how they're used so you'll never be lost when you're shredding the blues...

• 4 little-known ways to breath new life into a tired, worn-out 12-bar-blues using chords that blues-newbies will never play...
• How to use extended chords like dominant 9ths and altered dominants (#9) to play endless variations on the blues songs you already know...
• How to use chord embellishments to get the Eric Clapton/SRV sound that gives your playing that instant "WOW!" factor...
• The coveted "walk-up" technique that instantly transforms your playing from raw-rookie to grizzled blues-veteran!
• Powerful pinky-embellishments and simple palm-muting that make your blues playing sizzle...
• The open power-chord-blues -- what strings to strum and why -- and how to get that authentic blues-rock blues anywhere on the fretboard...
• The one surefire way to guarantee your playing gets better each and every day automatically
• How to put it all together and become a complete, blues guitar player, who's confident, bold and ready to play almost any style...

Bonus #1: 10 Southern Blues Jam Track CD ($27 Value)

So you can jam along with and back you up when you're ready to solo like a blues legend

Bonus #2: A complete, note-for-note tab transcription (PDF) ($27 Value)

A complete, note-for-note tab transcription (PDF) of everything taught in the DVDs so you can easily follow along and you're never get lost! (NOTE: we can professionally print this book for you if you choose. You'll see this option when you check out)

Bonus #3: Progress Tracker ($17 Value)

Conveniently found at the back of your books so you can chart your daily progress which will help you stay and on track and motivated.

Bonus #4: 24/7 access to our GuitarZoom community forum ($67/Year Value)

24/7 access to our GuitarZoom community forum where there's tons of guitarists who are ready and willing to help you in any way they can so you won't be trying the learn the blues all by yourself.

• How to look at a song
• Analyze the chords
• Instantly know which scales to use
• What are Illogical Songs
• Quickly choose the most obvious scale for your solo
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• How to choose the right scale
• How to explode your scale-possibilites.
• Walks you through determining the key, scales, and shapes you could use
• And more!!!!

• A fool proof, 3-step method to quickly and easily strum along with any song
• String-scratching -- and why it's critical
• The two most common rhythm patterns used in over 90% of ballads, folk and pop songs.
• The Essential 10 open-chords
• Organic strumming and why you'll never be a musical guitarist until you master it.
• Why, Patternized-Strumming is kryptonite for your playing
• How to use inward and outward movement
• How to shut off your logical brain and play with feeling
• A simple hear and replicate technique
• Why it's a huge mistake to always start your strumming with a downstroke
• The #1 strumming mistake rookies make and how to avoid it
• Why you must learn to swing from the wrist
• Step-by-step breakdown of "Ocean Effect" and how to use it immediately
• How to use lateral-movement strumming to change the tone of a song.
• How to avoid over thinking and let loose to find your mojo
• The Kick-and-Snare Strumming Technique
• String-targeting
• Closed vs. Open Strumming
• Elbow vs. wrist movement
• How to bring attitude and guts to your playing...

• The Power 5 (power-chords for acoustic and electric)
• 3 Quick and easy ways to control sympathetic vibration
• Locomotive Palm Muting
• Aggressive vs. Passive Strumming
• Hybrid power chords
• AC/DC inspired riffs
• Karate-chop string-deadening
• 6th and 5th string barre chords
• 4 finger string-scratching for funk & jazz
• String-deadening vs Palm Muting
• A quick and easy 8-note pattern exercise for honing your palm muting technique
• The spider Technique that makes chord changes as easy as microwave popcorn

• How to morph any riff from blues to rock.
• Kicked up strumming, scratching or palm-muting
• The one thing you must do avoid playing "shy" and gain the confidence you need to develop your own style
• Why playing "closed" and trying to control the sound too much can completely screw up your playing and stifle your creativity...

• Single-note riffs
• Percussive riffs
• How to give any riff an instant "funk-factor"
• TX Blues-grooves in the style of SRV
• Funky "chordal" playing (Hendrix, Clapton, Doobie Bros, John Frusciante)
• In-depth study of the blues guitar
• rhythms and song-structure
• A simple "mop-up" section that recaps everything you've learned

Bonus #1 – Firestorm Guitar Tab Book

Downloadable course book, w/c gives you a note for note tab transcription of each lick.

• Well cover all the basics: How to choose the right picks and string gauge for your style and tone.
• Right and Wrong wrist position. Down-Picking vs alternate picking
• You’ll learn: Why metronome practice is crucial to razor-sharp timing. How guitar pickups really work, which ones to use, and when.
• Improvisation, volume and tone tips and fundamentals of creating solos.
• Going to show you the 5 Essential techniques exercises, 3 crucial technique exercise, essential palm muting techniques and a simple mind-trick to instantly visualize the fretboard.

All about learning the notes on the fret boards : A minor pentatonic scale in all five positions

• Discover how each scale pattern is connected
• Why it’s critical to target the root note in your solo
• How to play the same licks in different places across the fretboard on different strings
• The crucial importance of pentatonic position #2 in rock and roll history
• Practical ways to use music theory
• Alternate Picking
• Simple ways to shift between scale shapes

Focuses on Melodic Techniques:

• How a simple lick can be the starting poing for a great solo
• Why the 2 most critical techniques for the lead are bends and vibrato
• Different typs of bends and when to use them all
• Discover the secret to gliding across the strings
• How to instantly alter the sound of lick.
• 3 quick ways to eliminate unwanted noise and feedback
• How to stop sore fingers and dead notes
• Learn all the must-know solo skills

How to tap anywhere in the minor pentatonic scale using your fingers or a pick

• How to tap and slide at the same time
• How to develop a fluid, effortles motion
• Essential string-skipping techniques
• A simple way use solo licks while playing rhythm guitar
• How to solo with using one string

• Two String Movement
• Solo Contrasting Exercises
• How to combine Scale Patterns
• Interval-jumping
• Advanced Palm muting techniques

Jam out with steve over classic and hard rock songs

• Discover the secrets of using powerful, aggressive, confident playing
• Develop your own signature licks, riffs and solos

BONUS #1 ($49 Value) – Solofire Jam Track CD

You get full-band backing tracks and a complete transcription of each song. And all the tracks were recorded with live instruments guitar, bass and drums in a professional studio. So, there’s no computer-generated sounds.

Bonus #2 ($29 value) – Solofire Guitar Tab Book

Course Book, which will give you all the task so that you could easily follow along.

Bonus #3 ($19 Value) – Progress Tracker

Progress Tracker, which will help you chart your daily progress. You can write in the date that you learn each new skill and you’ll know exactly what you should be working on every time you pick up your guitar. It will help you stay on track with a flexible, but structured, practice routine. And it’ll give you encouragement as you see how much you’re learning.

• How to tune and properly hold the guitar
• The different parts of the guitar
• Right and wrong hand positions
• The three most important strumming patterns
• How to chose the right picks and strings
• String-scratching and the most important rhythms for pop, rock-n-roll and blues.

• Five must-know major chords using open-strings
• Helpful practice techniques and how to build finger-strength
• How to read chords-charts and fretboard diagrams

• The most important minor chords
• Important chord progressions
• Power-chord
• Introduction to blues

• Introduction to dominant chords
• How to use these chords
• How to easily recognize them in songs

• How to adjust the guitar and amplifier
• Palm muting
• How to memorize the notes on the fretboard
• The different positions on the guitar
• Technique and picking exercises

• Power Chords
• The chromatic scale
• The three critical rock-rhythms including the gallop, straight-eigth and shuffle
• Short intro to finger picking for rock ballads

• Advanced chords
• Flat Picking
• The most common strumming patterns for acoustic
• How to use capo

• Barre chords
• 3 most important barre chord forms
• How to play them across the entire fretboard

• All the chords, scales, strumming, techniques and rhythms
• How to apply all this knowledge to learning songs fast and easy
• writing music from scratch

• GUitar types and brands
• Strings
• Amplifiers
• Pedals
• Effects

BONUS #1 – 96 downloadable musical examples

YOu'll find a complete recording of each lick. This is a quick and easy way to pick out the licks you like the best so you can learn them first.

Bonus #2 – Downloadable course book

CD with 33 full band jam tracks.

Once you've master just a few of these licks, you'll be ready to rock. Each track is clearly labeled with the track number and key so you'll know exactly w/c scale to use for your solo.

Bonus #3 – Buyer's Guide

DOwnloadable course book, w/c gives you a note for note tab transcription of each lick.

Bonus #5 ($19 Value) – Progress Tracker

Progress Tracker, which will help you chart your daily progress. You can write in the date that you learn each new skill and you’ll know exactly what you should be working on every time you pick up your guitar. It will help you stay on track with a flexible, but structured, practice routine. And it’ll give you encouragement as you see how much you’re learning.

• Discover the most critical guitar techniques every series lead guitarist must know
• You'll learn licks 1 - 5
• Vibrato
• Ascending and Descending slides
• Half, full, and 3-fret bends
• Ghost-bends and double stops
• Hammer-ons and pull-offs.
• Transposition

• You'll learn licks 6 - 29
• These licks use the pentatonic minor and major scales.
• Repeating patterns
• How to connect the different pentatonic shapes across the fretboard.
• How to move in and out of the box-positions, so you'll never be stuck in one place.

• You'll learn licks 30 - 60 which focus on melodic licks that use hammer-ons and pull-offs
• You'll discover subtle musical devices like legato playing w/c makes your solos sound effortless.
• Proper bending using two and three fingers
• The right and wrong way move through scale patterns
• How to play the same lick in different octaves
• How to play a lick vertically and horizontally
• How to use articulation to completely change the sound of lick

• Focus on learning a ton of licks
• You'll learn 36 licks.
• You'll have the complete, note for note tab transcription
• You'll be able to see exactly where to place your fingers.
• You'll also learn how to plan your solo from start-to-finish
• How to modify the licks to match the feel of a song.

BONUS #1 ($49 Value) – 96 Rock Licks CD

YOu'll find a complete recording of each lick. This is a quick and easy way to pick out the licks you like the best so you can learn them first.

Bonus #2 ($39 value) – 33 FUll-Band Jam Tracks CD

CD with 33 full band jam tracks.

Once you've master just a few of these licks, you'll be ready to rock. Each track is clearly labeled with the track number and key so you'll know exactly w/c scale to use for your solo.

Bonus #3 ($29 Value) – 96 Rock Licks Tab Book

DOwnloadable course book, w/c gives you a note for note tab transcription of each lick.

Bonus #4 ($19 value) – 5 Critical Guitar Scale

There are five critical scales every rock guitarist must know

• Pentatonic Minor
• The blues Scale.
• The hybrid Blues
• Natural Minor
• Dorian Mode

Bonus #5 ($19 Value) – Progress Tracker

Progress Tracker, which will help you chart your daily progress. You can write in the date that you learn each new skill and you’ll know exactly what you should be working on every time you pick up your guitar. It will help you stay on track with a flexible, but structured, practice routine. And it’ll give you encouragement as you see how much you’re learning.

• The seven, primary notes of music and the musical alphabet (A, B, C, D, E, F, G)
• All about sharps (#) and flats (b) – how they’re used on the fretboard and in chords and scales
• The 12 notes of the chromatic scale and how to play it on the 6th string (and once you see this, you’ll understand why 12th fret has two dots)
• How the same note can be played on multiple strings
• Octaves – what they are and why they’re important to understanding scales and chords

DVD 2 is all about the Major Scale. Which is the foundation of all the other scales. In this DVD you’ll discover:

• How to play the major scale on one string using the whole-half step formula
• The diatonic scale which has 7-notes and how it differs from the pentatonic scale which has 5-notes
• How to play the major scale in any key, starting on any note, from any place on the fretboard
• Why some scales use sharps (#) and some have flats (b)
• How to quickly and easily memorize all the most important key signatures for guitar (and which ones you can ignore)
• How the major scale can be played in different positions across the fretboard and why…
• How to play the major scale in closed and spread-finger position (3 notes to a string) so you have total flexibility

In DVD 3 you’ll learn how chords are created by combining different intervals from the scale. And you’ll discover…

• What makes a chord major, minor or diminished
• Which seven chords come from the major scale and why
• How the primary chords use three notes called "triads"
• And how intervals are the building blocks of all chords

DVD 4 is all about extended chords:

• Maj7
• Min7
• Dominant 7ths
• 9th
• 11ths

In DVD 5 you’ll learn the entire CAGED system. Which means you’ll be able to play any major chord in at least five different ways across the fretboard. And this is a total game-changer and is easily worth your entire investment in this course.

In DVD 6 Steve will give you an an in-depth understanding of the 7-modes, how they’re directly related to the major scale and how and when to use them in your next guitar solo.

• Ionian
• Dorian
• Phrygian
• Lydian
• Mixolydian
• Aeolian
• Locrian

In DVD 7, you’ll take everything you’ve learned and apply it to real-world situations. Because all this new knowledge won’t do you a bit of good if you don’t know how to actually use it.

Bonus #1: Lifetime Access To Online Customer Support Forum ($97 value)

Bonus #1 is lifetime access to our customers-only support forum so you can get the help when you need it most. And Steve posts answers to questions personally each week.

Bonus #2: Music Theory Made Easy guide book ($27 value)

You also get the downloadable, 210 pg. Music Theory Made Easy guide book that gives you all the tab and chord diagrams for everything covered in the course. And we can professionally print this book for you and include it in your shipment, if you choose. (You’ll see this option when you check out).

Bonus #3: 18 Full Band Jam Tracks ($27 value)

After all that theory, you might be ready to just kick back and jam. And that’s where these 18, downloadable, full-band jam tracks will come in handy.

• How to tune and properly hold the guitar
• The different parts of the guitar
• Right and wrong hand positions
• The three most important strumming patterns
• How to chose the right picks and strings

• Five must-know major chords using open-strings
• Helpful practice techniques and how to build finger-strength
• How to read chords-charts and fretboard diagrams

• The most important minor chords
• Important chord progressions
• Power-chord
• Introduction to blues

• Introduction to dominant chords
• How to use these chords
• How to easily recognize them in songs

• How to adjust the guitar and amplifier
• Palm muting
• How to memorize the notes on the fretboard
• The different positions on the guitar
• Technique and picking exercises

• Power Chords
• The chromatic scale
• The three critical rock-rhythms including the gallop, straight-eigth and shuffle
• Short intro to finger picking for rock ballads

• Advanced chords
• Flat Picking
• The most common strumming patterns for acoustic
• How to use capo

• Barre chords
• 3 most important barre chord forms
• How to play them across the entire fretboard

• All the chords, scales, strumming, techniques and rhythms
• How to apply all this knowledge to learning songs fast and easy
• writing music from scratch

• GUitar types and brands
• Strings
• Amplifiers
• Pedals
• Effects

BONUS #1 96 downloadable musical examples

You’ll find a complete recording of each lick. This is a quick and easy way to pick out the licks you like the best so you can learn them first

Bonus #2 Downloadable course book

CD with 33 full band jam tracks. Once you’ve master just a few of these licks, you’ll be ready to rock. Each track is clearly labeled with the track number and key so you’ll know exactly w/c scale to use for your solo.

Bonus #3 Buyer’s Guide

DOwnloadable course book, w/c gives you a note for note tab transcription of each lick.

Bonus #4 – Progress Tracker

Progress Tracker, which will help you chart your daily progress. You can write in the date that you learn each new skill and you’ll know exactly what you should be working on every time you pick up your guitar. It will help you stay on track with a flexible, but structured, practice routine. And it’ll give you encouragement as you see how much you’re learning.