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Oh, the Buddy Guy's video is a real pleasure to watch. He talks abaut the blues, his playing, his style. Some really good advices are given there. He is not teaching you by saying things like "push that string", "slide up here", "play it quick", for that matter you have a tablature booklet that comes with the DVD and each exemple may be played at slow tempo, which is preaty cool. I think that the value of this lesson does not remain in the theorical aspect of the thing, but in the occasion given to sit for an hour with Buddy, watching him play and share some of his thoughts on playing the blues.


What you said about "the occasion given to sit for an hour with Buddy, watching him play and share some of his thoughts on playing the blues", is why I'm still thinking of getting one.

I didn't know it came with tablature too. That makes it even better.


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By the way, if you forgot the idea of getting his signature model, are you looking at something else?


Not right now. I haven't found one with the features of the Buddy Guy model - but with the rolled edge neck.

I haven't found the combination of the ash body, gold lace sensor pickups, with a 22 fret maple neck, with a 9.5" radius in another model yet.

I have found other strat models with an ash body, and others with a maple neck, but just 21 frets. But none yet that have even most of the features of the Buddy Guy model.

I'll probably just continue to play these I have been so fortunate to find over the years. (I had more money to spend back then too)




The Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton Artist series guitars started out the same years back. The Clapton always carried a 'stopped' trem block and now no longer has Lace Sensor Pickups. The Clapton neck 'may'? have a tad more taper to the V-profile. The radius of both is 9.5, vintage tuners, bridges and hardware. Sometines, neck shrinkage in a new guitar, where humidity is not carefully controlled can contribute to the fret end feel.

If you want the best Fender has to offer, save your pennies and have the Custom Shop build your guitar to order. There's a point spread between a team build and master build, but either way, you're going to get a great playing guitar right out of the case.

Hope this has been of some help.


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rholloman wrote:
HarmonicaJim wrote:
Oh, the Buddy Guy's video is a real pleasure to watch. He talks abaut the blues, his playing, his style. Some really good advices are given there. He is not teaching you by saying things like "push that string", "slide up here", "play it quick", for that matter you have a tablature booklet that comes with the DVD and each exemple may be played at slow tempo, which is preaty cool. I think that the value of this lesson does not remain in the theorical aspect of the thing, but in the occasion given to sit for an hour with Buddy, watching him play and share some of his thoughts on playing the blues.


What you said about "the occasion given to sit for an hour with Buddy, watching him play and share some of his thoughts on playing the blues", is why I'm still thinking of getting one.

I didn't know it came with tablature too. That makes it even better.




After your post, I ordered the Buddy Guy Teachin' The Blues DVD. It came yesterday. It took Amazon.com a week to get it to me, and they're just two states away. If I could still drive, I think I could have easily driven there, bought it, and driven back in one day, and still had time to start the first lesson. It ain't that far away. Live and learn.:roll:

I'm really glad I decided to go ahead and get it. It is so much more than I expected, considering the negative review at amazon.com.

It does have a booklet of tabtature with it.

Buddy comes across as a very nice person too. He's talking and explaining things along the way while he's showing you runs, chords and licks.

I thought it was very well done. And not only entertaining to watch, but with a lot of good information in it too.

The slow motion and loop features, along with the tab, make it a good teaching tool. And that's what it is - a tool to not only show you Buddy's style, but to encourage you to develop your own style - which Buddy does through out the video.

In my opinion - VERY GOOD! and highly recommended.

Thanks Harmonica Jim for reminding me of it and your input on it.

About the Buddy Guy signature strat;
I noticed that Buddy has played several strats, one of which was a signature model. He still sounded like Buddy, no matter what he was playing. And THAT says something. It's way more the man than the guitar. And $1500 $$$$$$$ is really way too much to spend on any guitar when your not one of the idle rich.:lol: I love the look and the specs. - But :roll:- Maybe if it was half that price, and still American made with the rolled edge fretboard.

And about the custom shop idea in one post;
Not in this lifetime. $1500 is already way too, too much money. Especially when the country is in recession (or depression - depending on where your at). But I'll have to admit, I was considering giving the $1500 for the Buddy Guy signature strat - for a while - and IF it had been made right and flawless. Thank God that sanity prevailed. :lol:


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rholloman wrote:
HarmonicaJim wrote:
Oh, the Buddy Guy's video is a real pleasure to watch. He talks abaut the blues, his playing, his style. Some really good advices are given there. He is not teaching you by saying things like "push that string", "slide up here", "play it quick", for that matter you have a tablature booklet that comes with the DVD and each exemple may be played at slow tempo, which is preaty cool. I think that the value of this lesson does not remain in the theorical aspect of the thing, but in the occasion given to sit for an hour with Buddy, watching him play and share some of his thoughts on playing the blues.


What you said about "the occasion given to sit for an hour with Buddy, watching him play and share some of his thoughts on playing the blues", is why I'm still thinking of getting one.

I didn't know it came with tablature too. That makes it even better.




After your post, I ordered the Buddy Guy Teachin' The Blues DVD. It came yesterday. It took Amazon.com a week to get it to me, and they're just two states away. If I could still drive, I think I could have easily driven there, bought it, and driven back in one day, and still had time to start the first lesson. It ain't that far away. Live and learn.:roll:

I'm really glad I decided to go ahead and get it. It is so much more than I expected, considering the negative review at amazon.com.

It does have a booklet of tabtature with it.

Buddy comes across as a very nice person too. He's talking and explaining things along the way while he's showing you runs, chords and licks.

I thought it was very well done. And not only entertaining to watch, but with a lot of good information in it too.

The slow motion and loop features, along with the tab, make it a good teaching tool. And that's what it is - a tool to not only show you Buddy's style, but to encourage you to develop your own style - which Buddy does through out the video.

In my opinion - VERY GOOD! and highly recommended.

Thanks Harmonica Jim for reminding me of it and your input on it.

About the Buddy Guy signature strat;
I noticed that Buddy has played several strats, one of which was a signature model. He still sounded like Buddy, no matter what he was playing. And THAT says something. It's way more the man than the guitar.

And about the custom shop idea in one post;
Not in this lifetime. $1500 is already way too, too much money for me. Especially when the country is in recession (or depression - depending on where your at). But I'll have to admit, I was considering going in debt the $1500 for the Buddy Guy signature strat - for a while - and IF it had been made flawless. Thank God that sanity prevailed. :lol:


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