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Doug Pettibone: Guitar player with John Mayer/Lucinda Williams/Jewel/Tracy Chapman/Lisa-Marie Presley and many others
Doug Pettibone started to play the guitar at the age of eight. His first teacher was Andy Summers, formerly of The Police. With nine years, Doug studied with Eddie Lafreniere, guitarist for big band leader Jimmy Dorsey, with whom he spent the next five years studying the music of Dave Brubeck and Duke Ellington. Later he received a scholarship to Pepperdine University-Malibu for Jazz Guitar, Classical Guitar and Voice, graduating with a triple major in 1984. In the following years he played with many different artists of various genres.
In 1999, Doug started a world tour with Jewel that lasted for a year and a half. In 2001, he played pedal steel, mandolin and background vocals for Tracy Chapman's North American tour. Shortly after that, Lucinda Williams hired Pettibone as her multi-instrumentalist, singer and music director to tour, record, and co-produce. Doug´s intensive collaboration with Lucinda lasted for eight years, and continued at a later stage again. In the following years, Pettibone realized several projects with other artists. In 2004 Doug participated in the Legends Rock TV show produced in the South of France, featuring guest artists such as Sam Moore, Billy Preston and Tony Joe White. Ray LaMontagne is amongst the artist Doug went on tour with, in 2009 it was Marianne Faithfull who called him up to go on tour. After that Marianne Faithfull and Doug Pettibone started to write together new songs for a new album.
In the last few years, Pettibone has played live and/or recorded with some of the most influential artists of our times, among them Keith Richards, Norah Jones, Steve Earle, Elvis Costello, Joan Baez, Mark Knopfler, Draco Rosa, Sting, Michelle Shocked, Vic Chesnutt, Kevin Montgomery, amongst others. In 2012 he went on tour with Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley. In 2013 Pettibone toured with Lucinda Williams with just the two of them on stage.
He joined John Mayer's touring band as lap steel and guitar player for the Born and Raised 2013 World Tour.
2016 Doug is on World Tour with the Italian Zucchero - accompanied by Brian Auger on Hammond Organo.
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Fender Player Stratocaster Comparison SSS vs. HSS vs. HSH.
After running down the pickup options on American Pro II Stratocasters, we had to check out the pickup offerings on another one of the most popular lines, the Player Series. The Player Series offers both SSS and HSS, as well as an HSH Strat-- "H" meaning, Humbucker! Check out these awesome Humbuckers on 3 great Strats, and let us know which you like best!
0:00 Intro
1:14 Specs
8:36 SSS Demo
10:02 HSS Demo
11:28 HSH Demo
12:58 Wrapping Up
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Epiphone Pre-War SJ-200 Rosewood Reissue – Epiphone Inspired by Gibson
Dinesh demos the new Epiphone Pre-War SJ-200 Rosewood Reissue from the Epiphone Inspired By Gibson Custom collection – new for 2025!
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Watch as Dinesh demos the new Epiphone Pre‑War SJ‑200 Rosewood Reissue acoustic guitar from the Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom collection, featuring a thermally aged solid spruce top, solid rosewood back, and a two‑piece maple neck with a rosewood stringer and round‑D profile, presented here in a Vintage Sunburst finish.
After the Gibson SJ-200 was introduced in 1937, it quickly earned the title “The King of the Flat-Tops” thanks to its majestic appearance, superior sound, and exceptional projection. The earliest models featured rosewood back and sides, later replaced by maple in 1947. Due to limited post-Depression demand, very few pre-war SJ-200s were made — making rosewood-bodied originals highly prized by today’s collectors.
Now, Epiphone and Gibson Custom have partnered to create the Epiphone Pre-War SJ-200 Rosewood Reissue, an Inspired by Gibson Custom recreation of this rare vintage icon. It features solid rosewood back and sides, a thermally aged solid spruce top with traditional scalloped X-bracing made from quarter-sawn spruce, and a two-piece maple neck with a rosewood stringer and Round D profile, attached via a glued-in dovetail joint.
The ebony fretboard features mother-of-pearl graduated Crown inlays and 20 standard frets. Additional vintage-style appointments include an SJ-200-style pickguard with traditional graphics and an ebony open two-bar Moustache™ bridge with mother-of-pearl inlays. The nut, saddle, and bridge pins are all bone.
The Gibson “open book” headstock features a vintage Epiphone logo and Gibson Crown in aged mother-of-pearl, along with a stinger and Inspired by Gibson Custom Double Diamond logo etched on the rear.
For modern stage and studio needs, it comes equipped with an L.R. Baggs™ Element Bronze VTC pickup and preamp, with soundhole-mounted controls — all housed in a Red Line-inspired hardshell case featuring Inspired by Gibson Custom graphics.
Muscle Shoals
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The incredible story of a tiny Alabama recording studio that produced some of greatest hits of all time. Aretha Franklin, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Percy Sledge, Alicia Keys, Bono and more bear witness to its magic. Documentary: PG: Starring: Keith Richards, Aretha Franklin, Mick Jagger, Gregg Allman, Bono, Alicia Keys, Rick Hall, Director: Greg 'Freddy' Camalier
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Blues Soloing Move - House Pattern (Major) To Box 3 Pentatonic Minor To Pentatonic 6 Pattern
This video is one of my favorite "moves" around and through some of my favorite blues soloing scales and sounds.
If you've ever heard me talk about what I call the, "core position," for many blues players... this is it.
"Notice how, with minimal movement, I can go through 3 unique sounds easily and comfortably, with only minor adjustments getting from one scale to the next...
In my opinion, that should be your goal, not moving around the fretboard in large leaps and bounds."....Griff
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Archtop Crazy
Episode 3: Freddie Green Style Comping. Jonathan explains the dark art of acoustic rhythm comping, often referred to as the "Freddie Green" style of big band rhythm playing.
Archtop Crazy with Jonathan Stout: Episode 3: Freddie Green Style Comping. Jonathan explains the dark art of acoustic rhythm comping, often referred to as the "Freddie Green" style of big band rhythm playing. Freddie was the guitar player in the Count Basie band from 1937 until 1987 and is regarded as the undisputed master of this unique style of rhythm playing.
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Fender American Professional II Telecaster Deluxe American Pro II Tele vs. Gibson Les Paul.
Cooper is back to run down one of his favorite guitars of late! Today he's taking a look at the Fender Tele Deluxe in the American Pro II line, and comparing it to the regular (single coil) Telecaster in the line, as well as the humbucker'd classic, a Gibson Les Paul Standard 50's. All three of these guitars have special places in many players' hearts, but we'd love to hear what you think. Do you prefer the coil splitting and belly carving of the Deluxe, or the stick-to-the-classics of the regular Tele? Let us know in the comments!
0:00 Goofy Intro
0:38 Comparing the Specs
6:25 Fender American Pro II Tele Deluxe Demo
8:03 Fender American Pro II Tele Demo
9:17 Gibson Les Paul Standard 50's
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Fender American Pro II HSS vs. SSS The Difference a Humbucker Makes
Today we're looking at a couple great Fender Stratocasters from the American Professional II series-- one of which has three single coils (SSS) and the other has 2 single coils and a humbucker (HSS). The addition of the humbucker adds a whole new sonic palette that is available to the Stratocaster, but is that tone right for you? Check out the demos and tell us what you think!
0:00 Intro
0:42 Runnin' Down the Specs
12:23 Clean Demo
16:57 Overdrive Demo
21:27 Wrapping Up
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Squier Starcaster The Best Value Semi-Hollow Body Electric Guitar
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