Chicken Pickin'

[Shades of Blue]

I would have posted this on the Telecaster forum, but doesn't look like many people go there.

I just bought a MIM Telecaster with the ambition of learning Chicken Pickin. Does anyone know the best way to learn? I play blues, rock, and country, but the whole chicken pickin thing amazes me. I've seen a couple you tube videos, but no one really explains what to do note for note.

Does anyone know of a website or something that explains how to do it?


-JB

[bobthecanadian]

I bought the Doug Seven set of DVDs. there sure is a lot of good stuff there.

You tube is your friend

got to threechordguitar.com

there are a lot of other places too, just can remember them off of the top of my head.

[Orlando Mike]

Originally Posted by bobthecanadian

I bought the Doug Seven set of DVDs. there sure is a lot of good stuff there.

You tube is your friend

got to threechordguitar.com

there are a lot of other places too, just can remember them off of the top of my head.

+1 on threechordguitar.com mojo is the man

[bobthecanadian]

Yup! Go go Mojo!

[imwjl]

I am hardly a good hybrid picker but the Eric Johnson DVD I got cheap at used book store got me using Jazz III picks and that smaller pick and its profile sounding more like bare fingers has helped what little I can do.

The www.freeguitarvideos.com people have also helped me where I've bought some of their $5 lessons that will spoon feed you a particular style via .pdf to print, instructional video and a backing track .mp3 file.

I will put the jam tracks on my music player with port to practice amp or in my looper and keep the printed material handy and make some progress but you will not see me on stage anytime soon.

Good luck.