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So you want to adjust your truss rod on your Tele? Too much back bow, neck arched?
Remeber, on your Tele, lefty loosey, righty tighty.

Read on to see how.

The object of the muted sweep or rake is to give some momentum to the note at the end of the sweep. The trick is to land on this target note accurately. The sweep is a hard downstroke across three or more strings that are muted by your right hand; we hear the rhythm of these notes, but not specific pitches.

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There has been huge interest in relic style guitars lately. From the fender road-worn series to affordable axl guitars.
This link teaches you how to do-it-yourself relic a guitar. In this case its for a Telecaster.

Fender Guitar Dating

A great resource to find out how old your Fender guitar is.

Great tutorial on FingerStyle and Picking Technique.

Includes:

Pick technique: Ways to hold the pick
Pick technique: Other picking issues
Fingerstyle technique

GuitarMasterClass.net is an excellent online lessons site.
They cover various styles from metal to blues and everything in between.
Definitely worth the price.

The trick is to practice your shifts accurately and with ease repeatedly so that accuracy and ease become the habit.

Shifting is changing positions. With a lot of practice, this becomes easy. The trick is to practice your shifts accurately and with ease repeatedly so that accuracy and ease become the habit. There are various shifts you will see repeatedly in jazz tunes, so here are a few of the most common chord shifts to practice.

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If you know the pentatonic scale forms, you should use them creatively across the length of the fretboard. Usually, each idea is demonstrated five times, starting on each tone of the minor pentatonic scale.

You will find occasional major pentatonic examples, too, but remember: all of these ideas can be applied to any kind of pentatonic scale.

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