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Happy Christmas!!!

Extended and AD-FREE! How I got my first DREAM GUITAR, the RG3120!

20% Off BHL Wizard picks (and more!)

Bend Strings Like a BOSS! Here's how!

Our Daily SHRED: Inside/Outside Picking Workout!

Happy Weekend, y'all!

You guys have been asking for some more DAILY SHRED workout episodes, and I'm happy to give em to ya! This play-along workout is going to help you master inside and outside string changes by taking you through a handful...

EXTENDED CUT! My Wife Designed a Custom Guitar!!!

Early access cause I’m THANKFUL FOR YOU ALL!!!

My channel will get the shorter and ad-ridden cut this weekend, but I wanted to share this with you all today! I know a lot of you might have some downtime while you’re riding, flying, cook...

20% any order from BHL Picks!

Hey y’all!

Around 8 years ago, I designed the Wizard pick with Brock Little of BHL Picks. He’s a one-man boutique operation who HAND-CRAFTS picks from premium and exotic materials, and they’re AWESOME! They’re expensive cause they’...

Extended Cut! What I Learned from Metallica!

What makes Metallica's riffs the most memorable in metal history?! It's their mastery of 4 part riff writing structure, and that's what we are talking about today!

Riff writing structure is something that I don't see getting talked about ne...

Ok, random question… what is THE Ben guitar?

Totally random question that I want to know your thoughts on!

I play a bunch of different guitars by Suhr, Ibanez, Jackson, etc… but what is the ONE guitar that YOU most heavily associate with my stuff? Like, if you saw it sticking out of ...

Play FASTER With LESS TENSION! WW380

Here's a hot one for you to practice! Heed my words and you'll be playing faster AND more relaxed than ever. This really works, especially if you work on it with the practice tracks and guitar pro files below! Snag all the goodies and GET INTO IT!...

EXTENDED CUT! No Talk, All Rock: The Friedman JEL-50 - early access!

Early access, extended cut, ad-free, ALL the goodies for my most lovely and loyal supporters!!! Thanks for all you do!

You guys asked to hear more of that new Friedman Jake E Lee JEL-50 amp, and I wasn’t gonna let you go without. This vide...

WW379: Triple Threat Workout!

Hey y'all!

Wanna improve your alternate picking, legato, AND combination playing in ONE workout?! Of course you do! That's why I made this Triple Threat workout just for y'all!

In this hot lick, you're gonna be changing between the 3 m...

Happy Halloween!

Yall know it’s my favorite day of the year!!! What better way to celebrate than with a cover of the Carpenter Classic, the theme from Halloween?!

Used my American Ultra II Fender Strat for all this, and it’s AWESOME! If you’ve ever wa...

Stuff Ghost Does is HERE!

Just in time for Halloween!!! How do those Ghoul Bois make some noise??? Let's find out, and also get a listen to that new Friedman Jake E Lee 50 in action!!! It's a beast, I think y'all will love it.

What band does stuff that YOU want to k...

Coming tomorrow… STUFF GHOST DOES!

Just in time for Halloween!!!

Stuff Ghost Does is coming, and BOY is it ever stupid, hahaha

I hope yall love it. I’m using that JEL50 for everything in the video, from crunchy old school tones to their modern, fatter sound! Dig it! 2024-10-25 16:45:37 +0000 UTC View Post

SHHH…. Top secret…

Don’t tell!!!!

That super secret Jake E Lee 50 watt Friedman yall have heard about has landed over here, and it is a RIPPER. You all are gonna love this thing.

Remember a while back when I did that “10 Minutes of Hair Metal Riffs ...

Early Access! Checking out the Friedman Jake E Lee IR-J!

Cause why not?!?!

I'm putting the regular, ad-laiden, and shorter cut up for the public tomorrow, but why make you all wait?! This Bad Larry just hit the market, and y'all need to know about it! I know you all like things that are nice (as ...

Unlocking the Secrets of Toto's "Rosanna"!

Happy Saturday!!!

Here's a rad one for you all... I recently found the isolated guitar track to "Rosanna" by Toto, and I was BLOWN AWAY by some of the cool stuff hidden in there that I've never heard before! In this video, I'll show you all ...

Patreon Exclusive! SHRED Arpeggio Concepts!

As promised! Very special bonus video just for you lovely beautiful people. Lets talk about how to get more mileage out of those two string arpeggios you're now seeing all over the fretboard!

Have fun with this one. Put up a video on instagr...

Arpeggios Made EASY!

Hey y'all! Here's a HOT ONE for ya! I assure you, this WILL change the way you connect those smoking hot arpeggios across the neck!!!

Arpeggios are an essential for EVERY guitar player these days, but what's the best way to visualize and con...

Patreon Exclusive! 5's and 7's

Want more outta your DWEEZILTONICS?! Here’s a special bonus video, just for you all!

It’s rad applying these 5 and 7 note groupings to other subdivisions, like 16th notes! How many ways can you add these groups up to make a total of 16?...

WW378: DweezilTonics!

Hey y'all!

Did you watch the Rick Beato/Dweezil Zappa interview this week?! It was GREAT!!!! So much great stuff in there, including some wild ideas about phrasing in the pentatonic scale using odd note groupings! It sounds CRAZY, but belie...

One String Shredding Sounds Insane! WW377

One string shredding sounds INSANE when hunks like Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, and Eddie Van Halen do it... and you can, too!!!! GET INTO IT!

In this video, I'm gonna show you all the most important things you gotta know to ascend and de...

From Hairy to SCARY: The Bogner Uber Ultra EL34!!!

Hey y'all, happy Saturday!!!

I picked up the Bogner Uber Ultra EL34 as a demo bargain deal from Sweetwater, and it is INSANE. Holy moly!!!! It's like a gain workstation. There's so many ways to tweak it, you can conjure up dang near ANY gain...

Why Do We Play Guitar?

I sat down/stood up with a bunch of my favorite shredder friends and asked last time I was at Sweetwater! It’s Guitar Month over there, and they’ve got all kinds of rad deals on. Did you all know that if you simply get to the Sweetwater page b...

The New Jackson Virtuoso HT!!!

I’ve been saying it for a long time, the world NEEDS more hardtail shredders! The Virtuoso HT is everything I want and nothing I don’t. Seymour Duncan pickups , alder body, roasted maple neck with streaky ebony board, extremely thin and comfy...

Patreon Cut: I Tried Learning "Tumeni Notes" (Steve Morse) in 1 Day!

How Mastodon's "Leviathan" Changed the Way I Play!

New video time!!!

20 years ago (!!!!!!!), Mastodon released their landmark album "Leviathan", and I HAD to learn EVERY SONG on it... but what did it teach me, and what can we all learn from this encyclopedia of RIFFS?! That's what we are gon...

THIS Bad Habit Can WRECK Your Fret Hand! Here's a Fix!!

This bad habit can WRECK your fret hand!!! Uncle Ben Eller is here to help you fix it! Wanna play guitar injury-free? Wanna ditch that DEATH GRIP you've got on the guitar neck? Tired of TENSION? This is the video for you!!! I'm gonna show you some...

Next stop: Sweetwater Guitar Fest!!!

En route to Fort Wayne Indiana for a couple days of fun at Guitar Fest! There’s gonna be a bunch of my YouTube buddies like Ryan Bruce are gonna be there, plus a buncha rippers like Andy Timmons, Andy Wood, and even YOLO MOUSEMEAT HIMSELF!!! 2024-08-07 15:05:51 +0000 UTC View Post