Lesson 28 - Losing your fingertips in Box 2 - The Albert King Box

February 18th, 2008

Details

Lesson 28, is the third in my series of lessons on the "5 essential blues boxes for guitar". In this lesson I take an in-depth look at the box that I call "The Albert King Box", or Box 2. The free lesson reviews the structure of box 2, and explains the common uses for each note in this box. The 34 minute full version goes into more detail, covering topics like

  • Hidden notes in this box
  • Pickup switching techniques
  • Picking techniques
  • Call and Response Bends
  • 3 String Bends -Walkup Bends

Equipment

  • Tuning: E-Flat
  • Guitar: Don Grosh Retro Classic
  • Pickups: Lindy Fralin Blues Specials
  • Strings: GHS Boomers 11-48
  • Pedals Used: Nobels ODR-S, Boss PQ-4, Boss PQ-3B
  • Amp: Fender Blues Junior Tweed NOS Edition (no mods)

Extended HD Lesson

Download StoreYou can buy a more detailed, 34 minute, high-definition version of this lesson for $5.00 in the Lesson Download Store. The 34 minute full version goes into more detail, covering topics like

  • Hidden notes in this box
  • Pickup switching techniques
  • Picking techniques
  • Call and Response Bends
  • 3 String Bends -Walkup Bends

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7 Comments

  1. shar Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 5:42 pm

    Any chance you might be willing to sell your boss PQ-3B? Have been looking EVERYWHERE for one….

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  2. Ronnie Guitar Says:
    April 11th, 2008 at 10:13 am

    This is how I started out on lead guitar back in 1970, although I hadn’t heard the term “boxes”, it was just a fingering pattern I stumbled on that sounded like rock & roll. Only recently have I heard it called the Albert King box. At first I played blues and rock leads just out of this box and later got into all the different scales, but I’ve always just figured stuff out from these patterns and made stuff up because I’ve never been any good at all at learning anything by ear. Way to lazy to work at copying other guitar players licks note for note. But it you accuse me of sounding like Albert King sometimes, well, duh, if you ain’t sounding like Albert King you ain’t playing.

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  3. Shurka Says:
    February 21st, 2008 at 5:59 am

    Wouhou, this lesson is really really nice :)

    I just have one question : Could you give us your presets for amp and effects ? I really like your sound :) Smooth and sharp some times.. great ^^

    Cheers

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    Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on February 21st, 2008:

    My amp settings are very similar to what they were for my Fender Blues Junior Amp Demo video, and for this lesson I had my PQ-3b pedal engaged the entire time.

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  4. pat Says:
    February 20th, 2008 at 12:52 am

    all this bending… i don’t need to use a towel at work carrying hot plates anymore with my left hand. new superpower!

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  5. Andrew Smith Says:
    February 19th, 2008 at 12:17 am

    Not so white this time…

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    Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on February 19th, 2008:

    a white shirt does wonders for your tan.

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