Making the Acoustic Guitar Rock – Pushing the Boundaries – James Nash

James Nash is a guitarist who likes to “take it to the edge,” bringing a rock ’n’ roll sensibility to the acoustic guitar. That’s what he does when he plays with his country/rock power band, the Waybacks, and he breaks down his formidable picking skills for all learning players on this action-packed DVD.

James has amazing chops and he knows how to help you improve yours, providing the building blocks to help you become a freer and more creative player with unique right and left hand exercises, rhythm patterns, major and minor scales, play-along jam segments and more.

Using concepts like the “Groove Center,” “Keith Richards and Neil Young rhythms,” improvising over a “Dylan progression” and electric guitar string bending techniques adapted to the acoustic, James shows you how to bring excitement and personality into your playing. Not forgetting his traditional roots, he turns Cherokee Shuffle and Blackberry Blossom into powerful vehicles for improvisation and creativity.

The idea is to learn the exercises, then “get them into your ear and brain so you can just clear your mind, play and have fun with the instrument.”