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Dave Isaacs calls it "body blindness": when you're so locked in on hitting the right notes that you completely tune out what your hands and shoulders are actually feeling. Once you start paying attention to those physical sensations, you can break through the barriers that are keeping your playing from feeling loose and free.

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Stu Hamm demonstrates a "knuckle buster" technique that involves striking an open G string while simultaneously bending a note on the D string. By bending an F # up to a G, you create a two-note chord with a unique, slightly out-of-phase doubling effect.

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Tony Trischka introduces his signature Deering banjo, the Golden Clipper, which features quilted maple and unique dichrolam material for the inlays. This specialized model also includes angled bracket tone enhancers and a Scorpion bridge crafted by Silvio Ferretti.

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Stu Hamm is about to change the way you think about triplets on bass. It's a combination of popping, slapping, and a percussive left-hand move he calls the "queen wave." When it all clicks together, it's as smooth as it is deadly. 👌

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Dave Stryker demonstrates how to spice up blues chords by moving the root to the top of the voicing and playing the seventh in the bass. By keeping the F note constant on top, he illustrates this technique through a nice jazzy chord progression

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