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Old 10-18-2019, 08:42 AM
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Toby is great but I think it is a bit hard to begin with...

David Hamburger is also great but again, a bit hard to begin with.

Get the fingerpicking blues going with some simple John Hurt from Stefan! Then branch out later.
I think it really comes down to individual learning style and what connects with you. I found Toby a bit hard to begin with - I could work through it but not all that easily or intuitively. Same with Stephan Grossman. I have a few lessons from both Toby and Stephan than I will get to, but they didn't proved to be particularly accessible starting points for me.

David Hamburger seems to have lessons up in a lot of places so I don't know about all of his offerings. But I started as a rank beginner with his easiest TrueFire lessons and I found those really accessible to someone who had a decent understanding of blues in general but NO fingerpicking experience. My left hand kind of already knew a lot of blues techniques (some of which are used in finger style, some not so much) but my right hand had NO clue what to do. I was up and running in a couple of days with really easy stuff that at least sounded like music to me. And I've progressed quite a bit from there through a bunch of individual licks or phrases into somewhat longer pieces with a single note bass into two-note alternating bass and now into three-note alternating bass stuff. I'm still a bit halting with the three note stuff, but I'm getting there.

Some of this might be how helpful I find the coordinated tab/video technology that they use in a lot of their lessons, but I think some of it is just that his teaching method connects with me more easily than some others. But the bottom line is I think each of us needs to find he or she who's teaching style connects with us and makes it feel most intuitive...
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Old 10-18-2019, 09:33 AM
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Two words - Toby Walker.

https://www.littletobywalker.com/
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I would echo this mention for Toby.

As an aside I had the pleasure of attending one of his recent gigs. I found him to be an engaging character and clean, subtle player with plenty of variation.

Check out his tutorial videos.

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Old 10-18-2019, 09:45 AM
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If you’re looking to learn old school pre-war blues, definitely guitarvideos.com. I’ve bought every dvd that Tom Feldmann has put out on that site. He’s the best teacher on that site imo.
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Old 10-18-2019, 09:54 AM
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Take a look at ActiveMelody too.
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Old 10-18-2019, 11:15 AM
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Try John Hatcher's site: https://www.bluesguitarinstitute.com

Lots of free stuff, but spring for a premium membership and the amount of material available is astounding. Well organized, and John is a great teacher. I like Toby Walker's and DaddyStovepipe's lessons as well.
I second Jon Hatcher. I’m learning a lot quick. Also check out messiahsez on youtube. Teaches in a very entertaining way.
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Old 10-18-2019, 02:57 PM
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If you’re looking to learn old school pre-war blues, definitely guitarvideos.com. I’ve bought every dvd that Tom Feldmann has put out on that site. He’s the best teacher on that site imo.
+1 for Tom Feldman. I've got a few of his Guitar Workshop DVDs and they're excellent.

Also Pete Madsen on Truefire.
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In addition to all the great suggestions so far, I'd also take a look at this guy. I like his videos a lot.

https://www.activemelody.com/lessons/
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Old 10-24-2019, 10:35 AM
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I agree about Stefan Grossman. His videos are second only to these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fpPgo4Deo4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85BvT5X6WSo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytVww5r4Nk0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdgrQoZHnNY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmPgKsklczM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkEhtfPN084&t=85

You want lessons? Slow them down. Copy.

(Man, what did we do before youtube.... )
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Some of us sucked rather more than we do SINCE YouTube...
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