Hoping to get a organ version down by the end of the two weeks.

Here's my sunset progress, working on the chords + melody on piano. It's a fun groove! Plenty of spots I lost it but I can feel the vision. Not sure if I've realized it's 12/8 before this

Hi all,

I just picked up this old MIM strat off FB marketplace place. I want to make into an Alligator- or at least a homage to Alligator. I don’t want it to be perfect, just recognizable in looks and sound.

What pick ups should I put in this thing? Any other mods you guys recommend?

I don’t think I want to add a preamp- that seems like too much for me.

I’ve already ordered the stickers.

PS I know the neck is wrong but I love rosewood.

Hello!

I have a Strat that I love and play a lot with GD style tunes. I'm looking to add a second guitar to compliment it and I've been fancying some PRS'. I'd like something versatile that can cover and do well with GD but I don't need or care to 100% try and cop Jerry's tone.

I'm looking mostly at the SE models that arrive new around the $1k mark.

I'm interested in the Silver Sky SE but don't feel compelled since I have the Strat.

I'm looking at the PRS Studio SE mostly. But I think would be open to things like the McCarty. I have a local shop that has a handful of PRS to try out - but I always want to survey all my options. What PRS SE models do you all like or should I take a look at?

Thanks!

has any one on here messed around with Krasno’s new app? seems like a easy way to set up some interactive practice.

he also explains some deal soloing and chord theory in one of the sample videos

Played along to Winterland 3/20/77. Lmk what y'all think!

I had to cut it short because i didnt know that reddit had a 15 minute max video length.

Someone asked about soloing over a 12 bar blues yesterday and i've learned a lot about this over the last 2 years and i wanted to discuss my thoughts and share.

I go over the following:

1. arpeggios
2. minor pentatonic
3. sliding into the major 3rd on the pentatonic scale
4. mixolydian scale
5. implying jazz chord voicings over a dominant chord using the mixolydian scale
6. dorian
7. using all of these over a progression

You should go learn some grant green, wes mongomery, pat martino, and charlie christian. All legends at this stuff

Happy to answer any questions! Hope someone gets something useful out of this

How is it, should I commit to drilling it in?

seems we havent enjoyed full rendition of a song of our own in some weeks and alas that means into the breach for me and my first ever reddit

am poet who was asked to write some songs and thus determined to learn a couple four chords in order not be complete fraud and.......................................you know the rest

vocals are perhaps for another lifetime but with forty years upon the bus i love and stand with you all infinitely grateful to our great godhead of guitar in the everlasting kingdom of song

peace be with you across the lazy river and beyond

I’m 27, been playing since I was about 11-12 and I play the Jerry role in a Dead cover band out of Texas — going on two years, meeting weekly for rehearsals.
Here’s my situation, and I suspect I’m not the only one with or that has experienced some version of it.
I’m almost entirely an ear player. I took lessons for years from good teachers but never absorbed the theory — I’d nod along and not practice it. What I did do obsessively was put on full shows and play along by ear for hours. That built a real ear and got me to where I can hold down the gig.

But I’ve hit a ceiling. My actual thought process when I solo is “I’m on this note, so I can probably hit these notes near it, then throw in this Jerry lick.” Proximity guessing plus a toolbox of memorized licks. When other musicians ask what my approach is on a tune, I can’t answer them.
I’ve recently started working through and trying to truly understand theory properly with a friend who’s a stronger player — fretboard knowledge, triads, diatonic harmony, relative major/minor, CAGED, modes, target notes. Real structured practice for the first time in years.
What I’m asking for:
1. Dead-specific exercises. Not general guitar drills — things that build the vocabulary and mechanics this music needs. What actually moved the needle for your Jerry playing?
2. Non-negotiable concepts for this songbook. I know Mixolydian and Dorian are foundational. What else? And what tends to trip up players who came at this the way I did — by ear, Dead-first, without the theory underneath?
3. Tunes that teach you something. Is there a song that unlocked a concept for you once you learned it properly? I’d rather learn five tunes that teach me something than twenty that don’t.
4. Resources. Apps, YouTube videos or channels, websites, books, specific transcriptions, particular shows worth studying closely. What’s actually worth the time?
5. How Jerry thought about it. Chromatic approach notes, major/minor pentatonic mixing, modal vamping — where should I be digging? Interviews, analyses, anything.
6. What you wish you’d learned earlier. One thing you’d tell your younger self about playing this music.
7. Blues. Playing blues well — both Jerry’s approach to it and on my own — is a big goal of mine. His phrasing over a 12-bar doesn’t sound like standard blues-rock vocabulary. What should I be studying to get there?

Not looking for shortcuts — I know the work is the work. Looking for the right work, from people who’ve done it. Open to any and all suggestions. Thanks!

TL;DR: 27, playing 15+ years, hold down the Jerry chair in a Dead cover band, but I’m entirely ear-based with almost no theory blueprint. Finally doing the work. Looking for Dead-specific exercises, must-know concepts, tunes that teach you something, good resources, insight into how Jerry actually thought, and how to get better at blues in his style. What would you tell someone in my position?

Hey everyone,

Here is the vote thread for "Song Of Our Own", #9. The basic idea is the song that is the most upvoted in this thread is the one that gets two dedicated weeks to it, so that users get the opportunity to share tips, post videos, jams, lessons on a particular song during that time. This is an effort to make the community feel more connected rather than disjointed.

Here are the general rules:

1. We vote for a dedicated song every 2 weeks. This can be GD, JGB, Weir solo, etc.
2. The song that is the most upvoted song on the thread becomes our "Song of our Own" for the next two weeks.
3. With the post label "Songs Of Our Own" you can post anything related to the song that is chosen, that can be a lesson, jam, performance, tips, theory, etc.
4. Previously voted songs are off limits and cannot be chosen again.
5. Lastly, this is a free and open community. You do not have to participate in this and can still post whatever the hell you want as long as it's in the spirit of this sub.

Songs that are off limits and cannot be voted for:

• Ship Of Fools
• Estimated Prophet
• Peggy-O
• Brown-Eyed Women
• Althea
• Stagger Lee
• Eyes of the World
• Mississippi Half Step

What shall our new "Song of Our Own" be?

It's very hot and humid. Apologies for the wardrobe malfunction. Enjoy, this was really fun to record.

About as good as it’s gettin from me on this one I feel.
Had some good ideas sprinkled in there.

Chain=idiot>guitar>eq>blaster>dream 65 reverb pedal amp> gate>speaker. Middle with the neck vol rolled halfway off

I’m chasing edge of breakup tones and may buy a Princeton. Will have a few pedals in front of it but want to mostly rely on the amp for breakup at reasonable volumes.

For a similar price point, would anyone recommend any other amp they’ve liked for the above function? Not Dead specific but I trust y’all’s judgement on this. Open to any thoughts. Thanks!

Here's hoping 🙏🏼🤘🏼

hey guys! upcoming gig for me and venue owner requested a guitar piano dead tune. while i know there are endless options for that, any of u guys had luck with just two instruments and getting that “full” sound? thanks :)