If you want to improve your lead playing and improvisational chops on guitar when soloing, learning authentic, blues phrasings from the early greats is one of the easiest entry paths to more musical phrasing. B.B. King's - Live at the Regal is packed full of great guitar soloing concepts that today's guitar greats, such as Derek Trucks, John Mayer, & Robben Ford, have utilized to improve the phrasing in their own soloing. In today's, episode, we analyze just some of what makes B.B. King's phrasing so musical, and how you can apply these concepts to your own playing.

Details about the gear used in this video can be found below.

Gear & Settings

Backing Track:
• The Cinelli Brothers - "Black Jack!"
• http://www.cinellibrothers.com/store?...

Guitar:
• ’60 Gibson ES-345 (Ron Ellis Signature Humbuckers)

Amp Setup:
• Two Rock Classic Reverb Signature
• Two Rock 2x12 cab with 2 Two Rock 1265-Bs (Neumann U87ai - Left)
• Germino Bass 35 (Bright Channel, High Gain Input)
• Germino 2x12 with two 25 watt UK Celestion Greenbacks (Beyerdynamic M60 - Right)

Audio interface:
• Universal Apollo x8p

Recording Signal Chain:
• API Vision Channel Strip Plugin for guitar left and right
• Universal Audio LA-3A Compressor
• EMT 140 Plate Reverb Plugin
• SSL E Channel Strip Plugin for voice

Recording Software:
• ECamm Live

Video Gear:
• Fujifilm X-H1 mirrorless digital camera with 23mm lens
• Aputure 120d for key lighting
• LIFX 80” LED strip + 40” LED strip for background lighting.
• iPhone 12 for guitar cam
• Adobe Premiere

Chapters:
00:00 - Opener
00:52 - Intro
01:50 - C# Pentatonic
02:15 - BB King's Scale
03:10 - Maj 6 Sub
03:27 - Maj 3 Sub
04:25 - Mix Maj/Min 3
05:31 - Maj 2/9
06:22 - I Chord Phrases
06:51 - IV Chord Phrases
07:44 - Ending Phrases
08:23 - V Chord Phrases
09:32 - BB Box
11:02 - The BIG Secret
11:25 - Playing the Changes
12:39 - Listen then Play
13:24 - Last Observation
14:42 - Outro