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Phase 1 — Active Wk 1 / 12
Consolidate & Connect
Take what you partially know and own it front to back. Build the 12-bar foundation. Make bends land in tune.
This week's focus
12-Bar Foundation — Complete Blues Guitar (Book 1, Ch. 1–2). Learn the basic structure and open string riffs. Parallel: Purple Haze rhythm parts + Paranoid riff to full song.
Tonight's Session
10 min
Warmup
Ultimate Guitar Technique Collection — Routine 1 (Picking Hand Focus) or Routine 3 (Linear Fretting Hand). Alternate week to week.
20 min
Complete Blues Guitar (Book 1, Ch. 1–2)
12-bar structure and open string riffs. Work slowly through the examples.
20 min
Song Work — One Section
Purple Haze rhythm intro OR Paranoid riff at tempo. Pick one section, not the whole song.
10 min
Ear Training
Beato Ear Training Booklet (Ch. 1–2). Intervals and basic triads. One or two modules.
10 min
Warmup
Whatever feels good. No pressure.
30 min
Explore / Play
Songs you know parts of, improvise over A minor or E minor backing track, mess with tones.
20 min
One Lick — 300 Blues, Rock & Jazz Licks
BB King or Hendrix blues section. Pick one lick. Learn it. That's it.
15 min
Warmup
Ultimate Guitar Technique Collection — full routine of your choice.
25 min
Deep Dive — Theory or Song Analysis
Go deeper on the week's book chapter. Transcribe a lick by ear. Watch a relevant YouTube breakdown.
35 min
Full Song Run-Through
Pick one Phase 1 song and play it front to back. Record yourself if you're brave.
15 min
Ear Training + YouTube
Ben Eller picking mechanics or Paul Davids pentatonic application. One focused video.
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Active Resources
Complete Blues Guitar (Book 1, Ch. 1–9)
Complete Blues Guitar (Book 2, Ch. 1 + Appendices)
300 Blues, Rock & Jazz Licks — BB King, Hendrix, Clapton
Ultimate Guitar Technique Collection — Routines 1 & 3
Beato Ear Training Booklet (Ch. 1–2)
Hendrix Are You Experienced songbook
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Power: MXR DC Brick + Donner overflow · Wild Fro on 9V battery
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Overdrive & Drive
Boss Blues Driver Waza Craft Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini JHS Notaklön Fulltone OCD Bogner La Grange Tone City Lil Heat
Distortion
Boss Metal Zone MT-2 JHS Ratpack DOD Bone Shaker EQD Life Pedal
Fuzz
EHX Ram's Head Big Muff (J Mascis) EHX Green Russian Big Muff (JHS mod) Fuzzrocious Demon King Fuzzrocious 420 Fuzz Mask Audio Electronics YES! Fuzz OBNE Alpha Haunt EQD Hizumitas Dwarfcraft Necromancer Crazy Tube Circuits Orama Tone City Wild Fro Idiotbox Fuzz Freq
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Reverb & Ambient
TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2 EHX Oceans 11 OBNE Minim OBNE Dark Star
Delay
TC Electronic Flashback 2
Pitch & Octave
EHX Pitch Fork EQD Data Corrupter
Compression & Utility
Keeley Compressor TC Electronic Ditto Looper Dunlop Crybaby Wah
Plugins (Recording)
Amplitube 4 & 5BIAS FX 2 (Hendrix pack)STL TonesNeural DSP RabeaNeural DSP Cali Fortin
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