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200k! Q/A video!! (Patreon)

Published:
2020-06-15 17:03:32
Imported:
2026-06

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Hey Guys, the channel recently passed the 200K mark, woohoo! I thought it might be nice to do a Q/A video to answer some questions you might have. 

If you have a question you would like me to answer, you can write them down in the comments below or send me a message! Cheers!

Thom

Comments

Matthias Schaad by B Blue

I have a question: do you teach guitar? When yes, only personal or also over the net?

Tim Fletcher

Whoop! Congrats! Best guitar lessons out there IMO. :) I'd like to ask how I can effectively improve my playing in, say, 30 minutes per day. It's *very* hard for me to make enough time to play with kids / job etc. so I want to make the most of my limited time.

Carles Muntaner

congratulations! What a the styles that you distinguish in rock guitar and give their main characteristics. Which of them have rooots in the blues? how do you distinguish between innovation eg Hendrix from a sum of influences eg John Mayer? Thanks in advance for your answer

Neal DePinto

Congratulations! Question- has a Strat always been your main electric guitar?

Robert Lominski

Congratulations - What does your typical daily/weekly training/practice session look like?

Erik Calonius

Congratulations, Thom, you are a great player and teacher! Just wanted to say that your backing tracks are very important, because they help bake the lessons into my brain, and give me a sense of accomplishment. Please keep them coming.

Guilherme Lacerda da Costa

Hey Thom, you're the best and deserves it. It is a matter of time before hitting 500k, 1MI, 2MI + ... your content is amazing (very high quality) and you inspire your students! You free content is very amazing too. I work with digital marketing and I can say with propriety that you are on the right track. =) Keep going, Thom!

Mark Kelly

Thom, who is your favorite living guitarist?

Johnnie O

Congratulations Thom, you are a very talented individual! Great 👍 enthusiasm and insightful lessons. I was wondering if you could give some advice regarding singing and playing the guitar 🎸

Nick Brouwer

At what age did you start playing guitar? And what way did you learn it?

Jorcho van Vlijmen

Can you share some tips on learning to play faster? And why haven’t you shared a video on David Gilmour yet;)?

Jeff DiPallo

ciao thom! great channel.....enjoying it.....what's your practice/warm up routine look like....i find myself getting bored then start jamming away, getting distracted.....it's definitely a discipline. just bought a metronome so i thinks thats going to help. Thanks!

Jim Rouleau

Plus one on the speed question. We are taught scales and they sound beautiful when a musician cuts through them like butter but there are few instructions about how to get there other than "practice, man, practice!!" but practice what? Need to learn the transition from scales/licks to actual music and I know that you will say the exact things we need to hear so that when somebody hears us playing they will think "oh, he/she knows how to play the guitar" !! I know this comes easier for some people than for others, I guess that's one of the gifts. How did you end up living in Ireland??

Antoine B.

Congrats! I have one : do you really only have that one electric guitar? If so, how did you get vaccinated against GAS? Cheers

George Ryan

Hi, Thom! If you were stranded on a desert island, what album would you miss the most?

Hiroshi Ito

Congrats, Thom! You rock! Please show us how you warm up your fingers before you start playing. Cheers!

Ray F

Hi Thom. Really enjoy your energy and guitar playing. I have especially enjoyed learning the little stylistic accents, which distinguish different artists. SRV, fantastic. All the nuances and accents have been really useful in seeing and hearing how things are done. Thank you.

Mart van de Kamp

Congrats Thom! I've got a question for you: have you ever written any songs yourself? And if so, could you play one for us? :) Looking forward to the Q/A! Cheers

Peter Plantener

Hi Thom, Congratulations with the 200K mark! Your Teaching skills, your musician skills and your video production skills are phenomenal. When are you going to lift your Tab-writing skills to the same level??

Guitar Pilgrim
>>38733396

thanks Peter! Well I recently start using guitar pro and have been posting these tabs here on patreon, they look pretty good I think

Nico Bijl

Hi Thom, congrats. What is your link with the Netherlands? I'm pleased with your appreciation for Dutch songs. Go on, the dutch music scene has a high standard and there are lots of good songs and styles. Thanks.

Alan Abbey

You play well. You've said you've played in many pubs, etc. Have you ever cut any albums or are there recordings of your playing with a band?

Michael Morris

Congratulations - well deserved and I'm sure it's going to grow exponentially. My question is in regards to the songs you show in the videos - at my level it's hard to believe someone can learn all the nuances in a week - like the typical break in between videos. Do you already have a rudimentary knowledge of the songs prior or do you spend just that week on nailing it?

Marius

Congrats, Thom! I won't wish you a successful completion of the pilgrimage, as this would mean game over and end of this channel, ha ha. :) Instead, may the journey continue for a long long time, giving you lots of insights and pleasures along the way. Just don't forget to share them with us! I've only seen you on this channel, ripping it and sharing knowledge. Judging from a previous comment ("played in many pubs"), you also function in a band setting, as most guitarists do. If so, a couple of questions: – How did you go through the pandemic isolation with your playing mates? New tricks learned in order to rehearse and communicate efficiently? (read: Any solution to the latency issue, in live rehearsals?) Or you were just playing on your own? – When playing in a band: how do you adjust to other instruments, how do you find exactly what to play? E.g., if there's a "competing" harmony / solo instrument (another guitar or a keyboard), how do you distribute the roles? I used to play alone on my acoustic for years, but some time ago I joined a group of friends (taking up the electric guitar), and it's a huge difference. Thinner, simpler things (just a couple of double stops here, just a small line there) often sound better than rich chords or solos ("less is more") ... but it's not easy to find those sounds that work.

Adrian Torres

Congrats man ! It’s been great watching you perform in every video. I would like to know how many hours do you practice every day and for how long have you been doing it? Regards from Mexico Adrian

Gary at Black Range Lodge

I feel like I'm learning from a friend who knows my potential and helps me realize it a step or three at a time.

bikju_de

Hi Thom! I‘d like to know something more about your Guitar Setup. Especially what string hight u prefer for your playing style (Hendrix Muting Technique, Thumb usage etc.) I believe that too low string hight (< 2mm, 12th fret) makes it more difficult to mute the strings and also to play overbendings). Am I right? Regards from Germany :-)

Patchmonger

Really well deserved Thom. I really love all the videos that you are making, they are very inspiring and are helping me to progress a lot! I am interested in the tone that you are getting in your videos. I really like what you are doing. You have mentioned before that you work with Guitar Rig. It would be really interesting to get some tips and tricks to get great tones like you are getting. I particularly love the tone you get in the BB King video but all of them are great. Also do you use anything before the audio interface? Compression pedal? Any help in that topic would be really appreciated!! thank you so much :)

Guitar Pilgrim
>>39022062

ha, I get that question I lot, I actually already did a video on that topic, check out the 100k video on how I get my tone!

Jim Rouleau
>>38699426

Thom, I saw the video. Fast is relative ... I meant that I would like to play 75% as fast as you! Right now I play about 25%