Shawn Tubbs: Demolition guided tour

Since 2014, Shawn Tubbs has been one of the prolific demonstrators of top-notch guitar equipment on YouTube. His videos serve not just a benchmark for high-quality gear, but also as a source of musical inspiration. Shawn can really play and his performance credits are deep. (For 11 years he toured with Carrie Underwood, and he's worked with artists ranging from STP to Crystal Lewis.)

After years of releasing videos that faithfully demonstrate the capacities of various pedals, amps, pickups and guitars, Shawn released Demolition. This 15-track album let Shawn showcase the music he’s made for his demos, but with the additional freedom to mix, master and affect all of the sounds as he saw fit.

In this Soundslice course, Shawn takes you through 12 of these songs, focusing on different grooves, melodies and improv passages within. If you’re mostly interested in learning to play the songs and grooves, no problem — you’ll get that here. If you want to learn how Shawn builds his solos, that’s where this course really shines.

There’s over 100 minutes of notation and musings to get you into Shawn’s head, and there’s something in here for any intermediate to advanced guitar player.

The performance tracks for “Demolition” were expertly transcribed by Tim Houston.