{"id":3925,"date":"2013-09-25T19:14:11","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T18:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=3925"},"modified":"2013-09-25T19:14:11","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T18:14:11","slug":"watch-john-5s-shortcut-to-shred-mastery-with-total-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2013\/09\/25\/watch-john-5s-shortcut-to-shred-mastery-with-total-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"[WATCH] John 5&#8217;s shortcut to shred mastery with Total Guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3926\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2013\/09\/25\/watch-john-5s-shortcut-to-shred-mastery-with-total-guitar\/john-5-total-guitar\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/john-5-total-guitar.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,307\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"john-5-total-guitar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/john-5-total-guitar.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/john-5-total-guitar.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3926 lazyload\" alt=\"John 5 Total Guitar\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/john-5-total-guitar.jpg?resize=550%2C307\" width=\"550\" height=\"307\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/307;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the first of a two-part video series, John 5 shares his guest lessons &#8211; shred mastery &#8211; with UK magazine <a title=\"Total Guitar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/tuition\/guitars\/video-john-5-guest-lesson-tg246-584484\" target=\"_blank\">Total Guitar<\/a>. \u00a0Part one sees John sharing \u00a0lessons on\u00a0<strong>String-skipped arpeggios <\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0<strong>Tapped rhythm and lead<\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Download Total Guitar issue 246 for the accompanying tab and explanation &#8211; available in the UK and, digitally, worldwide via Newsstand for iPad, iPhone &amp; iPod touch and Zinio (<a title=\"Zinio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zinio.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.zinio.com<\/a>) from 1 October 2013.<\/p>\n<p>To watch the two lessons\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kVD_0HveBn8?rel=0\" height=\"413\" width=\"550\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PKHEqu9h_wI?rel=0\" height=\"413\" width=\"550\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first of a two-part video series, John 5 shares his guest lessons &#8211; shred mastery &#8211; with UK magazine Total Guitar.  Part one sees John sharing  lessons on String-skipped arpeggios and Tapped rhythm and lead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[485,484,13,483,486,23],"class_list":["post-3925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview","category-news","tag-arpeggios","tag-guitar-lesson","tag-john-5","tag-lesson","tag-total-guitar","tag-video","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-11j","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4941,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2015\/08\/27\/watch-john-5-shares-with-musicradar-a-guest-lesson\/","url_meta":{"origin":3925,"position":0},"title":"[Watch] John 5 shares with MusicRadar a guest lesson","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"August 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"As part of MusicRadar's 30 day guitar challenge, John 5 shares his own guest lesson including string-skipped arpeggios and tapping in both rhythm and lead playing.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/john5.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/john5.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/john5.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3268,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2013\/03\/08\/john-5-guitar-lessons-via-play-this-riff\/","url_meta":{"origin":3925,"position":1},"title":"John 5 guitar lessons via Play This Riff","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"March 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"John 5 and PlayThisRiff.com team up to give a series of John 5 guitar lessons.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John 5 Play this Riff","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/john-5-plythisriff.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/john-5-plythisriff.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/john-5-plythisriff.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6354,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2017\/04\/26\/john-5-wired-and-inspired-with-premier-guitar\/","url_meta":{"origin":3925,"position":2},"title":"John 5: Wired and Inspired with Premier Guitar","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"April 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"On May 15th John 5 will be the featured cover star of Premier Guitar. 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