What Bohlinger Plays

What Bohlinger Plays: Open-String Triplet in G

November 13, 2018

John Bohlinger

Here’s how to play an impressive triplet-based run that combines ringing open strings with hybrid picking.

What Bohlinger Plays: Tommy Emmanuel-Inspired Pull-Off Riff

June 19, 2018

John Bohlinger

Wrap your mitts around a shockingly easy pentatonic pattern that the Aussie flattop master uses on numbers such as "Classical Gas."

What Bohlinger Plays: The Best Turnaround Ever

March 20, 2018

John Bohlinger

How to play a deceptively simple—and impressive—turnaround that uses hybrid picking.

What Bohlinger Plays: Behind-the-Slide Blues

December 5, 2017

John Bohlinger

The Review Demo maestro walks you through a descending lick that's a cinch to transpose to any key.

What Bohlinger Plays: Slippery Swingin’ Riff in E

October 17, 2017

John Bohlinger

How to play a Jerry Reed-inspired pattern fit for everything from blues and country to more rockin’ fare.

What Bohlinger Plays - Cascading Jangle Riff in E

August 8, 2017

John Bohlinger

Watch and learn a hooky pull-off motif inspired by rock ’n’ roll icon Buddy Holly.

What Bohlinger Plays: Double-Stop Bends

May 23, 2017

John Bohlinger

Vintage Strat in hand, the popular Last Call columnist shows you how to play dreamy, pedal-steel-like bends up and down the neck.

What Bohlinger Plays - Bouncing Slide in Standard Tuning

December 27, 2016

John Bohlinger

PG's Nashville correspondent shares a deceptively complicated-sounding technique you can use to easily make your slide work sound more intricate.

What Bohlinger Plays: Magic Triad Pull-Offs

October 11, 2016

John Bohlinger

PG's John Bohlinger brings along his trusty robot drummer and walks us through Albert Lee-inspired three-note licks you can adapt to a variety of rhythms, tempos, and styles.

What Bohlinger Plays: Fretting Behind the Slide

July 28, 2016

John Bohlinger

The Lee Brice guitarist unpacks a simple technique that opens the portal to vast new worlds in slide playing.

What Bohlinger Plays: Scotty Moore-Style Banjo Rollin'

March 29, 2016

John Bohlinger

The Lee Brice sideman straps on a stunning Gretsch White Falcon and shows you how to invoke Elvis Presley’s legendary sideman with a series of galloping pull-offs you can use in I–IV–V progressions.

What Bohlinger Plays: Rockabilly I, IV, V

November 30, 2015

John Bohlinger

PG’s Review Demo and Rig Rundown guru explains the ins and outs of a movable pull-off pattern that’ll immediately impart your licks with the sort of vibe you’d hear in a tune by Les Paul or Bill Haley & His Comets.

What Bohlinger Plays: Hybrid-Picking Double-Stop Chromaticism

September 23, 2015

John Bohlinger

In this installment, the Lee Brice sideman pairs sophisticated-sounding chromatic-scale moves with a hybrid-picking technique you can easily move around the fretboard for a unique sound in a variety of styles and keys.

What Bohlinger Plays: Easy, Jazz-ish Passing Chords

August 5, 2015

John Bohlinger

In this installment, he shows you how to insert sophisticated-sounding chord splashes into arrangements without studying for years on end to be a bona fide jazz guru.

What Bohlinger Plays: Slide 101 Standard-Tuning Tips & Tricks Pt. 2

May 5, 2015

John Bohlinger

In this second installment on slide work, PG's John Bohlinger walks you through some impressive-sounding but fairly basic licks to use in a typical I-IV-V blues progression in A major.

What Bohlinger Plays: Cascading G Riff

March 24, 2015

John Bohlinger

Premier Guitar's John Bohlinger dissects a G-major lick that mixes fretted notes with open strings to create a dynamic motif that can be transposed to multiple keys and used in virtually any genre.

What Bohlinger Plays: Slide 101 Standard-Tuning Tips & Tricks Pt. 1

February 17, 2015

John Bohlinger

John Bohlinger—Lee Brice sideman and PG Rig Rundown and Review Demo badass—deconstructs the simple techniques he uses to sound great when playing slide in standard tuning.