Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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👉 rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/ff-ultimate?coupon_code=YT52&product_id=5977054
Thanks to @Thebadguitaristpodcast for bringing this to my attention, you can check out their episode on the topic here:
youtube.com/watch?v=IdYeMhPT9Ak&t=656s
Go report the @ChaseGuitarGems channel and get them taken down
Why is this guy in my dad's basement? AI fakes are getting out of hand and YouTube needs to do something about it NOW.
🎸 FRETBOARD FUNDAMENTALS ULTIMATE 52% OFF — my complete guitar theory course. 35 video lessons, 8 studio backing tracks I wrote and produced for the course, plus PDFs and Guitar Pro files for every lesson. There's an entire section on the modes taught exactly this way — and then we go deeper into actually making music with them. Special discount of 52% off only through this link:
👉 rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/ff-ultimate?coupon_code=YT52&product_id=5977054
![The Real Reason Youre Stuck At Intermediate Guitar
🎸 FRETBOARD FUNDAMENTALS ULTIMATE — ON SALE
Everything in this video comes from my flagship course. 35 video lessons, 8 custom backing tracks, full tabs and notation — built to take you from stuck at intermediate to actually understanding the fretboard. Special discount on this video only:
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Most of us blew through the beginner stage fast. Then we got stuck. Intermediate guitar is where players sit for years — sometimes a decade — without really knowing why they arent getting better.
I was there. And looking back, there are 5 specific things I wish someone had told me that would have pulled me out of the plateau and into actually understanding what I was doing on the instrument.
In this video we cover shell voicings and why playing fewer notes makes you sound better in a band, triad inversions and how they get you out of the cowboy chord rut (using Little Wing as the example), how to blend rhythm and lead so you can play like your favorite guitar players do, the major modes and why the intervallic approach beats the relative approach every time, and the one thing I got completely wrong about music theory for years — and how that misunderstanding was actually holding me back.
If youre an intermediate guitar player trying to get to the next level, this is the stuff that moved the needle for me.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Why intermediate guitar players get stuck
1:12 Shell voicings — play less, sound better
6:03 Triad inversions and the cowboy chord rut
9:04 Playing rhythm and lead at the same time
12:36 The major modes (intervallic vs. relative approach)
16:25 The truth about music theory
19:03 Wrap up
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Edited by Daniel — check out his channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/MrDanielfm7 The Real Reason Youre Stuck At Intermediate Guitar](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RML1E-tUFkU/mqdefault.jpg)







![If I Lost Everything Tomorrow... Id Buy These First
After years of buying, selling, and swapping out more pedals than I can count, these are the ones that stayed. These arent the most hyped or the most expensive — theyre the ones that actually make me sound like me. Im breaking down why each one earned a permanent spot on my board and how I actually use them on tour with The Midnight and in the studio.
Thanks to @sweetwater for sponsoring todays video
🎸 PEDALS IN THIS VIDEO (Some Affiliate Links, Some Not)
Boss FZ-1W Fuzz — [AFFILIATE LINK]
https://sweetwater.sjv.io/ZVQGq0
Xotic BB-Preamp — [AFFILIATE LINK]
https://sweetwater.sjv.io/E0K6x9
Strymon Timeline — [AFFILIATE LINK]
https://sweetwater.sjv.io/OYrDaK
Vongon Ultrasheer — [NON-AFFILIATE LINK]
https://www.vongon.com/products/ultrasheer
Chase Bliss Mood MkII — [NON-AFFILIATE LINK]
https://www.chasebliss.com/mood-mkii?srsltid=AfmBOorJm7Qsk5k6UcIjA9Nklj7DwCJ6rLb3u-XRizpy9yO_QrrzNg-p
Hologram Electronics Chroma Console – [NON -AFFILIATE LINK]
https://www.hologramelectronics.com/products/chroma-console?variant=50128739533104
⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00 — Intro
1:09 — Boss FZ-1 Waza
2:52 — Xotic BB-Preamp
4:50 — Strymon Timeline
6:16 — Vongon Ultrasheer
8:13 — GFI Synesthesia
9:34 – Chase Bliss Mood MKII
11:19 – Hologram Chroma Console
13:56 — Final Thoughts
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🎙️ Backstage Journal Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/1q8Rrv42WhyOgk080LZOe2
#guitar #pedals #pedalboard #guitartone #guitarpedals #guitarrig #theMidnight #rhettshull #touringmusician #guitargear If I Lost Everything Tomorrow... Id Buy These First](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XmdarX_hxXY/mqdefault.jpg)

![I Didnt Think Id Ever Do This Again [on tour with The Midnight]
The Midnights Live Band:
→ Tyler Lyle – Vocals, Guitar [@tylerlyle]
→ Oliver McEwan – Bass, Music Director [@olivermcewan]
→ OBLVYN (Cat Bliemel) – Synth, Vocals [@oblvyn]
→ Kwesi AyoKwe Robinson – Drums [@ayo_kwe]
→ Rhett Shull – Guitar [@rhettshull]
The Crew:
→ Chris Dwight – Front of House Engineer / Production Manager [@chrisdwight1]
→ TJ Elias – Monitor Engineer [@tjthunder]
→ Reena Ye – Lighting Director [@reena.ye]
→ Dan Avery – Tour Manager [@freedanavery]
The Midnight is managed by Justin Little of Brilliant Corners Artist Management
https://brilliantcorners.com/
@themidnightofficial
After over six years of being off the road, Im finally back with a full time touring band, The Midnight. In January of 2026 we started a three week run through China, India and Australia which was my first time out with the band. This is episode one of the newest season of Backstage Journal.
Check out the gear I used on tour [affiliate links]
Pedalboard 🎛️
Neural DSP Quad Cortex
→ https://sweetwater.sjv.io/EE5v52
Temple Audio Pedalboard w/ Flight Case
→ https://sweetwater.sjv.io/bOW9Wv
CIOKS Power Supply
→ https://sweetwater.sjv.io/vPoqov
Chase Bliss Mood (non affiliate link)
→ https://www.chasebliss.com/mood-mkii?srsltid=AfmBOoprXpXrZPokZannm75mVcjTnSrgQDbq3ABCVLpKDh6nNV8u_qtr
Benson Delay
→ https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LKz3zM
Strymon Conduit MIDI Interface
→ https://sweetwater.sjv.io/55X3an
Guitars 🎸
Novo Miris Custom (non affiliate link)
→ https://www.novoguitars.com/products/miris-j?srsltid=AfmBOorsMGiABeONTBqdIMd_5PipwzmkDZtvjsjI7oRr ZASEfI7hQh
Fender Ultra II HSS Stratocaster
→ https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9Lb3Ge
🎸 My Guitar Courses
Fretboard Fundamentals
→ https://rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/ff-ultimate
Breaking Out of the Pentatonic Box
→ https://rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/breaking-out-of-the-pentatonic-box
The CAGED Course
→ https://rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/the-caged-course
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🎶 Listen to my music
Spotify
→ https://open.spotify.com/artist/5llKYgJlzPpMaDPmuATus5?si=d_cQn0D7SuGpdmQoRk4a0w
Apple Music
→ https://music.apple.com/us/artist/rhett-shull/990499912 I Didnt Think Id Ever Do This Again [on tour with The Midnight]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aOq5rhL4O68/mqdefault.jpg)