Cheers Stefan appreciate you giving it a spin. I think you are referring to the pre-bend release. They probably have multiple terms 
you just bend before picking the string and the release to the original fretted note. Hope that helps, those wiser than I will correct me if I am wrong.
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Oh that constraint! It’s like having underwear that’s 3 sizes too small 
But it’s really amazing what you showed you could do with it. Very instructive - thanks!
I can relate to that Phil. When I first started out on the exercise I just found myself naturally going off for a walk all over the place as usual. Took a while to reign it in and stay focused but good fun and a challenge to find a lot with so little. Thanks for the listen.
Well, chapeau to the 3 musketeers (although which is d’Artagnan? 
) for sharpening their skills and sharing their adventures.
Sounded good to me Toby. Confident, smooth, nice tone, but left me wanting something a bit ‘different’ after a couple of minutes. I know that’s not the point of this exercise. Just sayin’.
Ignore Mr. Coles’ jingle reference. We all know the Branflake effect and this has nothing in common with that 
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Very groovy sound, Toby 
. Thanks for giving us a taste of your current work 
.
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Very cool, very smooth, Toby.
I had been a wee bit leery (maybe a little Leary in my mind might aid imagination even if imaginary) of the more funky BTs, especially with a more up tempo ‘busy’ groove laid down by percussion. But I noticed that your jam was laid back sitting over a busier BT. So maybe I need to challenge myself to lock into a groove but not match tempo of each drum/cymbal note.
Noted the way you allowed pauses between licks/phrases … something for me to keep top of mind on the next go over one of your BTs.
Good use of pick attack to vary volume. Well done on the two phrases with the repeating hammer-on/flick-off technique just after 3’00"
I noticed only one phrase where you played R->p4. Perhaps worth exploring the roll technique to explore that further?
I also studied your bending and vibrato technique, trying to get closer to what Justin teaches which is the north star but notice when looking closely at people playing rather than teaching that it seems everybody is a little different?
Anyhow, that was great, and who knows, perhaps I’ll be serving up round 2 over the weekend.
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Very nicely done.
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Thank you for those kind words Brian. Yes length is a subjective thing This was actually the longest of the 6 cut down backing tracks I edited. If you are good I’ll go for one of the shorter ones next time out. Personally I love jamming over the 10 minute plus ones but it would be musical melatonin to folks here I guess.
As to who’s who, I’ll leave that for you to decide !
@NicoleKKB @RonG
Nicole / Ron thanks for the listen and the comments.
@DavidP David regards the up tempo funk grooves ? Yep you and me both But after a little experimenting with one of the 120 BPM tracks, I found it was not a pre-req to fill in every 16th or 32nd beat, just let it flow and follow the groove. I think the more upbeat vibe highlighted the pauses. They actually felt much shorter as I was playing but on reflection seemed to work. The R p4 roll was certainly part of the plan and I stumbled on a good lick to exploit it. I think, see my comments to Richard, there were a few things I left out of this one. So I guess I’ll have to do another !! Vibrato ? Yes as one of the TrueFire tutors says you find your own touch, just look at all the greats ? I guess that is the same with bends. But if it works…
Looking forward to your next
Hi Toby, that triggered me immediately, had to listen directly. As I didn’t hit your stage yet, I’m not able to give you feedback in any technical aspect, but it sounded very good to me. A clear sound, matching good with the BT. Thanks for sharing this excercise with us, so we can see what can be done with only a few tones. I can’t wait to reach the Blues Module…
What is getting really obvious to me is, that the technical effort to create good sounding recordings seems enormous, that frightens me a little bit. All that fumbling around with tones etc. takes so much time I don’t have. Please tell me that there is an easy way out 
Otherwise, I’l have to wait till retirement! Me, a guitar and an amp…that was the plan.
So, thanks again, i really liked it
@brianlarsen I shall be presumptuous and assume I am in the count. But in reality, I’m just one of the rank and file making up the numbers and one day I may be a musketeer in the context of the original story
I saw the comment about bending up the b3. I don’t think I have tried to bend with my first finger. So this would involve more hand position adjustments to get the ring finger onto the b3 to explore that idea.
@Helen0609 Andrea, it is not necessary to follow that approach. All the loodles and noodles that I have posted in AVOYP were as you describe viz me, a guitar, and an amp, that I recorded with a basic LG android smart phone.
In addition to that for this exercise, all you need to figure out is how to sort out the backing. I also have a tablet so sometimes provide the backing by plugging the headphone output of the tablet into the aux input of my amp. Other times I am making use of a looper pedal to play a few chords up front that are recorded in the looper and then played back through the amp.
As long as you have the means to have the backing audible then a video recorded with the phone is just fine. I position my phone for these recordings using my music stand, no fancy tripod or anything.
Andrea thanks for listening.
I wasn’t specifically going for funk type backing tracks but to be honest I am a bit lazy. I could have plugged in my looper and dropped an Am D7 cycle and jammed over that. But me and the looper don’t always gel and it takes seconds to find something in YouTube. The soul funk titles piqued my interest and took me back to some early 70s vibes from the likes of Mayfield and Hayes. So I went for it and it was good, so thanks for the comments.
As to recording, there are many approaches. I had just come out of my open mic set up, so had to do a bit of fiddling, mainly because the backing tracks volumes were widely different, so it was all about levelling up. But yes I did go on a tone hunt because my POD Go offers so much. But hey that’s just me.
As David explained his Loodle was recorded on his Android, Gordon @sairfingers always records on his iPhone and @brianlarsen Mr L normally records both Gtr/Amp and Vox via webcam camera and mic. So you see there are plenty of “easy” options but if you desire, like some of us the rabbit hole is very deep. 
I would advise KIS(S) Keep It Simple.
@roger_holland like many expressions, I think the meaning is not well conveyed in a literal translation. But certainly learning guitar is an endeavour in which you meet many facets of real life.
@TheMadman_tobyjenner I enjoyed your 3-2-1, Toby, and had to go-to-google to make sense of the picture. I guess over time all this loodles and noodles could be consigned to the bin, as they serve an immediate purpose to learn. If not the bin the private archive so one can come back months and years later and hopefully appreciate significant improvement.
@Socio thanks James. I think the concept can serve one well as soon as one takes those first steps into making music with single notes from a minor pentatonic or major scale. I’d have to go scan the Grades to see exactly when that may be. It is not absolutely necessary to add that forth note that is played with a bend.
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Awesome post glad I found it. Simple easy way for a beginner like me to work on improvisation and not sound half bad doing it. Activemelody.com. Is A great resource I have used in conjunction with Justin guitar.
Definitely recommend this for beginners like me.
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Giving it heart and soul David, and faces. Great idea to narrow your focus and see what goodness lurks within the small confines.
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@JasonBuk you and me both, Jason! I’ll take half bad And of course Justin and @Richard_close2u have recommended this approach of focusing in, not rushing to learn all the scales and their various patterns, but rather being able to make music with a single pattern and in this case a reduced ste of notes. But naturally we … I … am wanting to be able to move up and down the neck like a pro and need to be patient.
@Richard_close2u thanks Richard. Now to pick a lick and try a smilar deal squeezing the lick to get all the juicy goodness from it … let me remind myself again …
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That had a bit of a jazzy/soul vibe to it, really liked it Toby lots of good things happening in your recording! As they say sometimes less means more and clearly only 3 notes can make a solo a very enjoyable experience. Thanks for sharing and all the best!
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Another enjoyable few minutes, sounded good. A bit different to your normal rock fare good to see you branching out.
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This right here is the key
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Yeah but can you tell me where the door is please ?