Stuart I’m referring to the tab not the rhythm notation
Apologies. Yes you are right 
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My favorite lesson by far so far since the beginning. And I’m not a huge blues fan lol.
anyone have any tips for muting the strings right after playing the chords? cant seem to get the same kind of sound without muting, but im finding it really hard to do
hi @Drab,
Welcome to the community!
I think you are asking about the shuffle part. That is where I see the muting. I think Justin is doing that with the heel of his picking hand. I certainly do it that way.
If this is not the part you are thinking of, then maybe post the timestamp in the lesson would get the place you are having trouble with.
Actually, Justin is muting with this fretting hand. It generally happens after beat 1 (before the “and of 1” and sometimes on the other beats (always right after the beat and before the “and”). He quickly lays his ring finger on the bass string to mute it. This doesn’t happen when he’s playing variations of the basic shuffle.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Justin teach this technique, but he does it all the time in his videos. It’s a bit tricky to learn: getting the ring finger down to mute between the beat and the “and” does not come naturally. I have worked on it a bit, but never really mastered it.
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When I play this set-piece, I use the edge of my picking hand to mute the strings between the end of the shuffle “riff” and the beginning of the “lick”. This is pretty straightforward, as I am already using that part of my hand to “palm-mute” the shuffle “riff”
Hope this helps.