how to play "Going to California" on guitar by Led Zeppelin - acoustic guitar lesson tutorial
Published on 26 January 2016
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An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Going to California" by Led Zeppelin. This is by far the most requested song that I get!
The combination of the 2 guitars and mandolin is quite complex and really beautiful, but It makes it hard to play anything that comes close to the recording! It's also really hard to separate the guitar parts and the mandolin in the mix so the song is a real challenge to figure out!
I did the demo with 2 guitars and kind of mixed in the guitar parts with some of the mandolin lines here and there. I'm not saying that I got every single lick, but I think I got enough so it sounds close. If you learn all the variations in this lesson you can then mix and match them however you want.
This has always been one of my absolute favorite songs and I had a really great time working it out, recording the demo and planning the lesson. I hope you enjoy it, I hope the lesson helps and good luck learning the tune! cheers
The guitar I'm playing here is a Taylor 214ce koa deluxe. I really like this guitar, it intonates amazingly well and it's tone is very balanced. It's also very easy to play.
The strings are Elixir phosphor bronze 12-53 with nanoweb coating. These strings are a little bit more expensive, but for me they easily last 4-5 times longer than non coated strings.
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