Product Details

• Actors: Guitar Method
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Music. Video Prod.
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630341317X
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #72,482 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars little to like about this tape, December 19, 2000

By	Kenneth B. Hunt "ken" (Madison, AL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have three of the MVP tapes, each bought through different sources. (This SRV tape, the more SRV tape, and the Brian Setzer tape). Each one is among the poorest quality recordings I have ever seen. One of the tapes actually rolls throughout, and manually setting the tracking on the VCR doesn't help. The sound quality is terrible as well. This seems to be a common complaint so -- I actually bought mine from different vendors just to see if someone had a stock of decent tapes. No luck!

Curt Mitchel is definitely talented. Sure, he could dress more to the liking of a particular tapes target audience (instead of like we're all Metallica fans) but that is a non-issue to me. He plays lots of different styles and does so well enough to be a good instructor.

However... he actually does very little instruction. He plays a riff at full speed, then plays it again at half speed (with a close up on the fret board). Then its off to the next riff. I knew this going in, so I wasn't that put out by it. I mean, thats how other guitar player's teach each other.

You will get a few side notes here and there about rig setup (types of strings, type of amp and effects) and a little about picking style. But thats about it. Its just riff after riff, and you're lucky if you're told what songs the riff belongs to. (Probably due to copyright concerns -- these tapes aren't licensed by SRV's estate).

The tablature is, as others have stated, unreadable. It looks like it has been reduced by a photocopier down to the equivalant of a 6 point font, and the photocopier seemed to run out of ink, so you really can't make much out of it. They could totally fix this by posting the tab on their web site, but they will not. They won't give it away there because its copyrighted.

I can't say I got nothing out of these tapes... I can play a few SRV riffs now, and that's cool. But its so frustrating to only get a fraction of what Curt could have taught me if the production value was higher, and some more forethought put into the whole effort. All in all, these tapes are a waste of money. Get some tablature off the Internet... you'll learn it faster and easier if you have ever heard the song you're trying to play.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save Your Money!, December 17, 2001

By	Jonathan Enoch (B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews

Right down to the amateur production, this tape stinks. The video is so poor and jumpy you'll need to take a handful of Gravol just so you don't get sea sick from watching it. The Audio quality sounds like the microphone was left in the box. As for Mr. Mitchell's playing, well he's OK, but forget about learning anything off this tape, It's too fuzzy to see anything and the riff's go by like lightning, even in the half speed sections. If you aren't VERY familiar with Stevie Rays songs, you won't have a clue what Curt is playing because he never tells you. Mr. Mitchell jumps from one riff to another without identifying the material he's trying to get across. There is one half size sheet of TAB supplied that you'll need a microscope to read, even if you have 20/20 vision. If you want to get a good insight into how Stevie achieves his spectacular musicianship,then take your money and buy a DVD of Stevie Ray live at the Mocambo, you'll see way more of Stevies technique and get a great video to boot.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing, March 23, 2000

By	Ralph E Brewer (Kentucky) - See all my reviews

The presentation of this video is terrible. You would think that Mr. Mitchell could've dressed up a little and made himself look presentable. His playing is good...not great. He gets some of the bazillion riffs he plays downright wrong (I've seen Stevie play...and Mitchell is way off.) The tab that comes with the video....forget it. I couldn't even read it, the songs are not labeled, and the pages aren't even attached together.