I always say that, for me, it’s all about “the two Erics” – Eric Clapton and the one and only Eric Johnson. I first heard Eric Johnson play via a tear-out flexi-disc that was included in Guitar Player magazine back in 1986. I was into Hendrix and SRV and many other guitarists, but I hadn’t heard anything like what Eric was doing. Figure 2 illustrates a longer line that ascends and descends within E minor pentatonic (E, G, A, B, D). These scalar phrases are built from fast 16th notes and are articulated as clearly as possible.