What is Resoflix?
RESOFLIX is a square neck resophonic guitar (Dobro) tutorial website, meant for more than just "learning songs". My goal is to explain, IN GREAT DETAIL, the fundamentals and to teach you ALL the little tricks that no one ever talks about.
Learning HOW to learn, and WHAT to listen for, will transform how you play, versus just memorizing tunes, which is nothing more than just that...
-Josh
Meet Your Instructor
Josh Swift is a professional resophonic guitar player that was born and raised in Nashville, TN. Josh grew up a drummer, and started touring with his family group at age 7. By age 12, Josh was already doing session work as a highly sought after drummer. When Josh was 16, while playing a session, he saw a Dobro for the first time. He instantly fell in love with the instrument. Just before turning 18, Josh got his first Dobro (Gibson D60). Within 2 weeks, he was playing clean melodies, and the rest is history.
After playing Dobro for just over 2 years, he was hired on as a member of Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. He spent 13 years with Doyle, becoming Doyle's band leader in the process. During his tenure there, Doyle learned about Josh's talents as a recording engineer. Josh ended up making four albums for Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. Three of them earned Grammy nominations.
In 2017, Josh was awarded the IBMA award for Resophonic Guitar Player of the Year. He was the fourth Dobro player in history to take home that trophy.
At this point, Josh has become one of the most highly sought after session players in the world. He has recorded on 100's of albums in the last few years, including recent/upcoming releases by Paul Simon, Cody Johnson, Dolly, etc...
Josh has a reso style that is instantly recognizable, and the best musicians in the world seem to be taking notice. Brian May of the rock band Queen even complimented Josh by telling him "You make me want to rethink how I play guitar". Josh quickly replied with "Mr. May, you don't EVER need to rethink how you play guitar".
Josh is one of the good guys. He's a family man. He loves God, his family, fishing, and helping anyone that he can.
His goal with Resoflix is very clear. He wants players to understand HOW to be a better player, HOW to learn, and WHAT to actually listen for. So many times, musicians have hurdles simply because they "don't know" HOW to get better. For reso players, he hopes Resoflix is the fix to that problem.
As a subscriber, you will receive:
24/7 access to the entire library of existing video lessons, as well as all future updates...
Membership to a private Facebook Resoflix group hosted by Josh, where you can share your progress, ideas, etc...
Opportunities to participate in fun contests and giveaways with your fellow subscribers...
Direct input on future lessons/content on the site...
Curriculum
- Resoflix Goals (5:52)
- 1 How I wear picks (5:20)
- 2 How to hold your bar (7:09)
- 3 Tuning (9:55)
- 4 Visual Pitch Control (13:16)
- 5 Pull v Pluck (6:11)
- 6 Bar Pressure (4:37)
- 7 Bar Angle (7:52)
- 8 Bar String Placement (2:37)
- 9 Hammer & Pull (2:35)
- 10 Vibrato (4:24)
- 11 G scale (5:11)
- 12 D Scale (4:44)
- 13 Muting (11:33)
- 14 Note Transitions (15:17)
- 15 G Scale Shortcuts (14:07)
- 16 A Scale (6:20)
- 17 Pick Angle (11:01)
- 18 Simple Licks (8:08)
- 19 Learning A Song (10:44)
- 20 JD Lick (13:45)
- 21 Rolls preface (6:16)
- 22 Roll 1 (1:40)
- 23 Roll 2 (2:47)
- 24 Roll 3 (1:51)
- 25 Roll 4 (3:01)
- 26 Roll 5 (2:40)
- 27 Roll 6 (2:11)
- 28 Examples of Rolls (3:22)
- 29 Timing (Swing vs. Straight) (14:44)
- 30 Nashville Number System (24:17)
- 31 Chopping (26:03)
- 32 Intro to Chicken Pickin' (15:49)
- 33 Chicken Pickin' Lick 1 (1 of 2) (15:47)
- 34 Chicken Pickin' Lick 1 (2 of 2) (15:44)
- 35 Chicken Pickin' Lick 2 (15:04)
Yearly Guitar Giveaway!!!
Every year, RESOFLIX will be giving away a brand new Josh Swift Standard Model Beard Guitar to one of our members!
August 2025 will be the first giveaway!
-1 Entry Per Membership Month-
-Annual Members get 2x entries (24 Entries!!!)-