@12moetown Right! Who gives a fuck what the literal meaning of the word he used is?! We KNOW he's not talking about anything having to do with getting his guitar wet!
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Easy for you to say Eric! With those freaking alien fingers you have! I have these short handicapped fingers! LOL. I traded guitars with you once at a Musician's Friend in Knoxville, TN. Love your music man! Been listening to Bloom today. Rock on!
I have a minor correction touching upon word meaning. He said that one of his techniques is "dampening" when what he surely meant to say was "damping." The former means to apply moisture to and the latter means to progressively diminish oscillation (of guitar strings in this case). Surely he doesn’t want to get his guitar wet.
@GaRhythym Sorry, but I have checked the OED (which is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language) on this, and it supports my position. *Dampening* means to make damp or to moisten. It can also mean to dull, deaden or diminish the force or ardor of, depress, or deject. So it would be correct to say, "The accident dampened the spirits of the travelers." However, if one refers to reducing the action of an oscillating body, it's *damping*.
Very nice video. Love it when Eric picks or thumbs the E or A string and lets it ring while he goes on his next solo run. Erics explanation is well said also.
On the Music Path is an iPad app that features master classes from world-renowned musicians accompanied by complete notation and tab synchronized to the teacher's playing.
dampening has to be one of the hardest things to learn when playing guitar. I've been playing for a few years and it's really hard to get the notes to come out clean without unwanted noise.
Thanks for the upload. Great lesson. It's free on utube, very fortunate. Eric Johnsons DVDs when he is playing with other great guitarists is incredible to watch too. I have an older VHS and he plays three songs with his former band and I couldn't believe the tone he was playing out of the guitar. It took a little while to absorb since I was used to heavier rock. Eric's style is awesome.
@Jasn1111 bullshit he OFTEN uses a special kind of tube driven overdrive pedal, made by some guy named butler i think. its so obvious that the tone is not from the fingers alone. i am so sick of hearing that.. the amp and pedals and perfect setup are so important to tone.. if he played on a crappy amp without special pedal it would sound not half as good.
@GeekG@GeekG: You are partly right. Having great gear contributes to a better sound but anybody at EJ's level can play on a sh*t guitar with a sh*t amp and make it sing. Even if you could get EJ's rig, directly from him, and he even set it up for you it's still not going to sound exactly like him. His tone is in the fingers.
@yngwieisking: You guys seem to be missing the point. A great player is going to sound great regardless of the equipment they're using. Great equipment, with all the bells and whistles is only going to enhance the sound.
Sure if you gave EJ a Sears Strat through a Peavey Rage 158, he's not going to sound like he does in the studio but he's still going to sound like Eric Johnson. And he's still going to sound better than some kid who just started but has a pro rig.
@Jasn1111 I'm not disagreeing with that. But as you stated, EJ with shit equipment is never going to sound as good as he normally does. Even the best playing will sound pretty lame if the tone is crap. That's the point I was trying to make.
Hold on there...in the motorcycle world many people mis-pronounce dampening as in stopping the movement of shocks or steering stem. There it's damping. Are we not doing the same here, stopping or muting strings hence the proper term is DAMPING. To dampen something is to wipe with a damp cloth. Not good for the fretboard.
He used to use an old Chandler TUbe Driver, the pedl I believe has actually tubes in it. GIlmore occasioally used one as well. There are two basic types of "distortion": overdrive, more of a bluesy kind of tone, and distortion, used in a lot of classic rock and metal. He uses more of an overdrive. There are also the older Fuzz type pedals, a little different flavor. SOme of the newer boutique pedal have one of each on each side. Very versatile.
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the only thing I don't like about ej, is that sometimes he plays things that you can hear, and they are really cool and hard, but it gets lost in his clean sound. pump up the volume ej and play more distortion.
if there is a string you aren't playing, stop it from vibrating, with whatever finger, or part of either hand that you aren't using--right hand palm of picking hand, or fingers that are not fretting a note.
greg koch is awesome. I saw him promote fender guitars at Wardbrodt music in Madison Wisconsin in '04 or '05 and he blew my mind. then he played a little guitar later and that was cool too
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Eric Johnson has the worst OCD I've ever seen. He thinks that his fuzzface sounds different with the screws in the bottom plate so he holds it together with a rubber band. It took the guy over 10 years to make bloom. He can suck it for all I care.
Lol... maybe. I mean your right about his music not resonating with me. Pissed-off or happy notes are all good with me; its all in the delivery and I guess I just don't like the way this guy delivers.
Fenderbenders advice is good stuff, I am not good at this, but it is true if you can make the sound with your mouth it will help I leaned the lead to cliffs of dover by singer it first.
If there is tab for these lesson let me know somebody email me please and God Bless
In my lead playing, I've become stuck in the trap that my licks and lead playing is kind of stuck up in the same pentatonic/blues playing, and even though I'm really tired of playing it, it's still what I play, it's like my fingers are dictating what I play instead of me. How do I liberate myself of this? xD
the Pentatonic scale is a much misunderstood scale and I've heard lots of guitar players who use this scale without knowing what they are doing musically. to liberate your playing, ideally you need to be able to play over the chords of the music using notes from those chords. other notes can be used for effect. Eric's playing sounds so good because he is not playing one scale. he plays through the chords of the music.
But, I don't have the time to watch each chord, figure out which notes I can use, and then put it together in a sense that makes it sound good with progression! Please explain how I can do this.
In the same way that you've learned playing in those scales, you can learn to play in only the notes of each chord, by mapping those notes accross the fretboard, then playing slowly through until each becomes second nature. However, to make use, the change between playing in one and the other must also be practiced. Alternatively, lookup "modes" (Ionian, Dorian etc) or learn new scales such as true tone and spanish gypsy and look for blending shapes between them.
Empty your mind as if you've never played those licks. Then play speaking with your voice, and make what you have to say come through the instrument. Youve just hit a bump. We all do, try that, or go in a different key, listen to a different genre of music to get inspired etc etc
learn your modes, 1. Ionian,2.Dorian,3Phrigian,4.Lydian,5.mixolydian,6Aloloian,7.locrain the modes are made up of the 7 notes of the major scale so try this if you know the major scale just take like a. A power cord and play the fith note of the a minor scale which is E so play that E to E and you will be play the phyrigian mode then just mix that with the minor pentatonic I hope this helps
ideal? you notice how you can search anything for an hour and read the comments and no one comments on anything religious unless its a video with a religious mood and or motive apparently this atheist or whatever you want to call him wanted to watch a video about guitar skills a video with the main idea set as music, guitar music. if he is offended by the person playing religious views he was obliviously he wasnt watching because he wanted to learn
If you don't dampen your strings, how do you keep them from ringing sympathetically to the vibrations of what you are playing? I suppose if you're not using a very aggressive tone, you don't need to worry, but EJ uses some big gain sounds.
ha for a second i thought when you said dampening that you meant like wrapping a rag around the neck cause that's for people who can't play clean dampening only makes for better technique
Eric Johnson's great...anyone else ever hear his song "Tribute to Jerry Reed?" I don't know of many rock guitarists who like Jerry Reed! And then, strangely enough, a country guitarist by the name of Brad Paisley paid tribute to Eric Johnson with "Cliffs of Rock City."
You know, I wouldn't mind seeing Eric Johnson and Brad Paisley doing an instrumental together!
yer i have that song, it is really good and has a lot of feel for that type of piece, i dont know how he makes solo acoustic guitar compositions sound so complete and heartfelt
EJ has been my favourite player for years now, well above all the shredders
It's my opinion everything he just demonstrated in this video has nothing to do with his signature sound/tone! I think it was more in depth on technique and cleanliness so you get a nice clean projected sound from the guitar and to fill out the scales so they won't turn into dead ends and it will also open doors to take you into new territory I guess I just defined his term "passage" here without thinking!lol Don't take it from me though I am just a half assed hillbilly guitar player!lol
I play OK guitar, and other guitarists occasionally come up and ask me about my tone. It's simply a 1970 vintage Les Paul Deluxe, into Boss delay, into a Mesa Boogie F30, touch of 'verb, and use the OD or Clean channel. They play my rig, but it's not the same. I play, it sounds different. I'm not saying better, just "different" - I can DO it, but I can't explain it.
His intention was never to show how to play like EJ. Why would you want to be a clone of someone else? Take the little tips he gives and use it in your own style.
He explained the "flowing" sound by using upstrokes.
bouncing creates the violin like sound, pay attention to his hands, when he picks super fast he picks with his thumb joint, when he plays slow but emotional he plays with his wrist. He just has fluidity in his playing because he mixes scales very well in the scale he plays. His lessons are great, because you can actually hear what he plays and you can learn the runs yourself. If your not skillful enough to just record what he plays slow it down, find the scale then play it, then don't talk crap.
the violin tone is really more of his rig than how he picks. he plays the same when he plays on a clean setting but the violing tone isnt really there. but his technique helps as well. they are all parts of a puzzle.
It sounds too keyboardy and wimpy. I'd like to hear him crank that amp up and lose all the echo. It always sounds like he's playing in the Grand Canyon with a blanket over his amp.
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SpIdErIsOk 2 days ago
who cares what he meant... he uses technique to rip!
12moetown 4 days ago
@12moetown Right! Who gives a fuck what the literal meaning of the word he used is?! We KNOW he's not talking about anything having to do with getting his guitar wet!
beowulf20s 4 days ago
great lesson!
malmhalen 3 weeks ago
"First I'm gonna shred a bit here, and then do this thing with my hand and shred a bit there"
Genius. I just wish he spoke English.
Taraalcar 4 weeks ago
such a genious
tonybloch 1 month ago
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CatClemonsOfficial 2 months ago
Easy for you to say Eric! With those freaking alien fingers you have! I have these short handicapped fingers! LOL. I traded guitars with you once at a Musician's Friend in Knoxville, TN. Love your music man! Been listening to Bloom today. Rock on!
sharpsound2011 2 months ago
HA i have solved the riddle o.0 ... hes not human -_-
neilkaiser123 2 months ago
Thanks, kenp3L, now I can't watch this without picturing him dabbing at his bridge with a moistened sponge! LOL XD
screenpuller 3 months ago
@screenpuller That sort of sounds like something he would do.
"It really helps my tone."
umopGpisdn 1 month ago
There is some incredible advice in this 2 minute video.
PetrucciSatriani 3 months ago
I have a minor correction touching upon word meaning. He said that one of his techniques is "dampening" when what he surely meant to say was "damping." The former means to apply moisture to and the latter means to progressively diminish oscillation (of guitar strings in this case). Surely he doesn’t want to get his guitar wet.
kenp3L 3 months ago 12
@kenp3L Thanks for the info.
GuitarInstructor 3 months ago 9
@kenp3L Douche
Dazzypig 3 months ago
@kenp3L Who cares if he said dampening?.....Geek >.>
Puertorico2494 2 months ago
@kenp3L But then how is he going to keep it clean at high volume levels?!
GeneralGuitFiddle 1 month ago
@kenp3L He said damping.
DannyBoy777 1 month ago
@kenp3L I think he meant "dampin'-ing."
guitarslim56 1 week ago
@kenp3L WRONG - you're speaking of the definition of the word as a NOUN. Dampening as a VERB means: 1.v. damp·ened, damp·en·ing, damp·ens
v.tr.
1. To make damp.
2. To deaden, restrain, or depress
3. To soundproof.
v.intr.
To become damp.
Read a dictionary before you make a complete ass of yourself on the internet while trying to fake intelligence.
GaRhythym 1 week ago
@GaRhythym Sorry, but I have checked the OED (which is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language) on this, and it supports my position. *Dampening* means to make damp or to moisten. It can also mean to dull, deaden or diminish the force or ardor of, depress, or deject. So it would be correct to say, "The accident dampened the spirits of the travelers." However, if one refers to reducing the action of an oscillating body, it's *damping*.
kenp3L 1 week ago
crazy good !
neochase1 3 months ago
Very nice video. Love it when Eric picks or thumbs the E or A string and lets it ring while he goes on his next solo run. Erics explanation is well said also.
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I'm getting true stereo on this vid! sounds good!
bdogshredder 4 months ago
how did he learn to play like that
CW96ACDC 4 months ago
On the Music Path is an iPad app that features master classes from world-renowned musicians accompanied by complete notation and tab synchronized to the teacher's playing.
Caught Eric over there
JohnGuitarSolo 4 months ago
kinda has a jazz guitar sound , a little like Jack Grassel's guitar lesson's here on guitar instructor .
videomoviedvd 5 months ago
@GuitarInstructor Wise words, thanks so much for the tip :)
mexistratman1 5 months ago
I saw Eric play a bunch in clubs here in Dallas in the early 80's.
Made it kind of hard to get too cocky about one's own playing.
samswank 5 months ago
guitar instructor , is halleonard ?
Thanks for sharing the new ones
Previewexcerpt 5 months ago
@Previewexcerpt Yes it is.
GuitarInstructor 5 months ago
@GuitarInstructor
Yes what is ?
Thanks for sharing the guitar dvd trailer
John
JohnGuitarSolo 3 months ago
What for a scale ???
soaring138 6 months ago in playlist E-Guitar
john carmack?
SatanKreator 7 months ago
i have that guitar strap
cole12890 7 months ago
@HalLeonardDVD what is the dvd?
Ignore14 7 months ago
@Ignore14 I believe it's from The Art of Guitar.
GuitarInstructor 7 months ago
dampening has to be one of the hardest things to learn when playing guitar. I've been playing for a few years and it's really hard to get the notes to come out clean without unwanted noise.
Ignore14 7 months ago
I, Don't like this new youtube, none of my videos load all the way
TheIronGummy 8 months ago
new youtube?
Bangoose 8 months ago
Wolf Marshall does a guitar lesson @ guitar instructor like this one , only his guitar sound is not as impressive as Eric Johnson .
Would really love to h ear Greg Koch , or Doug Boduch cover this guitar style
God BLess , and thanks for sharing the excerpt guitar lesson trailer
SoundMusicVideo 8 months ago
what an axeman!
Sergioantoniox 8 months ago
Thanks for the upload. Great lesson. It's free on utube, very fortunate. Eric Johnsons DVDs when he is playing with other great guitarists is incredible to watch too. I have an older VHS and he plays three songs with his former band and I couldn't believe the tone he was playing out of the guitar. It took a little while to absorb since I was used to heavier rock. Eric's style is awesome.
aaa567ify 8 months ago
What the hell? why would six people not like this? IT MAKES NO SENSE!!!
officershrute 9 months ago
Does this guitar lesson come with a Free chord and scale book
SoundMusicVideo 9 months ago
His tone and phrasing has always been amazing to me.
Megdidar 9 months ago
Top notch guitar instructor !
Thanks for sharing this one with us , although it's a pretty short film clip , more like a trailer rather than a guitar lesson ?
coversolo 9 months ago
If you look at it, his fingers have more muscle than most of our bodies.
MisterKowalske 9 months ago
I agree !
Right up there with players like Greg Koch , and James Marshall Hendrix
THanks again for sharing guitarinstructor
SoundMusicVideo 10 months ago
impressive rock guitar chops i'm sure eric is in your stable of top instructors! Love his guitar style thank you for sharing !
John
JohnDisneyDVD 11 months ago 3
@aperisions THAT'S all i hear of Eric Johnson, Cliffs of Dover Cliffs of Dover Cliffs of Dover
icanpeeyee 11 months ago
@icanpeeyee Then you need to listen to Lonely in the Night.
sweetnothing1977 10 months ago
I hate you Eric for being THAT good
VaughanF1 1 year ago
@VaughanF1 I love him for the same reason
svenzia 1 year ago
Lead Guitar Solo Lessons !!!
Guitar instructor is the best !
MartyGuitaring 1 year ago
wow him and job bonamassa are my new favs!!
ragingstorm33 1 year ago
Mr.Johnson , I notice things go better when I use the techniques you're outlinning here in this video. a big help.
I'm working hard on finding a method to merge your style with that of buckethead.
I know that may seem strange to you but my brain said do it , and my brain is not usually wrong about this sort of thing.
and thoughts on this from you would be of interest , namely the buckethead binge and grab track mixed with your cliffs of dover techniques.
azkeyz 1 year ago
I would rather see more Guitar Lesson's from John 5 , than John Denver !
Always an impressive video guitar lesson @ guitarinstructor
SoundMusicVideo 1 year ago
How about some John Denver Guitar Lesson's @ Guitarinstructor
johndenverhero 1 year ago
Greg Koch , Doug Boduch , John 5 , Eric Johnson , Jimmy Brown , Guitar Instructor ROCKS !
videomoviedvd 1 year ago
hate all this astro and cosmic stuff... give me more blueeeees
nikstefonov 1 year ago
watch the old steel players
callasexperience 1 year ago
Love his hair.
moneyquickeasy 1 year ago
Yep kids thats called proper technique!! No rubber bands or bobbls on the first fret here!!
ntrbluesx 1 year ago
ERic Johnson
John 5
Greg Koch
Doug Boduch
Redd Volkaert GuitarInstructor has them all
Nice one guys
nostopnosign 1 year ago
He has and always will be one of my very favorite musicians in the guitar world .
NIce one guitarinstructor com
JohnMusicGuitar 1 year ago
very cool
SIRONEDRAGON 1 year ago
Listen to how long that last note rings out at 2:14. Very subtle, but very nice!
ZenDriveSeven 1 year ago
how oculd i get his tone as far as effects?
earlbrown33 1 year ago
@earlbrown33 He uses a bit of delay and reverb but his tone is all in his fingers.
Jasn1111 1 year ago
@Jasn1111 bullshit he OFTEN uses a special kind of tube driven overdrive pedal, made by some guy named butler i think. its so obvious that the tone is not from the fingers alone. i am so sick of hearing that.. the amp and pedals and perfect setup are so important to tone.. if he played on a crappy amp without special pedal it would sound not half as good.
GeekG 1 year ago
@GeekG @GeekG: You are partly right. Having great gear contributes to a better sound but anybody at EJ's level can play on a sh*t guitar with a sh*t amp and make it sing. Even if you could get EJ's rig, directly from him, and he even set it up for you it's still not going to sound exactly like him. His tone is in the fingers.
Jasn1111 1 year ago
@Jasn1111 You're going a bit far I think. A genuinely shit guitar straight into a shit amp...no way will EJ sound like EJ.
yngwieisking 1 year ago
@yngwieisking: You guys seem to be missing the point. A great player is going to sound great regardless of the equipment they're using. Great equipment, with all the bells and whistles is only going to enhance the sound.
Sure if you gave EJ a Sears Strat through a Peavey Rage 158, he's not going to sound like he does in the studio but he's still going to sound like Eric Johnson. And he's still going to sound better than some kid who just started but has a pro rig.
Jasn1111 1 year ago
@Jasn1111 I'm not disagreeing with that. But as you stated, EJ with shit equipment is never going to sound as good as he normally does. Even the best playing will sound pretty lame if the tone is crap. That's the point I was trying to make.
yngwieisking 1 year ago
@GeekG Practice makes perfect ~ Not pedals.
cbond99 1 year ago
@earlbrown33 go to eric johnson.com, click on gear, then on amps. there is a layout of his set up.
As far as his settings go, can't help you there.
iluvfsh1 1 year ago
he over-emphasizes the dampening part while demonstrating it
whomad1215 1 year ago
100% gay . . . hes a guitar god tho !~
krisitantobias 1 year ago
@krisitantobias = 100% moron
theothertroll 1 year ago 3
Guitarinstructor nice job on the new video !
would love to see more of eric johnson's licks
JohnGuitarSolo 1 year ago
@JohnGuitarSolo - buy a concert ticket or DVD
theothertroll 1 year ago
You really gotta love these Hal Leonard Guitar Lesson DVD's
Joe Bonassa , Greg Koch, Albert Lee, Doug Boduch , all amazing instructors @ guitarinstructor
SoundMusicVideo 1 year ago 2
he changes position so fast it looks like missing frames.
myfairvanity 1 year ago
my guitar teacher has his signature strat its ike 3000
xlespaulgothicx 1 year ago
Hold on there...in the motorcycle world many people mis-pronounce dampening as in stopping the movement of shocks or steering stem. There it's damping. Are we not doing the same here, stopping or muting strings hence the proper term is DAMPING. To dampen something is to wipe with a damp cloth. Not good for the fretboard.
kd350 1 year ago
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johndenner 2 years ago 11
What kind of effect is he using? It's not regular distortion, is it?
redderknick 2 years ago
@redderknick fuzz face pedal, delay, and chorus.
50sStratMan 2 years ago
Sweet, thanks. I know nothing about effects, lol...
redderknick 2 years ago
He used to use an old Chandler TUbe Driver, the pedl I believe has actually tubes in it. GIlmore occasioally used one as well. There are two basic types of "distortion": overdrive, more of a bluesy kind of tone, and distortion, used in a lot of classic rock and metal. He uses more of an overdrive. There are also the older Fuzz type pedals, a little different flavor. SOme of the newer boutique pedal have one of each on each side. Very versatile.
cm0220ster 2 years ago
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Carl Verheyen smokes this guy
jclev99 2 years ago
@jclev99 ">Carl Verheyen....."
Thanks for mentioning Carl Verheyen. I've never heard of him, but I just checked him out and he's Great!!! Thanks again!
datBdat 5 months ago
0:51 sustain?
benhimovitz 2 years ago
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the only thing I don't like about ej, is that sometimes he plays things that you can hear, and they are really cool and hard, but it gets lost in his clean sound. pump up the volume ej and play more distortion.
wileypayote 2 years ago
boooooooo!
gamergeek3000 2 years ago
EJ's art of music makes me like lower than dirt
micahguitar14 2 years ago
yeah he does it to reduce string noise and to kill amp hum.
bronsonbaker 2 years ago 2
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I'm not english so I don't understand the "dampening" thing... what does he mean?
MadGriffith 2 years ago
When he is playing using his "dampening" technique you will see that the sound is quieter, almost muted.
GuitarInstructor 2 years ago 42
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Still one of the guitar worlds best instructors by a country mile !!
Thank you for sharing this guitar lesson excerp guitar instructor
JohnGuitarSolo 1 year ago
@GuitarInstructor
One of if not the greatest guitar instructor in your stable of players
God Bless
DinnerVacation 10 months ago 2
@GuitarInstructor
Fantastic Guitar Instructor
SoundMusicVideo 9 months ago
@GuitarInstructor
Clearly a world class guitar instructor , thank you for sharing this one
JohnGuitarSolo 8 months ago
Dampening also known as palm muting
Toxxic88 2 years ago 2
now it's clear ;)
MadGriffith 2 years ago
if there is a string you aren't playing, stop it from vibrating, with whatever finger, or part of either hand that you aren't using--right hand palm of picking hand, or fingers that are not fretting a note.
gamergeek3000 2 years ago
@MadGriffith
He mutes the strings he already played.
This is vital for a clean guitar playing
Mariwa69 1 year ago
@MadGriffith watch the video he tells you.
redslownight 1 year ago
1 of the very best guitar tones in music today!
evhwolfgangguitar 2 years ago
if you guys like johnsons pentatonic leads check out shawn lane
brandon5pennies 2 years ago
He should take some happy lessons from Greg Koch! Thats all. But you got to hand it to the Cliff Dover he's a riffster!
channellicks 2 years ago
greg koch is awesome. I saw him promote fender guitars at Wardbrodt music in Madison Wisconsin in '04 or '05 and he blew my mind. then he played a little guitar later and that was cool too
wileypayote 2 years ago
i agree
niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick 2 years ago
I like his guitar timbre.
daftar5 2 years ago
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Ugh...I know this guy is talented but I can't stand his style and tone. It's like glorified elevator music
clehneis 2 years ago
So clehneis, lets hear YOUR style and tone
8teeSixed 2 years ago
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Eric Johnson has the worst OCD I've ever seen. He thinks that his fuzzface sounds different with the screws in the bottom plate so he holds it together with a rubber band. It took the guy over 10 years to make bloom. He can suck it for all I care.
clehneis 2 years ago
its not like hes one of the greatest living guitarists or anything.
also, he can tell the difference between battery manufacturers. so i assume he has something you dont...
birdiejoehoaks 2 years ago
I'm glad I don't have what he does. The guy is F'in nuts.
clehneis 2 years ago
if by "nuts" you mean brilliant, then yes.
birdiejoehoaks 2 years ago
You sound pissed clehneis, maybe cause Eric doesn't play pissed-off notes that resonates with you?
InSaneTK 2 years ago
Lol... maybe. I mean your right about his music not resonating with me. Pissed-off or happy notes are all good with me; its all in the delivery and I guess I just don't like the way this guy delivers.
clehneis 2 years ago
Fenderbenders advice is good stuff, I am not good at this, but it is true if you can make the sound with your mouth it will help I leaned the lead to cliffs of dover by singer it first.
If there is tab for these lesson let me know somebody email me please and God Bless
Steve
steveo27545 2 years ago
In my lead playing, I've become stuck in the trap that my licks and lead playing is kind of stuck up in the same pentatonic/blues playing, and even though I'm really tired of playing it, it's still what I play, it's like my fingers are dictating what I play instead of me. How do I liberate myself of this? xD
Torfinnmadssen 2 years ago
the Pentatonic scale is a much misunderstood scale and I've heard lots of guitar players who use this scale without knowing what they are doing musically. to liberate your playing, ideally you need to be able to play over the chords of the music using notes from those chords. other notes can be used for effect. Eric's playing sounds so good because he is not playing one scale. he plays through the chords of the music.
upaste 2 years ago 2
But, I don't have the time to watch each chord, figure out which notes I can use, and then put it together in a sense that makes it sound good with progression! Please explain how I can do this.
Torfinnmadssen 2 years ago
re: Torfinnmadssen
In the same way that you've learned playing in those scales, you can learn to play in only the notes of each chord, by mapping those notes accross the fretboard, then playing slowly through until each becomes second nature. However, to make use, the change between playing in one and the other must also be practiced. Alternatively, lookup "modes" (Ionian, Dorian etc) or learn new scales such as true tone and spanish gypsy and look for blending shapes between them.
TonyAab 2 years ago
Thank you very much! :)
Torfinnmadssen 2 years ago
Empty your mind as if you've never played those licks. Then play speaking with your voice, and make what you have to say come through the instrument. Youve just hit a bump. We all do, try that, or go in a different key, listen to a different genre of music to get inspired etc etc
fenderbender92 2 years ago
or even better, learn music theory and learn how to use pentatonic scales properly
00Dakka 2 years ago
learn your modes, 1. Ionian,2.Dorian,3Phrigian,4.Lydian,5.mixolydian,6Aloloian,7.locrain the modes are made up of the 7 notes of the major scale so try this if you know the major scale just take like a. A power cord and play the fith note of the a minor scale which is E so play that E to E and you will be play the phyrigian mode then just mix that with the minor pentatonic I hope this helps
serpentguitarman 2 years ago
That's not even close to what playing modes is.
Stringprodigy 2 years ago 2
that dampening tip is exteremely helpful. EJ rules!
Kwbull6 2 years ago 2
and hard to master
photopicker 2 years ago
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God dam I hate religion and overly religious people who can't keep their crap to themselves
11Frankthetank11 2 years ago 7
I hate people who can't keep their non-religious beliefs to themselves.
yoshiki356 2 years ago
if every one keeps opinions on this to the video about the music and his teaching it would be an ideal world but shit happens
leomanl 2 years ago
ideal? you notice how you can search anything for an hour and read the comments and no one comments on anything religious unless its a video with a religious mood and or motive apparently this atheist or whatever you want to call him wanted to watch a video about guitar skills a video with the main idea set as music, guitar music. if he is offended by the person playing religious views he was obliviously he wasnt watching because he wanted to learn
yoshiki356 2 years ago
my sentements exactly
leomanl 2 years ago
damping is not for everyone i realized it all depends on how you think as a guitar player
BLUEGENE13 2 years ago 2
If you don't dampen your strings, how do you keep them from ringing sympathetically to the vibrations of what you are playing? I suppose if you're not using a very aggressive tone, you don't need to worry, but EJ uses some big gain sounds.
I think damping (dampening?) is for everyone.
ThePathofHavoc 2 years ago
ha for a second i thought when you said dampening that you meant like wrapping a rag around the neck cause that's for people who can't play clean dampening only makes for better technique
brandon5pennies 2 years ago
No, I was talking about using your hands.
Dude check out Jennifer Batten, though, for some SICK technique through the use of an extra dampening device.
Cheers
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slappingbelly 2 years ago
Eric Johnson's great...anyone else ever hear his song "Tribute to Jerry Reed?" I don't know of many rock guitarists who like Jerry Reed! And then, strangely enough, a country guitarist by the name of Brad Paisley paid tribute to Eric Johnson with "Cliffs of Rock City."
You know, I wouldn't mind seeing Eric Johnson and Brad Paisley doing an instrumental together!
stipecountry 3 years ago
yer i have that song, it is really good and has a lot of feel for that type of piece, i dont know how he makes solo acoustic guitar compositions sound so complete and heartfelt
EJ has been my favourite player for years now, well above all the shredders
cazz3000 2 years ago 4
It's my opinion everything he just demonstrated in this video has nothing to do with his signature sound/tone! I think it was more in depth on technique and cleanliness so you get a nice clean projected sound from the guitar and to fill out the scales so they won't turn into dead ends and it will also open doors to take you into new territory I guess I just defined his term "passage" here without thinking!lol Don't take it from me though I am just a half assed hillbilly guitar player!lol
BluegrassRules1973 3 years ago 2
whats up with EJ:s tone nowadays?
elekbuzz 3 years ago 3
I play OK guitar, and other guitarists occasionally come up and ask me about my tone. It's simply a 1970 vintage Les Paul Deluxe, into Boss delay, into a Mesa Boogie F30, touch of 'verb, and use the OD or Clean channel. They play my rig, but it's not the same. I play, it sounds different. I'm not saying better, just "different" - I can DO it, but I can't explain it.
TadMoody 3 years ago
wich delay you use the dd-3?
NamretliF 3 years ago
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ch3llbabi 3 years ago
His intention was never to show how to play like EJ. Why would you want to be a clone of someone else? Take the little tips he gives and use it in your own style.
He explained the "flowing" sound by using upstrokes.
zero2kx 3 years ago 4
bouncing creates the violin like sound, pay attention to his hands, when he picks super fast he picks with his thumb joint, when he plays slow but emotional he plays with his wrist. He just has fluidity in his playing because he mixes scales very well in the scale he plays. His lessons are great, because you can actually hear what he plays and you can learn the runs yourself. If your not skillful enough to just record what he plays slow it down, find the scale then play it, then don't talk crap.
DiscoBuiscuit 3 years ago 4
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ch3llbabi 3 years ago
the violin tone is really more of his rig than how he picks. he plays the same when he plays on a clean setting but the violing tone isnt really there. but his technique helps as well. they are all parts of a puzzle.
timmy47 3 years ago
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hey i just want you to know that everybody here is not an idiot that thinks they know about science
megajames3000 3 years ago
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u dumbass genes are just blue prints for your physical apperance you nfucking retard. and it's pronounced blessings even a 6 year old knows that
megajames3000 3 years ago
EJ is an exotrope!
Chromatype 3 years ago
whaat???
suballica 3 years ago 3
he has a wiked tone
manu5671 3 years ago 3
amazing tone!
yngveiram 3 years ago
It sounds too keyboardy and wimpy. I'd like to hear him crank that amp up and lose all the echo. It always sounds like he's playing in the Grand Canyon with a blanket over his amp.
stratthead 3 years ago 4
sounds to flanged out. Doesn't sound like himself at all.
gregory49 3 years ago 2
Actually he should use the word 'damping'-dampening is what you do before you use a washcloth. I'm just sayin'...
scooticus 3 years ago
..from the Master himself.. listen to E.J.!!
ANICON2006 3 years ago 2
ERIC!!
Harryson6 3 years ago 2
nice
godwhyisthistaken 3 years ago 2