Obviously a long shot question, but is anymore aware if this is the VH4 or the JVM? I assumed he uses the VH4 and just endorses Marshall...well because. I like the JVM head's though. Not sure. Anyone?
THANK YOU, Thedirk444 - I couldn't have said it better myself. Not to put anybody down, but "Kurt Cobain", and even WORSE, "Dave Grohl"..(urp...urp..Had to hold down my lunch)..I heard that Zakk Wylde said, Who you gonna get, to go out and play Randy Rhodes every night? Dave Grohl? Don't make me laugh.."
But Neal Schon, apart from Woodstock or Santana (although those are SERIOUS accomp.), Neal is Mr. Melodic- the guy SWEATS melody. Young kids don't understand, yet. I didn't either. Takes time
If you guys were old enough to know the real story about Neal Schon's career you would have more respect. And not even try to compare those losers that can't play solos, limited to 3 string bar chords, and think the gain dial should always be set on 10. Cobain didnt play with greats like Santana at 18 neither
The underlying problem is, and starting with hip hop, rap and grunge, it eliminated true musicianship. Who can we consider a guitar hero from the current music that is on the radio? Are any of these new cats masters of their instruments? Neal Schon was playing with Santana when he was 16 years old. Judowes, you are far above the rest in your mentality.
Yea, he's got a sound like no other. For years he played a Les Paul, a totally different sound than a strat. But his soul comes through no matter what he plays. I was a teenager at the height of their career, with Frontiers, and I'd given anything to have an iPhone with you tube. You younger guys just don't know the opportunities that's available today. Ok...... I better shut up, I'm starting to sound like my father.
Hell, he's always had it like that. He was a prodigy as a kid and that won him a spot in Santana. SANTANA.......like they needed another guitarist. But they sure as hell had room for Neal. He has always had it like that. He's a virtuoso. Period. Find me one like him today.........with his staying power.
great - now the only thing missing is Steve Perry. There are bands that, with one decision, could turn music on it's head if they ever got their shit together. One is Guns n Roses...the other is Journey (W/ STEVE PERRY!). I'm sure I'm leaving out tons of others. But egos, drugs, lawyers, and other factors have ruined those prospects. Most of the bands touring today are doing so on past fame and are (sadly) a joke. I don't know who pays to see them. If it's you - STOP!
thi nk it is amazing how he can play at the volume level he does and he still makes it sound clean. I always get lots of string noise and noise at higher volumes. What is the secret?
@glassbottleblues It's just the sound quality of the upload. I don't know about the camera though. However, I've heard this live or at least the Lights non-solo version so to say, and it is a smooth blues tone like this, but cleaner and much louder.
Say what you will about the type of music he played with Journey...I think he's one of the best and criminally overlooked guitar players of any genre.
Neil doesnt play guitar...he looks at the guitar till the guitar plays wat neil wants it to. aha Neil is a true "Guitar Hero" his awesome playing and kick ass solos!!
@stevedabestperiod You might want to check that out. I have various resources that say he did. I even think one source was in an interview that I saw.
I don't think I saw him in the video of Soul Sacrifice taken from the Woodstock performance. I'm kinda sure there was only one guitarist standing up there, that was of course Carlos.
He is not underrated, just kind of forgotten because of the talentless shit that is out right now. Rap, Hip Hop and Grunge killed it for true talent. Anyone can get a contract now. He is one of the greatest guitarist of all time bar none!!!!!!!!!!
i agree with you im only 16 going on 17 in a couple of months and i ask people if they know who AC/DC is or journey or boston is and they say no i feel sorry for people who havent heard this great talent and version of rock
@judowes I love all those bands, but when people think of Journey they only think of Don't Stop Believin'. They have no idea of the incredible musicianship all the members possess.
@bandana32 getting a contract is easy as hell you just need a computer. Add a ''boom'' then a ''clap'' then you just sing some random melody, exactly like lady gaga, rihanna and all those shitty artists out there, Neal has a great talent. He is underrestimated so go fugg urself
Hey don't get on Grunge, get on Nirvana and more specifically Kurt Cobain.
Grunge had some really great guitarists overall; Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Stone Goassard (Pearl Jam), Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), etc.
@ianvomsaal C'mon, dont diss on Nirvana. It might have become mainstream, but Kurt Kobain was an extremely talented songwriter and had some real feeling behind his playing and singing. It was just unfortunate that he took his own life, but that was the cost of his greatness. Sorry for the little pro-nirvana rant on a Neal Schon video, but I don't like great musicians being thoughtlessly disregarded.
@dethmetal999 Grunge was brought into the equation by lumping it with other shit & saying "it eliminated true musicianship" - I'm not dissing Nirvana, I'm pointing out Kurts lack of musicianship compared to other Grunge guitarists who could honestly play their guitars - Cobain could hardly play his way out of a paper bag - he was more Punk than Grunge & most of the time he couldn't be bothered to tune his guitar - I hate when Grunge gets epitomizes by Nirvana when they were only 1 small element.
I want to check out some other jams,,,But It's hard to think all of a sudden after this awesome stuff from Mr. Schon. I can do it too I just need the electronics he has on hand,,,,, I can do it really close already,,,I just need money for a processor?? LOL Great Playing anywho,,,,,,,
@PartyInTheUSA1516 close but no i managed to get up close to it at a concert they did with def leppard in L.A all his guitars are special to his needs and they all have tremolos and locks at the head joint les pauls/strats/jacksons
Damn... sometimes you just have to have a fender to get your point across. Looked like it had a double locking tremolo, did it have a humbucker? Also looked like an ebony board...
So little time & money... So many cool guitars... (sighs)
I have never heard Tchaikovsky do anything with a viola or cello that this man hasn't done on a guitar. Jesus, what I wouldn't do to hear him have a go at some Brahms. He is SO damn good.
@pswallace saw them in concert a few years ago when def leppard was with them and he will never change one of the best guitar players of all times and he doesnt need a "hollywood star" so many people have listened to journey and might not even know who he is but they know they like it and thats all the matters..
I met this guy in the pisser, at a convention in LA, I looked over and said Neal! He was so cool, We shook hands with our right hand while holding our peckers with the left. I didn't sneak a peek so I don't know what he was working with.
Neil has been a huge influence in my guitar playing and its not always speed but soul and emotion, was at one of jouneys concerts was tearful absolutely amazing
his chordal playing is awesome, it shows what a consummate guitarist he is, he can do everything, from the meanest licks high up on the fret to just picking an open D chord.
@dirtysouthlepluv I Agree 1,000 Percent . Neal is AWSOME !!! He has Recorded with Santana , Sammy Hagar , Bad English and JOURNEY of Course but His Solo Albums are Cool and His Hard ROCK Guitar Work with the Band HARDLINE the Eclipse Album is still one of My Favorite Albums EVER not to Mention playing on the Band Aid 80's Fund Raiser Album with the Likes of Judas Priest,George Lynch,Yngwie Malmsteen,Iron Maiden and Ronnie James DIO . I guess the Question is what has Neal Schon Not Done ..
@MisterGUITAR1000 The funny part. In MY OPINION, is the fact that between Neal & George! Everybody else fell short! They all played great !!!!!!! but in comparison. They just did'nt compare! My opinion only! Please I don't want to debate with anybody!
Fair comment...but i wonder how we all would feel if we had nothing but negative press for being a commercial success for the past 30 years...i'm sorry , but i'd be an asshole too !!
One of Neal's finest works on a strat!... I have a Neal Custom Shop Strat for sale on eBay... search for "Neal Schon Custom Guitar" if you're interesed...
i think that the tube sound sounds great, but thats just me. i see what you mean though. i just think it sounds good, especially since its just him by himself
Actually he is. I met him when he was sound checking like this once, and he was very cool. He seems like a quiet guy and probably doesn't like to get mobbed, but very cool one-on-one.
back in early 90's I got to help Steve Morse set up for a guitar workshop at Memphis State and he did a similar gigi with the effects recording different tracks and making a song out of it and playing along.....
I recently posted my cover of :Santana"'s "Song of the Wind", it's funny, I played this song back in '74 , and all this time I thought it was Santana playing. It made me buy all his records ( "Love Devotion and Surrender","Welcome"), and I felt I never heard that sound again,was so disappointed, all those albums. Now I know that Neil Schon played ALL of Song of the Wind, 30+ years later, I now know whose albums to buy! Not only was he a "backup" to Santana, he was never given credit for SOTW.
i strongly disagree, alot of what ppl hear of santana is his stuff from really early in his career with woodstock black magic woman, so on, or his latest stuff, but i grew up on santana and if u check out his stuff from say late 80s to 90s, that boy is in his prime, and it shows.. but dont get me wrong Neal Schon is one of the most phenomenal artists with that guitar.
@RocknDaily1989 It's allright to disagree. I respect the fact that Carlos is a consumate musician, and has chops that I've never heard. Music is art, and art is subjective; That is, what really hits it for one person, is just mediocre to another. I think the fact that Journey was basicaly born from Santana is a testament in itself to Carlos' prowess. Thanks for disagreeing without being disagreeable.
I agree with you, man. Actually, it makes me sad that people feel they have to put Carlos down to exalt Neil. They are both awesome. I'll never forget when Santana III came out. Obviously Carlos thought he was great - hell, he was child prodigy, really, I am exactly his age and I remember at 16, 17 we were all blown away. Those 2 albums and what he Carlos did on that Luis Gasca album can't be beat if you ask me.
You're an idiot, michaeljamsmith. It's an obvious and well known fact that Neal Schon endorses Gibson guitars. All those guitarist you've named have at one point or another used a Gibson. Most notably would be Eric Clapton with Cream, who uses a Les Paul almost exclusively. No decent guitarist uses Gibson or Fender exclusively. They all use a mix and and a combination to get a wide range of sounds.
Seems its real idiots who call people that. Clapton primarily played an SG and and ES-335 with the Cream. Those other guys RARELY played a Giibson. Jimi , Malmsteen, Johnson, Blackmore used Strats on 95% of their recordings (or more). Jimi, use a V on maybe 2 songs,. SRVs first 2 albums 100% Strat. I could name 50 guitarists who favored one guitar for 95% of their work. Bassist James Jamerson used a single Fender P with the original set of strings on 100%. You really don't know shit.
One last item. Not about Schon in particular. With an endorsment deal you just need to have on stage at some point. Did you know Stevie Ray Vaughan endorsed Tokai. How many of those did you see him play?
I still can't get over the Clapton/Les Paul thing. SG, 335, and Strats. Sure he used the Les Pauls in his early days with the Bluesbreakers, but certainloy not exclusively from the Cream on. And yes, the SG said "Les Paul", but its still an SG. Les Paul insisted Gibson take his name off.
Well, maybe its because the Strat is the best ax ever made. Ask Jimi,SRV,Blackmore,Clapton Guy, Malmsteen,Eric Johnson, even Eddie's Frankenstein that spawned an industry was modeled on the Strat. Did I mention thatn God plays a Strat?
Or maybe is cause he considers the guitar work in the song a tribute to Jimi Hendrix, whom he loves like the rest of true believers. The influence is strong on this one. Probably why its my favorite from him. He does a lot of Hendrix tribute shows.
My guess is most of sound is from a modeling system. Very few touring acts use regular amps these days live. Between the foot pedals, rack FX, cabling, stage, beat up mics, monitors, mixer, PA stacks, hall acoustics, and crowd noise, most of the nuance of that vintage tube amp gets lost anyhow. A good sim direct is going to get you a more solid and consistent sound. Sure, if you are playing theatres, have a great soundman and you go direct, that old Fender or Marshall is going to rule.
That's a player.
Tacomadome24 1 month ago
Obviously a long shot question, but is anymore aware if this is the VH4 or the JVM? I assumed he uses the VH4 and just endorses Marshall...well because. I like the JVM head's though. Not sure. Anyone?
deansizemore17 1 month ago
THANK YOU, Thedirk444 - I couldn't have said it better myself. Not to put anybody down, but "Kurt Cobain", and even WORSE, "Dave Grohl"..(urp...urp..Had to hold down my lunch)..I heard that Zakk Wylde said, Who you gonna get, to go out and play Randy Rhodes every night? Dave Grohl? Don't make me laugh.."
But Neal Schon, apart from Woodstock or Santana (although those are SERIOUS accomp.), Neal is Mr. Melodic- the guy SWEATS melody. Young kids don't understand, yet. I didn't either. Takes time
luapsel77 2 months ago
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Fuck , he's got a sound.
Tacomadome24 2 months ago
Hey. This guy is pretty good.
caltexjohn 2 months ago
This man RADIATES the guitar
ncboy65 3 months ago
Probably the best guitarist ever I think. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO melodic.
ncboy65 3 months ago
@ncboy65 Not only that, but his tone is just like liquid man. So smooth and easy to digest haha
Motsenbopper 2 months ago
tasty
avielknot 3 months ago
If you guys were old enough to know the real story about Neal Schon's career you would have more respect. And not even try to compare those losers that can't play solos, limited to 3 string bar chords, and think the gain dial should always be set on 10. Cobain didnt play with greats like Santana at 18 neither
TheDrk4444 4 months ago
Awesome.
Tacomadome24 6 months ago
Schon's guitar not only sings it speaks.
Perrygodmother 6 months ago
i want a strat now
KingofPho75 6 months ago
The underlying problem is, and starting with hip hop, rap and grunge, it eliminated true musicianship. Who can we consider a guitar hero from the current music that is on the radio? Are any of these new cats masters of their instruments? Neal Schon was playing with Santana when he was 16 years old. Judowes, you are far above the rest in your mentality.
69nicoboy 6 months ago
Yea, he's got a sound like no other. For years he played a Les Paul, a totally different sound than a strat. But his soul comes through no matter what he plays. I was a teenager at the height of their career, with Frontiers, and I'd given anything to have an iPhone with you tube. You younger guys just don't know the opportunities that's available today. Ok...... I better shut up, I'm starting to sound like my father.
TheDrk4444 6 months ago
Timeless playing! Stuff like this is still topical, can't say the same about all the 80s' shred canon.
PrathmamDhra 7 months ago
Hell, he's always had it like that. He was a prodigy as a kid and that won him a spot in Santana. SANTANA.......like they needed another guitarist. But they sure as hell had room for Neal. He has always had it like that. He's a virtuoso. Period. Find me one like him today.........with his staying power.
Msumner316 7 months ago
one of the best styles ever
TeamSlapBass2011 7 months ago
Pretty Strat , me likey
hanky2112 7 months ago
Neal Schon/Journey FOREVER!
SPEaglesrule 8 months ago
Shit he's good.
Tacomadome24 8 months ago
he's got a great blues tone
0509Dylan 8 months ago
great - now the only thing missing is Steve Perry. There are bands that, with one decision, could turn music on it's head if they ever got their shit together. One is Guns n Roses...the other is Journey (W/ STEVE PERRY!). I'm sure I'm leaving out tons of others. But egos, drugs, lawyers, and other factors have ruined those prospects. Most of the bands touring today are doing so on past fame and are (sadly) a joke. I don't know who pays to see them. If it's you - STOP!
GroffinTiffin 8 months ago
i wouldn't be a musician if it weren't for this genius
haylkaos 8 months ago
best strat sound ever...so full, resonant, bright but not harsh
tangypasta 8 months ago
8 people dislike this?!!! WHAT?!!!!
StratMatt777 8 months ago
He always has the best tone ever i mean just delicious
cablous27 8 months ago
check out i on u. I'm always impressed by how Neal has consistently pushed himself as a musician throughout his career.
pacree 9 months ago
Awesome tone he gets from that Strat.
Billn1959 9 months ago
AWESOME !
sethrock1 10 months ago
And with a Fender!!
this is feeling!
ellolo13 10 months ago
thi nk it is amazing how he can play at the volume level he does and he still makes it sound clean. I always get lots of string noise and noise at higher volumes. What is the secret?
myway43 10 months ago
@myway43 dedicated 100 watt heads with low output preamp tubes and low output single coil pickups
stringbreaker6 8 months ago
wow, neal is the man - awesome!
trevinor3 10 months ago
this is the first time ive seen neal playing a not gibson les paul.
flashlight067 11 months ago
WOW!
511A19Tay92 11 months ago
Exceptionalemte' Fino ! Rock dawg MoFo from wayyy back ,,, dig
bytwyzz 11 months ago
I hear so much Hendrix in that tone! What an influence he had on him, as well as Clapton.
METALkid614 11 months ago
Totally thanks Neil, I have always loved this passage... ltr e
EmanEzone 11 months ago
Make it look easy? This guy has been playing guitar professionaly for so long it should look easy for him. I know what your saying though
glassbottleblues 1 year ago
am i seeing a satchurator in his pedalboard?
petruccirag3 1 year ago
Really Good!!!!
biggin2g 1 year ago
is this the tone he plays with at the show but louder?? doesn't sound that good, very processed and I know neil is the master
glassbottleblues 1 year ago
@glassbottleblues It's just the sound quality of the upload. I don't know about the camera though. However, I've heard this live or at least the Lights non-solo version so to say, and it is a smooth blues tone like this, but cleaner and much louder.
beroth1 1 year ago
@glassbottleblues I meant to say Neal, sorry mate
glassbottleblues 1 year ago
nice strat!!
juliet1431 1 year ago
YES JAMES CAAN YOU CALLED IT. WHAT A BEAST WITH A GIUTAR IN HIS HANDS. RIDICULOUSLY TALENTED
miamigreyhound 1 year ago
this is the first time i've seen him play a strat. He sticks to les pauls
keithsa41 1 year ago
One of the most underrated guitarist EVER!!!!
But is it me or is he turning in to James Caan as he gets older? LMAO!
dunkin81 1 year ago
Say what you will about the type of music he played with Journey...I think he's one of the best and criminally overlooked guitar players of any genre.
j6c24s75 1 year ago
christ, put a shirt on
theelfman 1 year ago
Neal Schon hace unas melodias preciosas, muy original.... uno de los grandes guitarristas.
santyrush 1 year ago
looks like james caan , like hell break yer fuckin face when hes done
busteroo7 1 year ago
THE TONE! THE TONE IS AMAZING!
elijahsnyder 1 year ago
Neil doesnt play guitar...he looks at the guitar till the guitar plays wat neil wants it to. aha Neil is a true "Guitar Hero" his awesome playing and kick ass solos!!
theguitarguymike 1 year ago
That clean tone is amazing...great phrasing as well, Neil. Love the chord jam in the beginning with the use of bass strings.
rbrine01 1 year ago
He was playing a world tour with Santana when he was like 17 years old! Of course he knows his shit! One of the best!
customkramer 1 year ago
@customkramer He was only 15 when he joined Santana. He was probably the only person that played Woodstock at 15 years of age.
blackguitar86 1 year ago 5
@blackguitar86
What kind of pick ups are those. I know it is a fender strat. if you also know what pedals, could you tell me please. Thanks
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Drew27368 3 months ago
@blackguitar86
I don't think he ever played Woodstock. As far as I know he joined Santana on the 3rd record.
stevedabestperiod 1 month ago
@stevedabestperiod You might want to check that out. I have various resources that say he did. I even think one source was in an interview that I saw.
blackguitar86 1 month ago
@blackguitar86
I don't think I saw him in the video of Soul Sacrifice taken from the Woodstock performance. I'm kinda sure there was only one guitarist standing up there, that was of course Carlos.
stevedabestperiod 1 month ago
Yeah amazing makes it look so easy, most of his stuff is very difficult to sound right.
nictycaram 1 year ago
the man knows his stuff!!
MegaTokoroa 1 year ago
podrían mostrar también los solo de piano a manos de Gregg Rolie y el solo de batería por el mismísimo Aynsley Dunbar
tinchipu 1 year ago
podrían mostrar también los solo de piano a manos de Gregg Rolie y el solo de batería por el mismísimo Aynsley Dunbar
tinchipu 1 year ago
damn.......Hendrix-esque !!!!!!
bluestu33 1 year ago
Neal is amazing, zakk wylde even said that when people think of journey they think of great vocals but neal can really play.
guitarfreak421 1 year ago 2
One of the best ever
joho0 1 year ago
such a mean lookin' guy lol
stuartmckeag 1 year ago
He is not underrated, just kind of forgotten because of the talentless shit that is out right now. Rap, Hip Hop and Grunge killed it for true talent. Anyone can get a contract now. He is one of the greatest guitarist of all time bar none!!!!!!!!!!
69nicoboy 1 year ago 39
@69nicoboy well, there was at least a small handfull of actually good grunge bands...
zziggymaan 7 months ago
@69nicoboy +1 Lol, I couldn't agree more.
MDK2323 6 months ago
i agree with you im only 16 going on 17 in a couple of months and i ask people if they know who AC/DC is or journey or boston is and they say no i feel sorry for people who havent heard this great talent and version of rock
judowes 6 months ago
@judowes I love all those bands, but when people think of Journey they only think of Don't Stop Believin'. They have no idea of the incredible musicianship all the members possess.
LeeJayBird21 6 months ago
@LeeJayBird21 IMO Separate Ways is the best.
TheCrimsonSabre 4 months ago
@69nicoboy he's honestly not that great, and not just anyone can get a contract. You still got to earn those
bandana32 6 months ago
@bandana32 ,
Go back to your cave doucheboy!!
chumley50 6 months ago
@bandana32 getting a contract is easy as hell you just need a computer. Add a ''boom'' then a ''clap'' then you just sing some random melody, exactly like lady gaga, rihanna and all those shitty artists out there, Neal has a great talent. He is underrestimated so go fugg urself
darthgabriel97 5 months ago
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Bnat36 4 months ago
@bandana32 Your taste in musical talent is not that great
Bnat36 4 months ago
@69nicoboy
Hey don't get on Grunge, get on Nirvana and more specifically Kurt Cobain.
Grunge had some really great guitarists overall; Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Stone Goassard (Pearl Jam), Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), etc.
ianvomsaal 5 months ago
@ianvomsaal C'mon, dont diss on Nirvana. It might have become mainstream, but Kurt Kobain was an extremely talented songwriter and had some real feeling behind his playing and singing. It was just unfortunate that he took his own life, but that was the cost of his greatness. Sorry for the little pro-nirvana rant on a Neal Schon video, but I don't like great musicians being thoughtlessly disregarded.
dethmetal999 5 months ago
@dethmetal999 Grunge was brought into the equation by lumping it with other shit & saying "it eliminated true musicianship" - I'm not dissing Nirvana, I'm pointing out Kurts lack of musicianship compared to other Grunge guitarists who could honestly play their guitars - Cobain could hardly play his way out of a paper bag - he was more Punk than Grunge & most of the time he couldn't be bothered to tune his guitar - I hate when Grunge gets epitomizes by Nirvana when they were only 1 small element.
ianvomsaal 5 months ago
Just an amazing, tasteful player!
slippingaway9 1 year ago
overload/ Journey rocks// with steve and Neal of corse..
20839pat 1 year ago
He's a bad boy.
Democrat64 1 year ago
great vid!
Bandticker 1 year ago
an ( fyi ) for those who dont know, neal 1st started playing with carlos santana, he is definatly one of my favorits... awesome guitarest..
jonzmaster 1 year ago
too much reverb and delay for my taste
jclev99 1 year ago
The Solo from 'lights' is the best in the entire album;)
livingitup129 1 year ago
I will admit he is quite influencial
hiawatha444 1 year ago
I want to check out some other jams,,,But It's hard to think all of a sudden after this awesome stuff from Mr. Schon. I can do it too I just need the electronics he has on hand,,,,, I can do it really close already,,,I just need money for a processor?? LOL Great Playing anywho,,,,,,,
markk1mc1 1 year ago
He Shines man!! LOVE IT!!!
markk1mc1 1 year ago
thats jeff beck strat?
PartyInTheUSA1516 1 year ago
@PartyInTheUSA1516 close but no i managed to get up close to it at a concert they did with def leppard in L.A all his guitars are special to his needs and they all have tremolos and locks at the head joint les pauls/strats/jacksons
retroboss 1 year ago
neal is the reason i got my les paul years ago
retroboss 1 year ago
@retroboss that my friend is a pre-cbs 62-63 fender strat..very nice!!
Ghop7577 1 year ago
Wow. That was just amazing. Thanks for posting!
charles1967 1 year ago
Damn... sometimes you just have to have a fender to get your point across. Looked like it had a double locking tremolo, did it have a humbucker? Also looked like an ebony board...
So little time & money... So many cool guitars... (sighs)
TheMassdistortion 1 year ago
Thanks NEAL for your beautiful guitar playing !
zombee38 1 year ago
I have never heard Tchaikovsky do anything with a viola or cello that this man hasn't done on a guitar. Jesus, what I wouldn't do to hear him have a go at some Brahms. He is SO damn good.
janiscortese 1 year ago
Hey guys, could anyone make a rough assumption of what are the fx used by Neal Schon to produce this fantastic sound out of his strat?
catthan 1 year ago
great playing. needs to button up that shirt though.
jdebney 1 year ago
gosh that strat sounds amazing
haylkaos 1 year ago 3
Water is the only thing that is more fluid than Neal's playing. There's just no other.
pswallace 1 year ago 11
@pswallace saw them in concert a few years ago when def leppard was with them and he will never change one of the best guitar players of all times and he doesnt need a "hollywood star" so many people have listened to journey and might not even know who he is but they know they like it and thats all the matters..
retroboss 1 year ago
@pswallace Not even.
RockBand2Freak78 5 months ago
Neal's playing on this song is very Hendrix-like
JJLipton 1 year ago 3
@JJLipton
Yea, you can really hear his influences while he's playing.
METALkid614 1 year ago
I met this guy in the pisser, at a convention in LA, I looked over and said Neal! He was so cool, We shook hands with our right hand while holding our peckers with the left. I didn't sneak a peek so I don't know what he was working with.
benthemiester 1 year ago 4
LOL
beroth1 1 year ago
@benthemiester
hahahaa
fishinmagician89 1 year ago
haha that story made my day
kakuraku0820 1 year ago
40 seconds in i don't like the pickup change!
tannerleudy36 1 year ago
@tannerleudy36 thats the best part! lol
fishinmagician89 1 year ago
Neals pick hand always looks kinda odd its like he sort of curls it around the guitar to play. Doesn't matter cos the dude is awesome anyway.
lerxt42 1 year ago 4
Neil has been a huge influence in my guitar playing and its not always speed but soul and emotion, was at one of jouneys concerts was tearful absolutely amazing
chance3905 2 years ago 4
his chordal playing is awesome, it shows what a consummate guitarist he is, he can do everything, from the meanest licks high up on the fret to just picking an open D chord.
dojomania 2 years ago 3
@joshyjosh55
Hey bro you wish you had Neal's body, but on top of you.
Barano 2 years ago 6
I tell ya ........the greats make it look easy! Neil's a bad ass player .always has been...
toothmaker22000 2 years ago 36
beautiful strat
kadaosw 2 years ago
he is insane when he wants to be and then he can be so mellow and passionate!
tannerleudy36 2 years ago 3
Thanks for posting that, it's really special to have the opportunity of listening to someone as good as Neil Schon playing in that way.
Andrewcox44 2 years ago
I love Neal! He's so passionate about his playing. And he's an incredibly underrated guitarist!
dirtysouthlepluv 2 years ago 57
dirty: absolutely. He is barely mentioned in the instrumental electric-guitar community.
atrickpay11 2 years ago 2
He should be all over it.
beroth1 2 years ago
@dirtysouthlepluv seriously i think he is one of the most underrated guitarists out there.
ChoadaLoad666 1 year ago
@dirtysouthlepluv I Agree 1,000 Percent . Neal is AWSOME !!! He has Recorded with Santana , Sammy Hagar , Bad English and JOURNEY of Course but His Solo Albums are Cool and His Hard ROCK Guitar Work with the Band HARDLINE the Eclipse Album is still one of My Favorite Albums EVER not to Mention playing on the Band Aid 80's Fund Raiser Album with the Likes of Judas Priest,George Lynch,Yngwie Malmsteen,Iron Maiden and Ronnie James DIO . I guess the Question is what has Neal Schon Not Done ..
MisterGUITAR1000 1 year ago
@MisterGUITAR1000 The funny part. In MY OPINION, is the fact that between Neal & George! Everybody else fell short! They all played great !!!!!!! but in comparison. They just did'nt compare! My opinion only! Please I don't want to debate with anybody!
spiderbutt3 1 year ago
@dirtysouthlepluv He is one of, if not the! Most UNDERATED PLAYER around!
spiderbutt3 1 year ago
Fair comment...but i wonder how we all would feel if we had nothing but negative press for being a commercial success for the past 30 years...i'm sorry , but i'd be an asshole too !!
toiletwasher 2 years ago
one the greatest guitarists ever.... he's cool, but his stomach rolls arent necessarily
rwaddill 2 years ago
that made me laugh
Mockingbird5150 2 years ago
One of Neal's finest works on a strat!... I have a Neal Custom Shop Strat for sale on eBay... search for "Neal Schon Custom Guitar" if you're interesed...
creativetease 2 years ago
In some ways he's a lot like Jeff Beck. Not the style, but you can hear his personality through his playing to such a degree.
Algorhythmiq 2 years ago
...and that's far more priceless that being able to play a gabillion notes per second.
Very insightful man.
All, STOP HATING ON NEAL's Java-the-Hut-gut! It's adorable....in a kind of "Honey, look at that guys' rolls!" kind of way ...
kojam 2 years ago
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Jabba the Hutt
RNRDOLL 2 years ago
Lovely melodic playing =)
gjones16 2 years ago 4
An original guitar hero. Great to see him in raw form like this. But please, please button up that shirt brada...
jakeslim 2 years ago 9
Nice as always...but Jeez dude- get the tube sound back.
atomicozz 2 years ago
i think that the tube sound sounds great, but thats just me. i see what you mean though. i just think it sounds good, especially since its just him by himself
rwaddill 2 years ago
I heard that too, but in all the footage ive seen of him he seems like a nice guy
C861986 2 years ago
Actually he is. I met him when he was sound checking like this once, and he was very cool. He seems like a quiet guy and probably doesn't like to get mobbed, but very cool one-on-one.
SenecaHighlander 2 years ago 3
Love his rig. I agree about the shirt...but what ya gonna do? The old man rocks.
MrWally71 2 years ago 4
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Not really enjoying looking at his gut rolls, Please button yor shirt old man.
Throbzilla0 2 years ago
I wish that I could play like him. he is the freakin best.
Wilphininderhiegny 2 years ago 5
Do you hate puppies too?
JToobz 2 years ago 2
nice,
back in early 90's I got to help Steve Morse set up for a guitar workshop at Memphis State and he did a similar gigi with the effects recording different tracks and making a song out of it and playing along.....
framptn1972 2 years ago
No mistaking Neal's sweet tone.
pswallace 2 years ago 3
Guitar Godness!
NealSchonRocks 2 years ago
I can almost hear Steve singing along with it. Damn, I miss that!
bHuffy82 2 years ago 6
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he sucks
tr4207 2 years ago
simply classical
42949 2 years ago 3
does that strat have tuning locks ?
RandomHeroes2112 2 years ago 2
Its the Floyd Rose system that locks, but it probably has locking tuners too.
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I believe it does.
METALkid614 2 years ago
I recently posted my cover of :Santana"'s "Song of the Wind", it's funny, I played this song back in '74 , and all this time I thought it was Santana playing. It made me buy all his records ( "Love Devotion and Surrender","Welcome"), and I felt I never heard that sound again,was so disappointed, all those albums. Now I know that Neil Schon played ALL of Song of the Wind, 30+ years later, I now know whose albums to buy! Not only was he a "backup" to Santana, he was never given credit for SOTW.
dojomania 2 years ago 3
nice same as what we heard in concert...
TAEsaWETPAKs 2 years ago
Very cool - Does anyone know what that Zoom H4 live recorder is doing there on top of the Mic stand ???
ZoomerNYC 2 years ago
my guess is that it was to record the audio for this video, or for the interview part of the magazine feature.
laddieola101 2 years ago
Its funny how he was Santana's back-up guitar, and he blows Santana away, in my opinion.
recaulkulous 2 years ago 8
I agree. It's actually very common for many guitar techs and backup guitarists to be much better than the guys they're behind.
SenecaHighlander 2 years ago 2
LOL. So true, it's almost not an opinion!
beroth1 2 years ago
i strongly disagree, alot of what ppl hear of santana is his stuff from really early in his career with woodstock black magic woman, so on, or his latest stuff, but i grew up on santana and if u check out his stuff from say late 80s to 90s, that boy is in his prime, and it shows.. but dont get me wrong Neal Schon is one of the most phenomenal artists with that guitar.
RocknDaily1989 2 years ago
@RocknDaily1989 It's allright to disagree. I respect the fact that Carlos is a consumate musician, and has chops that I've never heard. Music is art, and art is subjective; That is, what really hits it for one person, is just mediocre to another. I think the fact that Journey was basicaly born from Santana is a testament in itself to Carlos' prowess. Thanks for disagreeing without being disagreeable.
recaulkulous 2 years ago
@RocknDaily1989 Didn't Neal and Santana also play together for a while back in the 80's. I seem to recall hearing something to that effect...
laurajames723 2 years ago
I agree with you, man. Actually, it makes me sad that people feel they have to put Carlos down to exalt Neil. They are both awesome. I'll never forget when Santana III came out. Obviously Carlos thought he was great - hell, he was child prodigy, really, I am exactly his age and I remember at 16, 17 we were all blown away. Those 2 albums and what he Carlos did on that Luis Gasca album can't be beat if you ask me.
Xelanderthomas 2 years ago 3
You're an idiot, michaeljamsmith. It's an obvious and well known fact that Neal Schon endorses Gibson guitars. All those guitarist you've named have at one point or another used a Gibson. Most notably would be Eric Clapton with Cream, who uses a Les Paul almost exclusively. No decent guitarist uses Gibson or Fender exclusively. They all use a mix and and a combination to get a wide range of sounds.
ayut123456 2 years ago
Seems its real idiots who call people that. Clapton primarily played an SG and and ES-335 with the Cream. Those other guys RARELY played a Giibson. Jimi , Malmsteen, Johnson, Blackmore used Strats on 95% of their recordings (or more). Jimi, use a V on maybe 2 songs,. SRVs first 2 albums 100% Strat. I could name 50 guitarists who favored one guitar for 95% of their work. Bassist James Jamerson used a single Fender P with the original set of strings on 100%. You really don't know shit.
michaeljamsmith 2 years ago 3
One last item. Not about Schon in particular. With an endorsment deal you just need to have on stage at some point. Did you know Stevie Ray Vaughan endorsed Tokai. How many of those did you see him play?
I still can't get over the Clapton/Les Paul thing. SG, 335, and Strats. Sure he used the Les Pauls in his early days with the Bluesbreakers, but certainloy not exclusively from the Cream on. And yes, the SG said "Les Paul", but its still an SG. Les Paul insisted Gibson take his name off.
michaeljamsmith 2 years ago 2
WELL MY FRIENDDD IM LONELY TOOO
itubeyoudont 2 years ago 2
why is he playing a strat
PrickettFarms 2 years ago
He used a strat on that song on the album. Why wouldn't he use a strat to play it on stage?
elephantcup 2 years ago
Well, maybe its because the Strat is the best ax ever made. Ask Jimi,SRV,Blackmore,Clapton Guy, Malmsteen,Eric Johnson, even Eddie's Frankenstein that spawned an industry was modeled on the Strat. Did I mention thatn God plays a Strat?
Or maybe is cause he considers the guitar work in the song a tribute to Jimi Hendrix, whom he loves like the rest of true believers. The influence is strong on this one. Probably why its my favorite from him. He does a lot of Hendrix tribute shows.
michaeljamsmith 2 years ago
> "Did I mention that God plays a Strat?"
Yeah, but on his days off he whips out the Les Paul!
datBdat 2 years ago
I was actually refering to Hendrix. He did have one Les Paul, but on his days off he preferred a Flying V.
michaeljamsmith 2 years ago
why not
DannyLanders01 2 years ago
My guess is most of sound is from a modeling system. Very few touring acts use regular amps these days live. Between the foot pedals, rack FX, cabling, stage, beat up mics, monitors, mixer, PA stacks, hall acoustics, and crowd noise, most of the nuance of that vintage tube amp gets lost anyhow. A good sim direct is going to get you a more solid and consistent sound. Sure, if you are playing theatres, have a great soundman and you go direct, that old Fender or Marshall is going to rule.
michaeljamsmith 2 years ago