White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane Guitar Lesson

[SnakeEyesAndSevens]

Thanks so much, Smelly !

Your ability to pass-on knowledge is a genuine talent & a demonstration that you do care about ALL students by going out-of-your-way to make it easy enough for even beginners to learn from you. Playing slowly and calling-out the chords is HALLMARK of a - r e a l - teacher !

[PrnkMsterz]

you are very good... I have a 75 gibson, and i enjoy the old tunes!

[Fretfeeler]

Close but the lead part is wrong on a few notes.

[jkaneshirosan]

what effects is he using?

[VictorsFilmStudio]

Thx!))

[iwearshortshorts23]

If this is an instructional video, you need to go slower and explain more thoroughly the steps. Especially when you explain the intro and seeing your fingers and what fret they are on is not the easiest thing on a youtube video.

[Bassplayer56561]

is he wearing nail polish?



[druggrunger]

cool dude the paint job is awesome



[druggrunger]

is that a epiphone or gibson les paul



[DoctorRockerVideos]

@druggrunger  It's a '71 Gibby:)

[lrbloom]

Good job! LIke theauthenticity of using the reverb. Wouldn't the lead part just be thought of as F Sharp Prygian Dominant (B Harmonic Minor). I've always found it wasier to think of it that way. But anyway this is the best instructionalof this song I've come across. Keep it up

[faccinid]

I was doing really well up until the end when it becomes unclear what notes to play :(

[WoodenMosquito]

Doc, can you give me any (i mean any) tips how to achieve such a tone? Delay, that's for sure, slow modulation speed, low mod depth, time longer than the slapback, but that's all I can guess. And... probably a compressor between the delay pedal and amp? Help.

[OneGreatChance]

lol, I think he wears short pants of the same color as his shirt. funny illusion though ;)

[punkadelicfuzz]

cool i can finally play this song thanks

[kiXzB]

awesome, great lesson!

[NateBuck93]

Lookin' like a foo' with yo pants on the ground.

[Osamabindansker]

woooooww

[retropancakeful]

can i practice this on the acoustic?

[DoctorRockerVideos]

@retropancakeful

Hi! Anytime you can practice on an acoustic is time well spent because you build up finger strength doing it. So, Doc votes yes! Peace (and thanks for watching), Doc

[retropancakeful]

@DoctorRockerVideos Hahaha thanks man! Your vids are real useful and good. Keep it rolling

[thechangingcolors]

lol killing rabbits

[TheSmellyHedgehog]

Pants are overated anyways

[Piratetude]

I love this song, and you helped me a lot here, thanks. I'm glad to see I'm not the only guy who plays guitar while not wearing pants....we're a dying breed, my man.

[saturntown]

Grace Slick said that just before writing that song, she listened to Miles Davis and Gil Evans' "Sketches of Spain" 50 times in a row. Sketches of Spain is a free-form serene melody played over a bolero march. The band gave White Rabbit more rock drive, but the bolero-style march is still in it, and her voice gave the melody an intense flow like you get in Sketches of Spain. The song is just a series of chords, but within them lies an ability to inspire a listener's imagination. A classic.

[DoctorRockerVideos]

@saturntown Very kewl, I had never heard that before. Thanks!

[BluesFactor]

@saturntown This song was wrote in less than a hour...all instruments ...

Grace also tried to slip powder LSD in to Nixons tea but was stopped before getting in.... her whole band was on the FBI watch list!!

She said she had it in her pocket and planned on scooping it under her long finger nails and with the wave of a hand giving him a high dose!! She said she just wanted to hear him talking nonsense and watch him curl in to a ball and hide in the corner!! Love that!!

[beta0blaster]

i cant tell what you're doind at the very beggining f shap to g i couldn't see the fingering

[DaddyR00t]

This is the first vid that has actually helped me play an entire song. Rather Easily. Thanks, doc~!!!

[DoctorRockerVideos]

@DaddyR00t

Thank you for the kind post. Great to hear that one's lessons help somebody. You should check out Vanderbilly too. Free, and there are quite a number of lessons that can be learned pretty easily. Again, thanks for watching! peace, doc

[jdf4234]

great lesson! thanks! i know ive been playing guitar for about 6-7 months, and i cant really boss experts around, but for the bass part, try tuning your low E string down to a D and then playing the 4th fret on the D and A strings and then go up a fret and yeah. but thanks

[brickcity1000]

david crosby..

[Charliesproduct]

Brilliant! Cheers!

[menopausalguitarist]

Thanks for posting this!

[DoctorRockerVideos]

You're welcome... Thanks for Watching! Doc

[Jake8864]

Doctor Rocker how many times after you done acid? lol srs question.

[sonicsteev]

acid rock yea

[2tadum]

Many thanks, fellow longhair. I've been wanting to learn this lead since the song came out, many moons ago!

[goatsuck123]

nuce playing dude!

[Billyjames1969]

great lesson thanks.....

might have mixed up elmer fudd with grace slick

[Kungen940127]

thanks doc! by the way it's "chasing rabbits" not killing...

[PHMI16]

been looking for this exact lesson for years..

[rjjjohn]

"if you go off killing rabbits" LOL

[rockaway25]

"if you go CHASING RABBITS"

[whaleinsmallbathtub]

good morning, banana fans.

[orgedelic]

love the way u play the guitar:D

[Wolf4u2]

Nice job Doc, thanks, it's chasing rabbits. Killing rabbits, lol

[kr3w103]

nice job no-pants man.

[8426560]

dude, the only way to play white rabbit IS with no pants...

[filous555555]

good jobs man

[darren1041]

thank you man....

[shoulderoforion]

Very Nice! Thanks for posting. I'm going to check out your videos. I can't go wrong for a buck each!

[Projoiner1]

er.....late 60's i mean ....

[Projoiner1]

And here i thought the different coloured nails were a carry over from that late seventies time period .......thanks for the lesson, my house sounds really cool with this tune echoing through it.....I have a Line 6 Spider 3 amp with a Epiphone Les Paul Guitar and i can get it to sound a lot like the recording ......thanks again

[LeekyChicken]

same here!

[brainjesus]

absolutely fucking amazing.

[ezrashoe]

What pedals/effects are you using? ? Sounds really good!

[as200s]

what scale is used in the intro?

[cloycebox]

F# phrygian. It has the same notes as D major (D E F# G A B C# D) but you start on the third degree (so the scale is F# G A B C# D E F#.)

[tooleytim]

lol very good lesson (i don think hes wearing pants either) lol

[pathatcher]

thanks you're a good teacher

[gowdy11]

i don't think this guy is wearing any pants lol

[Alice4016]

your a great teacher :) Thanks for this.

[harleyharley11]

Thanks Great Lesson

[mixdownghost]

thanks doc im going to learn this and perfect it!

[melonenfresser]

lol nails XD. How has the guitar to be tuned for that song? in standard tuning it sounds bad on my guitar. Does anybody no???

[twingley]

he said 'g-string' ^^

[harrisonsr]

damn ur good i like ur nails hahaha

[lonerocker08]

pretty cool cover but whats up with your fingers that like different colors.

[DoctorRockerVideos]

I experimented with using different colors on different fingers to help illustrate what finger I used. Like... "I have the red finger on the 2nd fret". Gave it up. Thanks for watching! Peace, Doc

[lonerocker08]

ohh ok man cool cover

[WafflePirate]

a beast as always