Eric Gales playing "Little Wing" - NAMM 2011 - b3 Metal XS - Premier Builders Guild

[mergim100]

This guy is not left-handed, he plays the guitar upside down..

[jspartacus]

@mergim100 He's left handed AND plays the guitar upside down.

[crue1230]

@jspartacus no he frets with his right hand, while most other players fret with their left hands. This is just a right handed guitar.

[jspartacus]

@crue1230 He's LEFT handed. AND he plays upside down, like Dick Dale. Your picking hand determines your handedness, NOT your fretting hand. Jimi was left handed, but he played normally, with the bass strings ON THE TOP, just like a normal right handed player. Eric plays a regular guitar upside down and backwards with the bass strings ON THE BOTTOM, which is the equivalent of a right-handed person playing a left-handed guitar upside down and backwards.

[quishaluvsrob14]

man i aint get to but 0:35 and had to stop boy he on it im, left handed myself but i play right

[quishaluvsrob14]

@quishaluvsrob14 no im sry 0:25

[TheVibratory]

nice collection of bits and pieces:) great playing.

[MrCaribbean]

:-) E.G your the man brother, would love to hear him, Prince and john mayer jam together ;-)

[AdamPaulHeim]

EGB Rocks ANY guitar!!!

[shredboy5000]

every time i ever jammed with EG , back in the day when i used to live in memphis , i always said I would have to stand on my head and look in a mirror to pick up any licks off him . imagine living in the same town and jamming with Eric Gales and Shawn Lane . talk about intimidation !!!

[MichaelsPortraits]

BRILLIANCE

[Augustwi]

not a fan he didnt respect the integrity of the song and made it sound like NES music at places. Interesting way of playing guitar though.

[mysterybat35]

@Augustwi if you are talking about the quality of the sound coming from the guitar/amp that's one thing and maybe I can understand your NES analogy because maybe it was a bit subtle. but the playing itself didnt in any way disrespect the "integrity" of the song. Hendrix put his soul into everything he played. Eric Gales does the exact same thing but you will never hear him play Little Wing the same way twice. Reason being is Eric is a true artist who mixes many styles and influences into one

[clementkee1993]

One simply does not play a guitar upside down. This guy simply deserves an award.

[clementkee1993]

Chord level: Black!

[dumbletone]

John Mayer this, John Mayer that, fuck off ! THAT guy should play stadium...

[nacho09hendrix]

MAANN HE'S PLAYING GUITAR BACKWARDSSS!( he plays amazing too)

[olalator]

is it possible to play that chords for righthanded person?)

[megajames3000]

i wish it was a bit louder

[mysterybat35]

the one dislike is from a Gucci Mane or Bieber fan...

[RockySeven7]

AAH, im not the only leftie in the world

[67goldtops]

I've seen Eric live several times and enjoyed his playing. But I'll go on record as saying this performance is WANK in every sense of the word.

[mysterybat35]

@67goldtops I went to urbandictionary and looked up WANK.. lol interesting but are u sure you didn't mean Wack? even still I don't see how either terms apply to this video...

[67goldtops]

@mysterybat35

To wank. It's a British slang term for masturbation. So yeah, it clearly applies to this performance.

[ChrisVGuitarist]

the cream and brown two rock amp hes playing through, two rock made that model for him. The EG model. well deserved I'd say!

[vincebertsch]

hmm....put too much rock into it...this song is meant to be really sweet and make you want to cry gold. i want the emotion dammit! the emotion....

[mojoefly]

awesome chords just wish the playing was tight. It would sound heavenly!

[mysterybat35]

@mojoefly tight? how can it get tighter than this?

[anrjuarez]

chords are em7, Dsus2/F#, G, G/G#, Asus, b sus, D7. D#7 then the rest of the little wing chords

[anrjuarez]

@anrjuarez sorry not D7, CM then D7/D#

[highintel]

killer groove man

[peelopuu]

Eric has his own style of harmonizing chords. He's also very good at moving from minor to major. He is at very high level. Obviously.

[Ninenineboy]

BEAST.... STR8 UP!!!!!

[Striated]

Geez I forgot about this guy for years. Thanks God for youtube. Eric Gales is pure talent on the six.

[fretman40]

Whats more difficult is his low E sting is on the bottom.!!!!!

[betsydeath]

For all you "righties" wanting the chords..simply turn the screen upside down.

[keke02]

if anyone got the chords from 48 to 1:00 it'd be great

[mysterybat35]

@keke02 I figured out a few of the chords... playing them on a right handed guitar, playing right-handed and strung normally is possible, but unless you have really big hangs they may hurt your hand a little.. my hands are neither small nor large but medium sized and playing those chords made mine hurt a little .. hahaha

[keke02]

@mysterybat35

Would u be kind enough to send me the chords ??

thanks a whole lot !



[WackyPick]

dont worry i got it

[WackyPick]

whats are the notes in the chord@0:26?

[JimiPlaysWoodstock]

not only left hander, he doesn't reverse the strings (like jimmy did), so the strings are completely backwards as well, (like Albert King)

[guitarboymusic2011]

OMG I LOVE IT BRO!!!!!

[VicRoseMusic]

wait...his high is is on top? How does he do it?

[Fishies125]

@VicRoseMusic Completely backwards, in fact. He just learned that way. Incredible.

[PaDGuitars]

Anyone else gobsmacked that he's playing with the strings the opposite way round than they're conventionally played?

[7heory777]

He's good, but will it blend?

[bogdandisco]

I don't get this kind of playing, for me it's over-interpretation. but this guy has some fantastic technique and plays so clean!

[patrickdesg86]

The chords are just killer.

[SteveGaines]

@patrickdesg86 His grandfather was a preacher...Go to the black churches and check out the chord progressions...

[Polybun]

@SteveGaines and the friend chicken and watermelon

[TheSixxiron]

F..kin nuts!

Eric, get your stuff together bro. You are too talented to wind up just another rock/blues cliche'. Seriously, do whatever you have to do to kick that garbage and keep sharing your gift with the world!!!

[ajahni]

WOW!!!

[stratojetb47]

Simply wonderful

[arturoastocondor]

Wow... i mean... woooowww!

[tponefive]

Reminds me of my dad ...Strings upside down an all ..amazing

[DafranchYze]

Boi its tough to steal from a left- hander. Haaa

[flownomis]

@DafranchYze hahahaah your damn right. i just thought i need to steal this chords but when i saw how he picks them i immediately gave it up

[grubnetseor]

@DafranchYze Yeah and then to make it harder he strings that damned guitar upside down hahaha

[MrMusicM67]

@DafranchYze buyt jsut cause hes left handed doent mean its hard. to him right handed is hard.. its the same for us right handed ppl

[ChrisVGuitarist]

@DafranchYze I went to a guitar clinic and signing of E.G. and that guy is amazing! but Yes its hard to copy him but he said he learned everything from a right-hander. he just had to figure out how he had to do this so it worked for him.. he has some amazing ass stories too!

[MasterJone1]

@DafranchYze hahaha Yes it is!

[snowmaker2000]

Wow, simply awesome. This guy deserves to be on the cover of the Guitar magazines........ I know why they are avoiding him ......lol. Good ole US of A.

[silentpartner308]

simple....He has the gift !!

[guiterry]

I don't care how may time I watch Eric Gales play, I STILL can't wrap my head around how he can play SO good with the strings upside down!! I know it's what he's used to and it's just how he plays, but MAN!! It's a real head scratcher for me.