Franco Playing Black Magic Woman

[chesher666]

WHAT A STAR

[guitarlessonscom]

Nice

[francoprs]

Thanks for stopping by and glad that you like it!

[tbasnar]

Very good!

[P2GearsOfWar]

Great video. Only criticism is that you came in a little bit early at the beginning

[theanimator3g]

I love PRS guitars. I have the Singlecut. Best guitars ever!! I love this song. Santana is the best.

[heihei2300]

i got the same guitar

it is a realy good guitar

PRS santana SE

[knowyourmushrooms01]

where did you get this backing track from?

its the original without the guitar, i really need this

[Isnogood666]

wrong sound from the guitar:S else...good

[francoprs]

Paul Reed Smith e' il nome della persona che costruisce le chitarre (PRS, la marca).

[francoprs]

Grazie Chiarily2990,

Ho apprezzato molto il tuo commento. :~)

[edguy7]

awesome great sound its amazing

[francoprs]

Thanks edguy7

[roby62gtr]

Mi viene il dubbio che tu sia italiano :-D

This is a very good version.

I like so much.

[francoprs]

Perche'?

Qual'e' il dubbio? :D

Mi fa veramente piacere che l'hai apprezzato.

Sei un grande chitarrista!

[roby62gtr]

Grazie.

Sono davvero onorato di avere ricevuto questo commento.

[tsuei05]

Nice tone. The Santana SEs were great guitars. Stock pickups in yours? What kind of amp?

Playing was good, would like to hear more of your own licks. The stuff you copped from Carlos was good, but let's hear YOU brother!

[francoprs]

Hi tsuei05,

They are "se" original for this piece but since this track I replaced the bridge p/u with a bare knuckle "stormy monday" (but it is a bit too bright, so maybe will revert back to original).

Amp= vox + effects + software (too long to remember). I am not good with my own licks and am happy just copying what I can by ear. :)

Just having fun that's all! :~)

All the best.

[bscott45555]

dude awesome man how did u recored this?

[malino1995]

damn ur good :P

[rightouseman66]

nice

[VFAndyyyVF]

It was good, but on the chord bit, I think your sliding was too noisy, sorry.

[francoprs]

Hi vfandyyyvf

thanks for your comment.

No need to be sorry. You are right there is some noise on the sliding but I never thought anything of it. I am not a pro. and it wasn't recorded professionally either. I hope you enjoyed it anyway. Greeting, Franco.

[francoprs]

Of course!

[ushi00]

Bravissimo!!!Che chitarra è?

[francoprs]

Hey ushi00!

Grazie. La marca e' PRS, il modello e' Santana SE, l'anno, 2001

[videotaker4356]

Very well played but your guitar have a lack of sound sustain. Maybe your strings are too low (too near of the guitar neck)

[robbisan]

Bravo Franco, ottima esecuzione, voglio cimentarmi anche io su questo brano!!

[guitarkidlandon]

nice playing and sick guitar

[francoprs]

you mean sick as "not good" or sick as "good" or sick as "not fit for playing?"

?????????????????

LOL

Thanks for the comment anyway! :)

[guitarkidlandon]

lol no sick as in cool lokking guitar

[zzzcvbn2000]

pretty good, go check out mine?

[seed52]

High 5 for you.

[fonzeey]

dam you own and better then the other guys that try to makes this song :)

[francoprs]

Thanks for stopping by. Happy New Year! :)

[francoprs]

thank you kyawzehtun!

[Unplugfish]

Respekt man

[roofermike2007]

sorry for the double comment.

[roofermike2007]

This song is so frustrating. I feel like smashing this guitar into a thousand pieces, and if I had enough money I definitely would have. Be back in ten years with my version.

[roofermike2007]

I'll be back in ten years with my version. This song is so friggin frustrating! Everytime I think I've made strides, I come back and I'm still not even close. If these stupid ass guitars didn't cost so damn much money I'd have smashed it into a thousand pieces by now.

[francoprs]

No! Why smash the guitar. Is not its fault! lol instead; Give it to me. :)

I can only tell you what others ha told me...

PERSEVERE and you'll get it right eventually.

Thanks for stopping by. :)

[malmsteen64]

vai franco!!!!

[tripper4200]

i just started learning guitar and was wondering what effects are used for this sound?

[francoprs]

Hi tripper4200,

I remember using:

PRS Santana SE, FAB Overdrive, Vox 15W Valvetronix hoked up to Cakewalk Sonar LE and Guitar Rig 2 using manual setup: Tweedman amp, Shreemer overdrive, parametric equalizer, spring reverb and delay (in that order).

[Wrathchild817]

very nice

[francoprs]

Thanks

[wonderfulwombats]

great version!

Wombat (our guitarist) does a improvised solo on Black Magic Woman in one of our videos, check it out!

[francoprs]

Thanks

[liwewired]

is that prs santana se?

[francoprs]

Yes.

[elmajfudd]

very nice keep jamming:)

[francoprs]

Thanks!

[robzerbe]

nice

[roofermike2007]

Hey Franco, you rocked the house with that one. It is by far the best one (Black Magic Woman guitar) I've seen on Youtube. I just recently picked up a guitar, myself. Maybe over a little bit of a month ago, and I'm trying to learn this song. What sucks is that I spent 2 weeks reading bad online tablets, and I knew it was wrong. I found the right one today, and it is exactly what you're doing.

[francoprs]

Thanks roofermike2007. Glad you liked it and that you found the tabs. Let me know when you upload your version.

[hezza1977]

ur quik ;;;;;he he

[hezza1977]

i take it that you have other comitments?

[titorevolu]

aprendetela primero, ok.

[Meatybenji116]

a man that works and has time to play guitar? truely respectable... im only 15 but that is one great song played.... people shud hire u to play not tile... 5/5 and favourite!!

[francoprs]

Hey Meatybenji116, thanks for your comment. Glad you enjoyed it.

[ghaith11]

nice playing francoprs. Gotta love the PRS guitars!!

keep jammin.

[francoprs]

Hi John,

Glad you like some of my playing. I have been leading for about 2 years (badly, I know!) but on the other hand I have carried out professional tiling in the oxford-shire area for over 25 years. So, I am glad to tell you (and everyone else), I CAN defenitely tile better than I can play guitar (and I know the next comment coming up, "...stick with the day job!"). LOL

Look forward to see one of your videos. :>)

[francoprs]

Very sorry but I don't have any as I don't read them.

[UKtilly]

very nice playing

[francoprs]

Glad that you enjoyed.

[pickinpop]

one of my favorite songs very nice

[francoprs]

thanks.

[ART1017]

Excellent guitar sound. How did you get the backup-music where can I buy that Santana music without song on it just accompany sound. I asked everybody nobody

responding on it. Thanks ART1017. Get in touch. Very

good playing on your guitar and I enjoyed.

[tamertamo]

look for guitar backing track on the internet, some site offer midi format and others offer mp3 format, and there are ferr sites for that...

and also if you have guitar pro u can remove the sound of any instrument you want and the tab is on the web for free

[ambientfarm]

Hey Franco, Great job! Looking forward to hearing something with your new pick-up fitted.

All the best, Nick (PRS)

[francoprs]

Hi Nick. Thanks for bothering leaving a comment. Was great to talk to you at the show. Many, many thanks for give me the opportunity to try the custom 24. I think PRS guitars are great guitars and I wanted to take that one home with me on that day but the rest of the staff was looking.LOL

I have now fitted the bridge pickup and a new volume pot with coil split. To my hears sound really nice. Take care. Franco ;-)

[Gregman11]

how did you get the backup music? did you make it yourself, or use the real song? well done anyway for the video.

[francoprs]

Hi xxAntonyxx099.

Thanks for the very kind comment. I am glad you like it. :)

[drpeppbro]

Franco,,that was some nice playing. You have a good feel for the music rather than just playing the notes

[francoprs]

drpeeebro.

Thank you. It's nice to feel the music!

[dirksgv]

good job!!!man

[francoprs]

Thanks dirksgv.

[Guesswho262]

yeah thats nice for sure ...can u send the tabs please ?

[francoprs]

sorry don't have any. Just learned it by hear and then added my style. :)

[Akkraka]

very nice playing, thanks for sharing that

[francoprs]

You welcome. I am glad that my playing is reaching somebody.:)

[ybspain]

Wow Franco, that was great! I bought a guitar 32 years ago just to learn to play BMW and never quite managed it. How I envy you!! Where u from?

[francoprs]

Hi vbspain.

Thanks for your comment. I am from Italy but live and work in UK.

[kenan19]

çok güzel sehr schön from turkei  kenan

[Carphunter1970]

Your Santana renditions are superb mate, fantastic tone and great playing!

[francoprs]

Thanks for the comment Carphunter1970.

[Neelo5000]

That PRS sounds really nice. Seems like the pickups are nice and responsive to dynamics. I likey.

[Matt2188]

This is great! What equipment are you using?

[francoprs]

Hi matt2188. For this video I used:

PRS Santana SE, FAB Overdrive, Vox 15W Valvetronix hoked up to Cakewalk Sonar LE.

[metauro]

well done Franco, I liked...now to improve your style why don´t try with Bob marley "woman no cry"? I took your video to my favorites