Lesson on Funk Guitar

[autocrow]

Much harder than it looks. lol!

[autocrow]

Great lesson! Explained really well. Amazing sound from simple notes. It's all about technique, as you explained in the vid.

[lwyyys]

very, very nice lesson man, thanks

[sleepy91]

very helpful video! thanks

[Mickee2605]

You are a good teacher m8

[elgrau1]

great comprehensive lesson!!

[skaterat121]

wonderful lesson

[herborista]

thank you for the lesson! the explanation is brilliant, so are your tunes

[foulis]

hey there! really nice playing!

one question, what is your opinion about your guitar?

[rotren]

@foulis Thank you. It's pretty decent. Not on par with my Suhr Classic, but not bad for the price.

[live4themelody]

@rotren Hey, just wondering for theory purposes, what key is this in?

[NAThan9871]

@rotren Suhr guitars are very impressive guitars... very expresive to and very expensive !

[googledude23]

I searched "daft punk da funk guitar" and this sh** comes first vid? YouTube is fucking up

[crAzyGuY119]

i love it but its so difficult to only hit the g and a notes while also strumming the mute

[mojoefly]

hey robert, what pickups do you have on the guitar? love the tone. and what amp?

[rotren]

@mojoefly Fender Vintage Noiseless. I think I used a Vox AD50VT for that demo. Hard to remember though, it was 4 years ago.

[mojoefly]

@rotren hey thanks, sounds really good.

[icebytes]

very inspiring i going try

[WinsomeJohnny]

Thanks so very much, incredibly helpful.

[jcschmehl1661]

What kind of strings do you go on that strat boss?

[rotren]

@jcschmehl1661 Daddario 10 - 46

[JazzyFunkyMan]

Bootsy collins doesn't like you

[FrozHanKunai911]

really fun and useful lesson. Thanks!

[DreamKoQa]

Its Very hard...

[juodasai]

@DreamKoQa  no it isnt

[CDNBOBify]

excellent lesson.

[GiriGiriFinger]

very useful thx.

[Bullittest]

well done thanks

[FunkinFit]

So nice to be hearing this slab of super funk. It one huge thick slice of goodness.

[Thinribs]

Just think its really good

[loadyourhead]

I think you played one simple thing, and turned it into 20 different cool grooves

[Whyiat]

Nice guitar!

[CrystalBlueProject]

Good tutorial.

[mo9504]

thank u

[ADJethwa]

Good tips , thanks a bunch

[garymoore2006]

May I broadcast this video by the Webcast of Japan?

[rotren]

@garymoore2006 Yes go ahead.

[garymoore2006]

@rotren Thank you.

[sianmourinho]

good teaching,i love it.thanks

[ecojot]

Loved this lesson. Is this in the key of D? I tried this as a 1,4,5 12 bar blues pattern in the key of D, but the 5 note (A) didnt sound right. Any advice here?

[defuntoba]

@ecojot I think it's in A minor, buddy. Try it.

[Mechanicaldrugs98]

thats pretty good. i got it in one. thanx

[KennyParkz]

i really like the tone of your guitar.. what amp u using? dont think my Marshalls gona produce that sound hahah

[Galacti23]

Funk guitar is not s technique, it's a feel. How do you guys come up with this stuff

[LfunkeyA]

@Galacti23

funk guitar = right-hand muting. so yeah, in a way it's a technique.

[1968stickman]

Man, this is great, but discouraging... it's soooo hard! I think I'll just take up bass!

[WinsomeJohnny]

Thanks...Love it.

[klv400]

nice video!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tehbackmaskr]

man that aint what the funk is about.

the funk is about gettin funked up, picking up a guitar, throwing on some wah/verb and lettin loose.

There's no possible way to have a lesson on funk....

[Bluesdog65]

@tehbackmaskr

Agree agree!! Just follow your ear..you'll pick up on whatever grip/riff or lick sounds(feels!) funky

I play none of the stuff mentioned in the vid , xept the strum and still come up funky.

No fancy scales either just average chromatic stuff thats all

A sense of rythm and play with that is what you need and just let it rip

Who cares 'bout what finger you use or how you move your pick-hand ??

[dudefromutopia]

good stuff, funky and bluesy, like Stevie Ray Vaughan

[fckdahlloff]

Hey thanks for the lesson. I took up guitar 1 and a half year ago, since then i was really keen on doing a lot of shredding and stuff, well my picking has improved y now i can play some fast licks, but then i wanted to play a song with this kind of technique, and i realized that my strumming hand/wrist is very steady and its kinda hard for me to this, so what "more basic" lessons would yo recommend ? Thanks, sorry for english

[KpoostersXDpatrivan]

I dont get it...

[2maxxjazz]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vizcacha5]

FUNKEEEEE

[atila120]

0:42 pac man

[DeVincentkoning]

@atila120 hehe

[ferakpeter]

@atila120 whaka whaka whaka

[DarthVulva]

@ferakpeter , wakka chikka wakka chikka wakka WHOOP WHOOP!



[BurnedZero]

@atila120 ahahaha

[AishiteruKedo]

@atila120 Lmfao good one XD

[Trondset]

Damn, this is onoe of the best guitar videos I've seen on youtube. this will change my aproach on guitar. I dont like funk really but I think I can adapt this to rock/blues

[gitardiva]

Good instruction.

[luckyartbytiff]

Are you per chance from Canada? You sound like a Yooper, or southern Canadian...

[diphead5]

@luckyartbytiff i think he is just German or European of some sort.

[AllKillA]

@diphead5 German or European..Yeah, because both are countries...Idiot!

[gobbenatoren]

@AllKillA Thats not what he said, easy now. And btw he sounds swedish to me.

[rbrucepeterson]

Thanks. You make me feel like I can do this :)

[sandag]

good leeson man - cheers

[kinkeywizard]

forgottenjams com newly formed music forum

[dreamboy314]

listen to john frusciante's tracks on the red hot chilli peppers if u want more example of funk. one of my fave guitarists.nice lesson. funk it up!

[TheFunkSyndicate]

Awesome, thanks =D

[brandhuber]

Thank you for this lesson !

[AngryLlamaz]

my hands are not big enough to mute with my thumb . . .

[ed563]

use your dink

[SouLr0x]

no need to, just mute it with all your fingers, and with your right hand too, cause if you don't mute with your right hand armonics will pop out

[CharlieKendallMusic]

I love all of your videos! Check out the video of me playing funky on my channel and let me know what you think.

[losangelez1]

what kind of guitar is that brother

[rudoman22]

A fender strat, not sure what one though.

[KarlJoelsen]

Its a Fender Deluxe Players Strat...

Its awesome!

[rudoman22]

yeah it looks awsome, haha. I love the pick guard.

[KarlJoelsen]

Actually the pick guard is the only thing i would change on that guitar if i got it some day... It don´t look so good... Maybe a black one would look better...

[rudoman22]

I think it looks really nice.

[TheClassicRockaPeter]

Looks like a deluxe players strat

[ed563]

looky lika strato

[UncleTito72]

Shank baby!!! SHANK!!!!!

[donnyab]

hey he must have been watching me masturbate that's the way I do it

[777RIB]

I can hear ETW in some of the CHOPS..hey, check out my post on You-Tube of Ben Lacy playing JAMES BROWN medley on the STAXK guitar. Keeping the funk aliveeeee !!

[ZeeManDWeasel]

thanks for the vid. been trying to get this technique down lately. Almost got it but this clip really helped :) keep it up dolphinstreet :D

[777RIB]

I can hear ETW in some of the chops..hey, check out my post on You-Tube of Ben Lacy playing JAMES BROWN medley on the STAXK guitar. Keeping the funk aliveeeee !!

[RoL4ndInHo]

oh yeah thats lee retinour stle

[werewolvesofmohnton]

nice vid thanks alot ....this will b fun 2 play!

[turbomaxmm86]

sounds like a lot of 311

[mykyriacos]

si facile avec toi!!¨lol

merciiii

[baldheadedjohn]

the thing with these vids. is that there kinda videos for dummies. explain what chord yer vamping on. and the pentatonic shit that yer playing.

[nctw123]

What key are you in?

[danceforest69]

its in a

[revollo13]

HO ESTO ERA LO QUE YO BUECABA PORFIN :)

[elfbassplayer]

nice strat!!

[Jasonleezzzzz]

awesome vid! helped a lot

[markallen6591]

nice guitar dude!

[portranet]

NICE - I like how you really break it down for new funk players. thanks!

[portranet]

Also on the video at point 4:50 in the video when you slow it down. You're hitting the two notes. Are you hitting them DOWN - UP - DOWN DOWN?

[Braincodedamaged]

This helps me a lot, thanks Rotren!!!

[TheGEORGEFUNK]

OMG THIS  HELP ME A LOT!!!!!

[gyocc]

Fender Deluxe Player Strat!

I've the same!

[audiobuttmaster]

No, you don't.

[gamersguitar]

How could you know he has one or not?

[Emannoel182]

Medium

[DinkoBah]

cool guitar dude!

[omleaninto]

a Real lesson thanks

[Frankly747]

You are a very good teacher. Thankyou.

[merwal]

super, Merci pour la leçon !!!!

[terrapinstation77]

got to learn that...THANKS

[mavericknoone]

nice tutorial. like your attention for details

after all, the devil is in the details :)

[tpmbe]

great tutorial  ... fab thanks !!

[pelikeiro77]

great lesson, man

[TKOF92]

love the sound of the guitar :)

[bmdu69]

Cool, tutoriel clair et complet...meme si c'et en anglais lol, aller manant je saute sur ma squier fender strat essayé de refaire pareil lol ;)

[NicolasNicoca]

Merci por cette aide précieuse l'ami!!!

[twista0401]

amazing tutorial :) thumbs upp!

[RJmacpot720]

thank u very helpful

[illnastic]

this is like the only good funk lesson ive seen on here...

if anyone knows any more...please show me...!

[godofthunder1681]

look up bootsy collins' basic funk formula

[Esau0292]

What thing is very easy?

[ID0ntNeedANick]

didnt know that its so easy ;)

*5

[adonismerode]

โอ่ววว

[taximan55]

Sounds like the Rythym part of Cut the cake!

[keigompc]

You are great teacher !

[Lucklesstheband]

very informational! thanx

[utahjai]

I like that, thanks man, any following up on a more of that stuff where is came from?

[Pjotr16]

man thanks alot,good lesson :) *5

[wrangloctopus]

this dude sounds like jackie mason

[thinkblue1532]

it gives it more funk if you strum all the strings

[chilljlt]

that looks like a deluxe players strat .. great guitar!

[semyaza666]

A person's color has nothing to do with it.

[dieterv79]

you made me pick up my guitar again. thanks

[gionnipik23]

thank you

[cbonleblues]

good lesson. thanks

[MrNARIMAN]

nice

[hernanxz]

muy bueno!!!!

[jaimex8]

The outro riff was really awesome and funky.

[Fretfeeler]

For recording that may be true, but for playing live the opposite can sometimes be desirable, depending on what the rhythm section is doing.

For instance it's a break with only guitar playing - then the percussive effect can be pretty kickass.

I sat in on a live jam the other night and the bass player on one song got lost... so instead of playing stuff that would have sounded bad, I opted for some syncopated muted strumming and judicuous use of a wah wah. Total porn track stuff. ;)

[fleaOWNS]

"To play de funkeh blues like dis..."

[rb300dx]

Guitar tone is a important element to funk. Fender is THE guitar hands down for it. If using a Stratocaster use the out-of-phase positions on pickup selector switch; Either pos. 2 (bridge-middle) or, pos. 4 (middle-neck). It appears the poster is using pos. 4 for a less brittle tone. Telecaster is also a excellent choice for funk.

[ibanezbloke]

a 335 is a popular choice too.... but a singlecoil snap just works well.

[09kitty23]

yeah, i like the sound of the strat for the funk than my les paul..strat has this awesome transparent sound for funk

[amodelbajo]

Hey does somebody here knows a reall good funky band??

I love funk and I wanna hear more good funk thanx

[thesuperfriends]

BOOOOOOOOOTSAAAYYYY

[jaimex8]

definitely listen to some red hot chili peppers if you don't already, the 1991-2000 stuff would be the best for funk.

[GotPizazz]

Parliament. Funkadelic. Prince. Maceo Parker. Chaka Khan. Rufus. Bootsy Collins. Curtis Mayfield. Jamiroquai. Rick James.

[jrpimpdog]

are those the noiseless pups

[notoco998]

muchos gracias from poland :)

[ozdobby]

diggin that sound..

[YouJerikotube]

Thanks a lot !!

let's go training ^^

[RodneySTR]

there is a video called funky girl.. and if u watch her right hand it is what the hole song and rythem is about.. really great info :)

[theoak84]

seen this, which lead me here... f ya!

[RodneySTR]

very good lesson and information :) thank you so much ... greatly appreciated :) 5*s

[metapan503]

brother i have a boss gt 10 how can i get a funk sound like the one you have here helpme out

[killitb]

clean amp with some reverb is all it sounds like he has, single coils if possible. Maybe add some wah or auto wah/envelope filter if you have it.

[BuDzManson]

i learnt how to play this the first 30 secodns of this vid and i aprrictiat what u have done good job and i like how u put the funk together i always go the other way if u know what i mean

[edugplayer]

thank you... from Brasil

[kostq94]

Fender Deluxe players strat ?

[jjtmmmm]

god dang you good

[blacklung7]

How can i get my guitar tone to sound like that?

[edwardledbetter]

that's a really strat tone. aren't many other guitars that can sound like that.

though any singlecoils could get close enough, with gain as low as possible, bass turned down slightly.

[codehendrix]

you cant teach soul....

[matinee310]

Excellent cheers mate! All the way from rainy Ireland

[getser]

Thanks for this video dude!

Tricky as hell as so different from my normal style, usually play 80's hair metal and this is so goddamn different, lol, gonna master it tho!

[rambongo]

ur a good teacher dude

[radolf123]

hey dude you said the word in 1:46 you were rigth sorry if you have taken it perssonal

[Davethebassist]

i think it sounds great. i'll definately show this to my students

-d

[snuffeljay]

your funk is quite sad

[sige0701]

Sorry I don't think it's funky

[YellowYackets]

what's funky then?

[leeroyrulz]

Bootsy Collins (yes i know hes a bassist so STFU)

[sige0701]

Groooove

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