Roland Boss RC50 Demo by John Gilliat

[sharmoota120]

why arent you famous?

[pkConda]

beautiful!!

[neroroxxx]

my respects!

[68feedback]

Hi John, brilliant playing. I've watched the RC50 demos many times. A question I have is are any of your phrases "pre-recorded" or stored or are they all created on the fly? Also, have you tried the new Boomerang II pedal. It looks like you can go through several phrases instead of just stacking tracks, but I dont think it has any memory or storage function. Do you use the memory of the RC50 much or do most of your phrases live? I'm having a hard time deciding between the two pedals.

[kawazym]

tro fort je te jalouze

[mikefrommontreal]

Common!



[1953MMike]

This is awesome! I heard this last night and I can't get it out of my head!

This is great looper material. Well done!

[palewine]

I can't believe out of 20,000 views, not a single thumbs up. Allow me to be the first :) very nice job.

[someguyoketcetc]

What kind of pick do you have attached to your index finger?

[RockSchoolJim]

Truly inspiring, John. Just getting started with my RC 50. Wish me luck... I'm gonna need it. lol

[jgilliat]

I'm in Single mode.

[alphasxsignal]

Checkout HERCO thumb picks. I think you like them. You can strum or pick with them.

[jgilliat]

@alphasxsignal For me the thumb pick get's in the way. I can't use them.

[mrvegas74]

That was a great piece of music John, I am shopping pedals. Awesome guitar playing!

[jgilliat]

@mrvegas74 Thank you.

[schenkerV]

@jgilliat  brilliant playing! Love it!

[ChrizHxC]

Really Fantastic, this is music!

[claudia31413]

i love watching what people do with this pedal...its great to see people being so creative and coming up with pieces that are just utter genious!! well done :)

[Acousticreed]

I'm going to watch that again!!! :) 5 stars all the way!!! I think my heart just stopped!!! Again again!!!

[jgilliat]

@Acousticreed Thank you. Nice to hear you enjoyed it!

[crybluesguitar]

hi john!

Here is Cristian, a young italian guitarist! I've found by chance this video: this is truly inspiring! My compliments! I wonder if is somewhere available a sound track of this fantastic music! Thanks a lot!! :)

[jgilliat]

@crybluesguitar Yes, it's this music is available from my web site johngilliat(dot)com. Nice to hear you liked it. The song is called Nachos from the cd Freedom. You can download the cd for free at the website

[arlensuen]

Boss should pay you!!

[jgilliat]

@arlensuen They occasionally do as i've performed at a few clinics, etc :-)

[FLADgE666]

Fantastic!

[massimo28472]

:)  complimenti

[fjwtrading]

Wow! All I can say is WOW!!!!!!

[Dohzik]

Super!!!

[flametal666]

This is great!

[rodangib]

Hi John, first of all thanks for posting this video. You guitar just sounds awesome. What amp or effects do you use? A bit of reverb I can hear and maybe extra bass? That's cool brother, keep it coming. Cheers from Australia.

[MDefsquad9]

love your music and your a handsome guy john but it looks like you picked up some weight..haha

[atlantisblueprint]

Awesome performance! I have a question. Do you know how to expand the memory of this pedal?  Thanks.

[MrJimdeb]

Great talent, from working the looper, to playing the guitar.

[Grattfloflo]

one word... amazing!

[Smeebanana]

is there any chance to get a tab for this?

[footstomper1]

quality coool

[nicknak92]

mate that was pretty damn epic!

[00supermario]

do you get that "skip" right after you loop or know how to fix it?

[junglechuck]

Thanks for a great performance and inspired use of the RC 50. I just purchased one of these units. Could you please tell me your basic settings? Is it Multi, Loop synch, loop quantize, auto record? thanks again

[StringDancerCom]

Now THAT's cool!

[hebbar77]

helped me a lot. I am new to looping biz

[Nickdeltone]

Very nice! This video serves as a great tutorial, that just gets down to it, and shows how it is done. Bravo!

[dexarouskies]

I really like this.

[125modenasdinamik]

its you,andy and sungha.....

[johnsytolindo]

vraiment la classe merci pour ce son!!

[chriscakeboyhughes]

well done.

[daisyandsteve]

I bet man, I can't believe how you use this pedal so much talent and musicality

Im glad you're my teacher John, a true inspiration!

Maybe it's time you teach me some Flamenco? Gypsy Kings maybe :)

[daisyandsteve]

Steve Ramsey here, sounds so good John, I have the same pedal!

[jgilliat]

@daisyandsteve Hey Steve, thanks. The pedal is very cool. Solo gigs have never been this much fun!

[Loopix100]

@jgilliat: Really great ! John, do you use your RC50-Looper in "Single-Modus" or in "Multimodus" for this Song?

[stlmusic]

I really appreciate your playing. Very nice.

[jgilliat]

@stlmusic Thank you!

[grey88full]

Love your song! How are you getting phrase 1 & 2 playing at the same time after you record the scratch beat on 1? I know you've got the guide track going but I can't replicate this.

[jgilliat]

@grey88full I'm never playing 2 phrases at the same time. I'm just jumping from one phrase to the next, either recording or creating an overdub once the phrase has played one loop.

[grey88full]

@jgilliat After your first scratch beat that's one measure long you start playing phrase 2 but the scratch beat continues. Am I missing something? I will rewatch again to see if I can figure this out. Love what you did with this!

[jgilliat]

@grey88full as phrase 2 plays I'm playing the scratch live until the phrase 2 loop ends. Then I'm playing and overdubbing the guitar chord rhythm on phrase 2 (there is no scratch guitar on phrase 2). I hope that helps

[grey88full]

@jgilliat Thank you! I was watching your feet and not your hands!

[grey88full]

@jgilliat Thanks! I realized I was watching your feet when I should have been watching your hands.

[grey88full]

@jgilliat Thanks! I realized I was watching your feet when I should have been watching your hands.

[PacificSiren]

Great demo!!!

I had a question, though ... for example, if you have phrases one and two going at the same time, how to do stop them and start phrase three simultaneously? Is there any way to do it? So far I've just been turning the volume knobs down for the first two and turning the third one up, but there's gotta be a better way. help.

[jgilliat]

@PacificSiren I don't think there is a way to do what you are trying to do.

[musictosoul]

Nice to see it done right...thanks

[IanTaylorMusic]

Wow, some of the most extensive use of the RC-50's many features I've seen. Not to mention the incredible guitar skills. Kudos man. I've got a couple vids up of my performances, one with my old RC-20 and one with my new 50. Check them out if you get a chance. Excellent video/performance.

[bassoon1980]

Amazing!!!

[timpopuk]

That is fantastic!! Really enjoyed it.

[origamiontheoverpass]

Absolutely amazing man!

Keep up the good work and all the best!

[jonaaz33]

That's awesome!

[sirdavidbowie]

Best guitarist I have seen in a long while - You are inspirational to the extreme - Keep it up - I wish I could see you Live - I'd pay $50 easy!

[rafagisbert1965]

Perfecto, un placer oirlo. Gracias

[bsingh1975]

Whoa. Serendipity how I love thee. Here I was looking for RC-50 videos as I'm very interested in acquiring one and behold, I've found a guitarist in the style of one of my favourites - Jesse Cook.

I'm definitely going to be checking out your stuff. I think it will take me quite some while to command an RC-50 the way you do even were my playing up to standard but nevertheless I am going to try.

Very inspiring indeed.

[ParaheIhero]

one man can become many..

awesome!

[drumhyper2]

You made me wanna jump on that cajon sitting there. Amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[rocks5300]

Thanks, for your music. saludos!!

desde : culiacan, sinaloa, MEXICO.

[BRUCOQUET]

Merci pour ce tutoriel vraiment bien fait. C'est excellent.... Musicalement woaw !

[nomypomy]

Hi John....simply put...you are AWESOME.

Thanks for playing man:)

[EastCoast515]

you are awesome!

[marvo100]

What an excellent piece of music from the rich understanding of tone and the quality of the inspirational playing, and a thorough grasp of the technology....just fantastic!!! You can rest assured that it gave me a great deal of pleasure and so well done...Many many thanks Mike

[Hannes160]

Amazing

[benebrius]

beatiiful

[Solari555]

Deluxe John!

from Spain, good luck!

[TeleTubeee]

Holy smokes! I was NOT expecting that. WOW!

Thanks, John, for the magnificent demonstration.

I've been playing the ukulele for almost daily for 18 months.

This was VERY inspiring.

What tips would you give less experienced players that have been cornerstones that helped you "turn the corner", so to speak?

Thanks, again,

Doug

San Francisco, California USA

[whoamancool]

flawless

[mistahukulele808]

That was an awesome mix on the fly!! I love it! Your guitar has such a nice crisp acoustic sound...Aloha and thanks for the demo.

[ukeforChrist]

Thanks for the great demonstration and for the even better music. How much do you think you paid for the entire set of pedals and the bose system? Im in college right now and I dont want to spend any money unless the equipment is exemplary and well worth the cash. Thanks once again and great video!

[jgilliat]

RC50 $550, EQ Pedal $80, Volume Pedal MGear EXP $50 (I think), T1 Bose Mixer $500, AKG C535 EB Mic $300, Mic stand & cables $100, Guitar $2500, In Ear monitors from Live Wires $300. All in Canadian funds

[elluchadormagnifico]

@jgilliat I see you have a Boss fs-6 dual footswitch in your rig... For the life of me I can't figure out what you are doing with it, and maybe I missed it, but I don't recall any text describing it. What is it for? I used to use one on my Rc-20xl, but I can't think of any applications for a boss Rc-50 given it has multiple phrase pedals. What is it for? Very intricate and beautiful piece of music by the way, I really enjoyed your performance.