Franco playing "Europa"

[jprosasrrd]

Sweet man!

[NeoGeofanatic]

hooooooo I love the way you vibrate in a classical way !! :D beautiful and full of emotion :) congrats !

[francoprs]

@NeoGeofanatic Hey man, I do appreciate your comment but I really wanted to learn the blues vibrato. Always found it difficult... not so much a normal bend but adding vibrato on top of the full tone bend. I am now getting the hang of it though. I am a sloooowwww learner. :)

I love your videos and your technical abilities, with great skills and speed, you make it look so easy! I have subscribed to your channel and look forward to some more inspiring material. Do you have formal training?

[tony5525]

good playing.

[RickInRock84]

Bel lavoro.Passa a dare uno sguardo alla mia versione..

See you !

Ricky.

[MedalToThePedals]

great timing

[jeffcodog]

Dude!!! You Rock!!!

[francoprs]

Thanks!

[Chiarily2990]

bravooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DanielCifuentesBass]

what is prs?

[Ilikemyprs]

a paul reed smith guitar - they rock :)

[DanielCifuentesBass]

FRanco Rocks!

[reverendgisher]

oh geez, another of my favorites. i am so glad you showed to help out, and for selfish reasons as well:)

i will get you on the playlist after i finish listening:)

[justbringit151515]

can you tell me the settings on your amp??? mid? Treble? Bass? Drive/gain???

thx...

[snoozetrash]

You are awesome!

[luis30stm]

its a great song congratulations

[francoprs]

thanks.

[lovisall93160]

nice job, I remember 18years ago, it is the first song I have learned to play... =)

[francoprs]

Thanks!

[animelunatic1]

Dude! I have the same exact guitar! Nice job on the song. Sounds awesome. I'm currently learning Europa, but it's a bit hard since I'm still a beginner.

[francoprs]

Great ones PRS's

[wingig]

Franco 6 Grande

[francoprs]

grazie

[thevidfather]

Beautifully played :D

[robbisan]

Ottima esecuzione Franco, e anche il tono è quello giusto.

[francoprs]

Grazie Roby! :)

[roofermike2007]

I see you and Naudo found eachother. You're my two favorites on here. You, because you sound just like Santana, and Naudo because he makes some beautiful arrangements-- even with songs I don't like. I'm still plugging away 7 months now, and I haven't smashed my guitar yet, despite watching the two of you and being utterly frustrated:) Practice, practice, practice! And with that, off to practice!

[francoprs]

Thank you for your comments.

I think you will find that many people would disagree about me sounding like Mr. Santana.

I try to get as close as I can on getting some similarity but to my ears there is a big difference still on this. But, many times it sounds alot better through the headphones or before uploading the vids. :)

[JCOOL2329]

EXCELLENT JOB !! One of the best I've heard so far KEEP IT UP !!

[francoprs]

thanks jcool2329

[OxyMiracle]

Do you have any distortion on this? Like reverb?

Nice deep sound on it.

[francoprs]

Overdrive + hjgh gain. :)

[antonybravo]

dude where do you get the back track im looking for them and i dont found anything sorry for my bad english but im spanish well can you tell me where you get the back tracj or soundtrack of this song i just want that because i can play very well this song but i don have the sound track of drums and bass that sound too you understand me pleeeease tell me where can i get it pleaaaaaaaase of give youre email to tell me

[SrChavez85]

WALMART

[turser222]

Nice playing

Thanks for uploading this video

I will used it to play this great

crying painfully song!!!!!! and keep making

those Agonizing bends

[francoprs]

Thanks dude!

[Rainmanontour]

hate this song

[Raskee2]

Great man! Nice tone and the whole playing. I played this song at sisters wedding ... ;) The audience loved it.

[francoprs]

This is a Santana SE (korean built). Great guitars PRS!

[roofermike2007]

That is a goddamn SE? I'm ready to trade my Ibanez in NOW, thank you. Seriously though, that is not going to help me... how do you get such a long sustain? I'm working on Europa because BMW was just way too hard for my skill level, and I can't sustain enough to do it this right.

[francoprs]

I used high gain and overdrive.

I also found that you will get improoved sustain by twiking the tone control with a little more bass. Add some delay also. :)

[Jazzguts]

You have a very nice sound here Franco and playing pretty good you're determined to get it right man, points of working on: Alternate picking(using up-down strokes) especially when more speed is required and the Blues vibrato(thumb as anchorpoint and using wrist movement up-down)we discussed this earlier.(Carlos uses Blues vibrato a lot) Your sound and motivation is top notch,greets Victor.

[francoprs]

Great comment Victor!

This is what I want/need, somebody to mentor me. I really appreciate your input. I don't know what style I like or play, infact, I know nothing about music, musicians and/or techniques. I just try to copy some artists. All I play is from inside me, trying to express myself with the knowledge I currently have.

Thanks My friend.

[Jazzguts]

You're saying it right my friend,from the Inside-Out ,with the knowledge you have, you're the owner of a soul that wants to express itself,this is a beautifull path,just stay on it that's all you need to do,gr Vic.

[nairvega]

excellent very well playing, you have to post another

[honeychel1018]

nice

[luciano858]

Finally an intelligent guitar player, i really can learn from your videos. thank a lot.

send more!!!!. ciao Luciano from Italy.

[mike1284]

Thanks a lot for the feedback. Been playing for 7 years. I play an EVH peavey Wolfgang custom shop. As for down-picking and up-picking, most every note you play should be alternated...for instance if you play the first note of this song with a downstroke, the next note should be played with an up. It's called "alternate picking" and makes your playing a lot smoother. It's an awkward thing to learn at first, but gets easy real quick. Take it easy.

[mike1284]

Not bad. The chorus needs to be smoothed over... you didn't miss a note, but you pick down a lot. Try one upstroke, and that would make a lot of difference. All in all, though, one of the better Europa covers on here. Check mine out if you get a minute I'd like to get feedback. Nice guitar too.

[BluStarr14]

Best I've seen so far. : )

[plasticdog123]

Ive been studying the SRV style for a while now, and starting to get into the Santana style, hopefully to combine them in some awsome way (that would be sweet wouldn't it). I have the same exact amp that you used in that performance but am curious what setting did you have it on. I really like that sound. and Im sure I can get a reletave sound with my peavy guitar too right?

[nueve26k]

Your timing is all you need to improve on. (I'm just beginning to play but that match I know lol). Very good job though, I like this!

[francoprs]

Hi nueve26k. Thanks for the constructive criticism. I am aware of that also. one day I will get it right. :) Hope to see some of your playing one day.

[recky2006]

u got good future. I am impressed.

[francoprs]

Hi Recky2006. All of us have "future" but I just enjoy playing just for fun! Thanks for tacking the time to comment. :)

[Rdallaire]

where did u get the backing track?

[Rdallaire]

beautiful, i love this song, i have a killer live version, not sure where its from, but its intense, very well played, just some constructive crit, the vibrato tended to be a little annoying and took away from the song, maybe work on smoothing it out a little bit, other than that, BEAUTIFUL!

[francoprs]

Hi Rdallaire,

Thanks for the comment. I am very green on all aspect of playing as I never had anybody to teach me (I just listen an play). I take your constructive criticism on board but I feel the need to put the vibrato on, it is the way I play. But its nice to hear people's opinion; that's the way to develop better. :)

[ChaseTheEvil]

Great rythym, awesome player keep it up dude... I love all of your santana plays. ;)

[thunderzoci]

nice guitar tone man!!!

[francoprs]

Hi Thunderzoci.

The sound has been picked up by the video camera's own mike, hence why is a bit boomy but to me it sounds better if it is recorded from the computer directly to mp3(like "black magic woman". :)

[Carphunter1970]

Awesome playing mate, well done indeed! I couldn't afford the PRS Santana model so I settled for a custom 22 with an artist pack!

[francoprs]

Thanks Carphunter1970. The Custom 22 is a great guitar especially on the hands of a professional guitarist. I would love to have a Custom 24 with the artist pack (one day.. ...maybe) :>)

[kenan19]

tebrikler from turkey kenan akay

[francoprs]

Hi kenan19

I don't understand what you are saying. :(

[guitarguru15]

where did you get the backing track?

[Libanass]

nice! I have the same guitar but it sounds sucks. And yours, sounds different, what are those amaizing pickups? Thanks

[francoprs]

Hi LIBANASS. I purchased this guitar on ebay few months back and is a 2001 Korean built. As far as I know the pickup are still the original ones.

[Libanass]

ah, ok, but that's weird, because I never saw a PRS Santana se with those pickups as original. Maybe, they was changed, maybe not. Thanks anyway..

[francoprs]

I agree it's unusual, I searched on the net to see pictures of this model but I remember seeing only one that looked the same (...maby I got a very rare one, he he, I CAN ONLY WISH!) :)

[leedsrule3]

awesome

[francoprs]

Thanks for rating this video.

[metauro]

now I give you my correct rating

[francoprs]

Thanks for replying to me from your comments and for trying to correct your mistaken rating on this piece. but I don't think that has worked. But I feel good to know you meant better. Thanks!