Good Times Bad Times - cover song on guitar

Happy New Years everyone! Just a little guitar cover of one of my favorite Led Zeppelin songs. Not a very difficult one to play, but it's a fun one for sure. I tried to play it note-for-note like the original, but I improvised the last few leads at the end of the song. I hope you enjoy. :)

Special thank you to SteveBDrums - not only is he a fantastic drummer that I have collaborated with before, but he's a great guy. He made the shirt I'm wearing for a surprise video that he took part in for my 40th birthday. Very cool guy indeed.

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[mynexia]

Dude...that is an amazing fat tone. I'd love to know your JSX settings. I got a combo and would like to dial it in!!

Super tone!

[PDXguitarfreak]

@mynexia - thanks! I'm using the Crunch channel. I don't recall exactly the settings , but usually they're in the following ranges: Resonance 5, Presence 6, Treble 6-7, Middle 4-5, Bass, 5-6. Also keep in mind that I have the JSX head with the JSX 4x12 cabinet. The cabinet has a specially voiced "speaker simulator" auxiliary output that allows you to go directly from the speaker to your PC. It's much differnt than a standard line out from an amp. That's really key to the sound here too. Rock on!

[MrIvanHalen]

What's the name of the tecnique at 0:17 ?

[PDXguitarfreak]

@MrIvanHalen .. hey bro, I don't know if anyone answered you, so I'll try. Basically it's a trick I copped from Van Halen, where your left hand does open string pull offs, while your right hand gently glides over and down the string toward the left hand, causing multiple natural harmonics. It's a very simple but cool technique. I'm not sure what others call, but I'd probably call it "pull-off harmonics" or something like that.

[zososhep]

Nice job brother! Happy Holidays...Zeppelin Uber Alles!

Peace.

[TheEdshemery]

Holy cow, that was awesome PDX!

[ebealienhead]

Awesome Dave ! One of my favs !

[Yackodelic]

AWESOME!!!! 5Hundred Stars!!

[SteveBDrums]

Back to have another listen Dave! One of my all time favorite tunes man. I loved to play this tune back in the day, and you do it so well. Rock on buddy! :)

[mofie5]

We need welcome home! (Sanitarium)

[Bassisbeastiful]

congrats PDX, as usual you successfully make every guitarist feel like they suck, congrats.. :D

[XclassicXrokerX]

ive been watching your videos and by far you are my favorite to watch. Talk about inspiration haha