Abe Laboriel Jr. At Guitar Center

The talented Abe Laboriel Jr. dropped by our Guitar Center Hollywood Vintage Room to talk us about the genesis of his musical experiences, including meeting and playing with Sir Paul McCartney; his relationship with DW and his rig; and what continues to inspire him to keep playing. Be sure to follow Abe Laboriel Jr. at www.AbeLaborielJr.com and for other exclusive interviews and performances go to www.GuitarCenter.com

[@timyang4710]

I love Abe's philosophy about being a musician for other artist. A great musician is alway adaptable to who they are playing for. Inspiring Mr. Laboriel!

[@richboshart1201]

This man's groove runs so deep. Great player, great guy.

[@ohmansmallworld]

the thing i've always loved about abe's playing is that fact that he's been able to adapt to so many different artists but is still able to maintain his massive rolling kind of style (if that makes any sense) absolutely exceptional player

[@guitarcenter]

#happybirthday Abe Laboriel Jr.! Get his words of wisdom on drumming for greats like Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Sting and Seal.

[@cBoTy6e]

Guitar Center And Mylene Farmer! )

[@andyjm7122]

This guys drumming on Vanessa Carltons debut album Be Not Nobody is what caught my ear and made me check him out.

[@smaugchow8071]

The drums on Sway brought me out here to figure out who was laying down that groove. With Abe and Leland Sklar, Vanessa had a KILLER rhythm section for that disc.

[@ronpage101]

One of the best drummers ever. Fun to watch.

[@I.Milanov]

one of my favorite drummers.. 1st class act

[@Marreroortiz]

Yes sir!

[@patbrennan6572]

His old man is an amazing base player too .

[@phatgroover79]

Abe is one of my favourite drummers. Such a talented soul!

[@MickViking777]

Wow, what a great drummer and what a great guy he seem to be. :)

[@KingTabor]

The best sideman ever, always delivering w/ passion exactly what the music needs

[@darrelltiencken2194]

This is what greatness sounds like!

[@aubergine28]

I can feel each note that he plays. Deeeeeeeepppp! 👏👏👏

[@DrGray_Drummer]

I've been diggin' this guy. Cymbals/drum combo is unreal. Snare has a totally unique sound

[@camisetapatxuli]

Abe rules !

[@intrestedparties]

I enjoyed this.

[@derrickfrank.5810]

Top respect sir.

[@ciceroaraujo5183]

Incredible life this man gone through. A hero

[@miguelginerdrummer]

Incredible sound out of this Performance kit with stock heads. Laboriel for president!

[@jamesnikki5]

What a cool dude!

[@chrisegg7936]

“my dad, who’s a bass player” you don’t say! 🤣

[@rodrigollanes7020]

Grande Abe Laboriel Jr.

[@ciceroaraujo5183]

Hero of sound.

[@dellidelli8170]

Nice!!!!!!!!!

[@valdivall6515]

No wonder why A Thousands Miles is hella groovy song.

[@andrewt248]

Listening! What a novel concept! You can tell right away when a musician isn't listening.

[@sarahdell4042]

Always knew someone special was behind Vanessa carltons drumming. He carried those songs to the moon 🚀

[@rafaelgomez1989]

Humble..cool guy MASTER !!!

[@DonChato12]

Abe Laboriel Jr. is all FEEL. You can hear him really dig deep into those fat beats.

[@rhythmsaint73]

wisdom!

[@zacharyjohnson6453]

To me he's in the same lineage as Buddy Miles 🤘🏾🥁

[@jona9521]

Un poco de México hay en Abe

[@adrianprophett470]

it's tangible a sister has battle of evermore a delights sister who grunted a fantastic relationship to a bastion of a phenomenon of such talent of Mr. Jon Bonham of a legendary drummer..... hats... let's go.... no. one fan from The no. one fan... deb he is. as. was. still. will and shall be... for evermore the most beautiful.. proffesional that ever..... roared.... deepest regards... A. P.

[@thedrummer0909]

Great dRuMmEr

[@mhcdrum]

Abe is awesome but the snare drum sounds weird like a click maybe were hearing the bottom mic or something?

[@13PMMusic]

Abe hits really hard when he's rocking out. The guys mixing probably didn't account for that.

[@plaincheckereds]

Cool men!!!

[@henryzhao4622]

Such a. Great drummer. My only dig is I feel like he overplays and adds some fills that don’t need to be there, but that’s my preference

[@georgebryant7721]

this guy's the shit

[@isaacrdzruiz8129]

Does he speaks Spanish? He is half Mexican rigth?

[@dimmuslip]

i think someone forgot to open a mic

[@pawelmorrison]

I`m sure it`s a fault of poor recording/mixing this but the drum sound is very cheap and weak.

[@Lehmann108]

+Paweł Morrison If you don't like the sound, it is primarily the function of the sound engineers mix. No DW set sound cheap!

[@ItalianAvalanche]

yeah It's all scooped and over-compressed.

[@hobojungle1]

This is Guitar Center making a video....

[@DanMarcelino]

holy phase issues.. that snare.. =[

[@victordorantes722]

That snare is ugh...not worthy of the Abe

[@potterbat3995]

I don't know though, He's makin it sing for what it is. I think he's demonstrating that you don't need top notch equipment for a good tone.

[@jeremiahandmaggiegutierrez3261]

He says his did is a bassist like he’s not a legend in his own right. Lol.

[@tomigunn777]

"Sting,Clapton,Seal,Paul.." That's all?? Jeez.

[@gmorton916]

LOL-- Dude that NOT all--he's also worked with Kelly Clarkson,Shakira,BB King,Jewel,Vanessa Carlton,Steven Curtis Chapman,Lady Gaga,LeAnn Rimes,Steve Winwood,Ashlee Simpson,2 name a FEW!!-he just didnt have time 2 list them all--trust me this dude's been around :)

[@BDizDaBest]

@@gmorton916 And now you can add the great Jerry Cantrell to the list of musicians Abe has drummed for