Black Dog - Led Zeppelin | Guitar Lesson

[@bimwopbarn47]

ok so according to andy johns, who engineered the album, the guitar was triple tracked! and he did something with compressors that I don't understand too well, but it sounds interesting - maybe you will have a point of view .. A is Andy Johns ... A: Would you like the “Black Dog” guitar tone story? Q: Absolutely! Which Led Zeppelin album was that? A: That is the fourth one, the really, really big one. “Stairway To Heaven,” “When The Levee Breaks,” and “Black Dog.” It sold about 18 million - something bloody ridiculous. Who would have known, you know? I had been trying to get this sound from Buffalo Springfield for a long time and I met Bill House. He said, “I just put two of them in series.” He didn’t really want to let me know what “they” were. It was a direct sound and I thought that I knew what to do. There were three guitars on “Black Dog” so I triple tracked it. When I mixed it, these three guitars were down here and the rest of the tracks were up here. Since the sound was so loud, it gave me much more room for the other stuff. Anyways, he meant two 1176s in series, one of which has the compression buttons punched out, so it is like an amp. You hit the front of the next compressor really hard and make the mic amp distort a bit with the EQ -a bit of bottom to make it sing. So “Black Dog” has a direct Gibson Les Paul Sunburst 52 or something, going right into the mic amps on the mixer, which is going through two 1176s, and it sounds like some guy in the Albert Hall with a bunch of Marshalls. I couldn’t have done it without the 1176s. There is not another compressor that will do that, because you can take out the compression stuff. www.uaudio.com/blog/artist-interview-andy-johns

[@12footchain]

Thank you, great info, pinned the comment!

[@Dan-zq5wt]

I love that solo. Page just played with so much attitude and personality. That solo is speaking.

[@lucasvonbraun]

Great lesson and explanation of "that part" .. What adds so much to these classic songs are the subtleties - Black Dog, Sweet Home Alabama, Walk This Way - these songs have the fingerprints of the guitarists all over them, and each are unique .. Thanks for rolling up you sleeves !!

[@tonytigertwenty]

Keep the Zep coming!!!❤❤❤ you rock !!thank you thank you, thank you.

[@jeffscott7266]

We didn’t have internet, lap tops, iPhones, and all that jazz but yes indeed we did most certainly have one of the absolutely best Rock & Roll bands ever to record music and tour this planet! Oh yeah Baby!!! We had The Lords of Rock, The Leviathan of Rock & Roll Bands, we had The Mighty LED ZEPPELIN!!! Thanks so much for featuring them my man!!!

[@stratman9449]

Led Zeppelin were the absolute masters of the time...and still are....

[@daveharveys]

Yes, the 'part'. Probably the most difficult riff of all riffs to play correctly. Great job.

[@hughbetcha6922]

I have been playing this song since it was first released on vinyl (yeah, I'm old). The challenge to covering this song in a band is getting everyone to step on the same foot at the same time. I believe Bonham would tap out a beat on the hi-hat to keep them together on stage.

[@ryanmillar9607]

Have been trying to play this forever. Great breakdown and demo. Jimmy Page doesn’t get enough love for his musicality IMHO and this song is outstanding. Not to mention that his playing style makes him impossible to duplicate.

[@GaryBook]

It doesn’t get any better that this.

[@chrisdoyle2783]

12 foot is the real deal. Provides straight forward instruction and executed with great talent. Appreciate all the lessons and tab on your Patreon page. Keep up the great work!

[@bimwopbarn47]

Thanks!

[@12footchain]

Thank you!

[@Richard_Lush]

Awesome thanks for this. Got it. Leads were definitely done on a tele. I agree with you. I think he used the tele for recording even after 1 and 2. Not on stage but definitely in the studio. You can hear the twang.

[@ianmorris3084]

Brilliant as usual! Love it! Many thanks. All the best from Ian, UK🎸

[@jimhenderson9199]

On the tele solo in the beginning he's basically playing the solo in the relative minor position to A. Gives it a country feel. Great job. Sounds like he's got another layered guitar doing a slide part. One of my favorite zep solos

[@kennethshort2016]

Have always wondered how that riff was played. One of the most bad ass riffs of all time. You make it look easy and not as difficult as i imagined. Now crank it up to 10 and let's hear it again.

[@peterrocha9474]

Incredible! Great lesson. 🎸

[@cgrovespsyd]

Thank you! I couldn’t figure out some key pieces that I was getting wrong and you explained and demonstrated them beautifully! Best instructional video of the many that I’ve heard!

[@pauleuro123]

Dude. You REALLY nailed this song.

[@kerryfromaj9032]

I learned a lot today here and have much more to learn from this lesson. I can see a looper project for me to study this further with your extra Patreon material. Closing in on 100,000 👍🏻

[@marcaustin]

tks for clarifying that lick in part B. Ive been struggling with that for awihle. Great vid. Great tone

[@GoofyJackson-sc3uy]

This is one of my favorite zeppelin tracks! Great job as well as providing an excellent tone for the solo because I can’t get one😂

[@jimwalshonline9346]

So intracate Jimmy and the boys themselves had a hell of a time doing it live. Good job.

[@patriottothecore6215]

Jimmy never once played any of the songs live like the records.

[@hkguitar1984]

Get close to 100K Subscribers! Rock On Sir, Great Content.

[@McAmeron089III]

I enjoyed this video like a large dog. Amazing piece of music that is just as kickin great today as when it first came out. Those were heady days. I don't even play electric guitar. But if I did I would try to sound like this. Thank you,12 foot chain!

[@autk]

Just like I comped it when i was 20 in 1980, ...James Patrick Page, legend. Great job and sound 12ft! 🖤

[@ZigbertD]

I've read that this song was among the most difficult for them to record because of the odd time signature and all the little timing idiosyncrasies. Bonham ended up recording a "click track" with his sticks that followed the guitar riff as a guide track for everyone to play to.

[@petestern3639]

So great lesson 12 foot!

[@shakeyblues5128]

What a Fantastic tutorial 12 Ft. I will be checking this out after work today ♪♫♪♫♪♫♪

[@patriottothecore6215]

Another great lesson thanks. Need to dial up the bombast to 11 though!😊

[@-Atmos1]

Jimmy Page made some great riffs . Cool lesson , thanks . Telecaster sound like the record , adding a slice of Country .

[@chraffis]

JPJ riff, actually. Give the man credit!

[@-Atmos1]

@@chraffis " Jimmy Page made some great riffs " . I'm talking generally about Led Zeppelin back catalogue , not particularly Black Dog as I know John Paul Jones came up with the melody . Jimmy still riffs & solos over the melody . Troll someone else .

[@chraffis]

@@-Atmos1 Wasn’t trying to be a troll really but fair enough. I didn’t read your comment closely enough.

[@-Atmos1]

@@chraffis Ok , Cheers 🎸

[@darrylhubbard931]

@12 foot chain Hi there new sub here, I promise you I will learn this lick/tune all thanks to you. I'm glad I stumbled upon your channel >cheers from Canada!

[@12footchain]

Welcome!

[@Troy99y]

Awesome vid as usual . Love Zeppelin!! .. Got a request .. my chance of turn to stone by joe Walsh ? 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@kimalexander3914]

Thanks Doug nice lunch time treat ! i'll ck. it out later, have a great week all ...from Les's hometown

[@Jamman610]

Love it.

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

The problem with covering Zep songs in front of a live audience is always the same . . . you may be able to get the guitar, bass and drum parts down, but who will you find that can handle those vocals? 🤔

[@1111MJR]

In my experience it's best to get women to try and do it. Works better than men generally speaking but even that's a bit hit & miss. See Rock'n'Roll on my channel.

[@kennethshort2016]

​@1111MJR just be yourself and don't try to copy Plant.

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

@@1111MJR There's a female-fronted cover band here in San Diego County, and she does a pretty good job with the Zep tunes, so I agree.

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

@@kennethshort2016 Uh, I'm talking cover bands here. That's kind of the point.

[@stratman9449]

yep..that's the problem...a problem a was faced with my band in the early 70s too......haha..cheers.

[@bimwopbarn47]

Ok great job thanks beautiful. You said you’d hear in the comments so here goes - no it’s not a telecaster, it’s a les Paul. But he may have triple tracked the part so maybe it’s both … :)

[@Jukkala]

Good job, dude.

[@gergemall]

Thx …very cool . I WAS THERE 🎸

[@CVGuitar]

Great video

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video have a wonderful day doug also last night was my friends birthday ❤😊

[@srwaite7]

Good stuff! Btw - the Universal Audio 1176 Studio Compressor pedal has the Jimmy setting. You might want to pick one up. 😎🎸🖖🏻

[@eugenewhiting8928]

That album is between LZ the 3-th and "Houses of the holy" but untitled, truth be told.😁🎸

[@19del69]

TIMELESS

[@phili.b975]

Class tune by master page any chance u can do a lesson on dazed and confused 🤘🤘

[@JasonT-xp3kh]

Page didn't write this song, lol. Try again.

[@phili.b975]

@@JasonT-xp3kh a didn't say he did write it a says class tune by master page couldve ment the way he played it like ...... Lol

[@johnpandolfino8663]

Another great choice👌 Anyday.....next by Derek and the Domino's ?

[@Dr_Debentobox]

Excellent break down as usual, thanks. Please explain the shirt.

[@12footchain]

People's front of zeppelin. 😀 great Led Zep YT channel

[@1111MJR]

Damn it! I'm still working on Hots On Fir Nowhere and The Rover!

[@saintbrando]

Jimmy used a tele & Strat on a lot of studio work. Tele on Black Dog? Probably yes because those sessions he played his tele on Stairway solo as well. 👍🏻

[@timetraveler8777]

Stairway to heaven only was recorded with telecaster, Black dog is Les Paul plugged directly to mixing console

[@CthtoNicfly5]

Third guitar from the left!!!

[@Reedc16]

Can you do a guitar lesson hair of the dog by Nazareth

[@DCMcNeilJr]

Sweet Les Paul. What does Gibson call that color?

[@jamiecampbell1981]

I play the first 8 notes in A go up the 7th fret do double stop pull off go back to A the open a after the last run in A I mean sounds better to me

[@Winterfell1066]

the time signature is called Hemiola.

[@chrisgabiger2399]

You still didn’t get it bro , a few hundred times more, you might get it, it takes a lifetime to get that one , top ten of rock songs of all time ! I’m still working it out with the band . We’re getting real close !

[@lauriemcfadyen1965]

🤘🤘🤘🤘 thank you!!!! ZoSo💥

[@charlessorkin7811]

Love it! But… I don’t suppose you know how Page did that scratchy string scrapy sound immediately before the vocals?

[@12footchain]

I showed you at the very opening of the video

[@charlessorkin7811]

Thanks! Looks like KZbin was previewing the clip silently in the app, and I hadn’t realized I missed it!

[@whyis45stillalive]

@5:45 there’s a dead note there.

[@marcbolan1818]

Great to have all the analysis these days, but Page, Beck and most from the innovation era had no idea what they were doing and probably couldn't discuss scales with anyone at all. They played by instincts and captured phrases that worked and laid them down. That is the "magic" to play and just follow your instincts and pick out what works and drop what doesn't.

[@12footchain]

Agree

[@senseiruss]

I get what you’re saying and agree about instinct and inspiration. But I don’t think that they had NO IDEA what they were doing 😅

[@marcbolan1818]

@@senseiruss Most of them never studied scales and most couldn’t tell you names of certain chords. They learned by Bert Weedon’s guitar book and then learning Hank Marvin’s work with The Shadows and then American blues players. Hendrix was self taught as well and learned through trial and error as well. The end product for all the legendary British players and Hendrix was their own “thing” and sound.

[@senseiruss]

@@marcbolan1818 Maybe they weren't "traditionally trained/educated", but, for example, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck made a living as session guitarists. NOBODY makes a living that way, if they, as you said, "had no idea what they were doing!" Page and Beck might have gotten one session job, but after the first one, that would be the end of it. It's like saying a great major league baseball pitcher, who never had a pitching coach (Sandy Koufax comes to mind) and, with natural raw talent for sports, develops his own pitches and his own ways of striking out batters, and does it with great success - has NO IDEA what he's doing - there have been many in MLB. He does indeed know what he's doing, but didn't learn to do it from teachers; he watched, imitated, taught himself, practiced tirelessly, pitched to live batters and succeeded - even if he doesn't know what the official terminology for the array of pitches he throws is, he knows EXACTLY what he's doing. Practice, practice and more practice, with successful results is the benchmark for "having an idea" what one is doing.

[@user-dh5bnafe4b]

​@@senseirussProbably means no PRECONCEIVED ideas, just trying stuff out and seeing where it took them.

[@trevorgwelch7412]

✨🎸🎼 Could you please cover ROBIN TROWER / JAMES DEWAR - Mid 1970's ... CALEDONIA , CANT WAIT MUCH LONGER ...GONNA BE MORE SUSPICIOUS ... I CANT LIVE WITHOUT YOU , ROCK ME BABY ... Thank You . ☮️🏆🎬

[@Dan-zq5wt]

Or Day of the Eagle? Trower was awesome!

[@trevorgwelch7412]

@@Dan-zq5wt Yes but it has been covered before in guitar magazines and on You Tube

[@waynegram8907]

Its seems that the guitar solo keeps switching back and forth from F# Major pentatonic to A minor pentatonic? because some of the box positions are in F# major pentatonic and other box positions are in A minor pentatonic?

[@12footchain]

Close! , the opening solo riff is A,major, which is the same as F# minor, then yeah the rest is all varyingvA minor pentatonic positions

[@waynegram8907]

@@12footchain Yes Jimmy Page kept changing and switching back and forth from A major to A minor pentatonic positions.

[@cerclesvicieux]

Yay!

[@James-xr7hw]

I'm watching u play n not learning anything!

[@romannumeral5547]

I have to agree that the solo was probably played on his Tele. It has a different bite to it than the LP. There's definitely a bit more top end to it and you kind of a bit of the Tele country tone but with distortion. Maybe he played it through his Supro amp? Jimmy knew how to get big sound without having to use high powered amps. Great lesson as usual. 🤗

[@timetraveler8777]

Black dog was recorded With Les Paul plugged directly to the mixing console, the solo through the Leslie speaker

[@damonfraser253]

I won't argue the Tele. I've always found his story about the Dragon a little fishy.

[@shootfirst2097]

Life is not fair. Your LITTLE FINGER is as long as my Middle finger.

[@RoosterCogburn1]

Why do they de- monitize? It’s not like we’re all gonna go out and start a band to top LZ. They should remember all the old blues music musicians they ripped off to come up with their awesome songs. We’re all just trying to learn it so we can jamb along!!! The Simpsons put it best “ Jimmy Page - the greatest thief of American black music”. Still so one of the greatest rock bands to ever live- next to ZZ Top of course!

[@Jamman610]

Living loving maid.

[@infoscholar5221]

Now play it on a Telecaster, like Jimi. He only played the LP after Joe Walsh gave it to him.

[@timetraveler8777]

Mainly Les Paul from April 1969

[@Jamman610]

A ha!

[@xylogloss5905]

Too much bla blabla really annoying

[@jamiecampbell1981]

Hey my little KZbin channel “they call me Soup” I did a video did Led Zeppelin since I’ve been loving you and I really faked the second half of it I want you to take a second and look up my video and it came back copyright. Is that what you’re talking about at the beginning of this video black dog I was in the music store has another story and I was over behind a bunch of amps and I grabbed a nice epic phone list. Paul plugged into nice minute and the black dog I was doing black dog in the music store daddy‘s junkie music in Boston. It was quiet and music teacher came out and said who’s playing that I could hear it I can hear I’m saying it with no rings and you know there’s always that dude. The music store was like over there man behind the and he came over and he said to me he said Jimmy page cannot do that riff better than you are doing it right now, I said get out of here teacher I can’t do that I told him you know I said it took me two weeks to get it down like this you know G took so long I’m not that good of a guitar player but I’ve been listening to Led Zeppelin since I was no shit I was six maybe 56 years old I was in kindergarten too and I used to put them on my fathers eight track of Led Zeppelin. He had Led Zeppelin three and he had the fourth album with black dogs, stairway to heaven and all that, and I just won’t remember when I heard black dog, as a little kid I was like wow I hate it because she can’t rewind it so I had a you know you get channels you do like five channels on but I need channels. It is like two songs or three songs, depending how long they are, so I can go to the very last channel to get the black dog to the first song on that album and we wait for those which is like four sticks and I forget exactly but I fell in love with the whole anyway but sincere question is that is that why they didn’t copyright and if you want to answer me, watch the video and just make a comment and say yeah that’s why they did itall right let’s see if you can do black dog better than me now