Eric Johnson playing a 1962 Gibson ES-335 Dot Neck

[@robitteilag6682]

No matter what guitar he plays, he still sounds like Eric Johnson. We should all be so blessed. Venus Isle rules!

[@BeachJazzMusic]

I agree, thanks to John Cordy on KZbin I revisited 'Venus Isle' and now it's my favorite of all of Eric's stuff.

[@robitteilag6682]

His playing on venus is so over the top, its like he said, lets get this over with, lol​@@BeachJazzMusic

[@samhill3496]

Eric is something else. A very humble man. Interesting to hang with. Crossroads. Star of Texas

[@mylogify]

And this is a humble comment.

[@matthewmacdonald9851]

What a treat to hear him put that sweet axe through a few paces. Also, he's probably the nicest "rock star" I've ever met.

[@coryburns13]

I'd give a leg just to be in the same room as a guitar like this...and I'd give another leg to see Eric Johnson play it. So basically being at Norms on a day like this would leave me legless but happy! Cheers!!!

[@spencerdawson6536]

Come to LA - it’s just a Guitar Store. Lots of Gibsons and Fenders with expensive price tags.

[@Gunslinger320]

Crawling away with a smile! Lol

[@mylogify]

@spencerdawson6536 Wouldn't describe better.

[@sampacker6547]

I run into him in Austin every now and then at guitar stores and vegan restaurants. Nice guy and very humble!

[@danielconrad764]

Love seeing 335's getting more love as of late. The 50s/early 60s ones (and even some late 60s ones) have some real magic to offer.

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

I love my early 2000's 335 from the early days of the Memphis Gibson factory. It plays really comfortably. My holy grail guitar is a vintage 335 with block inlays. They're just the coolest looking guitars ever to me and Clapton is my favorite player ever and my favorite tone of his was achieved with that guitar in the Cream days and From The Cradle as well.

[@danielconrad764]

@@SimpleManGuitars1973 hope you get your holy grail guitar one day!

[@fastguitars4380]

Its nice to see that the wide eye'd Child..... is still alive and kicking, inside EJ.

[@stevenbird1431]

Eric is an absolute legend!!! And to be in Norms shop where all the legends go🥳 Amazing 🤩

[@YonathanLeibovich]

Love EJ so much!

[@Shingorani]

i don't really listen to Eric's music but dude is a monster on the guitar. his playing is just so clean and unique

[@SGED392]

I actually listen to his recordings fairly often but watching him just jam plugged straight into an amp is almost better

[@mwalker3547]

Mr. Johnson seems like the coolest dude.

[@mylogify]

And this is the coolest comment.

[@ccaputa]

He's a living legend. I'm blessed to own a 1961 ES-335 Dot that Eric once owned. I'm not sure why he sold it because it's awesome.

[@deborahmcalister3936]

my dream guitar

[@3harold333]

The master of inversions

[@kailuakidd1512]

Phenomenal. Always the best from Normans.

[@jeffsaginaw1769]

This is so endearing. He's just like anybody who just ends up trying "The One" and can't put it down and plays for a good long time. And looks over at Norm with that boyish grin and goes back to playing. I hope he bought it! We are all nearing our last guitar choice. He's earned the chance to have "The One". Thanks Eric you gave us all a lifetime of 150%!

[@lhvent]

I met Eric in 2010 when he played a show at Strathmore in Maryland. He's a really nice guy.

[@thejuiceofearl6574]

Always enjoy seeing EJ vids!

[@guitjammin4710]

Really liked the first 335's tone.

[@EngineMusicProductions]

Ja wybrałbym tę ostatnią, na której grał. 👍

[@scottdrumm4828]

Great video thanks EJ Rules🎸 Fun to watch a master test out beautiful guitars!

[@stevenbaggett6549]

I like it that Norm doesn't hard sell Eric..he respects him and knows the guitar speaks for itself

[@69spook]

I'm sure he's his buddy though 😂

[@jimmyfrombrooklyn8550]

Eric at the guitar cross roads of the world

[@Richard_Lush]

So lucky to have Eric show up. Love his style. He’s a role model 👍 I’ve got a lot of sweet guitars but my bucket list includes going to Norms and picking out a hot early late 50s Strat. One day.

[@jonkerr2050]

Beautiful guitar and playing as always from Eric. Been listening to him since the early 90's. Oh and I almost brought home that blue Supro in the background a few months ago. lol

[@rareform6747]

YES !!! Last House on the Block

[@secretdaisy6484]

That guitar looks pristine and using the vintage amp was the perfect choice ✅. 👍☮️🌞🎸🎵

[@chrisb5986]

Love this. The guitars and the player are legend.

[@pcar928fan]

Oh man! Love EJ! Was on the front row in Austin, TX during the recent Ah Via Musicom tour! It was awesome!

[@sterilezorro]

Legend

[@chrisbennett814]

my birth year dream guitar, glorious.

[@cohokid6936]

When he's playing softly here the richness of the tone is something else

[@MichaelSmith-ig8bw]

I'm assuming Jen shot this; if so, great job! You're the best! Such a sweetie!

[@matthewsumma]

Legend. That PRS Hollowbody on the far left at 1:00 is speaking to me

[@TheOlHippie]

wow!

[@theariesexperiment4642]

I personally think Eric has one of the most recognizable tones, styles, and sound of any guitarist alive today. Much like you know its Ozzy without question when you hear Ozzy.

[@kalesmythe]

Thanks, eric

[@scottkidwell3601]

"It's not wafer-thin..." 😂😂😂 Great guitar and an amazing player. Thanks, y'all 🙏🏻🤍

[@mylogify]

This video converted me into a Gibson fanboy instantly hahahha jokes aside, Very nice playing!!! Loved the video, I hope to learn one of his songs.

[@geraldponce8336]

Big fish on line, Norm reeling Eric in. Like seeing the masters noodling around. They are like the rest of us, they just do it a lot better.

[@bluesky6361]

Of all the times I've been to Norman’s, I've never been lucky enough to meet anyone famous there. Except for Norm that is. 😂

[@ELWOOD..]

Norm who? Baaaaaa!

[@rockinrobin8549]

You can see the moments when it's just him and that guitar......like there's no one else around.

[@snapfinger1]

Surprising test drive material. A classical virtuoso plays every lick on the “Beano” album.

[@alohanow-lowkey]

+

[@agavalence]

Eric Johnson is a top-tier guitar god!

[@bgmnzz]

I posted in the earlier Eric Johnson video from this year that it felt like they were filming without permission. Still kinda feels like that, even though Eric seemed very cool about it at the time.

[@samclemmons5373]

It feels like a nature documentary.

[@charleswelch-ju2vq]

Nice clean riffs

[@Scott.9]

Now Eric Johnson starts the vintage hardwood vs vintage laminated plywood debate. That guitar waited 60 years to finally have prominence and graced by a guitar hero. Eric can make any guitar sound great. Then again, Bonamassa is probably on line 2.👍🏻

[@Relicsun]

Eric can play any guitar and it will sound great , I guarantee.

[@hefciooo]

Eric sounds a lot like the other Eric on these ES-335's, loving it.

[@gmcenroe]

I liked that second guitar that he played, the one he said I like this guitar and asked about if it still had the brown case.

[@mylogify]

Trying to learn Cliffs of Dover, wellll it's a tough one. :D

[@jayhernandez8965]

Max said, "I promise not to ding it." Don't drop your loop on this one. lol I also got the Monty Python reference.

[@frankferrara5241]

I swear, in a few of these phrases, Eric sounds like Eric Johnson impersonating Joe Bonamassa impersonating Eric Johnson. Uncanny!

[@samclemmons5373]

Haha! I thought the same thing.

[@musicproductionvideos5019]

Wow! So great giving us these videos! Any chance of getting one of those wall db meters off Amazon so we can see sometimes how loud the players have things? Thanks!

[@aroe3896]

wow

[@squirrel-1969]

I'm almost certain that Eric walked out of Norm's with one or even both of those!

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

Then flipped them to Joe Bonamassa. LOL!

[@albertdelagarza1081]

who else was hoping he'd plug into the Marshall, crank the volume and tear into Zap? I know I was.......lol

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

I'll tell you what's hilarious is I was literally thinking "FINALLY somebody makes a guitar video in a store without plugging into a Fender and sounding exactly like everybody else" and then I see him turn that Fender on. LOL! EJ sounds like EJ though no matter what he's plugged into. I'm just a Vox guy and hate when people act like only a Fender can get good tones.

[@dawa875]

Who says he didn't?

[@thrashinwebster]

@@SimpleManGuitars1973I agree totally’ I’m a vox guy aswell but I also live Orange head and bins aswell’ and let’s be honest here’ unless someone is playing through a certain amp and using the factory settings with no pedals etc then yeah I get it as far as needing to use a certain amp to achieve a certain players tone etc’ but if the player is someone who uses even one pedal and say a les Paul or a strat or whatever then u can pretty much achieve the same tone etc by using most amps to a certain extent’ but that pancake 335 looks pretty rad’ anyway big love from New Zealand’

[@charlessnyder7624]

It's not the guitar and it's not the amp all in the fingers.

[@rolandmueller7218]

I’m sure he would have not sounded like everyone else if he were playing thru a fender amp too.

[@cohokid6936]

I'm no guitar expert, but the 2nd one he plays here sounds special

[@skunkstripe6074]

the color of that 62 is awesome. It looks like a glass of bourbon🙂

[@squib311]

And that concludes today's master class, children.

[@Honmatres]

Lord Eric himself!

[@mtacoustic1]

I have a collection of similar model old & new guitars. For mysterious reasons the older ones are just more playable, in-tune all the way up the neck, and easy on the fingers.

[@fatseaturtle]

what a treat! That cat can really play

[@stevemurray2737]

Nice sound and tone for Eric.

[@khalaziafaqih367]

THE sounds of bluesbreaker album

[@paulocosta3007]

masterful... did he keep it?

[@ignatiusjk]

Strongest and cleanest fingers in the guitar biz. SRV's were the strongest period.

[@planetguitarit]

❤

[@tymanngruter1808]

Mister Cool!

[@andersfernbach2399]

Looks like a sale to me!

[@ronnynast]

Even the pros are chasing the Clapton tone!! 😂 love it!

[@SGED392]

Can anybody tell me what blues scale or whatever the heck Eric is doing to get those amazing licks /tone .. Fresh Cream guitar tone!!!

[@notes7799]

Simply brilliant! Too bad Eric didn't bring along the rest of G3!

[@bmorebob6624]

Wonder if Norm gives artists like this a discount

[@bgrierofficial]

What amp is he playing through? It doesn't look like he's plugged into the Marshall JCM 800 behind him, but it sounds like he's playing through a Marshall?

[@graymurray4952]

It’s whatever that old fender is at 1:05

[@Reversibleband]

How funny: I bought an Eric Johnson Strat from this store just two years ago! 😝

[@andrewkrodel7976]

Norm, he was waiting for you to give him a lower price.😀

[@geezberry8889]

gibson should buy that for eric. all the 335's they're gonna sell when he hits the stage with it

[@mylogify]

No, Gibson should make the same guitar, for us, and get rid of Murphy Labs.

[@tombain5220]

Somebody is buying a guitar today

[@WhammyBarTV]

Did he get it?

[@spideymarino]

Eric is killer but I particularly love his playing when he’s playing Gibsons. Love his tone here when he starts playing Stepping Out. 👍🤘 (oh yes, I laughed at the Mr Creosote response to ‘wafer thin’ 😂).

[@douglasdort]

Quanto Cuesto, for 62 ES335? Señor Norman???

[@evanharnett]

I don't know if they ever done a video on this, but would like to know what they do when a hi profile customer comes in, how they sell them a guitar, do they suggest guitars to them or only bring out guitars they were looking for?

[@69spook]

Did he buy it?

[@Mega_Casual]

Well? Did he buy it?

[@stevemurray2737]

So Norm? Did you close the deal?

[@AJgeartalk]

He's smitten. Bet he walked out with it!

[@stevemurray2737]

@@AJgeartalk When Gibson/Cupid’s Arrow strikes, you must give in to Love, Tone and Playability!

[@billybray]

How good is it when he bends up a string to meet the open ringing string

[@bmaiani]

I thought they went to the block neck markers in '62?

[@nonemlinus]

Maaaan, how is he getting that sound? What amp, pedals? Maestro!

[@nonemlinus]

Also, he smiles!! Never seen that before, right on!!

[@kmichaelp4508]

Sounds like a fuzz in a Fender .

[@sheercerebralpower]

That is how a Tweed Bassman sounds when cranked….

[@Henni63]

Love the absence of reverb. Sometimes it's a bit much.

[@daan5361]

So how much would a guitar like this be?

[@mikeanderson1316]

Which one did Robert Johnston buy? I want that 1962 Dot that he was playing. Let me know if you didn’t buy it I will. About that 58 Les Paul from you last week

[@bluesky6361]

Robert Johnston?¿?

[@BeachJazzMusic]

So did he buy it?

[@flukyreview9128]

I hear strong Allen Holdsworth influence in Eric Johnson’s playing

[@elij.doummar4623]

What amp he is using ? Or any drive ?

[@planej6315]

Looks like a vintage Fender Bassman

[@richardschley4110]

👍✌❤😎

[@1961boogie]

Bonnamassa steals from everyone but he's smart

[@prospectnyc]

That guitar is AT LEAST five hundred dollars $$$

[@eric_in_florida]

damned inflation!

[@alohanow-lowkey]

😂

[@prabhatguitar]

Thanks Obama.

[@andrewthomason3857]

But the brown case costs $35,000.

[@ButternoteBackingTracks]

That's just to look at it...

[@CamBaldeon]

What fuzz pedal is he using please???

[@3rdmm]

Has to be a Fuzz Face type, right?

[@69spook]

Beano fuzz ..... 😅

[@adamtick]

🍜

[@LindstrandMusic]

Soooo? Is EJ now the owner of that 62?

[@charlessnyder7624]

It is not the guitar it is not the amp it is all in the fingers.