Eric Johnson - Stratagem

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[@mrmisterman999]

this man should be declared a national treasure and protected at all costs.

[@ejtonefan]

He already is in the State of Texas!

[@hof5943]

On one is after him so he doesn't need protection😄

[@MuvoTX]

EJs legendary tone secret revealed... No cable, no amp

[@coolcatsguitars]

he can actually hear a difference between cable and no cable

[@zr24X4ROCKS]

lol ! love it !

[@claymationwaves]

with the new f hole added no cable or amp is needed - im jeff at guitarchamp.com if you have any more questions

[@fredylander105]

its a magician...

[@mwyatt222]

If you take a pair of fender Deluxe or Princeton w/ volume on 9 and a wah into boss digi-delay stereo out to each amp and on the left side line use a fuzzface and on the right side use a butler/chandler tube driver you can nail his tone with almost any strat. I used to know a legitimate impersonator of his chops and tone ! I was working in retail when i met this person , lost track of him but he knew every song as soon as they came out and sounded like erics ghost. It was pure worship like some players used to do Hendrix . That was the rig he used.

[@briansbrain426]

Only Eric Johnson could make an unplugged electric guitar sound so good.

[@KUDGHAT1]

Though aged u need to listen more of the world and misled less

[@feraldynaufal]

That tree is the amp

[@kodiakfamily8032]

I was about to make the exact comment! Only Eric Johnson.

[@magmachicken4402]

Brian's Brain lol I didn’t even notice

[@KoCoTan]

Yes

[@jershwaa]

My favorite thing abt Eric is how generous he is. He lists a bunch of mini lessons free and all he asks is that if you use them you make a donation to your local food pantry. Protect EJ at ALL COSTS!

[@marvinraydalida7118]

He has his own sound. You can easily recognize his music.

[@hoze1235]

eric johnson - PHD in pentatonic scale

[@pekkatervala8476]

How many guitar players have a signature tone recognized world wide? Not so easy... Respect!

[@matthewray5374]

I totally agree when I hear something new from Eric I know almost immediately know who it is.

[@rindodenervoso6475]

Him and steve vai , its impossible NOT to recognise their music style

[@jackpermore9337]

One of the most melodious guitarists of all time

[@hectorgonzalez9170]

Jackper More ..... True but not on this tune.

[@jimmythebold589]

@@hectorgonzalez9170 what are you onto?? this whole song is NOTHING BUT MELODY. granted, it might not be the most exciting or innovative melody, but it's definitely melodious

[@demesisx]

That was actually what I was coming here to comment on. This song is beautifully done..however, the difference between this and say Cliffs of Dover was the catchy melody. I don't hear a single part in this song that I will be singing to myself later. I feel like this track is more geared toward impressing those Polyphia kids...and I hope he wins them over becuase Eric's music is so much better than that intentionally complex but expressively boring music.

[@christianboddum8783]

Eric J: So trees, what do you want to be when you grow up, an Eric Johnson Strat ?

[@Philip_McIlvain]

dude, that's really funny

[@makenzieewen8062]

Underrated comment

[@Yngwiejmalmsteen08]

🤣😂🤣 thats a classic comment

[@jazzram_]

Lol

[@WingmanStudios]

Wow. Epic comment.

[@TT-wr7tr]

Absolutely this could be fender guitar commericial... that tone is really something

[@JTMarlin8]

It definitely sold me on getting one of these bad boys. $1700 well spent.

[@nicolaj9303]

I like this song, it’s like classical music. You don’t know what’s going on the first times you hear it, but the more you listen to it, the better it gets.

[@DeathBringer769]

I am so glad this legend is still around making new music. One of the greatest guitar players of all time, and one of the earliest guitar-centric albums I ever heard (my Dad showing me "Ah, Via Musicom!" album back around when I was 2 years old in 1990, lol. Thanks Dad.) Been a guitar player all my life due to guys like him ;)

[@dealmaven123]

This brought me to tears Eric, tears of beautiful joy, thank you so much for sharing your beautiful gift with us! God bless you!

[@pamelajohnson4653]

He's just my G-man... I've known his Voice over half my life. Seen him at least 15 times. A Marvel to witness. Love ya EJ.

[@HikeColorado]

Eric is such an amazing guitarist. A true legendary musician and time tested artist. I saw Eric perform at Red Rocks Amphitheater in the 80s and numerous times since ❤️

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

Awesome playing. Legendary tone. Beautiful video.

[@Badomen_5150]

MaxxxwellC Shawn lane had a tone similar too!

[@devinm.608]

You forgot "excellent hair" This nigga has the best hair in all of shred-dom.

[@catalystdrums123]

Eric's tone has always been so damn rich and warm! If you like his tone you might like Ron Komie's too. I stumbled upon him in the related videos. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6KyiIuIZ8x5j5I

[@larryh.3173]

@@catalystdrums123 Wow, thanks! I just followed your link here to discover some great new music (which I'm likely going to be buying). And I do hear what you're talking about here regarding similarities, but really, each guy has his own thing going. Komie's material is bit more, um... gentle, more like a cinematic soundtrack (not surprising given his background, as I discovered). Anyway, IMO, even after all these years, nobody can really _quite_ nail Eric Johnson's tone and his musical intensity... still unique and identifiable within a few notes. Great Komie stuff though. And again, thanks!

[@rockrollfan2476]

His new Strats are awesome! They have his whole entire rig built right into them and you don't even have to plug them in! Can't wait!

[@mrgreeneye656]

LOL!!

[@alexwr]

I hear there is a new-fangled invention called an acoustic guitar... It has the amplifier built right in!

[@ammoalamo6485]

...and they come with an old Mustang, too!

[@monsterzero1965]

The new green deal of guitars no oil/coal power just pure WHITE guitar power

[@willgilkey8789]

It's good to see you smile again Mr. Johnson, I was beginning to wonder if you had any left! The piece, as usual..."pure geniosity."

[@robthequiet]

The happiest song I've heard in years

[@georgedickson1410]

I have seen Eric Johnson live twice. He is just as fast as when he was young.

[@timothymidgett9730]

In the years of the late 900's AD there was Erik the Red exploring the continents, and in the year of the 2000's AD we have Eric the Johnson kicking ASS on guitar !!!!!!

[@timothymidgett9730]

No guitarist has the same tone as Eric Johnson, what a kick ass tone and playing style that nobody has, Love It, it takes me into the 3rd heavens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@FlowtnWitWalden]

Lot of folk talking about the song the tone, etc. but no one mentions the beautiful, down-to-earth, rugged scene in which the video is shot. I already had an inkling from songs like Desert Rose; but I can see clearly here that E.J. is inspired by the natural beauty of God's world and he values simple things like clean 60's Fender tone and simple 60's Ford Mustangs.

[@fahadjavaid7336]

Such happiness is blooming out of this track

[@martintramil8084]

Yeah, EJ's music makes me happy all over...

[@fahadjavaid7336]

Man just had a run over to his old live videos... Re iterated that thia vid is nothing compared to mastery he used to exhibit live back then. Vocals, complex guitar peices, swift pedal changes seemlessly done.

[@twaxx2226]

*He's having so much fun playing this* 🙌❤️❤️🔥

[@bernardquipot9447]

Oh man, very inspiring. There is no one like you. A great creation of God. Jesus saves.

[@myrenschwartz4544]

The classical car, the warm hum of the guitar, man this put a smile on my face today. Thank You Eric Johnson!

[@nicholasdevinney8669]

Woke up to find new Eric Johnson music, not everything in the world is wrong.

[@samuraiguitarist]

Waitttttt a SECOND! That guitar isn't plugged in. Fake

[@james6234]

I love your vids

[@outfield1988]

It’s a video common .

[@scottandersen4798]

@@outfield1988 r/woooosh

[@ndosk7574]

Man he is Eric Johnson ....

[@tomslater8374]

it adds to the tone, don't question him

[@arnoudvaes2658]

His music saved my life.

[@absinha6209]

Instantly recognizable

[@ericeeshan]

absinha6209 true he has an iconic tone when he plays

[@jazzram_]

True

[@TENGKURYO]

Eric, you are my all-time hero ! Grown up with your music...thank you so much EJ! Good health and happy life for you EJ. Best regard from Indonesia.

[@pablohpn]

I`m a musician because of you, eric. Thank you for exist!! Cheers.

[@ejtonefan]

Ditto

[@jasonlove4583]

Anyone else super glad this guy is still alive?

[@TheNaturalPatHarris]

Still the Best. Glad he hasn't put the guitar down. This is a absolute breath of fresh air in the 2017 music scene. an Actual Live guitar!!

[@hectorgonzalez9170]

TheNaturalPatHarris ..... Actually this is 1987 revisited. You can't go back Eric. Forward motion is desirable.

[@jamesryan5436]

Don't leave Clapton out there either or John Mayer . I own an ej Strat but I can't get mine to do what he does with his 😂😂😂

[@Rockeman182]

And played at an expert level! I love to experience this!

[@ElrondHubbard_1]

​@@hectorgonzalez9170Eric should join a band ("supergroup"). This is like just an exposition of "EJ style guitar"). Not exciting. Great guitarist, but Tones was the peak...

[@bowtechspeedfreak]

What a beautiful soul you have Eric. I will miss you when you're gone if I don't go first. Thank you so much for using your God given talent so wisely.

[@diegonunes6845]

Simply Eric Johnson, The Legend!

[@GuitarProFLA]

I've listened it over and over, and I gotta say this song is aptly named. It spells out Johnson's style articulately and understandably, as if he's carefully explaining the chops I've been trying to figure out for, oh, 29 years now...

[@mrburns031]

Amazing song and beutiful video! I love the new album Collage! Congratulations for Brazil!!

[@joeblow4785]

In the back woods of Austin Texas Eric is shredding us into the unseen realm where only eternal uplifting songs exist forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and............

[@vitorm.4653]

Amazing song! Greetings from Brazil

[@KXTA007]

The master of masters has spoken.

[@trickjones3345]

Instant goosebumps and tingles throghout my whole being. Eric , there are no words to describe your art. You set my soul free to soar untethered ! I have been in awe of you for 30 years now. Tears of joy and permagrin! Thank you Baron Von Tone

[@MikeDavis-vw6xb]

Man, I love this nice simple guitar solo, so relaxing and in harmony with nature 🙂

[@sujaykulkarni844]

Fabulous work of art by EJ!!! Exactly what 'A bright sunny day' would sound like, played on a strat.

[@thiagocarneiroalves3468]

Beautiful song, Eric. Waiting for you in Brazil.

[@ShawnTubbs]

Eric Johnson is one of finest guitars players I've ever heard. He's insanely technical but still somehow manages to be highly musical and just gets tone I could never dream of getting. Any guitar player worth his salt in any way shape or form that has heard him play learned something about making music...​ He's truly gifted.

[@DavidPontes27]

Maceió, Alagoas - Brazil. Eric, I like so much this song! Vocé é top!

[@GKboards]

Anyone who thinks this is Cliffs of Dover again obviously isn't listening to the melodic/harmonic content here.. Great tune, Eric. So fresh

[@kedrick350]

Nobody can have this tone, Your tone is in your fingers, Lots of Respect sir Eric. Love from India❤

[@josebermudez3465]

Yes.its in the touch and more

[@joshualessore7652]

His choice of melody and phrasing and technique is "in his fingers". It has nothing to do with tone

[@davedexter1583]

Tone is in the guitar, pedals, cables, amp, speaker, microphone, preamps, interface . . . it is not just in the fingers, unless you think Eric could get this exact tone out of any guitar and amp comboI gave him. Hell, Eric is an obsessive over rig details. He uses the gear he uses because it gives him this tone.

[@myrddingwynedd2751]

@@davedexter1583 No, it`s both. You select the sound you like and then develop your feel. I mean, who sounds like Mark knopfler? I rest my case.

[@DaveDexterMusic]

I _said_ it's both when I phrased it "it is not just in the fingers". If you walked around Eric's amp as he played, the tone would change. The tone you're hearing here is from a microphone positioned as you would never be positioned before an amp, and moving it an inch would return a different sound. Tone, especially recorded tone, is intrinsically linked to gear; I changed my speaker recently, and my tone changed. I got a decoupling mat for my cab, and my tone changed. I switch between guitars, and my tone changed. I rest my case.

[@damonstjames]

Pop up in the Springs, might have been a highlight in my entire life. Your sumpin sumpin EJ

[@bonaqua123]

EJ is casually awesome

[@KUDGHAT1]

But more of a robot than a musical.... Hope u know what I mean

[@coolcatsguitars]

6 months in i still love it, thank you eric

[@trickjones3345]

You remind my being what it feels like to be worry free. Thank you Mr. Johnson

[@gtralive-2024]

Fantastic!! You are my favorite guitarist, Thank you & God bless you!

[@edienoliveira]

FANTASTIC!!!!

[@JJ3136]

Dear Eric, I have always love your tone and playing since I first listen to you playing back in 1990

[@etjeong2126]

Always love your music. Hope someday, at last, I can meet you in Korea.

[@liveprofessorcn]

Suddenly feel sad seeing him become old... EJ in my mind is always young...

[@deusdetesouza710]

Amazing your song Erick a embrace of a fan of Brazil this is a true song with feeling

[@ksky75]

You Go Eric! This is what happens when you set the bar so High that you create an Awesome Song that gets compared to your past Awesome Songs that are so Awesome that it may not be as Awesome but for 1% that compares to what very few can do. Music is subjective, but your not hearing guitar music like this coming from 500 million guitars players on this planet!

[@markreemsnyder]

Nice Mustang!!!! Oh, the music was pretty good too. :D Always my favorite guitarist, bar none. Excellent to hear something new.

[@fatthor2476]

The greatest melodic player ever. And this stuff is hard to play!

[@lucasreis6579]

Fender and Mustang...epic!!!

[@dananthony6258]

Eric fell off my radar when I was a kid . It’s kind cool I have someone new in my world to get inspiration.

[@rapid13]

The tone. Unique and amazing.

[@yudiclody5549]

of the many guitarists, ej has a different playing, the play is sweet, light on the ears🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️ ,from bali

[@advogadoemconstrucao]

Aguardando show no Brasil !

[@2tubevideo]

mix of old songs, signature licks set, returnng to the roots, back to 90

[@teslastudiomusic]

A legend, a monster, respect from Colombia...teslastudiomusic

[@larsulrich6418]

Now i can't unsee the unplugged stuff

[@PedroPrando]

Great guitar player! Amazing song by the way! Eric is a genius!!

[@bonscott6353]

Happy, bouncy, cheerfull, feel good... Summer is here yeah

[@aldodiaz8536]

The color of this sound its just the color of Erick.jhonson congratulations.

[@eresunmilagro]

Total genius! I consider Erick Johnson to be the most authentic and original genius that the guitar has produced; his legacy shines and lasts through the years, always fresh and current, something unusual like very few artists in the history of music.

[@topazaditia]

The definition of GUITAR GOD. Absolutely phenomenal. Love it! Reminds me a lot with "Cliffs Of Dover"

[@howardosugars8922]

Unmistakable and beautiful. I'm a huge fan.

[@jeleeli8643]

Que buena rola hermano!!! Bendiciones para ti y tu gran música Ven a México

[@CarlosBadCo]

I'm more of a fan knowing my favorite guitarist of all time also drives a Mustang!! 🐎 Much love EJ! You are the best with your own sound in a world of copy cats.

[@vitorseixasserafim814]

thank you Eric Johnson. Vitor Brasil.

[@ampsplus]

How wonderful, Eric, a Stratocaster and a 1964 1/2 Mustang. All the best things.

[@ejtonefan]

How about a 1964 Shivolay?

[@cosmicninja6924]

Imagine going for a walk in the woods and discovering Eric Johnson merrily playing his wireless guitar.

[@Guitarrocknroll1]

Now that signature Eric Johnson sound!!!!

[@murilomartins5862]

Amazing, come back to Brazil.

[@hyunchulchang2198]

such a intuitive sound that we are longing for.

[@guslakis]

For those who say Eric Johnson always sounds the same or is a one-trick pony: 1.) it's one of the best sounds in the history of electric guitar, and 2.) Eric has an arsenal of damn good "tricks"

[@MycketTuff]

Does it matter what others think as long as you enjoy what you're listening to?

[@shirtsguitar]

V true

[@adamtwelve]

Meanwhile everyone here is wishing they had "a sound" that people all over the world love and recognize

[@omomahauzel4997]

yeah the reason why now a days guitarist struggles to stand out is that they immitate each others sound. eric here has his own sounds, whether like it or not, he develop his own sounds that we can identify him without even watching, thats rare, that what makes him one of the guitar gods to ever walk the earth.

[@jamesha175]

@@adamtwelve i resemble that remark!

[@galievramil1169]

Веautiful video full of life - trees, forest, leaves, especially the final - where the guitar lies on the ground among the trees. Amazing tone and music performance..

[@felipebentopereira]

Eu gosto muito dos solos desse cara! Excelente guitarrista!!!

[@kellmsb]

Realmente

[@ufivuhsu344]

Só excelente? ....o cara é um monstrengo sagrado....um mito !

[@frankdelvan1294]

Lotus Feet Mito da Guitarra e da política fica pro Bolsonaro

[@kelvinpanesar6511]

This is 100% pure joy!!! Thanks for all the great music over the years!!!

[@carolaacaracolaa]

I love him very much!

[@mycroftholmes7003]

wow. another bright happy tune, on par with Cliffs...love it. its the best guitar ive heard all year.

[@michaelpowell7120]

Really like those arpeggios. Eric's own know as "Eric Johnson Arps" I think.

[@jamesprice6381]

3 NOTE MASTER PIECES W/IN THEMSELVES!

[@GuitarProFLA]

Mr. Johnson is one of three guitarists whose styles have been a lifelong challenge and pursuit of mine. Having heard this tune, it's clear the pursuit continues. For those here who seem to have the audacity to knock EJ, I ask: How many people in the world are dedicating a significant portion of their lives to learning *your* style?

[@krisssden1]

Love it. I would just to talk with Eric some day. No playing But jsut to tell him face to face I love his music. And tell him Thank you:).

[@zr24X4ROCKS]

if you see him live , he can play anything , jazz , blues, country, just great stuff.

[@RajdeepChowdhury]

Its like telling a story of happiness! :)

[@shirtsguitar]

Raj Chowdhury yeaa

[@ufivuhsu344]

For sure!

[@rbagel55]

You will never hear him play anything depressing or dark.

[@jazzram_]

@@rbagel55 ye

[@brianvaira486]

Seeing him perform this live was mesmerizing.

[@sumit5288]

Amazing as always.

[@johnnyhash2468]

Love your style and sound. Who needs lyrics? The story is right there in the music. TY

[@SuperFreeamerican]

This is what happens when a musician doesn't stop growing!!!

[@countrygal0831]

How can anyone possibly dislike this?? They have no soul apparently. I have been a huge fan for years and this certainly does not disappoint. The woods is lovely as is Eric's smiling face and his amazing fingers. Such a great song!

[@Tone5DP777]

Beautiful song Eric! Great tone and feel as always.

[@kingfusion1]

Simply the master of clean picks...soft and beauty