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@guitarist868810 жыл бұрын
The lick at 0:44. Those bends are exquisite.
@Dragonforce55valley13 жыл бұрын
My favorite guitarist, he's all about soul.
@skeetv12310 жыл бұрын
Choice of chords is just insane
@spike_41748 жыл бұрын
His clean tones are insane.
@kmcewenguitar3 жыл бұрын
Simply one of the greatest players to ever grace this planet 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@arddychan13 жыл бұрын
The sound can cure a pain.. so beautiful..
@evanlevenseller308010 жыл бұрын
I literally watch this several times a day. This is the most inspiring video. His tone and ability are absolutely incredible.
@FelixBeers13 жыл бұрын
I listen to this every day because it makes me happy and it's inspiring
@VLombardi0114 жыл бұрын
Eric Johnson has always had a great tone!
@texanfournow13 жыл бұрын
What I love about EJ is that he is so entirely humble and down-to-earth, unlike so many stars who are egotistical prima donnas. He openly shares his techniques and knowledge with the rest of us. He is not only a guitar hero, he is a teacher as well!
@philipatoz14 жыл бұрын
Great in the studio, yet EJ's tone and sound are that good LIVE! He is such a fanatic about tone and sound setups - he's really much like a craftsman from another time. First saw him live about 25 years or more and was just completely blown away - first with his playing, and then with his awesome live sound. Talked to him briefly and he was such a shy and humble guy - no rock star ego at all. EJ IS the TOTAL package when it comes to playing electric guitar. He's no slouch on acoustic either!
@vikramjitbanerjeetuki5 жыл бұрын
This Harmony Central video is unsurpassable,EJ rules 🤘
@glueforall13 жыл бұрын
7:35....i love his sense of humor
@hisneki14 жыл бұрын
what a nice guy! Love that in a virtuoso.
@disciplefan122114 жыл бұрын
one of the most talented human beings to ever touch a guitar. i've never seen/heard a smoother player....and probably never will
@OZRIC19859 жыл бұрын
Eric is definitely one of the most amazingly creative guitar players on the planet. I was so inspired by his awesome koto style playing (and his playing in general) when I first heard his Tones album in 1986. :)
@progrocker911 жыл бұрын
He is such a gentleman .
@zr24X4ROCKS14 жыл бұрын
i could listen for days , the tone is magic , the playing is spectacular, ej rules ,happy 4th all !!
@xxslashxx199414 жыл бұрын
Eric Johnson is just outstanding. definitly best guitarist tone wise and incredibly fast and great at chord progressions...whatever he plays at :45 till 1:09 and then 1:16 till 1:27 just makes you wanna think of a time where everything is just perfect and no worries at all. thats what his tone does to me and his tone makes everything "unreal" and to the point where it just gets you caught up in great memories. i never want him to stop playing. LIKE this post if you know what i mean!!
@AlexGuitarsify11 жыл бұрын
So beautiful to hear, it nearly makes me cry!
@Kozmoedave14 жыл бұрын
A true master of ALL aspects of the guitar. This is really cool; it's the first time I've seen him just talking like a normal guy.
@andym288 жыл бұрын
Some music puts me in a beautiful place on earth like Paco De Lucia, Eric Johnson is another planet in the solar system. Alan Holdsworth is a different solar system.
@MrBluesound14 жыл бұрын
best video i've seen with Eric showing his gear I have seen him live about 100 times it's amazing how he can make the sound work live....love the new guitars wish I could afford one.
@techie64613 жыл бұрын
The way he phrases chords is just freaking gorgeous man.
@KrupaDrums13 жыл бұрын
Very rare to have such technical expertise AND soul, EJ has both!
@RoyalBlue4313 жыл бұрын
EJ is the only guy I see doing jazz runs with a fuzzed out tone. So great.
@Tomurow14 жыл бұрын
Amazing! My ears are in heaven!
@JakeLegault9314 жыл бұрын
that clean tone is probably the best clean tone I've ever heard
@ElapidLover12 жыл бұрын
That clean echo stuff he improvised at the begining are some of the best sounds I've ever heard in my life..
@MudbirdVideo12 жыл бұрын
EJ is a true master and virtuoso. Love his style, technique, sound - so unique and one of the best ever.
@downwithdixie13 жыл бұрын
love his phrasing!
@itscoolbro214 жыл бұрын
I swear, he has the most beautiful clean tone I've ever heard. 5:17 - 5:39 brings a tear to an eye.
@theunknown3314 жыл бұрын
he makes it look so easy and smooth...
@Kwbull614 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite guitarists ever! sure, a lot of guys have well developed technique and can play real fast, but EJ has such an incredible and unique sense of phrase and chord progression, not too many others are quite this pleasant to listen to.
@Ruefus9 жыл бұрын
Notice he references others in his sound development "Y'know....like a Keith Richards" or "an old Clapton tone...." He is supremely unique. Identifiable from a single note. For him to say he still sort of chases his hero's tones is inspiring all itself.
@BillyPolaris15 жыл бұрын
WOW! That is the most amazing clean tone i have heard!
@jeffdawson27863 жыл бұрын
He’s phenomenal in every way, but his lyricism is the quality that stands out to me the most. He could outshred anybody if he wanted to, but he’s so precise at any speed. He’s the closest player to Phil Keaggy I can think of.
@deathscythekim72912 жыл бұрын
best clean tone ever..period
@hullaballooablehullboy601311 жыл бұрын
Why does'nt my Strat sound as gorgeous as this? I want my money back! Eric is one of the best guitarists on the planet. Probably the universe. His clean sound is heavenly.
@applewhiteroad14 жыл бұрын
this guy has some of the best tone i have ever heard!
@visiting3115 жыл бұрын
this video made my week
@spaceman992111 жыл бұрын
This has got to be the best clean tone out there !!
@Stonefalconetti12 жыл бұрын
He's talking about keith richards, jimmy hendrix and eric clapton and so on, but alll I hear from beginning to end is... Eric Johnson signature sound... :)
@RickInRock8415 жыл бұрын
01:15 - 01:28 ...I can't believe my ears....that sounds seem like being in heaven and listenin' angels singin'!! This man is an alien!!!!
@Jeepjones8513 жыл бұрын
This video is Gold
@GrahamYoungGuitar12 жыл бұрын
Man, the fuzz just sounds amazing!
@Dykwis13 жыл бұрын
I love his sound of guitar:)
@danboyguitar9413 жыл бұрын
Perfect :D one of the main reasons why i play guitar !!
@LoganBoyle1214 жыл бұрын
he has the best sound ever.
@PiersEllisonofficial11 жыл бұрын
Isn't it amazing that even he has influences? That astounds me...\m/
@bobbystassi12 жыл бұрын
EJ,Brian May,J.J.Cale.Johnny Greenwood.all inovators of the tech of the time.love it.
@jakeyyvampiree12 жыл бұрын
0:45 - 0:49 the most beautiful sound ever! :o
@michalzajac.official12 жыл бұрын
his clean tone is magnificent
@tankjr8514 жыл бұрын
5:00 no words to say...i just wanna cry.
@netoriffvai14 жыл бұрын
simply amazing man, he was one of my first influences and when i heard him for the first time i definitely fell in love with his playing...thanks Mr johnson check out some of my cool videos by the way! aha!
@nonameinfl12 жыл бұрын
Wow! He's just noodlen' around and it is just flat out killer tone. Imagine having a guitar store jam with him.
@iamtheari14 жыл бұрын
At 0:42 he turned on the TC Electronic Stereo Chorus Flanger, which is either in Chorus or Pitch Shift mode and sends its stereo output to two Fender blackface Twin Reverb amplifiers. At 0:53 he stomped on a true bypass effects loop, and in the loop there is an Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man. At 1:12 he turned on a (probably vintage) MXR Dyna Comp. Hope that helps.
@ggayle10011 жыл бұрын
As a teenager I aimlessly played for about 5 years then heard EJ. Nuff said.
@killah741014 жыл бұрын
enchanting!
@davo17115 жыл бұрын
This must be new. His cleans are amazing!
@lockupmalaysia14 жыл бұрын
@jesse1291 I guess its the music that keeps him young plus the fact that he's absolutely clean (no alcohol or drugs)
@czaromar15 жыл бұрын
This is what I'm talking about a real Clean Sound amazing
@Twistchawa14 жыл бұрын
Although I have a general disdain for computers, it is things like this which make it nearly worth it. I would be ashamed to say how many times I have watched this video. It is a wealth of tone knowledge, and (of course) gives you a good look at where all those little knobbies are. . . Now how does he get that much gain and saturation out of that lead amp with all the tone controls at nearly 0 and a Strat?!?!
@reneherrera987312 жыл бұрын
wow! i love those tones he gets!
@coffinshaker10 жыл бұрын
:45 with the TC Electronics Chorus is wicked.
@TheXelavid10 жыл бұрын
5:25 he makes the guitar sound like angels
@sethtastical13 жыл бұрын
i love how he's like "yeah, im cutting off whatever you're saying. SHRED SHRED SHRED" i would too, if i were him.
@LesYocum14 жыл бұрын
Great demonstration !
@jeredbillings82894 жыл бұрын
eric johnson is so cool
@tested21114 жыл бұрын
Bejo0: I know what you mean, especially when he kicks the Memory man on at 0:54. There's a fair bit of reverb on there, probably with som predelay so it comes in later. He also seems to have a fairly subtle delay and then the MM is a bit stronger but the MM is also changing the sound in a high-pass with chorus kind of way, which makes it really stand out. One of the nicest clean sounds I've ever heard, I think.
@trigmachine14 жыл бұрын
his tone is awesome
@bengrockson14 жыл бұрын
@jesse1291 yeah he looks gr8 for his age, hes a good friend of my dads, i sit down with him and play somtimes in Austin
@sarahvlo14 жыл бұрын
The tone king
@henkehakansson20047 жыл бұрын
Find it funny. While they go through in detail, his split setup, and all dirt pedals, they seem coy when it comes to reverb, which is THE major part of his sound. Don't see any reverb unit in there, and on the "violin" lead tone, it goes through the Echoplexes FIRST before hitting the amp. There's no built in reverb in the Marshalls, and no spring reverb resides inside those Echoplexes. One major contribution to his violin sound, and "naturally" compressed tone, is that in one of the first interviews I've read with him, he uses impedance mismatching on one of his Marshalls, the one with lead tone. That's why it comes out slightly muffled and muddy. Like he sets his amps head for running on the 4 Ohm speaker output but it goes into an 8 ohm speaker. You can have it upwards but not downwards, or else you will fry the amp. Upwards means it reduces effiency quite a lot, but that's why he cranks those 100W and the volume becomes somewhat squeezed and squashed, as well as his tone. If his reverbs and EP3 echoes goes into these amps first (especially Marshalls) they must be set with a very very low dry/wet mix otherwise you'll hear ugly intermodulation, from the echoes being distorted, as well as the reverbs. I think that's why it sounds like the echoes are "ducking". I e it's the compression of the tubes that makes the echoes sound like they're ducking.
@henkehakansson20047 жыл бұрын
What is held coy, is WHICH Maestro Echoplex unit he uses. He says it's an EP3. But EP3 came in 2 variations for a while. After the EP4 had been introduced it contained a compressor circuit. They decided to continue produce EP3 units too with this compressor circuit added, along with teh Ep4, without really notifying anyone. After a year or so they removed it from both units. You can't tell today from the outside which is which. The compressing effect is definitely heard as "ducking" or "pumping" when he plays those violin leads and there's a slight pause/break between the notes. Maybe it's that unit, and not the tubes in the amp?
@anynhi7 жыл бұрын
His room reverb is the real deal, man! Do you see the room with all that acoustic treatment? It costs $$$$$$ than a reverb pedal, and it is natural reverb. Why does he need a reverb pedal? ^^. Otherwise, what I know is, in live situation, Eric uses reverb on the mixer. He is extremely careful about what tone he's making and what listeners us perceived from our side. The special thing is whatever he gets in his hands, he can make it sound like he wants. In a small room with only a Marshall 18W combo, he knows how to adapt his tone using different gears.
@TheXelavid11 жыл бұрын
Heavenly tone, I fuckin love it
@applewhiteroad14 жыл бұрын
@casshalen i totally agree. i really consider ej as a master in the art of tone! but i think the word beautiful actually describes the tone the best!
@Bass4bassist112 жыл бұрын
The dislikes has to be 7 guitar players who think they can do it better than him! His tone his so Classic!!!
@breech12314 жыл бұрын
I really like the clean rhythm with the chorus and memory man best.
@jakeyyvampiree12 жыл бұрын
0:44 - 0:49 is he actually playing a song? if so what is it? that is so gorgeous!
@ozzyisgood11 жыл бұрын
right with you there.
@trigmachine13 жыл бұрын
great guitarist obvious influence on Joe Bonamassa who I also love!
@yatah11 жыл бұрын
I've definitely heard the first few notes in a classic piece but I agree that the rest is improvised.
@rafasounds201010 жыл бұрын
he was inspired in this day
@flyingsquirrel7314 жыл бұрын
'My' top 3 picks for fav tone: Eric Johnson, David Gilmour, and of course EVH.
@DevinSahnowsEncore14 жыл бұрын
I love the added echo at 0:53
@spider62able13 жыл бұрын
He also uses 70's Echoplexes for delay/reverb sounds. Note these are not tube driven just vintage solid state. The fuzz-face is a proto- type. The same one Joe Bonamasa has in his pedalboard.spiderjohn.
@cpoole7714 жыл бұрын
@johnathandk42134 He uses a TC Electronics Chorus/Flanger pedal. It is a longtime favorite of pros. He also uses George L's cables throughout his system.
@geetarmikey13 жыл бұрын
@MichaelD8393 'Start Me Up' by the Stones, which is a regular C to C6sus4, although Keef would have played it in open G tuning, Eric transposes it into regular tuning here. Hope this helps.
@aektzis9113 жыл бұрын
@bacalhaues at 0.26 its just his guitar straight into his fender twin (with a bit of the amp's reverb), at 0.43 its the TC electronic chorus/flanger on the chorus setting, after that he adds the EH memory man delay, and then the MXR dyna-comp (not sure which one...)
@Dashooter91113 жыл бұрын
That is the cleanist PLAYER I've ever heard..
@visiting3114 жыл бұрын
LOL hey there it is! Never noticed it either! 0:44 - 0:49 = !!!
@98DESTRUCTION14 жыл бұрын
he uses alot of pentatonic scales i love all his tones they sound beautiful and he plays so smoothly and fluently its unhuman lol
@Dustin_John14 жыл бұрын
@applewhiteroad that's why he's called the tone king
@heliobluesrock14 жыл бұрын
Yeah! So do I.
@taddykife14 жыл бұрын
oh my god that clean tone is sex in my ears
@TomMilleyMusic13 жыл бұрын
@ts808heaven 100w isnt actually a lot louder than 50w. for example, to be twice as loud as 50w you'd need 500w. anyways, i think when he says "to add more gain" i think its more to add some extra "smoothness" and overdrive to the sound but not to actually make it louder. also, he doesnt have it in the #2 position, you can actually see/hear him swtich it over to the bridge position. i think he was in position 2 for the fuzz tone.
@zr24X4ROCKS14 жыл бұрын
the best , hands down. i give up! man ! anyone want to buy a guitar!
@bigman1258314 жыл бұрын
If you look beside his pedals he has two echo plex units, he runs anywhere between 2 to 4.
@EquinoxParadox9112 жыл бұрын
How the hell does that music come from his head? It's gorgeous.