Guitar Lesson - Jimi Hendrix 'Bold As Love' (Part 1)

[@microcosm6871]

I like these kinds of tutorials where they assume you already know how to play the guitar, but just want to learn the song. The tuts that break it up by every single note and pluck just drive me insane! Good job!

[@fviannaval]

microcosm Ditto, brother!

[@jackcarlson9645]

Agreed

[@zappafan3473]

amazing lesson, not just for the tune (which i never though i'd be able to play), but for the style of the lesson itself - perfectly paced and laid out for the guitarist who's been playing a while but wants to get into the meat of the tune quickly. thanks a lot!

[@skyprop]

I like the way you not only hit the notes but you Nailed and tried to convey the feel of the song through the lesson.

[@georgedewar1682]

thanks, this is by far the best Bold as Love lesson I have watched, informative and a pleasure

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

Thanks...!!

[@MrDonovant]

you did an excellent job of showing all the nuances, especially the double-stops/hammer on/offs ...if you don't know those, then this tune is too advanced for you. My hand has a problem keeping the thumb holding down the bottom string whilst doing the double stops on the top strings...but I'm going to have to let my hand stretch out or finesse it. Jimi had GIANT hands! Thanks so much for this wonderful lesson and great tone sir!

[@petersupertramp]

Simple and fluent tutorial. I'm somewhat of a beginner (started 7-8 months ago) but i've been able to learn it quickly. Very clear. Well Done!

[@CristobalCruyff]

liar :)

[@Leprechaun2112]

One of the best Hendrix lessons I've seen. Well done and thanks.

[@alixrowland]

Great tutorial! Amazing how Hendrix did his chord fill... still inspiring after all these years... for example, the way he utilizes his thumb to hit the root 'A' or 'G' on the low E string, and then immediately reaches behind that fret with his index finger on the G string to hit the 9th and trill to the third... man, who'da thunk it except Hendrix?! Plan on covering this tune in my band... thanks so much for the help gettin' it under finger, and great job in execution!

[@genegoof7449]

Just saw this one, even though it been out there for years. Probably the most accurate tutorial on "Bold as Love" I have seen. And as you say in the intro: its probably good to know a little Jimi Hendrix chords and double stops before starting here. The Gsus is very difficult if you don't have long fingers... Thanks for this lesson. I think i'll help quite a few....

[@fivethumbsfrank]

great lesson, I'm very grateful, any chance of "one rainy wish please?

[@majorgunn]

Just fantastic, thank you for this

[@williswet]

Great stuff. Excellent teaching and playing! Thanks so much for putting these up Phil.

[@petups23]

Amazing! Took me a little bit but the speed is still perfect! Love the way you strum the inversions, you really have that Hendrix tone down accurately!

[@friendofGhosts]

Been learning from this video. Thanks a lot man!! Great teaching!!

[@CastlesMadeOf...]

AWESOME!! Will enjoy learning this...thanks!

[@voodosample]

Great lesson, simple, clear, concise, nice job, continue please !!! Perhaps castle made of sand ? Thank you.

[@vintagekory]

Really Really good. I will be spending some time guitar in hand enjoying this one!!

[@JorgeSanchez-fg5ef]

Great tone !!! Wow love it

[@ilanmoore6957]

This is probably one of the best lessons i could find for this song. Maybe its a tiny bit too fast but nothing going back 5 seconds cant solve. If only there was the full song as the main verse bit is played with a different spin on it after the chorus. Also i think the chorus can get played 2 different ways as you hear 2 different guitars in the studio version of it.

[@TheEDZEPPELINBAND]

This song just makes me smile.

[@butterfly9918]

What a great job on Bold as Love! Hendrix lovers rejoice!

[@PeterPug]

Great job...what a tune!

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

@jorisy00 - Thanks, I'm glad it helped you - I am using only a germanium fuzz pedal, and a vintage 100W. Marshall amp.- no other effects or pedals - pretty simple setup for this.

[@muffinman284]

I really like the way you play this

[@ninomatias]

thanks for your genial tuto! great sound and play!

[@dimebagjimi]

You have a very unique picking technique

[@arnarne]

Great stuff! Wonderful tune! Thank's

[@Jakelikeshiking]

So glad you've started uploading again Phil, subscribed and defiantly looking forward to more hendrix videos and more. Wondering what reissue strat that is?? Or in my naivety is it an original?

[@davidhalver9692]

Awesome work!!! Where is the Link to PART 2 ?!?!?!

[@bobertsix]

great lesson very concise which is a rarity on youtube.

[@holmerz]

Great lesson Phil, great playing, really like your sound. Could you drop a couple of words on your gear, thanks.

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

Hi Erik - The amp I'm using is a 1969 Marshall 100W. - with a 70's 4x12 cabinet (25 watt greenbacks) . The Strat is a CIJ with 69' Fender customshop pickups and the pedal I'm using (which is on for the entire clip) is a Berkos FX Germanium Experience fuzz (..extremely rare fuzz-face..!). I hope that helps... Thank You Erik..!

[@holmerz]

Thanks Phil, So you use the Fuzz and roll off the volume on the guitar to get that semi-clean sound? and also you mentioned that you use Thomastik strings, are those the Power Brights Medium Light? Thanks again

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

Erik Holm Nielsen .. Exactly.. I roll down the volume to get that 'chime' (or sparkle) in the top end... Normally the strings I use are Tomastik's 9-47 ..(9's with a heavy bottom..).. thanks Erik..!

[@holmerz]

Great, thanks again.

[@shawntwilson99]

Thanks for the great lesson.

[@jperryfan]

Really great lesson. Any chance you could House Burning Down. One of my favorite Jimi tunes and never seen a lesson for it on KZbin. Thanks1

[@scarletjohannsurg8204]

lmaoo he crushed one dudes dreams with that intro looool

[@joriswashere]

I learned a couple little things to make my attempt more shine! Thanks for that! Did you also use a effect pedal to make your Strat sounds like this?

[@rodrigojove7887]

Thank you, I really like this song.

[@beachcomber4141]

Very nice!!! 3:29 you got it right!! So many flub this part.

[@CristianoSobrallifestyle]

I think you nailed it... Deep tone, strong. Do you think i can get that tone with tex-mex pickups??

[@glaureano2013]

Love the sound

[@rafaelpeters3866]

it is different, he's leaving out some of the intricate licks that makes the song awesome.

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

@annolenno You did mean what kinda "Strat" is that..right..? Anyway it is 1968 reissue MIJ - it has 6105 a great tall and narrow fret wire and it has Fender "69" custom shop pickups in it..other than that it is pretty much stock...

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

@insanemembrane16 - So it is 1968 reissue MIJ - it has 6105 fret wire and it has Fender "69" custom shop pickups in it..other than that it is pretty much stock...Thanks for the positive feedback, and yeah much more Jimi to come...!!!

[@TheAdrianpp]

Great video! completely correct.

[@siggiagustsson]

Ok, this is pure awesomeness. Is there though any possibility you could upload some tabs? I'm having a hard time keeping up with the speed.

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

This is a lot more about your technique....The pickups, amps and guitars can all help, but it starts with how you play it first. Focus on using your thumb to capture the bass notes and stay loose and relaxed to insure your technique and timing are spot on...So yes..Tex-mex pickups are fine. I hope that helps..lots of practice too..:)

[@nendokan]

Thanks for the lesson it was very informative. This is also one of my favourite Hendrix songs. May I ask is that a Highway one Strat with 70's style large head stock?

[@keegan1948]

Totally beastin the song bro

[@grafen3teiner]

great lesson!!

[@wsstiger]

awesome~

[@Walamonga1313]

thanks but i got it before your reply :) anyway keep doing hendrix lessons you rock!

[@MrHendrix999]

Good job!

[@ynyslochtyn]

Brilliant

[@stratbluesman]

awesome !!!!

[@AG-qk1gy]

Any chance of doing a Wait until tomorrow lesson? A little slower than this one?

[@randolphmorningstar9984]

This is more of a cover, could use a bit more in depth explaining but it is very very accurate so it balances it out.

[@fabianhurtado9559]

What do you have the fuzz at? Killer freakin tone man!!

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

It’s not too high up on the fuzz - maybe 9 o’clock.. level about 2:00 o’clock or so.. guitar is rolled down to 7-8 or so as well.. the Marshall amp helps & the fuzz is super rare, it a Berkos ‘Germanium Experience’ fuzz.. great pedal if you can possibly find one..✌🏼

[@grumpyshev]

Man, I can play the whole thing pretty well but the double stops at 1.55 are killing me -they sound wrong. Dunno if I am playing this on a Les Paul that has something to do with it or not. Do you have a quick tab for that bit? Keep up the videos - you play great and you don't patronise. But: more videos! Some Zep please. Or Clapton.

[@nigelnaicker9615]

Nice vid thanks

[@Marco-ov5ix]

great lesson! what kind of strings do you use?

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

The strings I use have are from Austria - Tomastik Infeld - the cost a bit more - but are worth it as they last a long time and sound great too..!

[@holmerz]

There seems to be several different types, is it the blues sliders? Thanks.

[@gkillmaster]

this is fantastic and you play it so well. thank you so so much for this!

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

@bobertsix Thanks - I appreciate it - There is a ton of stuff I'd like to go over on this...and it is hard to address it all in youtube video..!

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

@DFA1972 Thanks Man..!! Your very welcome.

[@giovannigalbiati5717]

Nice tutorial! thanks a lot! What guitar are you actually playing?

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

Giovanni Galbiati - Its a Japanese CIJ 1968 reissue strat .. great guitar..🎸🎶

[@giovannigalbiati5717]

PWGWORKSHOP definetly it is!

[@cjwall1341]

Excellent lesson. What amp are you running thru?

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

CJ Wall - I'm running a 100watt Marshall, into a 4x12 cab. With greenbacks.. 🎶🎸🎶

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

I'm in 5th position, I use my 4th finger to hammer-on then pull-off at the 8th fret of the 'b' string..the rest is more double stops..listen to it very carefully...As I mentioned in the start of this video, it is not a simple piece...So stay at it and it will eventually come together..!

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

Thanks you..!

[@thebarberone]

Can you explain the inversion portion? Why is it called an inversion?

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

Well, when you do an inversion of a chord, you change the order of when the notes happen in the chord... To invert something is to turn it upside-down... So that is what Jimi did quite often... He used 1st inversion quite a bit (the 3rd of the chord is in the bass, the lowest note)... I hope that helps..!

[@stratagize]

that's pretty harsh don't you think?...he clearly stated that this wasn't a song for beginners. He's assuming you know a bit about chord progressions and movements and Hendrix melodic techniques. If you don't know that stuff already then yeah...I can understand how you might be disappointed. But I can assure you it's all there. Plain as day if you know what you are looking at.

[@ibis646]

Sweet..

[@marksc1929]

...nice job bud ....thx

[@jovipodge823]

what are the three chords he plays at 4.04?

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

It's just a blues turnaround in 'A' - so I'm playing on the 9th fret switching between the 'G' & high 'E' strings...Do this moving down chromatically to the 8th, then to the 7th fret...then you punch the F# minor chord... I hope that helps..!

[@stevenshankar8365]

I play those as a C#m7b5 chromatically down to a Bm7b5. gosk.com/chords/m7b5-chords-for-guitar.php First fingering shown on that site except play the root note on the high e instead of the low e. (Not sure if this is correct but it sounds good.)

[@coolwaterdvr]

🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@Walamonga1313]

i cant get the 4:22, somebody help please

[@tozzism]

most accurate on tube

[@sifugurusensei]

i know. he doesn't break it down. i had to keep pausing it and i actually had to transcribe it by ear trying different stuff.

[@adrianaescobar7041]

what is the tunning???????????? please

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

As I said in the into - This is tuned down a half-step... So 'E flat' would be the tuning.. Good luck..!

[@SteveKrantz]

What amp are you using?

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

It is a 100-Watt vintage Marshall...Basically its what Hendrix used...

[@SteveKrantz]

PWGWORKSHOP lol well I know for the sake of the beginners and the experts alike that you're trying to focus away from the kind of amp and guitar you're using and focus more on the actual playing. So if I had to guess....lemme listen one more time..JMP? Not a bluesbreaker...I dunno. Cool sound though.

[@sifugurusensei]

for good hendrix lesson go to papastache. he breaks it down, and he has tons of hendrix stuff.

[@sifugurusensei]

nice tone. actually i don't know what i'm talking about. heh, heh

[@DustinSmith_dustyrocks]

Nice playing! I did a cover of Bold as Love as well…Check it out!

[@cybernautsterranautsandast2151]

I see no point whatsoever in tuning the guitar down unless your playing with the record. Nuisance.

[@PWGWORKSHOP]

Well, I personally want to play in the original key, you can't do that for this (and many other) Hendrix song(s) if you don't tune-down...So.., to me - it's very much like painting a picture with the wrong colors...I also know you may not be performing this in a live situation, whereas I have many times & again to me, it makes a big difference.

[@cybernautsterranautsandast2151]

Fine for you. The fingerings are the same. Only you know you're tuned down. For teaching purposes, I consider it a headache that is unnecessary (for older folks with clocks ticking). I use Riff Station and with one click Eb can be bumped up a semitone to E on the sound file of the song. I'd rather re-tune the music to the guitar than the guitar to the music. It's a question of wasting time for no gain in the learning of the song. When one is ready to do the whole thing and for performance, then tune the guitar. Just my logic.

[@ws158]

Haha way to hard for me as a beginner makes me want to quit playing after seeing thie

[@gkillmaster]

do you do voodoo child slight return by chance? It must feel like flying to be able to play like Hendrix...