He Only Needed 1 Guitar, 1 Amp, and 1 Scale!

[@coreycongilio]

In this video I'll show you how Eric Clapton's playing on the John Mayall and The Blues Breakers change blues guitar by using a Les Paul, Marshall JTM 45 Combo and a simple Minor Pentatonic Scale! Get 50% off Just The Licks Blues Breakers Edition! workingclassguitar.com/p/just-the-licks-bluesbreakers-edition?coupon_code=YT124&product_id=5292071 Get the TAB and Track FREE! workingclassguitar.com/courses/best-of-corey-s-youtube/lectures/51533382?preview=admin Learn more about the Clapton and the Beano record by watching these great videos! Five Watt World kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmnOmXyDacp6b9k The JHS Show! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6Kyqn2YeN2sppI

[@Tony_Leonardi.]

Unable to download the free tab is there a coupon code?

[@gwhiz3708]

The link for tab and track is dead 🪦

[@Tony_Leonardi.]

Yup

[@coreycongilio]

@@gwhiz3708 just fixed it. It is also in the video description

[@coreycongilio]

@@Tony_Leonardi. just fixed it. It is also in the video description

[@compucorder64]

Peter Green was another incredible guitarist like that. All about the expression and the tone. Like on 'Fool No More' for example, he had the instinctive musicality to know that mostly, less is more. Too many people lose sight of that and then go to far toward being performing musicians, rather than being artists. Not to knock musicians, but, they often aren't the same thing.

[@jokermaan1]

Peter Green followed Clapton in the Blues breakers and 'A Hard Road' was his 'Beano' album.

[@ericblaich7681]

Peter Green was peerless at his peak ! Restrained and tasteful with a very unique tone and phrasing ☝️👊

[@marcblum5348]

EC is still the most boring well-known guitarist in the world.

[@crasherxtreme]

His best era. Loved mayall/clapton and mayall/green.. the first clapton solo I learned besides acoustic Layla was "double crossing time". Also learned "nobody knows you when youre down and out!". This was on the major scale.

[@erikhimel]

Love the top on that Les Paul!!!

[@walterredaelli7507]

Corey 👍🏻. Great lesson. Blues on bro🎸

[@jeremyhickersonsalem]

great video!

[@t.garratt5371]

I saw John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton 11th April 1966 at the Marquee club in London, it cost us 7 shillings & six pence to get in, that's about 38 p in today's money or in American, 30c. He was astounding that night, it was the first time I saw a Les Paul or a Marshall amp. Four of us had to sleep in the car that night.

[@trevorclarey3336]

shillings , haven't heard that for years 7&6 you were robbed "joke"

[@Jonathan-L]

This would have to be THE BEST guitar tone I've ever heard.

[@spoonophosese2450]

Concur

[@stricknine8623]

The tone you are getting here is nothing short of incredibly good !!

[@dustinbroussard2653]

I concur.

[@RobertKeeleyTV]

Without a doubt, Corey's tone is incredible!

[@col145]

Tone is ok ….. but it ain’t the tone on the record 🙃

[@whiskersb5296]

It is great, but you should hear the record.

[@stricknine8623]

@@whiskersb5296 What makes you think that a compliment on this guy's tone is an indication that I haven't heard the Beano album ?

[@jonathanhines2441]

Great tone and video. For me, Clapton has always been the man. He was inspired by Freddie King, early Buddy Guy, BB King, and others but, to me, his phrasing and touch are guitar perfection that has no fluff, pointless flash, or wasted notes.

[@zyzzyvacation]

8:45 The "Beano Boost" (Analogman) is named after the 1966 Blues Breakers album that features Clapton reading the Beano comic on the sleeve. Incidentally, the guy sitting on Clapton's left on the album cover is bassist John McVie who would later form Fleetwood Mac. Personally, I think that Clapton was at the top of his game during his time with John Mayall. There was rawness and fury in his playing that inspired an entire generation.

[@WillieDuitt1]

The dope took a toll...

[@olafbigandglad]

Peter Green formed Fleetwood Mac. John McVie wasn't even the first bass player. That was Bob Brunning.

[@jessprice1518]

All I can say is, Eric Clapton is my favorite guitarists, favorite guitarist… Right? He inspired so many of the greatest guitarists of all time. I’ve actually only heard one other guitarist say anything bad about Clapton. That particular guitarist has a bad opinion about everyone though. The Beno album was incredible! Thanks for all your continued efforts and contribution to the KZbin world 👍

[@iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145]

Really? Sad to hear. There were mny others like him hitting way harder in the guitar and music biz. But even the hill billy knows EC and stops crawling deeper. Because hey, it is EC. EC is a magician on the strings no doubt. But his role in music and guitar history is present and true but not "the one"

[@glenh2752]

I agree a great player can make a captivating solo with just those 5 notes. Paul Kossof was the master of phrasing. When people judge guitarists these days, they tend to look at the technical element and criticise their often limited vocabularys. But focus on the phrasing and what these guitarists did for music overall, above anything it’s about creating great songs with feel.

[@howardtyler7]

I don’t remember Kossof ever playing a fast solo! It was 100% soul,tone and feel with him! A true Master!

[@user-up1us9jf1o]

I love Koss. If you really look at his solos he even uses the same notes/phrases just in different order on different songs.

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

People are obsessed with what I consider dull playing. I'd rather hear Kossoff, JJ Cale, Mark Knopfler, Jimmy Page or David Gilmore saying more with a few well chosen notes than anyone else could say in a flurry of notes

[@paulhansen8566]

The version of Cream's volume II live album of Steppin out, is killer also!

[@MilosBrajkovic-rc3ik]

Unparalleled! Best break neck drive in r'n'r history! Forever! 👍

[@BrianBrazilHarmonica]

I bought that album in 1967 shortly after it came out. I went on to collect about 7 more of the Blues Breakers albums featured more the bands great lead guitar players like Peter Green and Mick Taylor.

[@Black_Hat_Music]

This is a great video. I knew the story of the album but your examples with the Ox is amazing. The room mic is clearly the magic dust on those tones. Well done Sir!! ☮️✌️☮️

[@castleanthrax1833]

Yeah. Jimmy Page would use this technique, too. I believe he called it distance equals depth.

[@CJZM7777]

I saw an interview with Clapton from 1960s era and he demonstrated his guitar tone. He played exactly the same parts of the minor pentatonic box 1, box 5 and box 2 demonstrated in this video and yes, he used his index and ring finger for the 4 fret stretch on the treble E and B strings in box 1. He only used the bass E and A strings from box 5 and he used the G, B and E strings from box 2. You can always repeat these shapes an octave up with the G minor pentatonic box 1 starting at fret 15. You can get a lot of tone from just these shapes.

[@colinpadley1897]

Very overated player.

[@spudvader]

@@colinpadley1897What you mean is, you think he is overrated. Each to there own and all that

[@gwhiz3708]

Calm down girls, after all, training bras aren’t one size fits all 😂

[@Dreyno]

@@badger519Well, I’m assuming he’s going to put up a link to his own playing to show his coruscating opinion is founded on genuine knowledge.

[@Dreyno]

You can’t bend with your pinky. That’s why so many players rarely use it. Clapton was always adding little bends and vibrato and using the pinky on those notes precludes you from doing that reliably.

[@johnp.johnson1541]

*Clapton is YAWN!* it is cringy that people once thought he was God. Likely he is the second most overrated guitarist after that terrible fake guitarist, Jimmy Page.

[@mikebrookfield]

Clapton is the gaffer.. he’s easy overlooked these days.. sounding great! Keep it burnin!🔥🎸

[@peterm3964]

Can you do. Billy Gibbons tone rubdown ? I want to know how he gets his BLOOM . It is kinda flangey /phasey .

[@Robowx]

What’s funny is Mike Bloomfield the majority of the time plugged straight into the amp and he no where gets the respect and attention these other guys get. Yeah and BTW, it was Mike Bloomfield who made me pick up the guitar. So maybe I’m biased. 😊

[@contemposuits1983]

That simple Minor Pentatonic scale is not much different than knowing the alphabet. Clapton became a master at writing licks and phrases with just those handful of notes at a young age I might add.

[@jimclegg5659]

The Clapton course is great, Corey! I really like how you emphasize the nuances of Clapton's playing. It's those subtle nuances that, to me, made Clapton such an amazing guitarist. Great job teaching his playing style!!

[@LaMarrBrewster]

Great video Corey! You can almost hear the "angst" that led to Cream in some of the Blues Breaker solos. Clapton was really going for it.

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

It seems to me that Lonnie Mack was playing more interesting stuff in 1963 than Clapton became famous for a couple years later. Mack was mixing blues with country, bluegrass and jazz licks and playing every bit as precisely and with as much skill as EC wound up doing with his strictly blues stuff . Lonnie used a Magnatone amp or a Leslie cabinet so his tone wasn't as heavy as ECs but the playing was definitely every bit as impressive if not more so

[@bluesengine7881]

and he's been playing that scale for 70 years

[@brandonpalk8859]

60s Clapton and B.B. King were just the absolute masters of ‘Less is more.’ They could both just make a few simple notes absolutely sing…

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

I was just thinking about learning some Slowhand stuff. Time to dive in on the course!

[@coreycongilio]

Ha! Yeah buddy!

[@berkc06]

I think Carl Perkins spoke well: "You know there is song writers, there is singers, there is guitar players. Only one man conquered all of them.Clapton done that all around the world.

[@immanuelkuhrt8508]

It's pentatonic with a twist. He doesn't fret the non-pentatonic notes. He bends into them 🙂

[@MrSmegfish]

Blackmore said Clapton did not have one crafted solo...just blues runs.

[@thewoodys_surf_instrumental]

Very cool and informative clip. Yeah, when I was a young teenager in the early 70s my world was Hendrix, Clapton and Paul Kossoff. Technology is so fun these days. The room sound you got is awesome and I was cracking up when you went from a wood floor to carpet floor with a click of a switch .. Ha!

[@EvgenijGr]

Up until this moment I thought that carpets were just for decoration and fixing stuff in place…

[@jerrymcgeorge4117]

I got a Fryette PS2A instead of the Ox. Now I think I should have gotten the Ox! 😂

[@pascalauzias5636]

My favorite Clapton solo is on the Yardbirds "I aint got you", 1964... I mean NOBODY played like him in 1964 !!! This IS why one called him GOD

[@stickman55100]

I think you totally nailed the tone. Great work and tips on this. And your playing is so magnificently fluid. Such a simple set up and amazing tone!!!

[@coreycongilio]

Thanks a ton!

[@annoyingbstard9407]

He was a good guitarist..he would have been a great guitarist if he wasn’t quite as predictable.

[@kurtweiand7086]

Your tone is one of the best, 😊 thanks for showing us how to get it going!

[@5150show]

Eric is my main man .

[@toddmoney8921]

Dunno about the Bluesbreaker but you’ll notice in pics or vids from the Cream/100w stacks era, Clapton always used the 2nd - darker channel. I think that’s where a lot of the warmth of his tone came from. He’s always said he just turned everything up full.

[@cliffords2315]

Clapton had the very first so called Plexi's they were JTM 100's using KT66 tubes, not unlike the Marshall VIntage Modern 100 watt amp, just has added mid boost and master volume, he also had 25 Watt Greenbacks.

[@imannonymous7707]

Les paul straight in to a Marshall. Go figure ,

[@JesseIsleymusic]

Great tone Corey! That Bluesbreakers record is damn near perfect.

[@davidcromwell6805]

Corey, you're on fire! Looking forward to diving into this course soon!

[@coreycongilio]

Thx David! Enjoy!

[@renatodiiorio691]

I purchased the course last night and have just begun learning. Like all your material the information is valuable and you explain with passion which makes me want to play. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Please continue for a long long time

[@coreycongilio]

Thanks so much! I hope you continue to enjoy it!

[@kdavis63]

Mahalo Corey!! One of my favs from my high school days! Still listen that LP to this day!

[@cowboy68]

Been playing the blues scale forever. Never heard anything else than the pentatonic from him

[@bluesfuze]

Sounds great but did you turn tone knob back? Very important to EC beano tone

[@lightningstrikes7314]

Really great job and commentary/analysis. I'm into Holdsworth, Scofield, McLaughlin etc. but always come back to the Beano album-it's where it all started, the tone, phrasing and articulation is phenomenal.

[@stanislavmigra]

Great lesson and great sound. Im all for "embrace the Pentatonics before stepping outside pentatonics". Most of solos, that I like is pure pentatonics and I see nothing wrong with that. Funny thing, that Beano boost developemetn was sparked by guitar tech of Tony Iommi, as attempt to find replacement for his long lost Treble booster and has nothing to do with Eric Clapton. Dunno, why they called it Beano boost at the end.

[@howardtyler7]

You can see where Ritchie Blackmore “borrowed” the riff from Black Night from! Great lesson !👍

[@stephenscott6991]

Corey, master of your craft and techno-wizard for sure😮, a giant in the guitar world community, Paid your dues, live life to the fullest and may all your wildest dreams come true !

[@jerrypinner1671]

It wasn't just the notes, Clapton had great time - phrased like a vocalist

[@danle3181]

You just nailed it. "HAD" is the keyword. Nowadays, he sounds and plays electric guitar like shit.

[@shobudski6776]

@@danle3181He also almost 80 years old and his lifestyle caught up with him. Besides the fact that he plays boosted Fender Strats that sound like shit.

[@DizzyKrissi]

The Beano-Album was Gary Moore's and other young players bible . there are so many great tracks like: have you heard, steppin' out, Hideaway etc. Clapton stated himself that he never played better than on this album.

[@steved1099]

Gary is VERY EC influenced.. I can hear it all through his blues playing

[@anthonydavella8350]

You RAWK sir. Man, sounds killer!!

[@coreycongilio]

Thx!

[@jroc2201]

What i finally realized is how the bends make it really come alive

[@Jonathan-L]

Fully agree with you jroc ... the note bends make the amp 'sing'.

[@jbrown292]

The "room sound" feel DEFINATELY reminds me of prime Deep Purple Ritchie Blackmore. I would assume they used the same thing

[@EvgenijGr]

It heavily reminded me about their song “Lazy”. It has similar sound, and even some ideas sound similar to the ones in the video.

[@indyvin]

The solo that really put Clapton on the map is the one on "Telephone Blues", with John Mayall. I don't think it is on this album. I have it on "Anthology of the British Blues", and also on streaming. It is that solo that shows Eric's complete mastery of the blues and put him virtually in a class by himself.

[@markrayner6615]

Yeah that was always my fave Clapton/Mayall solo as well. 'Telephone Blues' was the B side of the single "I Am Your Witchdoctor' released sometime in '66. The Beano album was stunning at the time and remains so all these years later. Too many people these days slag off EC, they don't realise how much he changed the sonic world of the 60s and what a brilliant guitarist he was (and prob still is!) Anyone reading this who doesn't know 'Telephone Blues' really needs to give it a listen, it's from the same era as the Beano and it's incredible. Cheers :))x

[@indyvin]

Right on, Mark. Glad you appreciate. Other favorites of mine are "My Fathers Eyes" live with Steve Gadd on drums and his pal Andy Fairweather Low on rhythm guitar. Also, how about "Love Minus Zero, No Limit" on the Dylan 30th anniversary special. Clapton can play live and create these perfect melodic solos. Most others can only do this kind of thing in the studio, maybe.

[@christianstevens9804]

I remember reading about the battles he had to fight with the “sound engineers” from the studio in order to accomplish the tone he was after for the album. According to EC they wearing white coats like doctors. It was London In the 1960’s😂

[@golfdoc1950]

First heard the Beano album as high school senior. Knocked me out. Been fortunate enough to hear Clapton live a few times and even John Mayall at the Cabooze bar in Minneapolis.

[@waynegram8907]

COREY, make a video showing a bunch of CREAM clapton licks and the top 10 clapton cream HABITS he does often. He really makes the pentatonic talk phrases. Also try to make a video about how to get Claptons CREAM woman tone because its much harder to really get that woman tone its not just rolling back the tone pot there must be more to it.

[@Dad-Gad]

Every guitar has a sweet spot where it sounds best on the tone pot , where it blooms more . Key to woman tone is listening for that as you adjust the tone imo 👍

[@williamswanson6424]

You need to do a deep dive into Mike Bloomfield.

[@michaelcarey9359]

I hear quite a bit of some MAJOR pent on that album.

[@coreycongilio]

Yep! He combines them a lot!

[@argbluesman]

I really love how some cork sniffers get offended by the word “software” but if you hadn’t told them they wouldn’t have known or “heard” because they already watched half the video without complaining 😆 Amazing as always, Corey! One of the best educators out there.

[@coreycongilio]

😉🙏🏻

[@swaffy101]

Great stuff! Would love some Peter Green and Danny Kirwin!

[@johnpick8336]

I have been listening to the Beano album for over 50 years. You've got that Beano Clapton tone Nailed Bro !

[@Dad-Gad]

Kossoff , Green , Page , Hendrix could all just play a 3 note lick and make it mean and feel more than some guitar players entire career 👌👍

[@sld67869801]

Leslie West could do that too. He is forgotten it seems but I think he definitely belongs in that group.

[@dopeymark]

The album you should check out is John Mayall "Back to the Roots". I used to play it endlessly years ago.

[@stefanhortell4046]

Great album!

[@timjoseph887]

Finally you hit on Beano! Great are you gonna get a Bluesbreaker? 😅

[@paulrhodesquinn]

I’m a pro keys player learning guitar. I can hear what I want to play in my head but have that frustrating feeling when you have to translate it to a less familiar instrument. I bought your beginner Blues licks course recently on TrueFire and am loving it! I do a new lick every morning then transpose it and improvise using it and combine it with the others I’ve learned and feel like I’m really making some progress. I’ve been recommending your courses to everyone I know! Great teaching and playing!

[@coreycongilio]

Thx for the support! Enjoy the courses!

[@neilevans6229]

Eric has played Guitar with all of the Greats He Himself is one of them .

[@slashtrio]

Man this is cool! I’m a big fan of that album. I’m gonna check out your course. 🎸👍🏼

[@ridesingletrack]

Wow, you really nailed the tone but more importantly the vibe of those licks. Sounds awesome. Thanks for the lesson!

[@allenwelden7099]

Wall of sound from two-notes does the same thing

[@Jonathan-L]

@@allenwelden7099 ... 2 notes together actually produce 4 tones; the original 2 notes, plus the harmonics.

[@allenwelden7099]

@@Jonathan-L Can't tell if your serious......

[@martenx1384]

Such a shame why always Eric Clapton his mentioned. So many other guitar greats used LP's: Peter Green, Gary Moore and many other's.

[@jurandirsandroni6047]

Maybe im wrong but...man this song Steppin Out...its like LAZY from Deep Purple!!!

[@richb7113]

OOOHHHH, some shit hot sounds there!!! Just one question...WHY HASN'T ERIC BEEN KNIGHTED???

[@None-lh5mx]

I was just looking at R9s yesterday. Oh no. I did not need this video.

[@gregdolecki8530]

His best playing was before the Strat and before the heroin. After that, the fire was gone.

[@johnmarshall3903]

So was his great tone, once he abandoned the Marshalls.

[@gregdolecki8530]

@@johnmarshall3903 Agreed.

[@jonstephenson5436]

I love this album! My guitar teacher put me on it when I was like 16. His take on Hideaway on this album is my favorite. It has a lot of push/pull between the major 3rd and minor. That one, and steppin out are classics.

[@nimitz1739]

Nice Marshall Jubilee I just got one last month! Killer amp

[@coreycongilio]

It’s great!

[@spideymarino]

Just brilliant Corey. Killer playing, killer tone , killer lesson. Thanks. 👍👍

[@Kryptoprediger]

9:52 Great, Treble Booster and Neck-Pickup, close to Clapton's woman tone!

[@stratman9449]

in the late 60s and in 70 i didn' "have" pedals...there was only a Wahwah and (perhaps) a fuzz pedal (like Jimi had)...the rest was just the amp...a marshall 50 or 100 watt....that's it....end of.

[@Tolbens]

It is possible that Richie Blackmore inspired by that and made Lazy from F, G & A scales ...

[@stratjed]

The first to do something in all ART wins. Nothing Eric did was "first". But he was the first to do it like that. EC said publicly that when he heard Music from Big Pink, Cream became embarrassing. The forefathers of Heavy metal and prog rock became embarrassing to him. That's a heavy. feeling for him to have in 1968 ! He said he felt like a dandy-boy when he visited The Band in Woodstock.

[@lynnglidewell7367]

Eric Clapton made The Blues Rock. Before him nobody did that. Oh don't get me wrong, their where many a great Blues guitarists, but they didn't Rock. It took Eric to do that. Even before Hendrix.

[@mikeselsvik8357]

Eric Clapton used the minor and major pentatonic scales interchangeably every good guitar player in the 60,s and 70/duaa

[@steved1099]

Leslie west once said ‘if you don’t get Eric Clapton, just try playing steppin out live on stage…” this album was so influential that even the naysayers here don’t realise that their personal guitar hero probably loved this album as well… van halen, Hendrix, satriani, even malmsteen(!}, Brian May, Eric Johnson, SRV etc etc etc all said this album changed their life.

[@dylanrekrut990]

I mean when you’re the first to do something it would be considered groundbreaking... Clapton is god

[@martindrury6321]

I really like the sound of both pickups together.

[@tazisme5751]

My favorite thing about clapton is his awesome tone. I can't really put my finger on it but it has such a simultaneously unique & classic sound.

[@mikeyh1111]

Erics tone comes from his fingers and soul as much as his guitar and amp

[@metalzonemt-2]

@@mikeyh1111 Tone doesn't come from fingers, it comes from the amp and the speaker. Fingers are there just to press the strigs against the frets.

[@tazisme5751]

@@metalzonemt-2 tone deff comes from how you play the guitar. Different materials also dampen reverberations of the strings. That includes fingers

[@metalzonemt-2]

@@tazisme5751 No it doesn't. Sustaine/reverb is not the same thing as tone. If I would play Clapton's guitar and his gear, I would be shittier player, but the tone would be exactly the same.

[@shaunmcinnis1960]

He probably didn’t know much more back then, he was very young too.

[@pietroanania]

yes ,only Marshall 1962 Combo Amp. No treble booster as said so much people

[@geoffgoodall3839]

Big thing is contemporary wise he was doing it before anyone else totaly original blazing the trail check out stormy monday 1965 mayal pt2 its got it all

[@robshrock-shirakbari1862]

I think Clapton is the most boring and overrated guitar hero. He plays the same shit all the time. All the time. All the time.

[@JoelPerri7777]

While stepping out and hideaway were the amazing instrumentals on beano, the solo in “have you heard” is imo his most passioned playing besides the Layla album stuff.

[@j.kittredge]

I saw John Mayall & blues breakers at Venice Pier musta been 67?

[@mattacjones]

I'd agree that solo is simple in that it is pentatonic, but it is NOT simple to play!!

[@22julip]

Page used a guitar a amp a pedal or two . And with the rest of the boys , made a debut lp that had more sonic energy and a variety of sounds that Clapton couldn’t get with his LP they got the blues plus much more . Not a dig on Clapton, just the facts . Cheers

[@shannonvanpatten8341]

Clapton and Page et al understood how valuable room sound was. It's pretty much a lost art.

[@thomaspick4123]

When you plug an electric cord into the wall, do not touch the metal prongs. Hold the cord by the plastic receptacle when you plug a cord into the wall. That way, the accident of your hair standing up should not occur.