I practiced ONLY THIS for 4 years straight. Cliffs of Dover. Eric Johnson.

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I really did practice this song for 4 years. not every day, obviously, but most days. this song helped me develop so much as a guitarist. I should upload a video of what I used to sound like before learning this. I was forced to develop my ear and technique so much it's crazy. What a difference it's been to step out of the comfort zone and learn a song I had no chance of doing AT ALL, and sticking it out a few years. Had a lot of fun. I also only really discovered #ericjohnson 4 years ago. his sound and tone immediately satisfied something in me and I thought, "I gotta learn how to play like this guy."
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[@jonasanttila]

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[@Jonathan-gk8jq]

This is one of my favorite songs of all time and you did an INCREDIBLE job

[@GameLegend9]

You should drop the tone video bro

[@RickDanner]

sounds great Ive been playing 40 years cant play that

[@jaredb852]

Nice job

[@petrofsko]

Nice you nailed it enjoyed the listen terrific tune loved it

[@HopUpOutDaBed]

"Fear not the guitarist who practices 400 songs in a year, but the one who practiced only one song for 4 years straight" - Bruce Lee

[@carlosrobles5591]

Hahah that's a good one.

[@renatagtr]

That was the first thing I thought hahaha

[@alejobnz7619]

Hahahaha

[@maks2001mail]

As Sun Zu once said: «my balls hurt». Deep words that changed the lives of many.

[@BreathEmpowerment]

​@@maks2001mail "Do no harm, take no shit"- The Buddha

[@YouTw1tFace]

Fellow guitarist: "What's your warm up?" Him: "Cliffs of Dover"

[@jonasanttila]

Hahaha

[@JAYSONGS]

☺️👍🏼✌🏼

[@TheBcoolGuy]

This is true in Clone Hero for me.

[@TheAngryFapper]

This reminds me of a guy I met years ago when I was in a metal band. His warmup was Instrumedley by Dream Theater. He played this song almost flawlessly in its entirety. But the guy couldnt play anything else at all. Everything he tried to write and play was just a slight variation of instrumedley by dream theater. After a few practices he ended up telling us that he learned guitar 8 years ago and the first song he learned was instrumedley and that was the only song he ever played. He ended up not joining the band bc all he knew was dream theater

[@nickgreen4731]

@@TheAngryFapper A cautionary tale.

[@richyrich5049]

Bro HAD THE NERVE to play a solo in the middle of a 4 minute guitar solo, and this guy did the best cover of it I have ever heard. Legendary.

[@LuisFernandoMataPsC]

Correction: Bro had the nerve to play an epic guitar solo in the middle of THE LEGENDARARY guitar solo

[@Mr.PotatoAWESOMEFitnessTips]

99% note/tone accuracy for a song as soulful and difficult as this one is ABSOLUTELY incredible- congratulations, dude, this was really inspiring.

[@guitarist_covers]

Where do you think he missed?

[@Mr.PotatoAWESOMEFitnessTips]

@@guitarist_coversLook, this is THE MOST ACCURATE version of the song I've ever seen anyone play, even Eric Johnson don't do this HAHHAA- but 0:10 there's one, 1:31 tone is slightly off, 02:22 there's one, 02:32, 02:55, 03:10 tone, 03:49 is slightly off, 04:00 entry to the last shred is slightly off- but to be 100% fair, since the song has ~1300 notes, he's actually above 99% HAHAH

[@guitarist_covers]

@@Mr.PotatoAWESOMEFitnessTips Your ear is way better than mine. Even after listening to the timestamps I see nothing obvious, maybe a missed note at 02:32?

[@Mr.PotatoAWESOMEFitnessTips]

@@guitarist_covers HAHAHA too much Guitar Hero 3 growing up HAHAHA yup', there's one at 02:32

[@JeffCogswell]

I agree. For me 3:39 was probably the biggest mistake. I feel like an arrogant a-hole, but I heard a lot of other mistakes too. Right at 0:05 the bend was too far and sharp. At 0:11 he hit the wrong note… at 0:15 the bend was wrong… and so on blah blah blah… 1:30 wrong note… 1:36 the bend was off… 2:20 wrong note…2:43 wrong note… 3:50 a huge mess… yeah yeah… BUT… does it matter? No, you’re right, it was still AWESOME!! Those mistakes don’t matter, because he essentially made the piece his own at that point. Very good playing and I agree, one of the best covers I’ve heard. The mistakes don’t matter. This was amazing to listen to! I can only imagine how much he learned through this and now how much he’ll be able to play other solos. Hats off to him! I can’t wait to hear what he has in store… well, hopefully sooner than four years from now!

[@ricsouza5011]

bro practiced it so much he started to physically look like eric johnson

[@dildildil]

lmfao XD

[@kunai1362]

LOL

[@fabianomarques6087]

😂😂😂

[@thiefoftomorrow]

hahahahhahaha

[@dadsentertainment9823]

i was gonna comment that as well. he nailed every single notes

[@carlosrobles5591]

You're the first I've seen play the fast runs ON TEMPO and without removing notes. Great work.

[@RossGolden]

With four years of practice neck yeah. Talk about commitment

[@SDesWriter]

Rick Graham has the best version I've seen (since Johnson never plays it the same way twice). I highly recommend watching his version. It's eerie how easy he makes it look.

[@burkejones8277]

Well. Done.

[@Airhead348]

Yup

[@robgroden]

@@SDesWriterI think this version is pretty spot on

[@ethanhill4877]

Dude….ive been playing for 11 years and NEVER have i seen a guitarist play this as slick as you did. The amount of consistency and consecration is just…wow dude…the bends, the tone, The sweeps, everything. Good shiz man.

[@keepitsecret-dl1pr]

there's like one sweep lol

[@brianrodriguez6897]

Get better brotha

[@billybobtexas]

Yes his bends were so clean at the notes were spot on … amazing detailed work

[@residentGmail]

That breathe at the end is everything. All that hard work paid off definitely inspired me to practice more😊

[@ericmarkowitz3523]

My favorite part of the whole thing

[@catabaticanabatic3800]

Excellent. I think Eric Johnson worked on this song for 8 years before he deemed it fit for public performance. Keep up the good work.

[@timboland7767]

Is there a source for that ?

[@brianrodriguez6897]

I want the source too

[@chrishayes7771]

He should have waited much longer before performing it to the public because it fucking sucks. No lyrics means poor songwriting by cowardly men

[@BlueTransAm83]

Seriously, it shows or you can tell too.

[@xtreme-321]

swear he wrote it in five mins

[@CameTurner]

I started watching this, zoned out on my phone for a sec, and completely forgot I wasn't listening to the original song. This is the most impressive cover I think I've ever heard in my life. Almost indistinguishable. Incredible job.

[@St3althytoast3rTV]

Thats what I was saying! I legit cant find a fault! This is the best cover on film. Guaranteed or your money back.

[@tru3sk1ll]

same!

[@mm6705]

@@St3althytoast3rTV there's some minor syncopation mistakes in the beginning, and just a few throughout. but it doesnt really matter, sounds amazing.

[@ASimpleInternetUser]

It's been many years since I've heard this song, but it was certainly close enough to what I remember to transport me back to playing Guitar Hero 3 about 15 years ago. Memory is a crazy thing when it ties so strongly to your senses like that.

[@_Uh_Oh_]

@@St3althytoast3rTV He does 1 or 2 tiny weeeeny little mistakes but you'd have to be Eric or superhero to probably not do those! Amazing amazing cover, sat here absolutely mesmerized

[@DouglasOuimette]

I am 68 years old. Loved “ I cant play my own song”. Yesterday I was listening to an album I was on for Sony Records in 1995. And thought the exact same thing. There are a couple solos I couldn’t play. lol. Imagine this. When I was your age I used to have to put a 33 speed lp album on 16.5. and listen to the solos at half speed and learn them an octave lower so I figure them out note for note. If I am confusing you, find an old person and ask them what I am talking about. Hahaha

[@jortimant]

I'm his dad and we have a house full of vinyl and even 78s- that's how I used to learn as well.

[@jortimant]

@DouglasOuimette What did you play on?

[@jasonlough6640]

@@jortimant This right here. Parenting done right.

[@user-ou5ql2dc3k]

I've be an Eric Johnson fan for twenty five years. He undoubtedly the best in his genre. But boy , you kick ass . I'm impressed. Thank you for sharing

[@TaintedBlood30]

This song was noted to have been played by Johnson as early as 1984, yet didn't get a formal release until 1990. The idea that you could hear this song in a venue one day and have your mind literally BLOWN and then never hear it again. It would kill me. Thank god for the internet and the accessibility of even mediocre recording equipment. This cover is incredible and your hard work definitely paid off. That opening sounded amazing.

[@yormumahoe6469]

This is from one reddit post I remember before: "I remember being about 8, and in the car with my dad. I was in the front seat and we were driving somewhere, and this song came on the radio. He cranked it and said something about it being the best guitar playing ever. He really jammed out, which was really uncharacteristic because he was usually so stoic. It was the only time I heard the song, and he died before I could ever ask him what song it was. When I asked around, no one knew wtf I was talking about or what song I was thinking of. So I had this melody in my head for years, but how do you look up a song that has no lyrics? So for years and years, this song stayed on the back burner in my brain. I was afraid to forget it. Somehow this story pops up when I'm like 26 or so, chatting with my husband and we searched KZbin for "best guitar songs". After about 15 minutes, we find it. Cliffs of Dover was the song that I'd burned into my brain on repeat for 16 years. Now I jam out to it with my kids." u/1thruZero

[@bradleymorris8875]

I never liked this song.

[@iceWaterProductions1]

My friend and I are in our early 50s and his mom would drive us to EJ concerts when we were 15 years old and arrange for us to attend promising we wouldn’t drink. These shows were at the famous Rockerfellas in Houston, TX. We’ve seen Eric play full Hendrix or Beatles sets before and YES this song goes all the way back to at least then.

[@bradleymorris8875]

@@iceWaterProductions1 I miss Houston , Backstage , Power Tools , Kel Dogs !!!

[@rockstoneballs]

​@@bradleymorris8875no one asked or cares

[@trevordilley2070]

Is nobody going to mention him adjusting his headphones at 1:33 and not missing a beat? Absolute legendary performance

[@SuperPlopkoek]

yes, you

[@michaelalbuquerque4044]

Such an amazing movement, He plays this song as it is something really easy to play.

[@zethjin_66]

I saw it, chuckled!

[@iLikeTurtles0217]

No

[@rickgreb5783]

That was killer!

[@Lion-ht1zf]

In my best Chris Farley voice........"That was AWESOME!!!"

[@56sonnyann]

If you’re a guitar player, you understand that in the process of learning THIS, there’s a plethora of techniques and nuances that are learned along way. This is an amazing representation. Magnificent!!

[@jp222111333]

Best cliffs of Dover cover I’ve ever heard. Gave me goosebumps with every note. Now go practice another song for 4 years, you’ve mastered this one ☝️

[@madboy5686]

nooooo that first bend at 0:14 was shit

[@madboy5686]

plus his vibrato sucks

[@madboy5686]

his vibrato was shit to

[@madboy5686]

he needs to practice his technical skills 100%

[@kellygreenii]

I was about to say the same thing. Most importantly you captured the emotion of the tune. Well done. I can only imagine the quantum leap your playing took in the 4 years you worked with a tune like that…

[@josephr.6081]

Ok dude. Im59 yo. I Lived in Austin during the 80s and 90s. I’ve met Eric, I’ve talked with him. Ive watched him tune his guitar up close. Seen his effects pedals. I’ve seen him live two dozen times. This was amazing. I had tears, throat clinched up. Some nostalgia and memories in there. But that was damn near perfect bro. Wow. 😮

[@suge8347]

what a beautiful comment

[@wyleFTW]

If he's already lived 2 dozen times how many lives does he have left?? Perhaps he's some type of super cat 🤔

[@jacobwolf9840]

I played Guitar Hero 3, so I am also choked up.

[@JohnnyGoodBehavior]

I live in Austin where a good friend of mine is a guitar player and as he says “I’m a pretty good guitar player. But Austin doesn’t need any more pretty good guitar players.”

[@richardstarr6527]

@wyleftw fav internet comment ive seen in years

[@RickPMandel]

Don't practice something until you get it right: practice it until you can't get it wrong. Very, Very impressive work.

[@ajhwb]

4 years years of straight practices have been paid so fucking well

[@popeluigi]

I was obsessed with this song in 2007 when I first played it on Guitar Hero 3. My aspirations of being a guitar player were destroyed the day I looked up the tab for this song Well done. You have more discipline than I ever had. Cliffs of Dover is an instrumental masterpiece and being able to play it note for note is wildly impressive

[@xhappybunnyx]

SAME. Feels good that someone carried that torch to the finish line

[@dirty__cowboy_]

Same here. I played guitar almost every day for 5 years when I decided I was ready to try to learn the song. Looked at the tabs and pretty much ended my music career right then and there.

[@F_L_U_X]

I look up Clone Hero charts and play along in the air when I have nothing else to do. Guitar Hero got me into TBDM. RIP Trev ❤

[@jeffyboi6969]

Lame story, went to a highschool dance purely because they had a guitar hero 3 competition. Got 2nd place because of this song taking me to the final battle of me and another guy playing TTFAF, needless to say I got my ass kicked. But its a funny memory from that time going to a dance purely to play guitar hero on a huge screen in front of everyone lmao.

[@Zaven59]

You should play again. You don't have to be Eric Johnson. Just be yourself! This is a hard lesson we all deal with. ​@@dirty__cowboy_

[@AlecegonceTV]

Your performance is so damn near perfect, i forgot to wipe.

[@jonasanttila]

hahaha

[@nicklevi5537]

Not near. It is perfect.

[@JavaMike71]

I'm no guitar player, but I have known this song since it came out in 1988 and you NAILED IT! Awesome job!

[@danwilhite]

Yep! You got it! Beyond excellent, man!

[@infoherrington2529]

Note for note, bend for bend, slide for slide. Hands down the best rendition. Absolutely perfect. Incredible.

[@knightimer2]

BRO YOU RIPPED! Genuinely the cleanest cover I’ve ever heard! Your timing was flawless and your tone was on the money, and don’t think I missed you catching your headset and not letting it mess you up. Great dedication, great cover. Well done brotha.

[@jonasanttila]

Wow, thanks!

[@JSGuitar80]

Especially the licks at the end. Good lord!! 🥵

[@AlbertWeijers]

Better than the original, when Eric Johnson plays this live it's really rushed somehow.

[@maniacguitar]

@@AlbertWeijersyep, this sounds better than Eric live

[@DDNEV]

For sure i just adore this song and this is the cleanest i've heard it as well. I mean damn near on the money to the studio recording just incredible.

[@guitar4794]

Incredible. SO much work clearly went into this. One of the best covers I've seen.

[@Crunchtastical]

This is one of my favorite songs ever. Ive heard it so many times i can listen to it in my head. This was absolutely perfect! Your tone is dead nuts and evrything else is seamless. The coolest thing ive seen in ages. Thank you!

[@johnella4744]

That was sensational. I've been playing guitar for 50 years and I wish that I had a fraction of the determination and skill that you obviously have. I am humbled in your presence.

[@Tricklarock]

Same!!! I bought this tab book back then, along with countless others! I have no reservations about my self-taught guitar skills, along with some light classroom learning on the Violin, Trumpet, and maybe a third of a semester of classical guitar... but I basiclly ended up quitting the guitar. Partly due to being poor, and having to sell most decent guitars I had - but MOSTLY because I just got sick of just playing other peoples music, and I couldn't think of my own stuff because I was so fearful of sounding like someone else?!?!

[@feelinguru-vywiththepaingu9808]

Same! I play ukulele and paint. I would love some of that determination and patience! Your cover is nothing short of exceptional!!!

[@darwinswrong]

it takes about 25 hours of solid practice . go slow 4 notes at a time

[@bamwa]

yeah but he's staring at the guitar neck. he should look at the camera....the whole time...with his tongue out. come on!

[@NoWayOut55]

As I just posted. Great to see other old timers still cranking it out!🤜🤛🍻🍻

[@bobc3454]

0:31 That sigh…he’s thinking “I got through the intro without any mistakes , but I have a long, long way to go.” Seriously though, this is the best cover I’ve heard.

[@johnnybaca]

Just found this video and I'm just echoing the rest, THIS is perfection. A perfect cover. Incredible. Great work!

[@MrSardonycus]

This is absolutely perfect. Amazing! Sounded just like Eric himself.

[@ytang3]

Outstanding. I normally click off of CLIFFS OF DOVER covers after the first few seconds. That was beginning to end perfection.

[@iadorasjourney]

Blown away... Perfect rhythmical mastery, perfect bending (the bendings guys, the bendings!!!!) mastery, perfect tone mastery... It's the first time I see someone executing this song so perfectly and really centred, balanced in the EJ role... I am amazed... Congrats, BRAVO Jonas!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@cibulovyknedlik5773]

Was that a reference on Keralis?

[@iadorasjourney]

@@cibulovyknedlik5773 what's that?

[@cabuzzi]

Absolutely amazing. I've listened to that song probably several thousand times in my life and you nailed it. Great work! Eric himself would be proud.

[@shawncallahan5685]

Absolutely fantastic. Smooth transitions.

[@MixedUpEverything]

The stress in your face at 2:16 as you say a quick prayer and hope for the best on the next lick. So relatable 😂 Except I can’t play 5 seconds of this song. Incredible work man 🤘🏼

[@mylespando5192]

Looked more like he was just feelin it to me 😅

[@tipdub]

lol!!

[@han1075]

Back in the late '80's, I'd watch Eric play this from about 5 feet away in the small bars and clubs he played back then. You sir, absolutely NAILED it! Congratulations!

[@elbsommer2990]

Dude! I saw Eric Johnson around 1991 on a smaller stagel. He had just released Ah Via Musicom and had a gig in Hamburg in the Große Freiheit 36 and nearly all of the people in the crowd were musicians and knew what to expect. Me not and Eric Johnson just blew me away. Jonas picked a masterpiece here and did good on it! Made me happy to hear it.

[@williamdagnall4149]

That was unbelievable. Congratulations on the outstanding cover 👏

[@AnotherRealSmitty]

Look at your amazing results. When you are gone, this will still be here (and/or on some sort of media of that time to keep your work as proof...you were one committed great musician) . Congrats my friend.

[@ZigbertD]

I've been playing a really long time, and the best thing about this video for me is that it immediately inspired me and got me excited and amped up for my daily practice. I don't think you could have accomplished this killer version of this beautiful song if you weren't enjoying the journey as much as the destination, and that to me is the real gift that music provides. So for any beginner guitarists out there, when you hear a fantastic guitarist like this doing something amazing, let it inspire you, be excited, be happy, get in there and practice, man! You'll be amazed at where you can go.

[@JAYSONGS]

❤

[@jamesalley7387]

Just don’t take away from this that you will slave away learning just 2.5 songs per decade, that guitar is so hard you need to dedicate four years to nail something. To nail THIS, maybe! But you can practice lots of other stuff along the way.

[@chadrew6]

How do you know this song was out of his league? And why is it taking so long to learn it? It takes way more determination to actually practice. A musical instrument in totality learning all the necessary components to be able to compose a song like this or to improvise a song like this. That is much more impressive than just learning the song itself. Anybody with a reasonable amount of ability can copy somebody else it’s a good learning tool, but it’s not that impressive.

[@joeshlong9614]

Thank you!

[@NG..]

I can rarely muster up the discipline to practice the same song for 4 minutes let alone 4 YEARS 😂 this is truly an impressive feat, thanks for sharing your talent!

[@NoWayOut55]

That's what happens when you(Shiver!) Practice Don't fret! I've been playing professionally for over 40 years. And 20 years just playing. Sometimes there's pay, sometimes there's not. And no matter what it's always a kick in the ass!

[@elstongunn2219]

Because he's talking shit and obviously didn't practice only ONE song for 4 years

[@yungwhop]

Any time you play, you practice. Don’t be afraid to

[@zugrath16]

I don't have the discipline either to practice. But I get a little dopamine hit every time I learn a new section of the song that I didn't know before. That has been enough to keep me going

[@shiaak8352]

this is amazing this is actually the only cover i've ever seen that do this song right, you are amazing bro!!!

[@j.moore.]

Perfection. I’ve never practiced a song for 4 years but some almost a year to get as close as I could. You were definitely hearing this in your sleep and thinking about it every day. 😊

[@jstephendavidson]

Holy shit man! This sounds like EJ off the record. You know there is a very very small percentage of people in the world that are this good. Keep playing brother.

[@astroboirap]

who cares

[@noyourewrong599]

your mom care last night, a lot, like mouths full of care@@astroboirap

[@jeremybot1]

@@astroboirap you gave up 10 years ago bro, pretty pathetic talking shit at your age

[@nukedbaby]

I don't know what level you started at, but the determination needed to keep practicing a song way out of your league every day is insane. Super impressed!

[@SaundorMusic]

I've truly never seen anything more incredible in my life. Beyond expectations. Flawless!!!

[@w4ization]

5,000th Comment here. Congrats man, that is one of the absolute best covers of Cliffs of Dover EVER. Absolutely unbelievable.

[@orientalwoodworks]

This is got to be the cleanest cover I’ve EVER seen. Excellent work my friend.

[@Keith-vm8te]

That is the most exact cover of Johnson’s perfomance at Austin city limits I’ve ever heard. Perfect.

[@jonasanttila]

Haha, I'm covering the studio version. But the tone is definitely more inspired by his Austin city limits sound!

[@vinny5004]

Austin City Limits performance is totally different. This is the album version as the OP already said

[@terminal9500]

Lol wut? This is the studio version, ACL is pretty different

[@gruderman]

Wow, great job. This really tells us how amazing a guitarist Eric Johnson is.

[@slugtoenail]

Dude, props for not only the most accurate and amazing cover I've ever heard, but also for doing it on tele! Well done, sir.

[@deathadder92wotb57]

I have the song down by heart and u sir have it in flawless form. Not a single note missed and perfectly on time. Not to mention this is one of the more impressive songs to whip out on people. Mad respect Braham 😊

[@dczzzz55]

4:13 "I did press record didnt I?"

[@peterlyon185]

With 4 years of practice, he will nail the song every time 💯

[@metalmike570]

@@peterlyon185 Unless he knows how to play it but his volume was off. Then you just listenend to Eric Johnson. A Milli Vanilli.

[@Epitaph_of_Seikilos]

THIS IS AMAZING! And the dedication!!!!!!! Amazing job and what an AWESOME cover!!!!!!! You worked hard, and it paid off! :D 🔥🎸

[@seanbrent4245]

that was absolutely fantastic. one of my favorite songs and you nailed it. i could close my eyes and not be able to tell the difference between the original and this.

[@DVRMNaitor]

Fantastic! Honestly, not even Eric has a recent take that is this perfect.

[@nkyryry]

Was thinking the same thing. Haven’t seen anyone shred it this perfect maybe ever. He seriously studied this.

[@Jacksongamma]

Thats because when you play something 20,000 times, typically you don't want to play it note for note anymore.

[@TheDantheman12121]

@@Jacksongamma yeah if you listen to a released single of a song and then listen live it is never exactly the same and I think that is one of the things of being a good instrument player or song maker. you can make it the same song even when playing it idfferent

[@eldenboi8354]

​@@JacksongammaThis is so true, great comment.

[@nickknight8065]

The tone. The phrasing. The timing. Simply nailed it, my friend. Glorious ❤

[@brianhudson9133]

This.

[@reggieborja5634]

You haven't seen @CalvinBorja

[@rawbmar1166]

Yeah how did he nail everything SO identical? It's almost like... This was Eric Johnsons recording the entire time.

[@GuitarraConAndres]

Amazing! I was listening to this in the background and I swear I didn't realize this was the original recording until you said something at the very end!

[@6417tune]

WOW!!!! I have no words after watching this. That was absolutely amazing. Bravo young man

[@colehernandez3273]

That was the best cover I’ve ever heard of this song nobody even comes close, good job that was perfect, from the tone to all the little intricacies of those little passages, I can’t imagine the amount of listening it took just to memorize all of that.

[@jonasanttila]

Man... thanks so much!

[@beardfistthegoldenone7273]

​@@jonasanttilaI couldn't best this on guitar hero, you are a BEAST

[@blortsnergfud7647]

I’ve been playing for over 50 years. I know what it takes to pull this off. This is the BEST I’ve ever heard. Couldn’t really be better. WELL done!

[@cbschrader]

Dude, you freaking killed it! Good job. Best use of four years I can think of.

[@eaglewings1983]

Hats off to you , sir. Whoever you are, you have inspired me to keep working on improving my skills in my respective area. Congrats!

[@Jmarshall-kj4hc]

I’ve working on it for 25 years and I’m not even close to this! Bravo!

[@mtebor]

Same here. I gave up

[@jjonesmdm9736]

Rick Graham’s version of this has been unmatched for years. As much as I love Rick’s, I think your version sounds even closer to the original! This is unbelievably good, well done mate, top work!

[@jonasanttila]

Dude... that's nuts. Thanks!

[@ethanpederson]

This version does sound amazing. I can't remember Rick's exactly, but I think I recall his was more of a different interpretation closer to his own style. Both versions are incredible!

[@kitschking]

awesome

[@rawbmar1166]

This is literally EJ's version while this guy mimes over top of the recording. The amount of people in here who say its bang on perfect to the recording in every single way but don't question that is WILD.

[@arkhamdingus3823]

BRO YOU KILLED THIS! Congrats on all the hard work paying off!

[@jimscouten6092]

Wow ! I know what it takes to play this song. YOU NAILED IT MY FRIEND!! Simply amazing!!

[@onesixfive]

This almost made me cry. Because it’s a beautiful piece of music and to see your effort which resulted in perfection. Amazing work my friend.

[@Tamarind1]

I feel the same way. His effort is so beautiful.

[@maniacguitar]

Agreed, shed a little tear :) All the best Jonas ! Youre an inspiration to us all

[@guitarplayer4429]

AMAAAAAAAAZING!!!! Young man.

[@sp2222222]

it did make me shed a tear. it was a real treat to see this being played note for not. dang near flawless. thank you for taking me back to freshman year in college when this was released before spring break ‘90. what a time. but man what a performance here. there is hope for the next generation of musicians yet.

[@wordofmouth7679]

EJ himself said it took him a lot of practice before he could record this one at the tempo in the album. Your hard work and dedication in the woodshed have really paid off. Great job

[@eugeizquierdo]

That final blow says it all. Nailed such a unique style as Eric's. Amazing effort and performance, man. Congratulations :)

[@AdamSpencerKirkland]

Amazing. Well done!! You looked surprised at the end. "I finally did it!" So rad.

[@joshuaread1563]

I may not know you but I’d like you to know that I’m proud of you. To dedicate 4 years to reproduce 4 minutes not only shows your discipline but also your clear joy surrounding that song. I share your joy of that song and you already know this but…YOU MASTERED IT! Eric Johnson who?

I don't know you, brother, but believe me when I say I'm very happy you achieved this goal. Some might say, "why bother so much with just one thing?", and I would say, "because it makes you happy." Congratulations, man.

[@drewsmom04]

Congrats bro! this made me verklempt knowing your heart is in your fingers and you nailed it! Bravo to the best cover i've heard yet of the best song ever! Awesome job.

[@reggiecanfield4294]

Absolutely amazing bro,hard work and dedication pays off. Keep up the hard work 🤘

[@SDRBass]

Wow this is the only cover of this song I’ve found that’s even tolerable. And you crushed it. Insane. By mastering this song you have enough tools in your bag to play almost anything.

[@PBeetheFox]

lol nah he has the tools in his bag to play Cliffs of Dover.

[@SDRBass]

@@PBeetheFox tell me you don’t know how music works without telling me you don’t know how music works.

[@johnnybananas1058]

@@PBeetheFox what do you actually think he couldnt learn with the skills displayed here? short of really high speed metal galloping type riffs and sweeping solos i cant think of much that hasnt been covered by learning this whole song

[@logangrzesiek8749]

Lol almost 19 years of KZbin existing and this is the only one you've found tolerable? Bit hyperbolic, eh? This is great, as are many others, ya goon.

[@SDRBass]

@@logangrzesiek8749 ya goon? Who says that? Is your iq 85?

[@DokoGaTV]

EPIC performance! So clean and perfectly phrased! I'm sure Eric Johnson would be proud! 🤘

[@jonasanttila]

Wow, thank you!

[@baluchon2505]

ERIC performance

[@Scyllic_]

You rock dude. Best cover I’ve ever heard. I aspire to play it this clearly and buttery smooth one day.

[@Z_ZombiePanda]

Fantastic work man!! Never had the time to sit and master this how you have. Well done, I’m blown away

[@tevontynes6338]

I have to say man, this is one of the cleanest runs of this that I've ever seen on youtube. Great work and great playing. Tone was killer too

[@Dan-ji4db]

Who in the hell could watch this awesome cover and then downvote it? I swear some people. Great job man.

[@baumannwarren]

This is about as perfect as you can get. Well done!!

[@daninthemoon2616]

Dude. This shows that you have an incredible amount of self-disipline to learn this one so well. Bravo!

[@Jufjuf01]

This might be the single best cover of a song I’ve ever heard. That is an absolutely unreal level of dedication, and it paid off. Absolutely phenomenal. Keep up the incredible work.

[@aguitarrman5867]

Yes, I saw that!!!

[@Garrett7112]

Never heard anyone cover this song as perfectly as you did, sounds exactly like the original which is just insanely difficult to do with any song, and you managed to do it with one of the hardest! Great work!

[@joeaguirre3069]

You absolutely nailed it! That was awesome. Keep up the great work.

[@martinandnancy6619]

Very hard work resulting in a very solid performance. You are awesome! Why anyone would downvote you is insane. Congrats! :-)

[@EmptyRoomSessions]

Great job man, you definitely captured the tone, the speed, and minute details that make up the studio version of the song. It’s evident you’ve put the time into attentively listening to the song, learning EJs technique, and crafting a killer tone. I know how much effort and time it takes to not only learn his tunes properly, but also to research and try to craft his clean & lead tones. Without question one of the best covers I’ve seen of Cliffs of Dover. Congratulations -LAG

[@jonasanttila]

Thanks so much man! That really means so much!

[@ghoulfather]

Probably the cleanest cover i have ever heard! Your work paid off tenfold

[@russellevans8846]

Perfect 💯👏👍!

[@metalmike570]

I wonder if his volume was on, and if not you're listening to Eric Johnson!

[@ioreodream]

Congrats! this is the best cover out there. The phrasing is perfect and a joy to listen to while the playing is beautiful to look at.

[@jcwdog]

Congratulations. A beast of a song. All your practice paid off, it sounded wonderful!

[@yungfleip]

Eric Johnson is one of the smoothest players I've ever heard, and I played this song on repeat all during college. You absolutely nailed this. The tone is spot on, the phrasing is fluid and right on tempo. BRAVO. Immensely impressed.

[@bryansphere6359]

If I close my eyes I would think I was actually listening to the recording. Your hard work has paid off beautifully! More content! You have a gift.

[@rawbmar1166]

That's because if you close your eyes, it is the recording this guy is a fraud.

[@jamvis]

This brought back some memories of playing this song repeatedly on GH3 back in the day and I'm very impressed with how close it sounds to the original. There's a few notes that were delivered a little faster than in the original but DAMN you did a spectacular job! Well done!

[@danielgranda896]

Congrats man! That is one hell of achievement! Incredible tone and tempo.

[@profoundsinger]

My brother, you played an absolute monster of a song, and freakin killed it!! Everything was spot on! I’d say that’s 4 years of hard work and dedication and it shows!

[@patelinha]

By far the best cover of this song I've seen. Arguably the best cover I've ever seen of any song. The timbre, the precision, equalization. Well done, amazing fucking job.

[@wackywabbitt9316]

Awesome cover. Great respect 4 years in the works. Practice practice practice. Pays off. Such a clean tone. Relistening again. 👍