In Deep with Jeff Beck (Part 1)

[@Rikk303]

....."the inimitable Jeff Beck and I'm gonna show you how to play just like him"....awesome!

[@CBrolley]

Obviously isn’t quite sure what inimitable means.

[@kenhoward3512]

"...and I'm gonna show you how to play just like him." - He never said that. Not at all. He said he'd show the techniques he - Jeff Beck - uses "to get the incredible sounds he gets from the guitar." Learning a few tricks, obviously, does not make you Jeff Beck. This short video was only about balancing the whammy bar to both raise and lower notes, and using only 3 springs for a light touch on the bar.

[@autk]

@@kenhoward3512 lol quite .. nobody can show you how to play or sound like JB .... except ....JB

[@CheetahSnowLeopard]

finally an explanation on the bridge flutter thank you

[@zakhudson]

I've always hated the strat because of how generic and common i thought they were. Just with a simple twist of the bridge, it made me realize the endless possibility of the strat. Thank you Jeff Beck

[@onlywhenprovoked]

I've always loved Strats but having grown up in the era of the floyd rose I always regarded the strat vibrato as inferior, unable to do more than surf style shimmy and goes whack out of tune because it doesn't have a locking nut. Thus I always pinned mine to the deck and played it like a hardtail. But recently I saw a video by carl verheyen showing how he angles the claw to get the right balance between high and low end, pitch up a whole step, claims it no longer goes out of tune... and the lightbulb went off "THIS is how Jeff Beck is able to do what he does so accurately". Now I'm obsessed with mastering this technique.

[@superrookie-1]

@@onlywhenprovoked you actually don't have to angle it like carl does cuz all you have to do is ballance the strings tension with the springs as much as possible and it won't go out of tune There's a video by i guess a fender tech on the fender youtube channel that shows you how to do it

[@plpicher]

@CrushedJustice well, if it goes out of tune after a week, its excellent! staying in tune for a week is a very long time, i usually retune between every 2 songs during shows and i don't use too much the tremolo.

[@JohnBenoit46290]

Jeff Beck is one of the best most underrated(outside the guitar community) players of all time.

[@MarttiSuomivuori]

Well, double Emmy is not axactly 'underrated' in my language...

[@sega62s]

Hahhahaahaha, who cares bout the outside guitar community, they know fuck all, thats why they are OUTside

[@dienamx6696]

Yeah I get what you mean, its a shame, it almost seems like his career lived under the shadows of clapton and Jimmy page, but id argue his technique is better than clapton, that being said its all personal preference, and I still love me some clapton.

[@stephenmcfarlane7961]

Great job Andy thankyou

[@palacerevolution2000]

Isn't Jeff simultaneously working the volume knob too?

[@MarttiSuomivuori]

Jeff is a very nice and creative person. He can make very simple things sound extremely good because he comes in and goes out when you do not expect. I have admired his playing ever since I was 13 years old. That was in 1966. What kind of the Planet Earth are we going to leave to Mister Jeff Beck?

[@kenhoward3512]

Beck must be close to 80 years old, now. WE are leaving the planet to HIM?

[@dienamx6696]

@@kenhoward3512 For 80 years old he looks not bad, perhaps he might out live us all 😂😂

[@muthapluckinnathan]

@@dienamx6696 damn

[@dienamx6696]

@@muthapluckinnathan Damn indeed my friend.

[@Rafterman123]

Jeff also bends the tremolo by pressing his palm against the raised bridge instead of using the tremolo arm, and will also rapidly tap the bridge like that to get a trill

[@davidbirks7166]

Another important thing is that the bridge is a G&L styled, two-post fulcrum design which gives you more bar flexibility with great accuracy. I put one on a strat I had almost 30 years ago and I've been sold on them ever since.

[@sethdoss8731]

G&l tremolos are the best ever!

[@DonFonzarelli-uq9yx]

Well everyone says it is entirely a nut thing.

[@alanoffer]

I've been looking for exactly this thank you

[@davidmiller4078]

Saw Jeff Beck group with Rod Stewart and Ainsley Dumbar on drums for a while at the Wardour st Marquee club awesome but check out Ray Gomez and Scott Henderson !

[@coltpearce]

i love this guy

[@plpicher]

@mehlliont if you have a floating tremolo, just pull the bar up and release it, it'll bounce, let me know if it work!

[@MadsBoldingMusic]

I like the fact that he says "the inimitable Jeff Beck" after just having done a very good imitation of him. Oh, well... modesty is a good thing, I guess :)

[@Wildchildinc]

@suihkubad yea to turn your fender strat bridge from resting on the body to floating u have to loosen springs on the back

[@lordofashes8262]

Super Hell Yea! I'm gonna try it with an 87charrvell.

[@Wildchildinc]

@suihkubad you have to make it floating by loosening springs in the back of the guitar

[@pcollenyt3683]

The more you back the claw out, reducing the spring tension, the higher the bridge will float off the body when the guitar is tuned to standard pitch. Jeff tunes down 1/2 step to E-flat which puts less tension on string/springs.

[@dienamx6696]

Man that is so god damn interesting, is that also a locking nut on the end? These guys were innovators past even playing the thing.

[@AndyAledort777]

No it’s a Wilkerson roller nut…

[@Hue_Nery]

@CrushedJustice Yes you have to tune it like a Floyd. That is, you tune it to pitch, then tune it again until it stays in tune. Once, you have that done, you'll probably have to adjust the intonation.

[@Rafterman123]

no one matches Jeff Becks tremolo work. No one

[@jeffreyholmes7216]

Dang, great job.

[@darthslater6077]

VEGA TREM...PERIOD..NEVER GOES OUT OF TUNE

[@markmarsh27]

wow .... that was FASCINATING. ... gotta me one of those Beck Custom Strats! .... "Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to ...."

[@michaelpukmel9175]

Thanks!

[@suihkubad]

@CrushedJustice There are screws in the back of a strat that you can adjust.

[@machia-mw1lm]

You have the Beck Stratocaster technique down pretty good . But I think Beck really shines with a Telecaster . It's raw .

[@Wildchildinc]

@suihkubad a floating trem allows u to dive down in pitch aswell as pull up in pitch

[@AGDHQ]

You certainly learned parts of the Stratus version, that he played at Ronnie Scotts in London in 2007.

[@suihkubad]

@CrushedJustice yes I know that since I have a strat myself, but that one guy was telling "you would normally need a floating bridge to do what Jeff does"

[@JonathanSchmieding]

@Rafterman123 Joe Satriani comes close with Steve Vai a little behind him...but satriani uses a lot of beck techniques so beck is clearly at the top

[@Wagiblues]

Agree - Jeff Beck since many years top - But Joe Satriani for me is more melodic and better in songwriting than Steve Vai.. But all three fantastic and in addition for me : Gary Moore... smile

[@startraveler3157]

RIP Jeff Beck

[@jesusbeniteznogueda6242]

jeff beck is cool, and andy aledort is cool

[@lloydcooke8543]

Loved this! Was his starting lick Earth our only home. Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer live ?

[@AndyAledort777]

No I’m just jamming over Billy Cobham’s “Stratus” which Jeff played at every gig…

[@keithsa41]

Andy is an old Stoner Strat GOD!. Amazing Chops.

[@billkropp]

Andy Aledort kicks ass I have his dvd on Dime's 4 Pantera tracks and the Hendrix discs for Axis and Electric Ladyland!SWWEETTT!! Some Jeff Beck - Hey Andy how about some Rock n Roll Jelly- Where's Stanley and Carmen!

[@MOSKII58]

couple of thgs I can share w/ you..i use graphite lube on the nut so the strings don't get hung up in the nut and slide back & forth easier, also when ever I use the bar, I try to remember to pull it back up (with 1 quick pull) to get it back where I started..i believe there are strats available w/ locking bridge systems, or I know for sure strat copies have the Floyd rose as an option..check out Tom Anderson, Suhr, strat copies ( high quality, like Fender custom shop or even better..)

[@Matkinson123]

Jeff Beck is classic :D

[@zakhudson]

@casdebom2 Whenever i saw a strat before, i always just thought of someone first starting guitar, or the squires all the time. They meant nothing to me untill i saw this video and how the strat actually soundss

[@metalvocalistwanted]

i started tryin to do this kind of technique before i knew who he was. he is definitely the kind of the trem tho. i play floyd rose but agree, beck doesnt need one unless he wants it. GREAT VIDEO. peace. \m/

[@SavageListener]

Now teach us how to play 'Cause We Ended as Lovers'

[@monkabrahms7997]

Cant

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

It doesn’t matter how many springs you use but how tighten they are.

[@queasyRider3]

I wonder what would happen if Beck played Satriani's guitar?

[@georgewilliams4284]

In the mid 1980's he played a Jackson Soloist for a while, and he sounded just like himself (listen to his album "Flash")

[@JamesBowersMusic]

Hi Andy. Thanks for your post. I know it's 12 years old now and I wonder if you're still checking comments on it. You mentioned pulling up a major third with the bridge set very high off the body. How far down can you bend? On "Where were you" Jeff drops down a 4th. Thanks again! James

[@AndyAledort777]

Hey James! I don’t recall how far you can drop a pitch but it’s still a lot; the lower string will cover more whole steps of “descent” than the higher strings…

[@JamesBowersMusic]

@@AndyAledort777 Many thanks Andy. So sad to lose Jeff :(

[@AndyAledort777]

@@JamesBowersMusic yes it’s absolutely tragic-it’s affecting everyone I know…

[@24SoulDark]

Lubricating the nut with nut sauce helps.

[@Blackdog4818]

Jeff Beck seems like he's barely touching the strings and the sound is blazing. What amp/effects/boxes is he using? What are you using?

[@davegallagher8285]

What effect peddle is being used to get that Beck sound?

[@Snakefinger1000]

Does Beck use the stock trem ? I guess he does but I'm surprised that he doesn't use one of the new trems like Sophia or Vega

[@Wildchildinc]

@suihkubad i kno that but if i wanted it to float do i have to tune it the way i tune a floyd or a edge

[@Gonzoidzz]

amiable hippy. admire his dedication.

[@Wildchildinc]

@plpicher i've already done it but since its not a double locking it goes out of tune after a week

[@SlackWi]

just use a floyd rose, there is no harm in attaching it to a strat, if your desperate to get those vibratos going

[@DesertScorpionKSA]

I'm also interested in how he uses the volume knob to "pull" notes from his guitar.

[@kilgoretrout321]

You roll the Volume down with your pinky, pluck the note with the pick or thumb, and then use your pinky to roll the Volume up. It's that deceptively simple. Or you can cheat and use a volume pedal

[@davidmurray9193]

Could afford a beck strat, bought a Champagne fender elite strat guy was a legend

[@Wildchildinc]

how do u make a fender bridge float

[@suihkubad]

@CrushedJustice doesn't floating mean the possibiloty to bend up?

[@VLombardi01]

Very interesting!

[@badhombre4246]

I just Watched john Mayer sit in that very chair and play his personal Jeff Beck strat lol.

[@autk]

Ugh sacrilege

[@Rafterman123]

@mehlliont - No good worker blames his tools!... But you do need to have a pretty sensitive tremolo, thats why he was talking about removing springs behind the back plate. If you haven't, it will probably just go CLUNK! Rather than bounce back and forth really fast. However, Beck actually gets this sound by pushing down on the bridge really fast (the bridge has been raised, which is another modification to the guitar). So to get the sound you need to do one of those things. But but be careful

[@LiLaZnMoFo123]

awesome!

[@raymondvandevorst9913]

now this is a very very good Fender

[@danielcunningham7828]

Bro who are you You're awesome

[@FonkyLynx]

Thanks Andy... BR/The Ghost of Elvis & The Soul Eater Videos Peace...

[@nowinterweather]

@igotwhips when im using my les paul, i just turn the tuners lol

[@Stupified992]

cool

[@mattmeyermatt]

thanks so much man!!!!!

[@zakhudson]

@sunnyjim98 but then you gotta deal with re setting it if you play in different tunings. it also takes awile to change strings and theirs more parts to go wrong. i think their a great invention, but they need to be less complicated.

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

Yes it is raised at 3.1mm of the body. This is what Fender recommendation say from 54 when first Strat was made. So nothing new. This is what that bridge was made for. That’s what it has that shape. People forget that.

[@sunnyjim98]

@darksymphonybass look up the floyd rose speedloader, its an improvement on th orignal design, in terms of simplicity

[@hi_is_this_clorox_bleach]

Doesnt raising the bridge also raise the action

[@jubjub905]

MICHAEL thats why you lower the posts (unless theyre already set up properly) or the saddles to compensate. Everything has to change when you change something.

[@SavageListener]

So I can't use my Les Paul?

[@Wildchildinc]

@plpicher i think cause i use gauge 10 the more tension helps it i guess

[@buckdowns16]

What amp were ya using in this vid ?

[@zakhudson]

@seekah1 i know man this video defiantly opened up my eye

[@camdemobile]

are those 009?

[@olivierjung913]

010 s imo ; )

[@pcollenyt3683]

What guage strings were you using on that guitar with 3 springs on the trem claw ?

[@carlygtr554]

He's using the new Gibson "Polfus" Strings

[@pcollenyt3683]

@@carlygtr554 BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA.....

[@benjic80]

Thought I was gonna hear Jeff talk. Bit of a deceiving thumbnail at a glance.

[@Boosty_Boost]

@rush12450 Just depends on which bridge you've got on your strat.. =) And his name ain't jeff beck, it's andy aledort.. The gutarist he's copying here is Jeff Beck! =)

[@MrAussie1957]

gr8 lesson and obs mate

[@TUUK2006]

Not bad to keep that in tune without a locking nut.

[@suihkubad]

@CrushedJustice so stratocasters trem is floating

[@ciclosonico]

nice video, I'd like to se more :)))

[@Ojb_1959]

👍🏼👍🏼

[@TennManWithHeart]

His whammy bar is 4" instead of the standard 6"....

[@danielhresko4900]

Pluto: It's all down to how you use it! ;-)

[@seekah1]

@darksymphonybass Kinda hard to hate on an instrument with that much possibility.

[@zakmoon7065]

The title of this video should be. How to use a tremolo system

[@guitarplayer30001]

the flutters or trills or whatever, is what i came here for

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

its andy serkis with his precious

[@plpicher]

@CrushedJustice If you have a 6 screws tremolo DONT DO THAT!

[@hanten10]

your tremolo arm is run out from your hand everytime you use it but jeff beck tremolo always stay in his grip everytime he use it..can you explain that? is that a guitar problem or personal problem?

[@jubjub905]

GuitarUniverse10 that would be his playing...I wouldnt really call it a problem...he's not exactly like Jeff Beck

[@skydog3634]

Its a demo, I know Andy can play it as well as Jeff!

[@monkabrahms7997]

Hard to duplicate Beck

[@grizzli1994]

don't pull up as hard as u can O_O. That will brake ur strings. I did that once on a floyd, the spring snapped.

[@zakhudson]

@sunnyjim98 i shall thank you

[@tubesrule123]

Dig the Earth in search of a Sun lick...

[@sunnyjim98]

holy shit! you arent paul riario!?!?!?!?!?!

[@sunnyjim98]

@darksymphonybass just get a floyd.

[@zakhudson]

@casdebom2 thats what i think of when i see a strat sadly xD, well, used too untill i saw this video haha.

[@SavageListener]

@Mo7Vsta Give Beck a Floyd Rose

[@stringslinger83]

Andy sounds like he smokes a bowl everyday lol

[@AndyAledort777]

No weed required…