Jeff Baxter American Guitar technique 3/9

Jeff Baxter Instructional Video
[21th century guitar]

[@EDKguy]

... We are in the 90s, ladies and gentlemen.

[@jameskonkle7794]

90s??? Not anymore???

[@MrHopeTelevision]

What? I've been in a coma in a for 40 years who is the president? what year is this?

[@OrisLover]

This dude is one mean guitar player! Best guitarist that Steely Dan ever had.

[@LucaLindemann]

I put Jeff in the first 10 best ever guitarists of all times. So underrated, so talented. Period.

[@MrBangor]

This is cool stuff. "this is the 90's" is a sweet quote

[@andywho2002]

Watched all the episodes. The man knows his craft. Excellent. Very well done. I did hear he happens to be very smart and does work for military intelligence. Tom Dowd, an outstanding producer worked on "The Manhttan Project". Who would think that great musical minds can also be great electrical engineers? They say the both are not exclusive. Music is mathematics. Mathematics is music. Einstein loved to play the piano.

[@AnnihilatingAngel]

The man is truly brilliant in many ways.

[@glueforall]

Jeff:...."we ARE in the 90's ladies and gentleman"....ah, the '90s! rock on Jeff!

[@lettots]

I played the Roland MIDI mentioned here in like 2000 as a piano. It was cool as shit. It didn't take long to adjust my timing because making the guitar sound like a keyboard there is like a millisecond delay from the time you hit the note until it comes through the amp. Cool as shit!

[@StratsRgreat]

Genius...plain and simple...the man is amazing...

[@MisterTMH]

Jeff can play anything.The dude kicks buttockial matter!

[@MusicAnirban]

Loved the chords progression at 4:40..

[@MrHopeTelevision]

Beethoven's wrote most of his most famous works on the guitar with that synth..

[@SuzzanneParis]

I LOVE YOU JEFF!!!!

[@AECEntertainment]

thankyou, there will be more on the account im replying with. i hope to showcase more of my own work too!

[@woody95124]

Interesting...Very talented guy...

[@MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

No... but that is kind of the whole beauty of the MIDI deal Brian. You can take a MIDI compatible instrument from 1986 and hook it up to a MIDI compatible instrument that was built yesterday and they're going to work right away! Think of it as an early USB compatible device. The thing that is important is that he has the right interface on his guitar to translate over to "keyboard". You can still put effects on the keyboard sounds if need be.

[@JP5466]

Ah yes, the Roland GR1. A blast from the past. It was something else when it came out. I didn't own one, but sold many.

[@justaman6972]

that was sick at 1:17 , somebody has some cash, what device is he playing thru? roland GL-1 is that what he said? I have two new MIDI keyboard controllers and Roland PCR500 and an E-MU X-board 49 and a new CUBASE-5 digital music studio by Steinberg. by the way I don't know how to play any of it . I only play banjo lol.

[@SuperLuigirules1]

@zthetha What exactly was so bad with it? He really knows his stuff and is just showing what can be done. Nothing can replace a full string quartet orchestra.

[@onemoremisfit]

In this lesson Skunk explains that even tho you might be a pretty good player, you probably won't be putting a roof over your head or cars in the driveway with your playing.

[@neoshaolin1]

His affects are sick.

[@ZomgMTG]

that fiddle part @ 1:58 is SICK

[@Camicente]

@morrissteven it's the 90s ^^

[@MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

People... Keyboard sounds have come A LONG WAY since this video was made. Judging by the way they sound this vid was probably made in the mid' 90's. This is actually a big problem that the music industry has. So few musicians are exploring technology the way Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock and others did back in the 1970's. EVEN IF a guitar player was just using a MIDI interface, keyboard module and sequencer as a composing tool things would be better! You can get actual players later... geez

[@StevenMorris]

Oh man... this guy is great, but some of those synth sounds are a all cheeze.

[@donrutter6765]

Steven Morris He didnt use a synth.

[@ronj9448]

Plugs the guitar into a synth at 0.58

[@MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

Yeah, I checked your vid. That's cool that you are playing multiple instruments but it turns out I'm preaching to the choir. I would say that using Propellorheads Reason would be the hot set-up then to get all your work done. I can't be responsible for knowing every musician in the World or cluing in on the names... Keep up the good work.

[@aleksandersucharski]

@Bullzeye95 mostly you're right, but fortunately there are still some exceptions. check Guthrie Govan. he can do EVERYTHING on that instrument. i sometimes doubt that he's human. but.. still not too widely known, which kind of proves your statement is right. anyways - i strongly recommend getting familiar with what he's doing. it's insane. and extremely musical.

[@donrutter6765]

I lost my arms in a car accident, would it be possible for me to still play guitar ?

[@acoustic61]

"You could make a car payment with it" What a riot he is ha!

[@iamyourfather87]

jeff is fucking awesome!

[@MatFlyinFoolHarris]

For some reason, I can totally see Skunk hangin' out with Johnny Fever...

[@MrAfox4]

Is that Gaucho?

[@karsten19]

roland gr1. he says it at the 2:30 mark

[@rg2027x]

@stevieVantanna People have been dumbed-down over generations, not to appreciate it. Is music appreciation even being taught in schools anymore?

[@AECEntertainment]

great cos i play both piano and guitar i found out it was the roland gr1. and my names adam not brian!!! im upping brian may lol

[@iagobroxado]

he must see that now and say.. "thats the cheesiest thing I`ve ever heard".

[@hastyberford]

OK this comment won't be popular but he talks about finding your own style and not needing "gear" to do it...but then he goes right into yakking about stompboxes and a lengthy disertation on synthesizers. Maybe this should be "Jeff Baxter talks about using technology for guitar"?

[@zthetha]

Yes... I regret that less than generous remark...I was having a bad day.

[@csgrinds]

Sure has been artificially sped up at 2:10ish

[@UFeaster1978]

Like everything you are saying but Einstein played the Violin.

[@meyers5150]

Skunkadelic!

[@Soul74]

I agree with everything you said except that The "Mtv generation" is the last generation now.

[@MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

Those are not "effects". He using the guitar as a "MIDI Controller" the same way you would use keyboard to control "synthesizer modules" or a software package like Propellorheads Reason. I agree though, absolutely sicc.

[@stevieVantanna]

Steve Lukather and Carlton are among the others. I don't think a lot of people care to hear polished professional guitar.

[@jameswilliams1612]

This is a advertisement for Roland. I thought Jeff would play some Steely Dan And Doobie brothers.

[@mjaxdes]

JEFF! could you make some better vids with better graphics? your my favorite guitarist but you have really poor quality shows. Come on!

[@ianslash3838]

This was recorded in the 90's.

[@jamnout71]

plug in to an amp and play some real shit Jeff! my old school please!!!

[@SlikkTim]

Love Skunk, but my God this segment did not age well.

[@donottawaguitar]

how to .play good

[@zthetha]

He was doing great till he mentioned Beethoven and tried his hand at some of the great man's work - then it all felt so sad.