Jeff Beck: At Guitar Center - Chasing the Treble

[@lastdaysguitar]

To be truly self realized in your guitar playing to the point where every microtonal inflection is perfectly in place and the dynamics and energy have a punch like a human voice, and to be able to MAINTAIN that excellence over the decades is truly something special. Jeff is an absolutely outstanding artist and he is right up at the top of that mountain of inspiration for the rest of us.

[@nuendo2496]

Greatest guitar player ever to walk the planet!!!!

[@vibekeschneidermann689]

@Juan Pérez Hendrix...well, he might still have been better than Beck today, but he died 50 years ago and Beck is better today than Hendrix was then. Hendrix had a giant potential, but so had Page and Clapton and they both stopped evolving in the late 70-es/early 80-es. Drug abuse is not such a good idea if you want to make the most of your talent.

[@3riverclipper853]

You guys are so commercial

[@IAm-qf2xb]

Yeah because Jeff never used any drugs or alcohol, sure. The difference between him and Page and EC is that Jeff keeps on innovating and improving and expanding. Surviving and taking care of yourself and working tirelessly at your craft all have value. He is Jimi’s rightful heir, and those two are certainly unsurpassed-and probably unmatched.

[@dudleybonton223]

Its not a sporting competition, its music different forms of expression, get out of the matrix mindset , elevate consciousness, they are all great for different reasons.

[@uplaywithfire7564]

Better than Jimi ?? Better than pagey? Better than Eddie? Jeff Beck is right up there these Giants!

[@TimDowdican]

Jeff Beck simply the best RIP Jeff 😢😮😢

[@talister106]

More than just a guitar player, Jeff Beck is a artist who continually inspires guitarists to be better. Thank you.

[@paulmorris6817]

He certainly did that for me

[@guitarcenter]

Happy 70th birthday Jeff Beck! Check out Jeff At Guitar Center - Chasing the Treble.

[@maryann8154]

Happy Birthday Jeff Beck Good Memories -even thou I Don't remember most of the concerts,you will always be the greatest to me...

[@JacquelineDowe]

Happy Birthday. I have a ton of his CDs

[@MichaelLovelight2120]

Keep Rockin' Mr. Beck Happy Birthday

[@schoolofrocksaltillo5605]

Uno de los verdaderos genios y maestros de la guitarra electrica!!! Felicidades Jeff!

[@wseeback]

If there ever was, or is, a true KING OF KINGS of electric guitar players, Jeff Beck would be it. I love Vai, Satch, Petrucci, Gilbert, all of them. But, I've never heard anyone make a guitar sound like Jeff Beck can. Mindblowing.

[@lucaandre723]

I agree But i wouldnt consider him a better player. He is just different. Vai,gilbert,petrucci, satch, are all really different, and its hard to work so much zo get to the speeds that these guys are doing. All of them are different but grat sounding players. Jeff wouldnt have a chance in terms of speed, but how could jeff be beaten? It is absolutley impossible to play like him. He is kinda sloppy, but everything he plays just sounds 101% perfect, and you can ignore little mistakes in his playing, because they are what makes him sound that incrediblr

[@walkerigleheart4763]

@@lucaandre723 Jeff isn't interested in speed. He's interested in phrasing and melody, something most shredders don't understand

[@elpablosky6300]

Yes you are right even Ritchie Blackmore said :” Jeff Beck is my hero “ and Hendrix too “ .

[@markwallinger5801]

His phrasing was so his own..especially during the 70s...those 3 classic lps that we all know.

[@kingslaphappy1533]

“ he’s making the right noises with that” referring to Hendrix’s strat...loved it! 🎸

[@guitarcenter]

#happybirthday Jeff Beck​! Celebrate with a #wbw of Mr. Beck at Guitar Center​ in 2010 discussing his first borrowed guitar, his circle of "guitar nerd" friends and the records that served as his early tone influences.

[@johntillman6622]

No one has ever stretched the bounds of the electric guitar like JB. An absolute master! RIP Jeff 😥

[@acousticguitarfan55]

Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow album is one of the best guitar albums ever made!

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

Absolutely agree !

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

@@OKuusava Jeff's main guitar on Blow By Blow was his Ox-Blood Les Paul but he also used his humbucker fitted 'Tel/Gib' on 'Cause We've Ended as Lovers' and a Strat on 'Freeway Jam'

[@TheGrouchMan]

Yes, In my humble opinion the best rock guitarist of all time.

[@davegibbs6423]

In the top clouds of the guitar greats from his generation, Beck is the one!

[@micheleh9701]

The absolute best! Clapton and Paige know it too. When you see him live it's so special. I've been following him since the 70's. Seen him 16 or 17 times at least. Lost count a while back.

[@derekclacton]

Jeff Beck was a genius. R.I.P. Guv’nor

[@iamanovercomer3253]

Jeff Beck is one of a kind 🎸 Underated by the industry

[@utopiandesign]

(In my view) Clapton and Page pale in comparison. Mr. Beck is a continual fountain of creativity. His lyricism is unsurpassed. The others burned out after their moment of innovation while Mr. Beck keeps the flame alive. No disrespect to the others but its like Paul McCartney: the artistry just keeps coming. This man will die a student of his art.

[@kevindonnelly761]

Clapton and Page knew this for a fact themselves - even back to the day they first met Jeff Beck.

[@pabloperez4063]

​@@kevindonnelly761this is absolutely ridiculous. You can chdck it Word by word: secret police gig, when jeff was interviewed about that , i quote "IN the 60,s, Eric and I play the same (blues-rock)...and he was better" it,s a literal quotatation. In the 60,s , even being 1 year younger, Clapton was way ahead of any other british guitarist, in any way, shape or form. The beano 1966 was 100 times more influential than the music of the Yardbirds, which PALED compared. The status in the 60,s was genuine, there was no marketing the way it is today, and if people got the respect was because they truly deserved it. Cream , Blind Faith or the Dominoes had no equal. In the 70,s, each guitarist took a personal dirección and EC focus on singing, something impossible for many players, and on writing his kindofdylan approach, and ... But let,s be serious about the 60,s, pleaseee

[@iandudley8270]

RIP Mr Jeff Beck. You’ve opened up new worlds as an artist and masterful musician. Thank you for your humanity and your music.

[@johnnymossville]

Funny how he said he's only ever bought one guitar. When you are Jeff Beck you don't have to buy guitars. Every guitarist and guitar company in the world wants to give you one to see what magic you'll create next.

[@garymcaleer6112]

Jeff, to me is truly the finest lyricist on guitar. From childhood (being 63 today) I have followed his comps. I know how many demand that he remain stagnant and even be less than who he is as a musician. But his English heritage made him an explorer. Without the Brits America wouldn't exist.

[@Wagiblues]

Heard and seen many good guitarists - but the concert Jeff Beck gave at Lucerne/Switzerland was by far the best Gig happens to my life of now 74 Years. Even i enjoyed much Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Rory Callagher, Joe Satriani - but Beck is unique. Its like Federer in Tennis if i may compare. Wish you all the best and stay healthy

[@iamanovercomer3253]

Jeff Beck & Fender stratocaster is like Cinderella and the glass slipper - a perfect fit 🎸🎶🎵👍

[@kevinherd3437]

I've been going to shows my whole life, my first was Elvis on the separate ways tour and most of the greats the Who, Queen, Montrose etc... No one was better than JB, I always knew that but seeing him at the Hard rock Hotel inside the original Joynt about 15 ft away was amazing. He made it look effortless, the absolute master of his instrument. He was always my favorite guitarist and I will miss him forever, I'm glad the music world caught up to him the last 20 years or so. RIP MR BECK

[@stevestarr6395]

Jeff reinvented the guitar and how it’s played again!!

[@MrMarquee]

"I only bought one guitar, the others just came down the chimney, somehow" Ain't that something?

[@jokermaan1]

I saw Jeff with the Yardbirds in '65 when he would have only been 20 and he was already an amazing player. He did some astonishing stuff with feedback. And before anyone had even heard of Hendrix!

[@MrROTD]

When you're a legend like him guitars come down the chimney all the time , must be nice :D

[@keiferreefer1]

happy birthday Jeff, wow 70, hopefully I'll be there in 12 years

[@easter_sunday]

Jeff Beck is the PIcasso of the electric guitar. Rest in Peace.

[@keithjohnston6861]

Amazing guitarist and a funny guy to boot.

[@danmartinazzi]

Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page both are certainly better known and more commercially successful-but he's a million time better ... true guitar genius ;)

[@motherlessblues1565]

Only a million ? You underselling jeff

[@matthiasjanbrungers4978]

he will be surely missed.... No one played like him, he was the Best..not the greatest.. just the best

[@axedaddyx]

Yes, Jeff Beckola...what a Beast "Thinker/Player"....from WAY back in the day...to right now a complete Master of this strings...if this doesn't rock you, nothing can! He is just a Killer!

[@yobhsiFehT]

I love this man.

[@gedmason6387]

Never grew out of his love and passion for guitars

[@kevindonnelly761]

EVERYTHING Jeff did was Gob smacking !! Thank God we still have his records and videos.

[@ColinBrain]

I wish guitars came down _my_ chimney...

[@arios6076]

Colin Brain I wish I had a chimney 😞😂

[@laurenpeot8051]

Jeff is the original 'Guitar Hero" -- he is the model going back to the Yardbirds. What a humble and kind and funny person he seems -- impish, y'know? Jimi told Chas he would go to England with him on one condition. That he get to meet Jeff and Eric. Jeff awoke one morning to have his girl tell him he had to see this amazing(!?) guitarist over from America. He thought that was a bit demoralizing. But he went and said that it was like an earthquake. As he was leaving the club , Pete Townsend was walking in -- he said,"he's doing all our stuff, mate..." Jeff says that he thought he was out of a job. They became fast and true friends, of course. One reason he has given for stopping recording and touring back in the mid-80's was that he STILL missed Jimi and he was tired of soldiering on, alone. He said that HE had no one to look up to really.... Jeff has been relentless - tireless - in running thru every door Jimi had opened and even found some ones on his own. Now he is the Penultimate Artist -- or Musical Adventurer as he likes to call himself -- not a guitarist. You can hear his love for Jimi all over the place -- like the final notes of 'God Save The Queen"at Wembley 2010. Or all the performances of "Little Wing" that start out like "Hey Joe". Oh, the magic that happens between those ears! Happy 70th, Jeff and a very many more! Blessings

[@IAm-qf2xb]

Lauren Peot penultimate means next to last

[@74LesPaul]

I missed seeing Jeff by two days last year at the Marshall factory in Milton Keynes. We were in England on vacation from the Sacramento California area. Jeff had been there and signed a Marshall JTM 45 in the museum. Great timing!

[@scottmatheson2390]

It's hard to convey the feeling and the magic that these guitars had for me as a kid in the 60s. My first guitar was a "Silvertone" that came with a farty little tube amp that in my mind's eye across the decades looked something like a little suitcase or a compact little record player we used to play our "45s" on. (google it)Anyway I fought this little beast for a few years and learned how to play "Down on the Corner" and I think "Inagaddadavida" (In the Garden of Eden)I didn't get to actually touch a real Stratocaster until early 1971 and just the beautiful sculpted shape and balance of the thing was a revelation. Then the guy plugged it in for me (can't remember the amp but it was LOUD with plenty of TREBLE heh heh)and as I strummed a big warm glistening bar chord I was shaking like a leaf.I felt like the electricity was coursing through my system as if I'd been plugged into the amp first and then the strat was plugged into me! Of course from that day I was hopelessly hooked and have been playing ever since.Through out the years Beck and a handful of others (the usual suspects)have kept me inspired and for that Jeff I thank you with all my heart (full of) soul...

[@dodeka]

If you look closely, there’s a very visible vein running down the forearm of his fretting hand that runs straight to his heart. That’s where the tone comes from, heh!

[@lsmingo]

jeff,you are the sun and the moon and the stars to me.. I'd like to thank the planet that let you come to earth to play for us. no human can do what you do mr. beck.. " the swallows returned to capistrano today... they only came jeff, to hear you play"

[@howardmccauley7878]

Nobody better than this dude.

[@北原節子-y1i]

相変わらずのタンクトップ姿、決まってるね🎵彼の穏やかな語り口に癒されます‼️😊～🍀

[@PoeticJustice05]

You know Hendrix is the greatest because Jeff Beck, one of the greatest of all time, always lauds him with tremendous praise.

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

Or because you use your ears ...=.O

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

@Barry Manilowa I am but a lowly, humble messenger.

[@MrPeanutDojo]

The Description is immaculately accurate. Great vid too.

[@dinofurlan3745]

A legend.....miss you...😔

[@TheMeJustMe75]

I have never really gotten into Jeff Beck. He is a great guitar player but never really listened to his music. I think I am going to check it out. I am familiar with his work with the Yard Birds and Rod Stewart, but nothing outside of that.

[@MisterTMH]

Jeff Beck Live with Jan Hammer is a wild record .The Two Jeff Beck Group LPs with Bob Tench on Vocals are classics and Beck , Bogert and Appice Live in Japan is worth checking out but it is hard to find. Jeff's live at Appearing Ronnie Scott's jazz club sums up where he is today and his mastery of the electric guitar. Seeing Jeff play live is always a thrill.

[@nigelgspencer]

I saw Jeff play Wired live with Jan Hammer in Melbourne Australia. Jan Hammer group were the opening band. Then Jan played with Jeff in the main set. Jan was awesome in both.

[@jmarti62able]

Emotion and Commotion

[@sealisa1398]

Rough and Ready, Wired, Blow by Blow.....early Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart. Becks Guitar Shop is another great album. Beck, Bogart Apice. That will keep you busy for a while. He now tours with Vinny Couliata. He’s a class act, love him.

[@fenderstratguy]

The reason those records sound so good is they were recorded in Dubly.

[@migzz7976]

Just a few more days until his guitars are on display here in LA. Going to play hooky from work and go check them out.

[@Gregorypeckory]

@PoeticJustice05 Hendrix' greatness can't be confirmed by anyone's opinion, even someone as cool as Beck. The simple way to confirm it is to listen to his records, especially side by side with other rockers from his era. People forget how many of his songs represented a total sonic revolution. Sounds that are standard today started with him, and were revolutionary then.

[@tubesrule123]

Got to hang with JB a few times backstage - truly a cool soul!

[@raymondvaughan6262]

Great to here jeff about the players of the day who he liked what kid now can say who they like nobody about and half of them got not interested anymore just the crap pushed on them saw jeff many times just brilliant great player always creative top bloke 👍

[@mshuptar]

My brain is telling me that it's Jeff Beck sitting in this room of sweet guitars but my eyes keep seeing Nigel Tufnel.

[@paulsimmons5726]

I'd say Jeff caught the treble at some point... Incredible guitarist, period!

[@rooster4906]

God Bless You Jeff Beck 👍♥️🙏 Thank you for rock n roll and all the music, thank you good man ♥️

[@danielcruz8347]

Jeff beck is good with his hands..sure he can rebuild and soup up his guitars himself..knows what he wants and how sounds are got !! Full control of his moods..dosen't over play.with belief less notes are better and follows the feeling...

[@pattygamblin6433]

Talent will find a way.

[@Johnny-oy9fh]

The one and only....😎🎸

[@tuffgonggbUNCTION]

SOULJAH ROCKER

[@bluestingray67]

@PoeticJustice05 It's a one way street because Hendrix can't speak for himself today. If he could I'm sure he would heap big praise on Jeff. They had a lot of respect for each other back in the day.

[@axedaddyx]

Oh Hey, I forgot I was still ranting about the J.Beck tune "Loose Cannon"....it is just some serious wood chopping goin' on there...A Perfect Tune...Attention all Guitar Players!! Go listen to the Jeff Beck tune..."Loose Cannon"....ride that around the block a few times! YIKES!

[@vmicro]

Completely agreed!!

[@criguit]

i think these are nonsense question: who is better? Hendrix, Beck? useful for chats and nothing more. Beck is one of a kind and not comparable, Hendrix was another. If you look in detail you see that Beck has always been near to jazz rock, pure melodies and solid technique, plus having an unpredictabilty that you can ear in no other. You never know exactly where he goes, also the frets and the strings don't know it, and that's what make Beck a genius not comparable, and a pleasure to hear.

[@streetfightingman8910]

Legend ..mr fender 👍

[@Snakefinger1000]

When there were school dances or local church dances I'd be with all the guitar geeks not interested with girls, unless they played music right up the front checking out their guitars and amps. I saw my first Salmon Pink Strat at a church dance, those pickups had me mesmerised. At school I'd be drawing pictures of Marshall stacks instead of doing maths, I'd been bitten by the bug really bad.

[@VintageLeftyGuitars]

@1:44 i think every guitar player has that experience with whatever music they listen to lol... that one moment when you are like hold on... im gonna need all these different guitars for different sounds etc... different now a days with pedals and stuff but yeah

[@BassistPaul]

Always intrigues me that Beck, Clapton and Page all came from the same small corner of Surrey (south west of London). Must have been something in the water.

[@559wacko]

THANKS POPEYE

[@justinherbert9146]

Jeff playing a Les Paul in 1974 -- SHE'S A WOMAN - see the video of an in a tv studio live performance - and i think to myself that Jeff was born to play a Les Paul not just a Strat - Jeff sounds absolutely incredible with a Gibson Les Paul in his hands

[@metalfiend124]

@PoeticJustice05 I think it's just because jimi was coming from a different musical style. I'm sure he learned seeing Hendrix, but he also appreciated Eddie Van Halen. I wonder about ynwie. I'm sure he'd like vai and satriani.

[@pippotones]

Jeff….king of tone… :-))

[@sunnyray7819]

People take for granted how easy it is to get a cheap decent guitar these days.. Back in the day some guitar player went on tour sharing or borrowing a guitar to play on.. Guitars were expensive..

[@modsquad1503]

BRIAN MAY OF QUEEN LOVED JEFF BECK GROUP,,AND LOTS NOW KNOW THAT THE HEADBANGING MIDDLE PART OF BOHEMIAM RHAPSODY (waynes World) WAS TAKEN FROM JEFFS Solo Album BECKS BOLERO...Listen to the track BECKS BOLERO and hear jeffs headbanging middle solo....Brian may copied this style..owes enormous credit to Beck.

[@chrishorton615]

Jeff Beck and Jerry Garcia are why I have a strat

[@jjmassey2906]

when he said came down the chimney seeing as im feeling really festive i thought he meant he got them for christmas haha

[@63caster]

Did he ever get it... !!!

[@metalfiend124]

@Gregorypeckory Band on the run and he had a decent amount of singles. I like his voice, but I liked lennon's voice too. lucy in the sky with diamonds is a good example.

[@brettk1380]

its so weird hearing him talk with a british accent, he just seems so american when he is on stage lol he just has that look. either way one of my faves

[@allthingsclassicrock]

“Still got the ole tagger on it, see never even played it.”

[@chrisdee5032]

I see what you did there lol.

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

I'd like a chimney like Jeffs ...

[@steely_Bob]

RIP

[@foxbor0]

I thought this might be a conversation about how he found the best treble sounding guitar... you know, with the title of the clip being what it is an' all

[@SuperNoobTroll]

Love that part in the movie where he says "Our amps go to 11"

[@michaeldoty1770]

Jeff Beck would make a great guitarist for Deep Purple. Who agrees?

[@YouzTube99]

Not in my opinion. DP is a great band but riff based. Jeff is a kind of rock/jazz hybrid and likes to improvise.

[@lamunedonein2656]

Jason Doty jeff beck in genesis, or jethro tull

[@PANICBLADE]

paul wrote helter skelter after he heard that the who just wrote the heaviest song in the world at the time to take that title. that sound conservative? hes done tons of great work after the beatles on his own with wings who have tons of hits. paul was very progressive, rediculously talented in terms of the instruments he played, his singing, and songwriting, and yeah arguably the tightest bass player that ever lived. the man is a genius. without him the beatles wouldnt be nearly as significant.

[@PoeticJustice05]

@bluestingray67 Jimi would never admit he's the greatest, but one look at that time period, and nobody made an impact on not only the public, but other guitarists, like he did.

[@TheKirkYates]

when he said a 25 pound guitar, for half a second i thought he was talking about weight haha

[@mayito714]

He's talking about when; No TV, no cell phone and no computers...

[@noname.___]

No shit sherlock

[@noname.___]

There was TVs bru

[@vmicro]

Funny... I find him quite self-effacing and humble. Especially given his extreme prowess.

[@cabbage9398]

"...and this of course is the custom three pick-up"

[@3Deity]

Aaah, the last thing he says - LOL!

[@TheGoldstrat]

Still Guitar Hero

[@vmicro]

McCartney is widely acknowledged as on of the greatest bass player of all time. If you can't hear the brilliance, I feel sorry for you.

[@digitalboomer]

The truth is, I can't think of many great guitarists that didn't come from humble beginnings. I'm sure there are a few, but most were dirt poor.

[@perrysar5954]

He hung out with Hendrix,I never knew that.

[@metalfiend124]

@bluestingray67 And like Beck, he would have progressed as a player, I think.

[@keef7224]

Only ever bought one guitar?!😱 I suck and I’ve bought dozens! 😂

[@PANICBLADE]

live and let die was pretty extrordinary. but yes paul wanted the lyric to go "she was just 17 and she was no beauty queen" and Lennon was all NUHnuhnuhnuhnuhnuhnuh...... "She was just 17 and YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN" Hell yes. Youre right Lennon was the more risque. paul was actually the most versatile musician in the beatles. the best bass and drummer player of them all, pretty dang good guitarist, and arguably the best singer. ya not to kiss his ass or anything but i think hes pretty cool.

[@DARKSIDEOFURANUS]

Hank, Hendrix, Holdsworth, Halen

[@kevinjeffan6376]

snape is that you?

[@produccionesmiranejo]

@TheKirkYates haha me too