Learn How NICK JOHNSTON Plays Lead & Chord Melodies | IMPROVISATION & THEORY Lesson

[@DarrylSyms]

5:35 - to avoid confusion: So what I’m intending to say here is that the IV chord in a major key would be major. So in B major that would be your E chord. In B minor it’s an Em. It’s simply a major substitution. My apologies if it came across the wrong way! 🙂

[@tonybarber420]

What and how can i hear that song in the outro??

[@DarrylSyms]

It’s an oldie: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZWUZq2HfK2Igtk

[@Userxyzabcdefg]

Now make video about Plini!!

[@DarrylSyms]

If enough people thumbs up and are interested then I will! 🙌

[@cx777o]

Plini would be overkill, i would totally dig that lesson haha

[@fp-ko7vg]

Yeaah!

[@MoonWalkerTexsRanger]

yes pleaaase !

[@appetiteforguitar]

Yes Plini would be awesome! This lesson is absolutely excellent btw. Always loved Nick's playing. Great work as always! 🎸🤘

[@NowakP]

Hey, another guitarist I really like. Remarkably Human is an amazing guitar album where guitar somehow is not the focus all the time but instead just an instrument playing a great melody

[@mathewmcconaughey6557]

I knew about Nick Johnston before I saw him live on the 2017 Intervals tour and was so blow away by him and his improv... easily one of the best guitar players alive right now.

[@DarrylSyms]

This video is a long one, but there’s so much to talk about!! 🙌

[@al-muhsimsantiago4753]

Darryl Syms Guthrie Govan Please

[@majian123123]

Darryl Syms thx mate

[@tommyboy1310]

Darryl! Make a video on Eric Johnson on his open voice triads and technique

[@facundodemo4823]

Amazing video man!!!! I can't find remarkably human tab on the web

[@DarrylSyms]

Work it out yourself 😄 Ear training is good for you 😉

[@Shivamkhandelwal]

Thank you so much dude..For actually being able to help with Nick's foundational playing style. Most of his clinic stuff is too overwhelming and he shares things which are very hard for me to absorb.

[@CA-ml3iv]

We're in for a great lesson :P Also I appreciate that we can hear your pick and strings ring along it just makes it sound so much more powerful/organic.

[@shannonponnoth4865]

This is absolute GOLD! Thanks a ton Daryl! Have searched endlessly for someone who could breakdown Nick’s playing and you’ve done a phenomenal job. Thanks once again! 🤙🏻

[@DarrylSyms]

Glad you like it! Thanks!

[@Csar-wj3od]

Love the longer video! The longer the better ... with you Is guaranteed guitar love!

[@marcelinahunt9182]

Nick Johnston is one of my favs and the guitar channel is one of my top three favorites!

[@luisfguitar]

Man this Ibanez of yours sounds so versatile. You get some really good single coil like sounds on it

[@DarrylSyms]

I try! Thanks 🙂

[@khanindranath8674]

Man you played exactly like him🥺 He also played some of these licks at the NAMM

[@DarrylSyms]

Good spotting ;)

[@victorteran559]

Id love some more nick stuff!! This is gold 🙏

[@jjunaree8251]

Your tone is almost similar to nick. Really impressed bro.

[@DarrylSyms]

Thanks man! I wasn’t trying to be honest. With the gear I own it’s not really possible at the moment. But I’m quite happy with my tone cause I feel like it’s a bit of an all rounder ✌️ I’d say the tone is more in the picking dynamics 🙂

[@jjunaree8251]

Asato,Mayer,Kotzen,Lari and now Nick Johnston. If you do lesson about plini I would die in peace lol.

[@eddiejuarez]

Yaps... that's what i'm talking 'bout.. well done!! if you want.. keep on it!! Nick J it's an amazing artist to analize..

[@BluesInSeattle]

I'd not heard of Nick Johnston until recently (last year or so) and I enjoyed this video quite a bit. I don't quite get all of the pickup switching stuff, but using my current Schecter and have found that I've got to lay off the pickup selector because it's losing it's internal connections (probably oxidization). Nick is one of those guitar players that when I start trying his techniques, I feel myself breaking out of the same old routine stuff. He's like a cross between Paul Gilbert, Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, SRV, with the tiniest bit of John Mayer thrown in on a couple of things. You've done a great job cracking open his style. Please do more like this and I will pay money for that alone. I might consider a Skype lesson or two with you in the near future if my pocketbook can afford it.

[@DarrylSyms]

He’s a cool dude huh! Glad you enjoyed the video man. You could easily fix your pickup selector with a little bit of soldering knowledge. Usually guitar manufacturers use poor quality electronic parts that don’t last. I’ve re-wired my whole guitar with vintage high quality wiring and hardware so that this doesn’t happen to me anytime soon. It’s lasted 6 years so far 🙂 I’ll be doing a few more things in this style in the near future so keep an eye out. Meanwhile if you wanted to book a Skype Lesson sometime then feel free to message me on facebook.com/darrylsyms. It would be a pleasure to help you out. Good luck! ✌️

[@BluesInSeattle]

Heck yeah, he's great. My Schecter is a C-1 Classic Diamond Series I purchased in 2002 (with the tone pros and jazz humbuckers) that has served me quite well. Considering how much I've played it, it's held up better than my Gibson LP, which is only 6 years old. It is probably time to have the wiring redone, but my guitar skills are a bit better than my soldering skills, so I'll have to pay a pro to do it.

[@DarrylSyms]

Oh wow that’s lasted quite some time!

[@BluesInSeattle]

I finally upgraded the Schecter pickups to Wolfetone "marshallhead" pickups. Oh my it's amazing. I hope life's treating you well. Good stuff!

[@DarrylSyms]

Wow, 2 years later and you came back to check in and let us know! Thanks, and I hope you’re well also! 😃😋

[@laconsciencedetre2760]

Hello, Could you tell what is this ibanez guitar model? Thank you, very interesting.

[@guitarrobsley]

Very nice bro....it's great sound !!!

[@Djolan]

Wow.. thanks for this video!!

[@gizemkayhan9245]

just wow

[@liamerick7262]

fantastic man!

[@abiugonzalez2087]

I Love it Music ir Nick he Is Amazing Guitar

[@jjunaree8251]

I'm watching this again and decide to sit down and learn it. I slowly notice that this is an outro improvisation that nick does in dunlop booth right?

[@DarrylSyms]

You got it! At least, a little section of that anyway (roughly) 🤙

[@kimadkinson4647]

Darryl, I was watching a short video on nick johnstons improv of atomic mind. How much and where do I send money for the tab?

[@DarrylSyms]

Head to getfretwise.com and use the contact form there to get in touch me me, and I’ll sort you out 🙌

[@tchamerosaintfort2698]

Hi Syms! Great Job My Teacher!!!!! It’s possible to put into my timeline delay (strymon) that preset sound Biax Fx do you used???? I love that effect

[@DarrylSyms]

Of course, the Timeline rules! To be honest my tone and settings is really not that advanced. With the delay, it’s just a basic common setting which you should have no worries soaking into your timeline 👍

[@birinchiborah404]

Nick Johnston live at NAMM

[@DarrylSyms]

SUPERFAN 🏆🙏

[@birinchiborah404]

@@DarrylSyms absolutely ❤️

[@basedhumanofficial]

hahaha that’s awesome 🤙

[@deivisignacio2173]

05:20 the relative major of bm is D for me. Could explain better for me? Thanks!!! I'm brazilian but i understand somethings 😁

[@DarrylSyms]

You are correct - please read the pinned comment 🙂 I meant parallel subscritution, not relative major

[@kimadkinson4647]

I just subscribed. What do I need to do to get the whole atomic mind improv you just did in tab?

[@DarrylSyms]

Thanks Kim! Check put my Patreon, which is linked in the the description 🙂

[@TruthTalk1221]

DUDE that’s Ibee sounds tight what amp/pickups are you using?!

[@DarrylSyms]

Read the description and all will be answered 😉

[@TruthTalk1221]

Darryl Syms sweeeeet mods dude !

[@juniorjacomo4058]

Conteúdo Exelente

[@pedramfarzamguitar]

awesome. how do you get that tone?

[@DarrylSyms]

BIAS FX

[@pedramfarzamguitar]

Darryl Syms thanks man

[@al-muhsimsantiago4753]

Next Guthrie Govan playing style please

[@RudyAyoub]

AL-muhsim Santiago guthrie govan is a god

[@al-muhsimsantiago4753]

Rudy Ayoub I know Darryl Syms can make it

[@JoanGradosNitus]

nice video and tone!! what gear you use for this tone like nick? bias fx? or amp?

[@DarrylSyms]

BIAS FX 👍

[@JoanGradosNitus]

great i have bias fx too, what amp or preset you use? can your share or explain?

[@DarrylSyms]

Good question - I don’t remember off the top of my head, but they’re low gain ones. I will finish the tone soon and put it on the cloud 🙂

[@JoanGradosNitus]

ok thanks i wait for news then

[@adamziada]

How do you get this tone, I want it. Please tell me. Teach me. I NEED.

[@DarrylSyms]

Go outside, fill your pants with sand or soil, run 10km north keeping hold of as much sand/soil as you can, now empty your pants, do a backflip, then tell the next person you see that they’re the most beautiful specimen you’ve ever seen. After all that, plug your guitar in and download my presets on BFX2. That’s a good start, but there’s a little more to it than that 🙌

[@tinktinkputra2316]

Great lesson! But I prefer blue jeans😁

[@volkankayhan7256]

playing in the neck position right? which pickup is it?

[@DarrylSyms]

Yep, Dimarzio Cruiser Neck

[@faridzayish]

Lel that ‘aboot’, remind me of another utuber guitarist Ross Campbell 😅

[@Kittletothemoon]

omfg

[@phensuangkubohairang3189]

Wat mode use? Here

[@onedayapp3534]

tabs?

[@volkankayhan7256]

which audio interface you use?

[@DarrylSyms]

Focusrite Scarlett 2i2

[@yorichixX]

Hey is it maple neck?

[@DarrylSyms]

Yes it is

[@volkankayhan7256]

i need tabs there is finger picking i cant figure out

[@DarrylSyms]

Luckily there are tabs on my Patreon 👏🙌🙂

[@roguelife023]

Relative major Bm = E? Enlighten me but is that really the relative major? Isn't it 'D'?

[@DarrylSyms]

No it’s D. Did I say it was E?

[@roguelife023]

Im sorry Im just missing the point here at @5:35. The IV chord should be minor but it is often swapped with its relative major substitution which is E.

[@DarrylSyms]

Ahh I see why you might be confused, I could have done a better job of explaining that one - my apologies. So what I’m intending to say here is that the IV chord in a major key would be major. So in B major that would be your E chord. In B minor it’s an Em. It’s simply a major substitution. I almost even confused myself after watching this again 😅

[@roguelife023]

Anyway this video has very rich content. Thank you!

[@supernovawalker]

[@rollipollirock]

That RG has been modded to hell and back...

[@DarrylSyms]

I’ve tried a few things 💁‍♂️ Though my intentions were to modify it to heaven and back, not hell 😉

[@TacticalxRecon]

Ok now can you teach us how to play lead like Nick Jonas?

[@DarrylSyms]

That’s too advanced for me

[@fabtone1]

Thanks a lot , i m worry about your right knee ....

[@DarrylSyms]

What’re you worried about?

[@alvarochicaizaguitar]

Nick tunning his guitar in Eb?????

[@DarrylSyms]

Yes