RIP Jeff Beck: Some Tips For Nailing His Signature Sound

[@Acousticeg]

Thank you for changing the thumb nail and showing Jeff the respect he has earned by anyone who has ever heard him play. I am old enough to have seen him as a very young guitarist. And from that fist listen to the last...no one moved my soul to music more then him.

[@analogman9697]

I wonder why he ditched the Jacksons for the most part. The neck through Soloists sustain for days.

[@Diax1324]

@@analogman9697he had said in interviews that they were “a bit heavy metal” looking. He later said that that era was uncomfortable for him.

[@analogman9697]

I get that. Look at the cars he drove. He probably hated the "Flash" album, but that solo on "Ambitious" is my all time fave.@@Diax1324

[@plasterpenguin]

Man, I love the direct conversational tone of your videos. Not talking about your guitar tone (though, that's always great too)

[@darrellminx5459]

Thank you for documenting these Beck tricks.

[@PJ-ee5mc]

Your video is, in my opinion, the most informative I have seen with regard to Jeff Beck's technique and tone. I have been playing Strats and enjoying Jeff Beck for over 50 years. Yikes, how did that happen?! One of your best tips (and most well keep secrets) was simply pulling the trem into the harmonic to 'lock it in' and make it ring. Once I discovered that by accident many years ago I felt like I had hit the jackpot! This alone will be a game changer for a lot of young players. I love what you do, Dani. Your videos have always been my favorites and are still teaching this old dog new tricks. Keep up the great work!

[@kevinconnor6828]

So true

[@zz9alfa]

Great Jeff Beck tribute, picked up loads.

[@stauffrt2]

“A” plus!!!!! You da man. Appreciate your articulate smart explanations.

[@marbinmusic]

thanks bro, started as a skeptic and came full circle! I like that in a sub.

[@stauffrt2]

@@marbinmusic I actually got to jam with Mr Beck once. It’s true! I did ok and earned a smiling nod from him. (I’d send a photo of it but I don’t see an option for that here.)

[@greggjones2000]

Love the Beck lessons and that aspect of your playing!

[@alarconclaudio]

Great tips man, thanks!

[@ilanarabin3068]

Deciphering and transmitting so perfectly 🙏

[@darrellminx5459]

Great video. Thank you you are spot on.

[@rayadray9279]

Very informative. I can automatically tell your very experienced in guitar front to back. Great job of explaining many things. Safe to say the other Jeff beck mechanism is using heavy on chorus I'm assuming also. Great job and thank you.....

[@collinsmith6565]

Thanks for this video! You have some great insights into dialing in his tone & playing techniques. Really useful! The 2 spring set up is interesting, I remember seeing a video w Carl Verheyen discussing the beck bridge setup & if I remember correctly he said beck had his setup to float. Something like all 3 treble strings would sound a Bbm chord when fully raised.

[@wooddragon55]

I honestly appreciate your delivery, approach and technical prowess, you are very generous to share this with us. Much thanks!

[@RichardCowdrey]

Outstanding!

[@marbinmusic]

Thank you kindly!

[@dwodo21]

Wow! Great stuff!!

[@xprophet9]

Excellent Maestro!

[@fernandes5986]

Very good. Thank you.

[@ericlawrence9729]

Fantastic tips, wonderful video, keep up the great work and God Bless.

[@randyjones280]

Cause we've ended as lovers wasn't originally done with a Wang bar for one and it was a tribute to Roy Buchanan who played a tele. It's the volume swells that are the key. He really did it on a tele with Seymour Duncan pickups. No Wang bar. The strat with the tremolo came later. It's the volume swells. I watched Roy ( sat right in front of him at Painters Mill).

[@howe_bradical]

Position 2 sounded instantly more Beck. Great choice over straight bridge pickup for the sound you had going on. 👍

[@teresathomley3703]

Very helpful!!

[@stauffrt2]

Ok dammit this is REALLY good stuff. Thank you.

[@joeyserrapede]

Thoroughly enjoyed, thank you~🎸

[@BudoyPogi-o3j]

THANK YOOOUUUUU sir. Very informative. Subscriber now

[@MikeBlocker-e8k]

Yes..i agree

[@Webbsongs]

Yessir!

[@ajpeagle]

Great content.

[@marbinmusic]

Thank you!! Much more on the channel!

[@TheFendersfine]

Great insights

[@patwazz7147]

very good inspiring lesson ! for me some mystery are cleared - thanks for it ! One question - how to dial in the reverb/delay sound ? I´m not so in this effect sounds, so right hand technics is for me more easy than to find the good fitting sounds on reverb/delay - could you please give some ideas ? JB was for me the absoute master of playing vocal like emotional expression, going deep under the skin....

[@darrellminx5459]

Just add hall or room reverb to taste for ambiance. Simple

[@thejamnasium6447]

cause we've ended as lovers of the marbinmusic youtube channel

[@randyjones280]

Really these guys played each other's axes Eddie Van Halen, Steve Lukather, Jeff Beck and they each sounded like themselves

[@PJ-ee5mc]

Cheers, Dani. Since you have probably forgotten more about Jeff Beck than the rest of us will ever know you might be best suited to answer this age-old question: I personally love to play Jeff's "Where Were you?" but I can do it only on my guitars with hot Humbuckers in order to pull of the less-natural harmonics... like the crazy one that creates the crescendo on the 3d fret of the G string. I'm sure you know the one. While this was executed brilliantly in the studio back in '89 most us never saw Jeff pull this off in the same way live as he often struggled to get that one harmonic on stage. Can you offer some insight on this? What do think is really going on here?

[@greeng313]

Really interesting stuff.

[@eliezerrivera9203]

Do you what size of strings Jeff used to play on his guitar!?

[@kleincio3420]

How you keep your guitar on tune while using the whammy bar?

[@keefewn9]

YEAH MAN. Show more on your tremelo bar set up?

[@marbinmusic]

Set the trem to go up to Bb on the G string

[@CasualT840]

I need my shout out , Dani!

[@marbinmusic]

Yooooo

[@rabinserious1]

ממש נחמד!

[@jonset70]

It's was great 👍. Jeff playing if copy him only used style playing great thing is keep this name around for next generation. But you always add bit you in it . Jeff really not from this world he just play play lot, then he stop for bit then he got Inspired out blue he see different way then he develops His style .

[@WiserInTime]

That thumbnail image seems a bit amiss.

[@sixfix79]

I agree. I just don’t get why he did that. It’s such a sad time right now, after following Jeff for 60 years it just doesn’t seem right when I see something like that

[@paulorsbrito]

When trying to sound like Jeff, my personal goal is not sounding like I'm a drunk

[@mihaiioantabacaru7758]

Me watching this with a Les Paul...

[@cerclesvicieux]

Sorry pal, not even close.

[@marbinmusic]

I forgive you

[@frannyp46]

You forgot his tapping techniques 😀

[@marbinmusic]

I don’t tap and ignore it when other do

[@jbowerman50]

Very Interesting