No Talk, All Rock: The Friedman JEL-50

[@BenEller]

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[@trecemundos]

Please can u consider to make a video about style and techniques of the guitarrist from HIM band? I love your videos, thanks

[@ivanmauromh7668]

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[@floydmorrison2025]

That diminished chord you snuck into 'Say It Ain't So' got my step mom all hot and bothered! She's now gonna make ziti tonight, so thanks for that, Ben!!!

[@jakeorel3406]

1:34 🥵

[@organicsin]

Nothing better than an “ all worked up step- mom AND some baked ziti…!……that’s outstanding!

[@johnbrantley1311]

Clicked for the amp, stayed for the song selection! Envious of all your cool guitars and amps! Long time listener. Thanks for all you do.

[@BenEller]

Much appreciated!

[@davidstokes4630]

"Rich bastard"... stated Dio guitarist Vivian Campbell about Journey guitarist Neal Schon to Guitar magazine writer. Another spoiled rich guitarist: Joe Bonamassa!

[@drewflax]

As Tuco said, "TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT!!"

[@timp.9582]

Fucking hilarious 😂 always love tuco references.

[@Utasuta3034]

😂😂😂

[@ptmich333]

F-cking great guitar playing Ben! Loved all these amzing riffs perfectly executed!

[@BenEller]

Thanks a ton!

[@CodyBarnette-GNARK]

Uncle Ben has almost every USA guitar known to man but still refuses to upgrade his camera to 4k 😂 the mark of a real guitarist ❤️

[@UncleYoshi]

This Friedman JEL 50 is the best sounding Friedman so far IMO.

[@ArtisanCyanide]

Aint nothing making grumpy uncle Ben smirk like the swaggy groovy simplicity of She Is Beautiful. What a heartthrob

[@Bumblebee71121]

Uncle Ben has all sorts of chops!!!

[@tinman5322]

What a treat REMINISCING so many of my favorite riffs!

[@MickH60]

Reminiscing by Little River Band, You've out done yourself Uncle Ben !!

[@dg5301]

It has to be at least 25 yrs since I last heard it and I knew it right away. I wonder if that's in the yacht rock gig rotation?

[@BenEller]

You beg!!! A little LRB never hurt nobody!

[@LM-op8cd]

Awesome job! Man I love RATT Warren and Robin have so many awesome riffs. Anyway thanks for making feel like a kid again

[@777nezzy]

Yes brought back some memories when Ben broke out into round and round. Might be time to do a RATT compilation, bahahahahaaaaa

[@israelr6636]

EPIC!! Great riffs and execution. The Skid Row 18 & Life part is my personal favorite part.

[@rafaelsolorioRSAUDIO]

Wow, wasn't expecting to hear some Loudness Riffs, Kudos man!

[@BenEller]

I’m stoked you caught it!

[@BMooreMusic]

Great job!! Especially like that you played Loudness! Bonus points for She Is Beautiful!

[@BenEller]

You have great taste!!

[@Tiresmoke7]

I loved every minute of it ! I hope the neighbors did too !!

[@kevinprowse406]

You played great stuff I grew up with as an 80s kid. All the great hair metal. Thanks brother!!

[@BenEller]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kevinprowse406]

@ always a pleasure to hear you tear up my favorite players!

[@Sarahbuildsstepsequencers]

Uncle Ben, playing the hits that Rock! Nice to finally see the black Les Paul Custom again!

[@moose6666]

I know it's a Jake E Lee amp, and you did right by throwing in Bark at the Moon, but ending with John Sykes - Bad Boys, Cryin' in the Rain, was next level 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@RequiemDead]

Oh lawd, them tones! Across the board (PUN INTENDED), every guitar sounded amazing!

[@johnstroyek]

Where have you been Uncle Ben..........???? nice to see you again...... keep ROCKING BRO....!!!!!!

[@BenEller]

Say what?! Uploading videos every single week!!! Lots of good stuff for you here to catch up on!!!

[@denmut]

18 and Life Riff. I watched the other your interview with Scotti Hill. Was great. Also I had asked you a few weeks ago on instagram a question about holding the pick with 3 fingers. Thanks for your answer. It gave me confidence about improving the way I play without trying to change the way I hold the pick. Cheers.

[@BenEller]

I’m so stoked to hear that! Thanks!

[@Punk_Unkle_Guitars]

This was super fun, Uncle Ben!🎸⚡️🤘

[@claudeg4016]

Uncle Ben, awesome showing of your chops and the awesome Friedman JEL-50 head!!! This is what I could figure out....but missed a few. My favs were the Sykes stuff at the end 👍🏽 1. Joe Satriani - Always With Me, Always With You 2. Skid Row - 18 and Life 3. ??? - ??? 4. Michael Jackson - Rock With You 5. Little River Band - Reminiscing 6. ??? - ??? 7. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak 8. Guns n Roses - Mr Brownstone 9. Kansas - Carry On My Wayard Son 10. Van Halen - You Really Got Me 11. Britny Fox - Girls School 12. Cinderella - Gypsy Rose 13. Van Halen - I'm the One 14. Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil 15. Jake E Lee - Bark at the Moon 16. Lourness - Crazy Nights 17. Steve Vai - Erotic Nightmares 18. Ratt - Round and Round 19. David Lee Roth - Just Like Paradise 20. ??? - ??? 21. Ratt - Lay It Down 22. Extreme - Lil' Jack Horny 23. King's X - Dogman 24. Whitesnake - Judgement Day 25. Whitesnake - Bad Boys 26. Whitesnake - Cryin' in the Rain

[@JPGenergy]

3 = Say it ain’t so - Weezer 6= Up to my neck in you -AC/DC

[@claudeg4016]

​@JPGenergy thanks, just couldn't get them

[@FMONO]

20. She is beautiful - Andrew WK

[@heartstringssound-Doug]

Oh yeah! Carry on Wayward Son!! Loved hearing that again!

[@WaltWht]

That tone from the LP Custom was dripping with awesome sauce ❤🤘🤩🎸🧨🧨🧨🚀💰

[@ampman50]

Fantastic playing,Mr Eller. Hitting all the right spots there fella. Still waiting for your John Sykes solo🤨.😆👍🏻

[@kylekazlaw9105]

Even this old school metalhead recognizes and loves that Little River Band jam

[@amesmilesoff4768]

Well worth listening to, cheers Ben 👍

[@BenEller]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@PeteBreen]

Incredible demo Uncle Ben - always love the variety of styles to really showcase an amp.

[@BenEller]

Thanks man! When the amp is capable of so much totally, you gotta play stuff that shows it off!

[@ChrisHariis]

Love the JEL-50. Sounds amazing. Have an original BE-100 and never get rid of it. It does everything in spades. The Friedman stuff sounded great when bought. The original BE-100 was what made the choice. It is a great amp. A lot more kids in JEL.

[@zbassillini]

Gypsy Rose 🌹! Great playing uncle Ben!

[@zipchtkdn7804]

Sounds like a plexi with overhaul and upgraded balls

[@ScottfromBaltimore]

Uncle Ben can play more songs than I can name. I definitely heard Rock with You followed by Reminiscing played on the american strat. I caught about 10 seconds of Jail Break on the Les Paul, Carry on, Wayward Son into You Really Got Me on the white Jackson, I'm the One and Running with the Devil on the blue guitar on Channel 2. Bark at the Moon on the red Jackson, Round and Round on the Jem, Now here's Lay it Down on the Suhr.... and that's about all I know. I be a lot of those were 80s hair and in the Skank Banger repertoire.

[@tanerkr8713]

Glad to hear some Loudness.

[@MKRISING75]

The Gibson custom both Jackson’s all Ibanez and the Shur modern’s were my favorites! This video was fukn awesome 🤟🏻

[@-KingOfKhaos]

12:01 “Lay it Down” Ratt

[@Heineken1712]

The sound was so perfect for this riff!

[@CinemaPuree]

aaahhh the soothing sounds of yacht rock!

[@RodneyWallaceDynamoC]

Wow, ALL channels Sound great ❤.

[@BenEller]

Agreed!

[@JoyzerDk]

Moar like these please! Much appreciation for playing BAtM like JEL does, kudos

[@davereith54]

I geeked out when you played Girlschool!!

[@cleanhit777]

Sorry i cut to the high gain with bad monkey section, you didn't disappoint with your song selection, your face playing bad boys tells me where your heart really lies!

[@erichartwell6792]

All of them sound amazing with your skill uncle ben nothing but the best 💯🤘🏻🏆🎸🔥💣💪

[@metalheadpunk]

Very nice work Uncle Ben! Thank you!

[@BenEller]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@scootersays]

Was pretty cool hearing some Cinderella and Britney Foxx in there too! Growing up around them in the Philly/Jersey clubs. And some Loudess also! ←it's one of my ring tones 😂

[@777nezzy]

Great to finish with some Whitesnake, they rock. I would love to see you break down some Boston stuff also.

[@Xplora213]

Holy cow. I will forever be on team medium output pickups… this video just proves they sound better.

[@BenEller]

Which ones in particular did you like?

[@Xplora213]

@ you started with lower output, worked your way up to the Jackson’s and there is just way too much fur for me at the end. I’ve never liked it despite being the fan I am. Best tone I ever got was a cranked Full Shred into my Mesa rig. I hit hard, I don’t need the pickups and pedals to catch it up. It’s not a criticism of your choices etc. You just grok what the originals did 😂 I think the suhr black satin was the limit.

[@davidlittlewood2763]

Really wasn't trying to hear and appraise the amp, just listening to a sh!t load of my favourite riffs!!! AND as I write this you break out the LP Custom and fire off into my favourite of all ' BAD BOYS'. Sykes writes some BAD ASS riffs

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

Tasty, especially the John Sykes.

[@-KingOfKhaos]

8:28 “Bark at the Moon” Ozzy

[@thedog98mauser]

I like how you were playing crazy nights by Loudness that’s a pretty cool tune

[@Burnt_Gerbil]

Finally! A video where Uncle Ben shuts up for 15 minutes. 😆 I’m kidding. I’m kidding. Don’t hurt me. Rock on! 🤘😬

[@BenEller]

Hahahaha

[@Emanuelnx]

The lead tone with the ibanez jem77 was the best in the whole video imo, i should have one haha

[@BenEller]

You should have one!

[@SGobuck]

Friedman- sounds just like paradise 😎👍🇺🇸

[@auqolaqysem8587]

Great job, man!

[@h.youngvalley.3681]

I waited for that bad boys riff and that face! Sounds gr8 b!

[@gilguisler2215]

I have the JEL 20 and I got to say one of the best tones on that amp (and the one I look most forward to using when I gig) is the plexi channel with the gain knob dimed and the front end being boosted by a Buxom Boost or a Golden Pearl. Hearing you basically doing the same thing with the JEL 50 had me nodding my head and saying “he understands!” Plenty of gain for 80’s rock in that setting.

[@BenEller]

Isn’t it sick?!

[@gilguisler2215]

@ BTW, your vid on the JEL 20 was the main reason I bought it. Great job on it.

[@agirlsname7159]

Your Eddie swing-fu has improved to an epic level.

[@BenEller]

Why thank you!

[@jeffmruth]

Dam, loved the Vai/Whitesnake Judgement Day riff!

[@davidlittlewood2763]

13:38. Exactly!!!

[@vonslagle]

Sounds amazing and looks cool

[@xtimator]

Kick Azzzzz... Thx for the great riffs bruh 🤘

[@FullMataCorrida]

Uncle Ben knows best!

[@dans2971]

Little River Band! Classic!

[@michaelhudson2096]

10:14 That’s about the most perfect rendition of Just Like Paradise as you’re likely to ever hear.

[@BenEller]

Thank you!!

[@itsjohnnymillion]

It sounds so good

[@rasmuslaurberghansen8484]

5:00 Carry on wayward son - Kansas, 5:35 You really got me - Van Halen / The Kinks, 8:25 Bark at the moon - Ozzy

[@davidwalton5359]

I would love to see a guitar collection video plz!

[@sheriewart8100]

My stepmom can’t shut up about your finger technique!

[@daniels7624]

The last 2 Whitesnake sections were killah. Would love a video just about those and how you setup the amp for that sound etc etc.

[@Hawkspring]

I was already at 11 and then you kicked in Bad Boys and the Sykes legato runs.

[@MrSatanislav]

05:58 Brytny Fox riff yeah! 09:10 Loudness riff 10:40 Andrew W K "she is beautiful"

[@BenEller]

You like great stuff!

[@cc5053]

Excellent playing as expected, but I'm not hearing anything from that amp that would make me ditch my $1,300 JEL-20 and drop over double the cash for a JEL-50. Perhaps that's why this was a "no talking" video????

[@anthonyfreire7251]

LOUDNESS

[@ericwhite680]

Monsterous sound!

[@harleyguido]

Great playing 👍🏻

[@BenEller]

Thanks a lot!

[@rkb3573]

Wow! Nice demo.

[@BenEller]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@DanBaker30]

:42 "Always with you always with me" Satriani

[@TheShreddDude]

The crunch is a little loose and hairy like my mom

[@CodyBarnette-GNARK]

Best comment

[@steveymoon]

I concur.

[@braxal6983]

I love that Loudness riff. I use to see them in Southern California. Like the Country Club in Reseda for example. I really like there older stuff before they got signed in United States. Go listen to the song "Esper". It is super bad ass

[@sotirios6882]

Dude you smoked every Riff 🤘🎸Seems to work great for the music from the 80's. Is this one a keeper or a loaner? Oh BTW are some of those songs on the Skankbanger list? ROCK THE F**K ON BEN! 🤘⚡️🤘

[@aandc2005]

I think got some right not in order satriani always with you always with me, skid row 18 and life, thin lizzy china town, brittney Fox girl school, extreme get the funk out, loundness, kansas, vh you really got me, black crows, Ozzy bark at the moon, vai is the audience listening, ratt round and round, ratt lay it down( what really great tone!!) white snake... Honestly I thought the best tone was when you played ratt lay it down! You should do more of this type of video when you get a new amp or a piece cool gear👍🤘🎸

[@temujenbarca1284]

Aaah! Friedman amps, few amp makers provoke such conflicting emotions in me. My inner guitar player drools, craves, yearns, for one of His creations. Any of them, really... But the would-be responsible grown-up keeping watch over my measly funds, is absolutely outraged by their price tags... Great playing, though, Ben, and great demo, as usual. Your skills make me nearly as envious as the awesome gear you unleash them on..! 😜

[@BenEller]

They’re the BEST…. Give in! Do it!!!

[@temujenbarca1284]

@BenEller If I could... I definitely would. Well, most probably... yeah, definitely. But then, which to choose? Would it be Shirley? Her Twin Sister? Or the stunning Scarlet of the House of E. Lee? Each worthy of a deep and abiding love and loyalty. Oh, glorious nights I foresee , but only if their dowry were not so dear...

[@jasonsheppard7428]

Christ, that sound good

[@-KingOfKhaos]

5:38 “You Really Got Me” Van Halen (also the Kinks)

[@fillo1971]

Starei le ore ad ascoltarti, comunque il riff dei Loudness non lo avevo mai sentito eseguire da nessuno, come se Akira Takasaki fosse uno sconosciuto. Grazie per questo video 💪🏻👍🏻🤟🏻💯🎸

[@BenEller]

Thank you!!!

[@ryandoespools]

"Up to my neck in you"

[@SEBANO1974]

Ottimo playng, davvero piacevole ascoltarti, riesci a suonare il pezzo adeguato al gain corrispondente.

[@curiousuranus810]

I love this amp.

[@HighPlainsDrifter_2024]

14:59 Watched all of it. ✅ Nice!

[@chriskocher1469]

8:55 Crazy nights by Loudness! Objectivly the best english language lyrics written by a person who did not really speak English. M. Zed. A!!!!

[@BenEller]

Yes!!! Haha

[@APK-pn4qh]

And some of the best 80s shredding by the wonderful Akira Takasaki 🤘😎🤘

[@williamkingparrishdial7847]

Dude that steely dan ❤

[@danielkerr1520]

Uncle Ben was there an AC/DC riff in there from Powerage on the Slash LP or another song that sounded like it? amazing playing as always 😊

[@BenEller]

Up to my neck in you!!!! Hell yeah!

[@danielkerr1520]

awesome thanks so much 🤘🙂🎸

[@Shred6Strings107]

Was that Brittany Fox?? Uncle Ben!!!

[@nickforbus378]

Bad Ass!!

[@MKRISING75]

Nailed it what killer tones bro! You changed the neck pick up on that white Jackson to a Dimarzio which one?

[@BenEller]

It’s an all Dimarzio set. Super Distortion, Injector middle, air Norton S neck

[@MKRISING75]

@ awe hell yea that’s cool did you not like the ones that came with it or just wanted something different? I like SD and Dimarzio I grew up playing both in different guitars there are so many to try nowadays which I haven’t had the chance to try all of the new and amazing different pick ups that are available but I really dug the white Jackson tones and the Shur pups were fantastic. Thanks for the reply I live in North Alabama not to far from you Uncle Ben. I have been watching your channel for years you are an inspiration and a phenomenal person and guitarist plus you can thump the ole 4 string can’t wait for solo release.Rock on bro🤟🏻

[@Squiddy97]

I honestly wish you were my real Uncle. ❤

[@rickyleeengle]

Always gotta end on some Sykes!!!!

[@DobbeltJensen]

Someone really likes their Whitesnake.

[@skelapop]

That was awesome!!! What about Vito Bratta?