Secret Keith Richards Guitar Tuning Revealed | This is nowhere on the internet

[@jonmaclennan]

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[@user-sz5xs7dm4u]

When you mentioned you hear fills , if i am not mistaken , which i believe i am not , Mick Taylor played acoustic on that as well an you know they did a bit of weaving

[@user-sz5xs7dm4u]

GREAT JOB 🎸

[@Braglemaster123]

Excellent 👍👍🎸🎸

[@MarkLewis...]

Sorry, this can't be right. In every live performance of the song Kieth does not use a half-stringed 12 string guitar, but a capoed 6 string guitar, with (now) Mick, but originally Brian Jones playing the filler. The studio version is 2 guitars.

[@GuitarsAndCars]

@@MarkLewis... How it's played live is not how it was recorded. But you're right this isn't correct. It's capo'd on the 8th fret tuned to open E. Not sure why you think there are two guitars relevant here to the intro. There is one guitar hard panned to the right speaker.

[@geoffreyarnold4457]

I've been playing and deciphering guitar parts for decades, since the late 1960s. I never dug into this song's acoustic part. But, I have to say, this does sound like the part moreso than any other I have heard. I have to commend you, Jon, for taking the time to really suss this out. I think you got it right because, having listened to the song since it was released, I can literally hear what you have figured out as being - for all practical purposes - the way it was actually done. Remember, Keith was experimenting a lot in the studio back then, so it comes as no surprise that he would do something akin to what you have done. Nice detective work!

[@HooksBill]

ron dadoo's a happy lil fella.

[@danpeabody5687]

It sounds right and Keith Richards is all about weird tunings

[@jamesdimario8359]

Same here, I just used open E and faked it around the camp fire. Non-musicians it was way over their heads and it didn't matter. I'm a bass player and started playing open tune by ear with no one to teach me anything but, I played the hell out of it. I jammed with a very accomplished guitar player and he said it was as though I were speaking a different language but, it fit in anyway..

[@georgeboyer8158]

@@HooksBill Yeah, he's a regular Miss Mary Sunshine, ain't he. He musta whacked his pee-pee with a ruler or somethin'.

[@LTJR.]

@@georgeboyer8158 seriously huh... He's got to take his time to write that to a guy who's been around since the 60s, who's being nothing but nice. Might have got it stuck in a pencil sharpener.

[@motioninmind6015]

2:50 👍🏼 awesome work! I've been playing it open G capo 5th fret (from Andy at shut up and play) but when you strummed your version, from the first strum it was clearly just what was really done on the recording. wow, dude, this is pretty explosive stuff.

[@Andrew-vj7gw]

Jon, Love the upbeat attitude and positive vibe you bring to these videos. Great insight and SO useful.

[@andrewptob]

I clicked the link with a bit of an eye roll, but, man, I think you really did crack the case! Very cool. Well done!

[@jeremyzielinski4081]

Your attention to detail and commitment is fantastic...So appreciate what you do.!!

[@TriangleStudioTV]

Well it just goes to show, that as far as the internet is concerned, you can't always get what you want, but hey..you tried, spent some time, and got what you need! :D Seriously tho, dood... Its SPOT ON! Very well done, indeed, and thanks for sharing it (and that beautiful axe) with us! :)

[@stevenkritzer6020]

Wow Jon, that is a breakthrough in so many ways, also a good dedicated use for an old twelve string that can no longer take all of the tension of twelve.

[@mauroarenas8612]

You did a great job. Good research and good ear. Congratulations. I've been working on Keith Richards' riffs lately. Learning to play the songs in the ''correct'' way. I thought the story ended with the open G tuning. I'm dazzled!! I'm loving Keith even more than before. What a mastermind!

[@0713mas]

Awesome! Depending on the set up you could also use a 6 string to do this doubling the e string by moving the b to the g puting an extra e in the b slot moving everything else up so, the g to the d the d to the A and the A to the E. Great idea! nice find, moving strings may affect intonation. Love these string reconfiguration tunings! Ty especially when it doesn't involve drop tuning

[@giovannifarinacci4533]

You are a true detective. The hours you have spent deciphering this awesome tune for us is why I follow your channel. Thank you for demystifying the 'how to' play this song and so many other songs. You're the best. Oh, I love that F-412.

[@johnahern1077]

Good job! Been looking for no nonsense knowledgeable vids. That’s now, YOU. Thanks! 😀

[@dazuk1969]

I have no idea how you worked all that out dude. As you said...and i know....it could only be the result of hours of trial and error. But i think you nailed it my man....absolute respect to ya.

[@robiandolo]

Listen, I watched this 3x, excellent! I’ll make a suggestion to play this if you don’t have a 12 string or you want to play it at a gig without too much time being used. So, on a 6 string tune the high E to D, then tune the A string down to G and the low E up to G. This gives you 2 bass strings. Then obviously capo on the 5th fret. Not as good as what you are doing here but you don’t need a separate guitar to do it.

[@xerodelacroix5552]

He says what it is in his book. Gimme Shelter is in open E, via tuning to open D and capo'd at the 2nd fret. The You Can't Always Get What You Want guitar is the same one as the Wild Horses guitar, Open G with ten strings on it (no low E's), but capo'd at the 4th fret.

[@thecollective1584]

You beat me to it...... I've read his literary offering three separate times, and went back for other portions more

[@josefk5659]

Thank you for saving my time.

[@gojoe36]

I got $100 says Keith wasn't even sober enough to remember anything most of the time

[@11calman]

Jon Maclennan, Mate, when you get well over 80 and been playing the rolling Stones from when they started, you will find a lot of us oldie guitar players know this. But this is good for you to share it with the younger generation,,,, Gib

[@11calman]

@@SkyNewsSucks000 You are so correct, mate. I thought he was extremely good to pass on knowledge for free. And also yes about the age, does this good life last forever, I don't suppose so --- Go to youtube, Gib Williamson "Nessun Dorma on a PRS" and say Hi

[@questfortruth665]

Way to go! Figuring that out is way above my pay grade!

[@paulclarke4305]

Hey Jon! Thanks for all the research you did to get this right , its good to see these young guys researching the old hands of rock, and look forward to seeing more of your vids.We need you younger guys to carry on the music, and from what ive seen, it looks like its in good hands!

[@jonmaclennan]

Thank you!

[@thomaswalz3515]

Good job! When I was your age, I could figure out shit like this... I was never a Stones fan, but I've developed an appreciation for Keith and Charlie over the years. I studied old acoustic Blues, folk, Celtic... much of which use strange tunings and capos... like you, I spent untold amounts of time figuring it out, then playing it.

[@recordheatstudios4601]

Fuggin brilliant! Nicely done ol chap. Lesson please, mostly cause you sound so cool doin it not that I couldn't figure it out. You just gave us the key to the city!

[@Buckarooskiczek]

Still looking for the secret of his liver’s durability.

[@grigorirasputin9507]

flexseal

[@zorroonmilkavitch1840]

I think he just moved to methadone

[@larrynapier5003]

Transplant

[@danr5105]

@@annbugbee5623 I know how hard it is, no judgement on what got you there. Feb 13 was my first day in 12 years off oxy. I did a long taper (1.5 years) but I am free, lot of pain (I have cervical osteomyelitis due to a hospital acquired infection) I know the W/D pain well. Since my taper was not acute (no PAWS) but rather long I suffered daily but not so severe.

[@annbugbee5623]

Lemon Squeezer,Water.And a lots of GOOD GENES.Don't know how l still have one left.My Dr,said it is fine but doesn't seem like it, WalterB Ann's son,Take care Man put mine through Absolute Torture

[@lindsaydouglas381]

Thanks Jon. That’s a nice piece of work. Well done.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

7:58 2 reasons 1) you'd have to Double the High E, & 2) the fills are played on a larger string which makes them sound different

[@rogerweafer2179]

Sounds perfect and I'm sure there were overdubs etc. Man, that's a lot of work!

[@numbat0072]

yep spot on !

[@shaundomingue6509]

Jon. You are incredible. Excellent detective work. Cheers.

[@teetersj]

In the book Keith has written the description of the tech trick he uses to tune songs he plays using this brillant tuning.It's a fun, very informative and straight from the man. LIFE is the title and there are a couple good stories with it too. Worth every cent for entertainment value alone. Watching and listening to him live is the best it gets and I have seen many of the best. You get what you need, right ?

[@GregThorneKTM500NB]

Well done. Been playing this song for years. Open G, Open E Capo'd. You nailed it!

[@adiiqbal8010]

Amazing how keef could make such simple stuff so intricate. And he was so innovative as well he never wanted do whatever everyone else was doing

[@hpelisr]

Well when I was starting out and did not have all twelve strings for my 12 string Gibson, I use to do things like that. So not having money for strings and a lack of knowledge cause'es one to get creative. I have to say that is a very good version and must have put a lot of work into that song, It does sound like the real thing and Thank you for sharing that work. I like . That's a thumps -up. I just happened to have my Tele set with 5 strings and tuned to G, sounds great, even on a 6 string. or should I say 5 strings. Lol

[@Kwheel21]

For years I've played it in "G" capo'd at the 5th on my 12... and you can pick individual notes off on at the DGBE strings to work that very distinct melody and strum pattern- especially when playing it live with a band or duo, but... this takes it to a whole new level and clearly- everybody who covers it, should present it to the audience just like this- while they wait for us to deconstruct our guitars live on stage- to make them understand the guitar player's psychosis! Great job!

[@tommyhugh236]

Good work dude, this is what I did for years but didn't have any theory training which made it so much harder. Younger musicians don't know the struggle thanks to KZbin. Now that I have all these years of learning songs, styles and jandras KZbin has exploited anything that I regarded as accomplishments.

[@toddgardner1086]

Good Job man. I thought it was open D (easier to tune to than E) with Capo at the 10th. lol But never could get the lower fills right. But you nailed it. I knew you did as soon as you strummed it once. You got my whole attention right then. That was it man! Great work. You got my thumbs up!

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

For Open C (two steps below open E) and the capo off I could get some epic Baritone tones.

[@Jeff-uy8xg]

And when recording "She's A Rainbow" it's my understanding that every 4th white key was removed from the piano along with the first and last grouping of three black keys. Then, all of the remaining keys to the left of middle-C were tuned down a half step, and all the ones to the right were tuned up a half step. And finally, the notes were played by two different people, with the left-hand parts played by someone naturally right-handed and the right-hand parts played by someone naturally left-handed, so that they could sit comfortably next to each other.

[@1-2-tree-fort009]

Well yeah... but that was pretty standard back then ! But I heard they played with their feet - OBVIOUSLY you're not a (great) musician like ME or you would know this!!!! Thank god for the internet: so everyone is afforded the benefit of MY point of view ! Belly buttons, assholes, opinions & a platform... now EVERYBODY'S got one ! ☠️

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

It wasn't actually done that way.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@1-2-tree-fort009 Nah, it was never done that way.

[@PotPoet]

You got it exactly! Good musical detective work!

[@itsayesfromme2669]

Well done. I do believe that you have got it 100% correct.

[@donaldcright5292]

Great job Jon, how Keith came up with this is beyond imagining !

[@melodoubt]

Great job ! Yes I'm in for a full break down of the song : )

[@jez6345789]

Not sure why people would say Keef unlikely to have done this G6 is not an uncommon tuning for Dobro players and ripping off unwanted strings to get just the top string doubling because it gave him the chorus sound and kept the fill clean is very Keef in my mind. Nice work and it sound great

[@robertcrist3822]

How we did it in the 70's was by using the "Nashville Tuning" to wit: standard 12 string with the low E,A,D,and G removed and replaced with duplicates of the octave up e,a,d,and g. All treble.....it's ethereal and heard on many country recordings of the 50's and 60's! Not as tricky or complicated as one might assume!

[@tommytramp]

I WAS THINKN NASHVILLE MY SELF ...

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

A Double High Strung 12 String Guitar

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@tommytramp A Double High Strung 12 String

[@micman1000]

Definitely it.... Great work.. your patience is inspiring..

[@rhdg100]

I appreciate the video. Your lesson is all about thinking beyond the standard. Nice to have a video to be a catalyst for a new guitar adventure.

[@piano40s]

Every time I think at last I am getting somewhere with my Guitar playing I come across a vid like this what puts me back not even on the first rung of the ladder but fallen off all together , ohh well back to the drawing board, I shall not give up, no prisoners no retreat, thanks for the reminder and ps the song is one of my favs would have liked to hear you play the whole thing.

[@drutgat2]

Thanks very much for this, Jon. Always good to know exactly how things were done, and you never know, Keith might not remember.

[@BlueEbenzer]

Great vid! Can you do one on the guitar part of Jumpin Jack Flash? That's another thing that I could never find an accurate version of.

[@HEEDRECORDS]

Amazing. Sounds authentic. Excellent work!

[@jonathaneves5847]

...... alas I no longer have a 12 string (thanks to the anonymous guitar liberators) but I loved my old 1970s EKO, having the ability to double up any strings you wished for a particular sound is priceless.

[@xkguy]

Good work. It sounds right to me. I'll get out my F4 tomorrow and check it out.

[@arulaful]

i don't exactly remember if t'was a video or a magazine article that also explained uncle keith's stylee... thanky dude... good show lad...

[@mysteryjesus]

Keith was a proponent of Nashville tuning. Maybe he was part way through stringing the 12 string guitar into that tuning when he stopped and found this little lick. But this is perfectly correct. Good work!

[@climbtibet]

Damn genius thanks a million for sharing your expertise!

[@chrisofnottingham]

I think he was well known for not using the low E string anyway, so what it amounts to is that he started to put new strings on a 12-string and after doing the two high E's Mick said - ffs Keith, we're all ready to record here

[@tomb8430]

Gold !

[@nandoblondemobydick5438]

yes the first he does is to not put the low E in his guitar you can find his secrets and riff at reverb.com

[@jonathanhandsmusic]

I've wondered about that since '69. Your analysis is correct, according to my ears. I've tried using a polyphonic pedal ( Mosaic) to get that sound, but it doesn't work too well. Good video!

[@markarita3]

Nailed it! Gave me chills...great work.

[@Boerikoe]

Awesome piece of figuring out !! sounds absolutely authentic !!

[@ElevenMileRecords]

Now that is dedication! Great stuff. I think you nailed it, musical detective. Love your channel.

[@brankoj62]

You got it,that's the sound.Open E seems to me like original until today,great work!!!

[@edfulginiti8798]

Dude...exhaustive WELL DONE!

[@jamesalfaro3155]

Very interesting !!! Keep on with the great job you’re doing !!! 👍👍👍

[@lamper2]

never saw you before but this caught my eye as a stones fan-gonna subscribe

[@jeffheadrick2009]

A buddy of mine brought me a 12 string to restore, so for the hell of it, when I restrung it, I started with the six string set and just added the resonating string on the high E, like you mentioned. Tuned to open G, sounds great, capoed at 5, but you have to fret at seven on the high E strings if you leave the high Es tuned to E. The problem with leaving them tuned to E, rather than dropping them to D, is that when the chorus goes to the D chord (barred at 7), you have to fret the high Es at 10, otherwise you have a B note in your D chord that doesn't belong there. And fretting those Es at 10 doesn't sound right, nor is it what Keef does in videos of him playing it live (the best one is from the David Frost show, 1969). Other than that, nice work.

[@vadenk4433]

Yeah you nailed it. I always thought that high E was a background mandolin overdub.

[@daveg1208]

Excellent observation and discovery. Love it. God bless you brother.

[@ednaheiman1736]

I’m impressed man!! Great job

[@andy65guitar]

Pretty cool. I play it in open E Nashville Tuning but I heard that the second acoustic is in Open G Capo on 5. Keeping the second high E is a cool idea. Sounds spot on. He was using mostly D and E tunings for Beggar's Banquet and Let it Bleed until he met Ry Cooder and according to Cooder Keith stood all his licks. Cooder was recording with the Stones because Brian was done. He called the Stones "reptilian". Great sound though. 51 years and people are still trying to figure it out. I'm sure he doesn't remember.

[@paulvaultguy]

It does sound authentic. If nothing else it inspires me to think out of the box

[@americanpatriot3915]

A telecaster adorns his center chimney as its weather vane YOUVE nailed it Great job

[@gtroberts60]

Outstanding experimentation and perseverance Jon! To my ears it sounds like you nailed it.

[@bigdognance]

I noticed a few here are second guessing Your "find"...Jon....lol...YOU NAILED IT!! IN MY HUMBLE OPINION...Great Job!😎

[@user-sz5xs7dm4u]

Sounded like keith to me , just need another acoustic to play along like Mick Taylor did , nailed it

[@michaeljoseph9722]

Omg thank you so so so much this is my all Time favorite Song EVERRRR 😍😍😍

[@AlienPizzaZombie]

Definitely get a thumbs up for all that work, nice job sir 👍

[@joeroganjosh9333]

Love the dedication, great job.

[@timmyles314]

Well done ! Bravo.

[@Bliggick]

Sounds right to me! Any chance I could just take off the regular high E string and put another B string in it's place and then tune and capo accordingly to play it the same way? Tune E-B-E-G#-C#-C# then capo 8th fret? You could also shift down the open tuning to D6 if there was too much tension on the neck and capo at 10th fret.

[@jasonyount6036]

That was awesome man! Great job! 👍💪🔥

[@detroitlinseedcompany5684]

as advertised! my new 6/12 has an interesting dynamic range compared to a standard-tuned 12 string. Doubt a 6 tuned to this pattern would chime unless you filed the nut to move the high e strings closer to get sympathetic vibes. Full lesson please and thank you!

[@aijlee]

You nailed it fella. sounds authentic to me.

[@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar]

Great video!!! Hopefully you will gain subscribers!!! Great channel and teaching style!! When I grow up I wanna be like you... 😎

[@Kidbucked]

Kudos, Jonny! You've nailed it! Sounds awesome!

[@Instance8]

Amazing Jon!!! Great video!!! I'd like to see a full lesson video on this.

[@vicpnut1]

Bryan Easton yep a full lesson would be great

[@jonmaclennan]

Here you go! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHezgn2jmraqmKs

[@mikebraun4098]

Amazing Kieth came up with that and yes I never could pick that up to be identical thanks for the unraveling

[@richardabell175]

Keith picked it up from Gram Parsons didnt he?

[@jonnyfong4203]

@@richardabell175 Ryan Cooder. They got Ry Cooder in and let him play for a few weeks and recorded him playing a bunch of stuff. Then the next Stones Album Ry Cooder heard it and recognized a few tunes of his own. It's all chronicled. Search for it on Google. Ryan Cooder successfully sued them.

[@caseyhooper4779]

Great work. Sounds exactly like it to me. Thanks for making this

[@zorroonmilkavitch1840]

Love your choice of guitar I used to have a 1964 Guild that was rebuilt buy a pretty good guitar Builder from Asbury Park guy named Phil petillo beautiful guitar Rosewood ebony and specially designed pyramid frets

[@kenq7948]

I read (I think it was Guitar Player magazine) it was Nashville tuning along with a normally tuned guitar.

[@TylerMReed]

Fascinating! Great work!

[@ronnyvansprengel6740]

On 2.25 minutes... you say... there are no strings attached... how do you play a guitar then? 😊😂 But I clicked the thumbs up. 👍

[@zanderday4466]

Aha! But, since 6 strings are "active" on that 12 string guitar, couldn't a person restring a 6 string guitar and do the same thing? Might give it a try (don't have a 12 string ax over here :-)

[@bonerici]

Genius! Why not use a 6 string makes sense

[@DrGuitarSki]

Those were my thoughts too. I've not tried it though. Nut slots might be a bit generous with the thinner strings. Some fiddling with gauge could do it.

[@cayogator]

@@DrGuitarSki Keith plays his Black Guard and other 'casters with 5 strings on this tune

[@oskarileikos]

@@cayogator no he doesn't. It's a different tuning

[@cayogator]

@@oskarileikos ok, what tuning is it?

[@DovetailSales]

Definitely nailed the sound. Would love a lesson! Thanks. You picked up a new subscriber.

[@David-uq2uk]

You could do on a 6 string guitar using 2 high E strings and tunning in G6 or open G. I guess. Anyway great vid .

[@robiandolo]

That may be a more practical method but I think Jon nailed it. I heard it in the first strum.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@robiandolo In fact that's how the original recording did it. So it's essentially a 5 String Guitar but the top String is Doubled. A 6 string 5 Course Guitar.

[@pi-sx3mb]

That is some INSANE sleuthing! My OCD thanks you.

[@WonkyPapa]

You got me thinking. It's high time we started considering what kind of world we want to leave for Keith.

[@MrUltraworld]

Man, that sounds really good. 2 thumbs up. Please, play the rest of the song.

[@vicpnut1]

Fred Garvin yeah a full lesson would be Koo!

[@chuckdavis5300]

@@vicpnut1 I completely agree with Fred Garvin. Jon that was genius and please play it all!

[@jonmaclennan]

Here you go! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHezgn2jmraqmKs

[@bucknuts6762]

not knocking your video but I never considered Richards that great of a guitar player regardless your effort to break down the mystery of the song is well respected

[@Sidechainkik]

All I have to say I finally someone got it right. Thank you. Viva La Keef.

[@Mooseboy08]

Nice! I feel like doing a custom guitar on my Variax with this setup, and not killing any strings :D

[@BigDapperDanMan]

Cool. A way to do it on a 6-string without restringing could involve a full capo at the 5th fret and then a partial capo at the 10th leaving the little E string uncovered.

[@paulblaesing4615]

Thanks! Impressive work to figure that out. Glad I don’t own a 12 string anymore so I feel no pressure to go through all that retuning and removing strings, etc. .Lol. Keith Richards, WTF, couldn’t you have made this easier for us to copy?! 😇😂🤣

[@johnmalcolm9980]

you could use a 6 string with a treble E where the bass E usually is; which will only throw intonation out if you fret that string.

[@jonathaneves5847]

.....thought we wuz in for a grand performance! ✌️🐝

[@michaelstrauss6587]

Old rock n roller here, I think you've got it.

[@steveokon5431]

Brilliant !!! Thanks !! Really impressed!