The IMPOSSIBLE Jeff Beck Guitar Technique

[@brianmcdermott281]

“Jeff cheats, because he has notes on his guitar that I don’t have” Ritchie Blackmore

[@IAm-qs9um]

It's incredible how precise and melodic at the same time Jeff is

[@attentiondeficitsquirrel7660]

When you get that high on the neck, which is technically often neck, the slightest movement can be several notes. The fact that he’s able to be so precise that high on the strings is very impressive

[@morgellon7877]

Very impressive, yes. I figure he's mapped it out using the pickups as rudimentary "fret" markers.

[@johnyevo6575]

@@morgellon7877 to an extent he probably used them for reference, but it's definitely done mostly by ear. You can hear him make tiny corrections to the pitch on every note, which are impossible to do based on vision because of the insane precision needed. It's kind of like playing the violin

[@randyjames1828]

A new way to get kicked out of Guitar Center!🎉

[@ghow6445]

Good luck, I been doing lines off the keyboards for weeks and they just keep giving me a warning

[@reecejunior4578]

@@ghow6445 Just a warning? Lucky, they keep taking mine and going to to acoustic room to snort it all without me.

[@coolbuzz23]

Dave Gilmour was doing this in the 60s as was Syd Barrett (Gilmour showed Syd this and other techniques that Syd took, then made as his own) Watch Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii to see Gilmour using the technique on Saucerful Of Secrets

[@CodyCoMedia]

Jeff Beck was really one of the best to ever do it

[@julienguillaume5010]

This is beautiful

[@Shredilicous]

Yeah I laughed out loud when I first saw the Live at Ronnie Scott’s concert, this section in particular. He’s getting the most out of that Strat. Such a master of the instrument.❤

[@MainPrism]

I paid for the whole guitar and I'mma play the whole guitar!!! 💀💀💀

[@Cuchodelagente]

Hear that solid drumbeat boy!!! A great drummer fella it's absolutely everything a savage guitarist needs!!!

[@seanchesal5676]

Yep, I think that's the great Vinnie Colaiuta

[@caprise-music6722]

Vinnie Colaiuta. One of the finest drummers ever.

[@Glassandcandy]

Duane Allman used to do something similar during certain songs. Most famously on the live recording of Mountain Jam he used this technique to replicate the sounds of bird songs

[@obejita25gamer56]

Jeff beck is Goated

[@HansaGBB]

The fact that he's in tune is unbelievable

[@jeffreylarson8533]

Jeff....from another planet

[@timothyhoneycutt3895]

Use the neck pickup, place bar between neck pickup and bridge, fret different things

[@savage22bolt32]

Jeff Beck was one cool dude, even outside of the music community.

[@jamesduescher3462]

Crazy that Jeff was the best guitarist on earth for 50 odd years

[@joshpointoh]

Stan Lassiter does something like that with and without a slide...always blew my mind

[@MangoManky]

Earthbound ahh track

[@godbyone]

I saw him do that front row in dc the first time beck did that. The guitar geeks and me were all in wtf mode

[@dinartefreitas3344]

Jeff Beck what a guitarrist, he is a genius.

[@mv11000]

Music will not overcome the loss of Jeff Beck.

[@El_Bellota]

That one fly at 3am 🔥

[@user-wu8sj3ee3d]

I can’t say it’s pleasing but sure.

[@vanlandeghemvince]

hes sending messages to the aliens

[@mrreemann3739]

It's also great that he doesn't use a pick snd gets so many subtle attacks from his fingertips.

[@les-qy9lv]

Only "Jeff Beck" ,....! An Absolutely PHENOMENAL Player !

[@percyvolnar8010]

JB is doing it just muting on his left hand. Steve Morse and Phil Keaggy do that while fretting chords with their left hand which gives an autoharp effect.

[@mick1967]

This Versatility is the reason why Jeff Beck is often called the greatest guitarist ever even better than Hendrix.

[@paolomaria1845]

Tell you are Jeff Beck without telling me you are Jeff Beck

[@Sarahbuildsstepsequencers]

Sit down with your guitar each day for :30 and just noodle around with things like this. You CAN achieve such skills. But you *must* be willing to put in the time. That’s the ‘magic.’ *Practice.*

[@masterragebaiter]

Yet no one knows your name or who you are. So your advice doesn’t carry much weight

[@davidgrantphelps1944]

@@masterragebaiternah, I know Sarah, she builds step sequencers.

[@masterragebaiter]

@@davidgrantphelps1944 oh I’m sure you do. I bet you also voted for Kamala Harris

[@carlbaumeister3439]

Good idea. I tend to get stuck doing the same old things on guitar, and have to remind myself to experiment more.

[@davidgrantphelps1944]

@@masterragebaiter I’m not American

[@derkeksinator17]

Jeff can not be imitated. His technique is quite unique.

[@tyskers]

The slide is nothing but a fret plus he has a sustained module connected to the guitar. I can easily do that with my Fernandez sustained pickups.

[@faroutmayt]

Jeff didn't use sustainers on his strats. Here, it's just the bridge pickup, and he controls everything else with the volume and tone knobs.

[@VanBaylen]

You’re so performative.

[@Yourbankaccount]

Man, Beck is still underrated, despite the enormous respect he had & has among people like Hendrix, Van Halen, BB King, Brian May, John Mayer, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Joe Bonamassa, Guthrie Govan and the list continues...

[@samstewart9249]

Hey has anyone around here heard Duane's birds chirping?

[@jakesinclair7051]

Man he legitimately made that guitar whistle

[@aceofwaters]

do you know who Adrien Belew is ? He played a whole solo that sounded like a seagull like this. King Crimson - Matte Kudasai. Good stuff

[@inthepresenceofthealien3380]

Beautiful sounds Jeff beck can get outta of a guitar. Then you tried it and I was like, ehhhh…brotha ehhhh!”😂

[@woocifer]

David Gilmour plays it like this on the Pompeii Live DVD

[@yayayaokoksure]

A bic lighter is fun because it has a good bounce. Pro tip. Use the bottom, hold the top.

[@vincefarmer3122]

He's using it like a bow

[@jaysgaming3797]

Yall can have Malmsteen. I’ll take Beck every time!🔥

[@edmashmustra]

guys, what's the name of the song, Jeff plays on this live cut?

[@jam2365]

Angel (Footsteps). This particular snippet is from his Ronnie Scott's performance.

[@AsterixInOz]

Is that Robert Fripp they pan too, or who is it?

[@netolol100]

plin plin plon plin audience: wow!

[@stereoroid]

Is that what he did on ”Where Were You”? That would explain a lot ..:

[@gavterrygt]

JB was amazing

[@spudvader]

Ron Thal does this with a thimble, pretty cool idea

[@JaneDoe-m7s]

This technique was used is "Layla" Eric Clapton 😂❤

[@jamesnat6181]

he's not playin' yur Eyebrows!❤😂

[@robbiewilliams4892]

These reaction videos kill my soul.

[@JuniperVeinDistension]

ok let's see how that sounds with the pickup in the 4 position

[@stanleonard7059]

Bumblefoot uses a thimble in Guitars Suck to hit notes when he runs out of frets.

[@gregburke0073]

This reminds me of Danny Gatton playing slide with a full beer bottle.

[@boblabahh4893]

Hopefully the last. This is some emperor’s new clothes thing.

[@augustjschroeder]

Adrian Belew did this when he was in King Crimson too, I think. Very cool technique, but so hard to make sound good 😂

[@chrislinhares7311]

Jeff Beck was so original.

[@bobjelIy]

Have you seen the Guthrie govan bulls on parade shred solo he pisses on the original recording "solo"

[@RandyLott]

Bumblefoot and Guthrie Govan also do similar things, which are cool.

[@jimrichens665]

It is a neat trick, but I'm not going to but an album and listen to it on any regular basis.

[@Saprofane]

Why everyone gets so impressed with this?????

[@sslimjacobs3983]

Jeff beck is the white jimi Hendricks

[@joeramirez3112]

I used to do this as a teen and my friends would tell me to shut the fuck up. Lol😂

[@ozoneswiftak]

Then there's the almond Brothers guitarist.

[@jared9977]

I didnt realize your pick ups were frets

[@nothingtoseehere93]

What exactly does the bottom video add?

[@charlesmyers5122]

Idiocracy 🤷

[@greengoog22]

I respect Jeff, but I just can’t get into his type of music. Great video.

[@MalunoMcSketch]

You're face asks but bu the way, which one's Pink

[@leodi4169]

The ant side of the moon 🐜

[@_Enokii_]

I personally do it With my phone :>

[@gianniconti69]

What's the name of the song

[@dholtzjr1]

How hot is that pickup?

[@MrKit19832009]

If i just heard that, i would have assumed it was Derek Trucks.

[@JakeStrange66]

Aww...that sucks. I've done that before...been doing that since 2000/1 ...I didn't know he did it too. Ugh... Not that hard with some practice.

[@UphillGardener-ly5sh]

Bumblefoot does a similar thing with a thimble

[@xamazingxethanx]

I kinda like it and hate it at the same time.

[@SdMbL1]

Tim Reynolds does this a lot as well.

[@RandallLagunas]

Great, now we got a possible new genre coming up 😂😂😂😂😂😂 i will call it "Echo-Pop"

[@marcusharrison6617]

jeff beck is the best

[@secularZoo]

I can do the wolf whistle up there but that's about it lol

[@carlbaumeister3439]

My favorite part is when he has to scratch his nose. Been there . . .

[@benjamin_tyler]

Awesome trick. I think that Gary Rossington from Lynyrd Skynyrd did this in the early 70s to mimick a bird chirp for free bird.

[@davidhunt9072]

The resonance isn't possible with his finger inside the slide

[@LukeShredSter777]

How does it sounds Phrygian😩

[@wonjohn0]

I wonder how is the Hot bassist in the band?

[@jcwarlock]

If you use a brass pick like i do you dont need a bottleneck for extra notes lol

[@graysonmichael8335]

sounds like something pink floyd would come up with

[@marcelstpierre1583]

Cool and intuitive? For Jeff Beck maybe.....not for you.

[@bradthornton1007]

Knew it was Jeff Beck

[@Hosspuppy]

Oh my god I was doing this the other night Didn’t sound that good though

[@berziimusic]

I love doing this, little did I know Jeff beck does it, I never thought I was doing anything that cool but i guess I may have to do it more lol

[@lovesgibson]

Sounds like Snow White singing

[@bluesguy7]

The title is a bit crazy it’s not impossible anyone who says otherwise start living in reality and stop idolizing so much

[@mvallejr1]

What tha bloody hell

[@royalslim2024]

One of your best episodes

[@MasterMojo85]

Did you never pushed your pick like this on the strings? There is actually a song from the nu metal band Korn that is called Mr. Rogers where the guitarist is using this technique at the beginning of the song (if I remember correctly).

[@BornLoveandEnergy]

Amazing ❤

[@hectorchavez3405]

Honestly this is not very impressive for Jeff , he’s played much more impressive and technically melodious parts then this .

[@leescheeler1503]

One off special customized guitar player brought to us by God❤❤

[@viewwithice4500]

Jeff Beck was one of the dopest guitarists ever.

[@gusroelands4559]

How does he know what he's playing 💀