VS: Jack Pearson + Duane's 1963 Firebird: A Match Made in Guitar Heaven!! (S3:Ep7)

What happens when you couple Jack Pearson and Duane Allman's 1963 Firebird? Well, exactly what you'd expect-- absolute gold! Our favorite guitar slinger and the most laidback guy on the planet, Jack Pearson, returns to the Vault Sessions just in time to help us all cope with cabin fever!
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These sessions help keep the music alive by helping the Songbirds Foundation raise money to buy guitars for kids…check out our website to find out more- songbirdsfoundation.org. Thanks to our sponsors- The Riverview Foundation, Schillhahn-Huskey Foundation, GHS Strings, and Todd Sharp Amplifiers. Special thanks to John Dooley for the great video work.
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[@1101964]

Give jack the bloody guitar .....who else is gonna play it like that ....?

[@markwathen975]

He plays like he owns

[@greggreen5337]

AMEN BRO

[@alexryhanen9227]

Hahahahaha agree !!

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

@@markwathen975 because he does

[@ignacius8466]

If Duane was still with us he would give Jack the guitar.

[@coltonmclean3391]

Jack is CRIMINALLY underrated and underappreciated. Who else with his ability plays a Squier Bullet strat by choice and makes it sound like a 50s Strat?

[@jhandle4196]

He certainly has an extensive vocabulary.

[@RealVladPutin]

Seems like the type of guy that couldn’t care less about how many fans he has.

[@beandog100]

Jack's touch and phrasing are unrivalled. This man can make any guitar do anything he wants.

[@willparker547]

That is the most tasteful playing I’ve heard in a long.... long time.

[@daviddunkin7454]

I couldn’t agree with you more. That was the exact thought that just went through my head.

[@JP-vb4ky]

Love the way Jack laughs! He's so down to earth.

[@MrSmiley1964]

I was watching a video of him yesterday and was rapidly becoming a fan. Then he started playing slide. It took less than a minute for me to fall in love with the man. I watch the Songbirds Video of him playing Greg's SG and I was floored. It was the finest slide playing I've ever watched. I wouldn't hesitate to give Jack my last guitar if he needed it. Same with my amp.

[@stevehughes1510]

He's the one who makes my hair curl.........just soooo good this man. God bless ya Jack !!

[@dnews9519]

That's the best sounding Firebird I have ever heard. Of course Jack has a tendency to make every guitar he plays sound like that.

[@travissmith9451]

Jack Pearson is as good as it gets when it comes to guitarists. Incredibly, he's an even better human being. Jack is a treasure.

[@zman3871]

The way Jack Gives his phrases room to breath is just amazing. His feel and articulation are next level!

[@TylerGrant]

Jack is so good. In Gregg Allman's autobiography, he says Jack is the one who sounded the most like Duane. He has his own amazing original style, too. Those lucky enough to see him live around Nashville know what I'm talking about.

[@larrycourtney8893]

Jack Pearson makes that guitar sound like some kind of deadly weapon, he really is one of the best in the business

[@alvarhanso6310]

Jack says a very important and often overlooked thing about Duane Allman's guitar genius: his standard playing was as good as Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Page, King (pick one or three), Garcia, Zappa, or McLaughlin, but it was his slide playing that set him above the rest. His session work was done November 1968 until his death in October 1971. In between the sessions that helped fund them, he played about 500 shows with the Allman Brothers Band starting in March 1969, dozens of which exist on tape in varying quality from great to completist only, but it's all inventive improvisation. Sure, variations, but to be so endlessly inventive that the same songs night after night isn't monotonous, it's still exciting, like seeing the Miles Davis Quintet. Jack has taken that inventiveness and command of varying styles, as well as being a student of Dickey Betts as well. They were a great duo for the couple years Jack was in the ABB, and he handed it off to Derek Trucks, himself a Duane Disciple (who likewise is always underrated as a standard player). I wish Jack were more well known, he's an exceptionally tasteful guitarist, and he makes Duane's Firebird sing like the master did once upon a time.

[@robotpizza]

Regrettably, Jack left the Bros cause of a hearing problem. I'm guessing that's what has held him back from becoming one of the greats like Duane.

[@danielstoddart]

@@robotpizza I think it was because the band insisted on using 300 watt amps. Playing under that volume night after night is enough to give almost anyone tinnitus.

[@bluesdriver6354]

Didn't know Duane even had a Firebird. I never saw any pics of him playing it. Sounds great!!!

[@larryn2682]

Good point, I would like to know of any legitimate provenance.

[@jakemguitarist]

He bought it around the Wilson Pickett sessions I believe

[@danielcombs3207]

Strange that he was never photographed playing it. It sounds fantastic.

[@JC-11111]

@@larryn2682 So what? There's no expectation that she should. She owes us nothing. She's a private person living her own life. I'm sure the last thing she wants to do is spend 25 hrs/day answering random people's questions on the internet about the father she never knew. 👎

[@larryn2682]

@@JC-11111 that's a real rude response. You don't know any of the details of what I am referring to. Duane never owned that guitar. He may well have played it, though.

[@ulfminstrel1772]

Every blues lick you needed are in this video,what a master

[@mikaelkarlsso8804]

Total control… just a joy to listen to!🙏👏👏

[@DannyStarr1976]

a top five greatest guitar player as far as I'm concerned.

[@hearpalhere]

Oh man, when those notes go into feedback!!!! Wow... Jack is the man and that guitar is killer!

[@sickb2200]

Man, that's the sound dreams are made of right there.

[@pikeking1]

Jack is living proof of tone not being in your gear, but in your hands and head, it doesn’t matter what guitar he plays!

[@user-ms9go9ko5y]

Not tone. Technique. I see no tone knobs on his fingers. Bass treble mids. Tone is frequencies. No such thing as tone in fingers

[@nickbouvy8851]

@@user-ms9go9ko5y🤦

[@edge1289]

Jack has such a light touch, yet he smokes every thing he plays. I saw Jack back in 98 or 99 with the Brothers, when they did Stormy Monday, Jackie blew the roof off the Beacon Theatre. I have never seen that song played better by anyone anywhere. Thanks Jack!

[@WayneMemphisMojo]

Every dang Pearson video y'all post ... makes me wanna practice more! ... thanks

[@SongbirdsFoundation]

Us too!

[@bullhunter45]

I saw Duane with the Allman Brothers back in the 60's. 4 times. Absolutely mesmerizing as a guitar player. RIP Duane!!

[@1loveMusic2003]

Jack is amazing. I saw him play with Allman bros in Vancouver Canada and he somehow convinced Dicky to play a strat and wouldn't you know it sounded like the Allman Bros.

[@Craig_Fussell]

Love Jack Pearson! And he loves guitar and music! I’m with the others...I vote you give that one to him!! A player like him deserves a player’s instrument like that!! ✌🏻🎼🎸

[@benlogan430]

I’m always giving the 1/2 million presents to my friends! That’s how I roll...

[@richardjohnson9702]

What's the ACTUAL value of this guitar?

[@Knight14649]

@@richardjohnson9702 -before or after Jack played it?

[@jeffreyhuggins3074]

I heard Duane, cause I saw him them at concert 70 or 71? A 12 hour festival with alot of bands 12noon,past 12 midnight as a recall. Regardless I was listening to them alot trying to play as a

[@newenglandguitarman3345]

Man he DESERVES that guitar … what a pairing!

[@erivers71]

Holy smokes! Jack made that look easy. The tone is so smoky in that guitar. The slide guitar part is insane!

[@projectmoon13]

He bends a note then as it’s dying he bends it higher… then again. He did it on the low string in reverse… he bent it down instead of up. A true master

[@edrowley1]

Wow! Jacks playing, the tightness/perfectness of the firebird, I'm blown away at how great an instrument that guitar actually is, a wraparound tailpiece, so, no adjusting to the intonation, but it's perfect to my ear, the smoothness of the pots, the hotness of the neck pickup, just Wow! Thank you for posting this wonderful experience for us all to share.

[@edge1289]

Looks like a Tunomatic bridge to me.

[@edrowley1]

@@edge1289 I suggest you look a little closer @ 0:28 & 0:38 shows it pretty good, that's no tunomatic.

[@edrowley1]

@josh grant I still don't see any slots for the saddles to slide (adjust), and it sure looks like the sting ball end catches to me (like an old wrap around). Have pictures but can't paste onto youtube comments. So, yes, there is cast in compensation, but short of milling or filing away, or adjusting set screws to shorten or lengthen the overall distance, no way to adjust (like a tun-o-matic). My point still being, I've played a lot of guitars and to find one that is this perfect without adjustment is a rare feat.

[@RNFORLAW]

Brother Jack deserves that guitar man 100% !

[@spmartin]

Among the pantheon of the best guitarists of all time. He should be a household name!

[@maxpeck4154]

Jack plays like the kind of guy that never has to refret his guitars. Such a killer technique with a light touch. With my ham hands I can flatten a set of frets in a year. What a cool dude.

[@walkercatenaccio]

Jack is my favorite guitarist of his generation: there is nothing he cannot play, in any genre short of classical perhaps (who knows?). This guitar does have an amazing set of responses perfectly suited to Jack's various rock and blues styles. Such bite to it! Dig the Texas swing blues from about 6 minutes to 7 minutes. Buy a Firebird, Jack, and blow us all away.

[@gutbucket260]

Gibson should just give him one. They'd sell a shit-box full from him just playing one.

[@richardjohnson9702]

Very unlikely that a new one would sound anything like that.... Just saying

[@mooner2410]

I could watch & listen to Jack play that absolutely brilliant sounding Firebird,over & over..So much so that I added the video to my library..Duane's 63 is a Masterpiece..Jack Pearson is a Masterpiece!!!

[@tomusic8887]

He plays so different than modern players he is more playfully and adventurous both in sound and play...not as clean and monotone but lively and creative! Yess! Totally cool :):)

[@chriswick7987]

There should be a way in this universe where we can hear Duane, Jack, and Derek in a new version of the Allman Brothers Band

[@andyokus5735]

Firebirds are the very best for slide! I had a '68 Firebird I sold for $200 in '91. Of course I only paid $200 for it but how much is one now? $15,000 right? Oh well... I don't have money any more but I'd love to teach for you guys for free. 45 years teaching and playing pro.

[@sionyevans]

Jeeeeeez...I beg your mr Pearson iv just discovered you at 39 with extensive music knowledge...just shows how much stuff was put out over the yrs..god bless you..

[@eltigre8978]

Master of so many styles! Listen to some of those jump blues licks and phrases! He's a genius.

[@yank33s3]

I'm going to watching this clip for years trying to figure out some of the fingerings/licks!! This is a Masterclass in tasty guitar playing!!

[@gnawbabygnaw]

It sounds incredible. And once the slide came out it was like, There it Is! Amazing. Jack is one of my favorites.

[@Weeble_Warbles]

New video from Jack Pearson makes for an awesome Friday morning. Absolute legend and just too cool of a person. Love watching him play and laugh. Thanks for the vid.

[@stevesuv]

Jack is my HERO. Always laid back. Always smiling. He is a lot like Derek Trucks in his demeanor.If people do not know how many styles Jack has mastered it is kind of scary. He can play with the Allman Brothers band, and he can kill Texas swing,or play note for note with Tommy Emmanual. Hes a freak of nature. And he usually does it with a Squire. His best sound is on his old 125 with a P90. I think its a 58 or59. Hes just a freak of nature and I love him. I have never heard him clam a bad note in any style. Keep smiling Jack. You are a contagius virus of happy.

[@fulltonesmusic]

I could listen to that tone & playing from now until my death.

[@pskemster]

Give him the guitar. No one else will do it justice. No offense Joe!

[@Knight14649]

He could play circles around Joe...

[@charlestea3642]

Enough already, just give him that damn guitar, he's the most expressive on this instrument than any guitar I've heard him play. He deserves it!

[@FromtheSoultotheFretboard]

"Whew, that's a hot pepper" lol love that Firebird and Jack!! Keep 'em coming, we'll need them!! Bravo!!

[@golds04]

Hell of a player, and certainly under appreciated. Forgotten hero here- an old dried up guitar, the setup and the amp.

[@danbyrne6501]

@6:12 the alien kicked in!😲

[@sabrinacristler2025]

I can watch / listen to Jack play forever!

[@jamesonnewhouse1298]

Firebirds should get more love

[@michaelrichter1465]

Man this guy coulda been so much bigger had he been more mainstream. THANK GOD that didn't happen he's doing just fine. Most people don't know the guys name outside of some musicians nationally and I'll bet everyone in Nashville knows what his favorite foods and daily driver are. This guy is a treasure. I wish I could jam with him at least once to make some kind of sense of my life. His live performances on YT are like one of those gold retirement accounts they're always trying to sell you. Love this guy so humble, so so talented.

[@kurtgoodwin9490]

Jack must be the best guitarist on the planet today, and damn, this is a great match up

[@Hillcapper1]

I’ve never liked the looks of a reverse firebird but that guitar definitely has the mojo.

[@jimmyrecce8787]

One of the things that alot of young guitar players overlook is dynamics and touch..and Jack is a master of that ...if you notice Jack touch is very soft for the most part...this comes from countless hours of practice and study of the master's which Jack is now one of the master's that he grew up adoring....🎸🎸🎸

[@Bliggick]

I was lucky enough to see him play with the Allman Bros. Band in Vancouver in the late 90's near the end of Dickey Betts' tenure. It was a magical night. They opened up like the first album with Don't Want You No More/It's Not My Cross To Bear and when Gregg's distinctive voice came in it sent a shiver down my spine (and everyone else's in the theater too).

[@jorglange2666]

I was there with my 13 year old son. Never heard Jack before that night but him and Dickey were on fire as well as Oteil. There was no smoking and getting up out of your seat at the theatre, well that didn't work for the crowd, everyone lit their joint and got up to dance in aisles and in front of the stage.

[@NicholasANappiNick]

My new number 2 firebird player right behind Johnny winter.nice playing my friend

[@Declare57]

Best recommended vid I ever got ! Super sweet rig and finest licks! White guitar musta been made by the angels! Heaven at 2:00 AM!

[@bdogjr7779]

Wow🔊《☆》I never knew Duane had a Firebird. Jack is AWESOME🔊➡️☮🎱😎👍✌

[@arthurblackhistoric]

I was following along until 6:12. That lick just blew my mind!! Everything after that? Forget it!

[@terrytrapp9662]

What a humble humble man he is

[@robotpizza]

Dang that Firebird sounds Hot! Wonder what pots are in that sucker...would love to take a look at those pickups too! Jack is the man!

[@iansnyder274]

Jack is the man, and on with this incredible guitar it's mindblowingly great.

[@furkinfolk]

That run at 6:12! But Duane with a firebird? Would've loved some of that on the Fillmore album

[@chingasofarkaso]

How everybody thinks they sound when they go try a guitar out at their local guitar shop.

[@Knight14649]

Exactly.. lol 😂

[@grahamreid2132]

That's hilarious 😆 well done!

[@robertlee4809]

Correct!🤣🤣

[@billtaylor4897]

Holly Molly... dat real good man !

[@johnpandolfino8663]

Jack ......saw you play with the Allman's at the beacon one night and always felt you were the only guitar player that could keep Duane s shoes shined.......you can swing.....

[@matthewgeorge7911]

He’s a master. That’s all

[@Knight14649]

The Guitar needed a smoke and shot of whiskey after the session..

[@jantheunissen2986]

A match made in music heaven!

[@SongbirdsFoundation]

We agree!

[@jdeanhorton]

I close my eyes and hear "At the Fillmore East" parts of You Don't Love Me, Elizabeth Reed, Whipping Post all there

[@michaelhotz7118]

Amazing and captivating. This is what we aspire to be, if you play. I agree, just give it to him. Lol

[@VincentVader]

One of the best on the planet Jack Pearson.

[@willykayak]

damn, that took me back, closed my eyes and just enjoyed myself. . Kinda like Jack did

[@dream-vintage]

When Dickey Betts was hassling Greg and the rest of the Allman Bros Band to accept Jack as their newest member he said words to the effect of you guys don't accept him into the band I'm going to have to PAY him for lessons!!!!!

[@boco1951]

I would have loved to see Duane play that guitar!

[@druwk]

Love Jack Pearson’s playing! Totally a CAT!

[@robroy4058]

Have Mercy....

[@martinjara7347]

Oh my.. those bends!!!!!

[@johnhiggins6800]

Damn...How hot is that guitar! And with Jack caressing every note out of it...OUTSTANDING!

[@SongbirdsFoundation]

Check out Jack's other interview on our channel! They are just as good!

[@DannyBrooks1]

Jack is one of favorite guitar players!

[@slappymckracken7935]

The Bird doesn't give up it's magic immediately but when Jack whips out his slide? Presto! 7:12

[@kurtgoodwin9490]

Suggest that you lend him this guitar for his next recording session - win win win

[@brownsfan7753]

Lord have mercy!!

[@lortopalt]

Wow!!! One more time!

[@marlon1171]

The sustain on that firebird was surreal ......

[@milesofentertainment]

WOW!!! He's been one of our favorite players for a while but put a Duane Allman guitar in his hands and he's off the charts. Check out our best of Jack playlist. This video is going on it.

[@SuperCrackerjacks]

Genious chops thanx a lot

[@seashift4743]

I’m a happy man thank you very much

[@johnnyguitwithit2614]

So cool! He even did some Johnny winter riffs

[@davidsmoler9144]

If you ever need to explain 'vintage guitar tone' to anyone, point them to this video! Nuff said!

[@RollingNectar]

Jack has such great taste and phrasing. Cheers 🍻

[@kevmgoodman]

This is the best video on KZbin

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

I love Firebirds with dot inlays, I never liked them with blocks.

[@davidteller7681]

Dots, trapezoids or blocks, I love all Reverse 'Birds!

[@Wade6242]

Wow

[@mohdfadilidris7667]

That’s what happened when Albert Einstein plays a guitar

[@ardenevox]

Agreed.

[@LordeMarsh]

2:20 beautiful

[@mikeyohe4750]

He can PLAY!! HOF guitar player. 👍

[@jclev99]

His main geetar is MIM Squier! Dude’s a legend

[@soofitnsexy]

china

[@patrickhite3026]

Of course it sounds great w/ bite & response..It's Jack (Squier)Pearson playing it..He could make a cigar box have great tone..LOL.