Weekend Wankshop 95: Whole Lotta Love intro lesson

[@andyedwards4162]

Great lesson,not only are you a great player but a great teacher,I'm 56 and get so inspired by your lessons,thanks.

[@BenEller]

Andy Edwards cheers man, thank you!!

[@tmshaker]

@@BenEller I agree. I turn 60 in a month and not too old to rock. I like your lesson on relative minor chords etc. Keep up the good work Ben

[@Sarahbuildsstepsequencers]

You hit on something very important, I think, Ben. Jimmy is and plays a relaxed guitar even when it sounds like he’d be clutching that neck and just slamming into that chord. It’s all loose, yet it sounds so effing kick ass! It’s a tricky part of guitar playing and honestly, when I used to play, I never quite grasped that concept. You can - and *should* be relaxed even when you’re sounding so killer. And it’s a difficult thing. And part of the ‘trick’ is dialing up a badass sound on your pedal(s) and amp and then just playing it relaxed so that you’re conveying bad ass wizardry while just sort of chilling.

[@shaterproofblosm]

Hey can you do a This Is Why You Suck video on dialling in you're amp tone?

[@papirico2152]

thiiiiis ^^^^

[@blithe74]

this please

[@yourmomsdildodrawer]

Yeah Goddamnit! It's not not going to sound rigt without the amp suggestions!

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

start at noon and dail each control in individually

[@tombain5665]

Awesome riff and probably the most accurate awesome lesson on the Tube. Cheers

[@pauldodson66]

" Sometimes he hits the g string and sometimes he doesn't"..... story of my life.

[@elvenoso3532]

"With great power comes great shredability" -Uncle ben

[@danmick8645]

Generally, I bend the A up to make sure the D still rings (because the low E isn't necessary there, so if I mute it, it's not a big deal)

[@fractalhead566]

Good tip, that allows the Open D to ring through.

[@hendrix923]

Ive only seen a few videos of urs, but man its totally changed my focus. Cleaned up my playing and picking so much. Thank you!

[@shteebo]

Well done. Great insight into the little flourishes Jimmy adds to make this iconic riff so mesmerizing.

[@choochoochooseyou]

Love the attention to detail. Makes all the difference.

[@chucksaeger7500]

You have an incredible ear to be able to pick out those little nuances in a record. I’m starting from,I guess, your earliest videos and just working my way to the present. Digging it man!

[@techlaw997]

Great video. I like your level of detail. Thank you!

[@ESPSJ]

Hey Ben could you one day do a video covering neck relief and adjusting the neck in general, also any other tips and tricks regarding floyd rose bridges? I only ask you because you explain things really well and know your stuff! Also your previous Floyd video where you cover changing tuning and string gauge is really helpful so thankyou for that!

[@fractalhead566]

Lovely Lesson bud thanks, too many people miss the subtle nuances, and you show us how.

[@AdrianFarrell]

Gonna make a suggestion, the D note on the A string (bent slightly sharp) should be played along with the open D string. Requires the string bend direction to be upwards rather than downwards. The two notes together rub together to add extra sauce. Page does the same trick on Four Sticks but on D and G strings.

[@guitarworks2546]

Adrian Farrell absolutely correct! bending the note down ends up muting the D string instead of letting it really add the intended dissonance....

[@therover4141]

You can bend it down with practice but its however is comfortable for you

[@joebradley1520]

But he said he was going to show us how to play it correctly?? I don't see how anybody can miss that especially a teacher

[@AdrianFarrell]

@@therover4141 that doesn't work because you end up muting the open D string.

[@therover4141]

Yes it can happen

[@MrDoneboy]

If you closely listen to the track, you'll hear an audible Huh, just before the intro. Then you can plainly hear Jimmy slide up to the B note on the low E string, just before he does the intro riff!

[@psnpacific]

Best lesson on KZbin on this lick... you're a master of the guitar not just the chords...🤘

[@billkak40]

Awesome, thanks for this video, totally corrected my playing on the riff, have been playing it wrong for months now

[@Buffalo_Tom]

Wow, thank you for this. I’ve seen a lot of lessons on this but none that actually explained all of those little pieces. Just like you said, I could never get it to sound exactly like it should. It’s not much different than what I was doing but that made all the difference in the world. I love the way you teach!

[@phaedrum5916]

Perfect. The lesson, the camerawork, your stage presence. Just perfect (okay, except for the slide into the B on the 6th string).

[@Circledriver]

I saw one transcription that would start the slide from the A to the B.

[@francisd2386]

"Step dad speed" lol

[@ChanceStearns]

woah.. I literally just made this exact comment on another video hahaha

[@jnnyg65]

@@ChanceStearns wow... I literally just made these exact comments on another other video hahaha hahaha

[@briankeesler240]

That was a GREAT i mean GREAT video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍best explanation of that riff I have seen

[@anthonyhaga7559]

Maybe one about practice routine and how to increase picking speed over how much time... 10bpm/week or something like that, great vids man!

[@Cthuwu13204]

There isn't a specific goal like 10 or 20 bpm a week you're shooting for. People develop guitar skills at there own speed. Many guitar teachers recommend just starting at a slow very comfortable speed, then increase it little by little (like 2-3 bpm) as you get more and more comfortable. As you increase your speed, make sure you concentrate on specific parts one at a time; like picking technique, staying in tempo, keeping the fingers relaxed/not tensing up, keeping motions efficient (pinky not flailing about, tight picking motions), notes are fretted properly, unused strings are muted, so on, so on. If something doesn't feel right or you notice you're off, concentrate even more on that specific part before moving forward. The key focus here is that you're developing proper technique FIRST, then get faster, not the other way around. Be consistent, persistent, and patient, and you'll eventually get there.

[@larrygeetar9309]

+Anthony Haga Start slow - real slow - and get the notes and the techniques correctly before increasing speed. It's like learning a play in sports. Learn, walk through, bring to speed, then repetition so you'll play it without thinking. You'll just DO it. 99% of people cannot learn something at full speed without breaking it down and learning it the way I described. Any guitar instructor (or coach, for that matter) worth his salt will tell you this.

[@martynrandall7652]

Well done i knew there was something else going on, that open d and pulling that A note sharp , suttle but makes all the difference !

[@chris33513]

So well explained . I was close but the open D and right hand movement i missed. And i heard that my playing wasn‘t the way the recording sounded. Thanks Uncle Ben from a 53 year old „kid“. Your lessons are very valuable. That solo from Clint Black´s „Summer Coming“ that you posted a while ago ... That is after all still a well conceived and technically challenging country guitar solo in perfection.

[@schof1212]

@Ben Eller The alternate picking is spot on, but JP actually uses upstrokes for that first part of the riff bending 5th fret A and open D. Check out the many live LZ videos.

[@BennygProductionz]

Nobody does it better than ole Ben.

[@BenEller]

Ben Gibson oh Ben!!

[@RichardT2112]

Thanks Uncle Ben!

[@bryanwilliams3665]

Nice Video.. It might be pointed out (you have the right tone here ) that Whole Lotta Love is played in the MIDDLE pickup position as is the main body of Rock and Roll (Live) and Black Dog. This Here is a fantastic lesson on the Studio Version. The Definitive Live Version we have (1973 Madison Square Garden) Jimmy Page plays with quite a different feel and vibe albeit still in the middle pickup position.

[@mk8530]

I can find this lick on 50,000 other videos, but this one is yours. Excellent attention to detail.

[@stephenrutherford1143]

Two things: the riff starts with a slide up to the 7th fret on the low E; when he bends the A string on the 5th fret he gives it a little vibrato as when as a quarter note bend.

[@martinsea7575]

Awesome Uncle Ben, that riff still cuts like a knife.

[@jonlamar224]

Thanks I can now nail this on my acoustic because it also has no toggle switch ...Great tip!

[@noahcaster1346]

This finally helped me It's gonna take me about 3 weeks to master the riff Thanks for this lesson. you are the best teacher i found on youtube.

[@MrGul]

So great to see all these classic riffs being showed accurately! As a fellow transcriber (and daytime guitar teacher) I applaud you for this! However, in this particular riff I can swear I hear a subtle slide into the B on the E string which you haven't included. It's even more clear when you hear the isolated guitar track. You're not hearing what I hear on this?

[@MrDoneboy]

You are so correct, sir!

[@syedwamiq8333]

Best lesson out there for this song.

[@robertskolimowski7049]

Great video, super helpful tips👏

[@mikekavalerchik5226]

I hear the little micro bend on the D as bending up not down. But after 43 years of listening to it as with every Zeppelin song I hear something that I haven't heard before.

[@pejotestheriff9259]

Damn Uncle, yesterday i finally end learning arpeggios from Mario, slow down with teaching tempo! :D

[@squatch570]

FINALLY... someone else who realizes this is alternate picking on the low E between the E chord and not down stroke only! So many people play this with down stroke and I can never understand how they can't hear it is alternate.

[@xXChipp3000Xx]

"Step Dad Speed" haha! Great video. Thanks

[@mattd6086]

Another great video. I have seen another vid where someone says he bends the A-string upward to create that dissonance.

[@JosephWheeler14]

Awesome lesson! This version is spot on.

[@MrDoneboy]

If you are the real, Tony!

[@JosephWheeler14]

@@MrDoneboy not me just a big fan!

[@NobuoSensei]

Wonderful! No tab I could find on the internet helped me to play it right

[@lasseolsen3430]

If I remember right, it is a JPJ riff. He does the open octave strings as well on the bass.

[@anthonycurran1730]

I just found your page its amazing

[@GB-ds2gy]

Thanks for all the details.

[@brianyork5510]

This step dad was listening/learning Al Di Meola (another great Italian; as Zappa said) back in the day so you'll have to speed it up for me...lol Dug the video!

[@upplsuckimcool16]

WHAIT JUST A SECOND! Whill you do more of these awesome video.... I don't have a whife but I whonder if she'd love your whily and whicked aweseom whays. I mean, WHOW!

[@dereksmallsuk]

sheet!! i never knew. seriously. subtle but true

[@evalex71]

Great lesson, but the painting of you with the crown and scepter in the background makes this video a WIN

[@JandJandJandJandJ]

I personally like to accent in a slide to the B and mute the low E with the same finger that's holding the E on the power chord.

[@nikoniko893]

Thank you!!!! You've explained why ALL of the tabs I was using were wrong. I went over to IG but couldn't find the tabs for this song. Is it a guitar pro file by chance?

[@rdz5703]

Joe Walsh way of demonstrating the unison/bend schism is super entertaining -- have you seen that video before Ben?

[@darrelpennington3489]

Hey Ben , you nailed it

[@garrobond0017]

Uncle Ben, you say it's easy but for a beginner still can't get it.. practice makes perfect. Keep up the good work boss ☺️

[@sn95_mustang_garage]

Had no idea the D string was even used and 9th fret G. See, you can teach an old dog new licks.

[@MrDoneboy]

We had better continue learning, or we will be cancelled! Lol.

[@paulanthony8335]

Awesome lesson Reaching out from Texas Can you do a lesson from slayer “skeletons of society “??? That would be bad ass!!!!

[@royeeeee]

One of those "subtle details making it sound exactly right" is a not so subtle detail...to me anyway.. that nobody seems to get right. Even you! (and you're for sure one of the better YT rock guitar lesson guys) Page hits that first power chord with a bit of a soft stab and it's an almost a full bar chord. That high Maj 3rd on the 9th fret (the not so subtle detail) sounds so bitchin' being in the first chord. Anyway, love you're vids' bud. Keep up the great work.

[@HenryPenny]

Are you sure the D (on the A string) bend isn't upwards (towards the low E) instead of downwards? Seems like bending down would tend to mute the open D, whereas bending up would mute the low E, which is probably more desirable. #nitpicking.

[@ashtweth]

Hi Ben and all, Jimmy page showed some one how to do the open D string whilst bending the fretted D note up as the correct way, search sweatwater "4 Famous Guitar Riffs Frequently Played Wrong | Guitar Lesson"

[@charlespurvis2803]

I remember hearing at one point that Page played that first D in the riff by doubling up the 5th fret A string with the open D string right below it. I've tried it and can't decide if that's true, but there is occasionally a "fuller" sound on that D that I can't otherwise explain.

[@mateusr.santos7249]

u rock mister ben

[@RunningWithScissors765]

Timing so good lol even when you were mashing the notes it was like a metronome

[@andrebanville2343]

Great video. Thanks man. 🤘

[@raymiemac71]

Dude. Great lesson.

[@rorymcveigh7895]

Brilliant thanks 👍👍👍

[@KKBoschMusic]

Once again... Kudos!

[@robertl6631]

You are a great teacher. and you are like looking at Drake Bell with a wig. Either way, keep up the great work sir.

[@duartevgc2114]

Lol, so true! Haha

[@jjdecani]

One of the things that makes Page so great is that very looseness you're talking about. He's sometimes deliberately almost sloppy, and it sounds great. It's what makes the first two sides if Physical Graffiti sound so awesomely dirty.

[@BenEller]

jjdecani indeed!!!!

[@spyhawk36]

Awesome explanation!!

[@sigmaman721]

👍 I also play that with up&downs like Page.. dont understand all the teachers using only down stroke...

[@davehendricks7023]

It's been a bit but he bends it up words on the opening riff so he doesnt cut off the d note bending it down that way he gets the ring out differences to the sound.

[@71shade]

Awesome bro 🤘🏻

[@nunyabusiness7927]

That's actually a lot harder than it looks. I watched this video twice and then tried it on my own guitar. Maybe I need to play at step-dad speed.

[@anthonyglennmollicasr.425]

Great lesson!

[@markdouglas6052]

Got to bend the D up bro. Play both open D and the bent outa tune D on the A. That’s what gives y’a the small chorus effect. You’ll hear the diff. Otherwise great lesson bro!

[@6strings735]

Wish I saw this video 20 years ago. Oh wait.. Thank you Uncle Ben! (Hey, did you get that Les Paul off the rack from GC? I mean, the missing switch and all.)

[@gw2031]

I learned the open d string d secret from a Joe Walsh video,,!way cool!

[@Slormer]

Big Uncle B! What's the song that's playing in the background at the beginning and end of this one? Sounds like Creepy Castle from DK64, Banjo, or an old TV show intro or something, but I can't pinpoint it! I heard it in a couple earlier wankshops too and went on a wild goose chase. No luck.

[@BenEller]

Bert that's just some theme music I made!

[@Slormer]

Thanks for confirming! Definitely got that 90's 'scary' kid's show vibe.

[@pmd7914]

Could you please do a oil & wax finish tutorial for set necks?

[@MrZlatkoLjubovic]

small tip for you,try to bend the D note on A string upward ;)

[@BenEller]

Zlatko Ljubovic man, I actually put that in the original draft of the video then cut it for time! Shoulda kept it!

[@MrZlatkoLjubovic]

Good! I was just about to call the guitar police :) thanks for replying, all in all good work!

[@6120orange]

@@BenEller bit late, but I’m new to your channel. The A string bends up and the sympathetic drone is from the open D string, not the E. It’s a eureka moment when first heard. I’m learning way more from you, so carry on!

[@1981SG]

Maybe a weird question Ben, but do you have something under your right leg to have your guitar a bit higher? I have trouble finding a good posture playing guitar whilst sitting. When i sit with my guitar i'm forward bend and get back and neckpain. I was adviced to use a foot stool but apparently this causes backpain on longterm too? Thanks alot for the help!

[@BenEller]

1981Tokai nah I don't. I would suggest finding a piece of high density foam and cutting it to fit around your thigh and under your guitar!

[@emhezmfe]

Nice tutorial. I unfortunately usually kill the open D when I slightly bend down the A string on the opening riff, so I don't get that dissonance that's so cool. I have tried slightly bending the A string up (toward the E string), but doesn't feel as natural.

[@BenEller]

Eric Hancock you’re on the right track with the upwards bend! That’s how Page does it!

[@emhezmfe]

I'll keep working on it! thanks Ben

[@Visitor2020]

very detailed thanks I knew something wasn't right lol

[@johngiraldi1150]

I gave a talk on the "Internet, ie World-Wide-Web" back in 1995 on why (because of 3 major things) it would succeed as a new communications medium and eventually (TBD) replace or marginalize all others. The first was a technology that would allow even the marginally technically competent to create content that anyone could view, secondly it allowed for direct communication of advertising to users and more importantly that there would be an explosion of (mostly new) content because every person wants to share with (teach or show-off to) everyone else how much they know (on any topic). So, you are an example of one of those people who I identified would contribute to it's success, ie you are very skilled at something others want to learn, you want to share your knowledge, you demonstrate it in a novel and interesting way and apparently you don't mind if your subscribers/viewers surpass your level of expertise after "standing on your shoulders".

[@jaredbader1415]

Page bends the E note up not down. That way you can get the dissonance of that bend with the open D string better.

[@MladenMen]

How about that intro lick for Painkiller solo? :)

[@The_Kirk_Lazarus]

Only you and Joe Walsh know how to play this thing properly. Thank you for renewing my faith in humanity.

[@joebradley1520]

Except he doesn't play the E and the A at the same time with the quarter bend

[@simon_patterson]

I suggest Jimmy Page probably also has a reasonably good idea how to play it, too!

[@The_Kirk_Lazarus]

@@simon_patterson That part is obvious, so your response was superfluous.

[@ThrashRoC]

Jimmy Page ....THE LEGEND !! He Writte some songs on the Guitar for the Eternity !

[@THORDOX]

Geee uncle Ben great video

[@extramile734]

great lessons, I can't figure out how I find tabs on you instagram page, but thank you very much

[@BenEller]

Extra Mile it’s easy! Just search for #weekendwankshopXX (the “XX” representing whatever number episode you’re looking for. In this case, search for #weekendwankshop95)

[@DJCJ999]

So the lp’ neck volume, bridge volume and master tone is what? Bypassed?, caps? 🤷🏻‍♂

[@thepepperking3075]

very nice

[@t0nyhawk368]

Loves ur vids man. Can u make a video on buckethead?

[@flycubfly]

That’s that heavy duty Judy !

[@mindofown]

excellent

[@DanielSauter]

thank you man

[@1251wire]

I was looking for Whole Lotta Love guitar solo but you popped in there somehow just like step dad....

[@ComatoseMN]

Hey Uncle Ben, How do those pick ups sound wide open, with about 75%/80% gain, and EQ basically at high noon for all highs, mids and lows? They look very cool... Also, what rig are you playing through on your instructional videos? >M