What I’ve learned from Eric Johnson
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- čas přidán 25. 05. 2020
- Firstly, here’s the amazing “Cliffs of Dover” performance from Eric Johnson, • *** Eric Johnson - Cli...
And, here’s a link to Eric’s mini lesson • EJ Mini Lesson 02
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Equipment used:
Gibson ES-335
Marshall Astoria Custom
Hudson Broadcast Dual Overdrive
Strymon Flint Reverb/Tremolo
TC Electronics Flashback Delay
No laptops, computers, or DAW
Recorded via iPhone to iMovie to CZcams
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If you have any questions or want to contact me directly, then my contact details are:
EMAIL: paul_ursusarctos@hotmail.co.uk
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TEXT / WHATSAPP: 078900 67773
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Most CZcams guitarist play like they are trying impress someone. You play like its the most fun thing you know how to do. Love it.
Thank you so much Stevie! Lovely compliment 👍
@@paulstaffordcook8799 no hurry guitar player legendary style
MIW
@@HigherPlanes eh ?
@@ocahan27 Music is Win
I am happy that I discover Eric Jhonson late in life, otherwise I could had given up the guitar early on. LOL
Man. You play with such feeling and grace. One of the best on youtube, by far. You are in tune, in time, and look effortless. Thanks for your time making these vids.
Thank you so much, lovely compliment 🙏
My guitar teacher taught me the A Major scale. We would practice this religiously at the beginning of each lesson. When you played it, it clicked in me, he was a huge Eric Johnson fan and now it all makes sense.
Thanks Mr Dream. Yes, the humble old major scale 🤣👍
Great again Paul, thanks.
I love your humility. And your playing is great! Thanks for sharing the knowledge you’ve acquired. Very generous!
Thank you kindly Michael, it’s my pleasure!
Great vid Paul! Your breakdown of Eric Johnson’s style sheds a lot of light on what he does 😀
Thank you Glen 👍
I'm learning from you and Tom B, you're learning from Eric ..we're all getting better, you're right about letting you shine through.. thanks Paul!
Cheers Dragon Sage 👍
Hey Paul, I think if Eric heard your video he would love your interpretation and your passion.
Thank you Wes 👍
Awesome playing Paul, it makes my heart swell. Cheers!
Ah, thank you ChristTiger66, appreciated 👍
Hi Paul , greetings from Akron , Ohio USA ! Hoping you and your family are healthy and doing well . Eric Johnson is one of my favorite guitar players , because he is so tasteful in his playing . He has a calmness about him , that makes everything sound smooth instead of frantic . Bordering on Jazz , but his own flavor . Another fine video . I think this lockdown has made you an even better and more advanced player . Don't forget , you promised me backstage passes on your world tour ! Keep safe !
I know what you mean when you say he has a calmness about him... I agree. And thank you for your compliment 👍. I have your backstage pass tucked away safely 🤣
You are such a Great player yourself Paul ..With an amazing touch and feel.!!You also have a Great gift as a Teacher ... Yes EJ is Great
So is PC..👍😎🎸
Ah, thanks Barry! 👍🤘
Thank you. You certainly earned that beer!
Recently started following your videos after discovering you through Tom Bukovac. Keep doing these "What I've learned from..." videos, you have great insight!
Thank you Phong 👍. Yes, it could become an interesting little “mini-series” 😀
yowza that guitar is gorgeous
What a fantastic lesson, Paul!! I used to watch Eric in the little ars here in Texas in the old days, and it's taken me this long to even realize some of what he does is possible for mortals. LOL this is a lot of help!! Thank you....love that guitar and your playing!
Thank you Roger! Glad you enjoyed my wee video. Yes Eric is a real master and seems like a very nice chap to boot 😀
Subscribed on the strength of that playing, sublime.
Ah, thank you Neil! Delighted you liked it 🙏
Luv it....Luv the 335 tone.
Thanks Marty. Yeah, I’m starting to think that the 335
is the best sounding guitar I own 🙏❤️
Such good vibes and feels from your videos. Really look forward to these. Been inspired to investigate purchasing a 335 due to this tone and playing. Keep it up and take it easy - from up the road in bonny Perth!
Thank you Kyle! Delighted you like my wee vids. And as regards a 335 - yes, they really are a joy to own. A bit big and unwieldy to play sat down, but definitely worth it when you hear these warm / woody tones. Greetings from down the road 👍
Awesome tone!!
Thanks Bani. Yeah, I’m loving that 335 😀👍.
Awesome tips man!! Thks.. and really good playing + tone!
Thanks man, appreciate your compliment 🙏
Awesome stuff Paul!
Thank you Jeff! Hope you’re well. I’ll be doing a video within the next month or so, where I revisit my Pedalboard and take a look at how it has evolved. Your SS Overdrive is still my favourite OD so I’ll obviously be talking a bit about that on the video. Cheers Jeff 👍
Eric Johnson impressed me with his sheer musicality, he soars with melodic grace - I remember watching the DVD's from the 90's (Star licks or something!) He claims to use pentatonic scales a great deal - which matches what you describe here.
Beautiful tone!
Thank you Joseph 👍
Made me look up Eric Johnson Cliffs of Dover - superb.
Hi Jim, hope you and yours are doing fine throughout this little pandemic. Yeah, Cliffs of Dover 👌🤘🎸😱😱
Fantastic Paul, love your videos and your honesty. I know how you feel about trying to perfect some of these disciplines. I had been learning 'Oh Well' by Peter Green, i can't tell you how long it took me to get fairly close, but you are correct about taking things slowly to begin with but i feel your frustration. I saw Phil X talking about exactly that recently on a Tim Pierce Video. Well done buddy.
Thank you Mark, it’s good to know there are others out there feeling that same frustration. You mention Peter Green’s “oh well” - great song, I’m really into Peter Green at the moment. Cheers Mark, appreciate your comment 👍
Sounds great 👌 You take his style and make it your own 🎸
Thank you Paincakes 👍. Appreciated
@@paulstaffordcook8799 keep up the good music 👍
I found your channel by way of Buk a few weeks back (think it was your entry in the homeskooling must have popped up in my feed) and really enjoy your approach. And the 335 sounds lovely today btw. Cheers.
Thank you SouthPaw 335 👍. Appreciate your compliment. Cheers
Hey Paul, great Vid. Man, I love the tones of that 335- someday , I hope to own one. Very nice explanation of the concepts; I will be fussing with it today. Great playing amigo!
Thanks man, appreciated. By the way I loved your Samba Pa Ti.... your tone! Actually, your tone sounded very “old Les Paul”, and by that I mean your pickups sounded like original late 50’s PAFs - an extremely sought after sound. Well played!
Cheers Paul. I responded with some “gear detail” on my Samba Pa Ti video thread... dig your shaggy hair- lookin’ like a surfer!
Oh yes, Cliffs of Dover from Eric Johnson's appearance on Austin City Limits is required listening! Great video, Paul. I originally came to your channel for the Katana stuff, but that Marshall Astoria, the 335, and you are a great combo. A great CZcams rabbit hole to go down when you get time is Troy Grady's channel. He's got a series of really well done videos where he analyzes aspects of Eric Johnson's technique mainly through that Austin City Limits performance. The videos are more for technique rather than melodic content, but still very interesting.
Thank you Eric 👍. Yes, I watched a couple of Troy’s videos, where he talks about Eric’s right hand technique, and down-slanting the pick. Troy is an amazing player, and clearly is excellent at creating and editing his videos to give the watcher very clear freeze-frames etc. Cheers Eric
Trademark...so inspiring
Thank you Rafael 👍😀
Hi Paul ! Greetings from Akron , Ohio USA ! Wow ! This video did it for me , I am so impressed with your performance , I feel like I felt the first time I heard Jimi Hendrix . Not that Eric Johnson plays the same style of music as Jimi Hendrix , but because the music was so different than anything I had heard previously .I have never really paid much attention to Eric Johnson because he always seemed so advanced than anything I was used to playing ! It is easier to dismiss something, than to work hard to learn it ! You have opened up my ears , thank you so much for demystifying his intention ! Now , I need to study Jeff Beck , and Eric Johnson , who are both guitar genius ! After all , we are all human , and should be able to learn and understand , right ? I need to stop being a lazy guitar player !!
Well thank you Kenneth, delighted you liked this video! I find Eric’s playing quite a challenge, and if I’m honest, I struggle to get his stuff “under the fingers”. I always have to take a deep breath, compose myself and then concentrate like mad 🤣
Wow Paul I love your playing it's so expressive, you and Chris Buck from Buck and Evans are very similar. Chris is also a great player with fantastic feeling and touch and plays guitar the way people sing if you know what I mean. If you haven't heard of him check him out, I am sure you will agree you are both inspirational players.
Thanks Watcher8175. Yes, I’m subscribed to Chris’s channel and I can certainly see the similarities. I always enjoy his Friday Fretworks 😀. Thanks man, cheers for watching my vids 👍
Hi Paul. Another Johnson (Jack) uses a similar concept in an acoustic strumming context in Better Together. He runs down the E major scale in barre chords - E, E/D#, C#m, B, A, A/G#, F#m, and back to B and round again. It's a good barre chord workout!
Yes, I just listened to that on Apple Music and you’re right. Good song too, I love his laid back sound. Cheers Nigel
You're not Eric Johnson,so what you're Paul Cook and you're mustard. Believe in yourself Paul. You have a gift. As for me I wanna hear Paul Cook play Paul Cook.Best regards. That's not say that that vid wasn't first class.Many thanks. Now I'm just off to steal all those ideas.Stay safe brother may the road rise up to meet you.
Thank you Shane, your comments have put a large smile on my face. 😀👍
oooh man eric johson . hear the song Manhattan what a masterpiece
“Manhattan” is such a great piece too. Those harmonised major scales using arpeggios or parts of the chords aren’t easy for sure 😅 but you’re doing great.
I read your comment and your description of “harmonised arpeggios”.... made me think “this Nikoo033 guy sounds like he really knows a thing or two.....”. So I jumped onto your CZcams channel and I’m delighted to see vids of a great band called King King. Are you one of the members?
Paul Stafford Cook You’re too kind Paul. Not at all, I have been learning guitar “properly” only for the last three years using Michael Palmisano’s course on Udemy and it turns out harmonised major scale using arpeggios is the topic I have just gone through 😅. When I get the courage, I’ll post some videos on CZcams or Instagram and you’ll see, I am nowhere near as good as you 😆
What an incredibly classy performance..
Loved it !
Can I ask what reverb and delay you use please
Hi Lee, loved your comment. Puts a big smile on my face 🙏. Yes, this was the TC Electronics Flashback delay (just the mini pedal). And the Reverb was my new Strymon Flint - I bought it because everyone says it’s great.... and they’re right! It’s so lush and lovely. It combines Reverb and Tremolo - I was using both. Cheers for watching Lee
very pretty, , when you first started, i'm thinking to myself, feck if i only knew the chords i wouldn't have to worry about the note sequence , which you nicely explained was the secret , just annoying that i don't spend more time thinking about the theory, for me it really is the stumbling block for me progressing to a level which i'm satisfied with, , but does anyone every truly reach that level ? i guess it doesn't really matter if you can still get pleasure from your playing, thankfully the only person i have to please is myself,, there must be so much pressure with guys like Tom Bukovac who have to pull it all out 100% day in day out, but then again, maybe it gets easier the more you learn. You know for 8 fecking notes, the sure take up a load of brain power :) anywhoo, thanks for posting, and who cut yer hair BTW :) stay sane stay safe mate
Cheers Charlie. I laughed out loud when I read your comment about my hair 🤣. Yeah, I’m not quite sure what’s going on there.... I’ve always wanted “rockstar” hair, so I’ve let it grow since day 1 of lockdown. The question is, am I brave enough to keep going? Maybe it’s another mid-life crisis!
"Excellent as always Paul..Sweet az sounds".. Always a pleasure to bounce in..kick back & listen to ya ..Yes.. I particularly like Eric Johnson's style also..& as you say..very demanding technique to play..I enjoyed the rifts you played on this vid.. Cheer's from 'Downunder bro'.. 😎🎸🎤🎩🙏💥👍🎯👊.. BOOM..Keep On Rockin bro!!"..
Cheers man. Amazing to think of my wee videos being played across the other side of the world. When I become a world famous rockstar, and I’m on my world tour, I’ll be sure to say hi when in Australia 🤣🤘
Thats funny because I keep telling myself ”Geez Simon, slow it down.. youre not Paul Cook!”. Is there a name to tjis kind of playing? Sounds great and I believe it’s a perfect mix of learning and music. I’m getting sick of being stuck in the same old pentatonic scale but just different keys depending on the backing tracks. I’d like to be able to pick up a guitar and play something like this.
Ah, thank you Simon! I laughed out loud at your wee joke 🤣. I don’t know if there’s a name for that style, but it seems a kind of fusion between jazz, blues and rock. And of course Eric has a calmness and effortlessness to his execution. Cheers for watching my vid 👍
Nice one Paul, how much recording have you done on your musical journey? Is there a record some where out there we don't know about ? Hidden in the depths of the R&B section of a local record shop (yes !! I did say record shop !! Steady the ship !!!😂)
Have a good week lad .
Thanks man. Yes, there are some CDs gathering dust in my bookcase 🤣. I was in a band from 1991 to 2006 and we recorded a country album in an Edinburgh recording studio. Didn’t get signed and so that was that. I must have another listen, just for nostalgia’s sake. 🤘
@@paulstaffordcook8799 nice to hear you had a good run with your band ; you could have another revival I'm sure with your skills and talent, after all you have the pedal board from "back the future !!!" 😂
The "DMC Delorean pedal board" 😅 or simply the DMC board for short 😂😂 I think it has a certain "ring" to it.. p.s that white pedal !! Oh suits you sir !! Very nice !!
What was the quote from the blues brothers "we getting the band back together " ...😂😂just saying. Maybe even start recording ? Steady the ship !!!!
Take care with the DMC, don't turn it up to 80 !! Or you may find your self in 1950s American!!!! Ooh suits you sir !!! 😂
Love it, that sounds like a fun and radical experience 🤣
What strings are you using here?
Hi. Those are gauge 11 D’Addario (normal round wound).
Did not get name of pedal?
Hi Bart. Yes, the overdrive was a Hudson Broadcast Dual. And the Reverb/Tremolo was the Strymon Flint. Cheers for watching 👍
Ha ha yes you are amazing Paul that tone and so much feel, spot on with not wanting to be E Johnson we already have a Bonnamssa lol want to see the Cook up there, your feel is so uniuqe and fresh, as long as you can resolve a note with the most beautiful chord to compliment that note that comes from deep inside then thats enough for me matey and you got this down perfeclty. Some people were just in the right place at the right time and imo you would blend in perfectly along side all the so called legends greats imo. Keep safe mate Tommy.
Ah thank you so much Tommy! Loved your compliment. Imagine that.... Me, Joe B, Eric Gales all trading licks. I’d get a very bloody nose and a good kick up the arse off these two, but man, what a nice thought to have in my head today 🤣. Cheers Tommy
Keep being Paul Cook please....
Thank you Mark, appreciated 👍