The first LesPaul was made by Epiphone under LesPauls guidance. When they went bankrupt, he was working for Gibson, which was mainly accoustic at that time . He suggested to them that they buy Epiphone . That is why Epiphone uses LesPaul on their guitars to this day, holding the first patent. That is a story that most do not know about the history of electrics .
Albert Lee... one if the finest - if not THE finest country guitar player on the planet. I'm wondering if he's ever had a chance to play with Marty Stuart and Kenny Vaughan. Both equally excellent.
This is one the the most important bits of advice ever given on music theory. It’s not needed, and should only be learned if your interested in knowing why something works and you want to use it. Learn as little as you need to play the music you love.
Albert Lee is just awesome. Humble, sweet, ridiculously good guitarist as well as pianist and singer. There aren't enough superlatives to describe my thoughts on him. Genius.
My wife and I met Albert at the Namm show in Calif. a few years back. We used to sell his teaching videos in our Music store in Ohio He was a Classey fellow that's for sure and a great Player.
I can never get over how much this guy appears to have his feet firmly on the ground. He is neither needlessly modest (because he's a brilliant guitar player and for him to claim otherwise would just be writing off his whole career), nor does he boast. -- he just tells the stories. Many thanks for posting this, and I wish I had been there to see him play.
I think this Question & Answer session with Albert was recorded on 12th September 2015 at the London Acoustic Show at Olympia, London. I've seen Albert twenty times, mainly through the gigs put on by Pete Feenstra across London. Two memorable gigs were the ones at the short-lived "Music Palace" in Crouch End, a converted Salvation Army Hall with Albert and Hogan's Heros playing right where the "Mercy Seat" would have been situated. Great Memories.
This is where I got the idea to use a ls2 line selector in the fx loop of the amp, with a delay in the loop of the ls2. This avoids switching 2 pedals on/off and also boosts for leads. Although I use a dd3 not a carbon copy. The ls2 is a seriously underrated pedal. Can also be used in front of amp not just to boost but also to attenuate and clean up signal. I'm considering buying another one for this and to use with chorus pedal, making the laney a 3 channel amp instead of 1 channel.
i have small hands and short fingers. doing that one string line is a stretch for me. also, I feel like slicing my fingers on that string. imagine how strong Malmsteen's fingers are.
I wonder if he still has that D 45 he picked up in Beanblosem In at Bill Monroe festival. I wanted to buy it but he wanted #1200. I couldn't afford that. I kept my D 21 . Met him there.
Hi. Thanks for viewing. Your correct. We struggled to hear George our end, so best we could do. You can turn on the subtitles which works fine and will give you what he is saying word for word.
I love listening to Albert's stories. I did not know anything about him when I saw him live about three years ago at a music festival. But to me he was the best act at the festival.
I met him backstage where he shook my hand saying "Hi - I'm Albert". All I could come up with was - "Um - I know" whereupon my pal Lee Agnew drummer with Nazareth gently moved me aside and introduced himself as he, unlike me, hadn't suddenly lost the power of speech.
@@45zapatero you can shred on any old strat tele or les paul if its set up right. all the original shredders used guitars that are now vintage. ritchie blackmore for one
Albert would never run down a fellow guitarist ,and he is a great fan of Burton.Known Albert since 59 .Never heard him say a bad word about anyone come to that.
If you get the opportunity to see Albert play in a club setting, don't pass up the chance. Stunning musician and very approachable considering he's one of the best guitarists on the planet. His 2nd album simply titled ALBERT LEE (Polydor 1982) is an absolute gem. Met him and chatted a couple of times. A fine bloke he is.......
What is REALLY, REALLY important to mention is that in order to play the Paul Gilbert lick at such a high tempo Andy always swipes/rakes through the muted lower string right after the fourth note (using upward pickslanting, always starting on a downstroke). That is why you can clearly hear a loud click after every fourth note (Check out 1:08). If you don't do that you are probably never gonna be able to play that lick at a fast tempo. Even Paul Gilbert himself does that and I'm pretty sure both aren't even aware of the fact, that they are doing it.
Hi if not because of Anton Oparin video I might call you out because of your post haha. You’re absolutely right. PG hits the high e string but cleverly mutes it using the tip of his index finger. I believe he only tells this on his private lesson. Troy Grady calls it “swiping”. I thought I could never pick fast because of that ‘accidental’ pick hitting the string but now I know. I just learn how to deal with it and improve my muting technique. Cheers
Albert always does this talk at his guitar clinics between demonstrations of the Ernie Ball guitars he plays. I heard him in Sarasota FL, at Thoroughbred Guitars some years ago. So good to see him and Eric together again at the Crossroads festivals where Albert and Vince Gill do the country sets.
I met Albert a few times back in the Sixties when he played in Chris's Band, great player even back then, and such a humble person, and from what I have seen and heard about him since he has not changed. I went to watch him a few years ago when he played in Spalding, Lincolnshire where I live, great show!! I was going to have a word with him after the show but he was very busy signing autographs, so I did not bother him. I also saw Chris his old Band leader at the same Venue a few years after, and the Promoter of the show who is a friend of mine took me back-stage to meet up with him again, we had a long chat about 'the old days' at 'The Flamingo'., when Chris, Zoot Money, and Georgie Fame were regulars there, what great days!!
