Many teachers claim “note for note” on how to play a song, but never cover it completely. You sir are the closest to Jimi I have heard for this song, particularly when you play the solo. Thank you so much for sharing with us. Cheers! 👍👍
Extremely accurate tone and and note to note . ✨🇺🇸🎸✨ .... Jimi's Marshalls were hot rodded including his pedals and pick ups .... Roger Meyer was an electronic wizard .
Wow! This brought me back to my youth, trying to learn this by ear. Just got a jolt of emotion flash through me for a second. I almost had a melt down of tears but caught myself. Man! Music is such a powerful thing! Fantastic song!
I love your instinctive way of playing and teaching what you know about every song you learned to play without any boring explanations ... thank you ! You are a very humble and talented musician ! Best regards from France !
My Son will dig this, he is a Hendrix fan, he also left handed like Hendrix and same birthday, tried the upside down guitar, but easier now for lefties, bought him a Vintage brand left handed Strat. Very good lesson!
I am not the biggest Hendrix-fan, but this song-and-solo, (I always thought) was phenomenal. You really got it . . . Spot-On. Fantastic job. Enjoyed your lesson.
I've always thought of JH version as probably one of his best produced songs. You've inspired me to play this song now that I've watched your video (well over 20 times). I will continue to play this for the rest of my time. Thanks so much.
Such a great lesson!! There's tons of lessons on this classic but you have really got these leads precise! I've tried learning this song in the past but when I play it, it just doesn't sound correct. I even went as far as to "TRY" and learn this with my guitar strung for a lefty, lol!! Thank you for taking the time to learn it and being as close as you possibly can to sounding like Jimi without being Jimi!! Your format or style of teaching is really quite easy and comfortable to follow along to without getting frustrated. I look forward to more of your videos and have a happy new year 2024!! Aloha!!
Something in my psyche has kept me from attempting Hendrix. However, after stumbling on to your well laid out lesson, I figured what the hell. Not sure anyone else shares this, but the first time you nail that intro lead it truely feels like you’ve arrived!! Well done sir! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for an informative and interesting video. Best i've seen on J.H version of All Along The Watch Tower. Held my attention for whole video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Great lesson as always. I saw an interview with Eddie Kramer when they released the Electric Ladyland 50th Anniversary box set. Was interesting. So are your lessons. I am still revisiting Axis Bold as Love. But slipping in Electric Ladyland at night. Now I have to order the 50th Anniversary box set. My original record is so very well played 😮
Dude..!! Your version of the musical events is sooo much better than the other UTube guys… Why am I not surprised..? 😂 Great job..! I’m waiting for my Firebird to be delivered… I think it’s gonna sound pretty cool..🙏🏻 Thanks man..!!!
This bloody song has driven me nuts for a lifetime ha ha! Honestly, it's only recently that I've been able to correctly hear the intro (starts on the "and" of beat 3) without the aid of a drum track/count-in from a play-along track or demo track. The next worst offender is The Who's Magic Bus (Jasus!!!!, I have a very strong Love/Hate relationship with that song Ha ha!) ... and of course there is Deep Purple's "Maybe I'm a Leo" which seems to morph into a completely different riff at the 13 second mark?!? I actually love that though, both riffs sound fantastic! (I hear the intro as starting on the "down" beat of one, but then the correct riff appears to me at the 13 second mark as actually starting on the "and" of beat one!) Anyway, enough of that twaddle,; Fantastic work as always, Mr. Chain!
dude very cool of you to take that time and detail that all out. Super thanks🙏 Tell me your signal chain here? Are you playing thru both those amps? or are they just mic'd up for display?
Thank you. The description has the pedals, but yeah I had 2 amps running. I have a boss harmonization to split the signal (pedal not on though), then ultimately stereo out to 2 amps. In this vid I think I ran out into my super reverb and my 50w marshall, mic both and mix in along with whatever the lapel mic picks up.
On the songs I ve seen , You always do an INCREDIBLE JOB I play Bass but I like to know what the Lead guitar is doing , so if I can add to it if it is possible in the right place . On some songs I do part of vocal line while keeping the low end , usually with CCM on sunday morning. We usually do 5 different songs every week, we do not repeat songs every week . I was saving songs in Binders unto I had over 300 , now I don't save them . Been playing 43 yrs.
I also like to listen to what the other players are doing fir the same reasons. It's great to find how to compliment what the other musicians ate playing. Listening is the most important skill I think
Great lesson!! I'm an intermediate guitarist... would you recommend learning this song at this stage or is it better if i learn it when I'm at an advanced stage?
Nice lesson, but I wish you had talked about the timing on the intro solo. It’s quite tricky because the “one” beat is not where you think it is, and if you count it wrong, it feels like there’s an extra beat before the verse starts.
@@12footchain yes! But I find it’s very hard to “hear” it with all that’s going on during the intro, including what sounds sort of like kettle drums! It’s actually easier to hear the timing on the live version at Isle of Wight.
Excellent point! At 71 years old now I have NEVER been able to pick the start point, and I am to this day hearing on the wrong side of the beat. The beginning of “I’m Free” on Tommy did the same thing to me until one day way back I got it. As a lifelong guitar player this has always driven me crazy about All Along The Watchtower… I can play the notes in my sleep, but the timing is always wrong until the song gets going.
its there - its the old version of tabs that I was doing before I started using guitarpro, but there is a tab there for that song. And I will also upgrade it to a guitarpro version at some point.
No, don't think it has built in buffer, but it sits in front of everything in my signal chain, and the next thing after it is my boss tuner which has a buffer.
Jimi never played it like the record. You also don't sound like the record. Why should you? Everyone should sound like themselves anyway. All this copying stuff is just plain stupid. Imagine if all the key players just wanted to sound like their idols. There would never be EVH, Trucks, Beck etc. Sure it's cool to learn other stuff. It's necessary to some extent but to be obsessed by this "sound like xy" crap.....thats just not healthy.
