Don't Fall In The Eric Johnson Trap!!

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@WalkenDead 3 года назад

I remember when I was around 15 listening to "Cliffs of Dover" thinking, "what the hell is that dude doing". Just completely amazed. Here I am at 44 still thinking "what the hell is he doing", still amazed lol

@DavidOnTheRoadGuitars 3 года назад

You and I both, I'm still learning how to play this song. And much of my style and feel comes from his playing style. Cliffs of dover, desert rose, forty mile town, etc, but I only kept my guitar playing as a hobby and fun never took myself seriously 🤗

@Esrom_music 2 года назад

Same same... Except 11 and 38

@williamsporing1500 2 года назад

He’s the tone master….and an amazing player

@_Suzuka_Joe 2 года назад

whatever he did it was with an ES335 for Cliffs of Dover

@WalkenDead 2 года назад

@@_Suzuka_Joe Really? I did not know that. Thanks for the info

@jean-philippejason6537 3 года назад

I saw Eric Johnson in a small club in Belgium. Show was fantastic. Afterwards I asked him to sign my Eric Johnson guitar. I didn't know what to expect : I had read in a Satriani interview that "he was difficult to work with"... Guy was charming and gave a lot of attention to make a super clean and nice signature on the headstock!!! THANKS MR Johnson!

@mr.fisher3973 3 года назад

If there was ever a trap to be stuck in I say Eric Johnson is a great one to get caught in.

@SebastianMehenka 3 года назад

Came here to say I’d rather be caught in the EJ trap than any other trap

@guskalogeros9021 3 года назад

Agreed!! Lol

@jazzram_ 3 года назад

Yes lol

@kingofkingsVAR 2 года назад

Lmao fr

@0xfded 3 года назад

I hope to one day be able to fall into the Eric Johnson trap....

@wesleyalan9179 3 года назад

Lol

@Stevo_Drums 3 года назад

Hilarious 😂

@wesleyalan9179 3 года назад

@@Stevo_Drums haha, yeah! I literally lol'd earlier when I saw that comment

@voronOsphere 3 года назад

I hear ya! I'm hoping to fall in, fall out, and then fall back in, again!

@wesleyalan9179 3 года назад

@@voronOsphere haha...that happens a lot, doesn't it?! 😁

@sammybeck7794 3 года назад

I've been in Eric Johnson fan for so long time. I was working at a pawn shop in Austin Texas in the mid-90s at the time that Ah Via Musicon was released. He walked in with the guy that wrote Desert Rose and I was so Starstruck. I practically ran to him so I could wait on him before anybody else got to him. He came in looking for a portable keyboard which he found and I sold to him. I also got his autograph. Yeah, he's Austin's own

@ddrumdude 3 года назад

In all honesty I always found that his piano style chords were the facet of his playing that I fell in love with, as opposed to his shredding.

@teacuppermike2568 3 года назад

Seriously! His chord voicings are stellar.

@SebastianMehenka 3 года назад

The funny part about your comment to me is that the guy didn’t shred; he just actually picked almost every note that fast!

@mikekratochwill4195 3 года назад

Me too... though his pentatonic pyrotechnics are impressive, his clean sound and chord voicings are wonderful.

@ChrisSamuel1729 3 года назад

What a clever way to get us to fall into the newly expanded and redecorated Eric Johnson trap.

@manuedwards6959 3 года назад

His chord voicings, song structure, melodic sense, and phrasing is otherworldly.

@temp289 2 года назад

I’m 79 and long retired. But really appreciate when a musician truly knows what he/she is doing and is capable of clearly explaining and teaching whatever the artist is bringing across. This is so very well done. The point about the picking is right on well. Excellent video. Thank you.

@CargoShorts7 3 года назад

I feel the same way about the SRV trap. I used to be completely obsessed with SRV style playing, but then I noticed that what seemed like every other guitarist out there was also trying to mimic his playing. Then at a certain point, I had to deliberately move away from that style in an effort to not sound like everyone else or another SRV clone. Although I still love his playing and find nothing wrong with borrowing some cool stuff from him or other legends. Cheers!

@allthingsclassicrock Год назад

I feel like I wrote this! I had the exact same experience. I have intentionally gone out of my way to not play like SRV. It took about a year to get the licks and tendencies out of my system but I’m a more diverse player for it.

@tossedpenny 3 года назад

I would sit on Eric's lap reading a map searching for the trap so I could finally play Zap because right now it's sounding like crap. Thank you, I'll show myself out now.

@jacksolomon451 3 года назад

This is so me only it's the Lil Wayne guitar solo trap

@joewalsh8217 3 года назад

Oh then you are golden, I think that’s called shredding

@gloriousforever3451 3 года назад

Joe Walsh tasteful licks too

@jazzram_ 3 года назад

Lol

@lukekern7444 3 года назад

"It's a trap!" Admiral Ackbar - 1983

@gilbertfalling493 3 года назад

I met Eric in a club in 1986. I made fun of him. He got on stage. I left apologetic and ashamed. Sorry again Eric. My bad. GO YANKEES!

@tiki_trash 3 года назад

What did you say to him?

@gilbertfalling493 3 года назад

@@tiki_trash I just busted his balls about how small he was and mocked his gear. Great huh? I was 17.

@tiki_trash 3 года назад

@@gilbertfalling493 LOL!

@nocturnalmadness9517 3 года назад

@@gilbertfalling493 We all did things at that age that we regret. Look at it this way: you learned from it, and he might have a story that he tells be about a 17 year-old kid in a club. It doesn't matter much. It's how you treat people now that matters.

@gilbertfalling493 3 года назад

@@nocturnalmadness9517 Oh I learned. Thank you for getting it. Stay kind. GO YANKEES!

@kyle9maloney 3 года назад

I’ve just started nailing this lick at speed and he’s right .... it’s amazingly cool

@adrianr2312 3 года назад

Great vid! Getting the picking to sound clean has always been difficult but is so crucial. Eric Johnson is a truly a god!

@patrickgambill9326 3 года назад

Man. I just came back to your channel again after a while. I can't believe you are at 330k subs now. I remember back when you had 8k. Thanks for all the years of awesome content!

@SortaDopeIGuess 2 года назад

Good stuff and creative phrasing piggybacking off what you learned from EJ.

@bldallas 3 года назад

Video saved, in case I ever miraculously fall into the “Eric Johnson Trap.” Not likely, given my age and ability. That said, I think the effects add a lot to the sound of Eric Johnson’s playing. You have definitely got that part nailed, too; I’d describe it was a wet / clean sound. Well done.

@disco4535 3 года назад

What a great teacher! I'm an absolutely terrible player and Robert made this lesson crystal clear.

@yjmsrv 3 года назад

This is really good and different then the way I learned it- for me it was five notes down, then starting at the next note down in the sequence- instead of just on the next string down. This is MUCH easier and comes out more fluid sounding. Great lesson. I'll drive everyone crazy at my next jam by playing it too much!

@jacobmcvay123 Год назад

Well I wasn’t in the trap but following your guide of fret n string I already learned a little riff of his I never knew! Thanks! Took me 2 mins. I am a quick learner though.

@voronOsphere 3 года назад

Great Lesson, Robert! I can't wait to work 'em all in! Thanks!

@skyemoz6559 3 года назад

Great lesson. Had a lot of fun today working on this. Thanks 🙏

@RikJSmith 3 года назад

Hi Robert. I hope everything is going great with you. Ok , I've been watching some of your Lesson Videos for over a year now. I'm not sure why , but this is the Video that proves that you're a Badass Guitarist. 🎸. Maybe because I've never learned anything by E. C. Maybe it's the way you put this lesson together. Either way , I'm now a life long Subscriber. That might not mean a lot because I'm over 50. LoL. You have great skills and sense of humor. Cheers. 🎸

@traceybaker1750 3 года назад

Love how you changed the licks. Awesome. Will follow you from now on!

@johnlannikk2701 3 года назад

I never worry about ripping off licks, its how it all works, how we all get inspired, started since way way back

@grantthepilgrim 3 года назад

This is a great tutorial Rob, really useful.Thanks mate!

@charlesfitzgerald3201 3 года назад

Love that strat , great video Thanks for the tips and lesson .

@abeharris9938 3 года назад

Hey Rob!! love the content. thank you so much for making these videos. they always make me want to pick up my guitar. I finally got a tele ( not my dream tele but at least an American Special with texas special pups ). i wanted to say i really really REALLY love these ideas for the rolling 5s. example 2 is absolutely awesome and is also absolutely Lydian. Its like Steve Vai put his own twist on Eric Johnson's lick. SWEET!!!!

@JazzStrat781 3 года назад

Great lesson, always loving your Strat! Best to u and yours

@infinity-1834 Год назад

Excellent lesson. Thank you.

@fredericadda 3 года назад

Crystal-clear explanations, thanks Robert! But ... I also want to learn this insane little lick at 5:24 !!

@geraldlocklear4373 3 года назад

Does anyone else think this sounds like Peter Frampton when slowed down?

@Thesodaisinfactblue2 3 года назад

Hey I’m at school watching this. I never miss your uploads dude!

@Dudeitsbrian 3 года назад

I have had an EJ strat for about 3 years, marvelous instrument, and I barely just got around to learning his secreta

@LewisShieldsUS 3 года назад

Wonderful, thank you! Good work to do. Acquisition is the real trap; "...while visions of CS 63's dance in their heads." Yarp.

@runningshadow57 3 года назад

Hey Robert ! Great Lesson - next time you watch the movie The Fifth Element you 'll hear your first variation lick used for one of the background themes - your guitar tone even matches the sound of the riff used in the movie ! Pretty cool !

@gbsavg666 3 года назад

Don't fall into the cliffs of dover trap

@jazzram_ 3 года назад

Im trying to fall in for purpose

@Gin132456 3 года назад

80's improvised rock riffs fit into this thinking quiet well

@LeStraTele 3 года назад

Example 2 sounds more like Jeff Beck from the Wired album. Cool.

@FrankFurther Год назад

Learnt the intro tp cliffs of docer up to the main 14-12-14 riff yesterday. As long as you have decent right hand control its not nearly as hard as you may think. Took a couple of hours to commit to memory

@paulparadis2171 3 года назад

Another great and helpful video!

@GuyNarnarian 3 года назад

I think getting used to the picking style is the key for this one. Its how he makes it sound seamless and effortless. I'll definitely be referencing this video in slow-mo in the future. Also, you nailed the EJ tone - sounds like a lot of reverb and maybe a rolled back fuzz or some other kind of distortion?

@deanmccaskill5495 3 года назад

Hey you did that Major 3rd thing I’m always pestering u about! Awesome

@simonpilgrims 3 года назад

Great video. Keep them coming :). Thanks

@kerrykile3490 3 года назад

Excellent lesson

@seanbarker4610 3 года назад

You could switch it, by playing 5 then 3, then5 then3 to put it in 8ths or 16th.

@khaldrogo8315 3 года назад

this is really a big help man thank you ao much

@landguitar 3 года назад

I can't play that fast, but this was fun! Thanks Robert!

@calebsj 3 года назад

and I really love the switched minor 3rd thanks for that!

@jeramym9506 3 года назад

Great lesson 👍

@tjs43773 3 года назад

It would be great if you could put the picking strokes (up or down) in the tabs! Thanks, awesome licks!!!

@Jmdeclue 3 года назад

I am so confused. I fell into a trap too but it was a little different, it was after Ah Via Musicom was released and it was the Tone Trap. I decided it was his fingers AND gear. Then his Hot Licks VHS video came out, I still have it ready to go once I get the right sound, anyway, that sent me down a path and needless to say I had to get really serious about things to buy the equipment to go along with that VHS tape. 30 years later, a closet of effects, a room of amps, a collection of Fenders, George L cables of varying lengths and thousands of various 9v batteries pre used in different radios from the 70’s later and I am almost there. I just need one one more effect and I should have it and then I will be ready to learn how to play these guitars, I may even start with this lick! Can’t wait to fire up the Eric Johnson VHS lesson and tune up along side the man himself and get down to playing Cliffs of Dover. On a more serious note, that Tone makes everything sound like Eric Johnson even after you change up those licks. That tone is just so identifiably Eric.

@TruthGuitar 3 года назад

That slight economy picking is what makes it roll. Good stuff. I like this trap though. 🤘Great stuff like always RoBak! You get 10 flames and an all expenses paid vacation. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥✈🏖

@GMec78 3 года назад

Thank you. You should also do a video on how to buy a vintage guitar(cranky pots and all)

@hakankillberg6043 3 года назад

Great video, thanks. What a nice lick you played in the end. What was that? Please show us more in detail. So cool, best ever

@brunocavara3157 3 года назад

I would really like to see a video about that orange Danelectro (6 string one)

@voronOsphere 3 года назад

Same here!

@trevorclark7985 Год назад

cool! i feel like i always play that first lick too much since i learned it

@markpell8979 2 года назад

Interesting, Eric makes everyone want to play better or differently. Saw his Rick B. interview, nice humble guy, likes a simple amp and effect tone.

@wesleyalan9179 3 года назад

Great content, man! Thanks!🤟

@benpowersguitar 3 года назад

Great lesson man.

@geschickt 6 месяцев назад

Of course, one can get into "a trap" of any given guitarist they get deep enough into! Page, Van Halen, jazz players...you name it. The trick is "making it your own" (so to speak). Which is to say, to the extent one cops/regurgitates their licks verbatim, that's an explicit reference, right? ;) So the real trick is varying those licks in one's own way. RB does a great job here of illustrating how to do this! That said, even a consummate player like Joe Bonamossa can have "trouble" with this--he does a great job of integrating it with his own style--but it still totally grabs my ear when I hear him peal off a very Eric Johnson-type move!

@therangersinger 3 года назад

Robert, a year ago you posted a video about how just by closing up your picking hand you were able to pick faster. Compared to having your fingers in a more open relaxed position. Apparently you haven't stuck to your lesson. I watch your picking hand every video. You reverted right back to it shortly after that lesson 😂😂😂😂😂. Just busting your balls man. We are all cratures of habit. I was born and raised just outside of Youngstown Ohio. I live in Georgia after leaving the military. I miss the summers in ohio but def not the winter's. Thanks for always making videos worth watching

@Isaiah_McIntosh 3 года назад

It's mostly whatever is comfortable for the individual once you're not too tense. I mean rick Graham is open and Jason Richardson is closed. Regardless of what one might think of their music the dudes know what works in the technical aspect of guitar.

@luclou8636 3 года назад

More of this , hope really very soon !

@Anton_the_Vampire Год назад

I'm just finding myself getting back into Eric Johnson after many years listening to other people. I wonder if you've ever done a video on your set up to get the tone that you do? It sounds lovely.

@josephvega3763 3 года назад

Seriously ever since I learned that lick I can't stop playing it

@ricstormwolf 3 года назад

From what I've heard, the "mini sweeps" technique is just basically called economy picking. And to me it makes perfect sense.

@rickscott7584 3 года назад

Great vid thx Robert

@noahmichael2213 3 года назад

"EJ Lick Trap" probably isn't what i'd title the PDF haha, but I can already tell this is going to be a great lesson just trying it for five minutes. Thanks, I love stuff like this. Very helpful!

@Pandamasque 3 года назад

I wonder if Eric Johnson initially picked up this lick idea from McLaughlin.

@teacuppermike2568 3 года назад

Eric has mentioned McLaughlin as an influence, so it’s most likely. Inner Mounting Flame is still in rotation in my collection. John is a beast!

@patrickblackmon9825 3 года назад

Thanks Rob !!! 🤘🔥😬🔥👍

@michaelhayden9647 3 года назад

More of these pls !

@benheaver4332 3 года назад

So good !!

@rogercollins7798 3 года назад

That tone is wicked. Could you please give me, or do a short video on how to get, that tone.

@Darthsmoothie 3 года назад

I love all of these, but that last one is really the kind of out of the box way I'm trying to think now

@4u2nvhaters59 3 года назад

I love these video's

@drewbarries 2 года назад

I wish I could make it to the trap first, no but seriously that was cool, thanks!

@millenwagon 3 года назад

Epic tutorial

@DavidOnTheRoadGuitars 3 года назад

Sadly my finger is not flexible and can't roll, and I found this out by watching Eric Johnson's lesson videos when I was a kid and I thought DUDE it's physically impossible for me. 😳 But I didn't let it stop me from trying and working around it.

@yaiz 3 года назад

I fell into this trap a couple months ago and a couple of weeks ago kinda got out of it by adding the b5, b9, maj3rd and maj6th as spice notes and also add them to arpeggios a lot of times to make myself sound unique , hopefully that’s a good way to create my own kinda sound! Great video!!

@joeyskar 3 года назад

It's a trap!!! The only trap I'd say he has is not knowing anything he's written outside of Cliffs of Dover.

@omniscient420 3 года назад

SRV is such a fantastic jam.

@jamesslossar3865 3 года назад

@@omniscient420 so is east wes, trademark, gem, manhattan, soulful terrain.... the list could go on.

@omniscient420 3 года назад

@@jamesslossar3865 Manhattan is definitely up there as well. So many great song.

@ocdchaos5580 3 года назад

Song for George on acoustic is pretty cool

@brandonhensley4335 3 года назад

@@jamesslossar3865 Aside from Cliffs, Trademark is my absolute favorite. His newer song Strategem is also fantastic.

@dr.franciscotorresmarquezc7352 2 года назад

What a nice guitar, looks very comfortable. Which guitar is that one?

@gregvaneekhout 3 года назад

Hope it's okay to seek some gear advice here. Lifelong metal fan, I play a little guitar, but just started learning to play metal (thanks, Robert!) and am considering spending maybe a few hundred bucks to make my gear more metal appropriate. Currently I have an Epiphone Sheraton ii (semi-hollow, two humbuckers), a Fender Frontman practice amp, and a BOSS SD1. Without switching out my entire rig, what should I prioritize? Getting a more modern amp, like maybe a Katana 50? Some different pedals, like a Metal Core or a Skyline Djent? Maybe a budget shredder like an Ibanez Gio or Jackson JS22?

@billybudd45 3 года назад

Doug rappoport did an excellent break down of this lick,

@yamahawsome9335 2 года назад

Feel that way with the EVH trap

@jamesprice6381 3 года назад

Nice strat Robert....

@PowerChorrd 3 года назад

Nice lesson. Now do all those in ascending.

@Xero6969 3 года назад

Its midnight here and was about to sleep but i guess one more video!!!

@dankay7982 3 года назад

I was about to finish up work and go home. Guess I'll stay for 15 minutes longer today...

@DL-yo5tq 3 года назад

love that strat -- what model is that?

@symptomoftheuniverse1261 3 года назад

Ohh my god this strat. It's my dream strat

@MrBluesgtr68 3 года назад

What was that bend you did after you played the trap run? That was wicked!

@evilleffen 2 года назад

I feel personally attacked by this video lol. As soon as I could play some EJ licks I fell in the trap

@bluesrockguitaristmikesall2708 3 года назад

If Eric is a Trapper,why doesn't he wear "Grizzly Adams" clothes,instead of Izod shirts?

@TraneFrancks 3 года назад

"Mini-sweeps" = Economy picking, no?

@omarcapaso7156 3 года назад

Yeah

@mychalevenson7710 3 года назад

I've heard fo that style of picking called 'efficiency picking.'

@simonvanderheijden432 3 года назад

it's called economy picking.

@Stevo_Drums 3 года назад

You’re the coolest guitarist on RU-vid. Sam’s pretty cool too. OK, you and Coulson are the two coolest.

@PlouplePoupi 3 года назад

Thank u🇫🇷👍🏼🍒

@gben2457 2 года назад

When I was playing bars and night clubs, I probably played in modes I still don't understand...we called it blowing notes. We were jamming as many notes as possible into each bar. Funny part is, most listeners thought we were good players. Makes me laugh when I think about it.