Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover (Cover) by Laurence Henderson 

Dude, I can’t even spell guitar. Lol... in all seriousness, watching you do that baffles me. People are amazing.

Lmao same

Awesome work dude! Could you make a video on/share the settings you use to get this specific sound?

Its okay but you missed a few notes and was a little off tempo but still amazing cover

@@AdeebTahir I can do exactly that! It’s on my list of things to do

Totally get you here!

This is me when it comes to both piano and guitar, I stay up until 5am playing the same sequence

@@icantthinkofanamesothisisi7814 it be like that. People see musicians and think “he’s so talented, I could never” my only talent is doing the same thing over and over during hours until I can’t do it wrong.

the birds chirping outside don’t dismiss my guitar practice I DO

@@luise8701 right? the talent good musicians truly have is perseverance

Genius XD

Or Riffs of Dover :)

@@thedrunkenmaster5574 OR RIFFS OF COVER

pls check my cliffs of dover and pls subscribe ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p3zgBcXcFXM.html thanks

Or Holy Dover

Thats why im here lol i just looked up this song after playing it on hard

lol you amateurs i beat it on expert

Brooke Fromm just best it on expert like a week ago

But have you guys fc’ed it on expert?

This is my favorite song of GH III

Hahaha

why?

Cuz it’s guitar porn

@@zulfikar6970 you might be too young

Srosty 😂

Cyrus Ureña thanks so much for your kind words! I’m doing a video on my gear this week so look out for that if you’re interested :)

Love to see your comments man

Haha I have seen you comment on every single video related to malmsteen, Shawn Lane, trot Grady, picking techniques. Literally anything regarding great guitar playing. I must be watching every video you did a few years ago right now man hahaha

@@joshmuz9018 wow, we must both have a lot of spare time. HEHEHE yeah, I like Shawn and Troy's vids are very interesting. Yngwie always amazed me for his speed and clean sounding picking. So many great players. I'm just a little above average, I think. Not a Shawn or Malmsteen. I think I can outplay Clapton, though. :) Or Gary Richrath. Oh, especially Kirk Hammet. hahaha well, Kirk is okay but not great at all. Gary Moore, Holdsworth, Gambale, Joe Pass, Tommy Emmanuel.... I'd say those guys are great. For his time, Hendrix was great. Beck was pretty great but more in an odd creative, musical way. Not technical so much, imo. Eddie was great for the time/genre. Guthrie Govan is pretty amazing. Eric Johnson is great. I'd say Brian May is great in a certain way. But for technique and musical knowledge, Holdsworth and Gambale are insane. Too many to even hear in a lifetime, I think.

@@TruthSurge Hey man have you heard of Buckethead? He’s pretty great :)

@@johnp.smithasimpleman7281 yeah but not that into stuff he's done. It sounds kind of all the same. Lots of simple chords with solos over them. I guess tons of people like him but I'm just not that into him. thanks!!!

Oh cmon. That was a jab in good fun, even if he meant it hed just get, "lets see you do it then."

You had me mad in the first off not gon lie. Cheers m8

Oh hey it's Ben he had us in the first half, I’m not gonna lie

The chorus didn't swing enough tho

Not quite my tempo!

Thankyou so much!

@@LaurenceHendersonBand you played note to note perfection bro...

b e e f 😂😂😂 apologies this wasn’t the intention!

@@LaurenceHendersonBand I'm just pulling your leg dude haha when you make people jealous you're definitely doing something right 😂

pls check my cover of cliffs of dover ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p3zgBcXcFXM.html thanks 😊

GB Musica sucks

Hahahahaha

Thanks so much man!

Scott Sargent thankyou! Really means a lot to hear (or read?) things like this!

@@LaurenceHendersonBand well, technically it was a little bit off in a couple spots... Hahaha! It was actually spot on for the most part. Very nice! How many days and hours did it take to be able to put it all together? I'm more impressed that you could remember every little part than to actually be able to play it. There are some pretty big stretches in there too though, and it looks like you are comfortable with them. For me, unfortunately I was not blessed with that. (Don't worry, God made up for it in other ways though 😂)

I have listen to just about all the covers if yt of this song, not to mention how many times of heard the original over the years, and this is no doubt the cleanest and most accurate cover of them all. The tone and execution are 99.99% spot on, I could have sworn this was the original song. Could you make a video of how you got the tone please.

@@LaurenceHendersonBand Dude, you nailed the tone and everything. Three quarters of the commenters couldn't approach your skill at half speed, I know I couldn't.

@@nelsonastornelsonwood3556 rick graham’s one is pretty good too

Thanks a lot man! Really means a lot!

agreed! this one is definitely up there. been searching covers of this for almost ten years haha. could tell this was gonna be a banger from the first five seconds!

Nichola

I’m sure it’s been asked but what were you using for effects and drive? Sounds amazing

Definitely yes.also Rick Graham gets pretty close to the original

same

Same here!

Ditto awesome jam

Me too. Story brought me here and I am grateful

Thanks so much Arthur! I know what you mean...I always gravitate to teles more than strats for some reason

I'm actually playing, but it's like Chernobyl

I do that all the time !!!

Some day man

I do this with every single cover that i cant play, and when i finally learn it it doesnt seem impressive anymore for some reason hahah

i imagine this and shed a tear

Yeah this was am amazing cover! I also really loved Rick Graham's version. It's pretty much spot as well! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sfPA0fPVqTM.html

Hahahaha

He can make three women happy at the same time...with just one hand.

Lmao

Lol

Ahahahah, thanks for the laugh

dostacos who’s that?

eric johnson wrote this song in 5 mins

@@PS2Damon using only one hand

@@ganjx1687 no he actually wrote the song in 5 minutes : www.guitarworld.com/news/eric-johnson-wrote-cliffs-of-dover-in-5-minutes

He Dovered it

@@giacomofilippin12 A little help

It can help sometimes

It does help. Just ask my girlfriend

GB Musica shut the fuck up idiot

@@guitareater6975 fuck outta here

Mortal LOL

Except for that one extra note in every chorus. It's driving me nuts lol

Try searching on the internet: when they say you can't play guitar, and see that cover... No disrespect to this one, ofc, but that one is just on a whole other league imo

@@jimmycleary7864 when i heard the extra note, I realised there was no acting😂 because tone is nearly the exact tone of the original song

I believe so ⚡⚡⚡

Riseo very kind of you to say so, glad you enjoyed it - don’t quit guitar :)

I want a freaking guitar 😭😭😭😭😭

2 100% sure answers for your comment is.. 1: Jealousy at it’s stupid most or 2: Them Stupid and gloomiest people on the phase of earth. Period…

​@@donnascolorfullife2176 or just spam/dislike bot accounts or whatever people call those

Matthew Snyder same here man, this guy though looks like an Eric Johnson though haha

Erics pretty cute tbh

Eric Johnson was a fashion god if you asked me.

Thankyou!

ndCrazy37 Because it is the actual track

ive got big pinkies

Best comment ever

Regular Fin lol my pinky isn’t even 2 inches

Stay skinny and i bet that pinky will grow

My pinky used to be 2 inches. Unfortunate door accident.

Been working on the first 6 seconds the past 3 hrs!🤦‍♂️

@@minisurfbanana how is going that work My dude?

jhonny pretty much got it. Just the index finger roll from higher E string to B string.

Completely worth it. And lots of fun practicing and learning it part by part even a cover is just as for if not more

@@minisurfbanana and? Is it still there after a year?

Parker Rush Music I have actually changed my picking technique since this video so all I can say is fair point

Laurence Henderson haha! Can you do a lesson on this?

@@GreenToMe2000 Yes I will! I've thought about picking technique alot and realising there isn't one approach that really works for everything...at least for me anyway!

EmptyRoom Sessions thanks so much! Really appreciate you taking the time to watch

Thankyou!

Haha I’ve clocked it myself since! But Thankyou :) hope you’re having a great Christmas Ron!

Laurence Henderson Merry Christmas Lawrence. Thanks for putting yourself out there. I’ve been playing for over 40 years and I’ve learned stuff from you. 🤙🏼

Thank you so much 😀

I love you man

@@Ashutosh-hv6jo ty

Dude your amazing

@@LAIRA3040 ty

Yo bro virtual hugs.

Thank you so much!!

HAHAHAHAH god.

Thankyou! This was actually an ex girlfriend of mine who did the video - she did a great job of the filming!

It really is an excellent video. Good eye. (The playing was ok too)

Harold Flores skill and years of dedication*

HDZ_ GAMMING in addition to talent*

Commitment to the cause I guess 😂

Thankyou!

Thanks so much!

Kaiser thanks so much mate!

Not the peak but definitely a very hard song to pull off perfectly like he did

@@Korbs7 whats the peak then?

@@RajShekhar-jy2zi moonlight sonata 3rd movement? Some of synyster gates works? Through the fire and flames? Not that this song isn't hard cliffs of dover is definitely a challenge but there's more difficult things to play.

🙏🙏🙏

Thankyou!

David Lazo yeah totally agree! Thanks for taking the time to watch

Jerry Lee really appreciate your kind words! Always torn between what to cover and put up on here...any requests?

@@LaurenceHendersonBand how about lonely in the in night? Or east wes?😊

Thankyou!

Honestly I think tuning trouble never goes away! Thanks for your kind words, I have a series of lessons on this track if you’re interested? Lesson one here:ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hy40wJF9zpg.html

042873E that’ll take you at least a full year. If not more

@@Dr.EmmettBrown. xD a bit more than a year...

Took me around 8-9 years to get around this skill level & technique. Still not perfect, but can play the full song now. Technique is going to be the bottleneck for this song😂 you can already dream every note before you can get it up to speed.

@@Dr.EmmettBrown. HAHAHA YOURE HIGH DUDE. Anyone thats ever even touched a guitar knows itll take much longer than a year to play like this.

Ahhh man Thankyou!

Thanks man!

Thanks so much for watching!

nickrunaway2 i reckon the solo at the start is the hardest

Yes

Fred Fred yøs

Cody Wood thanks! It's a '54 Japanese fender special run made in 2012...modded it up a lot though - changed pickups etc

Laurence Henderson how long have you been playing guitar?

your reading this for no reason 😂😂😂

jb nano it's a special run fender Japanese 1954 strat - I've upgraded all the electronics though

Look at Eric Johnson's signature strat as well

SleeperUK Speaking about electronics haha, I just got a 2001 Fiesta Red Stratocaster and it seems that the bridge pickup isn’t working anymore (I got the guitar for almost a steal) which pickups are you using here?

I'm using a Dimarzio HS-2 permanently split into single coil mode! Still use it now in the bridge position

Kcb practice helps! I’m always working on trying to be able to sing what I’m about to play (even in my head) which also helps remember the sound of every note on the fretboard

Laurence Henderson what kind of guit ? Mexican strat ?? USA ? U using a kemper ?

Thanks Carlos! Yeah it’s amazing how many people use different ways to play this track!

Thankyou Jeff!