I've been following this guy since the late 70's. I remember taking my Sony Walkman cassette recorder to Fitzgerald's in Dallas in 1980 and recording his performances. There's no one else on the planet like him! Never met him. He rushes the beat. But he's a guitar god. It doesn't matter what gear he uses, or carbon batteries vs. alkaline, or the feng-shui of his pedals, Eric is a bonafide guitar god.
I would definetly sit down and play guitar with him. Then leap towards him, wrap my hands around his head and chant a demonic verse so I could drain all of his guitar knowledge right out of him! Then I'd be arrested, put in a mental hospital and given fucktons of seroquel until I calm the fuck down and realise that I still suck at guitar XD
Saw EJ on the EH tour last year and it was so damn cool to see him work. Video recordings do not do EJ justice. You MUST see this guy live to get the true feel.
It's honestly just a treat that ej is not gonna let up being ej even for a hendrix tribute tour. He just has something so good going! So incredibly good
Eric is a very nice guy. I met him one day a few years ago at Austin Vintage Guitars and we hung out for a few hours in the workshop while he had work done on a Showman amp.
As a older guitar player ..I use to see him around Austin back in the early 80s.way before.he was.famous ..some kid wailing on a guitar .. it was frightening .. How could a kid be that fucking good ..
It makes no sense actually. If the speakers are 16 ohms like most old Marshall cabs, it can only be wired at 4 or 16 ohms. If the speakers are 8 ohms, nobody would wire it at 2 or 32 ohms, 8 is the only way to go.
"Neurotic stuff that I'm known for...." he's laughing about it, but most of what he finds is dead-on true. He LISTENS closer than most people do. If everyone tried to re-focus their hearing, they might catch much of what he does. As he told me once long ago "2% here and there, over and over again adds up to maybe a 40% better tone, which is a lot." People tend to accept what they have, but many many things affect tone, and if you've heard him IN PERSON - that tone is obviously something wonderful.
I’m sure he has a good ear but I’m not sure anyone can tell what brand of battery is in a stomp box by listening. I have a pretty good ear myself and I could maybe tell if it’s on battery or AC. And by the time you factor in the other instruments, room size, reflective properties, etc you are never going to get exactly the same tone every time you play
His clean sound is incredible. Twin Reverbs and a Strat. What else? I'm hearing a chorus pedal turned on pretty light settings, along with some type of delay pedal. But it can't be that easy because NO ONE else replicated that sound that I know of. I call that the Austin Texas sound. Limestone cliffs over a crystal clear river and the smell of juniper trees.
I loooooooove his lead tone sooo much. His clean sound has always been good but I am not the biggest chorus guy in the world but his memory man sound is stunning. Basically everything about his tone is original and amazing.
I think it is incredible to see Eric Johnson willing to play Hendrix. When I think Johnson has his own Legend to deal with. I love your music Johnson as much as I loved Hendrix. But I think you are aware of that. In fact I have yet to hear you play anything I have not appreciated on lots of levels. I have not ever tired of listening to you. Playing or speaking. Nite. xo
@@patrickluszcz7801 I wouldn't say boring, not even close. I believe most of us here would call it immersive, ear pleasing, and as I've read in most of his comments on his videos, "orgasmic".
I like the stuuf you do. Its 'old-school'. The board has cords all over the place... looks like my way. The best thing is the sound, no matter how you create it and you di it very well. Thanks.
Eric treats and represents the Hendrix Arrangements with his own style and respect, after having the opportunity to check the 3 G Tours,, it's special, and we can see why he was invited....
Some of his patch cables are long and i didn’t hear if he had some buffer to compensate for some tone loss. But he manage to get a clean bright tone. Love the piece of plywood for pedal board. Old school
He is a really cool,humble person.I met him in Raliegh during the Venus Isle tour outside the venue about three hours before the show.He is just a regular guy,but extraordinarily talented.
I would imagine, the tone this man creates with his guitar, his effects pedal collection would be twice as big, just makes me realize how much he could do with a limited amount of gear (even though the amount of gear he owns is fucking mind boggling), I am a huge EJ fan and I could never get bored of his music, he truly makes his own style, he has so many tricks up his sleeve, and I would honestly rate him as the greatest guitarist of all time, as well as one of the most respected, jimi would
Ahh, man. E.J., I'm your age and I've been playing for as long as you have (50 years) and I can't do half of what you do. And you still have all your hair! PS: your pedal board is like doing algebra.
All that cabling on his board, I always think, "Wow, he must really love capacitance!" lol I don't care how good George L's stuff is, that's a looooot of cable. Guess you can't argue w/ results, tho :P :) Thanks for posting!
fender twins With the James B. Lancing D120 's hell yeah ! over here in the USA it's Twang & snap ,but over in England I love how Jeff Beck says " A bit of a Spanky tone" pick & grin !
My guess is that he uses specific lengths in the George L's patch cords to achieve the high frequencies that he's looking for. Longer lengths will soften the highs a bit.
Love the fact that he could have a totally engineered swish looking pedal board but no it looks just like something I might throw together in a mad hurry with cables coming from every possible place .. dig it
Amazing. Eric Johnson is the only guy on the planet who could go thru a dissertation on how he has configured his setup to give him his ‘Hendrix’ sound ...and then proceed to play, not a single Hendrix chord. Not a bend. In fact, I’d say that of the 12 notes that exist neither he nor Jimi shared one. Wonderful playing but when I make it to see EJ it will be to hear his own work.
Love the guys at Austin Vintage Guitar... Bill Webb is the man when it comes to repairing electronics and guitar equipment.. he fixed my Old silver tolex/white stitching echoplex and did an amazing job. SHOUT OUT TO AVG!
Look at how long and flexible EJ's fingers are at 2:45. That has to be a big part of what makes him such an amazing guitarist. He is a really great human being.
@TheElectromagnet true. i think most people forget that the louder you are, the less treble you actually need. what sounds like a good tone at low volumes can sound shrill at high ones. EJ is on of the ones that got it right. even his clean sound wasnt piercing at all, although it was brighter than his lead sound obviously.
it's actually all strategically arranged with carefully measured patch cables between each pedal for maximum control over any overbearing treble/noise or overly powerful buffer
I have a similar pedal board set-up. but with one amp in this order. Early 70's Thomas Organ Cry Baby wah or RMC-1 Wah, AYA R-Comp (dyna/ross), original BK Butler Tube Driver or Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive Mod (ts-808/bk butler), Zendrive,(dumble), BB Preamp Andy Timmons signature (marshally tone), vintage Boss DD-2, vintage TC. Chorus into a Mesa Boogie Royal Atlantic 100/50 amp. Wonderful sounds and tone!
The jtm 45 was basically a fender bassman modded by Jim Marshall to create a larger and more distorted sound for bands playing big venues during the mid 60s
