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How Do Bonamassa, Johnson, Gales, & Wylde SHRED Pentatonics?! Find out with Uncle Ben Eller! 

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Hey guys! Its your good buddy Uncle Ben Eller here with Weekend Wankshop 256!!
Have you ever wondered how the pentatonic shred masters like Eric Johnson, Zakk Wylde, Eric Gales, and Joe Bonamassa get so much shred milage out of the simple minor pentatonic scale? You're not alone! I've always loved the sound of those seemingly never-ending blues licks those guys bust out on the regular. There's a couple simple tricks all those guys utilize to achieve these signature sounds, and in this lesson, you're gonna learn them!!!
In this lesson, you're going to learn about some iconic sequencing phrases in the scale, plus a lick i made up in C minor for you to practice them. After that, we'll get into some of the picking secrets these guys use to rip through at blazing speed, and how they strategically phrase their licks for maximum picking success! These are easy things to implement into your playing to get you playing FAST through these things and help you create your own killer licks!
Playing my Suhr Alt T through the Fractal Axe FX III. Thanks for watching!!!

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Комментарии : 619   
@BenEller
@BenEller 4 года назад
Thanks a ton for watching and learning the pentatonic shred phrasing secrets of the stars! Who is your favorite pentatonic shredder? Make mine Eric Johnson!!!
@wenchcarroteh06
@wenchcarroteh06 4 года назад
Timmons! Love your vids! They touch me in a way my other uncle legally couldn't.
@Moozart
@Moozart 4 года назад
I'd be lying if I didn't go for zakk wylde. The speed and intensity just speaks to me
@dwightburns6699
@dwightburns6699 4 года назад
I like Dave Meniketti...
@maxyemets8233
@maxyemets8233 4 года назад
Ditto. I met EJ a few weeks ago in Waco and asked him for the one most important thing I should practice. His answer was "left-right hand coordination". He said he still has to practice that skill to this day.
@The12thAvenger
@The12thAvenger 4 года назад
Oh yes I concur, EJ just has such a unique melodic style, he's probably top two guitarists for me, can't decide between him and Petrucci.
@MarkHeaps
@MarkHeaps 4 года назад
Geebus, I've been playing guitar for 27 years, and that turn around note in the pentatonic just changed everything! How have I always missed this?!?! I've always had the BB King note to throw in there but I just jumped like 15bpm extra running the pentatonic up and down just adding that run around note so I didn't trip up with the picc on the run. Damn dude!
@BenEller
@BenEller 4 года назад
Mark Heaps yes!!!! Glad to help!
@mountain_girl
@mountain_girl 4 года назад
right? exactly...
@torahwarrior2442
@torahwarrior2442 4 года назад
Does anyone else consider Ben to be the best guitar teacher on RU-vid...gets my vote...always interesting and focused ...👍
@BenEller
@BenEller 4 года назад
Tim Watson awwww shucks
@toemanification
@toemanification 4 года назад
oh hell yes and by a wide wide margin.... thanks as always Ben !!!!!!!!!!!
@mikegorski065
@mikegorski065 4 года назад
Definitely
@dajoler
@dajoler 4 года назад
When I want to learn something really challenging, Uncle Ben's the channel I tune into. The humor helps me from getting inside my own head and the way he presents things in a concise manner helps me retain the info.
@iagobroxado
@iagobroxado 4 года назад
Definitely.
@denisorourke4444
@denisorourke4444 4 года назад
*Uncle Ben is my favorite guitar teacher on RU-vid, hands down!*
@taopagan
@taopagan 4 года назад
I really like your teaching style. It works for me. You're clear, unambiguous, and concise.
@markward7496
@markward7496 3 года назад
Dude, good lesson, I actually learned something! I'm an old blues player. Ive just recently started with the up down picking style. The details of pick angle is where the speed lives! You taught an old dog a new trick!
@Sam07989
@Sam07989 Год назад
Ben rocks man. By far the best and the most accurate.
@agentcalm
@agentcalm 4 года назад
Brilliant my man. 12:46 was a key tip for me. And when I say 12:46 I dont mean its almost lunch time. The trajectory of the pick hand. I was incorrectly thinking I simply had to angle the pick and problems all solved.
@Xplora213
@Xplora213 4 года назад
It’s always the same problem. You can only go as fast as your nervous system allows. 20 years ago I wanted to shred like Kirk Hamster and my hands just don’t work that fast. These tips really do a great job of explaining how to reach that limit that a tab just can’t. A hint of delay doesn’t hurt either 😝 I felt the honey moon joke should have been about ‘your mom on her second honey moon’.
@eldorado9255
@eldorado9255 Год назад
James Gerbil is faster than Kirk Hamster for sure 😅
@icanmanifest
@icanmanifest 2 года назад
You're a great teacher. Nothing in your lesson felt overwhelming. You chunked information in a manageable way with clear instruction.
@SilentBob304
@SilentBob304 4 года назад
Yes. A thousand times yes! Eric Johnson is one of my favorites and I’ve been trying to work on some of his techniques but I’ve never seen them presented this way. Seems totally in reach now. Thanks!
@lolobuggah2670
@lolobuggah2670 4 года назад
Thank you uncle!!!
@hugotyson308
@hugotyson308 2 года назад
All I can say is a huge thanks! This has helped me heaps!
@TheRosswise
@TheRosswise 4 года назад
After I got really comfortable with my pentatonics, I then learned where the notes would be for the different modes, along with blues notes. It was kind of a long process, but it really paid off. I don't run into that problem with the pentatonic scale feeling limiting. I would recommend that every guitarist do this too.
@chuckthemagicnorris
@chuckthemagicnorris 4 года назад
At 12:30, it finally clicked for me what I was doing wrong. Just got the hang of it because of this video. I've seen the Troy Grady stuff and just never got it. THANKS UNCLE BEN :D
@monarchmankd
@monarchmankd 4 года назад
Excellent video as usual Ben!!! lol THANKS, You are the best Uncle a guy could ever have 😎😛😎
@davidporter7484
@davidporter7484 4 года назад
Just started practicing a similar riff, I gotta get better! Thanks for all the many tips in this one!
@ladushky1
@ladushky1 4 года назад
thanks uncle Ben; your videos are gold.
@a.i.override8914
@a.i.override8914 4 года назад
9:33 💥💥💥 So helpful! So frustrated with my right hand picking. Your videos (which led me to Troy Grady) and Troy's videos have been getting me on the right track, despite all my shortcomings. 👐🎸
@louieelou6029
@louieelou6029 4 года назад
Hey Ben, thanks for your interesting ways of using the pentatonic scale, also I’m a massive fan of Joe Bonamassa and Eric Johnson playing, thank you for explaining the lesson, very clearly, all the best, kind regards Louiee Lou from downunder 👍👍
@mrcandido59able
@mrcandido59able 4 года назад
Thanks for the picking technique it really helped
@robertattard7203
@robertattard7203 Год назад
Thank you for patiently showing us note by note.
@eouroshopper4423
@eouroshopper4423 4 года назад
The panoramic scale is a good one🤘
@joshuajkoplin
@joshuajkoplin Год назад
Great video on the clear cut mechanics on how that’s done. Thank you.
@jeffsmiley3213
@jeffsmiley3213 4 года назад
Love it!! These lesson vids have Substantially helped my playing in all areas!! Looking forward to the next one buddy!!!
@bravofoxtrot7103
@bravofoxtrot7103 3 года назад
Cracking the code blue my mind. Now I am on a picking mechanics journey. Thanks Uncle Ben!
@IcanWinBig
@IcanWinBig 4 года назад
I’m so excited about this lesson. I’m using a Boss e-band to practice with and had just found this scale. It feels so good to actually create awesome as I actually taught myself this scale but didn’t know how close I was to getting it right before my next lesson. Thank you again Uncle Ben this time from the big Apple 🍎✈️🥶👋
@falty
@falty 4 года назад
Awesome and fun information from a stellar teacher! Looking forward to taking lessons with You.
@WayOfTheZombie
@WayOfTheZombie 3 года назад
Thank you for that picking technique!
@mikelucarello7310
@mikelucarello7310 4 года назад
Awesome video! Dude you have a real gift for teaching. More runs like this please
@tommypedersen8463
@tommypedersen8463 3 года назад
Just started playing the guitar again after a five years break, and I forgot a lot, so thanks for all your lessons.👍from denmark🇩🇰
@erichsinner3986
@erichsinner3986 3 года назад
Ben = only lessons that make sense, and are kool 2 boot. Ben tears the cover off ! Favorite shred king = Paul Gilbert.
@stevenbanks1211
@stevenbanks1211 3 года назад
This explanation of alternate picking really hit home with me. I've struggled with it. Can't wait to go try it now. Thanks dude!!
@KennethGMoody-yf4wi
@KennethGMoody-yf4wi 2 года назад
Uncle Ben, I've been playing gtr for all of 31 years and I will admit, your the only one I pay attention too. Great lessons! Keep em coming! Kendrix.
@jasoncohen5297
@jasoncohen5297 4 года назад
you're my hero Uncle Ben!!!
@stu6385
@stu6385 4 года назад
Enjoyed that lesson
@timothykeesee7277
@timothykeesee7277 4 года назад
Great vid bro!!
@berlymahn
@berlymahn 4 года назад
Thanks Ben.
@MetallicAAlabamA
@MetallicAAlabamA 4 года назад
Hey Ben, I was wondering if you could do a video on Duane Allman and when he was down here in Muscel Shoals, Alabama back in the 60's. Alot of people say that's when Southern rock was born. The song was 'Hey Jude' a Beatles cover done by Wilson Pickett and Duane Allman while Rick Hall, and the other musicians went to lunch.(Well,they started it while they were gone) If you've watched the documentary movie 'Muscel Shoals' then you know what I'm talking about. This was just something that came to mind.You're the greatest Uncle Ben!
@rockonrory1
@rockonrory1 3 года назад
Great work Ben! Clear and concise! Cheers Kev!🇬🇧
@mikegorski065
@mikegorski065 4 года назад
Zakk is my favorite shredder.
@minigmac1
@minigmac1 Год назад
Love you Ben! Learned alot!
@johnlannikk2701
@johnlannikk2701 4 года назад
Great Ben! this in depth stuff has helped me so much, I would be stuck in my old ways without it. You got a great tone going as well. Thank You.
@christophergriffith3420
@christophergriffith3420 Год назад
Sweet!! Cool lesson, thanks bro!!
@GeneSchmidt
@GeneSchmidt 4 года назад
Duuuuuude!!! This was SUPER helpful!!!!
@InYourElementTV
@InYourElementTV 3 года назад
Amazing!! I’ve just decided to work on my guitar skills after a 10 year lull and was really struggling with the concept of how to slant the pick. That’s was an amazing explanation dude thank you so much 👍
@oldguyjammin9732
@oldguyjammin9732 4 года назад
That’s bad ass - I’m on it! And thanks for explaining that 3+3+2... that really had me for a bit ;-)
@spaceburger80
@spaceburger80 3 года назад
“... at step-Dad speed.” 😂 Oh Jesus Herbert Christ, you’re a fuckin comic genius! I watch your videos for the entertainment as much as the theory and playing insight.
@micwalt
@micwalt 4 года назад
I got yer long 8 right here! :) Seriously, though, this is an awesome lick! I love me some Eric Gales, and this is just what I needed to get me in the ballpark.
@GtrMan863
@GtrMan863 4 года назад
Great lesson!
@tonepoet
@tonepoet 4 года назад
Been waiting for this!! Great lesson, Uncle B.
@paulvinova
@paulvinova 4 года назад
Eric Johnsons 5's. The OG master. Troy Grady on RU-vid does great tutorials on this.
@mdh2006
@mdh2006 4 года назад
Wow I found something I understand, cuz Its the scale I know...lol I think this will be a good spot for me to jump into all this technical scale soloing stuff. Thank you.
@bestboy897
@bestboy897 4 года назад
Last longer!? Guitarists hate him.
@DrKevGuitar
@DrKevGuitar 4 года назад
Re: little finger vs ring finger on pentatonic phrases (@ 4m48s), I tell my students to practice it both ways. When playing real actual music, I think most players use the ring finger, but it always pays to work your pinky abilities (your "pinkiosity", if you will). As Guthrie Govan said "the pinky is God's joke on guitar players" and he may be right, be we can have the last laugh. :-)
@anandlandon44
@anandlandon44 4 года назад
Saw you at NAMM at the Ibanez booth!!! Love your content and I really hope I can teach my students with your wisdom at some point in my life lol
@schitzorage
@schitzorage 4 года назад
Nice!
@SoiledWig
@SoiledWig 4 года назад
i have that same Dalí poster!
@davidmaggiora4002
@davidmaggiora4002 2 года назад
Hey Ben, Love it, first video of your's. I appreciate the tips and you seem like a cool dude. Here's a 'Toastmaster' tip. Don't say 'again'. Your script doesn't need it. You could simply delete the word 'again' and what you're saying will still make sense. ...I like your style, and I've subscribed. Look forward to increasing my speed. Thanks.
@bernardobrau7136
@bernardobrau7136 4 года назад
Greatestyou tube teacher ever! Can you do a video about "GILR GONE BAD " (van halen)
@juanborjas6416
@juanborjas6416 4 года назад
That guitar tone, though👌
@ianryan5727
@ianryan5727 4 года назад
Thank you! Very good. :)
@drtone
@drtone 4 года назад
Sickkkk!!!!!!
@onemancarnage
@onemancarnage 3 года назад
Have to be honest , real hard for me to play this one . I gravitate to economy picking naturally. Anyhow great lick and video .
@TheAxe4Ever
@TheAxe4Ever 4 года назад
I really need to work on my downward pick slanting for my alternate picking. I got into the bad habit of switching between inside picking and outside picking to try to make these kind of licks work. I mean, it’s okay and it can work, but it can tend to get a bit clunky. Bottom line...I need to MAKE more practice time!
@stephenadamsmusicalinterpr4203
@stephenadamsmusicalinterpr4203 4 года назад
Ben, you incorporate a physics lesson into you tutorials. I like it!
@copperheadh1052
@copperheadh1052 4 года назад
Ever see how Marty Friedman holds a pick?...freaks me out but it sure works for him.
@Beadlayer69
@Beadlayer69 4 года назад
That’s the most extreme example of wrist flexion I can think of
@biggstile
@biggstile 3 года назад
At 34-37 seconds in, was that delay effect or reverb?
@SeanBietz
@SeanBietz 4 года назад
At 3:39 was that the "Honey, your lunch is ready" glance away?
@BenEller
@BenEller 4 года назад
hahaha that was MOM DON'T RUIN MY VIDEO YOU'RE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE IN MY ROOM GAWWWWWWD
@BentTom
@BentTom 4 года назад
At 1st I thought it was a glance of, "Great, my step dad wants to go outside and throw the baseball."
@JohnDoe-nl9jv
@JohnDoe-nl9jv 3 года назад
How does that d note sound good in the c minor pentatonic when its not in the normal pattern 1 fingering ?
@MrRickyspencer
@MrRickyspencer 3 года назад
What type of pick do you use?
@christopherhickman3579
@christopherhickman3579 4 года назад
I always get confused on how zakk does the spread pentatonics like if you were to play 15 12 10 and then 12 on the b string repetitively it never flows like the two note per string ones
@Governmentiscorrupt
@Governmentiscorrupt 4 года назад
Practice
@johnnybaynes4861
@johnnybaynes4861 4 года назад
In a practice session how long would you recommend practicing this sequence?
@BenEller
@BenEller 4 года назад
Johnny Baynes 5 minutes is the magic number!!! Play for 5, then go do or play something else, and come back to it.
@TheShreddDude
@TheShreddDude 4 года назад
You’re better than all of them (no hyperbole)
@BenEller
@BenEller 4 года назад
VX84 i don’t agree, but I’ll take it as a compliment!
@TheShreddDude
@TheShreddDude 4 года назад
Ben Eller I knew you wouldn’t, but Zakk’s lost his way (victim of his own tone and squeals) and I can’t get into Bonomassa. He’s a big dork.
@dr.manhattan6278
@dr.manhattan6278 4 года назад
Stop smoking Angel dust. Have you ever listened to Ah via music com? Have you heard Eric gales live? The two Eric's are the best Guitarists out of this group.
@TheShreddDude
@TheShreddDude 4 года назад
Dr. Manhattan I was mostly referring to Zakk and Joe, my bad. The Eric’s are great
@dr.manhattan6278
@dr.manhattan6278 4 года назад
@@TheShreddDude Respect ✌🏿
@davidwellman7080
@davidwellman7080 3 года назад
Hey Ben I'm 48 years and I'm also a stroke patient. Trying to read tabs is so hard for me I just can't get it. Even at stepdad speed its to fast to get it. I've tried scales and I'm so frustrated with them. Is theyre any lessons thats slower for idiots like me??
@Weshopwizard
@Weshopwizard 4 года назад
Where are all the pinch harmonics?
@alekp6822
@alekp6822 2 года назад
8:50
@_RussD
@_RussD 4 года назад
This is the ultimate weekend *wankshop* because, let's face it, the whole pick trajectory part of the video is all about trying to tiptoe around just saying pick like you're wanking. And really, it's the best metaphor for most of us anyway.
@BenEller
@BenEller 4 года назад
RussD you aren’t wrong, hahaha
@JuddOakes
@JuddOakes 4 года назад
its ok when its a threeway
@nigel5634
@nigel5634 3 года назад
Don’t these guys use Legato ?
@paschalisantoniou974
@paschalisantoniou974 3 года назад
I thought that they were using legato for sequences like these......
@miketransporter5638
@miketransporter5638 2 года назад
Shred competition = You and Bernth (demon shredder) 😈
@rayfabris2512
@rayfabris2512 Год назад
🚨 🚨 🚨 Pinky Police pull it over tough guy 🚨 🚨 🚨 😂 this is a great warm up exercise to start the day along with a few others but I just fixed my amp and plugged into an old late 80s stereo chorus that I also fixed and added a old tube screamer and new flashback 2 delay set just right and dam it's simple and sounds really cool last night I forced myself to put it away so I could play this morning
@tabeardmore
@tabeardmore 4 года назад
Baaahhhaaa --- just like me- on my honeymoon!
@Johnny1.0
@Johnny1.0 3 года назад
My stepfather always says there are two things you will never do. You'll never be able to shred with the pentatonic scale and you'll never keep your real Dad out of prison. Oh yeah Lamar? Im gonna shred the pentatonic so fast your hair implants are gonna fall out and my moms gonna dump you when my dad gets back from his top secret mission for the Marine Force!! Pfff its gonna be epic.😏
@BenEller
@BenEller 3 года назад
That’s the can-do attitude I look for!
@soumyakantichakraborty8635
@soumyakantichakraborty8635 3 года назад
how do u know that its a secret mission if it was a secret mission???
@Johnny1.0
@Johnny1.0 3 года назад
@@soumyakantichakraborty8635 Hey don't be poking holes in my character plot! Lol
@Nakkiteline
@Nakkiteline 6 месяцев назад
bit old but hilaaarious comment mate 😂 how's the shredding? hope you've been consistent and are blazing through the pentatonics like a roadrunner on speed! cheers from 🇫🇮 mate :)
@bradfordknights7554
@bradfordknights7554 4 года назад
John Sykes is my favorite pentatonic shredder. Keith Richards is my favorite ginantonic shredder.
@BenEller
@BenEller 4 года назад
bradford knights Sykes!!!! Yes!!!!
@whheaattzmayne3183
@whheaattzmayne3183 4 года назад
Dammit I actually googled it
@n34z3r
@n34z3r 4 года назад
LOL!! Nice
@darrelldunn4618
@darrelldunn4618 4 года назад
I wish I had come here to say that.
@Fretfeeler
@Fretfeeler 4 года назад
John Sykes has the best slow vibrato
@c.h.r.i.s2253
@c.h.r.i.s2253 4 года назад
People don’t talk about Eric Gales nearly enough
@metaldad1967
@metaldad1967 4 года назад
Or Jon Butcher
@jakeybball
@jakeybball 4 года назад
I only found Eric Gales from watching him out shred Joe Bonamossa
@dr.manhattan6278
@dr.manhattan6278 4 года назад
That's because he fell into the jupiter size shadow that is Jimi Hendrix. Back in the late 80's, early 90's, When he started out, he was dressing like jimi, and played exclusively Fender strats. Amazing Guitar player, Arguably one of the best. But Unfortunately for him, he was pigeonholed early on.
@iagobroxado
@iagobroxado 4 года назад
@@dr.manhattan6278 and I think him getting arrested... That put him out of the scene for a while... He didn't have the chance to market himself like Bonamassa did.
@motherlovinsnuffstar
@motherlovinsnuffstar 4 года назад
No, not nearly enough!
@LAboomR
@LAboomR 4 года назад
"the pinky police they live inside of my head"
@johanjotun1647
@johanjotun1647 5 месяцев назад
IronMaiden VHS when I was probably about 10, showed Dave holding a note with his ringfinger and trilling with his pinkey, no idea the song, but I never forgot how crushed I was that I couldn't. I've been deeply ashamed of my playing sence.
@richdelb
@richdelb 4 года назад
Your teaching style and lessons are simply outstanding. My playing is much improved because of you. Thank you, once again, so much for the time and effort you put into this. It's making a difference.
@sgtcaco
@sgtcaco 4 года назад
Lil Wayne rocks with just half the pentatonic scale.
@UltraViolence74989
@UltraViolence74989 4 года назад
This is like Viagra for the pentatonic scale! Thanks Unc!
@dinoc734
@dinoc734 4 года назад
Your the John Petrucci of Uncle Bens
@ryansouthard4929
@ryansouthard4929 4 года назад
Signing up for the Patreon. I quit lessons from the local guy. Not enough information. Ben is way.
@swingthestatue
@swingthestatue 4 года назад
Dude, WTF? Just spent the past 6 hours researching these fast pentatonic runs and then you come up with this, what a legend! You da man, mucho heart.
@joshmuz9018
@joshmuz9018 3 года назад
6 hours?! Man you are doing some serious practice sessions. Good job
@LeonTodd
@LeonTodd 4 года назад
After watching that ending I'd love to see Uncle Ben's take on Gary Moore's "End of the World" lick. Please and thankyou.
@erikberg8352
@erikberg8352 Год назад
Coming back to this lesson after ~18 months and it is still a fundamental part of my playing and practice. The downward pickslant + proper pick holding technique is huge for players who are relatively self-taught. Thanks Uncle Ben!
@MultiPankake
@MultiPankake 4 года назад
You've helped me tremendously. I thought I would never be able to actually play anything worthwhile. Thanks for telling me why I suck.
@BenEller
@BenEller 4 года назад
MultiPankake cheers man, thanks for watching!
@michael7v6
@michael7v6 3 года назад
Fantastic instruction Ben. I just have trouble with my hand synchronization. I’m hast as all holy hell just doesn’t line up well. Mostly on the treble strings. Guess years of rhythm guitar has finally caught up.
@BenEller
@BenEller 3 года назад
1.3 million viewers have already learned the secrets! Check this one out. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i_UJU1Yb1jM.html
@dusty3913
@dusty3913 4 года назад
Even if I could play like Eric Johnson, I'd still tune in to watch my favorie Uncle back that ass up. 👍
@thomastucker5686
@thomastucker5686 4 года назад
Thank you Rifficus Maximus for a great video!
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