Vault Sessions: Eric Johnson plays a Strat that was made for Hendrix 

eightfootmanchild thanks for making me laugh

ha! :-)

I just read that with Norm Macdonald’s voice in mind.

Did you get his autograph? c"b

lol

back atcha Rick, you rock too!

You are his level, easily brother

Yes, he is! I love your playing, by the way. Cheers!

NO U LOL

Extreeeeemely good player!

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listen to 'Victory' by EJ then lol, it's amazing. (i'm sure you've heard it)

Reminded me of Aqueous Transmission by Incubus

I believe that’s Chinese style. Could be wrong.

@@zhangyiyang8975 its based off of the Japanese Koto but im sure sure that was stolen from China anyway.

@@6project6nightmare6 yep

@@6project6nightmare6 i wouldn’t say that the Japanese stole it from the Chinese tho, but def inspired.

You do too!! Big fan of your playing!!

As long as playing chords. Everything else is all based on repetitive pentatonic minor licks.

right ramjet? he just doesn't even come close to your playing. he should really take some pointers from a damn master like yourself.

@@DanielBoonelight Get real. If you can't hear that he plays the same pentatonic licks over and over again then you're deaf. I'm not saying I'm better. Eric Johnson sounds great and he plays great. No disagreement. To say that he "can play something so creative!!" is incorrect. When SRV died I heard someone wonder aloud "Who knows what SRV would've gone on to do if he'd lived?" Well, I know. He'd make the same damned blues records he'd been making since the beginning, mostly in the key of E tuned down a half step. The only difference between his first record and his last was that he had a keys player at the end. Same 12 bar blues, same 5 Albert King licks. Over and freaking over again. That's what SRV did and would have continued to do. Eric Johnson is a master. I am not. He has created a very identifiable sound. His chord style is pretty unique for his style. The unique thing about his lead playing is his tone and how clean he plays. It's not WHAT he plays. How do you not hear that? Descending pentatonic minor lick ending on the root followed by the root and octave up, usually with a pinch harmonic. I'm stating a fact. I'm not taking about my playing, which you would like, BTW, if you weren't so mad about our exchange.

thanks for the essay. i mostly just don't like presumption, and people who can't get enough of hearing themselves talk. looks like you've a full deck of both, so take care then.

interstellish Two esquires...one tele.

Telecasters and a Jaguar

@@pariah7645 Marauder II

mostly "Esquires"

Jimi was used to the controls being above the strings and the pickups being reverse slanted gave a different sound too. It would make more sense for them to give him what he was used to: a flipped over and restrung rightie is what he used.

That was part of the Hendrix sound though... the pickups angled a different way... the strings were different length and different tensions... That;s why when you buy a right-handed Hendrix guitar, it's a 'left handed' one 'reversed'

Jimi was well known to play right handed guitar upside down. Not the same as an actual lefty.

@@jas_bataille but RESTRUNG LEFTY.

lol

They only made like 8 of those, only a couple survive today.

I thought that 1st one is a 6 string bass.

My first guitar was a Gibson Marauder. It was like playing a dining room table -- so heavy haha! I miss that guitar.

@@sparkyguitar0058 No, it's definitely not a Bass VI; it has too many switches, and the neck's not long enough.

@@101Volts Man I put that comment so long ago, I forgot all about it. Had to rewatch the whole vid. Pretty cool guitars in that shop. Would love to check out the place.

Jeff Pfannenstiel Id argue that Rick Graham is better at making stuff look effortless, seriously check out his channel he’s crazy good

EVH

Danny Gatton

I get what you mean, but I'd say it's kind of the opposite. When you see technique of this caliber, I think 'oh, I didn't that was possible on a guitar'.

Man, Mark Knopfler is the king of effortless playing. Especially when you hear what actually comes out of his amp.

I wouldn't say that. But rather because there should not be a comparison. John Mayer, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Clapton, Johnny Lang and others have their enjoyable tone and playing just like Eric. He is unique and we all like his humble attitude and style.

esquiers

Only 1 strat, the other one is something like jaguar

Or " Eric Johnson plays a Strat that was made for Hendrix for exactly 32 seconds".

Are you kidding Me!? It should be called "Eric Johnson still plays guitars like a gawd Damned Genius!!" : )

Or called 'stop bitching about yer gear and practice enough to sound great on any guitar.'

Good one. Mine only plays with me under an assumed name.

@ bro, I'm alone on Valentine's day... Lol

@@michaelolin2219 I just wondered why they never mention them. This one girl named Zoe who played with the Surffetts was very good. Has anyone heard of them. I might have misspelled Surffetts! Hey Cheers!

My guitar just wouldn't look at me LOL

Indeed

Joe Brooks well that’s because EJ has his own weird fingerings for chords that are normally played differently by everyone else, making it very hard to mimic smoothly or fluently... nobody is very good at limiting him except for him😂

rafasounds2010 hey! Me too!

And eric loves tele! :)

Weird flex, but okay.

@@detectivesargeantbrucerobe6046 Care to explain why you think so?

@@rafasounds2010 One of your dreams in life was to find a video of a guy playing a specific guitar? I mean, do you have to ask?

Dood, never underestimate Eric's intense and constant dedication to craft! Few s8ers could even understand the 10,000s of hours of obsession to his art - or skateboarding would have advanced much further than its current state!

SciFiArtMan I can’t respect that obvious you don’t skate. Kids now a days are robots and far more creative then ever. Watch some thrasher get on Instagram it’s proven. Please don’t be an asshole if you don’t know

GTFO with your skatetarded shill

SciFiArtMan IMO the likes of Rodney Mullen and Tony Hawk have definitely put in waaayyy more than their 10,000 hours and have achieved a comparable level of mastery in their field. Ever tried a 900, or a casper slide?

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BIG Stick hmmm, I'd have thought the strat was a better use of the analogy. A wider range of tonal options with a strat, especially if you get one that can activate bridge and neck at the same time, like a Tele.

He was trying to mimic a japanese instrument called a Koto, that is inspired by a chinese zither like instrument called a Guzheng.

Can i just sort of.. have it?

Sure ya do bud

Make a vid of it.

I own that same guitar!!!!!

How did you get

Yea, it i so nice to hear & see Eric just plugged direct into an amp. Yep it is 98% the hands and touch !

yep , starting to save money for the lottery to win big time for hand implants...I like your commenting style, Kimmo Lingonheimo : )

and the guitar, and the pickups, and the amp, and the leads, and the room, and where you're sitting, and mic placement

@@DaveDexterMusic sittin pretty, omg the Fender Frontman 15R at 4 is loud ( that be the vol, not the time...!)luvyall Kimmo

Define tone. I'm beginning to think people confuse tone with the details of the style and should call it "voice" because that's what it really is. Tone is a small part but most guitarrists don't know much physics so they use words incorrectly to they point they become the standard.

He never taps his feet; it’s unbelievable how he still keeps his rhythm.

A little too well don’t you think 🤔 maybe he’s secretly cooked

It is a one-of-kind guitar, but Fender could always do a reissue.

Songbirds Foundation I hope so!!

The strat is made put of solid rose wood

yeah for 40k you can own that strat

It looks like a framust strato de luxe copy to me

AWESOME COMMENT!!

@@ericfan463 he doesn't deserves less than that

and he never answers the wrong phone.....

Ageeed

Truer words have not been spoken!

Rosewood strat built at same time George Harrisons Tele was made Jimi never got the guitar because he died someone else picked it up from Fender and it was never seen until now evidently.. I think it should not be heard from again after hearing it.. :) en garde'

Haha yeah he hits an accidental open string then switches to a pattern using that same open string.. genius!

Even EJ's mistakes are better than ours!!

It's the guitar that made the mistake. Eric thought it a lesson

Eric didn't make a mistake, the guitar did and he just used it to his advantage😎

Eric Johnson's guitar playing is like Bob Ross's painting, there are no mistakes just happy accidents haha

General Patzer ..have you seen the video of Clapton describing that night, how he never got the chance to give it to him and the next day Hendrix died. I think it's from early 70's...he has tears welling in his eyes while explaining it. it's heartbreaking.

hendrix played shit tons of guitars, seen him use a 3 pickup SG and by all accounts he liked using his Gibson flying V for solos in the studio, apparently that's what the little wing solo is played on

@@kelvendyson1508 In the Clapton doc. on Showtime Eric says "I was so mad that he died, not because he was gone, but because he didn't take me with him."

@@montysvest Yeah, those are original PAF pickups you hear on that solo.

He probably may have used the Flying V on the "Dolly Dagger" solo, he reaches very high notes, impossible with a reverse strat.

Patrick Foster, I didn't become an orthodontist for nothing. 😬

@@JohnnyArtPavlou Unfortunately my back-up plan in case I didn't have the biggest rock band in the world was...social work. 😭 Oh well, the rock must go on! 🤘🎸 And there's always debt...

Patrick Foster, that’s pretty cool. I’m really a doorman. I’m waiting to see how much the custom painted Jimmy page Dragon Tele is going to be.

@@JohnnyArtPavlou Yeah, I'm guessing it's going to be a pretty penny! It'll be something to see though, that's for sure! Cheers!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jZvD5oWLf90.html🎸🎸🎸

Couldn't agree more. Tell us about the guitars! I wanna hear the story, and I'd love to hear more of these things. He must've played it for more than the 15 seconds at the start.

jon golden Also they might need some help to grade their video. The colors are weird. Otherwise that’s great.

Y'all are some entitled mothergrabbers. We get to sit in our homes and watch a master play and speak on guitar, FOR FREE, and it's nothing but pedantic complaining. Makes me embarrassed for you.

@@StanleyCullerEsq. can't even take constructive criticism that's intended for someone else, hate to see how you'd handle something more personal lol

@@roseblack6342 Well, I can tell you how I handle it: First, I take in what the person is stating, then do my best to glean off of it anything of value and take anything constructive or positive and integrate it into my daily life, and then finish by thanking that person for caring enough to share their thoughts. Also, bite me. :)

Tommy Noble lol

Lol

Hes transgender

Same with the guy at 6:57 ....... and Joaquin Phoenix.

indeed she is a lesbian bud ..

pCeLobster he’s been open about battles with tinnitus so it’s not unreasonable to assume he’s got other issues

He's 67 years old and he doesnt obsess over practicing 8 hours a day anymore.

Oh, and don't forget a lifetime of extreme dedicated study and practice! (I tend to forget that one!)

lolol go back underneath the bridge troll