Best guitar teacher on TH-cam, at least for me, and the way I like to play :) - whenever I find the time to sit and work through one of your videos, I always walk away with a couple of new ideas.
Master! I left open G behind because it seemed a bit limited and started with open D. Your video, this one and the slide one, helped me a lot to understand how open D works. Thank you so much!!! Hug from Argentina.
Eric it’s really hard to slot tube guys in to a point. But one thing stands out hand over is that you are finding a lovely balance your videos are really lovely
@@chazmichael7967 mainly yes, open G, but some examples on open D: Crowes' She Talks to Angels or a LOT from the Stones around Beggars Banquet and Let It Bleed era: Jumpin Jack Flash, Gimme Shelter, Prodigal Son, etc etc. And even in Sticky Fingers / Exile while Keef was tuned to open G, Mick sometimes played his lead parts in open D
@@jamesthe-doctor8981 hey, that's true, but open E = open D w capo on 2nd fret (I do it that way to avoid excessive string tension). When I play in standard with a capo I still consider it standard tuning (I guess I'm wrong, technically speaking, but to me it's really the same)
My dude, my family goes back in the New Bern, Craven County area as far back as the 1710 (the founding of this, NC's Colonial Capital...before Raleigh) You ain't no Carpetbagger to me...you are authentic as fuq!
Came along at just the right time. Series of coincidences. I'd just got a slide again after not having a decent pinky slide for about a year. I do all the Elmore James stuff in open D. Just before I sat down - as you do in Covid times - to find out how Big Yellow Taxi is actually played and was surprised to find it's in open D. So then today I decided to refresh my memory on Simple Twist of Fate because my guitar was already in D, and discovered that apparently most of the songs on BOTT are in open D - and was intrigued by the chords (also cos I found a nice slide lick and had started building a song around it in D pilfering Big Yellow Taxi chords like crazy). And then I look at TH-cam and... Great lesson. Confirmed a few things, learned some more things.
@@EricHaugenGuitar Oh no way man, thank you. You're a great teacher of the more subtle mindset kind of guitar knowledge which many people will just tell you to 'keep playing' to figure out rather than take the time to explain as you do. Anyway, rad as anything dude take it easy.
Yes! You get me! I try really hard to show people how to get the most out of the chords, scales, and theory that they already know - there's still magic hiding in there!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Oh man, makes me smile to see that response. I'm glad I found your stuff early on while learning because yeah, as you said, I search for all the magic I can ring out from those things as I learnt them. Learning from the internet I had the privilege of many teachers, but the stuff that led me to really focus on my own sound was your stuff, so when asked I always give you that credit Eric. Cheers from down in New Zealand to you pffaha.
Happy New Year Eric. I’m a new subscriber. I found you about 4 weeks ago when I was researching guild 12 string acoustics. I actually bought the 2512 (your demo left me no choice) and I’m enjoying it a lot. It’s my lockdown guitar 2021. But watching this vid I’m going to tune a strat to open D. And to round out and improve my playing I’m finally going to start taming my right hand (thumb) after all these years. Traverse picking. I’ve fallen in love with playing all over again and being retired with no where to go, I’m going to let you help me improve my game. NY kid. Lol me too. I’m still here on LI. Thanks for the inspiration.
Neil Young introduced dropped tunings to the ear on 12string and have been hooked ever since 👍😎 Your tone is great! 👍😎❤🖖 Love brother...and may your New Year be filled with good health, justice, compassion and wonder.
Happy New Year! 2021 beginning with the chill sounds of a nice Haugen lesson. And don't think that Patreon is asking for money. It's just a different level of the product/service you are providing. You still work hard for it.
True! Plus, I don't put ads on my channel because I hate them - any ads you see are put there by the publisher of the material I'm playing with and the money goes to them. Patreon income helps alot!
As much as I enjoy your work on the Fender Telecaster (my favorite guitar)...there's just something about the Danelectro. Especially in Surf Green! 🏄♂️ Incredible vid, as always! ✌🏻👍🏻
Thanks Tom! There is indeed something special about danos! The lipstick pickups, combined with the shitty fake wood hollow body makes a really cool sound!
Loved this lesson! Open D can be such a lazy, stylish, nasty jam machine if you know what I mean. Meet Me in the Morning has a wicked thump behind it! Happy new year ✌️
A Great start to the new year. hope that cool teaser , with the slide and 12 bar rift is one of your 2021 lessons?!! I know I''ll stay tuned, THANKS and Happy New Year!
That's just my sloppy version of "Dust My Broom!" I just did a quick search to see if there's any good lessons for it already and there isn't! How odd! Such a famous slide song - I guess I gotta do a Haugen™ lesson on it!
Once I realized that these danos have no sustain, but have that weird ghostly resonance, everything changed - I think I need to so vid about that. I see demos of people shredding on danos, and that's not really what they're for!
Kudos from Norway, love your videos. I am a beginner, a late beginner. Want to play slide so will only be focusing on Open D. Really wish I could figure out which strings you're doing the pentatonics on as it seems to be an explanation exclusively for those fully schooled in conventional tuning. Also seem to only to introduce part of it. A little more visibility and I'm sure a few beginners like me will get a lot more out of them.
Happy New Year Eric , I just subscribed. Love a humble expert.... so thank you much !! I'm a big Dylan fan .... especially love the "Blood on the Tracks" album . I really like the way you did "meet me in the morning". I'm hoping that you'll do some more of Dylan tunes. The little that you did there was enough for me to get it down. I'm loving what you teach and how !!♡!!
Happy new year, Eric! Like open tunings a lot, esp. Open G, yes, I am a Stones fan throughout my life. Stay safe, weird, keep the swampyness, all the best for you, Eric. Bluesy greetings from Hannover, Germany.
Actually, it is the ENTIRETY of Blood on the Tracks on the original 'New York Sessions' version. part of the reason for the Minnosota tracks was that the original sounded a bit samey as it was so focussed on open D
I just play tuned to Standard D or Eb. A capo gets Eb & Standard E out of Standard D. And I can just play the same chords with & without a capo & it's all relatively just the same Standard E, only darker for the 1/2 & full step down tune as an alternate tuning. Seems to work. And then there's Drop D & Double Drop D that can be tuned instead. Just playing with the same chord structures without having to figure out where the chords went or should be for new finger technique. Just move everything closer by a fret or 2, depending upon the capo'ed Eb or Standard E from being tuned for Standard D.
Good intro to Open-D, man. I play a couple of Dylan "Blood on the Tracks" tunes in Open-E (Open-D, capo II) - "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome" and "Buckets of Rain". Still working on my scales.
Yeah! I gotta follow this vid up with an Open D slide tutorial! I love slide! It forces us to be more lyrical and human in our phrasing! To really listen!
@@EricHaugenGuitar OMG, please do, that would be SO fun!! I agree, it adds a LOT to anyone’s bag.. I looove Robt Randolph and Derek Trucks for their ability to SING with it! 😊🎸
What you need to do is have a text on the lower third of your video with Patreon info and a suggestion of perhaps $20 to help pay the bills. This way you don’t have to feel uncomfortable asking folks to pay to play. You Rock Bro! Keep On Playin’!
That's just my sloppy version of "Dust My Broom!" I just did a quick search to see if there's any good lessons for it already and there isn't! How odd! Such a famous slide song - I guess I gotta do a Haugen™ lesson on it!
Playing in Open D usually sways me toward playing more delta bluesy phrases. Not really sure why but I seem to find myself in that genre. Not that its a bad thing but for some reason, I can start out playing something like Vestapol and end up somewhere between Elmore James and Robert Johnson.
Your video could not come at a better time...the bridge on my acoustic popped off when I left it in the sun and my shonky DIY fix (the guitar is too close to the grave to go to a luthier) means the action is too high to play in standard tuning...so now it's my dedicated open tuning guitar
Perfect! Open D really is second home for me on guitar - I LOVE that I can't use any of my typical tricks. Just gotta go back to intuition, theory, and ears!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Yeah, I think intuition is the key word...I'm purposefully learning as little theory and chords etc. (although this video is an exception) regarding open tunings so my playing is more "free"...when I play in an open tuning it's like a holiday where there are no rules, if it sounds good that's all I care about. And I think that feeds back into my standard tuning playing...
Open tunings are a nice way to tap into some really creative sounds, while frustrating you because you have to rediscover all the things you already know. But that's part of the fun isn't it. Man, that Danelectro has some serious mojo don't it. Happy new year Eric.
DADGAD is cool, but I feel a little bit limited by the non-committal nature of the tuning. I like how DADF#AD is decidedly a chord and key, and I can work from there :-)
Happy New Year! Is that a Jam Pedals shirt or just a random Llama? Just got my first Jam pedal. The TPS Harmonious Monk harmonic tremolo. Talk about swampy...open D with harmonic trem...I need to give that a go!
AAAAA I want that pedal! I LOVE harmonic trem and just got the walrus monument (it's good). Yeah, that's a delay LLama shirt! Jam pedals was nice enough to send me a retrovibe last year and they threw this stylin' shirt in the box :-)
That was really nice and inspiring, as always. I was just yesterday trying to play stuff in open D and not feeling very inspired (apart for some Elmore James fun). Happy new year, man.
By the way, I LOVE lipstick-like pickups. I have 2 SD Lipsticks in my Strat (plus a Tele bridge pup) and they sound AMAZING. Never been so in love with the sound of a guitar of mine. I also love Danelectro guitars and I'd like to have one of those Shorthorn beauties (in orange sparkle!) but I don't have the money to buy a vintage one and the new ones... well, nothing against the guitars per se (I once played one and it was not nearly as bad as they say), but I hear the Evets Corporation, which owns Danelctro since the 1990s, has donated a lot of money in support of banning gay marriage, so I'm reluctant to give them my money. Hey, I can't believe what a bore I am. I'm going to post this anyway but sorry for the dullness and the self-righteousness. Peace and love.
Yeah I saw that - it does bother me. I dig around and saw that the president donated $5000, which isn't great, but hey at least it's not $50,000. It's strange for me, because as a TH-cam influencer (barf I hate that term), I know the guy and he's really nice! I guess he's just very religious.
@@EricHaugenGuitar my pleasure. It looks like your channel is getting very popular! I remember when I subscribed you had around 8000 subscribers. I was pretty psyched to see the recent figures. Congrats for this!
@@EricHaugenGuitar -- Thanks! I have not been playing guitar yet... just dabbling on piano, but your intense guitar playing is dragging me away from that. I can't describe how emotional your guitar playing is. You are so good...I hope you are finding as much success as you deserve.
aaaaaa I want one of those! I got this back in June - used it for a "Ry Cooder plays Come Together" vid. Only recently discovered the magic of it. It doesn't sustain, but it's got that cool ghostly acoustic vibe to it!
I always wonder if DADGAD is easier to use than open D because of the G string being tuned to F# in open D. Or does it invoke other adjustements? I should get more into it to find out probably. Great stuff Eric, as always! greetings.
Ahhhh! This sounds so damned awesome! I'm a bad drummer who wants to learn some guitar. I love your jams, and that DanElectro is super sweet sounding. For cost savings, what do you recommend, Hiwatt or Supro for the amp? Not gigging, not professional, just want something that allows me to dial-in that sweet sound that you get. Thanks!
I think for "ease-of-dialing in" the Supro nudges past the Hiwatt (both good as you can tell). However, you won't be able to get the Supro crunch without an attenuator so that's tricky. Wait a couple of weeks - Vox just sent me an AC4 handwired and that has a master volume so that may be the easiest to dial in of all!
@@EricHaugenGuitar I can see that. I just wish I could get around it like Cooder does. He’s my slide guitar/ open tunings hero. Along with George Harrison’s slide guitar.
@@EricHaugenGuitar Cheers, mate. You take care, enjoy your HiWatts (drool), and your craaazy American Politics! Love it. If it's any consolation, we're going through a major second wave here in Sydney. This town Is turning like a ghost town... Ska techniques! There's an idea.
Love that tone. I haven't owned one yet, but I'd really been considering picking up a Danelectro baritone for my writing. Was there much set up needed out of the box? I know that is sometimes an issue with competitively priced guitar manufacturers.
No they're ready to go out of the box! It's kinda crazy how comfortable they are - whatever factory in Korea they're using, those workers know their stuff!
Ha! Happy new year Jolyon! That's a Jampedals delay Llama shirt! I don't have that pedal, but jampedals included the swag with a retrovibe they so generously sent me a few years back :-)
Dear carpet bagging yankee: In regards to the troublesome g string, have you ever tried tuning the F sharp down to F? It makes it d minor so idk how much good it is. My buddy’s a song writer and uses open d minor way more than the f sharp. Or he uses dadgad. Any experience with either?
Best guitar teacher on TH-cam, at least for me, and the way I like to play :) - whenever I find the time to sit and work through one of your videos, I always walk away with a couple of new ideas.
Yay! Thanks so much Henry!
It makes me happy to know that Haugenomincs™ is spreading!
Master! I left open G behind because it seemed a bit limited and started with open D.
Your video, this one and the slide one, helped me a lot to understand how open D works.
Thank you so much!!!
Hug from Argentina.
Open tunings have changed my whole world in last 5 years. Other than the hell of retuning whilst playing live 😝
Solution = MOAR GUITARS!
I've been using Open D exclusively for a couple of years. You can do anything with it. Blues, Pop, Classical. Excellent recording technique.
Yeah! It really is second home base for me too!
It's like the darker, warmer cousin to standard!
A year beginning by an Eric Haugen lesson can only be very satisfying. Another very interesting approach.
Happy New Year Eric and everybody here.
Yay! Happy new year Luc!
Now that's Some kick ass funky playing
It came to me one night - once I put that little bit on slapback on the dano, the whole thing came to life!
What a nice way to enter the new year on TH-cam !!! Fantastic, once more.
Thanks Joe!
Happy new year!
Eric it’s really hard to slot tube guys in to a point. But one thing stands out hand over is that you are finding a lovely balance your videos are really lovely
What a gorgeous tone!
Your Neil Young groove sounds like an Alabama Shakes riff.
Nothing new under the Sun,
for sure!
😊
Ha! Yeah - some of those Alabama Shakes riffs are very major pentatonic!
Open tunings, love them! I'm a big fan of the Stones, Black Crowes, Led Zep, etc
So open g lol
@@chazmichael7967 mainly yes, open G, but some examples on open D: Crowes' She Talks to Angels or a LOT from the Stones around Beggars Banquet and Let It Bleed era: Jumpin Jack Flash, Gimme Shelter, Prodigal Son, etc etc. And even in Sticky Fingers / Exile while Keef was tuned to open G, Mick sometimes played his lead parts in open D
@@blaseuropa I’m pretty sure She Talks to Angels is in Open E. If you haven’t tried it, you should.
@@jamesthe-doctor8981 hey, that's true, but open E = open D w capo on 2nd fret (I do it that way to avoid excessive string tension). When I play in standard with a capo I still consider it standard tuning (I guess I'm wrong, technically speaking, but to me it's really the same)
Yes! I saw The Black Crowes back in like 97 - still one of the best shows I've ever been to!
JOANN (OPEN TUNING) (C)2006
and GOODBYE (C)2006 were both recorded in open D tuning. 😊
Really glad I found your channel. Tons of practical advice.
My dude, my family goes back in the New Bern, Craven County area as far back as the 1710 (the founding of this, NC's Colonial Capital...before Raleigh) You ain't no Carpetbagger to me...you are authentic as fuq!
Thanks Luke!
My good friend Adam is from Little Washington - down east NC is a cool spot!
This dude...
...this dude, is probs really under rated on this platform.
...I appreciate, you, man!
...so dose everyone else here hahaha!
Awww shucks thanks so much Christopher!
Thanks for this excellent exercise in expanding the use of open D for more than a specific tune. Really opened some doors!
Yeah! Learning specific tunes is great for repertoire building, but it doesn't always help us understand what's possible!
Love open tunings - really opens up the instrument. Tune my dano 12 to open G and let it ring. Thanks for the video!
You are a true gem. Best in 2021.
Awwwww shucks thanks so much Giovanni!
Brilliant Eric .
Sounds really nice.
Came along at just the right time. Series of coincidences. I'd just got a slide again after not having a decent pinky slide for about a year. I do all the Elmore James stuff in open D. Just before I sat down - as you do in Covid times - to find out how Big Yellow Taxi is actually played and was surprised to find it's in open D. So then today I decided to refresh my memory on Simple Twist of Fate because my guitar was already in D, and discovered that apparently most of the songs on BOTT are in open D - and was intrigued by the chords (also cos I found a nice slide lick and had started building a song around it in D pilfering Big Yellow Taxi chords like crazy).
And then I look at TH-cam and...
Great lesson. Confirmed a few things, learned some more things.
Yeah! BOTT is top ten Dylan albums for me!
Also "Time Out Of Mind," "Desire," and "Street Legal"
always happy to see eric haugen content
Thanks Felix!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Oh no way man, thank you. You're a great teacher of the more subtle mindset kind of guitar knowledge which many people will just tell you to 'keep playing' to figure out rather than take the time to explain as you do. Anyway, rad as anything dude take it easy.
Yes! You get me!
I try really hard to show people how to get the most out of the chords, scales, and theory that they already know - there's still magic hiding in there!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Oh man, makes me smile to see that response. I'm glad I found your stuff early on while learning because yeah, as you said, I search for all the magic I can ring out from those things as I learnt them. Learning from the internet I had the privilege of many teachers, but the stuff that led me to really focus on my own sound was your stuff, so when asked I always give you that credit Eric. Cheers from down in New Zealand to you pffaha.
Great lesson -- love Open D! Got me thinking about Big Star's "Kanga Roo" in open D -- and on a 12-string! Now that's a commitment!
Yeah!
I have a Guild acoustic 12 that I keep in open D - it's a POWERFUL sound!
Love Big Star too
Simply brillant! Thanks!
My pleasure, Rodrigo!
ERIC.....i just start your video. what a great lick in the beginning. wow.. its exactlly what i was looking for thx man. g from germany
Happy New Year Eric. I’m a new subscriber. I found you about 4 weeks ago when I was researching guild 12 string acoustics. I actually bought the 2512 (your demo left me no choice) and I’m enjoying it a lot. It’s my lockdown guitar 2021. But watching this vid I’m going to tune a strat to open D. And to round out and improve my playing I’m finally going to start taming my right hand (thumb) after all these years. Traverse picking. I’ve fallen in love with playing all over again and being retired with no where to go, I’m going to let you help me improve my game. NY kid. Lol me too. I’m still here on LI. Thanks for the inspiration.
Yay!
I lived in Amityville until I was 11! Around the corner from the horror house!
One of coolest guitars I've ever seen.
Danelectro DC-59
And pretty cheap too.....happy days!!!
Yeah! These newer danelectros are really shockingly well made for the money!
Neil Young introduced dropped tunings to the ear on 12string and have been hooked ever since 👍😎
Your tone is great!
👍😎❤🖖
Love brother...and may your New Year be filled with good health, justice, compassion and wonder.
Thanks Richard!
Health, Justice, Compassion, and Wonder - all sounds great to me! Fingers crossed that's what we all get!
Happy New Year! 2021 beginning with the chill sounds of a nice Haugen lesson.
And don't think that Patreon is asking for money. It's just a different level of the product/service you are providing. You still work hard for it.
True!
Plus, I don't put ads on my channel because I hate them - any ads you see are put there by the publisher of the material I'm playing with and the money goes to them. Patreon income helps alot!
As much as I enjoy your work on the Fender Telecaster (my favorite guitar)...there's just something about the Danelectro. Especially in Surf Green! 🏄♂️ Incredible vid, as always! ✌🏻👍🏻
Thanks Tom!
There is indeed something special about danos! The lipstick pickups, combined with the shitty fake wood hollow body makes a really cool sound!
Simplicity wins! Great stuff man.
Thanks Anthony!
I also look for the relative minor (Bm), then maybe the bVII (C) as a backdoor dominant.
Interesting! I never thought of the bVII that way!
Sweet opening!
Happy new year
Cheers P M !
Loved this lesson! Open D can be such a lazy, stylish, nasty jam machine if you know what I mean. Meet Me in the Morning has a wicked thump behind it! Happy new year ✌️
Thanks Malcolm!
Happy New Year!
Happy new year, great owl!
Your vids brought me a lot of joy in 2020, keep going ❤
Yay! You Too!
The dude continues to abide!
A Great start to the new year. hope that cool teaser , with the slide and 12 bar rift is one of your 2021 lessons?!! I know I''ll stay tuned, THANKS and Happy New Year!
That's just my sloppy version of "Dust My Broom!"
I just did a quick search to see if there's any good lessons for it already and there isn't! How odd!
Such a famous slide song - I guess I gotta do a Haugen™ lesson on it!
Great lesson again! Thanks Eric
My pleasure Joel!
Dude, you are awesome.
Awww shucks man thanks so much!
I'm just a dude trying to help out, and keep it real!
Happy New Year My Man! What a better way to begin in 2021 than hearing some of your licks... All the Best! Take good care
Cheers!
Happy new year! A perfect time to explore new tunings!
Nice! Happy Healthy New Year.
You too Dave!
2020 season 2 is off to a wild start!
Love Danelectros and Open D! Great stuff.
Once I realized that these danos have no sustain, but have that weird ghostly resonance, everything changed - I think I need to so vid about that. I see demos of people shredding on danos, and that's not really what they're for!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Totally
Kudos from Norway, love your videos. I am a beginner, a late beginner. Want to play slide so will only be focusing on Open D. Really wish I could figure out which strings you're doing the pentatonics on as it seems to be an explanation exclusively for those fully schooled in conventional tuning. Also seem to only to introduce part of it. A little more visibility and I'm sure a few beginners like me will get a lot more out of them.
Happy New Year Eric ,
I just subscribed. Love a humble expert.... so thank you much !! I'm a big Dylan fan .... especially love the "Blood on the Tracks" album . I really like the way you did "meet me in the morning". I'm hoping that you'll do some more of Dylan tunes. The little that you did there was enough for me to get it down. I'm loving what you teach and how !!♡!!
Yay! Welcome Raymond!
I've arranged "Señor," "Lovesick," and "Billy" as well - they're a little buried on my uploads list :-)
Happy new year, Eric! Like open tunings a lot, esp. Open G, yes, I am a Stones fan throughout my life. Stay safe, weird, keep the swampyness, all the best for you, Eric. Bluesy greetings from Hannover, Germany.
Weird and swampy - sounds good to me!
Cheers Eyck!
Always a thumbs up 👍
Actually, it is the ENTIRETY of Blood on the Tracks on the original 'New York Sessions' version. part of the reason for the Minnosota tracks was that the original sounded a bit samey as it was so focussed on open D
I just play tuned to Standard D or Eb. A capo gets Eb & Standard E out of Standard D. And I can just play the same chords with & without a capo & it's all relatively just the same Standard E, only darker for the 1/2 & full step down tune as an alternate tuning. Seems to work. And then there's Drop D & Double Drop D that can be tuned instead. Just playing with the same chord structures without having to figure out where the chords went or should be for new finger technique. Just move everything closer by a fret or 2, depending upon the capo'ed Eb or Standard E from being tuned for Standard D.
Great stuff, and happy new year. But, go on - do a lesson on Meet Me In The Morning. Got your tab but I need help.
Thanks John! Will do!
For now, I'd recommend working through the tab while playing the video at 3/4 speed :-)
Good intro to Open-D, man. I play a couple of Dylan "Blood on the Tracks" tunes in Open-E (Open-D, capo II) - "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome" and "Buckets of Rain". Still working on my scales.
I should really continue this idea into a series: minor chords, and slide.
@@EricHaugenGuitar Excellent idea.
I’ve been looking for a reason to bust the slide out 😊 Very cool lesson, I love Danelectros!
Yeah! I gotta follow this vid up with an Open D slide tutorial!
I love slide! It forces us to be more lyrical and human in our phrasing! To really listen!
@@EricHaugenGuitar OMG, please do, that would be SO fun!! I agree, it adds a LOT to anyone’s bag.. I looove Robt Randolph and Derek Trucks for their ability to SING with it! 😊🎸
What you need to do is have a text on the lower third of your video with Patreon info and a suggestion of perhaps $20 to help pay the bills. This way you don’t have to feel uncomfortable asking folks to pay to play. You Rock Bro! Keep On Playin’!
Now I’m inspired! 😎👍
Ooooh yeah have fun!
Tutorial on intro riff possible ? I’ve got pdf but could use help. As a subscriber appreciate teaching style.
Sorry you're having trouble with that!
Take it slow, phrase by phrase. When you think you've got it, go even slower - that's how I work on stuff!
happy New Years Eric
Cheers Cole!
Ya’ll come back now ya heer! Thanks for the cool lesson!
My pleasure Jeffrey!
There had better be a slide lesson after that teaser.
You got us all juiced up and left us dangling!!!
That's just my sloppy version of "Dust My Broom!"
I just did a quick search to see if there's any good lessons for it already and there isn't! How odd!
Such a famous slide song - I guess I gotta do a Haugen™ lesson on it!
You Sir, are a true gentleman.
Playing in Open D usually sways me toward playing more delta bluesy phrases. Not really sure why but I seem to find myself in that genre. Not that its a bad thing but for some reason, I can start out playing something like Vestapol and end up somewhere between Elmore James and Robert Johnson.
Your video could not come at a better time...the bridge on my acoustic popped off when I left it in the sun and my shonky DIY fix (the guitar is too close to the grave to go to a luthier) means the action is too high to play in standard tuning...so now it's my dedicated open tuning guitar
Perfect!
Open D really is second home for me on guitar - I LOVE that I can't use any of my typical tricks. Just gotta go back to intuition, theory, and ears!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Yeah, I think intuition is the key word...I'm purposefully learning as little theory and chords etc. (although this video is an exception) regarding open tunings so my playing is more "free"...when I play in an open tuning it's like a holiday where there are no rules, if it sounds good that's all I care about. And I think that feeds back into my standard tuning playing...
Open tunings are a nice way to tap into some really creative sounds, while frustrating you because you have to rediscover all the things you already know. But that's part of the fun isn't it. Man, that Danelectro has some serious mojo don't it. Happy new year Eric.
Yeah! That's the fun part - throwing away all our tricks and getting back to ears, theory, and heart!
love this lesson eric! what do you like about this open d over dadgad?
DADGAD is cool, but I feel a little bit limited by the non-committal nature of the tuning.
I like how DADF#AD is decidedly a chord and key, and I can work from there :-)
great vid
Dano jangle-boom ftw!
Happy New Year! Is that a Jam Pedals shirt or just a random Llama?
Just got my first Jam pedal. The TPS Harmonious Monk harmonic tremolo. Talk about swampy...open D with harmonic trem...I need to give that a go!
AAAAA I want that pedal! I LOVE harmonic trem and just got the walrus monument (it's good).
Yeah, that's a delay LLama shirt!
Jam pedals was nice enough to send me a retrovibe last year and they threw this stylin' shirt in the box :-)
Another great lesson... that Danelectro sounds killer
Once I discovered that the dano has no sustain, but takes pedals very well, it changed for me!
With the deco and delay - it's so cool!
@@EricHaugenGuitar I have the 12 string version of that Dano, but haven’t experimented with delay with it yet... good idea!
That was really nice and inspiring, as always. I was just yesterday trying to play stuff in open D and not feeling very inspired (apart for some Elmore James fun). Happy new year, man.
By the way, I LOVE lipstick-like pickups. I have 2 SD Lipsticks in my Strat (plus a Tele bridge pup) and they sound AMAZING. Never been so in love with the sound of a guitar of mine. I also love Danelectro guitars and I'd like to have one of those Shorthorn beauties (in orange sparkle!) but I don't have the money to buy a vintage one and the new ones... well, nothing against the guitars per se (I once played one and it was not nearly as bad as they say), but I hear the Evets Corporation, which owns Danelctro since the 1990s, has donated a lot of money in support of banning gay marriage, so I'm reluctant to give them my money. Hey, I can't believe what a bore I am. I'm going to post this anyway but sorry for the dullness and the self-righteousness. Peace and love.
Yeah I saw that - it does bother me. I dig around and saw that the president donated $5000, which isn't great, but hey at least it's not $50,000.
It's strange for me, because as a TH-cam influencer (barf I hate that term), I know the guy and he's really nice! I guess he's just very religious.
Great intro track!
Thanks Yann!
@@EricHaugenGuitar my pleasure. It looks like your channel is getting very popular! I remember when I subscribed you had around 8000 subscribers. I was pretty psyched to see the recent figures. Congrats for this!
Oh wow you're old school! Thanks for sticking with me!
@@EricHaugenGuitar nothing to thank for. Cheers and thanks for the good content.
Dan Electro.... awesome... do you recommend them? You are so danged good... bye!
Thanks Sara!
You should totally get a Danelectro - they're really cool guitars that are well made, sound cool and are fun to play!
@@EricHaugenGuitar -- Thanks! I have not been playing guitar yet... just dabbling on piano, but your intense guitar playing is dragging me away from that. I can't describe how emotional your guitar playing is. You are so good...I hope you are finding as much success as you deserve.
I've recently purchased a Weissenborn style guitar. So looking forward to using Open D (and Open G) on this guitar. Is that a new guitar, Eric?
aaaaaa I want one of those!
I got this back in June - used it for a "Ry Cooder plays Come Together" vid. Only recently discovered the magic of it. It doesn't sustain, but it's got that cool ghostly acoustic vibe to it!
I always wonder if DADGAD is easier to use than open D because of the G string being tuned to F# in open D. Or does it invoke other adjustements? I should get more into it to find out probably. Great stuff Eric, as always! greetings.
DADGADs cool too! But I prefer open D, a little more adaptable for me but your mileage may vary :-)
Ahhhh! This sounds so damned awesome! I'm a bad drummer who wants to learn some guitar. I love your jams, and that DanElectro is super sweet sounding. For cost savings, what do you recommend, Hiwatt or Supro for the amp? Not gigging, not professional, just want something that allows me to dial-in that sweet sound that you get. Thanks!
I think for "ease-of-dialing in" the Supro nudges past the Hiwatt (both good as you can tell).
However, you won't be able to get the Supro crunch without an attenuator so that's tricky.
Wait a couple of weeks - Vox just sent me an AC4 handwired and that has a master volume so that may be the easiest to dial in of all!
@@EricHaugenGuitar -- Excellent. I will be looking for that! Cheers!
First! Love this as I’m exploring more with open tunings.
Yay!
They all actually work kinda similar! This approach is hugely useful for me!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Yeah, I mostly do open E, D & C, with a bit of DADGAD.
I wish there were a CAGED type method for open tunings to help navigate the fretboard.
I actually celebrate the limitations of open tunings! Really, there's only the I form and the IV form - yay! Less to think about!
@@EricHaugenGuitar I can see that. I just wish I could get around it like Cooder does. He’s my slide guitar/ open tunings hero. Along with George Harrison’s slide guitar.
Happy New year Eric
Is that a delay lama T shirt that you've sporting
Cheers Karl!
Yeah! I don't even have that pedal!
Jampedals sent it to me along with a retrovibe a few years back :-)
@@EricHaugenGuitar keep wearing it, they might send you a delay lama
Hippy Noo Yeer, young Eric.
You to Matt!
Enjoy the relative normalcy of life in Australia for those of us stuck here in super Covid USA!
@@EricHaugenGuitar
Cheers, mate. You take care, enjoy your HiWatts (drool), and your craaazy American Politics! Love it.
If it's any consolation, we're going through a major second wave here in Sydney.
This town
Is turning like a ghost town...
Ska techniques! There's an idea.
Love that tone. I haven't owned one yet, but I'd really been considering picking up a Danelectro baritone for my writing. Was there much set up needed out of the box? I know that is sometimes an issue with competitively priced guitar manufacturers.
No they're ready to go out of the box!
It's kinda crazy how comfortable they are - whatever factory in Korea they're using, those workers know their stuff!
Open tunings..... that’s where the Magic’s at
Crucial thanks
My pleasure!
Yeah - open tunings are a great way for us to throw away all our usual tricks and get back to a more curious intuitive way of play!
Could you do a bid like this for open f?🤓
GAH.. a vid.. a VIDEO
No mention of Delay Llama t-shirt yet?
I don't even have that pedal!
I've got the retrovibe and I love it!
Honey we could be in Kansas, by the time the snow begins to thaw
Happy New Year, Eric. Have you been watching "The Emperor's New Groove" over the holidays?-that looks very like a 'demon llama' on your shirt ;-)
Ha! Happy new year Jolyon!
That's a Jampedals delay Llama shirt!
I don't have that pedal, but jampedals included the swag with a retrovibe they so generously sent me a few years back :-)
Dear carpet bagging yankee:
In regards to the troublesome g string, have you ever tried tuning the F sharp down to F? It makes it d minor so idk how much good it is. My buddy’s a song writer and uses open d minor way more than the f sharp. Or he uses dadgad. Any experience with either?
Ah yes! Open MINOR tunings! So epic!
HNY to yerself Eric
Cheers!
Sweet git man. What is that?
It's one of the recent Danelectro 59 "stock" models - it's got such a unique jangle to it!
@@EricHaugenGuitar yeah it really is unique overall
Can you tell me about the strings that you are using in Open D tuning?
Just Ernie ball 11s - nothing fancy!
cool hat
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Are those some thicc gauge strings? Or just the lipstick pickups? Sweet bell tones
Not mega thicc - Ernie Ball 11s. I raised the action a tiny bit, but nothing crazy.
❤
Where on LI are you from?
Amityville!
Nice! AMH and Ollie’s point are the spots!
Y'all! I am in Texas, so that works! Haahhaaha.
6:10 phones ringing mate
If you have the surf green Danelectro it improves your playing by at least 25% It's science, kids. LOL
I need to do a vid about the dano sound - the weird construction and lipstick pickups really got their own thing goin on!
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its crazy how folksy it sounds even though its major