I found that if you listen to enough of JJ's licks, after a while you begin to understand what he's doing, and you can create some licks yourself that are "in the style of" JJ Cale. So keep practicing and it will start to come to you!
I'm also a JJ Cale fan, and love the blues. You and I sound like we went to the same school! LOL; I'm a 67 soon to be 68 year old student for real. In college!! I've been playin guitar on and off since I was 15. I do more playin now with the help of youTube and people like you. Thank You very much for taking the time to do this video lesson!! I'm always looking to add a little something to my songs and this sure does help. I know some of the major and minor pentatonic scales, but seeing and hearing them in the context of what you are doing helps.
Thanks, man. So many TH-camrs have helped my guitar learning experience, that I feel it's only fair to give something back to my fellow guitar students. College? I would love to go to some music school, but I live in New Zealand and nowhere near any music school. So it's online learning for me.
@@sunjamrbluescaro amigo, sou do Brasil, pra mim a melhor música do JJ CALE é high School instrumental. Belíssimo solo e timbre. Sou fã do JJ CALE. Poderia o sr colocar high school na sua guitarra? Obrigado abraço amigo.
So your a Kiwi, how bout that... the first moments of the intro, it sounds like your on a yacht, the wind blowing through the sails, a great sound of its own. Got to say very cool tut. Are you running the strat through any effects, sounds like a touch of phase.... Thanks
Use the neck pickup, play with your fingers, then adjust the equalizer to emphasize the bass....or maybe de-emphasize the treble. There might have been just a tiny bit of overdrive, but not that noticeable. It's kind of a trial and error process, so it's a good idea to pause once in a while and listen to some of his original stuff so you can know what is the target.
He was trained as an electronics and sound engineer, and used that knowledge to get the sound he wanted. He famously completely re-wired the guts of his electric guitar to give it his signature sound. Many of his recordings have no drum kit. Instead, he used conga drums which seem to accent the backbeat better than a drum kit, and give his songs a strong shuffle sound. Maybe that's the secret, but I'm not sure.
Just brilliant Mr!!! Thanks for the video
Cool video! Would love to see more JJ licks and techniques, love the laidback style.
I found that if you listen to enough of JJ's licks, after a while you begin to understand what he's doing, and you can create some licks yourself that are "in the style of" JJ Cale. So keep practicing and it will start to come to you!
I'm also a JJ Cale fan, and love the blues. You and I sound like we went to the same school! LOL; I'm a 67 soon to be 68 year old student for real. In college!! I've been playin guitar on and off since I was 15. I do more playin now with the help of youTube and people like you. Thank You very much for taking the time to do this video lesson!! I'm always looking to add a little something to my songs and this sure does help. I know some of the major and minor pentatonic scales, but seeing and hearing them in the context of what you are doing helps.
Thanks, man. So many TH-camrs have helped my guitar learning experience, that I feel it's only fair to give something back to my fellow guitar students. College? I would love to go to some music school, but I live in New Zealand and nowhere near any music school. So it's online learning for me.
@@sunjamrbluescaro amigo, sou do Brasil, pra mim a melhor música do JJ CALE é high School instrumental. Belíssimo solo e timbre. Sou fã do JJ CALE. Poderia o sr colocar high school na sua guitarra? Obrigado abraço amigo.
I’ve always wanted, but have never been able to find a guitar tab or lesson for the song ‘End Of The Line’.
Very nice tone on that Strat!
Nice one, thanks 😊
My pleasure, and it's good the way TH-cam made a directory of "Chapters". I didn't do that, but it could be useful.
So your a Kiwi, how bout that... the first moments of the intro, it sounds like your on a yacht, the wind blowing through the sails, a great sound of its own.
Got to say very cool tut. Are you running the strat through any effects, sounds like a touch of phase.... Thanks
Great tutorial!!
Thanks, I only wish I could get the same tone he did.
Always brilliant... thank you... Are you living in NZ???
Yep, been living here most of my life.
How do you get your tone.
It's sounds like jj cale
Use the neck pickup, play with your fingers, then adjust the equalizer to emphasize the bass....or maybe de-emphasize the treble. There might have been just a tiny bit of overdrive, but not that noticeable. It's kind of a trial and error process, so it's a good idea to pause once in a while and listen to some of his original stuff so you can know what is the target.
Any idea how he gets that distinctive shuffle sound?
He was trained as an electronics and sound engineer, and used that knowledge to get the sound he wanted. He famously completely re-wired the guts of his electric guitar to give it his signature sound. Many of his recordings have no drum kit. Instead, he used conga drums which seem to accent the backbeat better than a drum kit, and give his songs a strong shuffle sound. Maybe that's the secret, but I'm not sure.