how to play "More Than a Feeling" on guitar by Boston - guitar solo and fills lesson
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An electric guitar lesson on how to play "More Than a Feeling" by Boston from their 1976 debut album.
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Another amazing look at the real DNA behind a classic record.......you are unequaled in your approach. You are a great guitarist, in addition to being a great teacher......
Tim Pierce Guitar Hey Tim, thanks so much for the kind words.( I feel like I should call you "Mr. Pierce!") It means a lot to me coming from you. Watching you doing your sessions is really amazing and very inspirational. You're in a different league, a total pro. Your feel is awesome and your ability to create spontaneously and execute perfectly really blows me away! Thanks again for taking the time to leave such a nice comment. cheers
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Thanks for that! but honestly Tim is in an entirely different class, he's the real deal pro session player! but I really appreciate you saying that bud! cheers
Tim Pierce Guitar wow really says something when the great Tim Pierce comments on your video!!!
@@ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials Don't knock yourself too hard, mate. You're a killer player yourself, and your lesson are among the best of their kind on TH-cam
Our band is covering this and I'm the only guitarist - your lesson is invaluable!.For the acoustic parts I'm playing my SG clean with a little bit of subtle optical compressions and the ADT mode on a Keeley ME-8. Then my OCD with a Wampler Tumnus boosting the upper mids into my old Vox AC15. It's a great tome, and now I have an equally great lesson to help me nail the parts I've been "fudging" up 'till now. Schultz was an underrated musician and an innovative producer & engineer.
Boston's first album is a damn-near perfect debut. You've done the guitar parts justice, to say the least. Bravo?
I love your lessons in general. I've only been playing for about 6 months and I am able to pick up on what you are teaching. You have a great way of explaining the licks. I can't thank you enough for another great lesson.
TheWebko Thank you.
I keep playing the SOLO OVER AND OVER AGAIN! Thanks
Matthew Wieler Thanks Matthew.
how can ANYONE give any one of your lessons a thumbs down? ! you are THE BEST teacher on TH-cam! I love the way you teach, your sound, which is allways spot on whatever it is you're playing, and your accuracy of each and every note! All the time! whenever there's a song I want to learn and I see you've done a lesson on it, I come only to you... chuck out all the others! thank you for all your efforts!
Awesome, thank you so much. At 52 I am finally learning to play the song I first heard when I was 12 :-)
Rieni Otten thats awesome!!
same here, except i'm 54 and 14 ; )
Ineir Netto myself at 57! Never too late huh bra?
Hahaha I made that comment 1 year ago and got distracted after that and still can't play the song... but one day it will happen! Love ya guys!
Ineir Netto lol. I know what you mean about distractions. Just get those fingertips good and callused and those lead licks will flow for ya Brother! Rock on!
it's 2024. Can't go back in time and get that 1976 sound. But we CAN get the vibe! Exceedingly well done video. Thank you.
Who used to stare at the hifi as a teenager and think thee guys are gods lol, ,thanks for your fantastic ear finally learning me the screaming harmonies at the end of the solo,, absolutely brilliant mate !!
I can't tell you how happy it makes me to be really learning this song... I've been hooked on it for as long as I can remember, and being able to play it as true to Tom's sound as possible is incredible. I cannot hear this song on the radio and be in a bad mood! Now if I could only sing...
EvilMonkey8366 Yeah, Brad Delp just killed the vocals on this song, so good!
Absolutely wow! Just to be able to see the way those fantastic sounds come out of a guitar is so amazing and made what little hair I have left stand on end. I cannot play a single note of music or sing, either. Your tutorial just gave me some incredible insights into what goes into such beautiful music. I just had to send you something and it was Paypal of $19.76 in honor of the year this song debuted. You have a wonderful style, ignore the naysayers. Keep up the good work.
From a major Boston fan, I really appreciate this lesson. It has shown the simplicity of Toms style and the complexity of it as well. Great video. And you DID get the sound very close.
Wow such talent , I wish I was half the guitarist that you are , some people have a natural gift and you,ve got it, thanks for making guitar playing so much fun, I, m enjoying learning tunes the correct way, your a great teacher.
Clive Walpole Thanks a lot Clive! You can be as good as you want, you just have to put the time in. cheers
You are really a gifted musician and guitarist and a great teacher most people on TH-cam that are as good as you are don't give a crap about teaching you anything . Thanks for everything you do.
Mr. Pierce, you are absolutely the best at explaining how to play the guitar and I thank you for it.
Not only in how to play a song, but all the technique that comes along with it. Never heard of using my index finger doing pinch harmonics or how you help a note to sustain longer. Thanks for making me a better guitar player.
Outstanding, everyone would like to play it. Sounds damn good.
Thank You! Excellent Lesson on one of the best solos evahhh! And even a rig rundown on your setup! Most people on TH-cam just say "I'm playing straight into a Marshall"... yaaah right!
Your attention to detail is phenomenal. Thanks
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First of all, great video, thanks for working out all of the details, I really appreciate your videos.
I think I've found one little improvement, and that is after the main solo, when they play G-D-Em7-D chords, you play the Em7 as strings 4,3,2,1 open. I think it sounds fractionally better to keep your finger on the 3rd fret of the B string and play xx0030
Need to hire you for a few weeks...lol...I could learn so many so gs from you...
Man that,s as close as I think you could get to the Boston sound. Sounds great I love it. You r an awesome guitarist and teacher. I'm so glad I discovered your tutorials.keep up the great work.
Thank you, love the way you explain this and lay it out. I was a kid playing air guitar in elementary school, now in my 50s playing on a real guitar. I just recently just researched the needed pedals to get that Boston sound, sustain compressor, chorus, phaser run through a volume pedal. \m/ you rock bless you.
the one thing i appreciate the most is the youtuber putting all the info of what amp, guitar, strings, their ENTIRE setup! thanks for doing that, very rare to see that
Rockinsweetly No problem! Thing is the equipment is only a small part of a guitarists sound, it's 90% in the fingers and the head! cheers
Dude you talk all you want because you play fantastic and you are a great teacher who actually wants to teach you can tell in your approach! Thank you for all you've done I can't say thanks enough! Rock on!!
I like your teaching method, your obviously great at playing but you explain the lesson so that novice and advanced can understand. Thanks dude....
Best "how to play 'more than a feeling" video out there! Thanks man!
Simply OUTSTANDING! Never get tired of how you interpret and explain what goes on in each song. Bravo, and keep up the great work!
George Pichl Thanks a lot George! cheers
You're so sucks
You play it so well that we don't even need a tutorial!! Subscribed immediately!
I found this too be a perfect lesson for my skill level and I appreciate the time you gave it, thanks.
Gary Federico Thanks a lot Gary.
Awesome work; appreciate you sharing this!
Spot on Sir, as usual. Superbly detailed. Thank you for taking the time to share with us. Cool cars, fast girls and screamin guitars = "More Than a Feeling"! Then you get kudos from Tim Pierce. That's the icing!
You really act like you enjoy teaching guitar and I appreciate that so much .thanks
Well, what can i write... I've just finished watching your video lessons for this song and i'm totally amazed by the effort you put into this... I really feel that i cannot thank you enought for your work. The lesson is perfect, teaches us everything we need to know about playing this song and shows how great a man you are, not just a guitarist. Cheers!
HereToStay Thanks a lot! I really appreciate that because I actually did put in a LOT of time on this one! But I figure that if it's going to be floating around youtube for who knows how long I should try to be as thorough as I can. I appreciate that you appreciate that! cheers
Shutup & Play - Guitar Tutorials Haha i hope people will still come to this video even in 10 years to learn the song because you deserve it.
Great job. I learned almost this entire song by watching this video twice. Bravo!
Doug Tull Thanks Doug.
such a classic. an awesome, screaming soulful melody.
ms3bani Hey bro, yeah I've heard this song hundreds of times and I ALWAYS love the solos and fills. Awesome soaring sound. Thanks for watching.
Thanks man. You're so freakin' awesome. It's one thing to play really well. It's another thing to get things ACCURATELY!! And then, it's quite another thing to be able to TEACH THAT. You are a triple threat, and it's so great to share this way. Thank you.
Placeseveryone Hahah, triple threat, that's funny bro! I really appreciate you taking the time to leave such a kind comment! I have a really great time doing these vids and it's always nice to know that people get something out of them. Thanks for watching bud. cheers
Thank you, for this great in-depth lesson, as well as your other tutorials!
It's a great Boston tune, and I've just finished recording a cover of this, with all the required guitar parts - it sounds fantastic!
Those harmonies are well worth the effort!
Cheers & Best regards.
This is awesome. My first solo!
Thanks so much! I've been trying to learn everything by ear recently, and it's been going pretty well, but I don't even know where to begin with harmonies, so this video was a lifesaver!
Gibson Marshall You're welcome bud.
Your tone is awesome, great lesson as usual. Thanks a lot!!
Junior Serrano Thanks a lot Junior, I appreciate it bro!
You are an awesome teacher!!
Nice! I have been working this lately and like you have pointed out with no real charting on this solo at least that I can fine everything has be done by ear. If you ear isn't that great then your left with youtube! So far yours is the best version of this solo breakdown that I have found. As for tone I'm using an FM3 and get pretty good results with all of the other effects that would have been done in the studio.
Just found this today. Thanks for the great lesson....
Got the LP! gorgeous ebony, plays like a dream. Look forward to more of your lessons.
minigmac1 That's great bud. It'll last you for life! Good choice. cheers
Thank you. Amazing. I wast just looking for that
Awesome lesson! Thank you!
Elxelent Job my friend ..Congratulations!!
Dude your spot on as always.
Beautiful, thank you.
My favorite song of all time. Thanks for this!
I seriously hope you've been experiencing fabulous Karma for all your superb lessons. In the very beginning I thought, wow..but he's going to want some serious coin for the full lesson. It's one thing to be an exceptional player..but your teaching method makes it easy to comprehend the feel and dynamics as well. Thank you.
Musicmanzer Wow, thanks so much for the kind words bud! I'm glad the lessons are helping. Thanks for watching! cheers
You've obviously sat at the feet of Tom Scholz and reveled in every nuance and string bend he and Boston put into their first record. I remember when that album came out; it was late in the year, it was cold outside, and my high-school buds and myself were jammin' for all we were worth ~ with the top down in Missouri ~ in December. There's so much good-time vibe to that album and, as you've said, it's put together so remarkably well. Any chance you might shine some light on the intro guitar solo to "Long Time"?
paul schreiber Hey Paul, yeah that's a good suggestion. cheers
One.more Nice guitar class!!!
BRILLIANT! I can get one of the guitar parts perfectly with a Boss Katana amp and the Harmonist plus Delay effects. I've managed to get both parts by recording two tracks in my DAW but STILL I had to add a THIRD track in there at times. You also have to DOUBLE everything. Scholz was a genius at tastefully layering in that first album along with the amazing playing of Barry Goodreau who did 95% of the guitar work on it. He TAUGHT Scholz to play guitar because Tom's strength was Keys and being an electronics genius.
It's one of my very favorite albums of all time...my understanding according to everything I've read is that Barry G. only played guitar on "Long Time" and "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" and TS did the rest. Check this out sometime: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_(album)#Personnel also this bit of nasty business haha, but some good info: goo.gl/Cp377B
Inspiring! Waiting for my new 2014 les paul classic to arrive in the mail today (hopefully) so I can work on those great Boston songs! Thx again!
minigmac1 Cool! A new Les Paul, Boston, that's about as good as it gets!
Thank you For your lessons appreciation God Bless.
LOVE THIS
Glad you speak on the "tech" aspect of it. Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins credited Boston for his siamese dream sound. In one song Billy has over 40 guitar tracks. I remember buying the tableture book in 1994 and reading about all the guitar tracks and figured to myself I will never sound that way ever.
And Tom Scholz credits Jimmy Page and his work with Led Zeppelin as the inspiration for the dual guitar harmonies of Boston (middle section solo of "How Many More Times" in particular) and the layered guitar tracks. Of course Page had many influences as well and his own ideas and innovations. It's truly amazing how things get passed on, inspires others and taken to the next transformation.
So good! Thank you🙏
I like the feed back. just don't stop.
Slam dunk on this lesson. I was determined to get this one down. And this made it so much easier.
Though I'm still not entirely sure what you describe as "pinching". I'm new at guitar, so the terminology may escape me.
Awesome lesson though!! Feels great get this one down... well about 75% now, still working on accuracy and bending. Especially that last one...
big fan
Awesome job.
Wunderbar! ☀️👌
just awesome
OMG 1:35.... just lost my mind wow...even through the most basic speakers man that came through soooooooooooooooo crisp! you rock literally!
Wow sounds good!!! Got that sound down pat !!
joey p Thanks Joey!
Excellent teacher and guitar player! Canadian Eh!
and by the way, thank you for not burdening us with calling out each fret as if we've never touched a guitar before! it's so annoying yet very common by teachers on TH-cam.
wow, thank you so much!
OMG! You are good at that!
Thank you!
Great as usual shut up but don't stop on the chit chat its THE part I enjoy the most because you show how you get the "music" part of it. When I figure out a solo I always talk about it to my bass player and say " look how cool this lick is" etc. I feel like when you do a lesson I am sitting next a much better guitar player with a much better ear, EXPLAINING and showing me what is going on in the solo. Thanks and ps I kicked you some bucks. Worth every penny!
I'm a good player/teacher but this guy.....very very good.
Excellent lesson on how Tom Scholtz did this amazing song-I use a Golden Cello-by Mad Professor w/compression/delay thru a Marshall Class 5 Fairly Close
Thomas Morris Thanks Thomas.
Great lesson and the tone is really close to the song Boston had some good hits back in the day.
Adiktive Sounds Thanks for all your positive comments bud, I appreciate it.
No problem I call it the way I see it.
Superb Lesson!!
Thumbs Up!!
Rock on Tom Scholz!!
Thanks Bro!!
Mark Love Hey Mark, thanks so much for all your great comments man, I really appreciate you taking the time to do that. cheers bro.
Now I understand the real meaning of your channel's name, no time wasted. Great lesson for a great, classic song! Great for my new Les Paul! What's that you used in this lesson? thanks again, Sir!
This is fantastic, Spot on!. Song I have always wanted to learn and sound correct. Thanks for this outstanding video. Look forward to more video's :-) Do you take requests lol?
This is the second solo that really made me say "Yeah, I wanna play guitar" (the first being "Bohemian Rhapsody"). Any chance you could walk through "Hitch A Ride" from the same record?
hey sorry im a new subscriber so i dont know if u already did a tutorial on this but could u make a video on the stroke by billy squire?
Damn... 'I'm gonna learn this!!!
"I know I'm talking way too much, shut up and play right" Nice plug! ;)
excelente y fácil, saludos y gracias
Rafael Velasco Thanks Rafael.
Sounded damn good man. Wouldn't mind seeing a solo lesson or even a cover of Boston - Hitch a Ride!
da2ricky Thanks a lot! Good suggestion on Hitch a Ride, I really love that song and the guitar playing is so good. Thanks for watching bro.
I took my wah apart and made the pot come through the top and put a 0-10 knob on it to dial in the mid range. I also use a PowerSoak. If you have a 15 band EQ you can really come close to the sound (huge mid range) .... and if you already have a stock 1972 Marshall Super Lead thats literally everything.
Almost forgot, it definitely helps to have 1972 Marshall cab with 25w 75hz Greenbacks with the t1221 pulsonic cones.
Thanks!
minigmac1 You're welcome !
Hi, a great tutorial for a great song. THANK YOU SO MUCH !!By the way, how can you obtain the tone?? What pedals are you using ??. It sound really like Boston.Very good video of one of my all time favorite bands.Please keep on uploading videos, I'm learning to play the guitar and this is a great help.
Listen again. He tells you.
Very nice lessons. Great guitar work. What strings do you use?
I bloody knew that nasal sound was a cocked wah pedal....THAT is the tone I love!!!
I know what Tom used for equipment, but what are you using for bridge pickup and amp/processing to get your tone? It sounds pretty spot on.
Great solo, great lesson! To me, it sounds like the second, more dramatic bend in the main solo goes up to D (root) rather than B (6th). Then if you go down to B from there, it sounds even more melodic, at least to my ear. Then again, what do I know :-)
Watching this live video of Tom playing, it definitely looks like he is sliding up to the tonic on the B string. It looks like D to me. Of course, there might be another guitar bending up to the 6th at the same time. You decide: th-cam.com/video/YOPnzvSrZd4/w-d-xo.html
Jesus God yes!!!! Billy Corgan loved Boston. If there's any Smashing Pumpkins you could cover, that would be awesome to me.
How did you get that beautiful reverb I heard in there somewhere?
Some people got some don't. good job.
Thomas Myers Hey Thomas, thanks for watching the vids and for all your positive comments bro. cheers
Are those guitars also belong played in the track in the background other guitars on the track?
Where can I purchase this guitar
Model etc or one that sounds similar ?
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Is this in standard tuning?
I probably missed it somewhere... what model Les Paul are you playing?
Great lesson! Awesome guitar!
What are you using to record your guitars? Are you using an external microphone next to your amp, "which brand", or using a DAW ? I want to start recording some tutorials but the sound quality is lousy. Thanks
gibsonplayer8 Thanks! I put an SM57 on the cabinet. I record that with Audacity and use Vegas as an editor. Hope that helps. cheers
could you do a tutorial on Bostons Hitch a ride ?
Hmmm... Fascinating
Would you ever consider covering Boston's 'Don't Look Back' ?- (as you know) there's a lot of riffing and guitar parts int that song.
***** Great song! My list is getting pretty long! but that's a possibility for sure. Hope all is well with you bud. cheers
+Shutup & Play - Guitar Tutorials I second that emotion. Highly under rated in classic rock. Don't Look Back is in my opinion what the first album (as great as it is) was trying to be. Seems Sholz perfected what he started.