In amongst the rest of one's guitar journey; it's taken nearly 3 years of coming back and digesting just a phrase at a time, to get this down completely, with some fluency. Well worth it cos it's such a great arrangement.
Hi Eric. Your videos have been the best thing to happen to my guitar playing in ages. As someone who's been watching video lessons on TH-cam for years and years now, you're doing something pretty unique and interesting. I'm kind of glad that it took me a while to discover your channel because there is just that much more to dig through. Thank you!
Dude thanks so much Jonathan! I love the idea of combining elements of one players' style with a different backdrop - it highlights what's cool about the song, what's cool about the player, and it's just so dang fun to work on!
Tab purchased and yet again, I find myself shaking my head in wonder at how you find these beautiful licks and phrasing in basic pentatonic shapes. Great soulful lesson, you da man Eric!
Very tasteful... I'm starting to see beyond the first position which has been a crutch for me forever, so I loved what you did here... I will remember that 9th. Thanks Eric! Good tone too!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Yeah, it's been a help jamming with some friends lately... I have had 1st position under my fingers for a while, and had worked in 2nd... now I'm trying to get 5th, and I was picking it out mentally while you were playing... so it's just a matter of time! Thanks and have a great weekend!
Really, it's tremendously helpful in giving me something to sit down and practice to really sharpen these skills. I've learned that practice is almost everything and these videos are really, really great for it and I've shared them with many friends.@@EricHaugenGuitar
First time I watched this... "Holy heck, I'll never be able to play this!" A few hours (and many views!) later... "I got this!" Thanks, Eric, for unlocking licks that I didn't even know I had in me :)
@@EricHaugenGuitar It's obvious there's still plenty of work to do, but I couldn't help myself from sharing my progress: th-cam.com/video/x6_c_-etoY0/w-d-xo.html
Thanks Christian! That "Towers" overdrive pedal I'm using has got a real distinct character - growly, fat, and versatile. I;m using it with the gain all the way down - I gotta do some vids where I turn it up a bit more !
Thanks Alvaro! It's all about connecting chords + fills into one fluid movement. Seems simple enough, but takes a lifetime to master - I still work on it everyday!
Dude thanks so much Cody! It's so much fun to Hendrix-fy things! There is literally not a song in existence that wouldn't sound cool with Jimi playing it :-)
A Great Jimi lesson Eric, hoping you can still teach how to play the "tattler" Ry Cooder, the correct way. It's almost Hendrix in places with double stops, sounds like a capo at the 3rd fret, played in D pitch wise. Ry cooder is apparently the godfather of open tunings for keef's open g and open e repertoire.. cheers
Awesome as always. Lots of building blocks to learn! Thanks. My 2¢ on Jimi, maybe this fits with your perception...when I was learning to recognize basic blues moves in solos, a couple times I heard something specific to Jimi, where he'd play one move that ran right into another, *but* the last 2-3 notes of the first were the first 2-3 notes of the second! I thought he was finishing a phrase I heard before, but he was way ahead of that and on to the next. Literally mind-expanding, for me. And no, forgive me, I don't have an example handy YET but I thought it was worth mentioning. I won't rest until I find it...
I love this idea! I think in poetry they call it "enjambment" - where you think one line is over but it's really the beginning of the next. You hear Dylan do it a good bit which makes sense that Hendrix did it with guitar, as he was such a Dylan fan! I'm gonna play around with it!
Hello Eric! What do you think about scale length differences between that Mustang and a Strat for example? Can it be neglected or it can get in your way playing certain things?
Some things are easier, and some things get too crowded on a short scale guitar. Some chords are actually harder to play because of the small-ness, and playing up high on the neck can be difficult. Frets 3 -10 are sooooo comfortable though!
Jaguars are wicked cool! One thing - they're very very bright guitars. They have a unique tone control that sets the default tone high endy. Most Fenders have tone knobs that are set at 250K, Jaguars have 1000K - makes them not so great with overdrive pedals.
Great tone!!! Eric, listen to the song "Um girassol da cor de seu cabelo" by Lô Borges (he's one of the best musicians of popular music here in Brazil), maybe you can do a beautiful arrangement based on that song.
I’d love to hear your take on this with an acoustic, as if if Bill himself took a very cool, minimalist lead break with as much taste as his guitar accompaniment.
Fucking hell this was so tasty I felt like I had a full meal!! That pre-bend at 0:37 Sounds just like the trippy solo section of ted Nugent stranglehold and it's one of the coolest tones ever to me. Great work on this lesson
@@EricHaugenGuitar Actually it took me until you said it to realize your were not using a strat... nice tone though! Springy sound some times gets on the way but I think taking advantage of those nuisances is what makes Hendrix style so unique. On this song however, those nuisances can really get on the way of mellowness.
CooLHope I can get it not very good close up on what u are doing Slower for a newbie could help but I will get it Tks Man Love the jet plan interruption FUNNY 😀
Yeah this one's kinda fancy! I've got some more straightforward examples of this technique on this playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLnWUjmH5ZikGi3L1E9p0Y-m9iu_BkfTsz.html
In amongst the rest of one's guitar journey; it's taken nearly 3 years of coming back and digesting just a phrase at a time, to get this down completely, with some fluency. Well worth it cos it's such a great arrangement.
Your take and performance of this tune is what hooked me onto your channel.
Hi Eric. Your videos have been the best thing to happen to my guitar playing in ages. As someone who's been watching video lessons on TH-cam for years and years now, you're doing something pretty unique and interesting. I'm kind of glad that it took me a while to discover your channel because there is just that much more to dig through. Thank you!
Dude thanks so much Jonathan!
I love the idea of combining elements of one players' style with a different backdrop - it highlights what's cool about the song, what's cool about the player, and it's just so dang fun to work on!
Tab purchased and yet again, I find myself shaking my head in wonder at how you find these beautiful licks and phrasing in basic pentatonic shapes. Great soulful lesson, you da man Eric!
Thanks Gareth!
For me, it's all about doing the most possible cool stuff with shapes and structures we already know!
Da mannnnnnnnn
I'm learning exactly what your telling me, I'm using the ideas and concepts you are giving to help me make my own solo, THANK YOU!!
That' what i love to hear!
Make your own music - yes!!
Another great lesson, Eric! These guitar fills are tasty!
Great lines man. Thanks for the tips.
Bill and Jimi would be proud of you!
Thanks so much Tom!
That's a nice thought - that those fellas would approve of this mashup idea :-)
Eric that was simply awesome. Thank you for puting up a new hendrix inspired video! Was really starting to miss jamming with you!
Thanks man! Hopefully this one will keep you busy until the next Hendrix exploration 👨🔧
You my friend are ridiculously talented both as a player, composer and as an instructor. Thanks for posting this.
Kevin
Aw shucks thanks so much Kevin! Really man, I appreciate it!
Wow - what an amazing rendition! Thank you.
Hopefully I can learn this! Sounds amazing
Really like your take on this tune
Thanks Duane!
Eric, i've been watching your music theory video's for a couple of weeks and now i came across this video. You're a beast! 👌
Thanks Arno!
It's my mission in life to make all y'all into into whatever "beast" from lives inside you!
Love the Hendrix moves as always. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Mark!
Eric - you're the man! I needed a new lesson to work on, and this is right up my alley!
Thanks Alex!
This is such a classic tune, and approaching it from a Hendrix viewpoint makes it so fun to work on!
Amazing lesson Eric like always.
Very tasteful... I'm starting to see beyond the first position which has been a crutch for me forever, so I loved what you did here... I will remember that 9th. Thanks Eric! Good tone too!
Yeah! It starts with getting comfy with the boxes on either side of position 1 - from there it's not so tough to add the other 2, and viola!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Yeah, it's been a help jamming with some friends lately... I have had 1st position under my fingers for a while, and had worked in 2nd... now I'm trying to get 5th, and I was picking it out mentally while you were playing... so it's just a matter of time! Thanks and have a great weekend!
Gorgeous tune Eric beautiful playing hun as always simply the best x💕
Thanks Leanne!
Ya gotta love some classic Bill Withers!
Funny, last week all I practiced was your Hendrix chord-thing from April 2017 and this week all I'm practicing is THIS. Thanks for all this.
April must be Hendrix month! :-)
It always makes me happy to hear people get so much out of my ideas!
Really, it's tremendously helpful in giving me something to sit down and practice to really sharpen these skills. I've learned that practice is almost everything and these videos are really, really great for it and I've shared them with many friends.@@EricHaugenGuitar
Yay!
Yeah I think one of the great things about this style is that it's so fun to work on! Not a chore at all :-)
That's super, super cool. Lovely mix of repertoire and theory as ever.
Thanks David!
I LOVE bill withers - plus his band has such a great laid back groove. Deeeeeeep pockets!
my favorite song with my favorite teacher
First time I watched this... "Holy heck, I'll never be able to play this!" A few hours (and many views!) later... "I got this!" Thanks, Eric, for unlocking licks that I didn't even know I had in me :)
Awesome!
Yeah, those Hendrix flurry lead lines aren't easy!
I work on them everyday and always find new ways to use them :-)
@@EricHaugenGuitar Yeah, those flurries are gonna take quite a bit of work to weave in seamlessly. Thanks again for the great lesson!
@@EricHaugenGuitar It's obvious there's still plenty of work to do, but I couldn't help myself from sharing my progress: th-cam.com/video/x6_c_-etoY0/w-d-xo.html
Love this song and love the lesson thanks
Awesome lesson, thanks Eric.
Thanks man!
There's quite a few good ideas to experiment with in here - plus, that main verse part is sooooo fun to play!
Airhawks flying over Eric's house! Super interesting sthff, as always.
Thanks Severin!
There's always wacky stuff goin' on here in Pittsboro :-)
Thank you Eric. That was great.
Thanks Jeff!
R.I.P. Bill Withers 🙌🙌🙌
Still the best guitar lessons on youtube. Love this one again!
Dude thanks Lucky!
I love Bill & Jimi - once I realized I could put them together it was like boom! So fun to work out!
Beautiful. Thank you!
My pleasure!
Amazing tone, Eric. So thick and rich. Just beautiful.
Thanks Christian!
That "Towers" overdrive pedal I'm using has got a real distinct character - growly, fat, and versatile. I;m using it with the gain all the way down - I gotta do some vids where I turn it up a bit more !
The most inspiring lessons!
Thanks Xavi!
Straight to the top of the to-do list!
Yeah! It’s a really fun one to practice!
OHHH SNAPPPP THIS IS PERFECT 🔥 🔥
Thanks for teaching and sharing! It’s really inspiring 🙌😎
It's my pleasure, Ashton!
Putting Hendrix-y fills on non-Hendrix songs is one of my favorite things to practice!
I love your lessons about hendrix licks and double stops. I love how it's sound, I subscribed to your channel. thank you very much!!
Thanks Pablo!
Welcome to my chill and useful guitar hang zone!
Your work as always magnificent!
As always, thanks so much man!
Killer tone and such an amazing arrangement!
Thanks so much Eddie!
Sir, wow, and thank you, and wow again. I appreciate these videos, your input and this style guitar playing. Thank you again, good sir.
Thanks Alvaro!
It's all about connecting chords + fills into one fluid movement. Seems simple enough, but takes a lifetime to master - I still work on it everyday!
Damn good. Stunning guitar skills Eric. Sounds worldclass. Greetings, Jimmy
Thanks Jimmy!
Bloody brilliant!
Thanks so much Sam!
I really tried to cram as many little tips and tricks as possible into this little arrangement :-)
Incredible
Thanks so much Liam!
I love Bill Withers; I love Hendrix. Put the two together and WOW! Fun stuff.
Great ! Eric you're were inspired !!
Bill Withers sounds good like this too, weldone !
Thanks Howard!
Man, what I'd give to see the real Hendrix play with Bill Withers!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Oh yes !!! What a classy duet that could have been !!
SWEET! Thanks for sharing Eric.
Thanks Dave!
I love “Still Bill” - such a great laid back funk soul record
going to learn this now! Thanks for the lesson
It's my pleasure, Reuben!
There's tons of fun ideas to play around with in here - Hendrix was the man!
Dig the tuneful deliciousness, and the blue suede kicks! You are a tasty player Sir! Digging your Country Blues Soul rendition selections.
Thanks so much, man!
The shoes are a very important element of my tone :-)
@@EricHaugenGuitar
There is a lot of debate about the reality of electric guitar tone wood, but I think we can all agree that tone suede is genuine!
Yeah! It's very important that the rubber soul is the right density - it makes the pedals work better :-)
Best lessons on youtube
Dude thanks so much Cody!
It's so much fun to Hendrix-fy things! There is literally not a song in existence that wouldn't sound cool with Jimi playing it :-)
Brilliant!👌
thanks for the lesson!
It's my pleasure Daniel! Have fun working on it!
Love it, nice feeling there....
Thanks John!
We need you to cover and put up the whole song bro.... very cool
Love it Eric thanks buddy
Thanks man - it’s a fun one to play around with! That man melody is so hypnotic and soulful
@@EricHaugenGuitar Yep for sure cheers
Lovely stuff my dude!
The dude abides!
Thanks man 🍻
@@EricHaugenGuitar We need a Blixalicks series
I'm actually working on a diminished/birthday party-ish thing right now!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Awesome!
Please upload a cover so I can listen on repeat this is amazing
Thanks man!
I actually working on an album right now! Originals tho - maybe I'll do a covers one next!
Super tasty Eric, as always
Dude thanks Karl!
It's so fun to play - that first verse makes for a great warmup!
Excellent video.. You have the coolest damn guitars! Thanks for sharing your talent with us!
Thanks Christopher! That’s my trusty old mustang - I’ve had it since high school!
@@EricHaugenGuitar yeah that natural wood finish is amazing too..love the tone.
Damn dude that into was awesome.
Thanks man! I’d like to imagine that’s how Jimi and Bill could be jamming in the afterlife 🧖🏾♂️
You are so damn good
Thanks so much Asher!
Tasty playing.
Thanks Matt!
Eric Haugen no, thank you for taking the time to make these great videos 👊
It's a cycle of guitar fun! I get tons of validation from all you nice folks out there, and you guys get some cool licks to practice :-)
One of my Favorite Toons
Yeah! Bill Withers is so great!
A Great Jimi lesson Eric, hoping you can still teach how to play the "tattler" Ry Cooder, the correct way. It's almost Hendrix in places with double stops, sounds like a capo at the 3rd fret, played in D pitch wise. Ry cooder is apparently the godfather of open tunings for keef's open g and open e repertoire.. cheers
Oh yeah! It's still on my list!
Cool..thankyou Eric. cheers
perfect feeling !!!
Thanks as always!
I was really happy with the tone I got on this one - fat, and swirly.
I like your fireplace
Thanks Seymour!
We live in a 1949 farmhouse in Pittsboro NC - it's got tons of character!
@@EricHaugenGuitar 1949 in USA , that's the equivalent of about 1732 here in the UK 👍
Cool man!
Thanks Wilfredo!
Awesome as always. Lots of building blocks to learn! Thanks.
My 2¢ on Jimi, maybe this fits with your perception...when I was learning to recognize basic blues moves in solos, a couple times I heard something specific to Jimi, where he'd play one move that ran right into another, *but* the last 2-3 notes of the first were the first 2-3 notes of the second! I thought he was finishing a phrase I heard before, but he was way ahead of that and on to the next. Literally mind-expanding, for me. And no, forgive me, I don't have an example handy YET but I thought it was worth mentioning. I won't rest until I find it...
I love this idea! I think in poetry they call it "enjambment" - where you think one line is over but it's really the beginning of the next. You hear Dylan do it a good bit which makes sense that Hendrix did it with guitar, as he was such a Dylan fan!
I'm gonna play around with it!
Damn...ur so talented ❤
Hello Eric! What do you think about scale length differences between that Mustang and a Strat for example? Can it be neglected or it can get in your way playing certain things?
Some things are easier, and some things get too crowded on a short scale guitar.
Some chords are actually harder to play because of the small-ness, and playing up high on the neck can be difficult.
Frets 3 -10 are sooooo comfortable though!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Thanks! Friend is thinking of buying a Jaguar so I will forward this info to him :)
Jaguars are wicked cool!
One thing - they're very very bright guitars. They have a unique tone control that sets the default tone high endy.
Most Fenders have tone knobs that are set at 250K, Jaguars have 1000K - makes them not so great with overdrive pedals.
this is too packed with sauce is dripping all ovber my lap
hahahahaha thanks man!
Jimi's rhytm in his licks is unique indeed! Could you maybe do a lesson on this? It's a relatively underrated concept.
Good idea! That’s such a tricky thing to explore and he did it so naturally! Brian May too - I can never get his rhythms right!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Looking forward to that lesson! ;)
So huge !!!
Thanks Romain!
Yet again. So tasty and a favorite song too. Must learn ... MUST LEARN!!!
Thanks Phillip!
That verse is really fun to work on - you’ll see!
Can this be played on slide? obviously not identical to what you have here but just curious I really like your lesson on Angel from Montgomery
oooh good idea!
killer shit man
Dude Thanks Olaf!
Great tone!!! Eric, listen to the song "Um girassol da cor de seu cabelo" by Lô Borges (he's one of the best musicians of popular music here in Brazil), maybe you can do a beautiful arrangement based on that song.
Classic!
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll check him out!
great stuff,i will support you.do you take requests? many thanks
Yay! Thanks man!
And yup, I keep a list of the good ideas that people come up with!
I definitely heard some Electric Gypsy in there. Great lesson and tone as always Eric. Bravo!
Thanks Robert!
I really enjoyed putting this one together. Well heck, I really enjoy all these guitar workouts i create! It’s how I meditate
Do the John Mayer cover! :D
good idea!
Pittsboro! Heck ya. Who's going to Shikori Hills in 3 weeks?
My buddy's Blue Cactus are gonna be playing there!
Maybe I'll pull some strings and see if they need me to play some pedal steel with them :-)
Thank you so much for this lesson. Wish I could buy you some beers, maybe I will indirectly :~)
Cheers Ross! 🍻
I’m glad you dig the vid, man!
Another big over bend is at the start of Claptons solo in Strange Brew.
Gosh.... BAMM!
❤️
Thanks Ayushi!
I’d love to hear your take on this with an acoustic, as if if Bill himself took a very cool, minimalist lead break with as much taste as his guitar accompaniment.
This was a sweet arrangement. But John Mayers from a few years back has to be the king of covers for that tune
Fucking hell this was so tasty I felt like I had a full meal!! That pre-bend at 0:37 Sounds just like the trippy solo section of ted Nugent stranglehold and it's one of the coolest tones ever to me. Great work on this lesson
Ooooo octaves galore! wes montgomery smiling
Dude totally!
Wes is absolutely my fave jazz guitar player!
@@EricHaugenGuitar and another piece of the puzzle fits lol ya hes great man
RIP bill withers. Here for tribute ideas
Yeah - "Still Bill" is one of my all time faves. His band! So funky, so minimal! The perfect complement to his songs!
Wait is that hendrix on a mustang?
Sure why not! The pickups are the same as a strat, just with much less sustain and no chirpy/springy sound :-)
@@EricHaugenGuitar Actually it took me until you said it to realize your were not using a strat... nice tone though! Springy sound some times gets on the way but I think taking advantage of those nuisances is what makes Hendrix style so unique. On this song however, those nuisances can really get on the way of mellowness.
This reminds me of John Mayer's rendition
My college buddy!
We were at Berklee the same years. Saw him around - funny dude
@@EricHaugenGuitar That explains the Eric Haugen vibes I've been hearing in his playing lately!
ha ha ha that dude plays circles around me!
Do you know about the Randy Hansen Band? I swear, its the closest to Jimi i have EVER heard.
Just googled him - now I’m really curious!
Have you heard of eric gales?
4:56
0:10
You are so cool and adorable 👍
Aww shucks thanks Sue!
I'm basically a guitar Hobbit 🧙🏻♂️
CooLHope I can get it not very good close up on what u are doing Slower for a newbie could help but I will get it Tks Man Love the jet plan interruption FUNNY 😀
Yeah this one's kinda fancy! I've got some more straightforward examples of this technique on this playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLnWUjmH5ZikGi3L1E9p0Y-m9iu_BkfTsz.html
No video today? How rude! :P
Soon! I’ve been posting my new vids at 12:00EST Friday’s lately 😎
Tasty
Thanks Adam!
Was hard for me to see my screen after my face was melted in the beginning
ha ha ha I LOVE this!
Thanks man! You crack me up!
How do you turn a duck into a soul singer?
Put him in the oven until his Bill Withers.
HAHAHAHA good one!