Eric Johnson's 'Violin' Tone
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- #EricJohnson#Violin#Tone Hey folks today I'm showing you the Three pedals I use to get in the vicinity of the classic Eric Johnson 'Violin' Tone you hear him using on all his hit instrumentals like Cliffs of Dover,Zap,Righteous and Stratagem to name a few. I hope you dig it and thanks for watching! Chris🎸
It’s not fair man! the secret is in the haircut ala Eric Johnson 🔥🤘🏾
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he also use a 9v Jamaican battery. It's brings out the tone
Yes, the middle-aged lesbian haircut!
Just came across this video today, impressive playing and tone, very close with some bargain pedals! 👏🏻
Thanks alot! My latest Video is a part 2 of this with some different pedals, definitely check it out and thanks for the feedback Jamie! 👊
Thank you Christopher for your insight. I purchased a Boss SD-1 and Zoom MS-50g in hopes of capturing the distinctive E.J. sound you are getting. It works perfect and well worth the small investment. Just too add a little something about the Zoom. It is important to select Combo or Stack Front to replace the default LINE setting on the Marshall Model. As soon as I made that 1 adjustment on the Zoom, the E.J. sound came to life. WOW
Fantastic I'm glad I was a part of your journey towards E.J.'s tone! Happy Playing my friend!
I too am very impressed by Chris's sound. I bought the same gear but so far haven't had the success I was hoping for. It's one of those, "I can see it from here but I ain't quite there yet" situations. I must go back and revisit and check up on your Combo & Stack suggestions!
thank you for your very helpfull information . it helps a lot to get these nice tone
without bursting the bank . great
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Love the tone and the vid. But you NEED a Noise Suppressor. That background noise is crazy. Cheers.
Thanks very much! Yea the noise is coming from a Boss RC-2 loop station I didn't notice it until later. Check out my new Eric Johnson Videos with better audio and minus the annoying sound 👊🙂
Hi Chris,
been checking out various pedals for playing EJ's stuff....no joy as yet...until the tone knob MOD..
thanks......and great demos....👍
Hey Paul thanks A lot! Yeah the tone control mod is where it's at for the E.J. tone! 👊😊🎸
I myself think the TONE is more of the Range of a Viola, the violin's bigger brother, for most of it especially in the 9th fret to 15 fret range, but that is of course thru these Computer sound Altec Lansing speakers. NICE WAY to dial that in, the TONE control wiring is a big plus, i never did that on the Strats I used to own. I do not have one currently. GOOD JOB.
Thank you very much! :-)
When you play fast do you hold your plectrum with the tip of your thumb, or just at the middle joint of the thumb, sorry if im questioning. I have learned alot from Mark Knoplers playstyle, but how does EJ hold the plectrum? Nice video by the way. You are by far the best instructor on youtube that teaches EJs playstyle.
Thank you very much Erik. I hold the pick almost center of the tip of the thumb and thumb joint and I when I'm playing fast lines I don't hold it very hard I let it have a little flex.The Jim Dunlop Jazziii xl is the pick I use it works really well for the E.J. style.😊
Thanks man, helped a lot.👍
Hey that's really cool. Great info to get that E.J. tone. Nice playing too. Rock on. bye for now.
Thank you very much
Really fantastic skills and informative rundown - thank you.
Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Seriously??? Less than an hour ago, I spent $319 on a Chandler Tube Driver from Reverb! Dammit! I really wish I had seen this beforehand! Impressive bargain tone and playing!
Aww man! The Chandler is an amazing unit though I had one and let it go but I should have kept it. 👊
Did you keep the Chandler? I’ve had one forever but it doesn’t fit on a pedalboard so it gathers dust at home (tear)
Sounds really nice! Inspiring! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! 👊🙂
DUDE! FANTASTIC!!!!
i love your tone. Fantastic. Thanks for showing us.
Thank you very much.
Outstanding!
Spot on!
I appreciate it! 😊
Very KewL My Man!...Dig Your Style and Teachings...God Bless
Thank you!
Great playing, i think ultimately that makes the differens. Its not the lead tone from austin but kinda that inbetween rythm tone
Thanks I appreciate it and I totally agree with you I've always thought of his in between tone as a signature sound that often gets overlooked and one he uses quite a bit more than the violin tone. And he's even said in interviews that he lost some of that tone when he sold his 54 Strat he played on Austin City Limits. So possibly that particular guitar was a major ingredient in his original signature violin tone I don't know,but it's definitely got a lot to do with his playing approach for sure. Thanks again for the comment and for watching. 😊🎸
Wow that's dead on!! How do you deal with buzz with your pickups when they're not running in pairs? (Like neck and middle at the same time)
Thanks a lot! Yeah that's always an issue with single coils but sometimes I use a noise gate to try and remedy the noise. But they're just naturally noisey. I have the tone control wired to the bridge pickup and I roll it back some and that helps alot.👊
so the zoom ms-50 with amp model is fed into the SD-1? This tone sounds great, I was just surprised by the pedal order.
Exactly,this isn't the order you typically would use I know but it gives you the sound for some reason.
Great job. Are you using the default Marshall 1959 setting from the Zoom MS-50G?
Thanks very much! Yes exactly it's the default Marshall 1959 setting with the gain rolled back a bit.
Thank you. Great sound and playing
Thank you for this.planning to use the crunch channel of the boss sd2 dual overdrive
Really great tone and playing , im curious about your guitar and pickups in particular , is this a custom shop guitar and pickups ,, im having a hard time getting a good sound out of a single coil bridge pick up ,, Please help and thanks for the tone knob explanation .
Hey thanks Charles! The Strat I'm playing is actually a mongrel I put together out of an old body and a neck from another guitar and the pickups are some generic 50s alnico v's and the only mod is I wired the tone control to the bridge pickup. Another thing I'm doing is rolling the highs back a good bit on the amp as well to eliminate the fizzy brittleness you normally get from a single coil. That varys from amp to amp. My best advice is keep the highs down and jack the mids up for the E.J. vibe and that will put you in the neighborhood of the violin type tone. Keep on experimenting and you'll get it.👊🙂
@@r.christopherfowler2088 Awesome , Thanks man ✌
Hi Christopher. Is the Boss SD-1 a big part of the Violin Tone? Or is more the Zoom Marshall sound? Or both? Thanks
Its actually a combination of both. The the Marshall Zoom tone is the primary amp sound and the Boss SD-1 adds the warmth too it. If you use the Marshall tone by itself its a much brighter tone but the SD-1 seems to roll the highs back into the vicinity of E.J.s sound.😊
@@r.christopherfowler2088 Thank you for your insight to EJ's tone. It's great and so is your playing
@@mrrichardmedel You're most welcome and thanks very much! 😊
The violin tone is much simpler than people think. It is a tube screamer into a fuzz face . The order is paramount. Tube screamer volume high gain low. Fuzz face fuzz about half way volume as much as it needs. Guitar volume always on max.👍
Wow you got it
I’m curious as to why you used the boost dla for tape echo when the zoom has a decent tape echo. Maybe it’s because of the signal chain and having a delay go into an overdrive wouldn’t sound right.
Is the Marshall 59’ amp simulation the ‘only’ thing you have going on in the Zoom’s signal chain?...no 6 band eq or other effects?
I’ve newly acquired the zoom and it’s a really handy pedal to have... although I’m not sure how much I like the overdrives/distortions.
I think you certainly nailed EJ’s tone... and his phrasing. It’s a pleasure to hear you play.
Hey thanks! Really any delau pedal will work I just like how the tech 21 sounds and it does add a little something by being in that part of the signal chain and the 59 Marshall SIM is just as I described and the eq settings are factory default I don't alter them at all. Thank you for watching Andrew I appreciate the comment! 👊😊🎸
@@r.christopherfowler2088 Thanks so much for the reply. I’ll have to play around... I’m at the beginning of building an individual pedal board despite playing for over 30 years now. (Usually used only multi-effects units). Much appreciated!
@@AndrewGonzalesArtistry 👊😊🎸
Awesome sound, you nailed it. Did you tried with a bk butler tube driver instead of the ds1?
Thank you I appreciate it! I don't own a bk butler tube driver but I've played through one before and they are amazing (•‿•)
@@r.christopherfowler2088 Thanks for your answer :)
Hi Chris, great video! You have one of the best EJ tones I have personally heard, on here. You've really nailed it :D You're running all 3 pedals straight infront of the amp right? Also, are you able to tell me what the settings are within the Marshall 1959 amp sim? :) There seems to be 3 pages of settings.
Thank you Ren I really appreciate it! And yes all three pedals are in front and my amp is always set to clean. And my settings on the Marshall SIM is from left to right 11:00 o'clock,8:00 o'clock and the drive setting can vary I generally have it anywhere between 12 or 1 o'clock depending on how loud I have the amp volume. 👊😊🎸
@@r.christopherfowler2088 Thanks for replying, Chris :D Thank you for taking the time to share that. Keep doing what you’re doing! You’re very inspiring.😁👍🏼🤘🏼
@@guitarkid2k6 you're very welcome Ren! All the best to you and happy playing.😊🎸
This is pretty damn good! Dunno if it's exactly what EJ uses but very good regardless. Presumably the lack of bottom end there is either the mic that's being used to record the audio of the whole video or that a very small amp is being used . . ?
Thanks a lot! This video was geared toward helping people get close to E.J.'s Tone at Nominal Practice Volume but my Live settings are much louder👊😊
@@r.christopherfowler2088 Thanks for the prompt reply Chris!
My question wasn't so much about how loud you might be but rather, how HARD you're driving your amp. Whether it be a 5 watt amp or a 200watt Marshall Major! So I'm wondering what your amp might have sounded like (in this video) without any pedals on at all . . ? I'm betting that between the Zoom guy and the SD1, there's quite a bit of gain going on, that with an already gained up amp, might be overkill . . ?
@@walthompson8210 Oh I got you,no my amp is always super clean before it hit the pedals on whatever amp I'm using
@@r.christopherfowler2088 - thanks Chris. Good to know! I could always tweak the gains on stuff and hopefully end up at that rather cool sound you're getting there.
I'm familiar with what the Boss pedals (and the delay is delay be it what YOU have or Strymon or Belle Epoch) do so I'm guessing that Zoom pedal plays a significant role. So I'm keen (as McCormick's mustard) to get hold of the latter and give this sound a whirl!
Cheers and greetings from Sydney, Australia, wherever you might be in the US . . . (I presume?)
@@walthompson8210 most welcome my friend! And yes the strymon is a great delay for that echoplex sound actually E.J. is using a Boss DD2 a lot lately for his delay. Have a great day in the Land down under Wal!👊😊🎸
I wish he used a stock strat not something he rewired. Then I could tell how close I get get with these petals.
All I did was wire the tone control to the bridge pickup everything else is stock,so all you need to do is roll the highs back on your amp and you'll get the same results. 👊
can you talk more on how he gets that amazing delay sound?
I'll be covering that soon!
2 delay pedals, he once used a boss dd2 and a deluxe memory man, he has also used echoplexes, or the belle epoch tape sim pedal, but he uses 2 most of the time.
Tried the 3 pedals, and no dice
Don't give up keep experimenting! 👊😊
Christopher: I'm someone that runs their amps pretty close to break-up then likes to kick in a pedal to push things over the edge a little. How hard is YOUR amp running before yoU turn on these pedals to get a pretty cool EJ thang hapnin'?
Same here I just have it at lower volumes for the video👊😊
I think you might need a compressor pedal to get rid of that high pitch squeel
Hey thanks man it's actually a loop station pedal causing it and I forgot to take it out of the pedal chain and I realized it after the video posted.
@@r.christopherfowler2088 I see. You sound really good either way. Your setup seems the closest of EJ’s style of playing and sound I’ve seen on TH-cam so far.
I want to have something similar at home so I’m fishing for info
@@andrewhanson9251 👊😊
What is the blue pedal ?
I've ever seen that .
One is a Boss Blues Driver and the one with the Hostess decal is a Tech-21 Boost Delay.
Hi Christopher. Have you ever tried an Xotic Sl in place of the Zoom? Your Zoom sounds great but I have an Xotic SL.
Hostess Ding Dongs.
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Which capacitor do you use on the tone knob? I'm assuming it's a 250K pot, right?
Yes exactly 250k I forgot to mention that in the video,thanks for mentioning that to me. 😊
Oh I can't remember which capacitor I have in that particular Strat but I will check and let you know.
The .022uf capacitor is what I put in the Red Strat
@@r.christopherfowler2088 Thanks a lot... That's rather surprising -- people generally say that you need a 0.1uf to get the Eric Tone, and you are nailing it with a .022uf... I see your tone is almost off, right? Like, 2, or something. One more question if you'll indulge me: do you get a good EJ tone out of the neck pickup as well, or only the bridge? Thanks a lot, again!
Sorry for the late reply bro but thanks a million and yes the tone is around 2. And as far as the neck pup goes I'm getting a fairly descent e.j tone out of it but I'm planning to do some out of phase wiring on it at some point like the Virginia Strat so we'll see how it goes with that situation. Thanks again man have a great One. 👊
I thought my ears were ringing
Its a Loop Station I forgot to take out of my pedal chain
Thought it was a mini strat for a min.
Hi Christopher. Is the Boss Sd-1 stock or modified? Thanks again
It's stock and my other pedals are non-modified as well. The only modification I have is on my guitar,I wired the tone pot to the bridge p-up so I can roll it back some. That's a mod E.J. does to his guitars because most Stratocaster aren't wired that way.
@@r.christopherfowler2088 One more. Is the bottom of your Boss SD 1 Taiwan (Silver) or Japan (Black) Label? Thank you for answering my questions.
@@mrrichardmedel it's a Taiwan (silver) model.😊
@@r.christopherfowler2088 Thank you for the quick response. I'm very impressed with your sound. Great job
@@r.christopherfowler2088 Hi Christopher. Any other changes to the Zoom 1959 settings? Presense, Treble, etc? Thanks
The Tech 21 is doing what ?
That's a Boost DLA Tech 21 Tape Delay and it has a tape flutter setting that kinda simulates the old echoplex tape machines.
What was the amp?
In this video I'm running an 80s era Peavey Bandit on the Clean Channel.
Guitar into Boss into Zoom into amp ?
That's right 👊
Do you teach via Zoom or Skype?
As of now I don't but I'm thinking about that for the near future.👊😊
Honestly I think alot of it was your playing lol
It definitely does play a role Bryan and I would never claim the ability to play like E.J. lol. I think it has to do with his note choices being very unique among all the other players. I saw a video of him playing on a solid state fender practice amp and he still sounded like he always does. But at the core of his tone he always roles the highs back on the bridge pickup to get his signature "violin" type sound. Chris 👊😊🎸
@@r.christopherfowler2088 Yeah I did roll back my tone also and it got pretty close playing some b minor pentatonic stuff.
@@bryanlettow4389 very cool that'll get you in the neighborhood of E.J.'s sound. 👍
There's an annoying high pitch sound coming from your video
Ok so everyone will know,the high pitch sound is coming from my Boss RC-2 Loop Station. I know it's very annoying but I didn't discover it until after the fact. Sorry "bout that thanks for watching anyway. Chris
@@r.christopherfowler2088 why does it have a high pitched sound?