This is a testament to how good Derek's ear is. Even after the tune up his guitar is fucked and out of town after they start the up beat song. You can hear in the opening riff his open strings are very flat. He adjusts how he normally plays the verses by playing up an octave and adjusts his slide so that he is in better pitch. It harkens back to what he said about slide: more about the ear than anything else
This is a testament to how good Derek's ear is. Even after the tune up his guitar is fucked and out of town after they start the up beat song. You can hear in the opening riff his open strings are very flat. He adjusts how he normally plays the verses by playing up an octave and adjusts his slide so that he is in better pitch. It harkens back to what he said about slide: more about the ear than anything else
a total master
Watch that boy play :-)
The way he adapts to how horribly that guitar is staying in tune is remarkable