This is the channel I've always wanted! Michael Landau, Dann Huff, and Steve Lukather are three of my top 5 favorite players! So excited to learn this stuff. Thank you for your work Richard! I'm inspired!
Glad I found you. Dann is one of my fave players. You hit on something that I always thought was happening, because if you are alt picking (as you pointed out) you have some problematic issues that are caused by the nature of the instrument. The thing is, Dann's left hand technique, precision, dexterity, and finger strength are really second to none. And I do mean, "second to none." He is SO good with his left hand that it comes out sounding like everything is picked! No one (Vai, Satriani, Gilbert, etc.) has that kind of left hand ability in that way. Granted, the aforementioned are better than Dann in other ways, but not in the subject spoken of here.
I’ve watched the right hand of a lot of guitarists doing speedy runs and their right hand didn’t always match the speed of the notes in terms of alternating picking. Thanks for doing the work to figure this out. I wish I would have seen this 4 years ago!
@@RichardWatson now that I know you are doing this, I will check you out more. I subscribed. They didn't have this stuff when I was learning. We had to ruin albums picking up the needle. Lol!
This was a really great lesson, those fast explosive runs of Dans' are one of my favourite things about his playing. I've realised the thing you're pointing out here was staring me in the face when I was playing some of his parts, like the intro to Time to Burn and the end of I'm a Believer where he's using the principle you cover here - great stuff! really made sense to me and gives me something too really practice This series on session players sounds great. I do hope you're including the late great Alan Murphy. i think one of this nations finest ever players, and what about some Steve Farris?, someone your old mentor was a friend of.
Thanks Tony! I'm glad you found it useful. Absolutely- Alan Murphy is definitely on my list (as are a few other English players) for the future. Steve Farris would be a great one too- he's someone I haven't spent enough time listening to but remember Mike talking about him a lot. That's my homework for this week sorted then!
@@RichardWatson Great! If you have an email address I can send you some Farris stuff Ive compiled over the years, along with some great lesser known Al Murphy stuff
@@RichardWatson Hey Richard have you heared some of those isolated Dann Huff tracks floating about on youtube? i think there's a Peter Cetera one, Michael Jackson one and a Belinda Carlisle one i think.... Just to think all those years ago when those songs were in the pop charts many people didn't hear all those amazing parts going on, but with the isolated tracks it blows your mind how good those parts are! :-)
@@RichardWatson are they like private videos on TH-cam so not everyone can see them? Which song by Belinda Carlisle is he playing? :) superb lesson btw! 🙌
Hey Richard. Awesome video like always. Thanks! Quick question, I thought I remembered you having a Thunder and Lightning lesson by Giant on your channel. Seem to have trouble finding it. 🙈
Wow. Just got thru to the part where you do that first descending run. Can't wait to try that. I've always had problems with alternate picking although I can do some triplets pretty fast but it's great to find alternatives to straight alternate picking.
Yeah man! It makes a lot of sense from a technique standpoint! Dann does some straight alt picking stuff too but it's definitely blended with this technique pretty frequently. Have fun!
Hi Richard, Amazing playing as always. Can you please share what your favorite James Tyler bridge is and what pickups are your favorite. I love your tone and would greatly appreciate knowing what sounds best to your ears. Thanks my friend. 👍🏻
Hey Doug! In truth I haven't had the opportunity to play that many Tyler pickups! My classic has a Secret humbucker, which is absolutely one of my favourites. It seems voiced to sit perfectly in a mix. From listening to friends like Kristian Larsen, I can say that the Super is great, and I really like the sound of the Shark (used in the newer yellow Huff classic). As for single coils, the JTS5500 is a wonderful sounding pickup - very 3D-sounding, pairs great with the Secret in the bridge and really versatile. Hope that helps, man! The Tyler Facebook group (moderated by Matt Valencia) is a great place to get opinions on pickups as the guys there have tried everything!
The most difficult part of playing fast is not losing your tone. I find that hitting the strings rapidly in a smooth and controlled way, especially when switching strings, takes a lot of concentration when practicing to get consistent. His outro in "Innocent Days" is blisteringly fast, but sounds effortless.
Yeah man, that was something that hit me about Dann's playing early on; he's a super economical player and always seems completely relaxed, it's really evident on his instructional VHS!
Hey Miko! It's just making sure you tap the fret itself (the same placement as if you were hitting a natural harmonic)- a short and sharp tap should bring it out! Bridge pickup and sufficient gain will also help!
This is the channel I've always wanted! Michael Landau, Dann Huff, and Steve Lukather are three of my top 5 favorite players! So excited to learn this stuff. Thank you for your work Richard! I'm inspired!
That's made my day- thanks Jesse!
Dig! Great playing
Thanks man! I appreciate it!
Glad I found you. Dann is one of my fave players. You hit on something that I always thought was happening, because if you are alt picking (as you pointed out) you have some problematic issues that are caused by the nature of the instrument. The thing is, Dann's left hand technique, precision, dexterity, and finger strength are really second to none. And I do mean, "second to none." He is SO good with his left hand that it comes out sounding like everything is picked! No one (Vai, Satriani, Gilbert, etc.) has that kind of left hand ability in that way. Granted, the aforementioned are better than Dann in other ways, but not in the subject spoken of here.
Great lesson man! Your playing at the beginning of the vid was stellar. I really loved the final F# Dorian lick. Killer man, keep it up.
That's very kind of you, man- thank you!
Great job conveying into words the explanation of this technique!
I really appreciate that, man! Thank you!
I’ve watched the right hand of a lot of guitarists doing speedy runs and their right hand didn’t always match the speed of the notes in terms of alternating picking. Thanks for doing the work to figure this out. I wish I would have seen this 4 years ago!
My pleasure, man- happy to help!
Thank you, Sir! You are an excellent player and teacher!
Thanks so much, Greg!
Killer solo at the beginning Richard. Im inspired.
Thanks Tim!
Thanks for this! Dann is one of my faves and this helps a lot!
My pleasure, man!
Good detective work on that. Dan has a very unique picking style.
Thanks Tom!
@@RichardWatson now that I know you are doing this, I will check you out more. I subscribed. They didn't have this stuff when I was learning. We had to ruin albums picking up the needle. Lol!
I have just found your channel - great stuff and I love Dann Huff. Would love to see you show us the Time to Burn main solo.
For sure!
I'm having a blast practicing those ideas.
That's great to hear, man!
Nothing in this lesson surprises me.
I knew you were great right from the start 😜✌🏽 Awesome as always, love your tone, Richard.
Thanks so much, man!
Great playing, definitely sounds like Dann 👌🏻🎸🙌🏻
Thank you, Martin!
Wicked. So useful, thanks!
You're very welcome!
This was definitely over my head but I think I get it very interesting the pull off concept to
Take I swing at it, man- I bet you can get it happening! It's pretty fun once you get going!
Thanks man, I was just picking out Dan's country song summer's coming and I was wondering whether or not he was picking every note.
Excellent your videos about session musician Richard!! I'm enjoing to know the stuff this legends guitarrist!!
Thanks Samuel!
This was a really great lesson, those fast explosive runs of Dans' are one of my favourite things about his playing.
I've realised the thing you're pointing out here was staring me in the face when I was playing some of his parts, like the intro to Time to Burn and the end of I'm a Believer where he's using the principle you cover here - great stuff! really made sense to me and gives me something too really practice
This series on session players sounds great. I do hope you're including the late great Alan Murphy. i think one of this nations finest ever players, and what about some Steve Farris?, someone your old mentor was a friend of.
Thanks Tony! I'm glad you found it useful. Absolutely- Alan Murphy is definitely on my list (as are a few other English players) for the future. Steve Farris would be a great one too- he's someone I haven't spent enough time listening to but remember Mike talking about him a lot. That's my homework for this week sorted then!
@@RichardWatson Great! If you have an email address I can send you some Farris stuff Ive compiled over the years, along with some great lesser known Al Murphy stuff
@@tonykennedy8483 That would be amazing- thanks Tony! E-mail is: deadwoodmusic@live.co.uk
You have mail
@@tonykennedy8483 Awesome, Tony- thanks so much!
*Very nice*
Thanks bro!
Excellent lesson!!
Thank you, Daniel!
Awesome:) can't wait for the 2 notes per string runs they always amaze me :-)
For sure, man! The way Dann combines them is awesome!
@@RichardWatson Hey Richard have you heared some of those isolated Dann Huff tracks floating about on youtube? i think there's a Peter Cetera one, Michael Jackson one and a Belinda Carlisle one i think.... Just to think all those years ago when those songs were in the pop charts many people didn't hear all those amazing parts going on, but with the isolated tracks it blows your mind how good those parts are! :-)
@@alexZZGuitar6447 Yeah man! Mason from Vertex was kind enough to send them to me. So damn cool!
@@RichardWatson I've been waiting all my life to hear them LOL!!! :-)
@@RichardWatson are they like private videos on TH-cam so not everyone can see them? Which song by Belinda Carlisle is he playing? :) superb lesson btw! 🙌
I've definitely got some stuff to practice! Thanks!
No problem, Tim!
Hey Richard. Awesome video like always. Thanks! Quick question, I thought I remembered you having a Thunder and Lightning lesson by Giant on your channel. Seem to have trouble finding it. 🙈
Hey man! I'm going to be re-doing some of those older tutorials with accompanying transcriptions for my Session Heroes Patreon! Best, Rich
Wow. Just got thru to the part where you do that first
descending run. Can't wait to try that. I've always had
problems with alternate picking although I can do some
triplets pretty fast but it's great to find alternatives to
straight alternate picking.
Yeah man! It makes a lot of sense from a technique standpoint! Dann does some straight alt picking stuff too but it's definitely blended with this technique pretty frequently. Have fun!
so grateful for you
Thank you, man! Hope you're good.
Great channel, thanks!
Thanks Jared!
Fantastic lesson, Richard! Thanks a lot!!!
My pleasure, man- glad you enjoyed it!
Well done Richard! Great analysis! Thanks a lot for sharing!
Thank you! No problem!
Excellent work, dude!
Thank you Loren!
Awesome video Rich!
Thanks Cindy!
Brilliant
Thank you, Jesse!
Great insights and tutorials mate.subd today. I see u like Steve Stevens with that triad shape too, he plays that in so many of his fast solos.👍
Thank you, Jaime! I appreciate it. Steve is a monster, for sure!
Your sagacious insights about Dann Huff are contrasted splendidly/amusingly with you wearing a Marilyn Manson t-shirt. ;)
Haha! What can I say, man- I'm a 90's kid!
@@RichardWatson bwwwwhahaha!
LOL!
This is gold mate! Thanks!
My pleasure- thanks for watching!
Hi Richard,
Amazing playing as always. Can you please share what your favorite James Tyler bridge is and what pickups are your favorite. I love your tone and would greatly appreciate knowing what sounds best to your ears. Thanks my friend. 👍🏻
Hey Doug! In truth I haven't had the opportunity to play that many Tyler pickups! My classic has a Secret humbucker, which is absolutely one of my favourites. It seems voiced to sit perfectly in a mix. From listening to friends like Kristian Larsen, I can say that the Super is great, and I really like the sound of the Shark (used in the newer yellow Huff classic). As for single coils, the JTS5500 is a wonderful sounding pickup - very 3D-sounding, pairs great with the Secret in the bridge and really versatile. Hope that helps, man! The Tyler Facebook group (moderated by Matt Valencia) is a great place to get opinions on pickups as the guys there have tried everything!
Amazing!
Thanks Michael!
how hight you have pickups
Hey Rick, Thanks!
My pleasure!
The most difficult part of playing fast is not losing your tone. I find that hitting the strings rapidly in a smooth and controlled way, especially when switching strings, takes a lot of concentration when practicing to get consistent.
His outro in "Innocent Days" is blisteringly fast, but sounds effortless.
Yeah man, that was something that hit me about Dann's playing early on; he's a super economical player and always seems completely relaxed, it's really evident on his instructional VHS!
New sub here 🙋♂️😇. Hope I can see some fast country licks in future
Thanks for the sub, Wilfred! Sure thing!
I’m so sorry Guy I erased my comment.
I’m very Apologize I was just in a bad mood this morning.
You are a very good guitarist guitarist.
It's all good, man! Thank you for being gracious. All the best, Rich
Let u into a little secret i worked with the engineer who recorded I`m a Believer and he told me it took Dan AGES to do that intro solo..
I bet! It's a monster!
Great lesson! Quick question: how did you make that tapped harmonic at the start of the video? Its really cool :)
Hey Miko! It's just making sure you tap the fret itself (the same placement as if you were hitting a natural harmonic)- a short and sharp tap should bring it out! Bridge pickup and sufficient gain will also help!
@@RichardWatson Lovely! Will try out :)
Great👌
Thanks man!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thanks brother!
I think Dann Huff is my 3rd favorite guitarist.
#1 - Jeff Beck
#2 - Steve Lukather
#3 - Dann Huff
#4 - Andy Timmons
#5 - Richie Kotzen
An excellent selection!
Yngwie technique!
Yeah man!
Sounding rabid mate
Ha- thanks Jake!