I had the pleasure of meeting Matt at small clinic in Brookfield Ct. only about 10 guys . He was great. A real gentleman. Very sincere and no false bullshit.
Trust me seeing this man live is the only way to experience the sound,i saw him in the band on the wall which is a small club in Manchester about 40 people showed up but he played out of his skin he even came to the bar in the break and chatted to everyone and signed his album for me,really nice guy,i saw Joe Bonamassa last year and he was good but Matt is easily as good if not better it's a crime he is not huge!
Man, this guy is for real! Every note is purposeful and needed. Great playing man. As far as his "gear" is concerned, you can either play or not. Matt could play a Mexican squire through A miked pignose and it'd sound amazing.
Went to a clinic/show he did last year. It was funny at one point when he demonstrated how bad you can sound with his gear and then turned around and made That Tone.
That is one hell of a Strat! I love them all but only one in a million sounds like that! The depth, the clarity and the sustain are very rare. So is the player!
Besides the obvious tone that is "in his fingers"...it doesn't hurt to have the kind of gear he has...not to mention the tech who fine tunes that gear to within a milliamp of it's optimum potential. But, yes...what an amazing, soulful, creative player he is...damn.
Love the way he chips off those notes. Each one is a small phrase in itself. I hear he uses Mad Professor Supreme for his tone these days. A pal of mine has just got his. Must. Have. A Go. Great playing nothing too complicated or superfast but tastes soooo good. That's an elite quality, no need to show off, pure sophistication, skill and perfect delivery. Thank you sir!
Hagerstown, Maryland? Holy shit. I live an hour from there. I go to school there. If only I had gotten more into playing blues before corona happened. I'm coming back for this next summer after my first year in college.
thx for this good video. The best way to test a guitarist if they are good blue player is slow blues. definitely, here his licks bring me lots of inspiration to study and develop.
I don’t want to narrow down all the different influences and styles he brings to the table, and he’s got em all for sure but I will say for me it’s like Jimmie and Stevie had a younger brother or son! He’s amazing 😊
we need some here to transcribe this master piece and put it into guitar pro format lets get this comment highlighted hoping someone will respond with the tabs
dude you gotta put Matt Scofield's name on your vid.you'll get more views that way,and Matt's playing deserves that for sure.saw him in concert as well and his guitar playing was awesome.i have vids of is show he did back in april of this year.
he has used a lot of different pedals. the twimble simble and royal blue od, and a lot more. he uses the supreme as his only now. pretty shure its altso the royal blue circuit.
I can't take a guitarist that doesn't play with a pick seriously, because they don't. It is the technique of slackers. It is just so nice you don't have to listen to them very long to separate the wheat from the chaff. Playing with your fingers to a live audience is like eating with fingers at the dinner table. It is an insult to everyone sitting there.
Not only is that one of the stranger comments I've ever seen about guitar playing, in that playing finger-style is skill unto itself that presents a whole new set of challenges to the player- it is also bizarrely placed. Schofield has a hybrid picking technique. He often uses his fingers while palming his pick, but he plays with a pick as you can see at 4:43. Hard to imagine that players like Wes Montgomery, Mark Knopfler, and Jeff Beck (to name a few) could be called slackers merely because they don't use a pick... Go give it a try.
My opinion was my own, but is shared by many other guitarists and musicians I know. I wasn't aware that anyone could have been so easily and hysterically triggered by it. I should have added I don't have anything against hybrid pickers. They play with a pick, mostly. Or Wes. I saw, heard and met him in 1967 in Pittsburgh at the Jazz Workshop at the Hilton. George Benson said the reason his thumb technique was so hard to duplicate, tone wise, was because he had a 'corn' on his right thumb that made his sound more naturally pizzicato, when he wanted that effect. I play fingerstyle classical/folk guitar. I also play a strat and a 335 occasionally and play with a pick and some occasional basic hybrid picking for repeating licks, delta blues and the like, but rarely. So far Tommy Tedesco is still the most recorded guitarist in history, and he even plays nylon stringed guitars with pick for all of his recordings. He is also offended by the mushy/slacker tone/style of fingerstyle electric guitar players. They are kind of like all those Tele players that can't ever seem to hear how harsh their tone is, or how crazy they are. IMHO. If guys like Scofield want real respect, they'll clean up their act a little, but they are happy the way they are, I think.
The notion that it is reasonable for someone to be "offended" by finger style electric guitar players is preposterous and entirely contrived (no matter who you are). I am not sure what you mean by "slacker tone," nor, I am confident, would anyone else who can actually play. I would spend a little more time listening to Mississippi John Hurt before you referred to finger style players as slackers. Then I would go get a few early Jeff Beck solo albums and try... just try to actually play some of his stuff well. You strike my as one of those guys who keeps switching pickups in your guitars in order to really get "that"sound instead of learning to play.
I haven't spent a lot of time listening to Ms. John Hurt, but I'll take you at your word that he was good. Jeff Beck is good player, I was never a fan though, too gimmicky for me. I can't live my life in the past listening to all those guys, (Hooker, Hopkins, resonator players etc) and worshipping them. It all sounds the same, hokey, to me give and take. I loved Wes, L Carlton, John Williams, some of Duane Allman, Angus and Malcolm Young (one song at a time, my secret guilty pleasure) and BB but I don't listen to them anymore. Some of Carlton's work represented the best of a lot of styles and influences in his work with Steely Dan. I've never changed pickups, or anything else in a guitar once in my entire life. I owned one guitar at a time depending on what I was playing/gigging with at the time until just last year, I had kids to educate. I have 4 guitars now. All stock and I love them as is. I always worked 40-60 hours a week in my career and music was/is always a wonderful hobby I got to enjoy with friends, bands, in church or just playing with backing tracks when I had the time. I'm just glad I could always afford what I had and did the best with it I could. If you think Scofield has the same kind of professional polish of a player like Carlton or Wes, then that is your opinion. I respect that. I don't, and I think my reasons are justified. At least he plays a strat when I've seen him. He does have potential, but he makes too many bad choices in what he plays, how he plays and who he plays with. He gives up his musical identity and character to be one of herd. That's OK, just a little sad. I just usually pass when I see his name. I know he has done the work and is very knowledgeable and skilled. I don't like his performances much. No polish, like most of his friends.
I had the pleasure of meeting Matt at small clinic in Brookfield Ct. only about 10 guys . He was great. A real gentleman. Very sincere and no false bullshit.
He def seems like a cool cat ! Very sincere.
Every aspiring blues player should have this as mandatory viewing. ..and then repeat it a thousand times more 😂😂😅
So sophisticated, soulful and tasteful, blows me away every time I watch it
same here
No matter what you can play to me it’s always been how good is your slow blues and this guys is just about the top of what I’ve heard.
Well said Mr Blow!
Trust me seeing this man live is the only way to experience the sound,i saw him in the band on the wall which is a small club in Manchester about 40 people showed up but he played out of his skin he even came to the bar in the break and chatted to everyone and signed his album for me,really nice guy,i saw Joe Bonamassa last year and he was good but Matt is easily as good if not better it's a crime he is not huge!
truemansparks -huge is all about management. But only soulfulness can play like this.
He is fckin amazing and def doesn’t get the credit he deserves
He is huge !
it’s not even close with he and Joe b. Matt is 10x the player Joe is. Joes great but he and Derek T. will both go down as two of the greatest ever.
It's about marketing. Bonamassa has it, most others don't! Takes years to build...
This guys got some chops and a hell of a tone.
What struck me was his tone. It was huge. And his creative ideas that just seem to never stop.
He has a vaste musical vocabulary. So interesting to listen to. Kinda like Robben Ford ...
Just started listening to " into the sun "
Agtronic Literally came here to tell the inevitable "He sounds like SRV" people that he sounded like Ford.
Shaun Gangel Listening to this again, he has tone and touch like SRV, musical vocabulary and creativity like Ford... in my opinion of course!
And the fire of Rory Gallagher.
A true master of modern blues!
There’s a lot of great players these days for sure but this guy has a DEEP soul ❤
Matt has so much feel in his playing, amazing indeed
The understated beauty of a Strat's brdge pickup....
Wow!!! Perfect phrasing and playing
Probably the best I've seen him play awesome!!
1:28 "I have no words..."
Tha art of improvisation and interaction, instead of playing a song the same way all the time. Bravo
I like Matt's playing , but I always LOVE his way of navigating slow blues, very emotional player with endless ideas!
Matt is great on the gitare. 🇷🇺🇮🇹😊🤗
Wow! The tone, the playing... just wow! The man is one with that guitar.
Riley Rainbow He def got laid that night
This guy is living the blues
This is sooooo beautiful, the sound and the perfect technique, wonderful !!!!
The man can play.
Man, this guy is for real! Every note is purposeful and needed. Great playing man. As far as his "gear" is concerned, you can either play or not. Matt could play a Mexican squire through A miked pignose and it'd sound amazing.
But a black face fender amp helps... :D
Michael Martin LOL, just reread this comment months later and laughed out loud. "... through a miced pignose" hahahaha gold!
Agtronic
No blackface. It's his signature 50w Two Rock, right behind him to the left on the video.
Went to a clinic/show he did last year. It was funny at one point when he demonstrated how bad you can sound with his gear and then turned around and made That Tone.
Fine tone and style Matt!
he does have a lot of jazz type voicings he uses, reminds me a little of Larry Carlton.........excellent stuff & thanks Kyle
porkbelly0713 and Robben Ford
@@nickbouvy6524 So true, I do love me some RF
very 1990s Stevie ray as well.
That tone!!!!!!!!!
That is one hell of a Strat! I love them all but only one in a million sounds like that! The depth, the clarity and the sustain are very rare. So is the player!
Besides the obvious tone that is "in his fingers"...it doesn't hurt to have the kind of gear he has...not to mention the tech who fine tunes that gear to within a milliamp of it's optimum potential. But, yes...what an amazing, soulful, creative player he is...damn.
It's not a fender it's an slv. Really capture the old strat sound
drummer paying such good attention to accentuate his playing
0:25 "Preach on! Preach on!"
Haha, I didn't get that? :P
Obviously a white guy who cant say it right.lol
Love the way he chips off those notes. Each one is a small phrase in itself. I hear he uses Mad Professor Supreme for his tone these days. A pal of mine has just got his. Must. Have. A Go.
Great playing nothing too complicated or superfast but tastes soooo good. That's an elite quality, no need to show off, pure sophistication, skill and perfect delivery. Thank you sir!
Илья Каллио He’s a painter. His Canvas is a chord progression. His paint brush is that strat ! That 2 Rock is his Paint palette! Thanks for listening.
Great guitarist, soulful melodic lines with a hint of jazz for good measure. Really enjoyed.
maestro del blues,puro talento,genio,
He's great Matt very good guitarplayin' such a feelin and tasteful too. Thanx
Probably the best blues guitar player ever.
Mark Melvin definitely
+Mark Melvin Definitely up there but that is a massive statement!
+Mark Melvin Hes is amazing right! Definitely One of the best..
+Mark Melvin best is SRV
I think he's awesome but Stevie Ray?
Hagerstown, Maryland? Holy shit. I live an hour from there. I go to school there. If only I had gotten more into playing blues before corona happened. I'm coming back for this next summer after my first year in college.
idhott2003 Bonamassa played the same festival in 06. He was unknown at the time. Same with Kenny Wayne.
We all have our day in life ,,That was his for sure
horacio hendrix oh he. Has had a few
thx for this good video. The best way to test a guitarist if they are good blue player is slow blues. definitely, here his licks bring me lots of inspiration to study and develop.
The tone on that Start... wow
Jim Tall Two rock amps...i guess 5 racks on an amp should give you some good tone
this shit gave me the chills. daaaaamn
One of the best
Great guitar player!!!
Fabulous
Jesus Christ the man can play.
8 Peeps disliking this must've previously thought they were better than Matt
Or came here looking for Beiber, lol
outstandin' !!as usual !!!!
what the fucking fuck did I just watch? Dear god that was amazing
Fuck that is so fucking good! ....He's an alien for sure
flawless
WOW!
I don’t want to narrow down all the different influences and styles he brings to the table, and he’s got em all for sure but I will say for me it’s like Jimmie and Stevie had a younger brother or son! He’s amazing 😊
stevie is jimmie's younger brother
Monster!! Thanks do much for posting this!!
Holy Smoly!
Absolute sorcery
super super matt scofield going
Nice tone 👍
sick video, thank you!!
He makes the guitar TALK
Killer!!
whoa!!!
very welllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
we need some here to transcribe this master piece and put it into guitar pro format lets get this comment highlighted hoping someone will respond with the tabs
For the love of God!...
dat strat!
#ProperStratTone #PreachingTheTruth
OMG!!
A3 pickups rule!!!!!
I swear I saw some smoke coming off of that Strat.
Fucking sublime.
this guy is a fucking monster
This is fucking tasty.
me partio la cabeza
dude you gotta put Matt Scofield's name on your vid.you'll get more views that way,and Matt's playing deserves that for sure.saw him in concert as well and his guitar playing was awesome.i have vids of is show he did back in april of this year.
Done!
No better blues player alive at the moment...
Tim Stevens hard to argue
Alan Darby
Philip sayce
Josh smith
Robber Ford josh smith are up there
yeaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh
Wow great sound i am hoping he doesn't use any OD pedals just straight thru amp
he has used a lot of different pedals. the twimble simble and royal blue od, and a lot more. he uses the supreme as his only now. pretty shure its altso the royal blue circuit.
So tasty!
in maryland?
Yes. Hagerstown. circa2016
Can someone tell me what's the name of the song? greetings!
"The Day You Left". Off of his "Far as I Can See" album.
◕‿♪ ღ♫ 🎸 ◕
no sound?
He gave his band some cheesy cues but aside from that he's divine. 👌
El random Mc Typo I'm sorry, cheesy cues? Please elaborate, maybe you have some more blunt cues with your band that you travel with internationally.
Who doesn't like a little brie?
Now go watch eric gales
Sounds good but almost everyone is a SRV clone these days. Don't get me wrong, I wish I could sound this good but it is 80% SRV.
I can't take a guitarist that doesn't play with a pick seriously, because they don't. It is the technique of slackers. It is just so nice you don't have to listen to them very long to separate the wheat from the chaff. Playing with your fingers to a live audience is like eating with fingers at the dinner table. It is an insult to everyone sitting there.
Not only is that one of the stranger comments I've ever seen about guitar playing, in that playing finger-style is skill unto itself that presents a whole new set of challenges to the player- it is also bizarrely placed. Schofield has a hybrid picking technique. He often uses his fingers while palming his pick, but he plays with a pick as you can see at 4:43. Hard to imagine that players like Wes Montgomery, Mark Knopfler, and Jeff Beck (to name a few) could be called slackers merely because they don't use a pick... Go give it a try.
My opinion was my own, but is shared by many other guitarists and musicians I know. I wasn't aware that anyone could have been so easily and hysterically triggered by it. I should have added I don't have anything against hybrid pickers. They play with a pick, mostly. Or Wes. I saw, heard and met him in 1967 in Pittsburgh at the Jazz Workshop at the Hilton. George Benson said the reason his thumb technique was so hard to duplicate, tone wise, was because he had a 'corn' on his right thumb that made his sound more naturally pizzicato, when he wanted that effect. I play fingerstyle classical/folk guitar. I also play a strat and a 335 occasionally and play with a pick and some occasional basic hybrid picking for repeating licks, delta blues and the like, but rarely. So far Tommy Tedesco is still the most recorded guitarist in history, and he even plays nylon stringed guitars with pick for all of his recordings. He is also offended by the mushy/slacker tone/style of fingerstyle electric guitar players. They are kind of like all those Tele players that can't ever seem to hear how harsh their tone is, or how crazy they are. IMHO. If guys like Scofield want real respect, they'll clean up their act a little, but they are happy the way they are, I think.
MrJoeyBoombotz 😃!
good stuff man!
The notion that it is reasonable for someone to be "offended" by finger style electric guitar players is preposterous and entirely contrived (no matter who you are). I am not sure what you mean by "slacker tone," nor, I am confident, would anyone else who can actually play. I would spend a little more time listening to Mississippi John Hurt before you referred to finger style players as slackers. Then I would go get a few early Jeff Beck solo albums and try... just try to actually play some of his stuff well. You strike my as one of those guys who keeps switching pickups in your guitars in order to really get "that"sound instead of learning to play.
I haven't spent a lot of time listening to Ms. John Hurt, but I'll take you at your word that he was good. Jeff Beck is good player, I was never a fan though, too gimmicky for me. I can't live my life in the past listening to all those guys, (Hooker, Hopkins, resonator players etc) and worshipping them. It all sounds the same, hokey, to me give and take. I loved Wes, L Carlton, John Williams, some of Duane Allman, Angus and Malcolm Young (one song at a time, my secret guilty pleasure) and BB but I don't listen to them anymore. Some of Carlton's work represented the best of a lot of styles and influences in his work with Steely Dan. I've never changed pickups, or anything else in a guitar once in my entire life. I owned one guitar at a time depending on what I was playing/gigging with at the time until just last year, I had kids to educate. I have 4 guitars now. All stock and I love them as is. I always worked 40-60 hours a week in my career and music was/is always a wonderful hobby I got to enjoy with friends, bands, in church or just playing with backing tracks when I had the time. I'm just glad I could always afford what I had and did the best with it I could. If you think Scofield has the same kind of professional polish of a player like Carlton or Wes, then that is your opinion. I respect that. I don't, and I think my reasons are justified. At least he plays a strat when I've seen him. He does have potential, but he makes too many bad choices in what he plays, how he plays and who he plays with. He gives up his musical identity and character to be one of herd. That's OK, just a little sad. I just usually pass when I see his name. I know he has done the work and is very knowledgeable and skilled. I don't like his performances much. No polish, like most of his friends.