I worked at EB/MM 1999-2001, and probably cleaned up that amp when it was Sterlings - the Manual Phase Frequency Sweet spot trick is the big MM HD130 secret - always enjoy watching your vids! ( Steve Conrad)
Johnny seems like the most honest and open, friendly, regular guy in the world. What a treat to share that time with him. He's a legend. Thanks for sharing Brad.
I saw Johnny at 3rd & Lindsley playing with a group of studio guys. They launched into a jazz number, and all of the sudden Johnny was playing like Barney Kessel and Howard Roberts. He can do anything.
It is a blessing just to see Johnny's light shine. If he couldn't play, he'd still be shining. That's the kind of example this world, and especially me, need most.
Johnny is one fine human being being. Speaks Ill of no one, humble despite being guitar royalty, and his absolute joy seeing all the things that amp can do was so enjoyable. Thanks for sharing this. Unguarded and off the cuff conversations are so refreshing.
Johnny is a great guy! Last talked to him in person when he played at the Prairie Home Companion Show in Downtown St. Paul, MN. I ran into Johnny and his Mgr. outside during a smoke break Johnny was taking near the Ticket office. He’s such a kind and humble man! I’d first met him at The NAMM Show. God bless this wonderful guy and guitar picker!
He is one of the most underrated guitar players alive. He can play any style with speed, precision, and some of the best tone/feel of any player in the world. I wish he had more content out. More people need to watch him play.
That was great, I never knew he was blind. He is an incredible guitarist and seems to be very humble and down to earth. I think he was impressed with your guitar skills, you are an awesome musician yourself. Thanks Brad I really liked this video. God bless
Thanks so much Brad! I have been watching the first vid with Johnny over and over ,wishing there was more. That amp tone and this amazing encounter is youtube gold brother.
When Danny Gatton played with the towel.. blew my mind! I was ready for the beer bottle slide, but the towel caught me of guard an I seen this first time early 2024
I knew Johnny many years ago. Him and my brother were great friends in Nashville. At my brother's birthday party all these guys got together and brought the house down. Man this fella can play!
Really cool video. That's definitely cool you got to hang out with Johnny. Guys like this just make me wish I took guitar seriously when I originally started back when I was 12. I'm 40 now and really only started playing with daily practice a few years ago. I still consider myself a beginner.
How come I've never heard of this man? Seriously.. I thought I was fairly knowledgeable about the long line of guitarists but damn!!. He's awesome.. So clean..
I watched Danny Gatton at DAR Constitution Hall in DC when he opened up for Robert Cray. Danny played slide with a full beer and was spilling beer all over the place. Then he started wiping the neck down with a towel and played through the towel. It blew my mind back in the day. Danny was special. Back in 1985 I talked to him on the phone about taking lessons because we were both from Maryland, but he was way down in Southern Md and it was too far for me to go. Had I known he wouldn’t be with us for too much longer would have tried harder. He was a special guy and left us far too soon.
This is what greatness looks like. Not only a masterful talent, but also a humble, God-fearing man. I remember when you did this Brad. Just crazy that it was that long ago. Years are just zippin right on by.
Johnny is a monster! Great to see him sit down and just run through even a small fraction of his bag in such a casual setting. Thanks for sharing this, Brad!
I saw a video of Johnny promoting a tremolo system and liked his playing a lot. Then I saw the video back when Brad fixed his amp and decided to get an album of his and now have four. I was going to get another one yesterday and didn’t so I’m going to pause this video and do it now. His guitar playing and personality are both incredible. He inspires me. Edit; got two albums!
Thanks A LOT for sharing this Brad. I don’t even remember the last time I had a smile in my face for more than a hour straight like I did watching this video! ❤
I'm amazed how it seems that his body is independent of what his hands are doing when he plays. I still stare at the fretboard to make sure my fingers are doing what I tell them. They don't always listen to me.
I have acrylics on my toe nails... will that help me play faster? My wife does'nt like it much but I have'nt seen any improvement in my guitar playing as of yet.
A long time ago the band I was in got to open for Bachman Turner Overdrive when they were reastblishing themselves. Randy was using two of the same Musicman amps as the one I had. And switching between the 2, 2×12 cabs and a 1x12 cab. When I saw Him play and heard his rig I thought to myself. Good enough for him... Then it's not my amp making me sound like the proverbial POS. Changed my musical life. Went on to get the best sounds I've ever had from that amp. On another note. Johhny. Wish I could touch anywhere close to what you can do with your picking and fingering skills. Thanks guys. Good Stuff!
Johnny just simply noodling around is face-melting. What a monster (and yet always manages to seem like the nicest guy on the planet). I just love watching him play (as I burn my own guitars and cry).
At around 29 minutes or so while messing with the phase tone, he played this Waylon thing that was pretty bad ass. Was it an actual Waylon song or just noodling?
I know. I thought I'd check out a couple minutes and just kept watching. I don't actually have a compliment eloquent enough. Great work Brad. Thanks a million.
Johnny is truly one of the best. We lived together during his early Don Kelly tenure and he sure stirred the git-pickin' community up! All the cats would sneak in to Roberts to watch the boy wonder. Great vid. Subscribed.
Yeah, this guy is definitely Masterful, and suprising. Not only can he rip some country, he can fucking rock out hard too! Incredible ears on that feller.
You can run into that guy at a diner or store and never know you were around greatness. Players like him can make a great living and avoid the trappings that come with the entertainment business and have a great life. God bless
What a cool guy, I love these type of story telling videos with guys like that. He has stories for days on end. Great stuff. Thank you… made my day. 🎸🤓🙏🌎☮️🥓
Now it makes sense why Zakk Wylde has that big ass thumb nail haha, it must be a fake acrylic nail. Still cant tell if he is using his thumbnail and pick at the same time when hes playing fast haha
Wow! What a master! Not only is he phenomenal at simply (haha... yeah right...) playing; he has the tone/song-choice recognition too. So often I see pros demoing amps as the maker fiddles with his knobs and they, the two guys... player and maker, just never seem to align. Johnny knew exactly how to use ALL of the tones you dialed-in for him - perfectly! So great.
This video is pure GOLD!! I WOW ! So many blazingly hot licks, too many even to count, the hours it must have taken just to figure out let alone develop the technique to play them, then speed them up to dizzying levels! I knew Johnny was great, but this is otherworldly greatness!.
First time I saw him was in person down on Broadway in Nashville. He was playing orange blossom special on a good old fashioned blackguard butterscotch tele. He INSTANTLY became one of my all time favorites. He sounds mind-blowingly great in this video. What a sweet guy too!
I glued some nails on a few pickers. I was the monitor engineer and a guitarist so my man purse always had, nail clippers, super glue, 2 tiny screwdrivers that were most popular sizes for microphone adjustments and intonation. I never got real into finger picking. I do a little but I love country music and Marty Stuart is great!!! the whole band is great. See them in a few weeks.
I got to meet Johnny at a small venue in England called the Boiler House many years ago when he played there and he has a great vibe- as well as awesome guitar skills.
I've been eye-balling the ISP Decimator for months now (noisy P90s), just to see one of my heroes have it on his board. Awesome content, Brad! Thanks dude.
Hey Guys, the hand cramp thing could be caused by a low O2 (oxygen) condition. What worked for me was to take two small empty jam jars and filled 'em with water and sealed them (screw-capped). It's not the weight. It's the grip! Start wit both arms down. With one in either hand, alternately move the gripped jars from a hyper extension of the forearm at the elbow and to a full bicep curl up to the shoulder. But at the same work the wrists - curl the wrist towards the inside of the elbow during the curl motion, and toward the outside of the elbow during the hyper extension of the forearm at the elbow. Don't go hard or fast but do go to the extreme limits of motion (without pain!). Go easy. And just work it until you start feeling forearm muscle fatigue (burn!). Take a break and shake out the elbows, wrists, and shoulders. And most important, breath deep but slow (don't hyperventilate!) - in the schnoz/beak and out the pie-hole. Time your breathing with your arm motions. Do 5 or 10 or 20 reps at a time. May not work for anyone else, but it cured my tennis elbows and it might work for the wrists, too! Cheap!! Give it a shot! Peace out and thanks for the fun video and great guitarin'!
I have problems with Carpel tunnel too and I use V-picks mostly Jokers which are thicker picks. I stated going back to relatively thinner picks Around 2 mm maybe a little heavier. I switched from Joker to Jester or Bullseye maybe even using a two mm ernie ball. The white ones and it helps.
Joey defransesco was a customer of mine. he got gear from so many company he would bring alot of it to the shop and sell it or trade it in. he gave me a copy of the disc he did with jimmy smith the great organ player. Joey was a really nice guy.
I worked at EB/MM 1999-2001, and probably cleaned up that amp when it was Sterlings - the Manual Phase Frequency Sweet spot trick is the big MM HD130 secret - always enjoy watching your vids! ( Steve Conrad)
I thought this was a HD150?
Johnny seems like the most honest and open, friendly, regular guy in the world. What a treat to share that time with him. He's a legend. Thanks for sharing Brad.
I saw Johnny at 3rd & Lindsley playing with a group of studio guys. They launched into a jazz number, and all of the sudden Johnny was playing like Barney Kessel and Howard Roberts. He can do anything.
It is a blessing just to see Johnny's light shine. If he couldn't play, he'd still be shining. That's the kind of example this world, and especially me, need most.
Johnny is such an upbeat man and has some stories for sure. I thoroughly enjoy hearing him talk.
Oh yeah, and he can play too! I'm just sayin'
Johnny is one fine human being being. Speaks Ill of no one, humble despite being guitar royalty, and his absolute joy seeing all the things that amp can do was so enjoyable. Thanks for sharing this. Unguarded and off the cuff conversations are so refreshing.
Johnny is a great guy! Last talked to him in person when he played at the Prairie Home Companion Show in Downtown St. Paul, MN. I ran into Johnny and his Mgr. outside during a smoke break Johnny was taking near the Ticket office. He’s such a kind and humble man! I’d first met him at The NAMM Show. God bless this wonderful guy and guitar picker!
You should do more interviews, Brad. You're good at it. You're close enough to Nashville to hook up with people.
I would agree!
Anyone with your background, and the proximity you have to these musicians, well, you owe it to the rest of us'ns tah do thayet!
He is one of the most underrated guitar players alive. He can play any style with speed, precision, and some of the best tone/feel of any player in the world. I wish he had more content out. More people need to watch him play.
That was great, I never knew he was blind. He is an incredible guitarist and seems to be very humble and down to earth. I think he was impressed with your guitar skills, you are an awesome musician yourself. Thanks Brad I really liked this video. God bless
That Gent is amazing, I wished I had a 1/4 of his talent. That was a fun video.
Brilliant. Most interesting video on youtube for months. I suspect, not just for me.
Glad to see Johnny continue to get healthier! We need him to stay around for a long time!
Man that Johnny can play, like he's got a level of skill beyond what most can only dream of.
One of the best guitarists to ever play! Johnny is freaking awesome!
Thanks so much Brad! I have been watching the first vid with Johnny over and over ,wishing there was more. That amp tone and this amazing encounter is youtube gold brother.
Wow, that man can play. Really nice guy it seems as well. Thanks for this video sir.
When Danny Gatton played with the towel.. blew my mind! I was ready for the beer bottle slide, but the towel caught me of guard an I seen this first time early 2024
What a great intimate interview. He instantly honed in on the phaser.
I really like Johnny. And that amp sounds fantastic . Glad you posted this, thanks.
I had a zoom lesson with him about 6 months ago. so cool. everyone should do it.
Johnny Hiland, one of, if not my number one favorite guitarist. Disciple of Danny Gatton.
He plays the solos on a song called Gatton by Glenn Proudfoot. Great uptempo country jam
I truly enjoyed every minute of the hour spent with Johnny just now. And he really enjoyed your company. Thanks, Brad. Great stuff.
I knew Johnny many years ago. Him and my brother were great friends in Nashville. At my brother's birthday party all these guys got together and brought the house down. Man this fella can play!
Johnny is like the nicest dude ever.
another thing to reduce buzz.... turn that compressor DOWN. Also, find some noiseless single coils. Nice country tone and sweet looking tele.
That Magnesium tube he uses for slide is going to catch-fire and explode if the playing gets any faster!! What a grear video!! Thanks Man.
Awesome! I can't wait to watch this. Johnny is a superhuman guitarist and a super human human. You're very lucky, Brad. THX for sharing.
Really cool video. That's definitely cool you got to hang out with Johnny. Guys like this just make me wish I took guitar seriously when I originally started back when I was 12. I'm 40 now and really only started playing with daily practice a few years ago. I still consider myself a beginner.
How come I've never heard of this man? Seriously.. I thought I was fairly knowledgeable about the long line of guitarists but damn!!. He's awesome.. So clean..
Me too! I was shocked to be ignorant of this colossal talent! Brad, thanks man for submitting this once in lifetime Johnny Hiland talent highlight!!
"Im a husband so I wash dishes" relatable.. great guy, great amp, great interview thanks Brad
Thanks for the video, super cool glimpse of Johnny's guitar styles. God bless all.
Wow what an incredible humble player and human. His skills are off the charts. Brilliant interview.
I could seriously just hang with this guy and definately listen to him play for hours. I dig diwn to earth folks
This guys is such an amazing artist. He always blows my mind when he plays.
That was unbelievable!
What an incredible player!
Aw that was amazing! I’ll be watching this video over and over for a while. I saved it in my Guitologist playlist.
Thank you Brad for sharing this! Enjoying it very much :) What a wonderful historical documentation.
This interview really warmed my heart. Thanks guys.
He is a very genuine, very nice guy.
What a fantastic interview. Johnny is truly an accelerated being on guitar..
I remember this Brad. Some awsome footage
What a great and graceful player ... and a super nice guy too!
I watched Danny Gatton at DAR Constitution Hall in DC when he opened up for Robert Cray. Danny played slide with a full beer and was spilling beer all over the place. Then he started wiping the neck down with a towel and played through the towel. It blew my mind back in the day. Danny was special. Back in 1985 I talked to him on the phone about taking lessons because we were both from Maryland, but he was way down in Southern Md and it was too far for me to go. Had I known he wouldn’t be with us for too much longer would have tried harder. He was a special guy and left us far too soon.
This is what greatness looks like. Not only a masterful talent, but also a humble, God-fearing man. I remember when you did this Brad. Just crazy that it was that long ago. Years are just zippin right on by.
Too fast, man. We just got to thank God for every day at this point. They're all a blessing.
This is astonishing- thank you so much for sharing it! 🙏🏻
My pleasure!
Johnny is a monster! Great to see him sit down and just run through even a small fraction of his bag in such a casual setting. Thanks for sharing this, Brad!
I saw a video of Johnny promoting a tremolo system and liked his playing a lot. Then I saw the video back when Brad fixed his amp and decided to get an album of his and now have four. I was going to get another one yesterday and didn’t so I’m going to pause this video and do it now. His guitar playing and personality are both incredible. He inspires me. Edit; got two albums!
Thanks A LOT for sharing this Brad. I don’t even remember the last time I had a smile in my face for more than a hour straight like I did watching this video! ❤
What a fantasric interview Brad, Thanks so much.
I'm amazed how it seems that his body is independent of what his hands are doing when he plays. I still stare at the fretboard to make sure my fingers are doing what I tell them. They don't always listen to me.
I have acrylics on my toe nails... will that help me play faster? My wife does'nt like it much but I have'nt seen any improvement in my guitar playing as of yet.
Nice interview Brad and a good moment with guitarheads!
Johnny is just so natural, I can’t see a mean bone in him anywhere. Thanks for sharing your interview.
A long time ago the band I was in got to open for Bachman Turner Overdrive when they were reastblishing themselves. Randy was using two of the same Musicman amps as the one I had. And switching between the 2, 2×12 cabs and a 1x12 cab. When I saw Him play and heard his rig I thought to myself. Good enough for him... Then it's not my amp making me sound like the proverbial POS. Changed my musical life. Went on to get the best sounds I've ever had from that amp.
On another note. Johhny. Wish I could touch anywhere close to what you can do with your picking and fingering skills.
Thanks guys. Good Stuff!
This sitdown jam with Johnny is pure gold. I could listen to him all day. Thanks Brad!
Johnny just simply noodling around is face-melting. What a monster (and yet always manages to seem like the nicest guy on the planet). I just love watching him play (as I burn my own guitars and cry).
He played metal like he invented it and sounded better than anyone in the genre. So musical😊
At around 29 minutes or so while messing with the phase tone, he played this Waylon thing that was pretty bad ass. Was it an actual Waylon song or just noodling?
Man what a treasure this video is,love Johnny,great interview Brad.
He’s a jewel of a person! The Lord is a perfect master of offering his LOVE to everyone! Thanks Johnny!
God bless you brother.
I won't post a link because UA-cam will probably flag, but a Danny Gatton Doc is starting to have showings.
I wish i was 1/10th the player this guy is.... WOW! SO DAMN GOOD!!!
Glad to see Johnny back with a Tele style guitar instead of the PRS. Incredible picker.
PRS all the way
I thought he played Ernie ball guitars
@@TheBlackHarrington u mean ernie ball strings
Good God, that was such a great and refreshing video.
I know. I thought I'd check out a couple minutes and just kept watching. I don't actually have a compliment eloquent enough. Great work Brad. Thanks a million.
@-Thunder I was the same way, was just going to watch a couple minutes then carry on. Nope! Watched the entire video.
@@-Thunderyeah me too, Johnnys whole deal is infectious!
Awesome as Always This is so cool great content Thankyou from the UK
Dude, YES!!! Bravo you boys jus made my day.
Glad you enjoyed it! Imagine being lil' ol' me and sitting there across from Johnny.
This gives me so much joy! So much fun in one place!
Johnny is truly one of the best. We lived together during his early Don Kelly tenure and he sure stirred the git-pickin' community up! All the cats would sneak in to Roberts to watch the boy wonder. Great vid. Subscribed.
Thanks for this Brad! This is so awesome. Johnny is truly a treasure of a human being.
Yeah, this guy is definitely Masterful, and suprising. Not only can he rip some country, he can fucking rock out hard too! Incredible ears on that feller.
You can run into that guy at a diner or store and never know you were around greatness. Players like him can make a great living and avoid the trappings that come with the entertainment business and have a great life. God bless
That compressor is a MUST because it levels out the volumes in case it's uneven (which it usually will be). Very good playing!
What a cool guy, I love these type of story telling videos with guys like that. He has stories for days on end. Great stuff.
Thank you… made my day. 🎸🤓🙏🌎☮️🥓
Thanks for sharing Brad and hope you are well brother!!
Now it makes sense why Zakk Wylde has that big ass thumb nail haha, it must be a fake acrylic nail. Still cant tell if he is using his thumbnail and pick at the same time when hes playing fast haha
The headstock on his Kiesel guitar is the same headstock on my Dean.🤔
Wow! What a master!
Not only is he phenomenal at simply (haha... yeah right...) playing; he has the tone/song-choice recognition too.
So often I see pros demoing amps as the maker fiddles with his knobs and they, the two guys... player and maker, just never seem to align.
Johnny knew exactly how to use ALL of the tones you dialed-in for him - perfectly!
So great.
I love it when he's entering into thrash territory :). Awesome dude.
This video is pure GOLD!! I WOW ! So many blazingly hot licks, too many even to count, the hours it must have taken just to figure out let alone develop the technique to play them, then speed them up to dizzying levels! I knew Johnny was great, but this is otherworldly greatness!.
Great Video Brad! Love to hear Johnny do his thing, phenomenal player.
I'm also visually impaired like Johnny, and I can appreciate that very light colored/bright fretboard. Love it.
His chet/Shawn Lane picking game is on point.
First time I saw him was in person down on Broadway in Nashville. He was playing orange blossom special on a good old fashioned blackguard butterscotch tele. He INSTANTLY became one of my all time favorites. He sounds mind-blowingly great in this video. What a sweet guy too!
I glued some nails on a few pickers. I was the monitor engineer and a guitarist so my man purse always had, nail clippers, super glue, 2 tiny screwdrivers that were most popular sizes for microphone adjustments and intonation. I never got real into finger picking. I do a little but I love country music and Marty Stuart is great!!! the whole band is great. See them in a few weeks.
I got to meet Johnny at a small venue in England called the Boiler House many years ago when he played there and he has a great vibe- as well as awesome guitar skills.
Where is the BoilerHouse?
@@johnbuell8035 It is the Boilerroom- I got the name wrong: The Boileroom Music and Cultural Arts Space, 13 Stoke Fields, Guildford GU1 4LS
Great guitar player. Outstanding. Seems like a cool dude as well. And man, that music man amp sounds amazing! Wow!
Watching Johnnie play is transcendent. Such god given talent and he makes it look easy.
I've been eye-balling the ISP Decimator for months now (noisy P90s), just to see one of my heroes have it on his board. Awesome content, Brad! Thanks dude.
Good share, Brado, so much honesty in his playing, also you are no shulb when it comes to laying it out there
God! That guy is good I’m not into country music so I didn’t know him but now! He is one of the best
wow this one was really neat Brad...thanks for posting this!
His first licks on the phaser, that's just perfect
Hey Guys, the hand cramp thing could be caused by a low O2 (oxygen) condition.
What worked for me was to take two small empty jam jars and filled 'em with water and sealed them (screw-capped). It's not the weight. It's the grip!
Start wit both arms down. With one in either hand, alternately move the gripped jars from a hyper extension of the forearm at the elbow and to a full bicep curl up to the shoulder. But at the same work the wrists - curl the wrist towards the inside of the elbow during the curl motion, and toward the outside of the elbow during the hyper extension of the forearm at the elbow. Don't go hard or fast but do go to the extreme limits of motion (without pain!). Go easy. And just work it until you start feeling forearm muscle fatigue (burn!). Take a break and shake out the elbows, wrists, and shoulders. And most important, breath deep but slow (don't hyperventilate!) - in the schnoz/beak and out the pie-hole. Time your breathing with your arm motions. Do 5 or 10 or 20 reps at a time. May not work for anyone else, but it cured my tennis elbows and it might work for the wrists, too! Cheap!! Give it a shot! Peace out and thanks for the fun video and great guitarin'!
Ive got a mm rd100 head so this caught my eye… he is definitely a stellar player!
I have problems with Carpel tunnel too and I use V-picks mostly Jokers which are thicker picks. I stated going back to relatively thinner picks Around 2 mm maybe a little heavier. I switched from Joker to Jester or Bullseye maybe even using a two mm ernie ball. The white ones and it helps.
Yep ..as a nail tech .. acrylic under the nail is a good fix ..but watch out for fungal infections with water getting under acrylic to the nail ..
Joey defransesco was a customer of mine. he got gear from so many company he would bring alot of it to the shop and sell it or trade it in. he gave me a copy of the disc he did with jimmy smith the great organ player. Joey was a really nice guy.
Not familiar with Joey, but I sure know Jimmy Smith.
johnny mentioned playing with him@@TheGuitologist
The opening barrage of licks made Danny Gatton pop into my head and I knew at that he was an influence
Thank you so much for this Brad. Johnny is such an inspiration really cool video