Great pointers! It's amazing how many younger guys don't know how much tonal and saturation control they have right at their finger tips! This is how us old geezers controlled things back in the 60's and 70's.
Ashutosh Pathak I don’t know the link but there’s a famous interview Clapton did in his Cream days with his SG. Just search it on UA-cam and you’ll see it, Clapton says it himself
Those are really cool tricks especially for a beginner to learn. Certainly a refresher for me , you don't need a lot of pedals and the like to get a variety of good tones. These techniques where used when there were only single Channel guitar amplifiers and many of them we're only non master volume amps, so they only choice a guitarist had was the use the controls on his or her instrument to create a wide variety of tones with just one amplifier. Today's amplifiers have multiple channels which can create different stores and sounds as well as clean tones.Players today many of the young players even have lost the art of actually playing their instrument and not their pedals and or amplifier.This is just my most humble opinion of course . Rock on!
Not sure if its the fact that he's an excellent guitarist, or is that the most perfectly 'set-up' guitar Ive ever heard... No buzzing frets, perfect intonation, and great sustain.
I had my Gibson Les Paul Hotrodded. The sounds and tones I get know as opposed to factory wiring is incredible and endless. I recommend all L.P. players consider it. I love it as do my friends that try it out!
I'm 4 years late to reply on your comment, but honest question here, can you elaborate on what you meant by hotrodding your Les Paul? Do you mean changing it to "hotter/heavier sounding" pickups?
I've been playing a long time. I cut my hair got off of a drum kit. Picked up a guitar been playing for almost 30 years been a musician since I was ten. I'd take lessons from you any day
Thank you so much! I picked up playing guitar again after 8 years of not playing. I want to get back to my old hobby. I went out and bought a Gibson Les Paul and I’m loving it! Can’t wait to try all these.
This is really encouraging for someone like me, I picked up the guitar without any training, just to cope with the pressure of medical school and now I can play full fledged covers thanks to your videos and many like them. Sending tons of love from India....❤️ Thank you so much .. Rashi
Best advice I ever heard or read about developing skill as a musician was to learn every song you can. You’ll forget most of them, but your fingers will remember the movements and they’ll recall little bits at the right time as you grow as an instrumentalist.
@@HughJitsu about 30 years this summer. I started when I was 17 between my 11th and 12th grade by learning any and every song I could. Now I am 47 years old and am way more focused on my playing but still find myself throwing out licks that I’m thinking, “that was a cool piece I just improvised... wait... that was a little kind of like that ____ piece.” Art reimagined. That’s why I love this channel. Always something new to try. Always something new to learn. If you stop learning, you start dying.
@@steelmandavid5591 Thanks for the reply. I am almost 51 and have been practicing for 2 years. I shied away from learning a bunch of songs to learn some more theory but it's sooooo boring. I'll be getting back to the songs as your reply resonates
Funny that I should come across this video...just had my Les Paul out the other night & was experimenting with tone, volume, switch...more that I had done in a long time. Pete Townshend is my fave guitarist and I was experimenting with attempting to play some Who stuff, and was able to capture some sounds pretty close to how Pete did them. (Or at least it sounded that way to me, lol...now if I could just play 1/1000 as well as he can! lol) It's pretty cool how versatile Les Pauls are & how just a little tweaking can give you so many different sound options. Learned a lot from this video. Thanks for posting it & thanks for all you do for all of us out here! :) ( And thanks for mentioning to be kind to all beings! :)) Janine
This is why I play a Les Paul as my primary. I have a Strat also but the Paul is my main. Thanks to players like Frehley, Frampton, Page, Schon, Felder and so many more that influenced me.
Ace Frehley was my main influence when I was a kid and wanted to play. My dad got me a knock off strat when I was 8-9 but I watched so many videos of Ace, I HAD to have a cherry sunburst Gibson LP. Been playing guitar for over 15 years and last year my wife got me my first Gibson LP standard for a wedding gift. It plays incredible
For the "Woman tone" it's more accurate to use both pickups (middle position), both tones rolled off and (if you want to) bridge volume at between 60%-80%. But it's all up to personal preferences I guess.
The toggle switch trick around 7:10 reminds me of good ol' Ace Frehley on KISS Alive. These were all tricks I'd used but had forgotten over the years, thanks for the reminders.
I just started getting into playing the guitar and u have taught me a lot of things which have probably been taught over the course of months if I had a teacher thx Erich
Brett Wall I agree. They really do. My SG does it well also. I was blown away by how good Gibson’s sound in general when I moved away from Fender’s and started playing mostly Gibson’s.
@@SteveIrwinDOA the sg has a much stronger treble and mid response thanks to the lack of the maple cap, but I prefer the warmth of a les Paul personally 😁
I never learned this stuff until I played in a 'classic' rock band with older fellas where I needed a Seymour Duncan boost pedal just to hear myself in the rehearsals! They were all deaf and I realised the volume control on the LP didn't reduce the actual volume, and that I could get so many different sounds just by adjusting the volume and tone pots.
I use #3 mixed with #1. Clean Guitar/ Dirty Guitar but the clean is a little dirty. If I take a soft finger-style approach (or hold a loose pick) it’s pretty and almost clean but with a pick I can bear into the strings and almost get the Woman tone. The middle position becomes the Rock channel and the bridge becomes the Lead/hardrockMetal sound. Les Paul with its 4 knobs (my bridge volume goes to 11) is still my primary and my favorite guitar for versatility.
Thanks for your lessons. Big fan, but I noticed the selector switch was up and you said it was the bridge pickup. No problem, I still like you! Check out Joe Bonamassa's Les Paul tone he demonstrates. He mostly uses a blend of both pickups, and the volume tone controls for his signature tone. You’re the man, nothing personal, please keep up sharing your videos!
Awesome video. Have you ever done a video explaining the common effects terms, what they mean, where they come from, etc. ? e.g. reverb, overdrive, gain, delay... I've never been able to wrap my head around these terms.
Ace, he used it everywhere, cold gin, christen sixteen just to name a few. Randy also, most notably in the I don't know solo but this came after Ace, unless you were in Cali seeing QR gigs then I could see you giving it to Randy.
Brad, theres no verse in Eruption dude. Eruption is a track that is nothing but guitar and drums. Basically the long guitar solo that plays on Van Halen I before You Really Got Me. During You Really Got Me theres a guitar solo where eddie uses the "kill switch" technique. Maybe its time to listen to the album again lol. when is it a bad time though. lol
O.K. firstly Thankyou for taking the time to make and post this video! I have just bought my first Les Paul at age 55 (me, not the guitar!) and so I'm very keen to learn what I can make it do. Secondly, my LP has a loose tuning peg cover on the D string and no one that I can find has posted a clear, accurate video of the recommended way to fix it. Recommended by Gibson, that is. It's a very common problem apparently so I'm sure a video would make many, many guitarists very happy! Repairs probably aren't your thing but you said ask anything, right? O.K., now I'll concentrate on your lessons and visit your website. Cheers from New Zealand!!
It's no accident the classic combo of maple top over mahogany body. Les Paul himself demanded Gibson to take his name off the SG and invent a real guitar with sonic depth and texture. Good lesson Erik, thanks a lot!!
Very interesting point you hit on there about the electronics in the guitar and the impact they have. Would love to hear more videos about the difference the quality electronic components make to the overall sound. Great videos man, nice to see such well produced videos without just trying to sell some shit.
This is awesome! I have a Les Paul Studio Gem Series that I love, though I know that it has P90's rather than Humbuckers, I'm going to give this a shot. Thanks for getting me out of my plateau and complacency. Bravo.
You can get a cocked wah sound without a pedal on a les paul (or any guitar with the 2vol 2tone layout) or a baja tele. Get a decent crunch/overdrive setting on your amp. For les paul: 1) middle position 2) neck pickup volume on 10, tone on 10 3) bridge pickup volume on 10, tone on zero. For baja tele 1) engage the s1 switch 2) balance the pickup selector between position 2 and 3 (like people used to do on old strats, Yes there are 7 possible sounds/combinations on a baja tele, not 6 as advertised). 3) roll off the tone to zero Instant 'Money for Nothing' tone
Cool tones Erich...I have a 1978 'Paul -Blonde Face, Mahogany Back, Maple neck...and very heavy...I'll have to break it out...Thanks for the tips... 5 STARS! --Van
Thank you, my friend. That is an R8 which is a re-issue of a 1958. It has been professionally and carefully/lightly “reliced.” it also has the famous, “Tim White “pick ups.
Eddie actually used a Kramer Pacer body and a Kramer neck ( amongst othere) I have seen the main one in the window of one of the music shops on Sunset Boulevard. Also, he endorsed Kramer Barettas,as I have some original posters with him holding a creme one. Saying,that in his opinion,it was the best guitar money could buy! (Peut être! Ha ha!) I have been playing and collecting Kramers from day one. I have a whole bunch of original ones,including the aluminium neck ones. I still do loads of gigs at 74 years old, mainly in France. Good luck to you. Keep on rockin'!
Lots of critics here. Let’s just be thankful someone is willing able and enthusiastic enough to put these videos online. Like some others, I have only just picked up my first Les Paul at age 60. Cannot believe just how good it is. These videos have got me out of my own personal rut and given me opportunity. Let’s home pe more of these videos come online and we all learn to appreciate them. And yes, I also have a Clapton blackie Strat that is superb for other types of playing and tunes. Let’s cover all bases here.
Thank you Ross! I have found that there are two types of people in the world, those who make it better place by helping the world, and those who criticize those bettering the world.
Bridge = bottom ......... Neck = near .............................. anyway, thats how I remember the knobs and thank you ( 7 years later and someone still watched it) A great video , Just got my LP ................. and I "Liked" and "subscribed" and "rang the bell" as they say
Why did I do it to myself. Years ago my les got stolen and I wanted to get a guitar to replace it. All I could afford was a fender strat. Well that’s instant gratification for you. I figured a guitar is a guitar and I will get use to it. Also played one before. As the months went on, I started regretting it. I’m now ready to get a Gibson, but now I’m now thinking once I have the Gibson then I no longer have the money.
How about a vid. on a Les Paul that has the push/pull tone knobs. The 1's like my 50th ann. that if you pull either of the 2 tone knob up it switches to single coil, down is double, as in the one you just covered!!! Which ='s like 8 more tones!!Awesome vid. either way!
Two UA-cam spammers above are reported... hopefully gone by the time you read this. I bought your Guitar Mastery Simplified book in 2013, then I became too busy with ‘real life’ issues such as administering two youth symphony orchestras, and the guitar got put in a corner. Now I’m back to picking up the old Les Paul, strumming some chords and learning beginner blues. It’s great to see your face and hear your enthusiasm, Erich. Your book and videos are inspiring!
@@yourguitarsage Thank you for providing a structured method. There are too many guitar books and too many UA-cam videos. Most are useful in their own way, but a new musician struggles with data overload. Fortunately I have a Classical music background and I can read bass and treble clefs, so a fair amount of baseline music theory is there. Blues theory is quite different, though, as are the electronic aspects of tone shaping and plucking (vs pizzicato).
outs! i just found this and i have epiphone les paul, and mic selector sadly don´t work like in gibson! i have tried before i saw this video...and i have to check have i done something wrong! , i hope i have! that would be great! and great video! and players like me who almost always have play with myself! that´s a shame because you learn more tricks, when people are same kind!... like and love music! i hope i could play with better players and learning in that , but now i don´t have many musical frends... anymore left. anyway this is a great lesson and had open my eyes! everyday you learn more and more! that´s why playing is so satisfaying! sorry, my engilsh ! it´s not my native language! thank you! and keep on doing what you love, and you make many people happy! :D. and give us more inpritations! :)
The string contacts the bridge saddle at a smaller angle, less kink in the string on the stop bar side, should allow the string to float more easily and return to tension after a bend. I'm not convinced that it truly works as the strings still need to be pulled to the correct tension to be in tune to the scale length.
I have another one, leaving the switch in the middle position, and turning down the neck volume to 5, while leaving the bridge all the way up. You can also do the reverse of this, while also you don't have to set it at 5, you can experiment, while getting all kind of tones.
Good video. How good do you have to get before you start caring about tone? Anytime I spend extended time on tone, I end up wishing that I spent it on practicing.
Hey Eric, you can prevent the bridge volume knob from being loose and coming off by taking a coin and widening the split post of the pot. Easy, takes 5 seconds and will make the knob fit tighter to the shaft. Cool vid, btw.
that works but it only takes a quick second to break off a tab then your fucked lol. Put a piece of paper on one side of the tab and push your knob back on.
An easy way to remember the knobs is that they're matched to the selector. In other words up on the switch is for the top knobs, and down is the bottom knobs.
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2:13 Woman tone demo
3:36 Woman tone settings
* Neck Pick Up
* Tone - 5
* Volume - 10
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5:29 Kill switch demo
6:40 Settings
* Neck - volume 0
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8:21 Clean pickup 1 dirty pickup 2
8:33 demo
* Neck: Clean
Volume: 4
Tone: 10
* Bridge: Dirty
V: 10
T: 10
@@MrRic350 You're welcome \/,
Thank you
Hero
The sound of a LP : tribute to Gary Moore ua-cam.com/video/WgbFKGNfYR0/v-deo.html
Many thanks
1) string it up
2) plug into a Marshall
3)turn volume knob all the way up
All you need to make your les Paul sound better than 80% of guitars
Dam Straight !
New strings, medium or even heavy gauge.
I use heavy bottoms.nice deep tones when playing chords.
instead of kill switch just get a crappy cable and the sound will cut in and out
10000% agree!
Why does he look like what would happen if Hetfield sobered up and became a college professor
Funny. " Books will dull your mind son"
He is more looking like Paul Gilbert 😂
Nah. Hetfield has a round face, and a small nose. Completely different phenotype. This guy looks like a med, James looks Germanic.
Hetfield is sober
The gingham guitar slinger
Great pointers! It's amazing how many younger guys don't know how much tonal and saturation control they have right at their finger tips! This is how us old geezers controlled things back in the 60's and 70's.
The Les Paul and the OCD are a match made in Heaven.
Yes sir, correct!
Totally Agree
Add a precision drive and a wampler tumnus deluxe and you hit the all reaching powerful colorful distortion tone
I have yet to ever find another dirt pedal that can do what an OCD does with the guitars tone rolled off. Whether it be a Strat or Lp.
I recently fell in love with that combination!
For the woman tone I prefer to do what Eric does by turning the tone on 0 for both pickups, and then have both pickups active
you're a legend man, you just made my tone so much better
@Sam Mitchell : Please provide external link for credibility. Thanks
Ashutosh Pathak no one lies when it comes to giving tone tips on UA-cam
Ashutosh Pathak I don’t know the link but there’s a famous interview Clapton did in his Cream days with his SG. Just search it on UA-cam and you’ll see it, Clapton says it himself
Ashutosh Pathak ua-cam.com/video/n9ODNQPQo3A/v-deo.html
There you go 👍
Those are really cool tricks especially for a beginner to learn. Certainly a refresher for me , you don't need a lot of pedals and the like to get a variety of good tones. These techniques where used when there were only single Channel guitar amplifiers and many of them we're only non master volume amps, so they only choice a guitarist had was the use the controls on his or her instrument to create a wide variety of tones with just one amplifier. Today's amplifiers have multiple channels which can create different stores and sounds as well as clean tones.Players today many of the young players even have lost the art of actually playing their instrument and not their pedals and or amplifier.This is just my most humble opinion of course . Rock on!
Not sure if its the fact that he's an excellent guitarist, or is that the most perfectly 'set-up' guitar Ive ever heard... No buzzing frets, perfect intonation, and great sustain.
my thought exactly
It’s a Les Paul….. enough said
I play a harley benton and these tricks learned me a lot. Thanks man i just started playing and love every second of it
I had my Gibson Les Paul Hotrodded. The sounds and tones I get know as opposed to factory wiring is incredible and endless. I recommend all L.P. players consider it. I love it as do my friends that try it out!
I'm 4 years late to reply on your comment, but honest question here, can you elaborate on what you meant by hotrodding your Les Paul? Do you mean changing it to "hotter/heavier sounding" pickups?
I'm been playing a long time mostly acoustic and a strat, your teaching me tricks. I never would have thought of
Thanks🙏👍
I've been playing a long time. I cut my hair got off of a drum kit. Picked up a guitar been playing for almost 30 years been a musician since I was ten. I'd take lessons from you any day
actually Hendrix is the first killswitch user. it's in voodoo chile slight return from the 1969 masterpiece called electric ladyland
From what I've seen, he would double tap the wah pedal, not mute the pup. You'll notice SRV did this too...
I've seen it done, and that's just regular pickup switching. No killswitch involved.
Totally love the Les Paul sound! Its one of the few guitars that cut into the mix by itself!
Thank you so much! I picked up playing guitar again after 8 years of not playing. I want to get back to my old hobby. I went out and bought a Gibson Les Paul and I’m loving it! Can’t wait to try all these.
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This is really encouraging for someone like me, I picked up the guitar without any training, just to cope with the pressure of medical school and now I can play full fledged covers thanks to your videos and many like them. Sending tons of love from India....❤️ Thank you so much ..
Rashi
Great hobby!
Best advice I ever heard or read about developing skill as a musician was to learn every song you can. You’ll forget most of them, but your fingers will remember the movements and they’ll recall little bits at the right time as you grow as an instrumentalist.
@@steelman774 how long have you been playing?
@@HughJitsu about 30 years this summer. I started when I was 17 between my 11th and 12th grade by learning any and every song I could. Now I am 47 years old and am way more focused on my playing but still find myself throwing out licks that I’m thinking, “that was a cool piece I just improvised... wait... that was a little kind of like that ____ piece.” Art reimagined. That’s why I love this channel. Always something new to try. Always something new to learn. If you stop learning, you start dying.
@@steelmandavid5591 Thanks for the reply. I am almost 51 and have been practicing for 2 years. I shied away from learning a bunch of songs to learn some more theory but it's sooooo boring. I'll be getting back to the songs as your reply resonates
Glad I picked up a Les Paul as my first electric guitar.... No pedals yet only a 20w amp w/ Distortion and I just knock my tunes out of the park :D
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Funny that I should come across this video...just had my Les Paul out the other night & was experimenting with tone, volume, switch...more that I had done in a long time. Pete Townshend is my fave guitarist and I was experimenting with attempting to play some Who stuff, and was able to capture some sounds pretty close to how Pete did them. (Or at least it sounded that way to me, lol...now if I could just play 1/1000 as well as he can! lol) It's pretty cool how versatile Les Pauls are & how just a little tweaking can give you so many different sound options. Learned a lot from this video. Thanks for posting it & thanks for all you do for all of us out here! :) ( And thanks for mentioning to be kind to all beings! :)) Janine
*Dials in woman tone, doesn't play Sunshine of Your Love*
Like a monster
Haha I was thinking the same
Thinking that too, but some songs are just too “on the nose”. I can appreciate not going to that well too many times. 🤷🏻♂️
This is why I play a Les Paul as my primary. I have a Strat also but the Paul is my main. Thanks to players like Frehley, Frampton, Page, Schon, Felder and so many more that influenced me.
Ace Frehley was my main influence when I was a kid and wanted to play. My dad got me a knock off strat when I was 8-9 but I watched so many videos of Ace, I HAD to have a cherry sunburst Gibson LP. Been playing guitar for over 15 years and last year my wife got me my first Gibson LP standard for a wedding gift. It plays incredible
Came home from work early today to take delivery of my new 2020 1960s iced tea les Paul. Subbed to your channel great content.
For the "Woman tone" it's more accurate to use both pickups (middle position), both tones rolled off and (if you want to) bridge volume at between 60%-80%. But it's all up to personal preferences I guess.
but what if you want it to be really "nasally"?
MAN thanks there are not many tutorials like this, tone is a whole serious thing to study, respect!
Thanks for sharing! I have an epiphone Les Paul and began wondering if theres some sort of tricks on these knobs ,
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The toggle switch trick around 7:10 reminds me of good ol' Ace Frehley on KISS Alive.
These were all tricks I'd used but had forgotten over the years, thanks for the reminders.
I love the top finish on that Les Paul. Please can anyone tell me what it is called? Thank you
That is an old-school Sunburst. But the top is very, “flamed”, which just means the grain is very pronounced. The guitar has also been lightly aged.
Why did I never think of that kill switch trick! Awesome!!!!
I just started getting into playing the guitar and u have taught me a lot of things which have probably been taught over the course of months if I had a teacher thx Erich
Happy to help!
Les Paul's definitely have the best woman tone. Though my ES-339 is a close second. Enjoyed the video!
339 club! Rock on : )
Pineapple Yea, I just love it!
Brett Wall I agree. They really do. My SG does it well also. I was blown away by how good Gibson’s sound in general when I moved away from Fender’s and started playing mostly Gibson’s.
SG and Les Paul are the same guitar. Main difference is that SG is way cooler, and way cheaper.
@@SteveIrwinDOA the sg has a much stronger treble and mid response thanks to the lack of the maple cap, but I prefer the warmth of a les Paul personally 😁
I never learned this stuff until I played in a 'classic' rock band with older fellas where I needed a Seymour Duncan boost pedal just to hear myself in the rehearsals! They were all deaf and I realised the volume control on the LP didn't reduce the actual volume, and that I could get so many different sounds just by adjusting the volume and tone pots.
Thanks bro now learn new tab and new chord nice..
Best Trick..your Videos make me want to pick up the Guitar every time i watch one...thanks so much
I use #3 mixed with #1. Clean Guitar/ Dirty Guitar but the clean is a little dirty. If I take a soft finger-style approach (or hold a loose pick) it’s pretty and almost clean but with a pick I can bear into the strings and almost get the Woman tone. The middle position becomes the Rock channel and the bridge becomes the Lead/hardrockMetal sound. Les Paul with its 4 knobs (my bridge volume goes to 11) is still my primary and my favorite guitar for versatility.
what an awesome sound. wicked tone from that les paul.
Great for me that im just getting into LP and SG's, been a strat player most part of my life
Thanks for your lessons. Big fan, but I noticed the selector switch was up and you said it was the bridge pickup. No problem, I still like you! Check out Joe Bonamassa's Les Paul tone he demonstrates. He mostly uses a blend of both pickups, and the volume tone controls for his signature tone. You’re the man, nothing personal, please keep up sharing your videos!
Good eye
Awesome video. Have you ever done a video explaining the common effects terms, what they mean, where they come from, etc. ? e.g. reverb, overdrive, gain, delay... I've never been able to wrap my head around these terms.
This guy looks like Ben Affleck and James Hetfield had a child
Ace Frehley made the kill switch technique famous. EVH did not have a switch for the most part....pickup and volume is all he used for years.
yep, ace uses it at the start of cold gin!!
Brad Rodgers he doesn't use a killswitch in eruption. You're thinking of the you really got me solo.
Brad Rodgers they're both total killers for sure! Take care friend
Ace, he used it everywhere, cold gin, christen sixteen just to name a few. Randy also, most notably in the I don't know solo but this came after Ace, unless you were in Cali seeing QR gigs then I could see you giving it to Randy.
Brad, theres no verse in Eruption dude. Eruption is a track that is nothing but guitar and drums. Basically the long guitar solo that plays on Van Halen I before You Really Got Me. During You Really Got Me theres a guitar solo where eddie uses the "kill switch" technique. Maybe its time to listen to the album again lol. when is it a bad time though. lol
Man this some good stuff ! You have a great looking and sounding Les Paul !
Vol knob issue. Easy fix. Place a flat blade screwdriver in the slot and very gently open up the gap. Gently . The refit the knob . Gently
I'm alllll over that killer kill switch trick, thanks E!
Thank you 🙏🏻
O.K. firstly Thankyou for taking the time to make and post this video! I have just bought my first Les Paul at age 55 (me, not the guitar!) and so I'm very keen to learn what I can make it do. Secondly, my LP has a loose tuning peg cover on the D string and no one that I can find has posted a clear, accurate video of the recommended way to fix it. Recommended by Gibson, that is. It's a very common problem apparently so I'm sure a video would make many, many guitarists very happy! Repairs probably aren't your thing but you said ask anything, right? O.K., now I'll concentrate on your lessons and visit your website. Cheers from New Zealand!!
Gibson forum may help with a specific issue like that.
Of course! Thanks so much!
Awesome tone man and sound like blues
Erich - Thanks for this. Now I can switch between Albatross & Highway to Hell at the flick of a switch. Very useful for my next Rockschool exam!
That's a beautiful looking Les Paul.
Thank you James Hetfield
Professor Hetfield
It's no accident the classic combo of maple top over mahogany body. Les Paul himself demanded Gibson to take his name off the SG and invent a real guitar with sonic depth and texture. Good lesson Erik, thanks a lot!!
Man.... Gotta love Les Pauls 🤩 it's really always been LP vs Fender, no matter how many other companies there are.
Page would always do the killswitch trick live when messing around, not sure why its VH thing, I mostly know it through page.
Eric. Thank you for the “tricks”. I now know the controls on my guitar (1963 Gibson Les Paul Sunburst ‘replica’) are not working as should.
that les paul is gorgeous man. I just bought one an absolutely love it
Love the clean/dirty pickup technique!
Glad you like it!
Or just use a 2 channel amp and the footswitch
Thanks for the video. Definitely gonna try the clean 1/ dirty 2
Very interesting point you hit on there about the electronics in the guitar and the impact they have. Would love to hear more videos about the difference the quality electronic components make to the overall sound.
Great videos man, nice to see such well produced videos without just trying to sell some shit.
I used to use clean/dirty pickup trick so much, then I got an overdrive pedal :)
This is awesome! I have a Les Paul Studio Gem Series that I love, though I know that it has P90's rather than Humbuckers, I'm going to give this a shot. Thanks for getting me out of my plateau and complacency. Bravo.
Thank you so much Natalie. So glad that helps for you. You are so welcome😃
The best tone is simple a Marshall Lester Paul magic
Excellent info......will use these settings on my Epi LP
You can get a cocked wah sound without a pedal on a les paul (or any guitar with the 2vol 2tone layout) or a baja tele.
Get a decent crunch/overdrive setting on your amp.
For les paul:
1) middle position
2) neck pickup volume on 10, tone on 10
3) bridge pickup volume on 10, tone on zero.
For baja tele
1) engage the s1 switch
2) balance the pickup selector between position 2 and 3 (like people used to do on old strats, Yes there are 7 possible sounds/combinations on a baja tele, not 6 as advertised).
3) roll off the tone to zero
Instant 'Money for Nothing' tone
Cool tones Erich...I have a 1978 'Paul -Blonde Face, Mahogany Back, Maple neck...and very heavy...I'll have to break it out...Thanks for the tips...
5 STARS!
--Van
break it out my friend!
Great video sir! Thanks for sharing. Just bought a les Paul and I’m excited to try this stuff out. Keep rocking !
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that's one of the coolest les paul i've seen, what's the model and finish? thanks
Thank you, my friend. That is an R8 which is a re-issue of a 1958. It has been professionally and carefully/lightly “reliced.” it also has the famous, “Tim White “pick ups.
Eddie actually used a Kramer Pacer body and a Kramer neck ( amongst othere) I have seen the main one in the window of one of the music shops on Sunset Boulevard. Also, he endorsed Kramer Barettas,as I have some original posters with him holding a creme one. Saying,that in his opinion,it was the best guitar money could buy! (Peut être! Ha ha!) I have been playing and collecting Kramers from day one. I have a whole bunch of original ones,including the aluminium neck ones. I still do loads of gigs at 74 years old, mainly in France. Good luck to you. Keep on rockin'!
Indeed! That is great. Nice job! Yes, Kramer made some great guitars.
Lots of critics here. Let’s just be thankful someone is willing able and enthusiastic enough to put these videos online. Like some others, I have only just picked up my first Les Paul at age 60. Cannot believe just how good it is. These videos have got me out of my own personal rut and given me opportunity. Let’s home pe more of these videos come online and we all learn to appreciate them. And yes, I also have a Clapton blackie Strat that is superb for other types of playing and tunes. Let’s cover all bases here.
Thank you Ross! I have found that there are two types of people in the world, those who make it better place by helping the world, and those who criticize those bettering the world.
this woman tone is amazing...loving it! Could you tell me your amp settings? I tried it for myself, but it sounds way different...
Bridge = bottom ......... Neck = near .............................. anyway, thats how I remember the knobs
and thank you ( 7 years later and someone still watched it) A great video , Just got my LP ................. and I "Liked" and "subscribed" and "rang the bell" as they say
Cool, thank you, Eric.
Why did I do it to myself. Years ago my les got stolen and I wanted to get a guitar to replace it. All I could afford was a fender strat. Well that’s instant gratification for you. I figured a guitar is a guitar and I will get use to it. Also played one before. As the months went on, I started regretting it. I’m now ready to get a Gibson, but now I’m now thinking once I have the Gibson then I no longer have the money.
How about a vid. on a Les Paul that has the push/pull tone knobs. The 1's like my 50th ann. that if you pull either of the 2 tone knob up it switches to single coil, down is double, as in the one you just covered!!! Which ='s like 8 more tones!!Awesome vid. either way!
Two UA-cam spammers above are reported... hopefully gone by the time you read this.
I bought your Guitar Mastery Simplified book in 2013, then I became too busy with ‘real life’ issues such as administering two youth symphony orchestras, and the guitar got put in a corner. Now I’m back to picking up the old Les Paul, strumming some chords and learning beginner blues.
It’s great to see your face and hear your enthusiasm, Erich. Your book and videos are inspiring!
Thank you, David. Do you have the companion course for that book? Here’s a link for free access: www.yourguitarsage.com/30
@@yourguitarsage Thank you for providing a structured method. There are too many guitar books and too many UA-cam videos. Most are useful in their own way, but a new musician struggles with data overload. Fortunately I have a Classical music background and I can read bass and treble clefs, so a fair amount of baseline music theory is there. Blues theory is quite different, though, as are the electronic aspects of tone shaping and plucking (vs pizzicato).
The "kill switch" gimmick was first introduced by Norman Greenbaum in his masterpiece 'Spirit In The Sky'.
m. saint good point.
Pete Townshend, 1965, Anyway Anyhow Anywhere The Who
You can also get a kinda sorta wah by rolling the neck tone all the way back and wiggling the pickup switch in a similar way to the Killswitch method.
Indeed! Great technique for sure.
This is a really cool lesson.....something similar for a Strat, and may how to get great tones from some popular amps, would be brilliant too!
Solid idea!
outs! i just found this and i have epiphone les paul, and mic selector sadly don´t work like in gibson! i have tried before i saw this video...and i have to check have i done something wrong! , i hope i have! that would be great! and great video! and players like me who almost always have play with myself! that´s a shame because you learn more tricks, when people are same kind!... like and love music! i hope i could play with better players and learning in that , but now i don´t have many musical frends... anymore left. anyway this is a great lesson and had open my eyes! everyday you learn more and more! that´s why playing is so satisfaying! sorry, my engilsh ! it´s not my native language! thank you! and keep on doing what you love, and you make many people happy! :D. and give us more inpritations! :)
So kind of you my friend. Thank you so much. Yes that guitar is different.
Nice vid, I got 212 peavey tube, allowing clean and crunch blend.
Thanks gang for watching and for all the love! Let me hear your feedback and comments below! e :)
May I ask something? Why I see people put their strings that way on the bridge?
Supposed to affect string tension, reduces the angle at which the strings are pulled over the saddles
but why? how does it affect?
The string contacts the bridge saddle at a smaller angle, less kink in the string on the stop bar side, should allow the string to float more easily and return to tension after a bend. I'm not convinced that it truly works as the strings still need to be pulled to the correct tension to be in tune to the scale length.
I'll just leave my SG as it is (?)
I have another one, leaving the switch in the middle position, and turning down the neck volume to 5, while leaving the bridge all the way up.
You can also do the reverse of this, while also you don't have to set it at 5, you can experiment, while getting all kind of tones.
Good video. How good do you have to get before you start caring about tone? Anytime I spend extended time on tone, I end up wishing that I spent it on practicing.
You’ll know it when you are unsatisfied with your tone. 👍 shows up at different times for different people.
Nice informative video. Thank you.
you have a spectacular sound that pick up fits this guitar
How did you get that tone? I really like it
think of the control knobs as top row= top switch position, bottom row = bottom switch position
Control over the volume and tone knobs is the best trick since turning everything to 11
Hey Eric, you can prevent the bridge volume knob from being loose and coming off by taking a coin and widening the split post of the pot. Easy, takes 5 seconds and will make the knob fit tighter to the shaft. Cool vid, btw.
that works but it only takes a quick second to break off a tab then your fucked lol. Put a piece of paper on one side of the tab and push your knob back on.
Hi there, having finally adding a Les Paul to my “strat” collection...I am still getting used to playing it so this is a great help 👍🏻 thanks 😁
Awesome video. Learned a lot. Thanks so much.
Thank you Erich, appreciate all you do for us buddy!
I love this channel!! So much great content. Thanks!!
What are you playing at 9:17 it sounds dope and I’d like to learn it
Slow it down
Much of the sound here depends on amp settings. What was the amp set at?
Not "nasally." "Creamy."
Exactly; that was bothering me lol
I had the same thought
Creamy is the word...and fits the Woman tone definition..great sound too..love it
@Shoot First : Stop being that nit picking guy!
i agree with nasally. creamy I think more of a tecaster bridge.
What do you set your amplifier tones to for the women tone? Possibly halfway up for bass, mid and treble knobs?
Hello. Can you tell me what you are playing around the 20 sec mark? I really liked it and would like to learn it. Thanks!
NICE. Did not know these things. There's a lot of guitar things I don't know about. And recorded proof of that too.
Great! (as usual...). Thanks for sharing you knowledge.
You're welcome, Antonio! Thanks for watching!
happy to hear!!
Dominik Górecki you have pretty shitty teacher then lol
Color me surprised. The Darkness' Black Shuck at 9:00. Well played sir.
Such a great song!
Hey, what's you play after The Darkness song? On the neck pickup?
at 9:00 I am definitely ready for some darkness. Oh wait - - that s a different song. Nevermind
I do love The Darkness!
What an informative video. Thank you! 🙏🎸
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An easy way to remember the knobs is that they're matched to the selector. In other words up on the switch is for the top knobs, and down is the bottom knobs.
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