Busting out my rut: Telecaster and Cornell Romany (And playing tips)
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Hi folks
Equipment used today:
Fender Telecaster ‘52 reissue (2017)
Cornell Romany 12
Delay pedal (NUX Atlantic)
No computers, no audio interfaces, no special microphones or cameras. Just my iPhone on a selfie tripod.
The Tele has a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound in the bridge and a Bare Knuckle Stormy Monday in the neck. It also has an upgraded tone pot (550k Bare Knuckle).
Waking up to some Stafford Cook wisdom. Can’t be bad for a Sunday morning. Tasteful playing and sage advice as usual. Many thanks.
Thanks Floaty10 😊👍
That progression from 0.46 seconds to 0.52 is a tear jerker. Just beautiful Paul
Thank you Luis. Hope you’re doing well my friend 😊
I bloody love your "taste". It's quite inspirational!
I may just try breaking out of my rut too!!
Cheer Paul
Well thank you Mark 👍
Thanx again Paul, great playing as always, great tips awesome!!!! God Bless brother take good care of yourself Tommy, Palatka Fl.🎸
Thanks Tommy, cheers mate 😊
So many nice things I learn watching your posts . Thank you ...BTW the cell phone Camera works wonderfully .. Thank you so much
Thank you Lance! I’m delighted you like my little videos. Cheers mate 👍
Hey Paul I wish I was in your rut, as always you play super nice 👍, great playing.
Thank you JR blues 👍
I love this advice. It sounds obvious when you describe it, but I think us guitarists get caught up in scales, modes and keys and forget this simple concept. Thanks for reminding us.
Cheers Randy, glad you enjoyed it 😊
amazing intro. by far my favorite of your guitars. its not just that the Tele looks like it's been dragged behind a truck for 30 miles. the tone and the way u play it like you love it is incredible. thanks for the great content in this video.
Thanks so much Michael, what a lovely comment 😊👍
Don’t always get a chance to watch your videos. But I’m very happy when I dip my toes in, always rewarding. Keep it up!
Thank you Jay. Comments like yours keep me posting.
I wish I was in a rut like you!
Superb playing as always Paul. It makes me think I need to learn the CAGED system for all chord shapes first before trying to arpeggiate the inversions. Time for some homework!
I've been revisiting the basics lately too, caged and 5 pentatonic shapes that correspond.. soul food!
Thanks Ian. I’ve heard players talk about the CAGED system… no idea what it is 🤣, (haven’t really bothered to find out), but I’m sure it certainly wouldn’t hurt your playing to explore stuff like that. Happy noodling Ian 👍
Thanks Paul - I guess this stuff is instinctual with you. I’ve been playing for 30 years and largely avoided theory but feel I need to delve into it to get out of the pentatonic rut I’ve been in for awhile. Keep up the inspiring work!
Every time you play., you just don’t play, You tell us a story with your guitar ....and that is what I dream of, to be able to do that ! You are a king Paul 👑🎸
Thanks Belo, what a lovely compliment 🙏
I learn something every time I watch you, putting it into practice is my problem. As Eric Morecombe said...I play all the right notes not necessarily in the right order
Hi Neil, hope you’re well. Yes, I often wonder if Eric Morecambe knows just how fundamental he is in English culture 🤣. Cheers Neil, keep at it.
Hi Neil, one could also consider that there isn’t necessarily a “right” order, but rather an order that appeals to you first of all, and then secondly possibly to an audience. It can take some time to start enjoying someone else’s tunes for example, but I am sure the artist did like what he produced 😊. We are 7 billions on this Earth. If what you play pleases you, then I am sure there are more people who would like it too. 😉
Just WOW! No more to be said. Thank you
Well thank you Nick. Appreciated 👍
DEFINITION OF TONE!
Thank you Darren, cheers mate
Tasty playing
Thank you Robert 👍
Thanks for this Paul. The major and minor pentatonics sound so good that it's easy just to stay in them. I've been wanting to branch out into arpeggios for a while and your playing is inspirational. And it's not just your note choice, it's also your dynamics. Cheers man!
Thanks David, appreciated 🙏
i always try to see what is so great about youre playing, well one thing i see is true, there is a real big bag full of soulfull licks and tricks! keep it up Paul!!!!
Thank you Jeff Jeff, cheers mate 😊👍
Nice playing as always
nice clean playing
Thanks Vintage tone 👍
Great juice bro! Thanks for the pick me up.. you have no idea what it means to us out here to have you teach and inspire us!
Thank you!
Well thank you Dragon Sage 🙏
Your playing and how you are so involved in it is fantastic. Great video of inspiration. I’ll take your ideas to my studio and get lost. Thanks from NZ. 🙏🏼
Thank you Tim! Glad you liked it.
I don't think you understand yourself how beautiful that playing in the beginning was
Ah, thank you Adam, what a lovely comment. Thanks man 🙏
Hi Paul ! Greetings from Akron , Ohio USA ! So nice to watch your videos . I think I like the tone of the Tele with the Romany amp the best of all your gear . In this clip you made some great use of the major scale , it is so easy to play penatonic endlessly .. Some times when I get stuck , I play some classical spanish music to get me in a different mind set . I am not great at it , but it opens doors to other new tones . After a 1/2 hour of that I can go back to the Blues with a different attack . I do the same with Jazz sometimes , backing of the tone knob , slowing down , and going for the feel . Remember there is a scale in every chord , in every form of that chord . Cheers , have a great day , and say Hi to all my friends in Scotland !
Thank you Gangnam! Have a great day my friend 😊
There was a young man from Auld Reekie, when he played it wasn't so keechie, he picked up his axe plugged in his jack, and showed the world his chops dead easy. My God Paul two videos in one week, has the worms returned ? Hehe. One night I was sleeping soundly when I got woken up with a fright, looked at the clock and it was 4 a.m. and there was someone banging on the front door, pulled on a dressing gown and went downstairs and opened the door, the fella said " sorry pal can you give me a push ?", I said " you arsehole, it's 4 in the morning, piss right off", and slammed the door, I was going back upstairs when I got a guilty consentious and I thought to myself maybe the poor guy's stranded, went back down and opened the door but he was gone, so I shouted " I'm sorry mate for shouting at you, off course I give you a push , where are you ?, and a voice shouted from across the road " I'm over here on the swings". Take care kid.
Well that’s a fine joke to start my Sunday 👍🤣
A fine wee joke that, and from a fellow C.J Novo sub.
Graham, apparently jokes travel far buddy. Rock on Graham, Rock on Paul and Rock on Rangers.
It’s always a pleasure to see and listen makes me wanna grab my guitar and get lost in blues heaven👍
Well thank you Leif, go grab that guitar 🤣👍
Great playing as always Paul and inspirational as well. Cheers!
Thank you Chuck, appreciated 👍
Best lesson I've seen in months. Also thanks for turning me on to Dylan Talks Tone. And as always you have such a good tone man.
Well thank you Scott, delighted you liked it 😊. Cheers mate
Inspirational as always Paul, superb playing 👍👌🎸
Thanks Paul 👍
I love your playing, Paul.
Thank you kjatexas 😊
Oh my God, your playing touch the soul mate! Really cool and master play.
Thanks Jagercaster 🙏
Nice inspiring video as usual.....Thanks Paul for all you do!
Thanks Ivan, my pleasure 👍
Wow, really very nice.
Thank you Chuck! 👍
Yep kossoffs vibrato was on another level. I read somewhere that Clapton was so impressed with it he asked him to play him a few notes. That was kossoffs soul coming out there and you aren't going to copy that! 😁
Like BB King!
@@duard1220 yeah great shout!. That's probably the only other person who you can tell who they are just from one note!
Very useful.
Thanks
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Thank you Fishhead 👍
A jeezus a thought we were going to get rhythm (a very underrated skill) now ABBA are back in the charts. 😂😂Respect and stay healthy all. Trip the Witch buddy.
Bud 2 must have albums, Trip the Witch by Tom and Guitarland by Tim Peirce, I hope a've no wasted ma pencil here, a'm betting this is auld news. 😂😂
Great Lesson Paul. Lots of work to be done. But one little thing is missing : The Lick starting from 4:08 to 4:12 !! 4 Seconds !! I would ask you for showing and teaching me ( and surely lots of others ) in one of the next Question and Answers Videos. Thanks ;-)
Thanks Michael. Actually, my next vid will be a guitar lesson…. So I’ll feature it in that vid for you, and I’ll do it in slo-mo 👍
Such amazing beautiful playing man! Love your videos and your whole vibe. All the best! 😁🤙
Thanks so much Sam 👍
I’ve seen Eric Johnson twice and met him, been a big fan of him and very inspired by his playing since 85 But sadly he has become very repetitive, and seems to be stuck in a rut in my opinion, l suppose it happens to all the great guitarist at some point, running over the same old ground, The same could apply to your playing Paul but You give out a magical energy using a guitar and amp, doesn’t really matter what you play, if it moves the spirit then you are doing something right, keep doing it 🎸🎶🎸🎶🎸🎶
Thank you Paul. Yes, I live in fear of “that day”, when everything goes downhill 🤣
@@paulstaffordcook8799 I’m 66 I still can’t play like l want to, but it still keeps me sane trying after 50 odd years 😁😁😁
that was brilliant, your not telling me anything i don't know, but i didn't know i knew until you showed me, hehehe as soon as you lay the full chord shape on the fretboard i get it , but when i only see the run of notes your playing my brain just goes nup, this , as i'm sure affects a lot of people, is the result of not learning the basics first eg CAGED scales etc.....so i have no reference to fall back on when i cant figure something out, so lazy ba*tard that i am move onto something else. and it's difficult to try and learn backwards, but i keep learning something new every now and again, in no small measure to watching your vids, so as always many thanks for posting and thanks for "the awakening" :) cheers mate
Excellent, glad you liked it Charlie. Yeah, it’s quite reassuring to think that a lot of the “flash” is actually just playing the single notes from a chord shape, with a couple of passing notes thrown in. 🤣
You good sir, make UA-cam worth watching…
Thank you!
Thank you Jamie 👍
Nice vid Paul stay hungery and have a great weekend.
Cheers Bob, you too
Gary Moore face! And merited!! Thanks for the Sunday morning pick-me-up.
My pleasure, thanks for watching Redduke👍
Very cool.
A big source of inspiration....as usual. Thanks
Thank you Alberto
Love this approach of arpeggios and I think this might be why (other than your innate talent) you sound so musical. You are my favorite guitarist right now...because you are so musical. I thought of a nickname for you: KOT...King of Taste.
Ah, now THAT’S a compliment 🙏. Thank you funkyjones
@@paulstaffordcook8799 :)
Great stuff as usual Paul!
Thanks Glen
Love it.
Thank you Mr Hanmer 😊
Made my Monday morning Blues disappear- Thank you Paul
Glad I could help with those blues Les 🤣. Cheers mate
Thanks Paul
Way above my level but something I can work on when noodling.
Thanks Noel 👍
Funny how the more advanced we get in playing, going back to the simpler things can straighten out so many roadblocks.
I just watched a video of Stevie Ray Vahnn and Albert King doing Don't Lie To Me and Albert was kidding Stevie about his "Not too bad playing skills".Lol
I think the video was done back in the 70s or 80s, but it illustrates how two legendary guitar players, with amazing skills, just kick it with the simplest techniques.
Sometimes all we need is to take a step back and start fresh with the simple things.🤙
Great video Paul.👌
Glad you got on a new path.👍
Good stuff Paul!
Thanks Michael
Expect a visit from the Tone Police with a Cease and Desist letter. You can't just go around the Interwebs exhibiting tone, taste and tips with gay abandon. You have to consider the effect on mere mortals. Then again you mentioned Koss and were instantly forgiven. Life is good with a bit of Paul Cook in it. 👍
Thank you Brian 🙏
Sometimes a nice guitar build will do it Having a great time building and playing a flame top Tele Stain no paint though....when you see the maple pop it's truly inspirational Besides all the other usual suspects Cheers
One of my favorite Tele builds is one I took the finish off of, it's a yellow, black flame stain, really raw looking, tone is great.. never going to re do the coating..lol
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Cheers Ben 👍
Hi Paul great video as usual, the upgraded pot for the bare knuckle is it 550k? Couldn’t see a 500k on the website. Thanks
Thanks Stuart. Yes, 550k, my mistake. 👍
Thank you for that Paul I’ve got Texas specials in my USA tele as standard and I absolutely hate them no ooomph whatsoever so going to try your set up. Great videos and lessons mate thanks again 👍
Would love to see you and Buk jammin.
Edit: Your style, like mine, wears out frets in record time eh? :(
Thanks wozzlepop! And you’re right about the fret wear 😊. (And sorry for extremely late reply - mad busy week).
That wuz cool... the clarity struck me
You've reminded me I need to upgrade 3 or 4 of my guitars' tone pots (!)
It's weird, 20 years ago the Korean shops didn't use this crap...
Was there really such a savings? Cheers matey
Thanks Jonny, glad you liked it 😊
Great sounds, Paul. Are you know mixing in a DAW the room mic and the separate signal of the guitar?
Cheers JSpic 👍. No, it’s still just me and my iphone. I don’t own a computer or any audio software stuff. Glad you liked my wee vid.
Excellent. Got to have a go at this. Which progressions do you find work best? Cheers for the tips.
Cheers MarkTheCard. Personally, I love starting with a minor key, and initially sticking with a 1, 4, 5 progression, but then adding in extra chords to spice things up 😊
Paul whats your favourite robben ford song mines help the poor i love all hes stuff tho have you heard of snowy white hes song midnight blues is awesome.
Hi Paul. Yes, I love the songs you mention, particularly the chords in Midnight Blues 🙏. But my absolute favourite is the Rockpalast live version of “How deep in the blues”. His playing “outside” the normal scales is just wonderful to my ears.
@@paulstaffordcook8799 Yes that performance from robben ford how deep in the blues from 2007 rockpalast is awesome love it too.
So hey which pup do you favor in the Tele I haven't decided on them yet but have so many choices
Hi Paul. I’m definitely completely sold on my Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound bridge pickup. I just love it. As regards the neck….. I think I’m as happy as I’ll ever be (with the Bare Knuckle Stormy Monday), since that guitar is really all about the bridge sound. For me anyway.
Ye fooking ha, the big yins on the Telecaster, dont think ive clicked on a video quicker in my life!
Thanks Derek, happy to oblige 🤣👍
Hey Paul, if you want another guy to add to your rotation, check out Jack Pearson. He played with the Allman Brothers for a little and is a great all around player. ua-cam.com/video/R51_UZf-Njw/v-deo.html
Here's a great vid of him, audios a little rough at first but gets a lot better. Definitely worth the listen.
Thanks Z S 👍. Just gave a listen to that link. Yeah, he’s got the voice and the chops!