When I was younger, I got to see Eric Johnson and Mike Stern playing together at a small venue - there couldn’t have been more than a couple hundred people there. It was an awesome show, and I got to meet them after. They’re both wonderful and humble guys!
I've seen Eric a few times, great every time. I saw him open for Satch around '90 and almost fell asleep during Satch's set. Eric just knocked him into another ocean. Never saw Mike Stern but I'd love to. Amazing player.
I like that Eric and Joe know each other. Eric is renowned in the guitar community, and pretty well known in general, but it's nice to see him acknowledged and respected by his peers in the industry(including those more famous than him).
I was fortunate enough to see Eric at a little place in Fort Worth. Tootsies. Paid two bucks to get in and there were maybe five or ten people there. Been one of the biggest musical influences on my life ever since. Got to speak to him under a street light sitting on the curb. Thanks Eric.
Deep love for EJ his music meant so much tome!! Back in 1996 i was in nashville recording for the band Coda and i met him in a music shop...he was so gentle and sweet he talked to me although i was pretty hysterical and excited...
Every and anytime I listen to anything EJ speaks or plays I am immediately lifted. The late great poet Robert Bly would've said he has the mind of a poet. In regard to PRS guitars, I beheld such just one time in a guitar store, and I'll never forget how it felt. I see now that Paul puts as much mindfulness and detail in everything he says in the same way he does in everything he builds. Thanks for the likes of these two poet/artists in this world....GREAT INTERVIEW!!!
As somebody said below, this conversation naturally drifts into the spiritual and the spiritual aspects of music. Really fascinating. And hearing Eric talk about his samskaras made my ears perk up!
Such an interesting conversation, thank you! Eric has been as constant source of inspiration for me as a musician & as a person since the age of 6 when Venus Isle came out. It's always great to hear one's idol talk about their own passion...thanks again
It's so hard to explain moments of spontaneous creativity in music. The best players have a sound that isn't forced whatsoever. Eric is one of those players. Nothing he plays sounds forced.
What a perfect video.!💖 Alot of the one's floating on UA-cam talk about Technique, Articulation, how much notes can or can not be jammed in one lick....the one thing alot forget to mention is...what certain feeling/s makes a player weave his or her magic in whatever mood or emotion he or she can project. I love this video the most out of all of the PRS interviews...really brought out something for me that i thought i really lost over the years...and that's getting into the zone of actually playing rather than think...oh here we go again.! Loved it.💖👌👍🤘🤘🤘🤘
The BB King story was great from Eric. I think BB was one of the best guitarists ever. Just remember, everyone else that plays came after him. I had the luck of meeting BB personally when I was 15 and he was a gentleman. After the show, he walked towards the crowd and shook everones hand, mine included. He had this smile in his face, you couldn't help but love the guy. I think these interviews with PRS are really cool. He makes a pretty nice guitar too.
Everyone that plays came after him? Did you ever read BB's autobiography. He learned guitar from guys like Lonnie Johnson, Robert Johnson, TBone Walker few guitar players are originals.
This is such a nice conversation thank you. Huge fan I have a couple of PRS guitars and with guitar being the one thing that keeps me going, these guitars have had such a huge impact on my life, they're essentially an extension of myself. Not sure how to explain it properly but they're very important to me.
GREAT interview. Nice to see the real you and Eric connecting on so many levels. Peace and play on my brothers! ( Just bought a HDRX 20 and LOVING IT!! Great Amp! I play a Strat, ( I;m lefthanded , thats a hint Paul) and the nice thick mid tones with the mid boost are there listen to Hard times Clapton on Journeyman album.... pure tone and nice thick mids!
This was fantastic! The kernels of wisdom from everyone here were awe inspiring. Living in the present and never being satisfied. Refiner and distillation.... 🔥🤘
@@silent_theguitar_guy3253 I totally respect and certainly admire Paul's success, perserverence and passion, but you can't reproduce time. Vintage or old growth wood, if good, is always preferable. The old pickups and magnets also had alot of impurities and such which also contributed to that transparent sound we all love. My tech Dominick Ramos ( look him up) used to school me on this stuff. He even had old wire until he ran out. I have one pickup he wound with it, and it is in my tele 20 years later. Beats ANY new pickup I have tried. But, who knows, Paul never gives up or in, right?
@@iansnyder274 From spending many years working in a very serious vintage guitar store I can also attest that there are a lot of very ordinary vintage guitars. Yes, wood definitely changes its structure as it ages and that will have an influence on the tone of the instrument it forms part of and often in a good way, but some guitars just don't work.... a terrible '63 Strat that was completely lifeless (and original down to the frets), a 66 Strat that had the worst Fender neck I have ever seen - soft as rubber and impossible to straighten with the truss rod, numerous poorly built Gibsons.... yes, there are true gems out there, but don't fall into the belief that all that vintage stuff will automatically make a superior instrument, because it isn't true :). Mind you, best guitar I have ever played was a 56 Goldtop with a repaired headstock - the one that got away....
I completely agree that rock climbing is analogous to guitar playing. As an guitar player/indoor climber, there are parallels between working on a riff/route and that being in the moment or"zone" yields a sincere performance or a clean/fluid climb. As for climbing 3000ft without a rope, I'd rather watch Eric Johnson play.
I was friends with both of these guys. I knew Joe back in highschool in Rome Georgia. We would wake up in the morning and ride our motorcycles to the liquor store. Joe would put his 45 on the counter and demand a fifth. Everybody was scared to death of Joe because he was Crazy. We would ride back to public housing and record his demo for the record company. I would love to see Joe again! I knew Eric in Berkeley when Hendrix played inside and Eric played outside.And I was actually thrilled to be in the outside with Eric.He is deeply devoted to the sound of Hendrix free form guitar. But I was even more impressed by Eric' s personality than his guitar playing. He is kind of a saint. I have to love him.I hope that he goes back to the fiery Hendrix free form style that he used to let loose and make all the other guitarists to run to the bathroom to smoke pot,drink beer, and shake their heads over how he plays so immaculately! Shalom
@@bobboitt3126 Yes it is. Both of them are fanatical players. When I first did a session with Joe I looked at his record player and he had Jeff Beck's Truth on there. He had already learned all of that which made him the player he was. Joe is a really strange person. He bitches 24/7 but underneath all of that their actually is a kind person. And Eric was just all about Hendrix,he is one of the few people who figured out and understood his technique. He must have really worked hard on it. Both of them have new material coming out after Covid and I am ready. Peace
To my Ears his tone is closer to the range of a Viola, the solo for trail of tears album TONES, was the one time I know of where he got the sound of a violin. Just my 2 cents.
This guy is 65 yo, can afford to go completely stone on air and look like it's 1983 and he's touring with Duran Duran. He's also one of the best guitarist ever, a gentleman. How does he do it ?? I love him. Very rare knowledgeable, talented, human being.
Wow, what a meaningful conversation! Looking forward to future episodes! Anyone happen to make out the records that Eric Johnson was referring to at around the 18:00 minute mark when talking about fuzz tones? Thanks! Would love to check these records out (I know one of them was Are You Experienced? but he kinda mentioned other ones that I couldn't quite make out with the audio).
Paul seems like he wants to compete with all of the people he interviews. He doesn’t have enough humbleness like the artists he admires. Always pushing or directing the conversation about his needs instead of just letting the artist be the spotlight. And I’m not sure if it’s ego or insecurity on his part. But like many Rock Stars he needs spotlight as opposed to just being content with letting his work or products speak for itself.
I feel like he's just a bit awkward. Like, he's an absolute guitar nerd that is so into what he does, and the intricacies of every part, he just gets carried away. What makes this passable, in my opinion, is that he's completely passionate. There's nothing superficial about his character, he's just really into what he does and possibly just awkward in his approach. Anyone who's very artistic or overly enthusiastic about their craft appears to have difficulty allowing conversation to flow. That's just me, I dunno, there's no way there could be any long term intential malice with such a beautiful product.
You got that right. He overstates things extremely too. Trust me, that little die did not make ALL the vintage wire in 1959. There were MANY magnet wire companies back then, not ONE.
I am sure Paul gave him a Fiore to try out. I wonder what he thinks about that guitar. Its like his custom Fender where you have a humbucking in the bridge pickup and single coil in the middle and front pickup.
Paul is appealingly modest about his own playing, but he's really pretty damn good and has a hell of a vibrato - I saw his band Dragons do a clinic at Sam Ash many years ago. If it's still available I'd advise anyone to get his CD "Paul Reed Smith - DRAGONS" I liked it so much that I wrote him more or less a fan letter, and I NEVER do that sort of thing.
Very satisfying interview, but it was a little weird hearing space cadet 1 interview space cadet 2. This is all meant in good taste, we all need some more higher plane people in our lives.
great video thanks for posting . i think playing lead guitar is like pressing go and being able to believe in your ability . prs guitars are getting better and better . even the se prs is a quality musical instrument i'm impressed
So, a worn out old die is the secret of vintage wire? They quit using them when they wear past specification. Fender used a much fatter wire than Gibson did, Seymour has a chart of O.D. measurements that prove that, all my old 50's spools of wire, the difference between vintage HF spec wire and the plain enamel of Gibson PAF's, are night and day different just in diameters alone. He's not making wire, you can't install a wire making machine in a little company, making wire requires a giant bank of machines that starts with a huge chunk of copper, and there is no modern copper like the old wire used. The old varnishes are not made anymore and benzene is illegal to use anymore, and why REAL plain enamel wire stopped being made somewhere around 2005 or so. It rocked the industry. Not only that, the insulation companies never disclose the old recipes, Elektrisola told me that and they had no idea what it was made from except it was organic varnishes. The last wire that was made, which was closest to vintage wire was made by American Wire Corp. But it was never consistently made to tight specifications, and much of my old AWC wire is unusable and flaking insulation off. AWC had only ONE man who could even mix the old stuff, he's no longer there and now they are using some kind of poly or acrylic insulation thats super slippery and is no different than what Elektrisola makes now. All the vintage wire is not slippery and drags in felt tensioners. "Winders" complained about AWC wire because of THAT. Nice. Elektrisola analyzed a pile of vintage PE for me many years ago now, they used many types of lab analyses and explained the methods and gave me pages of data. Vintage wire IS the secret of pretty much all vintage pickups, but only up to about 1965, when everything changed, and Gibson flipped to poly insulation wire and Fender switched the same year to plain enamel, and began using programmable winding machines, instead of Leo's girl hand winders. Pretty big changes for both companies. I still have 5 pound spools that came from Korea back around 2002, that was dead-on identical to vintage magnet wire. I tried to contact them a couple years ago, but it was clear they had modernized since then, and communicating with them was impossible, no English speakers in their company. Its also NOT true that all vintage wire came from ONE die. Wire diameters from the 40's til the 60's, are all OVER the place. I know because I have stashes going back to 1924 up to 1990. Evidence based research is what I abide by ;-)
I still want Doug's Texaplex and that 412 cab the tube screamer and ep3 Not for sale he said story of my life. Ej should play my Dumble want to take it to Austin and record it. Thought he sounded more violla or cello then violin... THE DUMBLE NEEDS A LIL TLC ITS AT JIMMY WALLACES SHOP TILL NEXT WEEK.
I’ve never held a PRS but I find them beautiful and maybe one day I’ll get it. But it’s funny and awkward to see Paul interview non-PRS artists because he’s constantly trying to get them to play PRS. 😂
@@Tomekkplk PRS is a really high quality brand. No one being objective would deny it. Quality control over their instruments is extremely high, something that you can't say for entry level guitars from fender or gibson.
Same here! It's tough 'cause in the this world anymore ya gotta: "Buy 'em to try 'em". I've never really gotten to play a PRS but pretty sure I'd want a semi-hollow with fairly simple and clean electronics. I held a bolt on semi-hollow briefly in a Guitar Center years ago and I'll never forget how familiar and comfortable it felt. Should have bought it on the spot.
@@christopherlewis1847 How can you 'get your hands on' a bunch of PRS anyplace? I suppose ya just gotta make the trip the big centers like Nashville or such...
Doesn't anyone see what's going on here? We got one extremely fantastic guitar player ready to talk to Paul and answer Paul's questions. Paul wants EJ to say, "oh Paul, I beg you to build me an Eric Johnson duster. But EJ just doesn't want a PRS guitar".... Paul gets pissed because EJ doesn't acknowledge any PRS guitar in this interview...
I could listen to Eric talk all day long. There's something so incredibly Zen about the guy.
When I was younger, I got to see Eric Johnson and Mike Stern playing together at a small venue - there couldn’t have been more than a couple hundred people there. It was an awesome show, and I got to meet them after. They’re both wonderful and humble guys!
I've seen Eric a few times, great every time. I saw him open for Satch around '90 and almost fell asleep during Satch's set. Eric just knocked him into another ocean. Never saw Mike Stern but I'd love to. Amazing player.
I met him briefly on the first experience Hendrix tour with buddy guy. Just an amazing player and a beautiful person .
I think l was there. Was that Steamboat in Austin? Alien Love Child??
Yes! Mike Stern is another absolutely scorching player who is also a truly humble, ultra nice human being! Could listen to him forever :D
I like that Eric and Joe know each other. Eric is renowned in the guitar community, and pretty well known in general, but it's nice to see him acknowledged and respected by his peers in the industry(including those more famous than him).
I was fortunate enough to see Eric at a little place in Fort Worth. Tootsies. Paid two bucks to get in and there were maybe five or ten people there. Been one of the biggest musical influences on my life ever since. Got to speak to him under a street light sitting on the curb. Thanks Eric.
Deep love for EJ his music meant so much tome!! Back in 1996 i was in nashville recording for the band Coda and i met him in a music shop...he was so gentle and sweet he talked to me although i was pretty hysterical and excited...
Two great men who found their true calling and continue to refine and take it to higher levels.
Every and anytime I listen to anything EJ speaks or plays I am immediately lifted. The late great poet Robert Bly would've said he has the mind of a poet. In regard to PRS guitars, I beheld such just one time in a guitar store, and I'll never forget how it felt. I see now that Paul puts as much mindfulness and detail in everything he says in the same way he does in everything he builds. Thanks for the likes of these two poet/artists in this world....GREAT INTERVIEW!!!
My favorite guitarist and favorite guitar maker! Nice. Thanks to both of you
As somebody said below, this conversation naturally drifts into the spiritual and the spiritual aspects of music. Really fascinating. And hearing Eric talk about his samskaras made my ears perk up!
Eric Johnson is AWESOME. This has been one of my faves of the Long Distance series.
Such an interesting conversation, thank you!
Eric has been as constant source of inspiration for me as a musician & as a person since the age of 6 when Venus Isle came out. It's always great to hear one's idol talk about their own passion...thanks again
Bravo Paul and Eric, a brilliant spiritual interview! I mean it too!
That's a lot of greatness in one window frame!
That was a great conversation. Two of my major influences. Thanks!!…oh and the eternal crazy optimist, Joe Walsh.
Man Mr Paul Reed Smith is a great interviewer, very interesting person
There is so much knowledge in this conversation, technical and universal. Excellent discussion.
Eric -"Be here now." Good advice.
I just love the ideas and wisdoms that come out of these conversations.
Thanks to all of you 👍🏻
It's so hard to explain moments of spontaneous creativity in music. The best players have a sound that isn't forced whatsoever. Eric is one of those players. Nothing he plays sounds forced.
Time well spent! Many thanks gents...
Joe is always such a riot. Love that guy.
Wow Eric is a really fascinating guy …love this conversation.
Regarding your sweet spot: People don't need you to be everyone else, they have everyone else already. They need you to do you.
Great meaningful interview! Thank you for this! It's nice to hear a discussion about the magic and spiritual aspects of playing guitar!
This is fantastic! I could've listened to four hours of this if they had kept going. What a treat!
What a perfect video.!💖 Alot of the one's floating on UA-cam talk about Technique, Articulation, how much notes can or can not be jammed in one lick....the one thing alot forget to mention is...what certain feeling/s makes a player weave his or her magic in whatever mood or emotion he or she can project. I love this video the most out of all of the PRS interviews...really brought out something for me that i thought i really lost over the years...and that's getting into the zone of actually playing rather than think...oh here we go again.! Loved it.💖👌👍🤘🤘🤘🤘
Eric Johnson along with Lightning Boy Eugene Martone changed my life
Two amazing people !! Thank you for sharing this chat.
Eric Johnson needs to come over to PRS!
The BB King story was great from Eric. I think BB was one of the best guitarists ever. Just remember, everyone else that plays came after him. I had the luck of meeting BB personally when I was 15 and he was a gentleman. After the show, he walked towards the crowd and shook everones hand, mine included. He had this smile in his face, you couldn't help but love the guy. I think these interviews with PRS are really cool. He makes a pretty nice guitar too.
Everyone that plays came after him? Did you ever read BB's autobiography. He learned guitar from guys like Lonnie Johnson, Robert Johnson, TBone Walker few guitar players are originals.
A great interview for EJ by PRS. It was also great seeing Joe Walsh in the beginning.
Beautiful. I know what Paul means when he says he wells up at Eric's tone. Can also sound like a clarinet. Manhattan springs to mind
Interesting to hear Joe and Eric interact at the open. Great show Paul!
Pretty darn cool these masters of their craft are sharing there experience and thoughts with us👍🎸📢
This is such a nice conversation thank you. Huge fan I have a couple of PRS guitars and with guitar being the one thing that keeps me going, these guitars have had such a huge impact on my life, they're essentially an extension of myself. Not sure how to explain it properly but they're very important to me.
GREAT interview. Nice to see the real you and Eric connecting on so many levels. Peace and play on my brothers! ( Just bought a HDRX 20 and LOVING IT!! Great Amp! I play a Strat, ( I;m lefthanded , thats a hint Paul) and the nice thick mid tones with the mid boost are there listen to Hard times Clapton on Journeyman album.... pure tone and nice thick mids!
The Alex Honnold bit was fantastic, and spot on.
Two living legends shooting the shit.... need to see Eric jammin on a PRS! Make it happen!
How DEEP FRIED IS JOE WALSH???
“Don’t take the Brown Acid”
RIGHT?
😂😂
“Are you okay…!?”
Are YOU okay Joe? Hehe 😜
Great conversations about your life's work
I have and old digitech gnx3000 and it has a cliffs of dover Johnson preset and I so love that sound for both rhythm and lead playing. Greetings man.
This was fantastic! The kernels of wisdom from everyone here were awe inspiring. Living in the present and never being satisfied. Refiner and distillation.... 🔥🤘
So when are we going to see a Signature Eric Johnson PRS?
That would be awesome.
Eric is so nitpicky I doubt he's interested in another signature guitar other than his fender.
I doubt it, but who knows. He is primarily a Fender and Gibson guy.
When Paul shows Eric the mold for the 1958 wire for Fender and Gibson pickups. I was thinking that was a little Easter Egg. Paul is working his magic.
@@silent_theguitar_guy3253 I totally respect and certainly admire Paul's success, perserverence and passion, but you can't reproduce time. Vintage or old growth wood, if good, is always preferable. The old pickups and magnets also had alot of impurities and such which also contributed to that transparent sound we all love. My tech Dominick Ramos ( look him up) used to school me on this stuff. He even had old wire until he ran out. I have one pickup he wound with it, and it is in my tele 20 years later. Beats ANY new pickup I have tried. But, who knows, Paul never gives up or in, right?
@@iansnyder274 From spending many years working in a very serious vintage guitar store I can also attest that there are a lot of very ordinary vintage guitars. Yes, wood definitely changes its structure as it ages and that will have an influence on the tone of the instrument it forms part of and often in a good way, but some guitars just don't work.... a terrible '63 Strat that was completely lifeless (and original down to the frets), a 66 Strat that had the worst Fender neck I have ever seen - soft as rubber and impossible to straighten with the truss rod, numerous poorly built Gibsons.... yes, there are true gems out there, but don't fall into the belief that all that vintage stuff will automatically make a superior instrument, because it isn't true :). Mind you, best guitar I have ever played was a 56 Goldtop with a repaired headstock - the one that got away....
So Paul, I know you made him a pair of matching bolt on neck guitars. Did he just not groove with them? I've seen them for sale a few times.
Wow..." I spent a year Not being a rockstar and got to know who that guy is" Great to hear that Joe, you are not alone there either
I completely agree that rock climbing is analogous to guitar playing. As an guitar player/indoor climber, there are parallels between working on a riff/route and that being in the moment or"zone" yields a sincere performance or a clean/fluid climb. As for climbing 3000ft without a rope, I'd rather watch Eric Johnson play.
This is really great!! Thanks Paul!
This is great sir, would love to see you long distance call Dann Huff.
Dan Huff is not a PRS artist…
@@danielbeckler262 But he played PRS (1986 Pre-standard)
Yah, he could do a whole series of interviews!
Edit: Aha, I see now that he's been doing that.
I was friends with both of these guys. I knew Joe back in highschool in Rome Georgia. We would wake up in the morning and ride our motorcycles to the liquor store. Joe would put his 45 on the counter and demand a fifth. Everybody was scared to death of Joe because he was Crazy. We would ride back to public housing and record his demo for the record company. I would love to see Joe again! I knew Eric in Berkeley when Hendrix played inside and Eric played outside.And I was actually thrilled to be in the outside with Eric.He is deeply devoted to the sound of Hendrix free form guitar. But I was even more impressed by Eric' s personality than his guitar playing. He is kind of a saint. I have to love him.I hope that he goes back to the fiery Hendrix free form style that he used to let loose and make all the other guitarists to run to the bathroom to smoke pot,drink beer, and shake their heads over how he plays so immaculately! Shalom
Funny how Joe the outlaw and Eric the saint both make killer music!
@@bobboitt3126 Yes it is. Both of them are fanatical players. When I first did a session with Joe I looked at his record player and he had Jeff Beck's Truth on there. He had already learned all of that which made him the player he was. Joe is a really strange person. He bitches 24/7 but underneath all of that their actually is a kind person. And Eric was just all about Hendrix,he is one of the few people who figured out and understood his technique. He must have really worked hard on it. Both of them have new material coming out after Covid and I am ready. Peace
Are you high or just a basic bullshitter? Walsh grew up in Ohio. Johnson had just turned 16 when Hendrix died, and lived in Austin TX.
That was fun
To my Ears his tone is closer to the range of a Viola, the solo for trail of tears album TONES, was the one time I know of where he got the sound of a violin. Just my 2 cents.
Paul's doing his absolute BEST to get Eric off fenders nuts, LMAO 🤣🤣🤣
great vid that wire mold is cool i would love to have a prs guitar just doint have the bucks eric is a dam nice guy just like in this vid
Remembering interview when Santana mentioned "Paul has a Japanese soul".
This guy is 65 yo, can afford to go completely stone on air and look like it's 1983 and he's touring with Duran Duran. He's also one of the best guitarist ever, a gentleman. How does he do it ?? I love him. Very rare knowledgeable, talented, human being.
who Paul??
Wow, what a meaningful conversation! Looking forward to future episodes! Anyone happen to make out the records that Eric Johnson was referring to at around the 18:00 minute mark when talking about fuzz tones? Thanks! Would love to check these records out (I know one of them was Are You Experienced? but he kinda mentioned other ones that I couldn't quite make out with the audio).
Blues breakers with Eric Clapton, referred to as the “beano” record by many people. That’s the other he’s referring to.
@@MHoffp57 thanks so much!
Great insight 🙌🏻
Someone needs to buy Paul a 4K camera for his birthday.......
someone needs to buy a 4k camera for your mom
Paul seems like he wants to compete with all of the people he interviews. He doesn’t have enough humbleness like the artists he admires. Always pushing or directing the conversation about his needs instead of just letting the artist be the spotlight. And I’m not sure if it’s ego or insecurity on his part. But like many Rock Stars he needs spotlight as opposed to just being content with letting his work or products speak for itself.
I feel like he's just a bit awkward. Like, he's an absolute guitar nerd that is so into what he does, and the intricacies of every part, he just gets carried away. What makes this passable, in my opinion, is that he's completely passionate. There's nothing superficial about his character, he's just really into what he does and possibly just awkward in his approach. Anyone who's very artistic or overly enthusiastic about their craft appears to have difficulty allowing conversation to flow. That's just me, I dunno, there's no way there could be any long term intential malice with such a beautiful product.
@@camdobie Well glad you see the positive in him. For me being from NY originally I’m always a bit more skeptical.
You got that right. He overstates things extremely too. Trust me, that little die did not make ALL the vintage wire in 1959. There were MANY magnet wire companies back then, not ONE.
Made it to 25:00. Does he not hear himself?.
Yeah Paul great Show 🎶🎶🧨
These videos are so cool.
joe's facelift ahahahahaha!!!!
Would have lived to hear Joe talk about recording Hotel Cali
I am sure Paul gave him a Fiore to try out. I wonder what he thinks about that guitar. Its like his custom Fender where you have a humbucking in the bridge pickup and single coil in the middle and front pickup.
These are so cool videos!
Paul is appealingly modest about his own playing, but he's really pretty damn good and has a hell of a vibrato - I saw his band Dragons do a clinic at Sam Ash many years ago. If it's still available I'd advise anyone to get his CD "Paul Reed Smith - DRAGONS" I liked it so much that I wrote him more or less a fan letter, and I NEVER do that sort of thing.
@PaulRS, What's the model #, & is that the phaser Bonzo used on the drums on Kashmir?
it's the 'your mom' model
For me my PRS guitars are the best in my Arsenal…..I work em everyday in the studio……my SSky is my no 1 earner and my CU 24 is my no 1 live tool….
That includes strats,teles,lps,JM,Sg, from the 50s,60s,70s,…..
Somebody wake Eric up...I think he dozed off there a few times!!!
Lmao
Remembering chuck Kevin's!
Good Lord, Paul talks a lot.
he is like any other old man
yay here comes another signature strat copy
Hiya, just wondering if there is much if any ware on the wee die Paul? It must have pulled a lot of wire over time. Respect and stay healthy all
I too would like to hear about the hotel California solo Paul
Very satisfying interview, but it was a little weird hearing space cadet 1 interview space cadet 2. This is all meant in good taste, we all need some more higher plane people in our lives.
great video thanks for posting . i think playing lead guitar is like pressing go and being able to believe in your ability . prs guitars are getting better and better . even the se prs is a quality musical instrument i'm impressed
Eric Johnson turned into Jimmy Fallon for the first part of the interview
岁月不饶人啊，当年的吉他王子，已经是慈祥的老爷爷了
Eddie Vanhalen was a guitar builder in his own way R.I.P
So, a worn out old die is the secret of vintage wire? They quit using them when they wear past specification. Fender used a much fatter wire than Gibson did, Seymour has a chart of O.D. measurements that prove that, all my old 50's spools of wire, the difference between vintage HF spec wire and the plain enamel of Gibson PAF's, are night and day different just in diameters alone. He's not making wire, you can't install a wire making machine in a little company, making wire requires a giant bank of machines that starts with a huge chunk of copper, and there is no modern copper like the old wire used. The old varnishes are not made anymore and benzene is illegal to use anymore, and why REAL plain enamel wire stopped being made somewhere around 2005 or so. It rocked the industry. Not only that, the insulation companies never disclose the old recipes, Elektrisola told me that and they had no idea what it was made from except it was organic varnishes. The last wire that was made, which was closest to vintage wire was made by American Wire Corp. But it was never consistently made to tight specifications, and much of my old AWC wire is unusable and flaking insulation off. AWC had only ONE man who could even mix the old stuff, he's no longer there and now they are using some kind of poly or acrylic insulation thats super slippery and is no different than what Elektrisola makes now. All the vintage wire is not slippery and drags in felt tensioners. "Winders" complained about AWC wire because of THAT. Nice. Elektrisola analyzed a pile of vintage PE for me many years ago now, they used many types of lab analyses and explained the methods and gave me pages of data. Vintage wire IS the secret of pretty much all vintage pickups, but only up to about 1965, when everything changed, and Gibson flipped to poly insulation wire and Fender switched the same year to plain enamel, and began using programmable winding machines, instead of Leo's girl hand winders. Pretty big changes for both companies. I still have 5 pound spools that came from Korea back around 2002, that was dead-on identical to vintage magnet wire. I tried to contact them a couple years ago, but it was clear they had modernized since then, and communicating with them was impossible, no English speakers in their company. Its also NOT true that all vintage wire came from ONE die. Wire diameters from the 40's til the 60's, are all OVER the place. I know because I have stashes going back to 1924 up to 1990. Evidence based research is what I abide by ;-)
Sounds like two jazz guys,talking great
I still want Doug's Texaplex and that 412 cab the tube screamer and ep3
Not for sale he said story of my life.
Ej should play my Dumble want to take it to Austin and record it.
Thought he sounded more violla or cello then violin...
THE DUMBLE NEEDS A LIL TLC
ITS AT JIMMY WALLACES SHOP
TILL NEXT WEEK.
Lucky dog.
Made me searched if Eric Johnson started using a PRS
hahaha relatable 100%
Never seen EJ PLAY A PRS.
I think there are some pictures of a 2014 PRS EJ Thinline prototype, very Mosrite like but hollowed out
@@rogerfelez7478it was at some shows, looks very neat. Would love to see and hear him play it once. I wonder why he didn’t keep it!!!
I was worried for a second that Paul was gonna whip out little Paul. Thank God it was a wire mold.
'scuse me while I wips this out!
I got worried too.
Love Joe, but he now reminds me of the grumpy old men from the Muppets…
I’ve never held a PRS but I find them beautiful and maybe one day I’ll get it. But it’s funny and awkward to see Paul interview non-PRS artists because he’s constantly trying to get them to play PRS. 😂
They aren't anything special. Don't waste your money
@@Tomekkplk PRS is a really high quality brand.
No one being objective would deny it.
Quality control over their instruments is extremely high, something that you can't say for entry level guitars from fender or gibson.
Paul is the geekiest of all guitar & gear geeks. That’s why I’m saving up for a nice PRS. What should I buy?
one without the lame ass birds
Try out everything you can get your hands on and go with what speaks to you.
Same here! It's tough 'cause in the this world anymore ya gotta: "Buy 'em to try 'em". I've never really gotten to play a PRS but pretty sure I'd want a semi-hollow with fairly simple and clean electronics. I held a bolt on semi-hollow briefly in a Guitar Center years ago and I'll never forget how familiar and comfortable it felt. Should have bought it on the spot.
@@christopherlewis1847 How can you 'get your hands on' a bunch of PRS anyplace? I suppose ya just gotta make the trip the big centers like Nashville or such...
@@stevenjones6780 fair point. Sometimes the best you can do is do a bunch of research and make the best educated guess possible
Why does Eric look younger than Paul?
I think he's a vegetarian and doesn't drink or do drugs, but I think he blazes because he often seems stoned.
@@vinivola he definitely smokes weed…
Eric is a vegetarian although he's started aging more lately
Zen Guitar
Paul is the World Champion of cringe 😉👍
LOL
Are they high ? 😂
Eric Johnson deff seems baked.
"Sun scar from a past life..."?
Samskara
In Hinduism it means an impression of a past life onto this life. Good or Bad
@@levijessegonzalez3629
Now I have to dig out my old Gita.
paul makes a dam nice pickup also
Aghhh … its a die not a mould
Funny, bands play live here with no ill effects... 🇭🇺
Eric Johnson looks stoned. I wonder it thats just the way he it. Ha.
You mean Joe Walsh? EJ's demeanor is just normal.
Eric is straight lolhahahaha
That was strange
Totally agreed... its like people don't see
what's really doing on....
kinda cringey when we're still bringing up Cliffs of Dover.
A lot of New E.J.s material gets overlooked
I agree. Even the Alien Love Child live CD was incredible. EJ literally changed my musical direction, for sure..
Ej is mainly known for cliffs of dover. That's how I got introduced to him and what I mainly remember him for.
a lot of new ej material isnt that good
Tonemould....
Doesn't anyone see what's going on here? We got one extremely fantastic guitar player ready to talk to Paul and answer Paul's questions. Paul wants EJ to say, "oh Paul, I beg you to build me an Eric Johnson duster. But EJ just doesn't want a PRS guitar".... Paul gets pissed because EJ doesn't acknowledge any PRS guitar in this interview...