Same exact thing. 47 years of playing this way and only partial success relaxing the picking hand. To be honest I think my fast runs sound smoother than players that do alternate picking but don't have great synchronization and that is the majority of players I see playing local bars and clubs. I do keep trying to get better at picking because some things need the selective attack and bite that comes with picking every note, so I often find myself limited in a sense.
Killer playing, Joey!!!!! I was always a Les Paul player and I switched to Tele after being introduced to Kotzen. The solo on The Dying (first Winery Dogs album) is still one of my favourite all time solos!
This is the 2nd video of yours that I've seen, and you've already become one of my favorite guitarists. This solo is SO MUCH BETTER than the FIRST one of yours that blew me away.
I had recently unsubbed from a lot of "guitar youtubers" in the last year , but your content has been very refreshing stuff! Happy to sub and support the channel, I'm also going to check out your melodic soloing course as well. You're a great player!
Great lesson Joey. I wouldn´t call this The Kotzen technique, if you watch Greg Howe instruction videos from the 80´s he was teaching this and in many variations including 3 nps , and Paul Gilbert also used to show the technique using 3nps and string skipping simultaneously (really crazy licks) in his first instruction videos. After that Kotzen would do a couple of records with Howe and I think after that he started to use it more in his music. Just pointing this cause youre younger than me and may´ve missed those amazing guys that are also into this kind of playing.
Good info! I knew Howe used it as well (as does Justin Derrico nowadays with Pink) but didn’t know Howe was the first one to use it. I saw Richie live 2 times the past couple years and he uses it a lot when playing fast - especially now that he’s playing without a pick (because the technique still works great with just using fingers)
When I was just a young punk hanging out in the guitar store all day...with no money....Greg Howe used to come in and hang out. It was always amazing to watch him play. When he did his first big article in guitar world he wore a t-shirt for that guitar store. We were all psyched!
Hey I’m really liking your stuff …this is what I need and I’m sure others do too , like most I’ve struggled with speed my whole playing career. I wasn’t an EVH fan as I was a around 20 in 1983 and if you were a guitar player back then all you heard was Eddie’s tapping and I grew to despise it from redundancy of hearing it …but now I would like some speed back in my playing chops and your demos are perfect ! So more of this please as it’s just what I need. Glad I found your station site today it’s serendipity as your also demoing Kotzens playing and he’s simply amazing so please delve more into his style , tone and phrasing. Thanks bud! Parker S from Vancouver Island Canada 🇨🇦
Richie is King.. I met him 9-27-24 and he was a wonderful down tooth host. he signed a ton of merch I snagged as well as the back of the headstocks of my RK Tele and RK red Strat. They are way to beautiful to scribble on anywhere else IMHO
Excellent info, I like Richie's playing but havent studied it, I do like how he is more organic sounding. I'm guessing this is from earlier in his career as he doesnt use a pick now? Just a quick bit of feedback: put up a bar of tab on the screen to make it easier for people to follow along
Love the tone! Which amp/ modeler/plugin did you use to achieve it? It sounds rich and super playable! 😍 Incredible playing, and the lesson is fantastic too! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
That tone, and playing are a real wake up call for me. Beautiful runs and dynamics. That's how I want my tele to sound. Please help me. What pickups are they please?
Really nice stuff (beautiful Tele too🤘) but (yes, in social media world there’s always a ‘but’😉)… I’d have loved some info/examples of your descending licks/runs too , would finish the video nicely👍 Thanks from Ireland🇮🇪🇵🇸✊
Left handed! Dude u are a monster. Amazing licks. The playing is awesome it looks easy lol. Dude do u know where can i get Gibson SG reissue 61 with maestro vibrola left handed? I can't find here in Spain and other countries of Europe. Its frustrating i cant even play it to feel confortable with the guitar. Im done lol
I've played for 30 years and have always enjoyed watching speed and shred techniques across different genres. In that time, I have come to realize that speed is part natural ability and part hard work. Technique is an element of speed; guitar position, wrist angle, dominant fingers, hammer-on's , pull-off's, pick grip, pick type and angle, arm tension, etc.. and some licks are easier to get a hold of, but no matter how simple the lick is... you can only play as fast as the level of synchronicity you have achieved by inching your way up the metronome and breaking through each plateau. Most people will never be able to play these licks as fast as Mr. Jones does, and that has everything to do with what Mr. Jones was born with and has already developed. A guitar player will achieve their fastest and most accurate playing around the median age of 27, after that muscles and nerves start to decline with age and the ability to achieve a higher rate of synchronicity becomes increasingly difficult.
Love Ritchie Kotzen. Should have done it a bit with the fingers to show yo dont have to pick. i like melodic solos more than shredding but i love a good crescendo to end a solo and thats where the shredding comes in :) Just dont do it for 16bars
I only improvised one lick, other than that it should be the same. I have played variations of this tune so it might differ slightly. Let me know if you’re having trouble. ✌🏻
I've playing this way all my life. The problem is when you play like this all the time, you never really learn how to relax your picking hand, which is a requirement for accurate alternate picking. The style is smooth sounding but it's somewhat limiting. Check out Dave Murray of Iron Maiden. He was using this technique before Richie.
Same exact thing. 47 years of playing this way and only partial success relaxing the picking hand. To be honest I think my fast runs sound smoother than players that do alternate picking but don't have great synchronization and that is the majority of players I see playing local bars and clubs.
I saw Greg Koch playing live last night and he most definitely does shred - he played multiple solos with fast scale runs (all notes picked) as well as legato techniques (like this), sweep picking and fast hybrid picking. Speed, fast or slow does not equate to anything other personal preference of the player in the moment - it’s all musical notes and entirely subjective.
@@stevekent I know he can, but most of time he doesnt, im talking about the guys at guitar center who think sweeping is everything and just compete to see who is the fastest as if that equates skill.
@@guitarcafeguy well, to a degree sweep picking and fast scales does require skill and dedication to be good at just the same as comping jazz chords or chicken picking and although the majority may find it annoying or tedious to listen to there will always be others that are influenced by it. Music is 100% subjective. For what it's worth I prefer melody over form even though I once was a shredder (in the 80s/90s) but a little flash thrown into a solo is actually cool to hear, after all Van Halen did it and nobody can argue he wasn't creative or popular 😁
Speed without taste/soul is boring (not greatness). Taste and soul with some quickness thrown in for good measure is exceptional expression. Richie has that. This guy understands and has it as well.
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Same exact thing. 47 years of playing this way and only partial success relaxing the picking hand. To be honest I think my fast runs sound smoother than players that do alternate picking but don't have great synchronization and that is the majority of players I see playing local bars and clubs. I do keep trying to get better at picking because some things need the selective attack and bite that comes with picking every note, so I often find myself limited in a sense.
Dude! You not only have great chops, but have, by far, the best guitar "faces" on YT! 🙂
You deserve way more subscribers, well done video
Thank you!
And I just subscribed!
Glad I found your channel today 👍
Killer playing, Joey!!!!! I was always a Les Paul player and I switched to Tele after being introduced to Kotzen. The solo on The Dying (first Winery Dogs album) is still one of my favourite all time solos!
finaly, i found guitarplayer who just play live, without edititng and sound awesome)
Man that 1st lick blew me away, I'm hooked and subbed straight away. Thank you.
Dude, your playing is insane!
Thanks! Great video - Richie Kotzen has such a unique and fluid style.
Your playing is absolutely mind boggling🤯
You really are a great guitar player man, thank you for making this
This is the 2nd video of yours that I've seen, and you've already become one of my favorite guitarists. This solo is SO MUCH BETTER than the FIRST one of yours that blew me away.
Thank you. Check my instagram channel, it consists of solos only. ;-)
I had recently unsubbed from a lot of "guitar youtubers" in the last year , but your content has been very refreshing stuff! Happy to sub and support the channel, I'm also going to check out your melodic soloing course as well. You're a great player!
Killer solo in that example
Dang. This guy is amazing - great style & tone ❤
killer playing man!!!!!
Phenomenal demonstration as always Joey.
Amazing man! You’ve got new subscriber
That's really cool! Great trick and video. This has become my favourite guitar channel. 👏👏👏
Frets 10-13.
I haven't been touched for years.😅
I needed that lesson. Thanks
I rarely play solos in D... ;-)
Great lesson Joey. I wouldn´t call this The Kotzen technique, if you watch Greg Howe instruction videos from the 80´s he was teaching this and in many variations including 3 nps , and Paul Gilbert also used to show the technique using 3nps and string skipping simultaneously (really crazy licks) in his first instruction videos. After that Kotzen would do a couple of records with Howe and I think after that he started to use it more in his music. Just pointing this cause youre younger than me and may´ve missed those amazing guys that are also into this kind of playing.
Good info! I knew Howe used it as well (as does Justin Derrico nowadays with Pink) but didn’t know Howe was the first one to use it. I saw Richie live 2 times the past couple years and he uses it a lot when playing fast - especially now that he’s playing without a pick (because the technique still works great with just using fingers)
When I was just a young punk hanging out in the guitar store all day...with no money....Greg Howe used to come in and hang out. It was always amazing to watch him play. When he did his first big article in guitar world he wore a t-shirt for that guitar store. We were all psyched!
Thank you! This was kind of obvious but I haven't tried this approach.
Feels like a very refreshing technique!
Hey I’m really liking your stuff …this is what I need and I’m sure others do too , like most I’ve struggled with speed my whole playing career. I wasn’t an EVH fan as I was a around 20 in 1983 and if you were a guitar player back then all you heard was Eddie’s tapping and I grew to despise it from redundancy of hearing it …but now I would like some speed back in my playing chops and your demos are perfect ! So more of this please as it’s just what I need. Glad I found your station site today it’s serendipity as your also demoing Kotzens playing and he’s simply amazing so please delve more into his style , tone and phrasing.
Thanks bud!
Parker S from Vancouver Island Canada 🇨🇦
Really great lesson, thank you!
Great Playning..!!! And the Tele sounds unreal..
Would be nice to hear an example of it played over backing more in time with the main beats to hear how you resolve the technique with timing
Subscribed for the sick telecaster content😎😍
And the shredding ofc 🎸
Richie is King.. I met him 9-27-24 and he was a wonderful down tooth host. he signed a ton of merch I snagged as well as the back of the headstocks of my RK Tele and RK red Strat. They are way to beautiful to scribble on anywhere else IMHO
not sure about the lesson yet, but face-game is off the charts, thanks
Very beautiful playing ! More pentatonic legato lines please !!! ❤
Phenomenal video on this technique! New sub! Keep killin that Tele!
Saw Richie live this year. It blew my fkn mind. Danke Joey!
Great video. Love Ritchie Kotzen. New sub. Thank you.
Beautiful tone
Sounds awesome Joey, was Great Meeting you at the Richie Kotzen Gig in Aschaffenburg🤟🏼 Love the Tele Sound
Excellent info, I like Richie's playing but havent studied it, I do like how he is more organic sounding. I'm guessing this is from earlier in his career as he doesnt use a pick now? Just a quick bit of feedback: put up a bar of tab on the screen to make it easier for people to follow along
Awesome playing
Killer Tipp. Thank You man.
Love the tone! Which amp/ modeler/plugin did you use to achieve it? It sounds rich and super playable! 😍 Incredible playing, and the lesson is fantastic too! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
That solo was so friggin cool
Great tele and sound
Great content Sir 🤘🤘✌️🖖
Buenísimo el vídeo !
That tone, and playing are a real wake up call for me. Beautiful runs and dynamics. That's how I want my tele to sound. Please help me. What pickups are they please?
i loved the vid/lesson...could yuo do more licks lessons ( fast $hit ) !!! thanx bro
Holy smokes man your demo solo is better than most solos I've heard in real songs
great stuff, keep going
I might of missed it but are you tuned to Eb??
Very nice lesson
This dude has the most exaggerated guitar playing face I've ever seen. I don't understand it. I love the butterscotch Tele though.
Totally agree. Overacting
Yeah.Biggest goofball on YT.And his not even that good.Terrible vibrato which is the most important thing when you play solos.
The wider the mouth - the better the lick (с)
Im with you
Deadass didn't see that he was making faces because his solo was so good 😂 took this comment for me to notice
Good stuff. Subscribed.
Brilliant video
Really cool !!
Great playing.
Killing that Tele😅. That thing sounds good. Awesome playing
Really nice stuff (beautiful Tele too🤘) but (yes, in social media world there’s always a ‘but’😉)… I’d have loved some info/examples of your descending licks/runs too , would finish the video nicely👍
Thanks from Ireland🇮🇪🇵🇸✊
Amazing! Thank you!
Excelente mi amigo!
Thanks. Now to see if i have the discipline.
Left handed! Dude u are a monster. Amazing licks. The playing is awesome it looks easy lol. Dude do u know where can i get Gibson SG reissue 61 with maestro vibrola left handed? I can't find here in Spain and other countries of Europe. Its frustrating i cant even play it to feel confortable with the guitar. Im done lol
Freaking awesome
What guitar are you using? Thanks. Great riff!
I didn't bite in the shred lie😂. Never thought they was better sounding
Great lesson!
Though Richie is killer at speed and sweep picking too.
I've found you quite recently man. Insane. Everything's insane. What frets have you got on that tele? And what strings u use?
Nice!! What you using to get that tone
This is cool.
The Guitar Face is strong with Joey.
sure is.
I hate alternate picking, haha
And Richie Kotzen is the man.
Ive always said ritchie is the final shred boss, that good he threw the pick away and continued to shred hard AF
Style points for Adam monitors.
Nice trick !
Awesome video man. Love the way you teach and explain. Keep it up dude!!
Obrigado pela aula!
Muito útil!
I feel like this could be the guy to finally teach me Eric Johnson 5’s.
I could... I use them. But my buddy Doug Rappoport already has an amazing video on this. ;-)
@@joeyjooones oh, wow! I just checked his video out and he does a great job explaining and executing the technique. I just need to practice now.
I've played for 30 years and have always enjoyed watching speed and shred techniques across different genres. In that time, I have come to realize that speed is part natural ability and part hard work. Technique is an element of speed; guitar position, wrist angle, dominant fingers, hammer-on's , pull-off's, pick grip, pick type and angle, arm tension, etc.. and some licks are easier to get a hold of, but no matter how simple the lick is... you can only play as fast as the level of synchronicity you have achieved by inching your way up the metronome and breaking through each plateau. Most people will never be able to play these licks as fast as Mr. Jones does, and that has everything to do with what Mr. Jones was born with and has already developed. A guitar player will achieve their fastest and most accurate playing around the median age of 27, after that muscles and nerves start to decline with age and the ability to achieve a higher rate of synchronicity becomes increasingly difficult.
What’s the rig? Plugins?
That guitar just sings.
Nope…. F this, I’m SUBSCRIBING! 🤘❤️
Love Ritchie Kotzen. Should have done it a bit with the fingers to show yo dont have to pick.
i like melodic solos more than shredding but i love a good crescendo to end a solo and thats where the shredding comes in :) Just dont do it for 16bars
Hi, i bought your backing track & tabs... I see you play it slight differently. Is it that you tuned your guitar to Eb?
I only improvised one lick, other than that it should be the same. I have played variations of this tune so it might differ slightly. Let me know if you’re having trouble. ✌🏻
@@joeyjooones all good brother 💪
I've playing this way all my life. The problem is when you play like this all the time, you never really learn how to relax your picking hand, which is a requirement for accurate alternate picking. The style is smooth sounding but it's somewhat limiting. Check out Dave Murray of Iron Maiden. He was using this technique before Richie.
Same exact thing. 47 years of playing this way and only partial success relaxing the picking hand. To be honest I think my fast runs sound smoother than players that do alternate picking but don't have great synchronization and that is the majority of players I see playing local bars and clubs.
cool !
Oh, cool. This sounds somewhat like some stuff I play... until it gets fast 😄
Why does speed = greatness, instead of creativity? Greg Koch doesnt "shred" yet he could smoke any of us.
I saw Greg Koch playing live last night and he most definitely does shred - he played multiple solos with fast scale runs (all notes picked) as well as legato techniques (like this), sweep picking and fast hybrid picking. Speed, fast or slow does not equate to anything other personal preference of the player in the moment - it’s all musical notes and entirely subjective.
@@stevekent I know he can, but most of time he doesnt, im talking about the guys at guitar center who think sweeping is everything and just compete to see who is the fastest as if that equates skill.
@@guitarcafeguy well, to a degree sweep picking and fast scales does require skill and dedication to be good at just the same as comping jazz chords or chicken picking and although the majority may find it annoying or tedious to listen to there will always be others that are influenced by it. Music is 100% subjective. For what it's worth I prefer melody over form even though I once was a shredder (in the 80s/90s) but a little flash thrown into a solo is actually cool to hear, after all Van Halen did it and nobody can argue he wasn't creative or popular 😁
Dude, it's not either or, it's complimentary. There are genres where lack of good technique will really limit creativity.
Speed without taste/soul is boring (not greatness). Taste and soul with some quickness thrown in for good measure is exceptional expression. Richie has that. This guy understands and has it as well.
Something a bit different there mate. Thanks!
Great vibrato man!
The face...got to do the face, right? 🫤
Legato economy
👍💪💪
Looked like you were in a lot of pain.
Am I the only one who’s been trying to get “over the hump” for decades now? 😢😢😫😫😫
Might wanna Try one of my courses! They’ve helped more than 1000 players already. Link is in the video description. 🤘🏻
I think the question here is, "what is fast?".
Could you please do a tutorial on how to practice those fake guitar faces?
Go for selective picking, more versatile
No one told you in time. You learned playing the guitar the wrong way around. How about flipping it horizontal for the rest of us.
One lick everyone knows the rules. This dude is literally the Dave Portnoy of guitar. Love it!
lol...don't forget shredding tho....
You're forgetting one crucial aspect of Richie's playing. He doesn't use a pick.
He went a while without one, but his oldest and newest stuff features the pick.
doesn't really matter because the technique still works with just a thumb and an index finger. He still plays these licks.
@@JBGuitarMusic-jk9lz I saw him live about 18 months ago and he never used a pick. he also just released a video today, no pick.
Sorry, Bro, love your playing, but that's not legato, that's hybrid picking 🤷♂
Good playing, bad facing