This is one of those videos I watched a few years back and didn't understand a word. Watching it again now and understand pretty much all of it. That's cool! Hang in there, you who can't understand a word, for a while later you may
I still don't really understand it but yeah it's much better than two years ago or so :D was practicing arpeggios and some scales since then. So it makes much more sense. It all comes together like puzzle somehow
The first time I ever heard Robben Ford play a guitar was when I walked into a guitar store about 30 years ago to buy a set of strings. I was a young metal head back then and I didn't pay much mind to the jazzy, urban blues fused guitar magic that was playing over the store music system. In the span of time it took me to ask for a set of strings and pay for them, I had stopped what I was doing and was just awe struck by the slick, creamy tones I heard pouring from this dude's guitar. I asked who he was and they said Robben Ford. When I left the guitar store, I went straight to the record store and bought this cat's CD, "Talk To Your Daughter." I still have that CD (and many others from him). I immediately set out to learn every song and every lick on that CD. About 10 years later, Robben Ford signed it for me at a gig he played in Rochester, New York. Truly one of the most talented musicians of his generation and one of the most underrated.
As somewhat of a beginner this is a lot like explaining calculus to a cat. There is so much to learn it is quite daunting. I love watching and listening to Robben explain how he plays and maybe some day it will make a bit more sense.
Hi. Please remember this is "art" So many kids these days get lost in the blinding amount of information out there. Keep it simple. Build a foundation, move forward.
U can infinitely learn from guys like Robben. He's forgotten more then I'll ever learn. That tid bit about not being afraid to play the scale itself, is actually gold.
Saw Robben perform around 1975 with Charlie Musselwhite's band and Robben Ford on piano. When the band played "Blu Stu," Robben's virtuosity really displayed itself...he was maybe 18 years old at the time. When Robben played the alto sax, the crowd was stunned in awe. Then he did the guitar and we were speechless for hours later.
It doesn't even matter what he's teaching. He could be talking about nuts&bolts and that hypnotic voice and mannerism would smooth all your worries away. You just want to hear him talk. Forever.
+AnalogOpher Exactly my feelings! His teachings are therapeutic. Getting hooked onto them. Quite rare thing to happen actually to grab one's attention at a stretch. God bless him!
I've been working on dim scales for years, and still I get insights from Robben on how to use about them in such musical and simple ways. Love this dude.
Robben was a star when my son was born. 1973. And again in Coutances 2 days ago.2024. Stunning musician.I,m workin on the HSWS scale and I am inspired by Rob again Love the man.
Mickey Baker, wow my all time favorite book for learning jazz chords. When i first heard Wes Montgomery I new my regular bar chords weren't working anymore and i learned a bunch from that book great for beginners.
Take to heart his mention of the Mickey Baker Jazz Guitar Book # 1. The first lesson is 26 of the most useful chords you will ever learn. Been playing over 50 years and use them every day!
I've had a lot of people explain RF's approach to the diminished scale... It never felt, "portable" until the man himself explained that it's all about V to I. Now I get it. I'm going to practice this today.
Robben knows that he is a guitar God yet he is such a humble man. How I wish I had the brain capacity and the music theory knowledge needed to absorb all musical radiation coming out of this man. Robben you are one of mine absolute favorite musicians. God bless you man. Keep creating musical magic 👍
Such a fresh perspective on the Blues. I attended one of Robben's Master Classes when he lived in Ojai and it was an eye opener. I probably only absorbed 10% of the technique he has to offer but his approach to music is almost as great as his playing.
it makes me happy that I understood some of this lesson. I still have a long way to go, but thanks for uploading! I like the "feel" of the diminished scale and will definitely focus on adding that to my catalog. Thanks again!
I just heard this guy yesterday and by chance I was just ready for this... this guy speaks my language... thank you guitarist mag. and thank Robben fordyou
I like Robben Ford not only because he seems to be a nice guy and gives great concerts, but also because apparently he has discovered music in real life practice thanks to his intuition and talent, turning it into a personal voice and style. He's a doer. What he explains here are in fact essential ingredients for playing and improvising good music.
Dear Robben Years ago I bought your book "Beyond the blues" but I didn't understand what you wrote about how to use the diminished scale. but after this lesson its cristall-clear to me! Thanks a lot! Thomas Schenker from Switzerland
thomas schenker If I have a visit in Switzerland, where should I go I would be there for probably four or five days I would be coming probably during the late summer
you can use the dim scale over the dom7 chords in the blues cos each of the dom7 chords contains three notes of a dim arpeggio if you then add a b9 note to a dom 7 chord you will have the complete dim arpeggio ..so a dim scale will sound good over the top
Thank you Roben, I saw you play at the Mystic in Petaluma. You are so wonderful that when you stopped. We didn't clap. You leaned over and said "was I so good I left you speechless." We went crazy because that's exactly what you did. Always a pleasure. Iron American Dream on RUclips.
I know this lesson is on the extreme end of music theory but this is next level guitar mastery. I learned more in 10 minutes than I have the last 10 years about applying the diminished scale.
Robben is a master player. Easily my favourite of all time. I greatly appreciate that he is taking the time to impart his knowledge for all to learn. This video is so valuable!
Great lesson! Robben Ford as good at teaching as performing? Amazing all over again. So many of his tunes... I never get tired of hearing over and over. Monster talent! Thanks!
He also has a great sense of humor. I talked with him after he gave a workshop at Guitar Center. When I asked for the most important advice he could share (really original question - right?) he said: "Don't play any wrong notes!" Cracked me up!
I love how Robben loves to impart his knowledge, getting deep in to theory, then just throwing theory out the window and saying 'just find out how to do it - however'. Then, when all that theory is learned. He is the most abandoned guitar player in the whole world. Not relying on any theory at all. Truly magical. He just rips it up to fuck. In the sweetest way. Man, I love Robben. Truly a guitarist's guitarist.
Thanks, Robben. I'm late to the guitar world. But certain voices I gravitate to. And your humble character shines bright, brother. So I'm all ears to your instruction.
Every time I happen on one of Robben's theory videos, I end up learning some interesting things --- and I'm not even a guitar player. Everything he talks about applies as well to the piano. Interesting perspective on how the diminished scale tends to want to resolve down a fifth. (I have, by the way, used it on the "four" chord, just because it sort of surprises when you DON'T go from, say, the C, to the F it wants to resolve to but instead go back to the G.) Great stuff, Robben.
Stephen Zac Although this is two years past, I kinda hope that this gets to you, as what you wrote seems to apply to me, but in the opposite fashion. I've come across quite a few piano Jazz/blues sites and that I often, really often, find that what I've been looking at, on the guitar, will become, suddenly, a miraculously understandable explanation, and I'm 52, have two degrees (one, in classical guitar and one in Jazz) so I'm no newbie, but it just goes to show how we never stop learning and how sometimes looking at other instruments than your primary instrument can really break through, what was before, a difficult concept.
How a rewarding instruction by the man himself. Interesting, it's all about wandering minor scales. From there on improvisation in Robben's blues/jazz treasure chest is quite flawless, my imagination is. I parked my guitar some 25 yrs ago and by then a huge fan of Robben, but got tired of ripping off, climbing for myself. Robben convinced me here that it's actually quite an easy job, if you just are familar with the scales. Never thought about it this way, I feel pretty dumb now, not registering the obvious. Thanks for upload!
This is a good example of something you see in so many instructional videos: a great player with little or no ability to present information in a clear and well-structured manner.
The major thing about using finger picking style is that you really can do magics on even sound,touch and feeling!I learned that this change alot for the better for me as an guitar player thanks to Robben and Chet Adkins
Thanks for the video this just made my night i think i watched this video 5 times and now its starting to make sence to me Robbin Ford is a true master guitar thanks for the lesson.
Always one of my favorite guitar players.I saw him with his brothers in the early 70s in San Francisco.His younger brother can play the harp ...Oh my God.
Epi Phone Its definitely both fingers and gear. Why else do all the well known guitarists have great amps. No Fender Mustangs for them. I think guitar cost matters less than having a good amp for tone. Playability of those nice guitars goes up (I would argue not proportionally to the price however). But back to your point. I agree that Ford would still sound like himself on most anything but the expensive gear part of his sound does matter. Clean tone shows your equipment quality the most imo.
I had the occasion to play though one of his Dumbles at an Ojai clinic while he sat 3 feet away plugged into a Deluxe Reverb. Both of us playing the same thing (what he was teaching me) on thinline Gibsons. It's in the man, not the gear.
David D, Clean tone shows "YOU" - exactly like you said. There's nowhere to hide, no parachute - and again I may be leaving myself open to giving slightly the wrong meaning of my grey matter through these txts. I say that because you were quite correct in ANY player continually looking, searching, striving for "their" sound. The sound that is sort of in their head but doesn't always come out (if it ever comes out). The gear is essential to that, as you said, and the $ usually comes to those makers of guitars, amps - GEAR - when someone in the limelight shows what their innate talent and thorough hard work, combined with whatever piece of equipment has coalesced to give that artist something closer to (or if luck has its day, spot on) what they had heard in their head - "Their Sound". I watched one of those "Premier Guitar Rig Rundown" ep's Robben Ford, Robben Ford's guitar tech & I'viewer. They got to a part where they were speaking about a bit of a fun experiment in a break during sound check perhaps, where they were touring with Larry Carlton, and just decided to swap RB's & LC's' Dumbles around to see how it would sound. Neither guitarist could get "their sound" from amp's, which although are built to suit the player by Mr Dumble, are pretty close, spec's wise to each other. Just goes to show how good your ears have to be when looking for that sound and how little it can take to lose the total sound. Another I'view with Mr Ford and he was asked about taking all of his gear on the road (thefts, accidents/breakages etc) to which he smiled & replied, (paraphrase) Gotta have that sound, What's the point in having that sound and not using it. Which I took to mean that, well yeah those things might happen but (apart from loving it) this is my job and the audience deserves the whole shebang - The show isn't right without the lot and my sound is something the audience wants and which I need those tools to get, so they come along too - very closely watched I'd presume.
Robben Ford can play ANYTHING! You name it...Blues, Jazz, Rock...not only can he play virtually ANY style, but play it better than most of the other people walking this planet! P.S. He teaches a pretty good lesson, too.
exactly.. Hybrid picking was a pain in the ass at first but I also got into straight finger picking on acoustic also so the two really helped me be comfortable and I use it all the time now from blues to metal.
I really enjoyed this after working out confusing issues like that's really the g sharp diminished whole step half step scale. Don Mock calls this the g dominant diminished scale as opposed to the g sharp diminished scale. Thank you Robin.
"You're playing music no matter what you're doing" - I like this approach :)
Robben is the teacher we all want, yes?
He used to be. The woman he's with - Kelly - is a horrible influence on him. He's changed. She's all about the $$$.
This is one of those videos I watched a few years back and didn't understand a word. Watching it again now and understand pretty much all of it. That's cool! Hang in there, you who can't understand a word, for a while later you may
Loool I was gonna post this comment but I knew I couldn't be the only one!
Same here - been coming back to it for years now and getting a little more out of it every time.
Backwards law!
I still don't really understand it but yeah it's much better than two years ago or so :D was practicing arpeggios and some scales since then. So it makes much more sense. It all comes together like puzzle somehow
So your english has improved or what?
The first time I ever heard Robben Ford play a guitar was when I walked into a guitar store about 30 years ago to buy a set of strings. I was a young metal head back then and I didn't pay much mind to the jazzy, urban blues fused guitar magic that was playing over the store music system. In the span of time it took me to ask for a set of strings and pay for them, I had stopped what I was doing and was just awe struck by the slick, creamy tones I heard pouring from this dude's guitar. I asked who he was and they said Robben Ford. When I left the guitar store, I went straight to the record store and bought this cat's CD, "Talk To Your Daughter." I still have that CD (and many others from him). I immediately set out to learn every song and every lick on that CD.
About 10 years later, Robben Ford signed it for me at a gig he played in Rochester, New York.
Truly one of the most talented musicians of his generation and one of the most underrated.
Great story bro! 🎸
House of Guitars?
Does play heavy fuzz tones with delay echo.A Creamola fizz of fuzz.
Great story Chris - I had a similar epiphany at 11 or 12 years of age hearing 'Disraeli Gears' for the first time. Robben is an inspiration...
Love your story and also Robben Ford!
As somewhat of a beginner this is a lot like explaining calculus to a cat. There is so much to learn it is quite daunting. I love watching and listening to Robben explain how he plays and maybe some day it will make a bit more sense.
Hi. Please remember this is "art" So many kids these days get lost in the blinding amount of information out there. Keep it simple. Build a foundation, move forward.
U can infinitely learn from guys like Robben. He's forgotten more then I'll ever learn. That tid bit about not being afraid to play the scale itself, is actually gold.
Tiger Walk was the first RF solo album I heard, I was blown away by the ingenuity of the progressions, the guy just exudes a love of music.
Saw Robben perform around 1975 with Charlie Musselwhite's band and Robben Ford on piano. When the band played "Blu Stu," Robben's virtuosity really displayed itself...he was maybe 18 years old at the time. When Robben played the alto sax, the crowd was stunned in awe. Then he did the guitar and we were speechless for hours later.
Thank Christ for Robben Ford. He makes it all make so much sense.
Spent my youth listening and watching Robbens tuitional videos as much as listening to his albums - still my biggest inspiration. Awesome.
I could literally listen to him forever, thanks for existing Robben.
His guitar is so warm and sparkly! Makes me feel bubbly inside!🥰
This dude is an absolute gift.
private lessons would be nice....
if your name is Rockefeller perhaps...@@stepitupandgo67
maybe not even then...!!! haha
Not just an excellent master lesson; it’s a master lesson by the legendary master himself!
I just love the way this guy plays. Even when he’s just strumming it sounds beautiful and hypnotic. What a gift the guy’s got.
Still watching in 2019, I learn so much from these masters.
It doesn't even matter what he's teaching. He could be talking about nuts&bolts and that hypnotic voice and mannerism would smooth all your worries away. You just want to hear him talk. Forever.
Totally agree. I could watch him explain things all day.
Yeah he is a great teacher
+Agtronic Are you sure you really mean that? You only said it three times. ;)
+Greg Vinson And I thought it hadn't worked at all. I kept getting an error message when hitting submit. Fixed it! Thanks,
+AnalogOpher Exactly my feelings! His teachings are therapeutic. Getting hooked onto them. Quite rare thing to happen actually to grab one's attention at a stretch. God bless him!
The diminished scale always reminds me of an old cartoon where one of the characters is tip-toeing across a room to avoid one of his enemies
Kind of like Wile Y. Coyote and the Roadrunner?
Sylvester the cat
Andres Castillo ha ha, exactly
A lot of old cartoons use sort of gypsy jazz/oriental stuff I have noticed
Yep....the villain is tying the heroine to the railroad track in an old silent movie...diminished...love it 😎
I've been working on dim scales for years, and still I get insights from Robben on how to use about them in such musical and simple ways. Love this dude.
Robben was a star when my son was born. 1973. And again in Coutances 2 days ago.2024. Stunning musician.I,m workin on the HSWS scale and I am inspired by Rob again Love the man.
Robben Ford is so positive and encouraging. I wish every guitar teacher took a lesson from him...
Mickey Baker, wow my all time favorite book for learning jazz chords. When i first heard Wes Montgomery I new my regular bar chords weren't working anymore and i learned a bunch from that book great for beginners.
Take to heart his mention of the Mickey Baker Jazz Guitar Book # 1. The first lesson is 26 of the most useful chords you will ever learn. Been playing over 50 years and use them every day!
Such an amazing touch! His phrasing is perfect. No matter what he’s playing through it always sounds like Robben Ford. 🙌🏽
Another point to mention is the 4th is not in the Gdim scale. It lands at B pushing up to resolve on the 4 chord giving it a bluesy chromatic walk.
I've had a lot of people explain RF's approach to the diminished scale... It never felt, "portable" until the man himself explained that it's all about V to I. Now I get it. I'm going to practice this today.
Robben knows that he is a guitar God yet he is such a humble man. How I wish I had the brain capacity and the music theory knowledge needed to absorb all musical radiation coming out of this man. Robben you are one of mine absolute favorite musicians. God bless you man. Keep creating musical magic 👍
Thanks Robben! I love Miles too. I didn’t realize he used the diminished scale.
Such a fresh perspective on the Blues. I attended one of Robben's Master Classes when he lived in Ojai and it was an eye opener. I probably only absorbed 10% of the technique he has to offer but his approach to music is almost as great as his playing.
it makes me happy that I understood some of this lesson. I still have a long way to go, but thanks for uploading! I like the "feel" of the diminished scale and will definitely focus on adding that to my catalog. Thanks again!
Robben Ford's, is my favorite bridge blues tone, no matter what guitar he plays. Just amazing man
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I just heard this guy yesterday and by chance I was just ready for this... this guy speaks my language... thank you guitarist mag. and thank Robben fordyou
I like Robben Ford not only because he seems to be a nice guy and gives great concerts, but also because apparently he has discovered music in real life practice thanks to his intuition and talent, turning it into a personal voice and style. He's a doer. What he explains here are in fact essential ingredients for playing and improvising good music.
When he says "man" it's the best feeling in the world...... such a great instructional piece!!!
Dear Robben
Years ago I bought your book "Beyond the blues" but I didn't understand what you wrote about how to use the diminished scale. but after this lesson its cristall-clear to me! Thanks a lot!
Thomas Schenker from Switzerland
thomas schenker If I have a visit in Switzerland, where should I go I would be there for probably four or five days I would be coming probably during the late summer
Dear Mr. C
I can't answer your question, because I don't know where you want to go. For all eventualities, my telephone number is 031 7555900
you can use the dim scale over the dom7 chords in the blues cos each of the dom7 chords contains three notes of a dim arpeggio if you then add a b9 note to a dom 7 chord you will have the complete dim arpeggio ..so a dim scale will sound good over the top
Thank you Roben, I saw you play at the Mystic in Petaluma. You are so wonderful that when you stopped.
We didn't clap. You leaned over and said "was I so good I left you speechless." We went crazy because that's exactly what you did. Always a pleasure.
Iron American Dream on RUclips.
Invaluable lesson. And so clearly explained. Yes, years of working on what he says.
This lesson is pretty dang good. Guitar and tone are just outstanding.
I know this lesson is on the extreme end of music theory but this is next level guitar mastery. I learned more in 10 minutes than I have the last 10 years about applying the diminished scale.
I spent the winter of 68' wandering the hills above Hopland. I caught this man's vibe. Universe is a small place.
what a great teacher man! he has just a great way of explaining himself through music. thank you sir!
Whoouuuwwww!
Lesson, sound and this awesome SVL Strat are in one line with the wonderfull Mr. Ford!
All is unbelievable perfect.
Been listening to Robben since 1971. charles ford band is untouchable. His new music is adult but rockin blues. God Bless his kind heart
The way he attacks the strings is absolutely beautiful!
Robben is a master player. Easily my favourite of all time. I greatly appreciate that he is taking the time to impart his knowledge for all to learn. This video is so valuable!
Greatest reverb ever heard by anyone ever
swardmusic
I wonder how much of that reverb comes from the room..
His voice also echoes a bit so I guess it’s not only the amp.
Your very kind to share this. God bless you man. 🙂
Your an incredible player.
Robben Ford - excellent musicianship ! I heard you YEARS ago in Victoria B.C. - so inspiring ! Also clear and articulate teaching - thanks so much !
This is what you get when you truly devote your life to your craft.
Now I know how my dog feels when he watches t.v....
+Scott Waszak Maybe you should stick to The Muppets & leave this to the adults.
That was funny
Hahaha, too funny, and true for me, too.
Ruh Roh 🐶
That's a good line. Thanks - you made me laugh.
Great lesson! Robben Ford as good at teaching as performing? Amazing all over again. So many of his tunes... I never get tired of hearing over and over. Monster talent! Thanks!
He also has a great sense of humor. I talked with him after he gave a workshop at Guitar Center. When I asked for the most important advice he could share (really original question - right?) he said: "Don't play any wrong notes!" Cracked me up!
The World's greatest guitar tutor.
That clean tone though, amazing!
I love how Robben loves to impart his knowledge, getting deep in to theory, then just throwing theory out the window and saying 'just find out how to do it - however'.
Then, when all that theory is learned. He is the most abandoned guitar player in the whole world. Not relying on any theory at all. Truly magical.
He just rips it up to fuck. In the sweetest way.
Man, I love Robben. Truly a guitarist's guitarist.
123ubuntu666 And, apparently, he can't even read music.
Vic Toza he can read. Probably not as well as he’d like. Believe me, he can read pretty well.
It's really useful, plz make more classes with Robben Ford
Thanks, Robben. I'm late to the guitar world. But certain voices I gravitate to. And your humble character shines bright, brother. So I'm all ears to your instruction.
Robben, I've been a fan of your work for many years. This is great!
The more I watch RF the more I like him. Great role model for guitarists.
A true master turns basic science into high art - luvved these insights - thanx Robben.
I did indeed enjoy the lesson, and I did indeed learn something from it -thanks Robben you are a gentleman.
Robben is a gentleman in that he gives to us without asking
This video instruction is incredible in how it shows the complexity of music!
AWESOME guitar sound! Really!
Great to see and hear Robben on a Strat. Fantastic!
No one plays this stuff better than Robben. Lots of people explain it better.
That is some seriously lush tone & touch, man
Every time I happen on one of Robben's theory videos, I end up learning some interesting things --- and I'm not even a guitar player. Everything he talks about applies as well to the piano. Interesting perspective on how the diminished scale tends to want to resolve down a fifth. (I have, by the way, used it on the "four" chord, just because it sort of surprises when you DON'T go from, say, the C, to the F it wants to resolve to but instead go back to the G.) Great stuff, Robben.
Stephen Zac Although this is two years past, I kinda hope that this gets to you, as what you wrote seems to apply to me, but in the opposite fashion. I've come across quite a few piano Jazz/blues sites and that I often, really often, find that what I've been looking at, on the guitar, will become, suddenly, a miraculously understandable explanation, and I'm 52, have two degrees (one, in classical guitar and one in Jazz) so I'm no newbie, but it just goes to show how we never stop learning and how sometimes looking at other instruments than your primary instrument can really break through, what was before, a difficult concept.
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greatest clean tone I´ve ever heard in my life.
How a rewarding instruction by the man himself.
Interesting, it's all about wandering minor scales. From there on improvisation in Robben's blues/jazz treasure chest is quite flawless, my imagination is.
I parked my guitar some 25 yrs ago and by then a huge fan of Robben, but got tired of ripping off, climbing for myself. Robben convinced me here that it's actually quite an easy job, if you just are familar with the scales. Never thought about it this way, I feel pretty dumb now, not registering the obvious. Thanks for upload!
Thanks Robben You are such a class act on every level
each of the licks he played is soo sweet.. can't wait to try them out!
I love that strat! I have the same exact one, but fender american. The one he's playing really captures the nostalgic '62 aesthetic.
Besides beeing a great musician , he seems to be a cool guy !
This is a good example of something you see in so many instructional videos: a great player with little or no ability to present information in a clear and well-structured manner.
The major thing about using finger picking style is that you really can do magics on even sound,touch and feeling!I learned that this change alot for the better for me as an guitar player thanks to Robben and Chet Adkins
Thank you! It's now November 2019, and I watch your lessons over again, and years later I hope, I understand them better! So, thanks!
Very interesting information on the diminished scale. Thank you Mr Ford for you're amazing insight from a true professionals view
Fantastic. Not only a great guitarist but a top bloke also (I met him at the Andertons Master Class in Guildford a few years back).
Thanks Robben and Guitarist magazine. Much appreciated.
Playing his beautiful SVL guitar! Just love it. Built by Simon Law in the UK.
I'm a drummer but a longtime Robben fan. The man knows his stuff
Thanks for the video this just made my night i think i watched this video 5 times and now its starting to make sence to me Robbin Ford is a true master guitar thanks for the lesson.
Always one of my favorite guitar players.I saw him with his brothers in the early 70s in San Francisco.His younger brother can play the harp ...Oh my God.
Very cool. And such a gorgeous, clean tone!
John Marquez He’s got a dumble. Maybe he brought it...
John Marquez
Epi Phone Its definitely both fingers and gear. Why else do all the well known guitarists have great amps. No Fender Mustangs for them. I think guitar cost matters less than having a good amp for tone. Playability of those nice guitars goes up (I would argue not proportionally to the price however). But back to your point. I agree that Ford would still sound like himself on most anything but the expensive gear part of his sound does matter. Clean tone shows your equipment quality the most imo.
I had the occasion to play though one of his Dumbles at an Ojai clinic while he sat 3 feet away plugged into a Deluxe Reverb. Both of us playing the same thing (what he was teaching me) on thinline Gibsons. It's in the man, not the gear.
David D, Clean tone shows "YOU" - exactly like you said. There's nowhere to hide, no parachute - and again I may be leaving myself open to giving slightly the wrong meaning of my grey matter through these txts. I say that because you were quite correct in ANY player continually looking, searching, striving for "their" sound. The sound that is sort of in their head but doesn't always come out (if it ever comes out).
The gear is essential to that, as you said, and the $ usually comes to those makers of guitars, amps - GEAR - when someone in the limelight shows what their innate talent and thorough hard work, combined with whatever piece of equipment has coalesced to give that artist something closer to (or if luck has its day, spot on) what they had heard in their head - "Their Sound".
I watched one of those "Premier Guitar Rig Rundown" ep's Robben Ford, Robben Ford's guitar tech & I'viewer. They got to a part where they were speaking about a bit of a fun experiment in a break during sound check perhaps, where they were touring with Larry Carlton, and just decided to swap RB's & LC's' Dumbles around to see how it would sound. Neither guitarist could get "their sound" from amp's, which although are built to suit the player by Mr Dumble, are pretty close, spec's wise to each other. Just goes to show how good your ears have to be when looking for that sound and how little it can take to lose the total sound.
Another I'view with Mr Ford and he was asked about taking all of his gear on the road (thefts, accidents/breakages etc) to which he smiled & replied, (paraphrase) Gotta have that sound, What's the point in having that sound and not using it. Which I took to mean that, well yeah those things might happen but (apart from loving it) this is my job and the audience deserves the whole shebang - The show isn't right without the lot and my sound is something the audience wants and which I need those tools to get, so they come along too - very closely watched I'd presume.
what an incredible sound....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....thanks for the lesson.
Robben Ford can play ANYTHING! You name it...Blues, Jazz, Rock...not only can he play virtually ANY style, but play it better than most of the other people walking this planet! P.S. He teaches a pretty good lesson, too.
exactly.. Hybrid picking was a pain in the ass at first but I also got into straight finger picking on acoustic also so the two really helped me be comfortable and I use it all the time now from blues to metal.
As usual, awesome. Thanks Guitarist mag and the brilliant and charming Robben Ford. ♥
Wonderfull! Lesson, Sound, Robben!!!
Its a musical thing, play with your heart, play with your fingers............
I love this man!
Fantastic thanks Robben!! Can’t wait to get home and jam
this guy is my favorite. Listen and learn
Thanks, Robben. Always a pleasure!
Really enjoy his lessons very clear and simple to the point. 👍🏻
I really enjoyed this after working out confusing issues like that's really the g sharp diminished whole step half step scale. Don Mock calls this the g dominant diminished scale as opposed to the g sharp diminished scale. Thank you Robin.
"that's a handful of chords right there"
gold.
Amazing rich musicality tips , thank you Robben
Awesome video. Robben has a great unique style. Musically and verbally. A master.
robbens use of the diminished scale, as well as his in depth musical knowledge, sets him apart from not all, but a lot of blues players.
If you add a C#dim chord before returning to G, you can play a half whole tone scale starting on C.