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sweetwater welldone - as a brit I don't get to see Eric too often but as a subscriber this was an extra special surprise - thank you ma'an fantastic!!!!!!!
Regular guitar player: I use this PedalTrain because it helps me when travelling and protect my pedals blabla Eric Fuc*ing Johnson: Table piece pedalboard lol
And I like how aside from being vintage and long discontinued, most of his main rig is stuff that's pretty accessible. What can't be easily found or bought inexpensively, there is a clone or something derived from that gear that can be substituted for much less money. The Dover Drive, for example, emulates his Chandler Tube Driver sound. The Zen Drive is supposed to emulate a Dumble type sound but he has obviously found it sounds close to another piece of his rig. I don't know him to use Dumbles on the road. He may have access to some to use in the studio, or it is close in sound to some other component. The delay pedals have replaced his vintage echoplexes and I think a lot of analog delays and even some digital ones these days will get you close for a very reasonable cost. You can get strats at all price points and same for Marshall and Fender amps. And if you can't afford them all, there are amp in a box pedals that will get you in the ballpark.
That's when he said he rolled off the treble as he added his overdrive. I thought he might be doing that but switching between treble on and off for clean and dirty is great. I'd never thought of doing that for high gain.
He's said in other gear interviews he likes to roll his gain back otherwise the tone just sounds too trashy. I guess this is probably why. Same as rolling back the treble, Sounds too full on ear piercing if its too high.
Eric Johnson is still my favorite guitarist. His tones, style and ability is so inspiring. I never tire of his playing. Thanks for sharing some of his newer pedal arrangements.
Best guitar tone ever, and his pedalboard is literally a piece of wood that looks like he just threw whatever pedals he found at a late 1980's yard sale on it.. This dude is a genius!!
I'm slow, but between listening to Eric and then tracing the image at time 4:29, The path is Dover Drive => Keely DDR => Zendrive => Catalinbread Echo => TC Chorus => 2 Fender Deluxe Reverb. Catalinbread echo is on all the time, and Eric's fingers are set to stun. As always Eric sounds like Eric no matter what gear he uses.
Ed yes!! I saw that too. Thanks For this comment. I thought I was going crazy trying to trace the bowl of black spaghetti that IS his pedal board. Nothing like having every wire the same color. LOL Great tones though.
It's reassuring that if Eric Johnson can recreate Eric Johnson tone with pretty normalish pedals, than so can we. but at the same time even if you got all these pedals together and a strat you still wouldn't sound like him lolll
But...it's fun trying...dreaming of attaining it! It's not about the destination...it's about the journey, or so we can tell ourselves. Happy hunting everyone. Once we nail his tone maybe we achieve enlightenment. Oooohhhhhhmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!
@@RobertKeeleyTV I would like to thank you for the mod to my Boss Blues Driver pedal that I own. That one is my Linus blanket that I cannot leave home with out, even with all the overdrives and whatnot that I have acquired since. It will be a hard pill to swallow if that one ever konks out. I wonder how it will play with the Keeley DDR? Love my two knob Keeley silver compressor too. They 've got some years and gigs logged on them. Thank You!
Now then we can all run out & buy the pedals on his clinic board, and sound just like Eric Johnson 🤣🤣🤣 Dream on, it ain't gonna happen!!! So much respect for this man's tone, and style. I've been fortunate to be able to see him many times, and will still go again & again as long as he's still touring.
I've seen him do a cool power chord voicing, like a D5, where he plays the 5th fret on the A string, 2nd fret on the G, and the 3rd fret on the B. It has the same bass note a regular D5 would have, but he puts the 5th and the next octave on the higher strings to give the chord more high-end clarity. It's a super cool voicing I use all the time! You could even add the 5th fret on the low E to get a heavier bottom end.
As I watch this I am reminded that probably the best advice is to first get good clean tone. Great interview. Alway slike listening to Eric Johnson's insight. Thank you.
That is exactly what I go for. If my amp doesn't have a clean tone like I want I can't be happy with my sound. As far as Eric Johnson goes, I don't think I've ever heard a better clean tone than his. I wish I listened to him more outside the occasional RUclips video because every time I hear him play it is just amazing.
Rafsan Basher Except for the stereo chorus, tape echo, and overdrives. 😉 But ya, I totally get ya. He’s incredible. Cliffs was the key song that really got me wanting to give more to guitar back in ‘90.
No one is arguing that these pedals/amps he plays through are what ENTIRELY classify his style. That's dumb and obviously not true. But to suggest it still doesn't matter at all what he plays through... is just wrong. Because at least, it matters a little bit lol. And another aspect of a guitar player is how innovative they are with different sounds and the devices that produce those sounds. In other words, don't think of it as just a bunch of technology that he uses to be able to sound this way. Think of it as a carefully selected collection of devices that all produce unique sounds and the WAY Eric has gone about configuring them together FOR HIS style.
So glad to see his pedalboard and his signal chain is really different from other guitar player.. No words can describe this amazing and brilliant guitar player ❤️
It seems odd the if you follow the picture I see the Dover Drive going into the DDR and not to the Zen Drive. The DDR goes to the Zen and the Zen to the BE. Do I hear the description wrongly?
Arguably the king of tone. One of the most beautiful voices both vocally and on guitar. My favorite lead player ever! But can someone get EJ a proper pedal board?
MartyDadRiffs I couldn't agree more! In the middle of a show one of his pedals acted up and he had to fiddle with the knobs right in the middle of a show!
@@Michaelgracon Nope, it was his bloody adamant use of George L's solderless cables and plugs that acting up. One can see it in the HBO live video from early 2000s where it acts up, and he strikes out his hands in the first number...during the break, he bends down, disconnects, and goes back to the backline, unplugs some cables and swaps them out, and carries on with the shows. Not the pedals. Maybe his EP-3 Echoplex unit has started to act up mid show but that's about it. I've seen it happen live too.
It just goes to show that most of his sound is in his hands and personality. His pick attack and the way he phrases his notes is a huge part of his tone.
Hermida Audio no longer makes the Zendrive 2. They sell for crazy money now but I'll never sell mine. If you like Robben Ford and Dumblesque tones it's a killer pedal. Eric has the best ears in the industry, so if he uses it you know there's a good reason.
those gain stages are pretty impressive and i like the idea of deliberately making the clean trebley and rolling it off with the drives....also would never have even considered echo before drive....
I can't take it! - I have to ask: What happened to the bridge, with 5 vintage style saddles, and a modern "American Standard" type saddle on the high E string??
Lot of commenters about his messy (large) pedal board, don't realize that he does that on purpose. He feels that the pedals need to be a certain distance away from each other, and patch cables clear of each other as much as possible. The small board is, well, small, so he can't do that as much.
At 4:30 EJ says effects order is Dover Drive -> Zen Drive -> DDR, but around the same moment there is visual of the board, and if you follow the cable from Dover Drive it goes to DDR and then comes back to Zen Drive. Or at least it seems to me that way. Weird. But in any case, surprisingly good imitation/recreation of big rig tone. Kudos!
Back in the 70's or possibly the early 80's, I used solderless patch cables that looked exactly like the red cable going into Eric's Dover Drive pedal. It's the brass plug on it that I recognize. I have forgotten what they were called. Can someone please tell me the brand name of those and where to get them, if they are still available. I can see that every other cable on his board is different than that one. Perhaps the red one is an older one that's still in good condition. All of the solderless cables I'm finding online now, look like the other silver ones on his board. But I can't find anything exactly like those. Maybe they're not really solderless and I'm just recalling something from my past that Eric wouldn't use. Anyway, help a brother out. I'm constantly looking for that perfect length cable and don't want to get the old soldering station out every time I need just one cable. Thanks!
george L's... they really aren't that great tho... sound is ok but eric uses long lengths to cut high end..and your pedalboard will go out one day mid gig and you won't like it... soldered is just better for reliablity
I love the DDR took me a couple of weeks to tweek the best settings, what im most impressed with is the Over Drive!! WOW on the Style "B" switch adds deep lows and long lasting Harmonics, i havent used my SD1 since i got the OD side of the DDR jaming, and its Quiet on high gain.
When "Ah Via Musicom" hit, electric guitar was changed forever. Over the years, electric guitar had become synonymous with spandex, long hair, and hedonism. The concept of virtuosity had been reduced to pure speed. Bad poetry was the lyrical standard. Stupidity reigned supreme. When "Cliffs of Dover" hit the airwaves, it was something of a "tolling bell" for all of that. Johnson didn't take the spotlight back, but he gave up-and-coming guitarists a chance to re-evaluate their influences. Most guitarists in the early 90's knew who C.C. Deville was, but rarely did they know who Wes Montgomery, Jerry Reed, or John McLaughlin were. Suddenly, there was a player (and true gentleman) who was universally respected, and brought the work of true innovators back into the discussion amongst young guitarists. Add to that, he was a teacher at heart. Eddie Van Halen once used to hide his technique from the audience in fear that someone would copy him (very early years). Eric Johnson told you exactly how he did what he did, because he wanted his knowledge to spread into the musical community. He's a profound influence for me, not just as a player, but as a guide in how-to-approach music.
Interesting to see when Eric isn't using his full stage rig, he has a ZenDrive and a Dover Drive on his condensed rig. I'm not even chasing EJ and Robben's sounds, but it's cool to know when Hermida designed these circuits the point was to emulate tones from the stage and studio rigs they are famous for, and both these guys use them in situations where they don't bring their main rig with them.
I always find it strange when two people are in an arranged position for a shoot, and then they start off by shaking hands...like they've been around each other for prolly awhile at that point
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The firs ever video where you really can see his gear settings and how it sounds. Thanks for the posting.
Can you just make me a Eric Johnson pedalboard I can but please !!!
Sweetwater Can you make me a Eric Johnson pedalboard I can buy please !!!
sweetwater welldone - as a brit I don't get to see Eric too often but as a subscriber this was an extra special surprise - thank you ma'an fantastic!!!!!!!
That clean guitar tone can purify the air
Rifki Novrian I use it all the time for clean breathing air.
And souls, mine is cleaner from listening to him
Some say it kills coronavirus better than Lysol.
When Eric dies, St Peter will be waiting for him to play with that sound.
It can also purify our dirty souls.
It's nice that the TC Stereo Chorus helps tapping.
"Yeah yeah yeah right right yeah"
Lol The 'right, right,' does get old! Probably got that from Mitch.
uh huh yeah..
Regular guitar player: I use this PedalTrain because it helps me when travelling and protect my pedals blabla
Eric Fuc*ing Johnson: Table piece pedalboard lol
IKR? And he still sounds better with his makeshift pedalboard that 97% of the world's guitar players. LMBO!!!
@Greg Elchert ik lol
this wood board sounds better definitely. Not joking
And I like how aside from being vintage and long discontinued, most of his main rig is stuff that's pretty accessible.
What can't be easily found or bought inexpensively, there is a clone or something derived from that gear that can be substituted for much less money.
The Dover Drive, for example, emulates his Chandler Tube Driver sound.
The Zen Drive is supposed to emulate a Dumble type sound but he has obviously found it sounds close to another piece of his rig. I don't know him to use Dumbles on the road. He may have access to some to use in the studio, or it is close in sound to some other component.
The delay pedals have replaced his vintage echoplexes and I think a lot of analog delays and even some digital ones these days will get you close for a very reasonable cost.
You can get strats at all price points and same for Marshall and Fender amps. And if you can't afford them all, there are amp in a box pedals that will get you in the ballpark.
Lol you should see the Walmart food table one where I butchered a foldable food tray. 😂
The calmness of these two is infectious. I feel like I just got a massage.
Diax1324 right, right
right, right, yeah, yeah, uh huh...
I felt that 💎💎
Too much soy
Like that Patton Oswalt joke, "he had a voice like a human Quaalude" lol.
Every time I watch EJ play I immediately feel like I’ve never held a guitar before.
Pretty much that way for all of us ! I watch Eric and then I think, “well I’m NOT good; in fact I actually suck.”
I like how his pedalboard is literally a board
Ikr lmao
When i expect his tone to go dirty, it goes dirty but a somewhat soft and creamy kind of dirty... Dude is a tonesmith!
That's when he said he rolled off the treble as he added his overdrive. I thought he might be doing that but switching between treble on and off for clean and dirty is great. I'd never thought of doing that for high gain.
He's said in other gear interviews he likes to roll his gain back otherwise the tone just sounds too trashy. I guess this is probably why. Same as rolling back the treble, Sounds too full on ear piercing if its too high.
Eric is such an amazing player and one of the nicest guys around. An American treasure!
Eric Johnson is still my favorite guitarist. His tones, style and ability is so inspiring. I never tire of his playing. Thanks for sharing some of his newer pedal arrangements.
I’ve only just started listening to Eric in the past couple of weeks and I seriously wonder why I waited so many years to start. He’s so amazing!
You're here. That's all that matters.
@Mark Lugg You absolutely have to go see Eric and the guys play live! Then you will really wonder why! Lol
Eric actually plays a 90s Peavy raptor through a Bandit (on lead) and a zoom 505 and a gonkulator pedal.
Peavey Bandits are actually amazing solid state amps. The best for pedals, specially the 212 version.
He actually recently switched the zoom out for a Korg Miku
Dont forget the Radio Shack 1/4 inch cables.....
@@jasonlee8497 key to that type of "tone"
The legendary gonkulator
Somewhere, Daniel Steinhardt is having a stroke looking at that board.
Best guitar tone ever, and his pedalboard is literally a piece of wood that looks like he just threw whatever pedals he found at a late 1980's yard sale on it.. This dude is a genius!!
has anyone else noticed the different saddle for the high E string?
were these guys separated at birth? they are like on the same wavelength man~
I'm slow, but between listening to Eric and then tracing the image at time 4:29, The path is Dover Drive => Keely DDR => Zendrive => Catalinbread Echo => TC Chorus => 2 Fender Deluxe Reverb. Catalinbread echo is on all the time, and Eric's fingers are set to stun. As always Eric sounds like Eric no matter what gear he uses.
Ed yes!! I saw that too. Thanks
For this comment. I thought I was going crazy trying to trace the bowl of black spaghetti that IS his pedal board. Nothing like having every wire the same color. LOL
Great tones though.
It's so refreshing to hear Eric - such a natural feel to his playing for decades he's been consistently impressive.
It's reassuring that if Eric Johnson can recreate Eric Johnson tone with pretty normalish pedals, than so can we. but at the same time even if you got all these pedals together and a strat you still wouldn't sound like him lolll
I bet you would in fact! You nailed it, it is normalish pedals and nothing complicated about his rig. It is pretty clean with a strat.
But...it's fun trying...dreaming of attaining it! It's not about the destination...it's about the journey, or so we can tell ourselves. Happy hunting everyone. Once we nail his tone maybe we achieve enlightenment. Oooohhhhhhmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!
@@RobertKeeleyTV I would like to thank you for the mod to my Boss Blues Driver pedal that I own. That one is my Linus blanket that I cannot leave home with out, even with all the overdrives and whatnot that I have acquired since. It will be a hard pill to swallow if that one ever konks out. I wonder how it will play with the Keeley DDR? Love my two knob Keeley silver compressor too. They 've got some years and gigs logged on them. Thank You!
The point is to sound like yourself. Period
And he will never sound like you or anyone else 🙂
Rule no.1 in building a pedalboard. Get a Plyboard ... cut it in square...that's it.
ik 😂
"so you're here in town right?"
Lol
Too damn funny
He was just confirming that Eric wasn't a hologram or something
@@aashisheapen8230 lol
Now then we can all run out & buy the pedals on his clinic board, and sound just like Eric Johnson 🤣🤣🤣 Dream on, it ain't gonna happen!!! So much respect for this man's tone, and style. I've been fortunate to be able to see him many times, and will still go again & again as long as he's still touring.
And to think; I can remember a time when all we had was fuzz and wah
I am wondering if he ever played a power chord in his entire life!! :D:D:D
this actually cracked me up
Sure he does
I've seen him do a cool power chord voicing, like a D5, where he plays the 5th fret on the A string, 2nd fret on the G, and the 3rd fret on the B.
It has the same bass note a regular D5 would have, but he puts the 5th and the next octave on the higher strings to give the chord more high-end clarity.
It's a super cool voicing I use all the time!
You could even add the 5th fret on the low E to get a heavier bottom end.
Amazing what sounds he’s able to get with such a simple board.
As I watch this I am reminded that probably the best advice is to first get good clean tone. Great interview. Alway slike listening to Eric Johnson's insight. Thank you.
That is exactly what I go for. If my amp doesn't have a clean tone like I want I can't be happy with my sound. As far as Eric Johnson goes, I don't think I've ever heard a better clean tone than his. I wish I listened to him more outside the occasional RUclips video because every time I hear him play it is just amazing.
it's in his hands, it's in his hands.. doesn't matter what he plays through
Rafsan Basher Except for the stereo chorus, tape echo, and overdrives. 😉 But ya, I totally get ya. He’s incredible. Cliffs was the key song that really got me wanting to give more to guitar back in ‘90.
I think he uses this chaotic jumbled mess on a piece of plywood just to troll those of us with huge perfectly dressed up pedalboards....
Chris Benson 💯😂💯😂💯
@@chrisbenson8771 damn right 😂😂😂😂😂😂
No one is arguing that these pedals/amps he plays through are what ENTIRELY classify his style. That's dumb and obviously not true. But to suggest it still doesn't matter at all what he plays through... is just wrong. Because at least, it matters a little bit lol. And another aspect of a guitar player is how innovative they are with different sounds and the devices that produce those sounds. In other words, don't think of it as just a bunch of technology that he uses to be able to sound this way. Think of it as a carefully selected collection of devices that all produce unique sounds and the WAY Eric has gone about configuring them together FOR HIS style.
Doesn't matter what EJ plays , EJ always sounds like Eric Johnson
Eric is been one of my favorite guitarist since the mid 80's
Great video format. What a legend... we could listen to eric endlessly...
0:11
I don't just respect this man's guitar tone, I respect the hell out of his conversational tone too. what a heartfelt "hey man how's it going"
I'm happy to see EJ finally breaking down and using gear most 'mere mortals' can have access to, but he still sounds like EJ. #respect.
Old school approach
So glad to see his pedalboard and his signal chain is really different from other guitar player.. No words can describe this amazing and brilliant guitar player ❤️
It seems odd the if you follow the picture I see the Dover Drive going into the DDR and not to the Zen Drive. The DDR goes to the Zen and the Zen to the BE. Do I hear the description wrongly?
Vintage pedals but sounds like the future.
Analog destroys Digital, forever Tubes and Analog for good Guitar sound
Nice for all who interested on delay settings of EJ - i see the delay settings here is 510ms 1:47
Well it looks like I’m buying my next pedal board from the local lumber yard.
That is so true Gitfiddle, smile.
Arguably the king of tone. One of the most beautiful voices both vocally and on guitar. My favorite lead player ever! But can someone get EJ a proper pedal board?
MartyDadRiffs I couldn't agree more! In the middle of a show one of his pedals acted up and he had to fiddle with the knobs right in the middle of a show!
Agree there are so many good ones now to choose from. There are also people who could make them for him if he wants to, according to his preference.
@@Michaelgracon That's how you know it's live and not Memorex ( tape machine). Lol
@@Michaelgracon Nope, it was his bloody adamant use of George L's solderless cables and plugs that acting up. One can see it in the HBO live video from early 2000s where it acts up, and he strikes out his hands in the first number...during the break, he bends down, disconnects, and goes back to the backline, unplugs some cables and swaps them out, and carries on with the shows. Not the pedals. Maybe his EP-3 Echoplex unit has started to act up mid show but that's about it. I've seen it happen live too.
Echo before the chorus 👌🏻🕶✌🏻
It just goes to show that most of his sound is in his hands and personality. His pick attack and the way he phrases his notes is a huge part of his tone.
TWO Masters. WOW. thank you Don Carr and Sweetwater!
Eric's always got the nicest looking boots on. Could we get an Eric Johnson boot collection rundown?
DDR making the board. Very useful tool that can patch in some useful tones.
Eric still has like, such cool rockstar hair, I wonder who his stylist is. I like the layering of it. He's a lucky duck.
Whoa. The stories that TC Chorus/Flanger could tell. Awesome interview!
1:53 The only "DDR" I know is "Dance Dance Revolution", so gud❗
His guitar tone isn't the only nice sound i hear from a guitarist. His voice! Calm cool. Just like his tones☺️
Yes!
eric sound is the best crystal clear sound ever!
Hermida Audio no longer makes the Zendrive 2. They sell for crazy money now but I'll never sell mine. If you like Robben Ford and Dumblesque tones it's a killer pedal. Eric has the best ears in the industry, so if he uses it you know there's a good reason.
I've got the Dover Drive by them. What's the next best available option to the Zen Drive then??????
@@allenlocke1935 There are a couple of Zendrive 2s on EBAY for a thousand bucks each.
Pricey pedal and honestly nothing else sounds quite like it.
The master of tone and taste
Eric...one of the most influential guitar player of the planet....Love the sound...and the technique...
Just gotta say love the song Victory off of Tones!!
Literally a board lol
Great vid! I love Eric everytime I watch one of these vids where he shows exactly what gear he uses it sounds so good and never gets old! Awesome!
Well there is two of my favorites , E J and Sweetwater !
I know right!
Some people wear Superman pajamas. Superman wears Eric Johnson pajamas.
When Eric Johnson's mother was giving birth to him, his head didn't crown first.... The headstock of his Fender Stratocaster did....
That clean guitar tone is the cure for coronavirus.
those gain stages are pretty impressive and i like the idea of deliberately making the clean trebley and rolling it off with the drives....also would never have even considered echo before drive....
Man this guy is a treasure he’s so different and unique in his own way
Where’s the Metal Zone? I thought he used that exclusively on Ah Via Metalcon?
Cause it's the perfect "always on" pedal lol!!
Yo Don, loving that shirt dude.
Eric is a true gentleman.
There is a disconnect between the signal path explained by EJ and what's actually happening on the board. Is he messing with us on purpose?
Among G3, EJ is my favourite!
Among Guiitarist, still ej
I can't take it! - I have to ask: What happened to the bridge, with 5 vintage style saddles, and a modern "American Standard" type saddle on the high E string??
Eric Johnson is an absolutely UNIQUE guitar player. A very simple chord sounds unique in his hands.
Lot of commenters about his messy (large) pedal board, don't realize that he does that on purpose. He feels that the pedals need to be a certain distance away from each other, and patch cables clear of each other as much as possible. The small board is, well, small, so he can't do that as much.
The king of tone
Eric Johnson a true awesome soul! His sound is so amazing!
At 4:30 EJ says effects order is Dover Drive -> Zen Drive -> DDR, but around the same moment there is visual of the board, and if you follow the cable from Dover Drive it goes to DDR and then comes back to Zen Drive. Or at least it seems to me that way. Weird. But in any case, surprisingly good imitation/recreation of big rig tone. Kudos!
This guy's networth is 750k. Sad he should be a millionaire with some of his masterpieces.
wut
I wish my networth was 750k. It would be an honor
Here I am with a big ass pedal board and Eric gets prolly some of the best tones of all time using like 5. 🤡
Great Interview - Eric Johnson is the coolest guy so humble and so very great at what he does play the guitar
What an amazing player. Just noodling around Eric plays on a level that most of us spend years reaching for.
Back in the 70's or possibly the early 80's, I used solderless patch cables that looked exactly like the red cable going into Eric's Dover Drive pedal. It's the brass plug on it that I recognize. I have forgotten what they were called. Can someone please tell me the brand name of those and where to get them, if they are still available. I can see that every other cable on his board is different than that one. Perhaps the red one is an older one that's still in good condition. All of the solderless cables I'm finding online now, look like the other silver ones on his board. But I can't find anything exactly like those. Maybe they're not really solderless and I'm just recalling something from my past that Eric wouldn't use. Anyway, help a brother out. I'm constantly looking for that perfect length cable and don't want to get the old soldering station out every time I need just one cable. Thanks!
george L's... they really aren't that great tho... sound is ok but eric uses long lengths to cut high end..and your pedalboard will go out one day mid gig and you won't like it... soldered is just better for reliablity
I remember those, brass was big in the late 70s through early 80s
What an amazing, tasteful player EJ is! I still have never seen Ellen and EJ in the same place?!?!?
Fantastic video!!! Is he using everything in front of the amps?
He is
Man he has some sweet tone
Excellent - Thank You!
I love the DDR took me a couple of weeks to tweek the best settings, what im most impressed with is the Over Drive!!
WOW on the Style "B" switch adds deep lows and long lasting Harmonics, i havent used my SD1 since i got the
OD side of the DDR jaming, and its Quiet on high gain.
When "Ah Via Musicom" hit, electric guitar was changed forever. Over the years, electric guitar had become synonymous with spandex, long hair, and hedonism. The concept of virtuosity had been reduced to pure speed. Bad poetry was the lyrical standard. Stupidity reigned supreme. When "Cliffs of Dover" hit the airwaves, it was something of a "tolling bell" for all of that.
Johnson didn't take the spotlight back, but he gave up-and-coming guitarists a chance to re-evaluate their influences. Most guitarists in the early 90's knew who C.C. Deville was, but rarely did they know who Wes Montgomery, Jerry Reed, or John McLaughlin were. Suddenly, there was a player (and true gentleman) who was universally respected, and brought the work of true innovators back into the discussion amongst young guitarists.
Add to that, he was a teacher at heart. Eddie Van Halen once used to hide his technique from the audience in fear that someone would copy him (very early years). Eric Johnson told you exactly how he did what he did, because he wanted his knowledge to spread into the musical community.
He's a profound influence for me, not just as a player, but as a guide in how-to-approach music.
EJ's the man, and hey... Eddie had an Echoplex before his dirty amp.
Interesting to see when Eric isn't using his full stage rig, he has a ZenDrive and a Dover Drive on his condensed rig.
I'm not even chasing EJ and Robben's sounds, but it's cool to know when Hermida designed these circuits the point was to emulate tones from the stage and studio rigs they are famous for, and both these guys use them in situations where they don't bring their main rig with them.
Wow, I actually thought Eric Johnson died...
Very happy to be wrong lol
i thought every popular guitarist of the current century died ,then i realized the internet is not a great source of accurate information
Equipment and settings are very important in order to obtain great tone. But, a lot of people overlook the importance tone production in the hands.
Since the moment my phone played this video...it got clean of virus.
Is the chorus on even when he’s using the overdrives?
I love how his board is simply just a piece of plywood board, cable ties and messy wires 👏
This is the beautiful sound of Eric Johnson.
I like how he does the drive in stages and starts clean with reverb and echo first before the chorus
Sounds so sweet! Taking a closer look at the the signal path ... it looks more like the Dover Drive into the DDR then into the Zendrive?
Majesty
Eric has the best guitar tone and the story teller's tone.
Simple. Just monstrous playing.
Wooden pedalboard sounds more natural!🤣
I always find it strange when two people are in an arranged position for a shoot, and then they start off by shaking hands...like they've been around each other for prolly awhile at that point
That guitar should be named Sweetcaster. It's heartwarming, calming, somehow bring me into a meditating state of mind.
John Ericsonn
EJ could plug into a trash can and sound amazing