Joe Bonamassa sound check: backstage tips
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
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Dan Erlewine visits backstage with the great blues guitarist, Joe Bonamassa and his highly experienced tech, Mike Hickey. Joe talks guitars with Dan, and Mike shares two guitar setup tips.
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OMG Joe Bonamassa met the legendary Dan Erlewine!!!!
It's great to watch a master work. No flash or ego, just solid information and inquiry.
aye aye here here
And a very well placed ad at the end of the video. It's not an in your face "BUY ME NOW!!" type of ad.
It's a "Here if you want it" kind of ad.
Love seeing Dan talking shop with other techs and luthiers. More please StewMac!
I came across this site by accident. I'm so blown away by the prep that goes on backstage with ya'll and Joe. I would give my left and right to spend an hour with the three of you. I probably wouldn't say a word, only listen. I am speechless! WOW!
Really great vid. Awesome to see behind the scenes of Joe's rig. Dan really is the man. Been in the business forever and obviously still a kid in a candy store when he gets to talk shop. Gotta respect that level of passion for his craft.
I came across this site by accident. I'm so blown away by the prep that goes on backstage with ya'll and Joe. I would give my left and right to spend an hour with the three of you. I probably wouldn't say a word, only listen. I am speechless! WOW! At age 68, the only guitar I've left is a true Ibanez "lawsuit" Gibson Hummingbird. I always wanted a Les Paul. Hoping to live long enough to own one.
LOVE this restringing method ! I’ve been applying THIS METHOD for a few months, now. I have tried several other methods over several years of playing music but always had a problem with string slippage, resulting in more retuning between songs. I also love the fact that when I go to replace any of my strings they unwrap very easily! No more looking pulling out my needle nose pliers to assist in unraveling what’s caught up on the posts! I play mandolin so I’ll go “1 and a 1/2” gap past the next post (due to the smaller peg head) before I make the first wrap around. I’m applying this new method with my acoustic guitar as well !
Thanks for posting this video and this Awesome Restringing Tip !
Dan, I would give just about anything to have been in the same room listening to you and Joe talk about guitars. Definitely a guitar nerd's dream!
Dan, all of your videos are fantastic, but this one allowed us to peek into a world most never see. Thank you!
Love Dan's videos, entertaining all on their own and he seems like a good dude!
Been doing the extra ball trick for years, it´s just common sense when you top wrap a TOM. Big up to Mike, I remember when he briefly joined Carcass in the late 90´s
I wonder why he didn't do the top wrap on the ES-345
I wonder why do people top wrap? What is the difference?
@@serhatgultasli Some say it makes the strings more "slinky". Honestly, I don't feel much of a difference, if anything, so it's really personal preference
I used the shown method to put the strings on the tuners some time ago and I´m really liking it.
I like all of these Dan Erlewine StewMac videos but this one is outstanding ! thanks
I got to meet Joe and his tech at a local guitar shop a couple years back, very cool guys
EXCELLENT video, Dan! I really enjoyed this one. Informative, interesting, it shows us something that not many get to see.
Keep up the good work!
so glad to stumble on this channel
love a pro who not only shows us the correct way but also explains it so we understand brill thanks
how cool seeing Lucy after all these years. and it's even better knowing she is still on the road working with a brilliant artist every day.
I had that GP number too. I was a young'un in school and had just spent my lawn mowing money on Albert's Live record. Playing that V upside down and backward as he did, I was totally mesmerized ... not so much my classmates when I did my show-and-tell on Albert's life and music. Brought back memories of a happily misspent youth. Thx Dan!
Awesome video, and includes great tips. This is the best way to re-string. Comes our perfect, every time!
LOVE THIS METHOD! I use this restringing method on my mandolins, which really comes in handy whenever I break a string during a song in one of our sets. I keep two mandolins on stage so I can just grab up the other to finish out a song or set. I immediately replace the broken one in record time! I use the same distance from one post to the other, and get as close as I can on the last G string post and E string post on my mandolins and I still get the 1 1/2 to 2 wraps of each string and tuning post.
***NOTE !!!!*** I wouldn’t recommend cutting all of the strings at once on a mandolin due to the bridge on most mandolins not being permanently mounted in place, which can make all of the difference with losing intonation of the strings because the bridge moved out of place. Other than that, this is the Best/Fastest method I have seen! Thanks, Mike Hickey !
The knowledge given with simple grace is aways a joy ❤.
Awesome tips - like the extra ball-end on the string for wrapping over especially. Measuring in inches really takes me back too - 39/64 ths - brilliant!
Dan, humble guy. Great tips here, thanks for uploading.
Great String changing info and I love the extra ball trick...Thank you for this video
This video is so cool! I had no idea Dan built Albet King that famous V!
Great video! I use the same stringing method! Improved my tuning stability by 95%!!
I love your videos so much, and thank you for all of the info and explanations about the gear, so cool.
Love watching and listening to your channel. So informative. So interesting.
Regarding the tune-o-matic bridge caving in. So I was fortunate to tech for Ace Frehley's band ( Richie Scarlet and Chris Wyse ) when they toured Australia in 2015 and I got a good tip from Ace's tech Rocco Monterosso regarding collapsed tune-o-matic bridges. Flip it over, support either end and tap the centre of the bridge with a fret hammer or small rubber mallet checking constantly until it's straight, sounds simple but it's very effective. Pro tip!
I would love to see an extended version of this. So freaking interesting and helpful !
Mike Hickey played in Venom on the Calm before the storm album and tour. Awesome guitarist!!!!
All Dan's videos are interesting, but this one is a gem. The 1972 Flying V was something special.
Just love your videos. Bonamassa's tech seems like a great guy.
Thanks Dan, great job and thanks to Joe and company for letting us in. Had to be cool to see one of your babies.
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Ha, the Amp settings and string gauges! Awesome little insights that you thought of sharing!
Great video Stewmac, very worthwhile. thankyou.
Thank you so much for showing the Lucy Guitar so up close. Albert is GOD of blues guitar.
Very interesting contribution for me. Again i learned something.
I love Joe Bonamassa I gotta seen him live! He is so much a part of guitar history
thanks Dan for an awesome video! A dream come true for you,I'm sure!
Great video. Thanks for up loading it. Very interesting.
so awesome Dan,always so awesome!
Never used gauges in 30 + yrs until I bought the exact set from Stew Mac as shown. What did I learn? That I do not need them. I have around 50 guitars of all types and I set them by taking them as low as I can till they buzz and then raising till they stop. Perfect. So there is no magic one size fits all number for YOU. Raise or lower till you like it.
Now of course if you are a tech setting up a guitar for someone who knows the specs or has a number,yes. Also on a new guitar that you are having issues with they are good to troubleshoot with. Nice tools to have but do not get carried away and fixated on some published number. I am surprised the tech did not stress the most important part of restringing. Stretch them,stretch and then stretch again. Then right before showtime when they have settled in at room temp, stretch again!
cheers....thx...
I've seen Joe live in Aberdeen (Scotland) few months ago. I'm not a huge fan of blues but this guy radiates so much energy from the stage I just couldn't pass. As my girlfriend describe - it's the best of blues but without any whining. :)
Thanks for this awesome video, very informative, more please!
Loving the videos on this channel. Just wishing there were more as I've just about watched them all now lol :)
Mike's string winding tips also the over wrap is in your 1st edition Guitar Player's Repair Guide. ANd also in Guitar and Amp Repair Maintenance.
Awesome video, Dan is the best at what he does no competition.
Wow. this is a great video, thanks. I saw Joe Walsh string like this in his lesson dvd from years ago.
great interview..dan
Cool to see Mikes method. On standard tuners I've always just put the string through at a right angle and wound it on the post. No over under round the bout or anything. Never had any issues..
Dan's the man! He's probably forgotten more about guitars than most people remember.
For those looking for the string winding method, it starts at 3:23.
Used the measurements to set up my. Es-335 ! Thanks guys!!!
It's amazing how that "Next tuning peg, and over the top" was a trade secret until the internet. Even top wrapping the Tail piece.
A straightforward tip. Good video!
4:46 I do this with all guitars now - works very well on acoustics to reduce the wear on the bridge plate.
Thanks for sharing Dan. Every time I watch your videos I learn something new. Good tip on the wrap around strings!. Joe's action is so high, maybe that's where the tone and resonance comes from.
great info. not letting your strings file the nut slots while changing strings is something I never did but will start ,especially with a bone nut. .thanks
What an awesome video.
That’s pretty awesome that Joe has the guitar he made all those decades ago.
I opened for Albert once, a long time ago. I got the chance to play a few licks on that ax (unplugged, checkin' it out), I just wanted to see how Albert's ax felt. I didn't know until now that Dan built it. Very cool.
Thus is the gold stuff the real numbers thank you so much.
Dan is my favorite I love his videos
great great video ... JB is friendly as always ... great guitar player and hard working musician
But always under attack in a world that worships punk, grunge, and other forms of primitive rock.
A tip for Mike and Dan, regarding top wrapping, that I stumbled upon is , the use of Pyramid Strings. The ball-ends have a secondary cotton binding that eliminates sharp edges . . I’ve been using their pure nickel, and no stoptail issues whatsoever 👌🏻
good tip on stringing a Les Paul style guitar. Saw another good Mike Hickey tip on stringing a Strat. WooHoo, win win
I really like Joe cause he has respect for those who came before him, his work ethic is outstanding and his talent is unmatched. As for his road crew they need to develop some respect for those who came before them, eg. Dan Erlewine one of, if not thee, finest luthier alive. (They seem to be a bunch of vintage snobs and they probably don't know who Dan is....) Anyway, some really useful info. on the video. Thanks Dan, your number one in my book.
Very cool Dan. Thanks for sharing! And yes...I'm jealous!
Informative, practical, and smart!
This particular tying method Mike Hickey is doing is called the "pinching method". It's great for performers who break strings often. There are two other acceptable string tying methods for standard tuning posts; the locking or lock method and the S-tie method. The locking method is the most common and works in tandem with "tug and tune up only" tuning methods on fixed bridge guitars. Tugging the string only makes the lock tighter. The pinching method tie also benefits from tugging.
I pretty much always changed strings holding 'em like he does, I learned it myself. Simply for ease of doing it.
Wow. I never thought about the truss rod affection the tone like that. Thanks dan for the free piece of information
That tech has got the 2nd best job in the world next to JB of course....I'd hate to have to insure all that primo vintage gear thats really just a touring museum of aural exitement! Neat that Dan got to check out one of his babies from 1972 & it still is blowing minds to this day....Awesome video mr. Erlewine! 8)
Very interesting guests!
excellent work TY
Amazing Dan...I think you would love the metric system :)
+Luca Digioia Go Metric!
Luca Digioia this is my only criticism of these videos. I heave no idea what 39/64th of an inch actually is. All the different fractions confuses me as well. Metric should be a must!
39/64th of an inch is a little over half an inch. Or, roughly half the size of the length between the first and second knuckle of your index finger. Imperial is used because of things like that, very easy, rough estimates that everyone can use.
Don't think of measurements as "Imperial" or "Metric" think of them as "Measuring units" every unit has it's uses, and every unit can be used when it's found most useful. Metric is not useful in every situation, imperial is not useful in every situation.
royalcat10 no, metric is useful in literally every situation
Really? So you're telling me you would rather say: "2.54 CM" over saying "1 Inch"?
Metric has it's uses, Imperial has it's uses. Neither one is better than the other.
I love it! I wish I had someone to make a guitar for me! That's awesome!
Nice, thanks for the video 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
WoW !! Fab stuff guys , thanks for sharing
What if the strings are buzzing on my Gibson LP Custom? The stop bar tail is all the way down and the TOM is set to a low action. Shouldn't I relieve the neck a quarter turn of the truss rod? Thanks.
Dan you’re awesome dude! I would definitely buy you a pint.
lol good tip about the string cutting, ive actually did that, cutting a string i just put on while snipping off the excess
Mike Hickey is a great guitar player some of his solo's he did when he was in the band called Carcass, had some good blues riffs in them.
He only played live with Carcass. He was originally their guitar tech but also filled in for Mike Ammott live.
Dan, you are the man!
Joe and Mike just met THE master.
I was surprised to see Mike Hickey as the roadie - that's the guy from Venom! For a while he worked in a used guitar store near where I grew up. He's intimidating but a cool dude.
Hi Dan,
How did you mesaure the bridge height? From the top to the 6th string?
at 3:22 where he strings the guitar, can I use this stringing technique on all guitars or is it something specific? (I don`t own any special guitars)
Any tips for keeping my
Les Paul in tune? New saddles, hip shot locking tuners, but sauce…still fights staying in tune if I bend on my D or G string
Sure Joe can play as no one but you are a magician Dan!
To me the greatest way of putting the strings on with no slip!
Hi.
what is JB humbucker height adjustment (metric please) in his 1959 skinnerburst LP? I have his signature SD skinnerburst PUs in my LP and I followed the instructions on SD page, but the neck PU looks to deep sinked in to the frame on the bass side...
Thanks for answer and keep up the good work!
Cheers!
Thanks for sharing 👍
Is 90 thousandths supposed to be low? According to my music nomad string action gauge, .075 is considered high and low is .05 on the low E measured at the 12th fret.
That had to of been a great time and show
Can wrapping the strings around the bridge work on any Gibson/Epiphone fixed bridge guitar? That looks like a good idea and I want to try that on my Epiphone LP 100 but don't want to damage it.
Awesome Joe plays this on Royal Tea live from the Ryman also! Great tone! Does anyone know what zebra humbuckers are in this Lucy guitar? The brand, model # and year. Love the tone and building a guitar and would love this sound! Thanks! Dying to know!
Hey Dan, does a refret on a LPS take time for it to sound good again like Joe mentions? I recently refreted my LP R7 and it does not sound exactly like it used to. I am told in 6 months or so of playing, that it will sound good again. Any truth to this?