Justin, you have a gift for playing. You have a gift for teaching!! And, thank you for sharing that gift!!!

Not only is he an incredibly talented player, he is very articulate and well-spoken. Nice job explaining the process so even a lay-person could understand what's actually happening while he's playing.

@Jarod1941

3 жыл бұрын

Well said (no pun intended). 👏👏👏

@Fly4aWhiteGuy

3 жыл бұрын

So true, on all points of your comment

@Fly4aWhiteGuy

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jarod1941 🤣

@jtyearsley

3 жыл бұрын

Not only are you an incredibly talented commenter, you are very articulate and well-spoken. Nice job explaining the process so even a lay-person could understand what's actually happening while you're typing.

@kayden5238

2 жыл бұрын

@@jtyearsley well commented on the comment (no pun intended) 👏👏👏

This is an *amazing* amount of theory, history, instruction etc. - several months (years?) of info in just over 4 minutes. That is truly impressive.

He's in a class all by himself. My utmost respect.

@gregw6442

10 ай бұрын

LEGEND…You are a Master

@EddieJarnowski

9 ай бұрын

Why? Because he can play a shovel? I am not impressed at all. Who gives a shit. Would you be impressed if i made a guitar out of an oak stool in my living room? Point is it's not what it's being played on. He isn't going to make this amazing music because it's a shovel. You are simping for a gimmick

@EddieJarnowski

9 ай бұрын

@@gregw6442 lol. Master. Hardly a master. He made a guitar out of a shovel. Thats not called being a master thats called doing dumb shit for views so people like you can feed his ego. Who cares. Its a shovel. Oooooo he is playing a shovel. Wow amazing. Any jackass can play a shovel bro

@irmafarias8063

9 ай бұрын

Justin que lindo que suena tu música con los distintos instrumentos que armas para que sea 1 guitarra!!!!

@rvr808

9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I wake up to Justin johnsons music everyday I don't have very much at all but when I put your music on I can do anything and it makes me rich beyond my wildest dreams it gets me through all things thanks thank you Justin your the best, and I mean it. God bless you

@EddieJarnowski

9 ай бұрын

You wake up to someone playing a stupid shovel? Your life must suck

@stobbinsboy

4 ай бұрын

I hope you are rich still.

This video packed way more of an INFORMATION punch than expected! Excellent explanation, and such a fantastic sound!

Justin Johnson is by far my favorite guitar player. I was never into it until Justin - and the 3 string guitar just got me, I don’t own one yet but I will , it will be my fist instrument ever.! I don’t come from a musical family . I’m 40 and this instrument just gets me. Thank you

@SequencerNL

2 жыл бұрын

So do you have one now?

@zx3215

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, i'm also interested if you have one now :) Btw, isn't fretless guitar hard to start from at the very beginning?

@JasonLumbatis

Жыл бұрын

Hang in there because it’s definitely a cool feeling once you get one. Had mine for going on 3 years. You will achieve this goal.

@EddieJarnowski

9 ай бұрын

Why play 3 strings? Are you that big of a loser you can't play 6.

Wish I found this 5 years ago when I first started, this is by far THE most helpful shortcut to learning quickly.

@EddieJarnowski

9 ай бұрын

No its not. Playing a shovel is for idiots. Pick up the real thing.

There are two types of guitars: works of art and shovels--so a guitar tech once told me. Way to take his philosophy to a whole new level!

@EddieJarnowski

9 ай бұрын

Its not impressive. He made a guitar out of a shovel. Probably goes out of tune faster than you can say jack robinson has less strings. Who gives a shit. Just because its a shovel doesnt mean it has amazing sound. 100% sounds like crap

@GladiusOFFICIAL

9 ай бұрын

@@EddieJarnowski why so serious? 🃏

@deanronson6331

9 ай бұрын

@@GladiusOFFICIAL You probably mean, "Why so envious and clueless?" Eddie baby is one of those types who believes anything he hasn't thought of is crap.

Get the feeling this guy could get a good sound outta a spiders web

@francesdalton4345

Ай бұрын

right?

What a sweet, forlorn sound. Great tutorial, history lesson and more. Thanks for posting.

Very cool! Love how that instrument sounds!

:41 I love how you make it cry...

How cool that thing would be when having a Pils sitting at the garden with some people and you like "Hey! Obey me!" 🤭

Wow, I love the sound.

One word says it all " AWESOME "

This is very cool! Really liked the sound and that sustain.

Love the sound.❤

FANTASTIC! Great instruction.

Thanks for a very great lesson!!!

I agree very incredibly talented. Very blessed. Like I've said before. It's like the souls just enter. God bless you brother and keep up the good work. God bless America

Educational, inspirational and creative jam session, keep on brother!

Well done! I was sold on the shovel guitar the moment I heard one played. It's basic & simple easy to pick three strings. Most amazing its soulful!

Thats just beatiful man!

Yes Justin Thank you 💙

Thanks for the info Justin, can't wait to get one.

Anytime I see you touch a 3 string shovel I got to watch,I play blues harmonica, you know, keep rocking brother!!!!!😎👍🎶

Brilliant, beautiful, inspirational!

Anything in your hands sounds like angel's voice...

You make it look so easy.

So good!

The Man Speaks 😮👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 Justin, you are the Best 🔥✨✨⚡⚡

So simple yet so amazing. Love your videos

@EddieJarnowski

9 ай бұрын

How is that amazing? You can make a guitar out of anything. You know what? Only an actual guitar is the real thing. Click bait

Awesome sounds brother

Wow, made me smile listening to the blues you were playing, here in England a shovel is nicknamed a "banjo" on building sights, fuckin incredible sound. Enjoy listening to you play mate whatever you've got😁👍🎶

Big Up Justin and thankyou.

awesome insight

Hey,hi . I'm over 70. I wish I knew you. I hope this KZread stuff pays the bills for you. You seem like a great young feller.

I could listen to him all day

Brilliant, a maths teacher once taught us KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid, in age having done that (Kept it simple) I stepped back and realised how complicated my working ended up looking. Thanks for the video I really enjoyed it, Stefan, Jersey, Channel Islands

Justin, you are the coolest of the cool! Dude, you have TALENT! Thank you so much for sharing your great music.

@EddieJarnowski

9 ай бұрын

How is playing a shovel talent? Any jackass can play a shovel

Soo talented..very nice.. I love hearing you play..

Amazing

Wow amazing 😮

Great, great, well done...

So cool, wow

Brother ty for this vid i love ur music i listen to it all the time u r definitely a legend in ur own right 🤙🤙

Diggin‘ this!

Justin I enjoy your talent and your music. I hope Nikki relayed to you I received my Shovel Guitar. It’s perfect and Thank You again for your help. Roland Vietnam Vet. God Bless my Friend.

Can't wait to play mine. That's Bad ass. Thanks again for talent

You are the best guitar player I have ever heard I would love you to come to Massachusetts

Guy: You've got a true talent Justin: No it's a True Temper

@jacqdaniels9093

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂 Ace is the place with the helpful guitar folks

this guy rules! such sensitivity and insight.

@georgeparfitt7291

7 жыл бұрын

He sure does! It was such a pleasure to spend time with him.

@ski5150

7 жыл бұрын

Well said Aaron!!

@bipolatelly9806

6 жыл бұрын

Aaron Clodfelter well yeah... he doesn't "rule" tho'..... corporations and banksters rule....

@warplanner8852

6 жыл бұрын

Aaron Clodfelter..as others have remarked, his music is amplified by his intellect. Astoundingly haunting blues!

@EddieJarnowski

9 ай бұрын

How is playing a potato digger sensitive? Its a stupid shovel. You guys all ass kissing this guy is ridiculous. Its about music not about if you can play music on a garden tool. Oh. I sang through a microphone that was made out of a sprinkler head arent i awesome? You idiots.

Have fun keeping that in tune.

This guy. THIS FREAKIN GUY! I swear Justin could play a tennis racket... At this point, Justin Johnston's name should be popping up on every "Greatest Guitarist" list.

So awesome 🙏🏼🇨🇦

A Master Class.

wonderfull thanx

"...it's a tool..." In the end aren't we all tools? :D

It's a. #2. Shovel which I used as a gandy dancer on a mid-western railroad to replace old ties.

What an awesome man!!!

Fred Hammond & RFC - "Let The Praise Begin." Throwback song.

QUE HERMOSO TOCA ESTE MUCHACHO, SE PARESE MUCHISIMO A MI NIETO , ME PASO HORAS ESCUCHANDOLO!

Maaaaan... the tone...

This guy really has a good understanding of things

@johntoews5347

5 жыл бұрын

AND a really good ability to explain his understanding. ¡AND real enthusiasm!

WOW! The man can play a shovel. ❤

Oh man! I MELTED when you played those chords!

Thank you.

He makes a gardening tool sound better than my expensive guitar.....doh

wow! SO great! :) thank you! :)

Over the top cool!!!

Once again Mr J.J. proves he's a genius.

I WANT THIS GUITAR!!!

È lo strumento più bello che ho visto fin'ora 😎 🔝

I love it

Man, talk about picking the right tool for the job! :D Mate, you take cool to a different level... with that tool. ;) Love it.

Cool! The bassline bit reminds me of the start of the film they live, where he's looking for work?

I can dig it.

Goodjob

I was told once that "hitch Hiking" with my thumb on the neck was bad form for guitar, But I have a 3 string shovel, so the neck is round. I can only get my slide around and under if I use my thumb along the neck on the back. I also noticed you did some hitch hiking yourself, and you sound excellent. Any thoughts? Seems like to keep the slide straight on the frets you have to hitch hike a bit.

Sounds like lightning boy on the movie crossroads.,, Arlen Roth.

This guy is awesome

I Dig It!

Нравится творчество,всегда с интересом и удовольствием смотрю Ваши ролики,успехов и всего доброго!

I liked that alot. I'm go make myself one of those now haha wish me luck

@joshstarkey8883

6 жыл бұрын

Did you do it?

@dadeusz3083

3 жыл бұрын

done?

@nk-hv1jj

3 жыл бұрын

Did you do it ?

Anyone else come here because of Wings of Pegasus? Awesome stuff Justin! Amazing. Damn, I want to make one now and learn to play like you. I can dream!

@thomask.8533

3 жыл бұрын

How did you go, did you end up making one...it was 10 months and a pandemic...?

That's too FUN! buddy :)

Hey Dude! I really can't play a guitar... but i really love many kinds of music.... as an example elmore james... muddy waters.... mark knopfler and all the good players we may think of. Until the moment I first see you play these nice songs on a fuckin shovel, I tought all the good musicians are dead or pretty old. Thank you for rescue of the music-world!

@ryanwilliams4223

6 жыл бұрын

love elmore james nice taste,stevie ray is my fav

That feeling on campus when you stumbled into the wrong lecture session😅

@IfUfindthisURlost

2 ай бұрын

and stayed because you were actually interested.

He's very talented guy.

This instrument is similar to a Japanese shamisen, which is a three strings instrument. Shamisen is tuned differently for each song.

Always love your videos man. I probably should've figured you'd have a KZread. I've been watching everything on facebook. Edit: Noticed this wasn't actually his channel, but he was the one who linked it to his fb.

@georgeparfitt7291

7 жыл бұрын

This was made by George Parfitt for his Winston Churchill Fellowship, researching cigar box guitars and roots instruments in America. Check out the rest of the project at www.dockyardguitars.com/blog/

"Now I can tell you're a real music type young fella, good lookin boy too, know what you're talkin about!"

Cool

And....being a shovel, it comes with a “Lifetime Guarantee”!! 😃👍

This sound remember me the Game Wasteland2. Ohh yeah

I've never even held one of those guitars in my hands, yet I already know how to play it. That's because I play by ear. If I can hear it I can play it. Had a friend one time who played piano, but he was what they call "note bound." which means that without the sheet music up there in front of him he couldn't play. Of course, I might not be able to now because of the arthritis in my hands, but then slide on my lap is probably what I'd be confined to these days. Had an old simi hollow body guitar one time, and I took the nut off of it and replaced it with a raised nut in order to get the strings up off of the fretboard. I learned a bunch of songs, including "In My Time Of Dying," and, "When The Levee Breaks," just to name a couple. Yeah, that sounds good. I like that.

@jerbear7952

9 ай бұрын

Kinda bragging a little here huh

Cara... tu eh foda... toca pra caralho.... porra cara... ensina a sua técnica pra galera... Parabéns por nos proporcionar músicas e sons únicos seus...👏👏✌️😎

You legend!!!

I really enjoy this! Perhaps I will have a go at building one sometime. Heh, how to turn a shovel into an axe....