In a band in the mid 90’s.. We had a lead singer that could do jagger as well as jagger.. plus he knew all the words.. so I bought a custom shop tele with lace sensors and discovered tuning G .. that tele sounded so much like Keith that it opened up a whole stones set for us.. it was so much fun covering Stones and sounding like them and even looking like them with our singer.. all because of G..

@backauf

Жыл бұрын

oh yeah, no question, Start Me Up will catapult folk onto the dance floor. The other sure tune in the set list for dancing is Billy Jean - all about that bass line.

@philipcramer940

Жыл бұрын

Were you guys based in NJ by chance?

@paulbfields8284

Жыл бұрын

@@philipcramer940 no North East Ohio. Cover band local did bars and private parties..

@thealleys

Жыл бұрын

I just saw a black tele set up like that today for sale

@johnremaly1906

Жыл бұрын

Cool 😎

When I first heard about open G tuning. I had just bought a telecaster copy guitar from a pawnshop. It was brand new. I put $20. Down on layaway. Got it out a few weeks later. Total cost $149. I first played it in drop D tuning. For a week or so. It just didn't feel right. So I played my other guitars. Thinking I wasted my money on that telecaster. Then I found out Keith Richards played in open G tuning. Once I got it tuned in open G. I tested it out. I was blown away 😮. I couldn't stop playing that guitar. I played that guitar all night. Till 3 am. It was so much fun that I couldn't put it down. To the point that I haven't played my more expensive guitars for quite awhile.

@seenonyt2210

3 ай бұрын

Cool story!

I think Keith got the inspiration from Ry Cooder, who worked with Stones (& Jagger solo, e.g. Memo from Turner). Cooder used All open tunings, to the point that when the album session was over, Keith reportedly gave Ry a hand written note that said, "Hey Ry, here's a tuning I've found Really good.... E-A-D-G-B-E" 😊

I always tune the bottom E unison to the fifth string G to give a thicker bass tone especially if using a telecaster

I’ve viewed numerous videos on guitar ‘open tunings’. This is a darn good one! Thank you!

I wondered for 30 years what that tuning was that made it look so easy and quite frankly possible. Thank you for sharing this tip that I will use and enjoy forever! I cannot believe how easy this makes a ton of songs. I used the 2 E's to D tuning for many Neil Young songs but could not figure this tuning out to save my life! Can't thank you enough!

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

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Thanks Jeff……..just went and cut off the sixth string of my beat up Tele, tuned it to open G per your wonderful video, put a capo on the fourth fret, and taught myself in a half-assed way Happy and Tumbling Dice, my two favorite Stones songs. Thank you for your generosity. Subscribed of course……Best wishes and thanks again.

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!

Thanks so much for this great explanation of open G tuning and its relation to all those great Stones tunes!

Use this tunning a whole lot..just love the sounds it makes.

The open chords in this tunning are Magical because they are STACKED DIFFERENT 💓✌️

Just as a point of interest, I cut an eraser into a block just a bit taller than the low D saddle. Then that gets pushed up under the string between the bridge and the pickup ring. So then if you happen to hit the low D it is totally muted.

@tiki_trash

Жыл бұрын

Cool tip, thanks.

@thefeloniousscot3955

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@LeoTheComm

Жыл бұрын

Open G is rooted in old time country blues, typically they rested their right hand on the body to mute the low D and used to add rhythmic "chunks" while playing.

@jimking3288

Жыл бұрын

Do what Keith does and remove it !!

@andrewdarnley4608

Жыл бұрын

@@jimking3288 Yeah I've got one of those as well ;)

Great quick take on open g tuning

This was perfect! Finally, after watching your video, I had an aha moment. I love open G I’ve been practicing slides, but I just didn’t know what I was doing really. I was playing those chords you were playing with a slide no problem and I was discovering on my own some picking areas, but this really helps me see a different side of it when it comes to picking and strumming it open G. Thank you! Thank you.

Loved this Jeff!

Best guitar instruction video in a long time. Thank you!

Love the Rolling Stones and Keith Richards! Thank you for the really cool lesson… All the years I’ve never heard anyone explain open G the way you just explained it… Really appreciate it Jeff! Doug from Denver. I gave a like 👍 and subscribed!

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

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Jeff, the camera work + lighting make these videos AWESOME. Great job with the content - love the Keef stuff!

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

Awesome video. Thank's man, I'm gonna start practicing right away.

Figure 4 was new for me. Nice vid. Thanks.

Great lesson Jeff, thanks. I was always aware that the Black Crowes were big fans of this tuning but watching your opening jam it I suddenly see / hear that Bad Co were clearly fans too. I love Mick Ralph’s playing. Very inspiring! This is a great tool to come up with new song writing ideas. Thanks. 👍👍 oh, btw, stunning Goldtop! 🤘🤘🤘

@TheRealcdawg22

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I instantly heard "Hotel Illness".

@jcruisioso5975

10 ай бұрын

Faces, Crowes , didn't know about bad co. Have to listen more .

I will definitely give this a go. Thank you.

Great stuff! I love playing in open G.

Can’t you hear me knocking is absolutely my favorite stones song. Agreed.

Great video!!! Thanks Teacher!!!! 🤟🏻

Open G... Like it, love it, want more of it.

Just the mere fact that the OG himself is still alive and creating is nothing short of a miracle,long live Keef!

Really good lesson. Clear, concise and right to the point. I was also perplexed as to how Keith Richards was getting all those tones in his chording structures - until a friend showed me open-G tuning. My guitar playing has never been the same. It was like I was playing a standard guitar - then I was open-G tuned and playing a whole different instrument. Crazy!

@DaveGrandel

Жыл бұрын

Next time you are in a music store, pick up a 5 string banjo and treat yourself to a little Brown Sugar… Banjos are tuned to open G as well, so you kind of “are” playing a new instrument!

@vincentl.9469

10 ай бұрын

@@DaveGrandel I remember Keith backed Chuck Berry a few times, as well as a few more people. I would imagine in that instance he would revert back to normal e tuning ?

@DaveGrandel

10 ай бұрын

It’s hard to say… As said in the video, Keith plays only 5 strings instead of 6 making it pretty tough to play anything in Standard Tuning without losing the 6th string notes (pretty important “root notes” on that string…)

Brilliant piece of teaching, well done!!

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Fantastic video 🤙🏻

Thank a lot for uploading. Very well explained!

@JeffMcErlain

10 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

THANKS, LEARNING MADE FUN.

Great vid Jeff, love the edge of breakup sound 👊🏻👌🏻

yes! can't you hear me knockin' IS one of the greatest rock and roll songs of all time!

Greg Lesson. Thanks👍👍👍👍

Brilliant. Thanks you.👍

Genius explanation ⚡️

This was an awesome lesson. I don't know how I missed this for so long. Thanks!

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

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Well that explains a lot! So excited to find this out. Many thanks! Subscribed! 😎👍🏻🎸

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

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Now I finally understand how all those guys that you mentioned were doing this. Funny as hell. It was just a trick. It sounds so big. It sounds especially good with a Les Paul, running it like you are running it. Until youtube, we did not know how to run Les Pauls like we do today. I have heard some great Les Paul tones recently, and Tele sounds too. People seem to know how to run the amp a lot better than before. Clean but with break up.

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

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Great lesson....thanks...

Wow! thanks man. On holiday at the mo. Not near my instruments. So I have to keep myself sane with music tutorials. So thanks for the tips. When I get back home to Yorkshire I am on that. 57 still learning.

@williamhill4573

2 ай бұрын

I feel that I'm currently in the dog house I bought another guitar and wifey doesn't understand lol I'm 54 and it probably won't be my last one lol

As a keyboard player I'm going out and getting a guitar. You just made it easy for me. Thanks

awesome lesson... perfect pace.

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Liked and subscribed and notified !!!!

Very interesting, thank you!

Great video. Thanks

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

Rhythm in open G is all about finding a groove and almost being percussive.

Nice video. I loved that you kept it simple and stuck to the basics, and were very thorough. That's just the kind of thing that provides the spark to get players interested, where they will sit down and then start to explore. I had a similar experience watching Irish players live and wondering "what the hell are those chords they are playing" avter talking to one after a gig, he opened the door to dadgad tuning. After playing around a little with it over the course of a few years, I left one guitar tuned to dadgad, determined to learn something. I'm still learning, but open tunings open your mind to be creative in a way you couldn't with regular tuning.

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Tony!! I appreciate this!

thank you!

awesome video. very interesting. i tune down a whole step. not much to tune to open G. gonna have to try this out n get my stones on.🤔🍻

Super Cool video. I always wondered how K.R. did those changes.Thanks for showing us.

Supercool, thank you Sir.

The hat really puts it across! Nice playing mate!

So simple with a big effect. Stoned again❤

Wow! I had no idea!

Good stuff bro! Thank you. I’ve played for 50 years and I’m just now picking up slide. I dig your teaching style. 🤘🎼🎸

@TNT-km2eg

10 ай бұрын

?!?

@irishwarhammer9388

10 ай бұрын

@@TNT-km2eg long story, I’m 62. A retired session cat from LA. I retired to Tahoe in 2017 with my wife. I was first call for Taavi Mote for ten years. I’ve toured everywhere and I have thousands of hours in every room in town. And I do play slide but I’ve never studied it. This cat has a great vibe and you’re never too old to learn. I won Hollywood Hotlicks 3 years in a row in the 80s at Gazzari’s. Now I get to woodshed in areas I never was able to. I was a working musician, I never had the luxury of lessons. I began playing professionally at 15 back in ‘77. However, my ignorance is stunning in all the forms I missed along the way. I’ve only been playing jazz for 6-7 years. I missed all that when I was young. I’m a high gain player and I’ve always loved Rod Price. Best rock slide player ever. And a hell of a nice cat RIP. We even share a birthday. And I’m old AF and slide will give me old mitts a day off😊 I had to go to 8s on my strats last month😂 hope you’re good! 🤘🎸🎼

Great Job as always sir

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

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Thank you for your insight, very useful!!! JJ Guitars also...

Great video as always. Can’t help but hear the black crows and John cougar in that tuning.

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

Sooo many tunes!!

I decided to switch it up and try my hand at open G with Start Me Up then I saw this video, thanks so much, it's a lot of fun playing in this tuning!

Spent a lot of my youth wondering where and how they got their sound, no one ever mentioned drop tuning, I suppose they didn't know about it ether. I'm old as dirt now so it don't matter any more! If only me and my friends would have had YT back then.

Another great vid. The biggest benefit I found of alt tunings is that I needed another guitar so could leave one in G tuning. Was a good excuse to buy a LP so could tune the Fender to G.

Thanks! 👍🏻

Great lesson!

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I found out about open G tuning and the Keith Richards chord about 3 months ago and since then I've learned 4 Rolling Stones songs I started off with brown sugar I can sing it and play it at the same time I couldn't believe it every guitar player should give it a try it's very easy if you're just the average player

This is great! What do you do next? Outside of doing a bunch of stones stuff what else can you do with this tuning? I saw Rhett Shulls video about open G from ages ago and he seemed like he could get some really amazing modern guitar sounds out of the tuning but I don’t know how he does it (or how you get that modern pop guitar sound) and I’d love to learn how! Thank you once again and I can’t wait to start messing with this tuning more!

Great stuff. Tuned my telecaster to open G in honor.

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

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Much appreciated

This is a fantastic video have a good weekend

So cool, thank you.

@giffy5775

Жыл бұрын

@@JeffMcErlain. Is it a trip to Camden NJ?

I had almost the same experience you had trying to learn Stones tunes in the late 60's and 70's. Like you I read in guitar player magazine about open G tuning ...was a big ah ha moment for me.

Yep. Its a cracker of a tuning. Wasy to use and so creative when you spend the time on it. So many applications and styles come flying straight out of it.

Nicely done!

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you.

@JeffMcErlain

6 ай бұрын

You are welcome. 🙏🏻

This is great!

WOW! THX!

Awesome video

Jeff, this is like you were reading my mind. Been playing Sticky Fingers on repeat and agree "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" is one of he best RnR songs ever. Been playing a lot in Open G on acoustic and also Open D (DADF#AD), which seems to be really similar. The last two moves here are definitely ones I will add to what I have been messing around with lately. THANKS!

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

Great minds!!

@highpath4776

Жыл бұрын

I have found an acquostic for £18 + new string costs, might give it a try as richer sound should come out of it

awesome thank you, liked and subscribed

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

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Fabulous tone

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Yes this is definitely one to have in your arsenal. That said it is quite limited. I play a couple songs in this tuning but I need more variety in chord voicings. Good video.

I really like this. When I get back home (working out of town) I'm gonna try this out for sure. A Keith Richard's fan always.

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

Excellent!!

oooooh! simple elegance.

thats great man, thank you

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

I am inspired. Thank you

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

That’s fantastic. You are welcome.

You just gotcha another fan Jeff, shame I've got three Strats coz I love that beefy tone bro...Your hitting us with all that great Brit-Rock sound Jeff and thanks for some great info.

I have heard that there is a capo that makes different tunings... I loved your example of open tunings...

great teacher

@JeffMcErlain

4 ай бұрын

Thank you.

Nice way of explaining everything so it makes more sense, rather than just playing it. Thanks.

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

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Dang, thank you for that

Guess I’ll be playing some Stones tunes today ..👍🏼 the right way.! Thanks Jeff..!👍🏼❤️ ..and looking forward to your slide video…

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!!

Great stuff...thanks for unlocking that, Jeff! Yes, retuning live is a nuisance. Thankfully, with the Advent of so many really great guitars in the $300 - $400 range, anybody can afford to keep a guitar dedicated to open G if they really dig that tuning.

@alkitzman9179

Жыл бұрын

You are right about that Edward. I keep 2 Acoustic and 2 Electric in open Tuning. a 6 &12 string of each. They make budget Guitars so much better than back in the 1970's when I started out. I am surprised the Beatles never really did much in open tuning. Maybe Rain was. I play it in open G myself

@larry77lee

Жыл бұрын

Check out the Line 6 Variax guitars with open/alternate tunings all in one guitar and MORE! No need for seveal guitars tuned differently.

Thank You 😊

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Oh yeah...Thanks. much

thank you

@JeffMcErlain

11 ай бұрын

You are welcome.

Nicely done, Jeff! Great presentation. My first exposure to open g was at a memorial service for a local musician. His son borrowed my guitar, tuned it to open g to play "Jesus Done Left Chicago," and handed it back to me without re-tuning (party foul, for sure) to standard. I tuned the guitar back to standard to finish the gig but the open g tuning had piqued my interest and a whole world of blues and rock music "opened" up!

@smelltheglove2038

Жыл бұрын

I mean, the son of the guy whose memorial service it was? Probably could give that kid a pass. It’s his fathers memorial service.

@ronrumsey3205

Жыл бұрын

​@@smelltheglove2038 Truth.

Commenting to watch later

Slack-key players of Hawaii have been using that since 19th C.

Open tunings were an AHA moment for me too. Good stuff brother.

@JeffMcErlain

Жыл бұрын

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Status Quo “down down” great playing with the g tuning