Eric Johnson...

[dudeiferous]

Been looking for some cool alternate picking licks to learn and found myself revisiting some Eric Johnson clips on youtube. I find the guys approach to playing really interesting, and I think the way he uses pentatonics and mixes them up with extra notes sounds great. His technique is really nice, very clean but with a sweetness to it that you don't find in other players. And his tone is wonderul IMO.

Im not keen on some of the Hendrix covers I have heard; sound a bit too note perfect to me and lack spontanaety (sp?)... but his own stuff is superb. As you can probably gather, I rather like him!

Anyone got any albums of his to recommend?

[JaseMorris]

Tones, Ah Via Musicom & Alien Love Child.

Don't bother with Bloom.

[dudeiferous]

Tones, Ah Via Musicom & Alien Love Child.

Don't bother with Bloom.

Thanks, I will check them out.

Also this has sparked some interest too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HEha...eature=channel

Pretty different to everything else of his that I have heard!

[digitalkettle]

EJ: got to start with AVM.

Holdsworth: good move...guitar will never be the same again...his drummists and bass dudes aren't bad either. The 'Devil Take The Hindmost' solo is truly awesome (2'54 in your vid)

[Paul Hurley]

AVM is definitely the place to start. After that, check out Tones and Venus Isle. I've not heard Bloom yet.

I first discovered Eric about 15 years ago when I was buying my first instructional video. I was all set to buy Buddy Guy's video until the guy in the guitar shop told me it was absolutely shite and instead recommended EJ's first Hot Licks video.

I was curious as to what exactly the geeky looking guy on the cover had to teach me. Little did I know!