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00:10 What's up ladies and gentlemen, Joe Bonamassa here for Guitar World Magazine.
00:13 Today we're gonna talk about volume swells.
00:15 Now I would like to explain this using the front pickup, but
00:19 I will demonstrate what happens when a guitar sits around for too long.
00:23 So we're gonna talk about volume swells.
00:28 And I'm gonna use the only pickup that's working right now.
00:32 And I use these a lot.
00:35 I really like them, I think they're very emotive.
00:37 I learned from, to me, the best was Danny Gatton,
00:42 Roy Buchanan, and even Walter Trout was really stellar at it.
00:47 And a lot of people have done it, Jeff Beck, and there's a bunch of people.
00:51 But when you bring the dynamics down in a band, so if you're playing in C minor,
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00:57 You'll always get the crowd going if you play something like this.
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01:10 So what you can do, and the technique is, is every time you play a chord,
01:16 you can play a chord that's a little bit longer than the other chord.
01:22 So if you're playing a chord that's a little bit longer than the other chord,
01:28 you can play a chord that's a little bit longer than the other chord.
01:33 So if you're playing a chord that's a little bit longer than the other chord,
01:39 is every time you use your thumb, and every time you pick down,
01:44 it's a counteraction.
01:46 So your little finger is linked to the volume control, so down, down, up.
01:51 So you see my thumb, down, up, down, up.
01:54 And you just find the sweet spot on every guitar is different.
01:58 You find the sweet spot, so.
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02:10 And you just kind of practice until you find this place where you can either do
02:20 single or no.
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02:32 And just watch the fans come up to you and say, hey,
02:36 you know that part that sounds like a cello?
02:38 I really like that.
02:39 That was my favorite part of the night.
02:40 You're like, but I play other stuff too.
02:43 But that's my volume technique.
02:46 And a little pro tip on the setup.
02:49 It's nice to have a delay, nice to have a reverb on it.
02:52 I know this is dry, I'm pretty honest.
02:54 But if you put a little effect on it, and you can really get some cool sounds
03:01 with the volume control and these kind of volume sweeps.
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