00:00What's up ladies and gentlemen, Joe Bonamassa here for Guitar World Magazine.
00:13Today we're going to talk about volume swells.
00:15Now I would like to explain this using the front pickup, but I will demonstrate what
00:21happens when a guitar sits around for too long.
00:25So we're going to talk about volume swells, and I'm going to use the only pickup that's
00:29working in a right now.
00:33And I use these a lot.
00:35I really like them.
00:36I think they're very emotive.
00:37I learned from, to me, the best was Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan, and even Walter Trout
00:44was really stellar at it.
00:47And a lot of people have done a Jeff Beck, and you know, there's a bunch of people.
00:51But when you bring the dynamics down in a band, so if you're playing in C minor, you'll
00:57get the crowd going if you play something like this.
01:27So, what you can do, and the technique is, is every time you use your thumb, and every
01:42time you pick down, it's a counteraction.
01:46So your little finger is linked to the volume control.
01:50So down, down, up.
01:52So you see my thumb, down, up, down, up, you know.
01:55And you just find the sweet spot on every guitar is different.
01:59You find the sweet spot, so.
02:15And you just kind of practice until you find this, you know, this place where you can either
02:21do single or no.
02:34And just watch the fans come up to you and say, hey, you know that part that sounds like
02:38a cello?
02:39I really like that.
02:40That was my favorite part of the night.
02:41You're like, but I play other stuff too.
02:44But that's my volume technique.
02:46And a little pro tip on the setup, it's nice to have a delay, nice to have a reverb on
02:52it.
02:53I know this is dry, I'm pretty honest.
02:55But if you put a little effect on it, and you can really get some cool sounds with the
03:04volume control and these kind of volume sweeps.
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