00:00What's up ladies and gentlemen, Joe Bonamassa here for Guitar World magazine. Today we're
00:13going to talk about volume swells. Now I would like to explain this using the front pickup,
00:19but I will demonstrate what happens when a guitar sits around for too long. So we're
00:25going to talk about volume swells. And I'm going to use the only pickup that's working
00:30in a right now. And I use these a lot. I really like them. I think they're very emotive. I
00:37learned from, to me, the best was Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan, and even Walter Trout was really
00:46stellar at it. And a lot of people have done a Jeff Beck and, you know, there's a bunch of
00:50people. But when you bring the dynamics down in a band, so if you're playing in C minor,
00:57you'll always get the crowd going if you play something like this.
01:04And that's what you're playing in a band who plays with you. So you can play in a band that
01:09works in two sets. So if you're playing in C minor, you'll always have a concentration
01:11with us. And you can play! And I'm not going to play it. And I would like to play it.
01:13And you know that I usually have one of the first to play a song that you want to play.
01:16So I can play it on a band. And you know that I've played with this band and I can play it.
01:22So I guess I like it's like sitting in the band. And this is the band that I could play.
01:27And I can play it. I know that I'm being a band. So I'm getting ready to play on and be a band.
01:29I'm getting ready for that play ball in the back. I'm getting ready to play.
01:31So 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.
01:55You know?
01:56And 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
02:20do single or no.
02:34And just watch the fans come up to you and say, hey, you know that part that sounds like
02:37a cello?
02:38I really like that.
02:39That was my favorite part of the night.
02:40You're like, but I play other stuff too.
02:43But that's my volume technique.
02:46And a little pro tip on the setup, it's nice to have a delay.
02:51Nice to have a reverb on it.
02:52I 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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