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...
01:20So what you can do, and the technique is, is every time, you know, like you use your thumb,
01:42and every time you pick down, it's a counteraction. So your little finger is linked to the volume
01:49control. So down, down, up. So you see my thumb down, up, down, up, you know, and you just find
01:56the sweet spot on the guitar. Every guitar is different. You find the sweet spot. So...
02:00And you just kind of practice until you find this, you know, this place where you can either do single
02:21or no. And just watch the fans come up to you and say, hey, you know that part that sounds like a cello? I really like that.
02:39That was my favorite part of the night. You're like, but I play other stuff too. But 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 it. I know this is dry and pretty honest.
02:54But if you put a little effect on it, and you can really get some cool sounds and with the volume control and these kind of volume sweeps.
03:07We'll see you next time.
Comments