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DVD : Eric Johnson: Total Electric Guitar |
- Very Basic MaterialThis DVD is a disappointment. Besides the fact that Eric is incredibly boring and stiff throughout this video, the materials he covers is very introductory. If you are a beginning rock guitarists, this might be helpful for you. Unfortuantley, I don't think many new guitar players today will probably discover Eric Johnson until they have been playing for a while. By the time they get an appreciation for his abilities and decide to buy this DVD, they will have probably already learned most of the content in these lessons. Also, if you want to lean how to play like Eric Johnson - what scales he uses, how he build chords, etc. - don't bother with this.
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- For Professional Musicians OnlyI bought this DVD thinking it would help someone like me - someone who plays guitar as a hobby for fun in my spare time. I was totally wrong. This tape would probably be of some benefit to a professional guitarist who was looking to fine tune his or her playing. For anyone else it is completely useless.
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- Great instructional dvdI've been using this dvd for a few months and I can feel a huge improvement in my playing. He explains all his techniques, his influences and his approach to chords and lead in great detail. He explains his "bounce" technique. circle picking, dampening, finger - picking, wes montgomery style, hybrid picking and his approach left hand fingering. Because of this, my tone and technique have greatly improved. He plays leads and rhythm in the style of players like Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Wes Montgomery, Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed and explains how they influenced his own style. In the end he shows different types of harmonics. There are some great solo performances through the dvd as well. If you want to get more into his style I suggest that you also get The Fine Art of the Guitar. I highly recommend this dvd.
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- Two Hands Excellenceas a long time guitarist, I find myself bogged down in repetitiveness. Well, this DVD bogged me right out of that! This DVD has really got my fingers flying again, not just trying to keep up with Eric's awesome chops, but by finding some deeper passion and satisfaction with my own compositions which I had heretofore felt lacking in some ways. Thanks, Eric!
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- Total Electric BorefestI owned the original VHS version...I quickly gave it to a friend of mine, free of charge.
Eric Johnson may be considered a guitar great (I don't get it), but he has the personailty of a shoelace and it is aptly demonstrated in this instructional video. Some people just aren't good teachers, no matter how great a guitarist they are.
As an added bonus, his guitar is drenched in reverb throught the entire video, even during specific examples & demos! Say what?
Finally, the length of the video was way too long (or at least it felt that way. It took repeated viewings for me to get therough from start to finish).
Throw in a mind-numbing finale/lecture about patch cables, cable length, pick gauge, strings, theories on physics and you get Eric Johnson: Total Electric Guitar - Agonizing to watch & absolutely God-awful.
Stick w/ Brian Setzer (THE rockabilly instructional bible), James Burton (Hello.....Elvis' guitarist!), Yngwie J.(THE only instructional video you need for precision shredding), Danny Gatton (1 & 2: encyclopidias of all styles) or B.B. King: Bluesmaster (extremely in-depth analysis/demos of B.B.'s style by B.B.) Instructional videos/DVDs. Even if it's not your style, these are highly informative, educational & entertaining. I highly recommend these.
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