Chords for Scott Henderson - Ultimate Tone Masterclass1
Tempo:
90.75 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
G
D
A
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hi everybody, I'm Scott, and we're going to talk about tone today.
First I'm going to show you how I get my personal tone, and then we'll go off from that and
by moving the mic around and changing settings on the pedals and amps, I'll show you how
to get some other kind of tones.
The first thing is the pickup adjustment.
If you don't have a hot pickup, you need to raise the pickups so that [G] they're the same volume.
And the tone controls are a very big part of your sound.
I turn mine way down to like somewhere between 3 and 4, [Fm] sometimes 5.
[Eb] [G] [Abm]
[Gm] I have the bridge floating so that I can get a major third [C] out of the G string.
So I go, [G]
[N] I have the block drilled out bigger, and I use bigger arms because I tend to break
the fender ones because I'm a little nuts with the bar.
[D] [N]
I've recorded the Strat with Mike Landau pickups, the Strat with V60 pickups, which are closer
to the old Strat pickups, a Strat with a humbucker, a Pete Thorne humbucker, an SG and a Les Paul.
[Eb] [Gb]
[Ebm] [Eb] [Ebm]
[Eb] You know, everybody says good [Em] tone is in your fingers, and guess what, they're right.
I am using the top part of the pick, not the point.
And that's very important.
If you use the point, it sounds like [A] this.
[Ab] [B] Kind of thin and anemic sounding.
So I use the big part.
[Gbm]
You can hear there's more [B] bass.
[C] A lot of my playing goes with my fingers, especially when playing [A] melodies.
[E] [D]
[Am]
[D] [A]
First I'm going to show you how I get my personal tone, and then we'll go off from that and
by moving the mic around and changing settings on the pedals and amps, I'll show you how
to get some other kind of tones.
The first thing is the pickup adjustment.
If you don't have a hot pickup, you need to raise the pickups so that [G] they're the same volume.
And the tone controls are a very big part of your sound.
I turn mine way down to like somewhere between 3 and 4, [Fm] sometimes 5.
[Eb] [G] [Abm]
[Gm] I have the bridge floating so that I can get a major third [C] out of the G string.
So I go, [G]
[N] I have the block drilled out bigger, and I use bigger arms because I tend to break
the fender ones because I'm a little nuts with the bar.
[D] [N]
I've recorded the Strat with Mike Landau pickups, the Strat with V60 pickups, which are closer
to the old Strat pickups, a Strat with a humbucker, a Pete Thorne humbucker, an SG and a Les Paul.
[Eb] [Gb]
[Ebm] [Eb] [Ebm]
[Eb] You know, everybody says good [Em] tone is in your fingers, and guess what, they're right.
I am using the top part of the pick, not the point.
And that's very important.
If you use the point, it sounds like [A] this.
[Ab] [B] Kind of thin and anemic sounding.
So I use the big part.
[Gbm]
You can hear there's more [B] bass.
[C] A lot of my playing goes with my fingers, especially when playing [A] melodies.
[E] [D]
[Am]
[D] [A]
Key:
Eb
G
D
A
C
Eb
G
D
_ _ Hi everybody, I'm Scott, and we're going to talk about tone today.
First I'm going to show you how I get my personal tone, and then we'll go off from that and
by moving the mic around and changing settings on the pedals and amps, I'll show you how
to get some other kind of tones.
The first thing is the pickup adjustment.
If you don't have a hot pickup, you need to raise the pickups so that [G] they're the same volume. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And the tone controls are a very big part of your sound.
I turn mine way down to like somewhere between 3 and 4, [Fm] sometimes 5.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ I have the bridge floating so that I can get a major third [C] out of the G string.
So I go, [G] _
_ _ [N] I have the block drilled out bigger, and I use bigger arms because I tend to break
the fender ones because I'm a little nuts with the bar.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ I've recorded the Strat with Mike Landau pickups, the Strat with V60 pickups, which are closer
to the old Strat pickups, a Strat with a humbucker, a Pete Thorne humbucker, an SG and a Les Paul.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ You know, everybody says good [Em] tone is in your fingers, and guess what, they're right.
I am using the top part of the pick, not the point.
And that's very important.
If you use the point, it sounds like [A] this.
_ _ [Ab] _ [B] Kind of thin and anemic sounding. _
_ _ So I use the big part.
_ _ [Gbm] _
You can hear there's more [B] bass.
_ _ [C] A lot of my playing goes with my fingers, especially when playing [A] melodies.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
First I'm going to show you how I get my personal tone, and then we'll go off from that and
by moving the mic around and changing settings on the pedals and amps, I'll show you how
to get some other kind of tones.
The first thing is the pickup adjustment.
If you don't have a hot pickup, you need to raise the pickups so that [G] they're the same volume. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And the tone controls are a very big part of your sound.
I turn mine way down to like somewhere between 3 and 4, [Fm] sometimes 5.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ I have the bridge floating so that I can get a major third [C] out of the G string.
So I go, [G] _
_ _ [N] I have the block drilled out bigger, and I use bigger arms because I tend to break
the fender ones because I'm a little nuts with the bar.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ I've recorded the Strat with Mike Landau pickups, the Strat with V60 pickups, which are closer
to the old Strat pickups, a Strat with a humbucker, a Pete Thorne humbucker, an SG and a Les Paul.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ You know, everybody says good [Em] tone is in your fingers, and guess what, they're right.
I am using the top part of the pick, not the point.
And that's very important.
If you use the point, it sounds like [A] this.
_ _ [Ab] _ [B] Kind of thin and anemic sounding. _
_ _ So I use the big part.
_ _ [Gbm] _
You can hear there's more [B] bass.
_ _ [C] A lot of my playing goes with my fingers, especially when playing [A] melodies.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _