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| Eric Johnson: Total Electric Guitar | 
 enlarge | Actor: Eric Johnson
Studio: Hot Licks
Category: DVD
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (15 reviews)
Sales Rank: 14183
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 91 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 143
UPC: 752187437642
EAN: 0752187437642
ASIN: B000BM7YUQ
Release Date: November 15, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: 1990
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 For Professional Musicians Only January 21, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I 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.
 Great instructional dvd September 6, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I'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.
Two Hands Excellence August 23, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
as 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!
Total Electric Borefest April 28, 2006
11 out of 39 found this review helpful
I 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.
Master class for INTERMEDIATE guitarist April 5, 2006
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Eric's video is structured as a master class type of lesson.
If you are a beginner then this is NOT a DVD for you but
for more advanced guitarist that is a good chance to fine-tune
your technique, experiment with new technical and tonal ideas
and learn 30+ good quality runs. Eric is not a professional
instructor but his delivery is natural and inspiring - which is
good because you WILL feel at times rather frustrated watching
the speed and ease with which he delivers. Most of the examples
(30+) are numbered, printed in standard notation and tabs in the
attached booklet and present in slow-down version with same
pitch in the Special Features part of DVD. The intention is for
you to learn them and then experiment with technical/tonal
ideas that Eric discusses. In that that DVD succeeds brilliantly.
I also found that even after first watching it affected my
"touch" on the guitar - you just cannot help mimicking Eric
and you play cleaner and more relaxed passages and pick faster.
I highly recommend it to any intermediate guitarist.
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