I Tried Learning Cliffs of Dover in 1 DAY. Here's What Happened...

Thanks for watching my attempt to learn Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson in one day!!! Watch the super extended ad-free cut here, plus get my Ben Dover AXE FX 3 patch and super accurate transcription here: www.patreon.com/posts/103157404?utm_campaign=posts…

“This shit is hard, really fucking hard” too right man. I finally managed to nail the first few bars at tempo then was fist pumping for the next 10 minutes. Small wins felt god like honestly

EJ is the goat. I love how he is like “oh yeah, I know that lick” You nailed it when u said he never plays it the same way twice. He has “those licks” all over the fretboard in every key in every position. Nicely done amigo!

You done better in 1 day than I will in a 100 years

Just know that not only did Eric use his Gibson ES-335 for a lot of his recordings, he used it to record Cliffs of Dover. That's where his airy, mid rangey tone comes from.

“Look at that dog!” -Uncle Ben

You forgot the most important part of being Eric Johnson, you actually use the Tone Knob on the bridge pickup.

And just think, for 10 minutes before the song actually starts, he sits there and runs through about 487,271 variations and combos of this whole passage.

I’ve been trying to learn this off an on since quarantine. One hour after watching this I’m already playing it faster and cleaner than ever. Thanks uncle Ben!

You rock uncle Ben! You didn't just attempt to play it, you had to Create your Ben Dover tone, Learn it, Tab it, Film it, Then play it! Insane! Thank you for taking the time!

“Did he just say making f**k?” Love the shirt.

Please do more of these vids of you learning songs/riffs/solos!! They’re great inspiration for us step dads. Seeing a fantastic guitar player learning, really puts into perspective the amount of work and persistence it takes to become fantastic.

KC and JoJo😂😂😂. Thanks Uncle Ben, I can’t un-hear it now either 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

I once watched guitarist Alex Hutchings learn Cliffs Of Dover in basically a day, and was ready to play the entire song for a press filled product launch party! It was for the Roland Eric Johnson Blues Cube Tone Capsule. Crazy how good Alex is. 👍

I had the pleasure of seeing him play this as his encore. Absolutely incredible tone and technique. So glad you're going after this one!

Not trying to stir up trouble here, but I heard ol' Douglas Bubbletrousers knocked this solo out just before lunch.

I've worked on it on and off for decades, managed to get it close at one point. So many great lines to bring into your own. Then there is his iconic tone, I gave up trying to get that right lol!

EJ is one of the very few guitarists that have masterful precision and speed but still maintain the raw emotion in everything he plays. That guitar sings.

I saw EJ test-drive this in a club in the mid-80s before A Via Musicom came out and I remember he had a much longer intro for it, kind of like a whole guitar solo passage for about a minute or two, then noticed when the record came out that it became much more condensed and economical. I had no idea at the time how legendary that intro would be, although it has always seemed blisteringly impressive (I still struggle with just the chorus!). Nice job working it up Ben, and great job with the tone on that patch. It’s phenomenal.

I learned this from tab back in the 1800’s when it first came out…I never could get that beginning part up to speed…well done Uncle Ben 👍