This John McLaughlin lesson is an analysis of his solo on the F blues Take The Coltrane. What you will see is that his approach to creating lines is often very different from the usual ways that we use scales and arpeggios and think about melodies that move from chord to chord. In this solo his use of chromaticism, shifting melodies and longer melodic stretches is extra-ordinary and really worth checking out.
John McLaughlin is among the musicians who invented what we call fusion today. He is known for his extra-ordianry technique, and for mixing jazz with both Spanish and Indian folk music. He has worked with everybody from Miles Davis to Jaco Pastorious and Carlos Santana.
Okay, in the Wilco thread, McLaughlin's work on Miles Davis' Jack Johnson and Bitches Brew has come up.
Well I can't add much, but Mustang (strung with heavy flatwounds, sounds right) into a Fender tube amp (probably Deluxe Reverb). The Dunlop Crybaby Classic sounds right for the wah. Fuzz: No real idea. Probably an Echoplex in there too, both for delay and pre-amp capabilities.
When I started playing in 72' John and Steve Howe were my guitar teachers only thru their albums though....I learned John's "Birds of Fire" and the "Yes~Fragile" album.......those cats cook heat up the ol' fretboard.........
So what's the weird little guitar John McLaughlin is playing on the Crossroads DVD?
I interviewed Richard Mintz, who designed and built a lot of the early Maestro effects, and he told me about working with the Mahavishu Orchestra. He said John McLaughlin, Jan Hammer, and Jerry Goodman were all using various Maestro pedals. You can definitely hear a lot of phaser and wah on Goodman's violin solos.
boxed set, then you've not heard fucky funky! Funk-a-licious! Tasty horn! Tasty, mouthy wah & fuzz! And drums up the ass! If you really need to hear it, PM me with your email.
So what's the weird little guitar John McLaughlin is playing on the Crossroads DVD?