I practiced ONLY THIS for 4 years straight. Cliffs of Dover. Eric Johnson.

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I really did practice this song for 4 years. not every day, obviously, but most days. this song helped me develop so much as a guitarist. I should upload a video of what I used to sound like before learning this. I was forced to develop my ear and technique so much it's crazy. What a difference it's been to step out of the comfort zone and learn a song I had no chance of doing AT ALL, and sticking it out a few years. Had a lot of fun. I also only really discovered #ericjohnson 4 years ago. his sound and tone immediately satisfied something in me and I thought, "I gotta learn how to play like this guy."
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@jonasanttila 6 ай бұрын

Thanks everyone for your encouraging comments and support! Subscribe! it would be very much appreciated! leave a comment!!

@Jonathan-gk8jq 6 ай бұрын

This is one of my favorite songs of all time and you did an INCREDIBLE job

@GameLegend9 6 ай бұрын

You should drop the tone video bro

@RickDanner 6 ай бұрын

sounds great Ive been playing 40 years cant play that

@jaredb852 5 ай бұрын

Nice job

@petrofsko 5 ай бұрын

Nice you nailed it enjoyed the listen terrific tune loved it

@HopUpOutDaBed 5 ай бұрын

"Fear not the guitarist who practices 400 songs in a year, but the one who practiced only one song for 4 years straight" - Bruce Lee

@carlosrobles5591 5 ай бұрын

Hahah that's a good one.

@renatagtr 5 ай бұрын

That was the first thing I thought hahaha

@alejobnz7619 5 ай бұрын

Hahahaha

@maks2001mail 5 ай бұрын

As Sun Zu once said: «my balls hurt». Deep words that changed the lives of many.

@BreathEmpowerment 5 ай бұрын

@@maks2001mail "Do no harm, take no shit"- The Buddha

@ricsouza5011 5 ай бұрын

bro practiced it so much he started to physically look like eric johnson

@dildildil 3 ай бұрын

lmfao XD

@kunai1362 2 ай бұрын

LOL

@fabianomarques6087 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@thiefoftomorrow 2 ай бұрын

hahahahhahaha

@dadsentertainment9823 2 ай бұрын

i was gonna comment that as well. he nailed every single notes

@richyrich5049 3 ай бұрын

Bro HAD THE NERVE to play a solo in the middle of a 4 minute guitar solo, and this guy did the best cover of it I have ever heard. Legendary.

@LuisFernandoMataPsC 7 күн бұрын

Correction: Bro had the nerve to play an epic guitar solo in the middle of THE LEGENDARARY guitar solo

@56sonnyann 4 күн бұрын

If you’re a guitar player, you understand that in the process of learning THIS, there’s a plethora of techniques and nuances that are learned along way. This is an amazing representation. Magnificent!!

@YouTw1tFace 6 ай бұрын

Fellow guitarist: "What's your warm up?" Him: "Cliffs of Dover"

@jonasanttila 6 ай бұрын

Hahaha

@JAYSONGS 5 ай бұрын

☺️👍🏼✌🏼

@TheBcoolGuy 5 ай бұрын

This is true in Clone Hero for me.

@TheAngryFapper 5 ай бұрын

This reminds me of a guy I met years ago when I was in a metal band. His warmup was Instrumedley by Dream Theater. He played this song almost flawlessly in its entirety. But the guy couldnt play anything else at all. Everything he tried to write and play was just a slight variation of instrumedley by dream theater. After a few practices he ended up telling us that he learned guitar 8 years ago and the first song he learned was instrumedley and that was the only song he ever played. He ended up not joining the band bc all he knew was dream theater

@nickgreen4731 5 ай бұрын

@@TheAngryFapper A cautionary tale.

@CameTurner 5 ай бұрын

I started watching this, zoned out on my phone for a sec, and completely forgot I wasn't listening to the original song. This is the most impressive cover I think I've ever heard in my life. Almost indistinguishable. Incredible job.

@St3althytoast3rTV 5 ай бұрын

Thats what I was saying! I legit cant find a fault! This is the best cover on film. Guaranteed or your money back.

@tru3sk1ll 5 ай бұрын

same!

@mm6705 5 ай бұрын

@@St3althytoast3rTV there's some minor syncopation mistakes in the beginning, and just a few throughout. but it doesnt really matter, sounds amazing.

@ASimpleInternetUser 5 ай бұрын

It's been many years since I've heard this song, but it was certainly close enough to what I remember to transport me back to playing Guitar Hero 3 about 15 years ago. Memory is a crazy thing when it ties so strongly to your senses like that.

@_Uh_Oh_ 5 ай бұрын

@@St3althytoast3rTV He does 1 or 2 tiny weeeeny little mistakes but you'd have to be Eric or superhero to probably not do those! Amazing amazing cover, sat here absolutely mesmerized

@Mr.PotatoAWESOMEFitnessTips 3 ай бұрын

99% note/tone accuracy for a song as soulful and difficult as this one is ABSOLUTELY incredible- congratulations, dude, this was really inspiring.

@guitarist_covers 2 ай бұрын

Where do you think he missed?

@Mr.PotatoAWESOMEFitnessTips 2 ай бұрын

@@guitarist_coversLook, this is THE MOST ACCURATE version of the song I've ever seen anyone play, even Eric Johnson don't do this HAHHAA- but 0:10 there's one, 1:31 tone is slightly off, 02:22 there's one, 02:32, 02:55, 03:10 tone, 03:49 is slightly off, 04:00 entry to the last shred is slightly off- but to be 100% fair, since the song has ~1300 notes, he's actually above 99% HAHAH

@guitarist_covers 2 ай бұрын

@@Mr.PotatoAWESOMEFitnessTips Your ear is way better than mine. Even after listening to the timestamps I see nothing obvious, maybe a missed note at 02:32?

@Mr.PotatoAWESOMEFitnessTips 2 ай бұрын

@@guitarist_covers HAHAHA too much Guitar Hero 3 growing up HAHAHA yup', there's one at 02:32

@JeffCogswell Ай бұрын

I agree. For me 3:39 was probably the biggest mistake. I feel like an arrogant a-hole, but I heard a lot of other mistakes too. Right at 0:05 the bend was too far and sharp. At 0:11 he hit the wrong note… at 0:15 the bend was wrong… and so on blah blah blah… 1:30 wrong note… 1:36 the bend was off… 2:20 wrong note…2:43 wrong note… 3:50 a huge mess… yeah yeah… BUT… does it matter? No, you’re right, it was still AWESOME!! Those mistakes don’t matter, because he essentially made the piece his own at that point. Very good playing and I agree, one of the best covers I’ve heard. The mistakes don’t matter. This was amazing to listen to! I can only imagine how much he learned through this and now how much he’ll be able to play other solos. Hats off to him! I can’t wait to hear what he has in store… well, hopefully sooner than four years from now!

@ethanhill4877 3 ай бұрын

Dude….ive been playing for 11 years and NEVER have i seen a guitarist play this as slick as you did. The amount of consistency and consecration is just…wow dude…the bends, the tone, The sweeps, everything. Good shiz man.

@keepitsecret-dl1pr 2 ай бұрын

there's like one sweep lol

@brianrodriguez6897 Күн бұрын

Get better brotha

@carlosrobles5591 6 ай бұрын

You're the first I've seen play the fast runs ON TEMPO and without removing notes. Great work.

@RossGolden 5 ай бұрын

With four years of practice neck yeah. Talk about commitment

@SDesWriter 5 ай бұрын

Rick Graham has the best version I've seen (since Johnson never plays it the same way twice). I highly recommend watching his version. It's eerie how easy he makes it look.

@burkejones8277 5 ай бұрын

Well. Done.

@Airhead348 5 ай бұрын

Yup

@robgroden 5 ай бұрын

@@SDesWriterI think this version is pretty spot on

@josephr.6081 5 ай бұрын

Ok dude. Im59 yo. I Lived in Austin during the 80s and 90s. I’ve met Eric, I’ve talked with him. Ive watched him tune his guitar up close. Seen his effects pedals. I’ve seen him live two dozen times. This was amazing. I had tears, throat clinched up. Some nostalgia and memories in there. But that was damn near perfect bro. Wow. 😮

@suge8347 5 ай бұрын

what a beautiful comment

@wyleFTW 5 ай бұрын

If he's already lived 2 dozen times how many lives does he have left?? Perhaps he's some type of super cat 🤔

@jacobwolf9840 5 ай бұрын

I played Guitar Hero 3, so I am also choked up.

@JohnnyGoodBehavior 5 ай бұрын

I live in Austin where a good friend of mine is a guitar player and as he says “I’m a pretty good guitar player. But Austin doesn’t need any more pretty good guitar players.”

@richardstarr6527 5 ай бұрын

@wyleftw fav internet comment ive seen in years

@jimscouten6092 3 күн бұрын

Wow ! I know what it takes to play this song. YOU NAILED IT MY FRIEND!! Simply amazing!!

@residentGmail 3 ай бұрын

That breathe at the end is everything. All that hard work paid off definitely inspired me to practice more😊

@ericmarkowitz3523 16 күн бұрын

My favorite part of the whole thing

@catabaticanabatic3800 5 ай бұрын

Excellent. I think Eric Johnson worked on this song for 8 years before he deemed it fit for public performance. Keep up the good work.

@timboland7767 5 ай бұрын

Is there a source for that ?

@brianrodriguez6897 5 ай бұрын

I want the source too

@chrishayes7771 5 ай бұрын

He should have waited much longer before performing it to the public because it fucking sucks. No lyrics means poor songwriting by cowardly men

@BlueTransAm83 5 ай бұрын

Seriously, it shows or you can tell too.

@xtreme-321 5 ай бұрын

swear he wrote it in five mins

@trevordilley2070 5 ай бұрын

Is nobody going to mention him adjusting his headphones at 1:33 and not missing a beat? Absolute legendary performance

@SuperPlopkoek 5 ай бұрын

yes, you

@michaelalbuquerque4044 5 ай бұрын

Such an amazing movement, He plays this song as it is something really easy to play.

@zethjin_66 5 ай бұрын

I saw it, chuckled!

@iLikeTurtles0217 5 ай бұрын

@rickgreb5783 5 ай бұрын

That was killer!

@DouglasOuimette 2 ай бұрын

I am 68 years old. Loved “ I cant play my own song”. Yesterday I was listening to an album I was on for Sony Records in 1995. And thought the exact same thing. There are a couple solos I couldn’t play. lol. Imagine this. When I was your age I used to have to put a 33 speed lp album on 16.5. and listen to the solos at half speed and learn them an octave lower so I figure them out note for note. If I am confusing you, find an old person and ask them what I am talking about. Hahaha

@jortimant 2 ай бұрын

I'm his dad and we have a house full of vinyl and even 78s- that's how I used to learn as well.

@jortimant 2 ай бұрын

@DouglasOuimette What did you play on?

@jasonlough6640 2 ай бұрын

@@jortimant This right here. Parenting done right.

@martinandnancy6619 2 күн бұрын

Very hard work resulting in a very solid performance. You are awesome! Why anyone would downvote you is insane. Congrats! :-)

@TaintedBlood30 5 ай бұрын

This song was noted to have been played by Johnson as early as 1984, yet didn't get a formal release until 1990. The idea that you could hear this song in a venue one day and have your mind literally BLOWN and then never hear it again. It would kill me. Thank god for the internet and the accessibility of even mediocre recording equipment. This cover is incredible and your hard work definitely paid off. That opening sounded amazing.

@yormumahoe6469 5 ай бұрын

This is from one reddit post I remember before: "I remember being about 8, and in the car with my dad. I was in the front seat and we were driving somewhere, and this song came on the radio. He cranked it and said something about it being the best guitar playing ever. He really jammed out, which was really uncharacteristic because he was usually so stoic. It was the only time I heard the song, and he died before I could ever ask him what song it was. When I asked around, no one knew wtf I was talking about or what song I was thinking of. So I had this melody in my head for years, but how do you look up a song that has no lyrics? So for years and years, this song stayed on the back burner in my brain. I was afraid to forget it. Somehow this story pops up when I'm like 26 or so, chatting with my husband and we searched KZfaq for "best guitar songs". After about 15 minutes, we find it. Cliffs of Dover was the song that I'd burned into my brain on repeat for 16 years. Now I jam out to it with my kids." u/1thruZero

@bradleymorris8875 5 ай бұрын

I never liked this song.

@iceWaterProductions1 5 ай бұрын

My friend and I are in our early 50s and his mom would drive us to EJ concerts when we were 15 years old and arrange for us to attend promising we wouldn’t drink. These shows were at the famous Rockerfellas in Houston, TX. We’ve seen Eric play full Hendrix or Beatles sets before and YES this song goes all the way back to at least then.

@bradleymorris8875 5 ай бұрын

@@iceWaterProductions1 I miss Houston , Backstage , Power Tools , Kel Dogs !!!

@rockstoneballs 5 ай бұрын

@@bradleymorris8875no one asked or cares

@jp222111333 4 ай бұрын

Best cliffs of Dover cover I’ve ever heard. Gave me goosebumps with every note. Now go practice another song for 4 years, you’ve mastered this one ☝️

@madboy5686 4 ай бұрын

nooooo that first bend at 0:14 was shit

@madboy5686 4 ай бұрын

plus his vibrato sucks

@madboy5686 4 ай бұрын

his vibrato was shit to

@madboy5686 4 ай бұрын

he needs to practice his technical skills 100%

@kellygreenii 4 ай бұрын

I was about to say the same thing. Most importantly you captured the emotion of the tune. Well done. I can only imagine the quantum leap your playing took in the 4 years you worked with a tune like that…

@outpacer_ca 2 күн бұрын

Tone is bang on, and playing exactly like Eric! Nicely done

@tayloradams4207 3 күн бұрын

Ever since playing guitar hero 3 this has been one of my top favorites pieces of music ever. I can imagine being able to play it for real. You did fucking perfect

@popeluigi 5 ай бұрын

I was obsessed with this song in 2007 when I first played it on Guitar Hero 3. My aspirations of being a guitar player were destroyed the day I looked up the tab for this song Well done. You have more discipline than I ever had. Cliffs of Dover is an instrumental masterpiece and being able to play it note for note is wildly impressive

@xhappybunnyx 5 ай бұрын

SAME. Feels good that someone carried that torch to the finish line

@dirty__cowboy_ 4 ай бұрын

Same here. I played guitar almost every day for 5 years when I decided I was ready to try to learn the song. Looked at the tabs and pretty much ended my music career right then and there.

@F_L_U_X 4 ай бұрын

I look up Clone Hero charts and play along in the air when I have nothing else to do. Guitar Hero got me into TBDM. RIP Trev ❤

@jeffyboi6969 4 ай бұрын

Lame story, went to a highschool dance purely because they had a guitar hero 3 competition. Got 2nd place because of this song taking me to the final battle of me and another guy playing TTFAF, needless to say I got my ass kicked. But its a funny memory from that time going to a dance purely to play guitar hero on a huge screen in front of everyone lmao.

@Zaven59 4 ай бұрын

You should play again. You don't have to be Eric Johnson. Just be yourself! This is a hard lesson we all deal with. @@dirty__cowboy_

@johnella4744 5 ай бұрын

That was sensational. I've been playing guitar for 50 years and I wish that I had a fraction of the determination and skill that you obviously have. I am humbled in your presence.

@Tricklarock 5 ай бұрын

Same!!! I bought this tab book back then, along with countless others! I have no reservations about my self-taught guitar skills, along with some light classroom learning on the Violin, Trumpet, and maybe a third of a semester of classical guitar... but I basiclly ended up quitting the guitar. Partly due to being poor, and having to sell most decent guitars I had - but MOSTLY because I just got sick of just playing other peoples music, and I couldn't think of my own stuff because I was so fearful of sounding like someone else?!?!

@feelinguru-vywiththepaingu9808 5 ай бұрын

Same! I play ukulele and paint. I would love some of that determination and patience! Your cover is nothing short of exceptional!!!

@darwinswrong 5 ай бұрын

it takes about 25 hours of solid practice . go slow 4 notes at a time

@bamwa 5 ай бұрын

yeah but he's staring at the guitar neck. he should look at the camera....the whole time...with his tongue out. come on!

@NoWayOut55 5 ай бұрын

As I just posted. Great to see other old timers still cranking it out!🤜🤛🍻🍻

@danwilhite 8 күн бұрын

Yep! You got it! Beyond excellent, man!

@joustingdude 12 сағат бұрын

Outstanding! You not only hit it note for note, but you captured the feel... so hard to do. Really nice job!

@bobc3454 5 ай бұрын

0:31 That sigh…he’s thinking “I got through the intro without any mistakes , but I have a long, long way to go.” Seriously though, this is the best cover I’ve heard.

@infoherrington2529 5 ай бұрын

Note for note, bend for bend, slide for slide. Hands down the best rendition. Absolutely perfect. Incredible.

@rkoontz119 2 күн бұрын

As many others have said, the massive amount of techniques, left hand gymnastics, and merely general approach to break down and learn this track is a momentous task, and you definitely laid down the best (and most authentic to the original) cover of this i’ve heard thus far. Absolutely fantastic job man!

@jonasanttila 2 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@ricardoslhenriques 21 күн бұрын

That deep breath after the intro.... I feel ya, buddy. Fenomenal job, man.

@dereld17 12 күн бұрын

Another deep breath after he made it through. Whew!

@ytang3 5 ай бұрын

Outstanding. I normally click off of CLIFFS OF DOVER covers after the first few seconds. That was beginning to end perfection.

@AlecegonceTV 5 ай бұрын

Your performance is so damn near perfect, i forgot to wipe.

@jonasanttila 5 ай бұрын

hahaha

@nicklevi5537 3 ай бұрын

Not near. It is perfect.

@comicuts 3 күн бұрын

Good thing you weren't interrupted 3 mins into the recording 🙂Great cover. Tone, touch and feel all totally amazing. Huge congratulations. Showing the versatility of a Tele as a great allrounder too. Thx for posting.

@mwhubby Сағат бұрын

Absolute. Perfection.

@knightimer2 5 ай бұрын

BRO YOU RIPPED! Genuinely the cleanest cover I’ve ever heard! Your timing was flawless and your tone was on the money, and don’t think I missed you catching your headset and not letting it mess you up. Great dedication, great cover. Well done brotha.

@jonasanttila 5 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@JSGuitar80 5 ай бұрын

Especially the licks at the end. Good lord!! 🥵

@AlbertWeijers 5 ай бұрын

Better than the original, when Eric Johnson plays this live it's really rushed somehow.

@maniacguitar 5 ай бұрын

@@AlbertWeijersyep, this sounds better than Eric live

@DDNEV 5 ай бұрын

For sure i just adore this song and this is the cleanest i've heard it as well. I mean damn near on the money to the studio recording just incredible.

@Keith-vm8te 6 ай бұрын

That is the most exact cover of Johnson’s perfomance at Austin city limits I’ve ever heard. Perfect.

@jonasanttila 6 ай бұрын

Haha, I'm covering the studio version. But the tone is definitely more inspired by his Austin city limits sound!

@vinny5004 6 ай бұрын

Austin City Limits performance is totally different. This is the album version as the OP already said

@terminal9500 6 ай бұрын

Lol wut? This is the studio version, ACL is pretty different

@EduFirenze 3 ай бұрын

On videos of old people talking about their regrets in life, a lot of them tall about how they wish they learned an instrument. Those 4 years were not wasted.

@imthesameboyiusetobe 8 сағат бұрын

That is very impressive! One of my all time favorite guitar songs!

@MixedUpEverything 5 ай бұрын

The stress in your face at 2:16 as you say a quick prayer and hope for the best on the next lick. So relatable 😂 Except I can’t play 5 seconds of this song. Incredible work man 🤘🏼

@mylespando5192 5 ай бұрын

Looked more like he was just feelin it to me 😅

@tipdub 5 ай бұрын

lol!!

@ZigbertD 5 ай бұрын

I've been playing a really long time, and the best thing about this video for me is that it immediately inspired me and got me excited and amped up for my daily practice. I don't think you could have accomplished this killer version of this beautiful song if you weren't enjoying the journey as much as the destination, and that to me is the real gift that music provides. So for any beginner guitarists out there, when you hear a fantastic guitarist like this doing something amazing, let it inspire you, be excited, be happy, get in there and practice, man! You'll be amazed at where you can go.

@JAYSONGS 5 ай бұрын

❤

@jamesalley7387 5 ай бұрын

Just don’t take away from this that you will slave away learning just 2.5 songs per decade, that guitar is so hard you need to dedicate four years to nail something. To nail THIS, maybe! But you can practice lots of other stuff along the way.

@chadrew6 5 ай бұрын

How do you know this song was out of his league? And why is it taking so long to learn it? It takes way more determination to actually practice. A musical instrument in totality learning all the necessary components to be able to compose a song like this or to improvise a song like this. That is much more impressive than just learning the song itself. Anybody with a reasonable amount of ability can copy somebody else it’s a good learning tool, but it’s not that impressive.

@joeshlong9614 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@keenebartlett2580 2 күн бұрын

You have earned the band jacket my friend, and the tele sounds amazing

@ntoga4037 2 күн бұрын

Staying in the pocket is nearly impossible. Great job, tone, picking, muting, bends and vibrato all well thought out.

@NG.. 5 ай бұрын

I can rarely muster up the discipline to practice the same song for 4 minutes let alone 4 YEARS 😂 this is truly an impressive feat, thanks for sharing your talent!

@NoWayOut55 5 ай бұрын

That's what happens when you(Shiver!) Practice Don't fret! I've been playing professionally for over 40 years. And 20 years just playing. Sometimes there's pay, sometimes there's not. And no matter what it's always a kick in the ass!

@elstongunn2219 5 ай бұрын

Because he's talking shit and obviously didn't practice only ONE song for 4 years

@yungwhop 5 ай бұрын

Any time you play, you practice. Don’t be afraid to

@zugrath16 5 ай бұрын

I don't have the discipline either to practice. But I get a little dopamine hit every time I learn a new section of the song that I didn't know before. That has been enough to keep me going

@iadorasjourney 5 ай бұрын

Blown away... Perfect rhythmical mastery, perfect bending (the bendings guys, the bendings!!!!) mastery, perfect tone mastery... It's the first time I see someone executing this song so perfectly and really centred, balanced in the EJ role... I am amazed... Congrats, BRAVO Jonas!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏

@cibulovyknedlik5773 5 ай бұрын

Was that a reference on Keralis?

@iadorasjourney 5 ай бұрын

@@cibulovyknedlik5773 what's that?

@w4ization 3 ай бұрын

5,000th Comment here. Congrats man, that is one of the absolute best covers of Cliffs of Dover EVER. Absolutely unbelievable.

@bryancjacobs 2 ай бұрын

I swear in his face you can see this hopeful/fearful look of, "please, please, let this be the one" :)

@nukedbaby 5 ай бұрын

I don't know what level you started at, but the determination needed to keep practicing a song way out of your league every day is insane. Super impressed!

@orientalwoodworks 5 ай бұрын

This is got to be the cleanest cover I’ve EVER seen. Excellent work my friend.

@davisbyrd30 Күн бұрын

Dude this is absolutely insane. Standing O.

@ShellicusMax 2 ай бұрын

Used to listen to this back to back after my friends and I heard in guitar hero. You nailed it, completely.

@han1075 5 ай бұрын

Back in the late '80's, I'd watch Eric play this from about 5 feet away in the small bars and clubs he played back then. You sir, absolutely NAILED it! Congratulations!

@elbsommer2990 5 ай бұрын

Dude! I saw Eric Johnson around 1991 on a smaller stagel. He had just released Ah Via Musicom and had a gig in Hamburg in the Große Freiheit 36 and nearly all of the people in the crowd were musicians and knew what to expect. Me not and Eric Johnson just blew me away. Jonas picked a masterpiece here and did good on it! Made me happy to hear it.

@dczzzz55 5 ай бұрын

4:13 "I did press record didnt I?"

@peterlyon185 3 ай бұрын

With 4 years of practice, he will nail the song every time 💯

@metalmike570 3 ай бұрын

@@peterlyon185 Unless he knows how to play it but his volume was off. Then you just listenend to Eric Johnson. A Milli Vanilli.

@anonony9081 23 күн бұрын

Wow it sounds almost identical to the original version. amazing job. Sometimes it's best when a musician makes a cover their own but this is the exact opposite. Mimicking this type of song so well is unbelievable.

@FrankGee05 3 ай бұрын

Nailed it! Great job!

@nickknight8065 5 ай бұрын

The tone. The phrasing. The timing. Simply nailed it, my friend. Glorious ❤

@brianhudson9133 4 ай бұрын

This.

@reggieborja5634 4 ай бұрын

You haven't seen @CalvinBorja

@rawbmar1166 4 күн бұрын

Yeah how did he nail everything SO identical? It's almost like... This was Eric Johnsons recording the entire time.

@jstephendavidson 5 ай бұрын

Holy shit man! This sounds like EJ off the record. You know there is a very very small percentage of people in the world that are this good. Keep playing brother.

@astroboirap 5 ай бұрын

who cares

@noyourewrong599 5 ай бұрын

your mom care last night, a lot, like mouths full of care@@astroboirap

@jeremybot1 5 ай бұрын

@@astroboirap you gave up 10 years ago bro, pretty pathetic talking shit at your age

@anthonymack3440 Күн бұрын

Freakin killed it bruh, well done!

@shawncallahan5685 16 күн бұрын

Absolutely fantastic. Smooth transitions.

@deathadder92wotb57 5 ай бұрын

I have the song down by heart and u sir have it in flawless form. Not a single note missed and perfectly on time. Not to mention this is one of the more impressive songs to whip out on people. Mad respect Braham 😊

@willymaykit1482 5 ай бұрын

My guitar won't do that for me.

@mynameiszake214 Ай бұрын

😂

@willymaykit1482 Ай бұрын

@HeAintGonnaEmailYou I Don't care about it that much.

@KhaosSg Ай бұрын

Jaw dropping effort! Kudos!

@lishjackson1692 6 күн бұрын

That was awesome. Great job dude

@onesixfive 5 ай бұрын

This almost made me cry. Because it’s a beautiful piece of music and to see your effort which resulted in perfection. Amazing work my friend.

@Tamarind1 5 ай бұрын

I feel the same way. His effort is so beautiful.

@maniacguitar 5 ай бұрын

Agreed, shed a little tear :) All the best Jonas ! Youre an inspiration to us all

@guitarplayer4429 5 ай бұрын

AMAAAAAAAAZING!!!! Young man.

@sp2222222 5 ай бұрын

it did make me shed a tear. it was a real treat to see this being played note for not. dang near flawless. thank you for taking me back to freshman year in college when this was released before spring break ‘90. what a time. but man what a performance here. there is hope for the next generation of musicians yet.

@DVRMNaitor 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic! Honestly, not even Eric has a recent take that is this perfect.

@nkyryry 5 ай бұрын

Was thinking the same thing. Haven’t seen anyone shred it this perfect maybe ever. He seriously studied this.

@Jacksongamma 5 ай бұрын

Thats because when you play something 20,000 times, typically you don't want to play it note for note anymore.

@TheDantheman12121 5 ай бұрын

@@Jacksongamma yeah if you listen to a released single of a song and then listen live it is never exactly the same and I think that is one of the things of being a good instrument player or song maker. you can make it the same song even when playing it idfferent

@eldenboi8354 5 ай бұрын

@@JacksongammaThis is so true, great comment.

@ScottiePotato 23 сағат бұрын

Love the tone! Keep it up!

@garyzsaludko1490 2 ай бұрын

Great Job!!! super clean!!!

@SDRBass 5 ай бұрын

Wow this is the only cover of this song I’ve found that’s even tolerable. And you crushed it. Insane. By mastering this song you have enough tools in your bag to play almost anything.

@PBeetheFox 5 ай бұрын

lol nah he has the tools in his bag to play Cliffs of Dover.

@SDRBass 5 ай бұрын

@@PBeetheFox tell me you don’t know how music works without telling me you don’t know how music works.

@johnnybananas1058 5 ай бұрын

@@PBeetheFox what do you actually think he couldnt learn with the skills displayed here? short of really high speed metal galloping type riffs and sweeping solos i cant think of much that hasnt been covered by learning this whole song

@logangrzesiek8749 5 ай бұрын

Lol almost 19 years of KZfaq existing and this is the only one you've found tolerable? Bit hyperbolic, eh? This is great, as are many others, ya goon.

@SDRBass 5 ай бұрын

@@logangrzesiek8749 ya goon? Who says that? Is your iq 85?

@jjonesmdm9736 5 ай бұрын

Rick Graham’s version of this has been unmatched for years. As much as I love Rick’s, I think your version sounds even closer to the original! This is unbelievably good, well done mate, top work!

@jonasanttila 5 ай бұрын

Dude... that's nuts. Thanks!

@ethanpederson 5 ай бұрын

This version does sound amazing. I can't remember Rick's exactly, but I think I recall his was more of a different interpretation closer to his own style. Both versions are incredible!

@kitschking 5 ай бұрын

awesome

@rawbmar1166 4 күн бұрын

This is literally EJ's version while this guy mimes over top of the recording. The amount of people in here who say its bang on perfect to the recording in every single way but don't question that is WILD.

@plaidJB 2 ай бұрын

Great job man!!! Proud of you!

@tagderhelden 2 ай бұрын

well done! Such a beautiful cover!

@blortsnergfud7647 5 ай бұрын

I’ve been playing for over 50 years. I know what it takes to pull this off. This is the BEST I’ve ever heard. Couldn’t really be better. WELL done!

@colehernandez3273 5 ай бұрын

That was the best cover I’ve ever heard of this song nobody even comes close, good job that was perfect, from the tone to all the little intricacies of those little passages, I can’t imagine the amount of listening it took just to memorize all of that.

@jonasanttila 5 ай бұрын

Man... thanks so much!

@beardfistthegoldenone7273 5 ай бұрын

@@jonasanttilaI couldn't best this on guitar hero, you are a BEAST

@bambino100011 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic!! Your practice has paid off.

@JonSheppard 3 ай бұрын

You nailed it, really well done!

@wordofmouth7679 5 ай бұрын

EJ himself said it took him a lot of practice before he could record this one at the tempo in the album. Your hard work and dedication in the woodshed have really paid off. Great job

5 ай бұрын

I don't know you, brother, but believe me when I say I'm very happy you achieved this goal. Some might say, "why bother so much with just one thing?", and I would say, "because it makes you happy." Congratulations, man.

@pauleverettguitar1568 2 күн бұрын

FANTASTIC Job Jonas !!

@cyanidesolution8886 3 ай бұрын

This is AMAZING! Man you're good I love it!

@bryansphere6359 5 ай бұрын

If I close my eyes I would think I was actually listening to the recording. Your hard work has paid off beautifully! More content! You have a gift.

@rawbmar1166 4 күн бұрын

That's because if you close your eyes, it is the recording this guy is a fraud.

@DokoGaTV 6 ай бұрын

EPIC performance! So clean and perfectly phrased! I'm sure Eric Johnson would be proud! 🤘

@jonasanttila 6 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@baluchon2505 5 ай бұрын

ERIC performance

@clintwilliam 2 ай бұрын

Great cover! I dig your dedication, man

@Coreysmokez 3 ай бұрын

great job man! i could listen to you all day

@tevontynes6338 5 ай бұрын

I have to say man, this is one of the cleanest runs of this that I've ever seen on youtube. Great work and great playing. Tone was killer too

@BuffDad55 5 ай бұрын

I came because I like the song. I stayed because you delivered it PERFECTLY! Congrats this is amazing

@MehooUO 12 күн бұрын

Incredible. Awesome job.

@jaco.7623 29 күн бұрын

phenomenal, well done!

@Jmarshall-kj4hc 5 ай бұрын

I’ve working on it for 25 years and I’m not even close to this! Bravo!

@mtebor 5 ай бұрын

Same here. I gave up

@joshuaread1563 4 ай бұрын

I may not know you but I’d like you to know that I’m proud of you. To dedicate 4 years to reproduce 4 minutes not only shows your discipline but also your clear joy surrounding that song. I share your joy of that song and you already know this but…YOU MASTERED IT! Eric Johnson who?

@Eyeshadow11 2 ай бұрын

Incredible man, just incredible!!

@nickcraemer8636 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely insane dude! Amazing work!

@profoundsinger 5 ай бұрын

My brother, you played an absolute monster of a song, and freakin killed it!! Everything was spot on! I’d say that’s 4 years of hard work and dedication and it shows!

@Dan-ji4db 5 ай бұрын

Who in the hell could watch this awesome cover and then downvote it? I swear some people. Great job man.

@pckttl1 2 ай бұрын

Amazing. Excellently done. 👏

@smln4090 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic playing and tone, keep it up!!

@Garrett7112 5 ай бұрын

Never heard anyone cover this song as perfectly as you did, sounds exactly like the original which is just insanely difficult to do with any song, and you managed to do it with one of the hardest! Great work!

@EmptyRoomSessions 6 ай бұрын

Great job man, you definitely captured the tone, the speed, and minute details that make up the studio version of the song. It’s evident you’ve put the time into attentively listening to the song, learning EJs technique, and crafting a killer tone. I know how much effort and time it takes to not only learn his tunes properly, but also to research and try to craft his clean & lead tones. Without question one of the best covers I’ve seen of Cliffs of Dover. Congratulations -LAG

@jonasanttila 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much man! That really means so much!

@jimmyfurman5550 3 ай бұрын

YEAH!!!! You crushed it!

@williambrown6967 18 күн бұрын

WTF! Wow that was fantastic! Eric Johnson is a master and you just played a master musician's song masterfully! Outstanding.

@rajithm1770 5 ай бұрын

I used to practice this song religiously for over 6 months just for me to get through the intro, and from all the intricacies that I’ve observed in EJ’s playing you’ve captured almost all of it so well. This has to be the most elaborate cover out there! Lovely stuff

@Mkj119 5 ай бұрын

Did you ever get it down?

@rajithm1770 5 ай бұрын

@@Mkj119 I have the intro down about 90% of the way, hope to post a cover soon!

@Jufjuf01 5 ай бұрын

This might be the single best cover of a song I’ve ever heard. That is an absolutely unreal level of dedication, and it paid off. Absolutely phenomenal. Keep up the incredible work.

@aguitarrman5867 5 ай бұрын

Yes, I saw that!!!