![]() Learning how to play Give Me One Reason is awesome because it follows one of the most popular chord progressions in popular music. The most important thing is getting a warm, rich, and balanced tone. The guitar’s highs should be able to cut through the mix, but you’re not trying to get too much bite. Play around with the controls on your guitar and your amplifier. These gear corners are intended to be a guide, but you should be encouraged to use whatever you have in your home. What you should take away from this gear corner, is that a great tone can be achieved using most guitar models. If this is thoroughly confusing you, that’s OK. I have also watched some of the live videos of Tracy playing this song, and the guitarists in her road band sometimes use Stratocasters. That said, I was able to get a half-decent tone using the neck pickup on my Fender Baja Telecaster () with the tone control rolled down to about 60% or so. If I’m incorrect, let me know down in the comments! Since I thought the tone sounded like BB King, I’m going with my gut and say that it’s very likely that he uses a Gibson ES-335 for this song. I see him with a Gibson ES-335 in some videos. While Adam has a great Youtube channel ( Adam Levy Guitar Tips – YouTube), the actual gear that he uses seems to be endless! Welp, this one turned out to be tough to research. If I paid four grand for an amp, you had better believe I’m going to record with it! Check it out: Matchless Amplifiers C-30 Adam Levy’s Guitar The price tag for the 2×12 combo comes in at just under $4,000, so yeah. If Tracy did use this amplifier on Give Me One Reason, you can’t blame her. But the sounds that you can create from Matchless amps are pretty incredible. These 30-watt amplifiers should not be considered little because the two 12″ speaker combination weighs 83 lbs, and this thing very likely could break your back. The Matchless DC30 is considered by some to be the holy grail of EL84 amplifiers and after you watch a couple of YouTube video demos, you may be inclined to agree. While I think Tracy used the Fender Deluxe Reverb for the recording, I don’t want to let that stop me from doing a little research on Matchless, so let’s digress! I believe it’s important to learn something new every day and as I’m writing this post, I am aware that I have not heard of Matchless Amplifiers. Tracy is using an older Gibson ES-125 with a cutaway, and man does it get a great sound! Looking at, she uses a Fender Deluxe Reverb and a Matchless DC30. Learning roots music will make any guitarist better, and that includes you! So get your guitar, and let’s start jamming!Ĭheck out our YouTube video lesson for the electric guitar parts, and scroll down for chord charts and tablature! Learning how to play Give Me One Reason is a deep dive into excellent blues guitar work. Today we’ll review the electric guitar rhythm parts and the blues guitar fill licks. ![]() If you’d like to learn a bit more about Adam Levy, check out his Wikipedia page, Adam Levy – Wikipedia. ![]() Turns out, Adam is an accomplished musician and has not only played with Chapman but a slew of other great artists as well! The list includes Rosanne Cash, Amos Lee, and Norah Jones to name a few. Through my research, I discovered that I had heard Levy’s work before, but never knew that I was listening to him. When the band comes in and you hear those first blues guitar licks, I swore it could have been BB King playing on the record because these blues licks are so good!Īlas, it was not the great BB King, but Adam Levy. I had not heard this song in years when I first got this request, and sitting down to learn how to play Give Me One Reason by Tracy Chapman was a fun experience.
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