Billy Gibbon's secret lazy power chords will change your life

Billy Gibbons is a master of economical playing. This lesson looks at the sneaky, simple, lazy way he plays chords.
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[that_robguy]

Just found this channel. Expected to just watch for a minute, see the same stuff and move on. .. This is great content. This is the sort of information that makes lights go off in peoples heads. This is what makes a person not give up and put the axe down.

[jpcantrell]

This is exactly why so many struggle trying to figure out their songs....Our mind defaults to full chords instead of simple double stops. I remember being baffled at how he reached those embellishments while playing the is: He isn't playing the full chord...yet it is conveyed. Brilliant video. Thanks

[Dodger]

Billy Gibbons is efficient, as he gets maximum benefit from minimum effort on his guitar.
A good player, who goes for the end result and not impressing others with unnecessary moves.

[rickdoogie]

In a recent interview with Billy Gibbons, he talked about string gauges. He said that in his younger years he always thought strings should be as heavy as you can stand. Heavier is better. Billy said that he went to see B.B. King and backstage he played Lucille for a bit. He was amazed that the strings were lighter than light. He told BB that he always thought you needed heavy strings to get a good bluesy tone. BB said, "you're working too hard". Ever since then, Billy started using very light strings.

[mbjasondify]

Sharp Dressed Man, best simple riff of all time. Genius.

[Colhogan]

Billy Gibbons is the master of smooth. Each generation has their definition or image of what smooth is. Billy is without a doubt my generations definition of smooth. I love his guitar playing. I believe LaGrange was my first ZZ Top song I learned on the guitar. It is also one of my favorites. Its not hard to play, it just sounds cool.

[TempoDrift]

I've done this for years. Never paid any attention to ZZ Top till Dusty passed away. Interesting to learn that Billy played that way.

[donaldmcmillan]

Long time listener of Billy Gibbon and picked up on his "lazy" method many years ago and incorporated it into my style so people think I'm lazy, too. Lots of playing with little movement. I just consider it part of the K.I.S.S method. Great video for people trying to play without using lots of complicated chords. Thanks!

[mikekopmanis]

Thanks for this. Gibbons ' plays simple chords efficiently and never wasted a note. He's a great rhythm and lead player, knows his blues. Brilliant, sneaky player...

[jamiewilson]

Serious genius. Another thing aswell he's outlining a chord using the two most important other notes which actually makes space for the bass player to play roots.
Also he can use a crunchy sound without things getting too muffled.

[phillyadam]

I haven’t seen anyone teach the efficient moves and double stops like this before. Great lesson - you’ve got a new subscriber now!

[dlux]

Right On! And if you are lucky enough to get old and still love playing your guitars, your arthritis will "inspire" you to seek these out and even create some of your own "lazy" positions.

[coycarlson]

Billy Gibbon’s is a musical genius and one super cool musician - he oozes coolness 😯✌️✌️✌️🙂

[tonefish]

I picked up a guitar for the 1st time after watching Billy Gibbons play live. He made it look so easy. I was like, shoot, I can do that. <--- Still trying...

[HawaiiJetboat]

You hooked me at the Gimme All Your Lovin' chord shapes!

[cacornett]

A lot of ZZ Tops songs are not difficult to play...Chord wise. Its easy to write down or hear the chord structure of a song. BUT! To play it LIKE Billy Gibbons does, is a whole other task. One that is often difficult to master. The Rev. Wille G is the man.

[gazzie]

Check out jazz comping, you can infer any chord using 2 or 3 notes and in any 3 frets.

[joshuamirabal]

Bless you! I always felt like a lazy jerk when I would cheat my barre chords by using that same F chord you did. Having been a bassist I would just be like well I’ll let the bassist get the root note on the low e I’m ignoring. I can do barre chords but now that I know Billy Gibbons doesn’t barre his F chord, I won’t feel so guilty. Thank you for the lesson on just playing two string power chords. It was something I found when I started learning AC/DC songs and the two notes instead of three just sounds better with distortion anyways.

[joesbarbecue]

This is so helpful! I'm 62 and fell out of guitar about 6 years ago, then recently decided to start playing again. In those six years my hands have changed in strength as well as dexterity. Combine that with a broken left wrist that wasn't reset very well and you now have a fairly proficient guitar player that can't play nearly as well as he used to be able to.
It's virtually impossible for me to form a full F barre chord on the first fret. Learning the double stop method you have shown is going to be a real game changer to get some of my playing ability back.
Thank you!

[paulcowart]

Basically cause he has the killer bass notes filling everything up and solid drums behind that as well