Chords for Comparison Gibson Vs B&G Little Sister
Tempo:
73.45 bpm
Chords used:
G
Am
C
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
This goes out to Chris.
Chris, congratulations on your purchase of your new little sister.
I know that you said you already had an ES-335 and maybe a Les Paul and you wanted to hear more.
So I thought, what a great opportunity.
It seems how I have an ES-335 in the studio and a little sister, we thought we'd do some side-by-side comparisons.
Start out with this is a 1971 ES-335.
This one was made in Kalamazoo.
And apparently all the luthiers that didn't want to change when maybe Gibson lost a little bit of their quality.
All the best guitars apparently continued to flow from their Kalamazoo plant.
Yeah, so anyway, let's get on with it.
So, FYI, we'll be running these through this old, this Fender amp.
This is a Fender vintage modified.
It's kind of a cool amplifier.
It's got all the great qualities of a regular Fender amplifier, but it also has a built-in, a couple, a delay and a course.
We're not going to be using those.
We're just going to keep the channels pretty straight.
Turn both the volumes and the tones all the way up on both guitars.
And then just without changing any settings, just listening to the differences.
And I'm not here to knock the ES-335.
As a matter of fact, I did a book a couple years ago called Music Runs Through It.
And this is an old ES-330 on the cover.
And so I think very highly of Gibson and these old models.
But every once in a while, a game changer comes along.
And that's what the Little Sister is in my estimation.
And I think we're going to hear that today.
Oh yeah, P.S.,. Music Runs Through It. You can actually get a copy of this book on Kindle for a couple bucks. Some great stories and talks about music in my life. And seems to be the common thread. Let's get into what we're here for. This is going to be fun. All right. [E] Let's start with Gibson. [G] Get off of my [B] cord. Volumes and tones [N] all the way forward. On the [G] back pickup. Not on the bridge pickup, on the neck pickup. [B] Just some [G] chords. Nothing fancy. I just want you to hear the tone. No pick, just fingers. [Am] [B] [C#m] [A]
[B] [E] [A]
[G] [C] [G]
Okay, both pickups. Not changing the volume knobs or the tone knobs. [C] [G] Bridge pickup. [C] [G] [F#m]
[A] [F] Okay, [N] let's switch over to the Little Sister. Not changing [C#m] any volumes or tones. And same thing with the Sister. Little Sister. [G#m] [E] Everything's on the [G] neck pickup. [Bm] [F#m] [D]
[B] [N] Totally different feel on the neck. [G] [C] [G] Both pickups. [C] [G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] [B] [D] Back pickup is my favorite. [E] [C#m]
[Gm] I don't know. There's more tone there. Let's go back to the Gibson real quick. [A] [G] [Am]
[Bm] [Am]
[B] [Bm] [E] [Am]
[Bm] [Am] [Bm]
How about the Little Sister do that? [E] [N] [A] [Am] [D]
[Am] [D] [Am] [D] [Am]
[D] [Am] [Bm] [A]
[Am] [G]
She is beautiful, you have to admit. So there's a little, just a small tone demonstration. [N] I didn't do anything to the knobs. You can, I guess, just play with that stuff in your head and figure out what kind of sound you're going to [G] have. [C] [G] [E] Most awesome.
Chris, congratulations on your purchase of your new little sister.
I know that you said you already had an ES-335 and maybe a Les Paul and you wanted to hear more.
So I thought, what a great opportunity.
It seems how I have an ES-335 in the studio and a little sister, we thought we'd do some side-by-side comparisons.
Start out with this is a 1971 ES-335.
This one was made in Kalamazoo.
And apparently all the luthiers that didn't want to change when maybe Gibson lost a little bit of their quality.
All the best guitars apparently continued to flow from their Kalamazoo plant.
Yeah, so anyway, let's get on with it.
So, FYI, we'll be running these through this old, this Fender amp.
This is a Fender vintage modified.
It's kind of a cool amplifier.
It's got all the great qualities of a regular Fender amplifier, but it also has a built-in, a couple, a delay and a course.
We're not going to be using those.
We're just going to keep the channels pretty straight.
Turn both the volumes and the tones all the way up on both guitars.
And then just without changing any settings, just listening to the differences.
And I'm not here to knock the ES-335.
As a matter of fact, I did a book a couple years ago called Music Runs Through It.
And this is an old ES-330 on the cover.
And so I think very highly of Gibson and these old models.
But every once in a while, a game changer comes along.
And that's what the Little Sister is in my estimation.
And I think we're going to hear that today.
Oh yeah, P.S.,. Music Runs Through It. You can actually get a copy of this book on Kindle for a couple bucks. Some great stories and talks about music in my life. And seems to be the common thread. Let's get into what we're here for. This is going to be fun. All right. [E] Let's start with Gibson. [G] Get off of my [B] cord. Volumes and tones [N] all the way forward. On the [G] back pickup. Not on the bridge pickup, on the neck pickup. [B] Just some [G] chords. Nothing fancy. I just want you to hear the tone. No pick, just fingers. [Am] [B] [C#m] [A]
[B] [E] [A]
[G] [C] [G]
Okay, both pickups. Not changing the volume knobs or the tone knobs. [C] [G] Bridge pickup. [C] [G] [F#m]
[A] [F] Okay, [N] let's switch over to the Little Sister. Not changing [C#m] any volumes or tones. And same thing with the Sister. Little Sister. [G#m] [E] Everything's on the [G] neck pickup. [Bm] [F#m] [D]
[B] [N] Totally different feel on the neck. [G] [C] [G] Both pickups. [C] [G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] [B] [D] Back pickup is my favorite. [E] [C#m]
[Gm] I don't know. There's more tone there. Let's go back to the Gibson real quick. [A] [G] [Am]
[Bm] [Am]
[B] [Bm] [E] [Am]
[Bm] [Am] [Bm]
How about the Little Sister do that? [E] [N] [A] [Am] [D]
[Am] [D] [Am] [D] [Am]
[D] [Am] [Bm] [A]
[Am] [G]
She is beautiful, you have to admit. So there's a little, just a small tone demonstration. [N] I didn't do anything to the knobs. You can, I guess, just play with that stuff in your head and figure out what kind of sound you're going to [G] have. [C] [G] [E] Most awesome.
Key:
G
Am
C
E
B
G
Am
C
_ _ This goes out to Chris.
Chris, congratulations on your purchase of your new little sister.
I know that you said you already had an ES-335 and maybe a Les Paul and you wanted to hear more.
So I thought, what a great opportunity.
It seems how I have an ES-335 in the studio and a little sister, we thought we'd do some side-by-side comparisons.
Start out with this is a 1971 ES-335.
This one was made in Kalamazoo.
And apparently all the luthiers that didn't want to change when maybe Gibson lost a little bit of their quality.
_ All the best guitars apparently continued to flow from their Kalamazoo plant.
_ Yeah, so anyway, let's get on with it.
So, FYI, we'll be running these through this old, this Fender amp.
This is a Fender vintage modified.
It's kind of a cool amplifier.
It's got all the great qualities of a regular Fender amplifier, but it also has a built-in, a couple, a delay and a course.
We're not going to be using those.
We're just going to keep the channels pretty straight.
_ Turn both the volumes and the tones all the way up on both guitars.
And then just without changing any settings, just listening to the differences.
And I'm not here to knock the ES-335.
As a matter of fact, _ _ _ I did a book a couple years ago called Music Runs Through It.
And this is an old ES-330 on the cover.
_ And so I think very highly of Gibson and these old models.
But every once in a while, a game changer comes along.
And that's what the Little Sister is in my estimation.
And I think we're going to hear that today.
Oh yeah, P.S.,. Music Runs Through It. You can actually get a copy of this book on Kindle for a couple bucks. Some great stories and talks about music in my life. And seems to be the common thread. Let's get into what we're here for. This is going to be fun. All right. [E] Let's start with Gibson. [G] Get off of my [B] cord. _ _ _ _ Volumes and tones [N] all the way forward. _ On the [G] back pickup. Not on the bridge pickup, on the neck pickup. [B] Just some [G] chords. Nothing fancy. I just want you to hear the tone. _ _ _ No pick, just fingers. [Am] _ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ Okay, both pickups. Not changing the volume knobs or the tone knobs. _ _ [C] _ [G] _ Bridge pickup. _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [F] Okay, [N] let's switch over to the Little Sister. _ Not changing [C#m] any volumes or tones. And same thing with the Sister. Little Sister. _ [G#m] _ [E] Everything's on the [G] neck pickup. _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [D] _
[B] _ [N] Totally different feel on the neck. [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ Both pickups. [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [B] [D] Back pickup is my favorite. _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [C#m] _ _ _
[Gm] I don't know. There's more tone there. Let's go back to the Gibson real quick. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [Am] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
How about the Little Sister do that? [E] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
She is beautiful, you have to admit. So there's a little, just a small tone demonstration. [N] I didn't do anything to the knobs. You can, I guess, just play with that stuff in your head and figure out what kind of sound you're going to [G] have. [C] _ _ [G] _ [E] _ Most awesome.
Chris, congratulations on your purchase of your new little sister.
I know that you said you already had an ES-335 and maybe a Les Paul and you wanted to hear more.
So I thought, what a great opportunity.
It seems how I have an ES-335 in the studio and a little sister, we thought we'd do some side-by-side comparisons.
Start out with this is a 1971 ES-335.
This one was made in Kalamazoo.
And apparently all the luthiers that didn't want to change when maybe Gibson lost a little bit of their quality.
_ All the best guitars apparently continued to flow from their Kalamazoo plant.
_ Yeah, so anyway, let's get on with it.
So, FYI, we'll be running these through this old, this Fender amp.
This is a Fender vintage modified.
It's kind of a cool amplifier.
It's got all the great qualities of a regular Fender amplifier, but it also has a built-in, a couple, a delay and a course.
We're not going to be using those.
We're just going to keep the channels pretty straight.
_ Turn both the volumes and the tones all the way up on both guitars.
And then just without changing any settings, just listening to the differences.
And I'm not here to knock the ES-335.
As a matter of fact, _ _ _ I did a book a couple years ago called Music Runs Through It.
And this is an old ES-330 on the cover.
_ And so I think very highly of Gibson and these old models.
But every once in a while, a game changer comes along.
And that's what the Little Sister is in my estimation.
And I think we're going to hear that today.
Oh yeah, P.S.,. Music Runs Through It. You can actually get a copy of this book on Kindle for a couple bucks. Some great stories and talks about music in my life. And seems to be the common thread. Let's get into what we're here for. This is going to be fun. All right. [E] Let's start with Gibson. [G] Get off of my [B] cord. _ _ _ _ Volumes and tones [N] all the way forward. _ On the [G] back pickup. Not on the bridge pickup, on the neck pickup. [B] Just some [G] chords. Nothing fancy. I just want you to hear the tone. _ _ _ No pick, just fingers. [Am] _ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ Okay, both pickups. Not changing the volume knobs or the tone knobs. _ _ [C] _ [G] _ Bridge pickup. _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [F] Okay, [N] let's switch over to the Little Sister. _ Not changing [C#m] any volumes or tones. And same thing with the Sister. Little Sister. _ [G#m] _ [E] Everything's on the [G] neck pickup. _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [D] _
[B] _ [N] Totally different feel on the neck. [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ Both pickups. [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [B] [D] Back pickup is my favorite. _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [C#m] _ _ _
[Gm] I don't know. There's more tone there. Let's go back to the Gibson real quick. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [Am] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
How about the Little Sister do that? [E] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
She is beautiful, you have to admit. So there's a little, just a small tone demonstration. [N] I didn't do anything to the knobs. You can, I guess, just play with that stuff in your head and figure out what kind of sound you're going to [G] have. [C] _ _ [G] _ [E] _ Most awesome.