Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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Learn how to play Revolution, as performed by The Beatles released as a double-A side single along with Hey Jude in 1968. Killer guitar tone achieved with no amplifiers!
The lesson covers John and George's rhythm and lead guitar parts.
Special thanks to @sampopkin who helped me figure out what plugins could be used to achieve something close to John and George's guitar tone. Check out his excellent cover and detailed description of how he got it here. youtube.com/watch?v=rhMFPvmwLZ8
Gear used in this video (if you purchase via these links I will earn a small commission):
Epiphone Casino (bridge pickup) sweetwater.sjv.io/k4jROd
Gibson Custom Shop SG 1964 Reissue (neck pickup) sweetwater.sjv.io/q41bqn
Guitar plugged directly into DAW (gain boosted halfway)
Plugins
Waves Renaissance Equalizer 2 sweetwater.sjv.io/B5XK0L (mono, Bell setting gain +3.0)
Waves Abbey Road Studios REDD Plug in sweetwater.sjv.io/DWVLKn (REDD5.1, Gain 6, Bass Lift left,Tone high 10, Tone low 7, Drive 4 0'clock, Analog 5 o'clock)
Light reverb from REAPER ReaVerb plug-in
00:00 Demo - full song
03:25 Introduction / What to expect
05:05 Nerding out over the tuning they used
10:40 How they got their guitar tone
12:25 Lesson - John's Rhythm guitar parts
21:40 Lesson - John's outro part
24:29 Nerding out over what guitar George played
26:07 Lesson - George's parts
32:30 Lesson - George's outro part
33:45 Lesson - guitar solo parts
38:30 Final thoughts
Also...
WIN FREE GEAR:
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DEALS ON MUSIC GEAR:
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USED GEAR:
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More ways to support the channel:
Super Thanks (see below the video screen)
Patreon: patreon.com/12footchain (tabs and chord charts on patreon)
Merch! bonfire.com/how-many-guitars-do-you-need
Learn how to play Revolution, as performed by The Beatles released as a double-A side single along with Hey Jude in 1968. Killer guitar tone achieved with no amplifiers!
The lesson covers John and George's rhythm and lead guitar parts.
Special thanks to @sampopkin who helped me figure out what plugins could be used to achieve something close to John and George's guitar tone. Check out his excellent cover and detailed description of how he got it here. youtube.com/watch?v=rhMFPvmwLZ8
Gear used in this video (if you purchase via these links I will earn a small commission):
Epiphone Casino (bridge pickup) sweetwater.sjv.io/k4jROd
Gibson Custom Shop SG 1964 Reissue (neck pickup) sweetwater.sjv.io/q41bqn
Guitar plugged directly into DAW (gain boosted halfway)
Plugins
Waves Renaissance Equalizer 2 sweetwater.sjv.io/B5XK0L (mono, Bell setting gain +3.0)
Waves Abbey Road Studios REDD Plug in sweetwater.sjv.io/DWVLKn (REDD5.1, Gain 6, Bass Lift left,Tone high 10, Tone low 7, Drive 4 0'clock, Analog 5 o'clock)
Light reverb from REAPER ReaVerb plug-in
00:00 Demo - full song
03:25 Introduction / What to expect
05:05 Nerding out over the tuning they used
10:40 How they got their guitar tone
12:25 Lesson - John's Rhythm guitar parts
21:40 Lesson - John's outro part
24:29 Nerding out over what guitar George played
26:07 Lesson - George's parts
32:30 Lesson - George's outro part
33:45 Lesson - guitar solo parts
38:30 Final thoughts
Also...
WIN FREE GEAR:
imp.i114863.net/9WoMd3
DEALS ON MUSIC GEAR:
imp.i114863.net/a1dxGM
USED GEAR:
imp.i114863.net/3P19aB
