PetrucciFever GUITAR SOLO CONTEST November 10th 2008

[nirvanayop]

I like the way your play the guitar ! ^^ a lot of expression and feeling ... EXCELLENT bendings and vibrato, and .... speedless but loveless playing, i love that ;) !! Congratulations, you're great !! I'll share this video ^^ !

[kdspost]

Красиво

[SevenStringShredHead]

watching left handed guitarists always throws me off

[SouthEasternLoey]

Great this is the real musician not like those who play 200 notes in 10 seconds

[sonicbondage]

@SouthEasternLoey

Thanks so much for the great comment!

[SouthEasternLoey]

Great this is the real musician not like those who play 200 notes in 10 secounds

[MusicSlayer101]

im gonna be honest i didnt like it at the beginning really but when it got to 50 seconds it started to change and get better. Then towards the end it was like woah. definitely one of my favs even for me commenting on it so late. :P

[sonicbondage]

@deathnightmare666

16 year old idiot! lol

Your opinion is a reflection of what haunts you :P

[Souljacaomh]

they say left handed people are more created then right handed but fuck he's awesome

[junior507]

great job with the guitar, i got the same guitar but i still have the standar pick-ups.

sorry i can't speak well english but you undertood me.. nice solo

awesome

[staybrutal19]

this solo sounds great and has some great technical playing in it, you've got talent man, keep it up

[chapem0zblda]

as it is called the topic

[LehmannDaHero]

Vai wannabe? Lol very very nice song the backing track got me moving!

[lafreak18]

by the way... great playing ;-) most authom at 1:00-1:15...

[sonicbondage]

Thanks man...this is the 1st contest I did.

I just wrapped up contest 4.

[harrisonkenwood]

sweet!hes a lefty just like me! if you guys want to see how well i play guitar hero(ill have a real guitar in a couple of days), then looke at my channel!

[Nbatu04]

Shit! That's Awesome..

[lafreak18]

where i can see the winner of this competition?

[sonicbondage]

I wish I knew because this was not a video response for STRIVE : FIRE!

I have no idea how the competition video that linked all the video submissions is GONE!

You can go to petruccifever on here and ask him as he hosted them all!

[Callabris]

Nice playing man. Don't see to many lefties on YouTube.

[electriccigmusthave]

Very nice man

[mbhb99]

badass dude!!! loved the part from 0:36 specially....

[sonicbondage]

Thanks Man!

[AstroBoy55555]

The left handed guitarists mess with my head. Great job there man.

[sonicbondage]

Thanks Lefty's are weird for me to watch too! lol

[AstroBoy55555]

AH, glad I'm not the only one.

[paniconcall]

then you could mirror the video!!

[regismdantas]

OMG, it's fantastic, i really need a guitar pro version *---* ..

[PURPLEDOGPROD]

OMFG thats a heart warmin solo that dude fantastic playing

[AngelOfDeath1897]

Makes me want to keep playing AND burn my guitar at the same time xD

great solo =D

[sonicbondage]

Thanks a Million!

It'd take me an hour to remember how to play it now. lol

[bucketmeal]

hi there!!! you play very cool man 5*

do you the backing track for the cool song you play?

By the way is it your own composition?

[sonicbondage]

Petruccifever (on youtube) made the backing!

The lead is 100% my notes!

Thanks for viewing it man!

[philbinator1977]

sniff...that was...sniff...fricken beautiful man! :)

[blacklabel532]

These are the videos that inspire me to kepp on playing :) awesome

[sonicbondage]

Thanks Man!

[macbola]

Nice heart in your playing, a lot of people that play this style have a very sterile sound. Oh, and Steve Vai called, he wants his facial expressions back. lol

[sonicbondage]

Thanks for the kind comment!

I'm keeping the faces though. lol

[guitarlife21]

DUDE Where did u get that...im a left handed player and i look at guitars all the time and ive never seen a left handed ibanez RG in any thing but black....please let me kno...nice playin too...5 stars

[sonicbondage]

It's an older Korean made RG470L.

I got it on Ebay years ago real cheap.

[ANRAAR]

ohh an left handed guitarist! same I ... you play so cold guy

[emanguto]

1:37 nice :D

nice job man!

[L3DZ3PPl1N818]

that sounded really nice

[fearfate]

Really great playing, nice. the part at 0.45-0.55 sounded so much like petrucci...really nice...I mean damn that was sweet...

[sonicbondage]

Thanks Man!

[azorath16]

wat a gud quality vid!!!!!! n nice playing 2!!!

[firefighter5278]

Ooook,my fav so far!Great playing man,no pointless shredding,sweet melody and an absolutely balanced sound.A kind of Cambell and Wylde feeling to it or is it just me?Five stars of course!

[sonicbondage]

Thank you man!

Cambell...the Dio years!

Wylde for sure!

throw in Satch, Vai, Gilbert and Petrucci. lol

Even a little Reb Beach on my taps.

[ultrablade]

Nothing less of amazing.

[lafreak18]

this man has fun, and so it have to be! ;-)

[candybreaker09]

finally someone else is left handed and plays!!!! u dont know how hard it is for me to play!! lol nice video!!!!!!

[rukopunk]

tim armstrong rancid guitarrist is left handed too!

[xSamCurtisx]

Ok i'll bare all that in mind. I just wanted to know because i use a yamaha erg121 and they come with coil pick ups, which i don't like anyway. Also i'm a heavy metal player so i want pick ups which work well with my style and also look nice like the emg ones, but dude they're dear as hell lol.

[xSamCurtisx]

Can you replace coil pick ups with the ones you're using there?

[sonicbondage]

EMGs are Active so they need a 3 prong output jack, a 9V battery and different volume and tone controls. Good news is the Ibanez guitars have the compatible jack already on them, you can use the same pickup selector and the new pickups come with the correct potentiometers. All you need to buy other than a pair of pickups is a 9V battery and solder up the deal yourself or have a guitar tech do it for you. I used to let them do it for around $30 but now I do them all myself.

[sonicbondage]

Measure your pickup cavity depth. Some guitars R shallow + you'd have 2 grind or dremmel out some wood 2 fit them but they fit length + widthwise fine on the existing pickups that are mounted with rings. The direct pickup cavity R a little tighter + you'll have to buzz out a little wood in the corners to fit the pickups.

+ if you go with Seymour Duncan Blackouts instead of EMGs, you'll definitely be buzzing out wood depth as they are fatter and have exposed parts underneath that waste space.

[Mueychacha]

those pickups have to be plugged into the wall so you'll need an extention cord

[sonicbondage]

What? a 9V battery will last 3,000 hours of being plugged in. I normally change the battery for my EMG actives (same as Seymour) every 2 to 3 years.

[Mueychacha]

i was just kidding, by the way this is a really awesome solo man. you did a good job

[sonicbondage]

LOL!

Thanks...I thought the comment was serious.

[Kamiosity]

Told ya! I detect the Satriani influence, but of course YOU have to have to talent to play not like him but his STYLE, that talent, so it's still YOUR music...did you win or what?

[sonicbondage]

Thanks! Satch knows how to put the melody first, but also be technical. I always strive for a singable melody in my leads.

Nope I didn't win, but the video serves the purpose of showing my abilities and that's good enough for me.

The top 3 players were amazing technically, so I now know they were looking for "rip your face off" pure shredding insanity. lol

I'm #7 on petruccifever's top ten list and that means a lot to me as he created the contest and the backing track!

[ohtonnyy]

its just so f****** smooth, like some satriani.

[sonicbondage]

Thanks! Joe's an Influence I'll wear with pride!

check out my profile on myspace (/aaronshawngray)

I took some excellent live Satch shots just recently.

[ohtonnyy]

yea you showed the guitar who was boss. ha.

[se7endread]

damn. u are good. real good.

[sonicbondage]

Thank You!

[hotsuma420]

that was that was bad ass and you look like you was having fun and feeling the solo

[sonicbondage]

Thanks! I felt it for sure.

[eatme765wes]

awesome man

[aluminiumbikeframe]

NICE!!! THAT WAS AMAZING

[sonicbondage]

Thanks a Lot!

[Joemato08]

nice feel man

[sonicbondage]

Much Appreciated!!

[hansgrock]

Hey thx for the nice words! You were also one of my absolute fav's, certainly made my top 10 (Extra points for standing, makeing rock-faces and throwing the pick)! But I think it was a fair pick by the judges. Fu¤# those guys can play!

Keep Rock Alive

Hans G

[raulalbalat]

I typed in "best uitar solo ever created"....I dont thin this iw the best solo ever created....

[sonicbondage]

hahaha! I know I suck...sorry to disappoint you!

[niki311111]

very nice im also a left handed guitar player and ur videos are awsome

[sonicbondage]

Thanks Bro!

[JohnSakars]

Wow, you've met your top three influences in person. Not many people can say they've done that. We all need to provide our own inspiration, however it certainly does help to meet those we admire. Good for you. Now all you need to do is invent a time machine, so you can meet some of your other influences. I believe you're almost clever enough to do so! (Not really, but you are clever!)

[sonicbondage]

Well thanks to recorded music and DVD's---they are our portal into the lives of those that have passed on. I still listen to Dimebag and Randy Rhoads and they'll be a continued inspiration for me.

[JohnSakars]

My appreciation for this video increases, with each viewing. I believe that's because you created a beautiful piece of music, instead of just a guitar solo.

[sonicbondage]

Thanks so much John!

That means to the world to me my friend!

I really listened to the drums, bass and rhythm guitar underneath, as I created the solo, to make sure my note & rhythmic choices worked harmoniously with the backing track, rather than a "Busy Hands Going Nuts" approach.

That's a Valuable Piece of Advice I just received from Joe Satriani when I met him this past Thursday (Nov 13th)

It's not about MODES, SCALES, or What Looks Cool...it's about What is Memorable and Can Be Sung.

[JoelleDunn]

Very nice! Sound of guitar is very Steve Vai-ish!

[sonicbondage]

Thanks Joelle!

Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, & John Petrucci are my Top 3 influences on guitar and then there's hundreds more, but YouTube's character count limitation would spoil my attempt to list them all. lol

[evantheguitarist]

I was about to say, you looked familiar, then I remembered the Dream Theater shows. Good stuff.

[sonicbondage]

That be me! lol

Did we talk at the Gibson Ampitheater Show?

Any time they are around you'll see me and my wife Patti with huge smiles on our faces. :)

[Nighthawkinlight]

Way good. A great variety of playing that worked together very well.

[sonicbondage]

Thanks for the comment!

Cool Pyro by the way!

[Nighthawkinlight]

No problem, and thank you.

[hansgrock]

Hey Supergreat solo AND a show! I was very entertained. You got my vote for the contest, cause that shit kicked ass!

Keep Rock Alive

Hans G

[sonicbondage]

Thanks Hans!

Your shreddin' kicked ass too!

[MARCOPVIEIRA]

Very good!

Like it!

Good Luck!

[niki311111]

dude im a lefty to mann :P

[UncleSamsNiagara]

0:46 - 0:51 is tasty....

[sonicbondage]

Thanks!

[EvoJackson]

Awesome job man!! If you get a chance stop by and check my version out. Good luck bro!

[sonicbondage]

Thanks my fellow Shredder!

[calummorris1993]

pretty cool dude

[codavox]

Awesome as usual, Aaron. Nice blend of speed and feel. Good luck in the contest! Great to see the hair back, too! LOL McG

[BeyondBreakingRocks]

if i could buy an mp3 version of that i would, its that good, i love it. Good luck and awesome job.

[sonicbondage]

I'll send you an MP3 if you send me your email!

[heartlovealive]

Nice job there eh? Tasty work AA. As soon as I figure out how to vote, I will give you a 10 buddy! Talk soon

Alien ;)

[sonicbondage]

It's done by a panel of judges...but feel free to hit 5 stars. lol

[KamiMetal]

That's awesome Aaron! Rock with a twist of melodic....hope you win! What am I saying, you ARE going to win.

[sonicbondage]

Thanks! I'd be happy to be in the top 10!

[PattiSezDTRulz]

Excellent, as always!!! Keep up the *amazing* work!

[sonicbondage]

Thanks for putting up with me, my mutually-talented wife!

[gillenh2o]

my man aaron, what can i say, freaking fantastic, just goes to prove leftys are in the right frame of mind - lol

[sonicbondage]

Dude...I think there's 6 Lefties in this competition...almost as high as the ratio of left-handed hockey players. lol

[Nezrimo]

that was fucking sick.

im a lefty and i wanna be that good lol,

[mribanez123]

INSANE!!

[METALHQ]

awesome man

[ultrablade]

amazing!

[jagihad]

nice tone...my friend..goodluck..*****5..=)

[sonicbondage]

Thanks man...I use a PODxt by the way.

[MrLeedsman]

Great job!

[JoachimWeiler]

Sounds very good, very clean playing! Great

[NewMediaResearch]

Great talent and control, sounds amazing man!

[XxOverTheOceanxX]

Fantastic entry! 5*

[sonicbondage]

Much Appreciated!

[PetrucciFever]

Thanks for your entry! Cheerz, Julian