Craziness at 1:47... Simply astonishing... Sounds like a trumpet and a balloon that's having it's air squeaked out... Never ever heard that out of a guitar before.
hey Rhyss655, i have been involved with the guitar for over 3 decades, seen the comings and goings as greats such as evh, yngwie, vai etc , etc, and guthrie is really in lwague of his own. i mean he just does everything inhumanly well, and he literally has NO weak points, including the fact that he is a very modest gentleman of a chap..your guitar teacher is right on, learn everything you can from him..ROCK ON!!
dude, ok i got an idea... Guthrie, Weckl, Wooten, Chick Corea, and then revive Michael Brecker, all playing on the same stage, playing got a match. would that not be fucking JIZZTACULAR?
This guy is a chimera: Some scientist fused genetic material from Jeff Beck and Alan Holdsworth. The resulting clone studied alternate picking under Steve Morse and jammed with Shawn Lane as a teenager.
WOW!!!! And again I say WOW! Nothing up this cat's sleeves but a big 'ol can of smoking guitar whoop-ass! You stand amongst the greats and i look forward to hearing so much more from you. By the way, that backing band has some killer musicians as well.
@ThrashDeth17 lol. Well I think Greg Howe is in the same league as Guthrie. Then you have the guitar deity. The Omnipotent guitar being that is Shawn Lane. He was the best hands down ever in my opinion
@Kingding6 i'm sorry i just don't hear as much musicality in shawn's playing as I do guthrie. sure he's ridiculously fast and clean, but he play's the same damn scale over and over. I want to hear some experimentation, and above all i want to hear the voice of the musician coming out through the instrument. i mean when guthrie plays it litterally sounds like he's talking with his instrument.
@Kingding6 i mean shawn got old literally after like the third or fourth video. however, i could literally listen to guthrie govan all day... and i have... more than once.
@zooby11isbambam You haven't heard much Shawn Lane then. I learnt about them the same time and I was like "GG is way better", but as I really delved into both, I found he was much more musical, and even more restrained in his playing than Guthrie. Thats just me though.
@Kingding6 well i still don't see it but you are entirely inclined to your opinion. I mean don't get me wrong he is a great guitar player but a lot of his phrasing is a little undefined. He doesn't seem quite as conscious of what he's playing as guthrie does. plus i'd like to hear him get away from all the hole tone shit when he does his faster shit. it just seems like he goes into auto mode alot of the time rather than really being present for what he is playing, like guthrie is all the time.
@zooby11isbambam tbh I flip back and forth of who U think is better, some days it guthrie and others it shawn for me. At the end of the day, both fantastic guitar players.
You're right, I didn't notice that one. Well, there's one of those backing track videos where he does pull the string of the neck and it gets a similar sound.
does anyone else notice that there's a vigier shawn lane master signature to the right of guthries headstock about 30 seconds in coincidence or fate? i think he very likely could be the next shawn lane
id say anyone that says someone else is better than this guy is a fucking picklesmoocher cuz i saw this guy today and met him and every every 2 seconds he played during a song all that came to mind was what the fuck!
Guthrie's a jazz/rock fusion player so a lot of what you hear here is a mixture of free jazz played with overdrive. That's why it sounds crazy. Think of Steve Vai in the Jazz world.
Firstly Guthrie Govan is the Greatest... Go the Guth-a-tron... Secondly wtf pmay222 who goes on youtube clips you obviously don't like and writes comment after comment of garbage about how shit he is... ok fair enough if he is not your cup of tea... but jesus get a life and let the rest of the world enjoy guthries music because it is music!!!
god you really ARE a dumbass.. try fixing your mis spelt youtube name julias CAESAR.....lol...or is yo name .."went" to sound chaotic..? slash is miles better than guthrie...... and you know it..!
you can often know everything.....but still say sweet fuck all..! i know who most people in the world would rather listen to...i suppose guthrie appeals to the tech heads of guitar....i appreciate guthries skill etc...but it is irritating to listen to
effing great songs..???? like what..? and why do people like you still come out with the bollox that is "selling out"...just what is that... is it making music soo appealing that the masses want to buy it.? guthries great songs must be right up there with ..pete dohertys great songs..coz ive never heard any of them..?
no one gives a shit what EITHER of us have heard...lol..... do you watch harry hills tv burp's..? if you do..there is only one way to solve this..."FIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHHT"..
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when guthrie writes some classic timeless inspiring rock riffs like slash has.....then i will be impressed...but they are different typeof players...slash appeals to the majority of guitar enthusiasts...guthrie is a speed technical player that appeals to other wanna be speed scalers...both good in their own right i suppose...bit like a football player playing rugby,and vice versa.?
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i will gladly be a musical retard if i had to listen to guthrie all the time... most famous guitarists tend to rehash their same style over and over again...you can tell who they are just from listening...slash does the same thing over andover coz he has found something that people like..he entertains you rather than bludgeons your ears with way too many notes..
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g'n'r are way past their best....i like em but will not be buying their chinese dem shyte... maybee you are much younger than me, and are into the faster stuff...i cant handle dragonforce..but i like fear factory and trivium...i used to like the technical stuff..but i prefer a tune..not a barrage of speed...guthrie is talented, but it is like he is speeding..but going nowhere with it..? he shouts but says nothing kinda...?
well i appreciate guthries technical skill...but i am not set alight by it..in the way i was when i first heard sweet child of mine riff...and we are all sick of hearing it now...but to me..great guitaring..is a riff..wether fast or slow..that reely hits you...makes ya wanna grab your guitar an try play it....guthrie doesnt get me in that way..i must be too old..lol
also..for someone like guthrie..who is a stand alone guitarist....i wud say its harder to stand out like someone in a band..who just pops out...bangs out a solo etc....and gets adulation...there are thousands of shredders on you tube tho..i blame modern technology makes it much easier to learn stuff like speed scaling..
There are people out there who can play the things Govan composes, but what I think sets him apart is his accuracy, consistency, and his amazing improvising skills. He genuinly is the greatest, and that is the general consensus of the wider guitaring community.
genuinely the greatest...my ass....thats like saying someone who writes for the sun newspaper is the greatest writer ever.. is guthrie greater than eric johnson..? or carlos santana..? guthrie appeals to the tech heads of guitaring...and his own signature guitar is the equivalent of jordans autobiography...they both done fuk all..but not in the eyes of their fawners and hangers on....the greatest...god im laughing so much here..lol
I agree too.Ironically it turns out that those who actually talk a lot about others ,are the ones just sitting on their bum doing nothing judging those who are actually doing something.
agreed! Most mainstream music is trashy, although you have some musicians that decides to create mainstream music to become famous, but really they create songs that are theoretically really really good! Like Maroon 5! Great band, all are really hooked on jazz and know they're theory, but the kind of things like This Love sells alot better. The chord proggressions in this love is absolutely fabolous!
It's not a question of appeal, it's a question of who's better. You even said it in your first post, "Slash is miles better than Guthrie". You've got some pretty backwards ideas.
I quite honestly can't believe that someone seriously thinks that SLASH, one of the most overrated guitarists of all time, is better than Guthrie Govan. You sir, are ignorant beyond the measure of the majority of youtube idiots, and trust me...there are a lot of them. I would be willing to bet you anything, my guitars, my car, even my house, that even Slash himself would admit that Guthrie is a much better guitarist than he is.
i believe guthrie govan is the greatest guitarist in thw world. he improvises better than anyone ive ever seen. and his licks are crazy. but then again, that is my opinion.
Yup, Guthrie is definitely a risk taker. He never plays the same thing twice and always improvises his solos. He goes all out and that's what makes him so cool. Most shredders stick to formulas and the same repetitive licks.
what i like about GG is that he has a sense of humor. He isn't bothered by trying to play w/o making any mistakes (not that he makes many) but you can tell he's more on the comedy side by his names and the quirky things he throws in like that string pull off the neck that sounded almost like one of those whammy pedals.
people have their own rights to say what they want to say. just because they think guthrie govan is bad, doesn't mean you can criticize them or disprove them and whatnot. I personally think govan is amazing and he's the best guitarist i know. i envy him. but i also respect what i other people think about him.
well, i prefer other guitarrist , but he is really great!!!
DaaVeRoCkS 4 days ago
he got lost in 2:13
harugtr 2 months ago
@harugtr
LOST in 2.13 ? listen once again.... Layla !!!
MrPorterrixx 1 week ago
Crap
that was amazing
About the tastiest shredding I've heard in a while
Thanks for sharing
powerman5000ca 4 months ago
Someone mentionned Slash?????????
brunthroath6912 5 months ago
Craziness at 1:47... Simply astonishing... Sounds like a trumpet and a balloon that's having it's air squeaked out... Never ever heard that out of a guitar before.
sac1577 6 months ago
hey Rhyss655, i have been involved with the guitar for over 3 decades, seen the comings and goings as greats such as evh, yngwie, vai etc , etc, and guthrie is really in lwague of his own. i mean he just does everything inhumanly well, and he literally has NO weak points, including the fact that he is a very modest gentleman of a chap..your guitar teacher is right on, learn everything you can from him..ROCK ON!!
scottfree6 6 months ago
8 that havent ear
MetallicAyManowaR 7 months ago
I told my guitar teacher 2 watch this guy, I said he was amazing, he said this guy was insane!!!!
bitchslapper12 8 months ago 5
@bitchslapper12 Wait. You mean your guitar teacher had never heard of Guthrie Govan ?
gnrcr 4 months ago
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@gnrcr Yes, he's on Youtube, just search for "Bo Ahlin".
bitchslapper12 4 months ago
Nice short Movie
anthony66363 9 months ago
hes kind of like marty friedman that shreds really fast and plays fusion
sfh113 11 months ago
LOL!!!
First time I see him mess up!
fm300992 11 months ago
best sounding and most complex fusion improvisations ever
oscarsstuff 11 months ago
How can one not like this? Wow!
Youtube should disable the dislike button for his videos.
Yetmez ama oha en az 8 adet embesille ayni gezegeni paylasiyoruz. Hmmm
1975dze 1 year ago
1:45, holy shit. how does he do that?
anders87sa220 1 year ago
@anders87sa220 I DONT KNOW I WAS JUST THINKIN THAT MYSELF LOL!!.. just when you think every little quirky trick's been done by vai, GUTHRIE!!! LOL!!
scottfree6 6 months ago
0:30-
qwertypoiu4321 1 year ago
That's why guitar people it's time to learn fusion, jazz blues and all genres of music.. play outside the circle!
dpsd 1 year ago
@dpsd totally agree, fusion is wierd but awesome :D
markieinger1 1 year ago 2
Dude, there´s a great ´´zappa´´ feel in this...so good
bonuzround 1 year ago
dude, ok i got an idea... Guthrie, Weckl, Wooten, Chick Corea, and then revive Michael Brecker, all playing on the same stage, playing got a match. would that not be fucking JIZZTACULAR?
zooby11isbambam 1 year ago 2
wait, it's not bark at the moon... well i can't remember the song but it's definately randy rhodes
zooby11isbambam 1 year ago
2:14-2:18 randy rhodes?
zooby11isbambam 1 year ago
@zooby11isbambam No, that's Layla by Eric Clapton.
leifert3 1 year ago
@leifert3 no dude it's bark at the moon! listen to the solo.
zooby11isbambam 1 year ago
what pedal is he using 1:45
HamiltonOfficial 1 year ago
0:58 that reminds me SOOOO much of Gran Turismo 3.
look up Gran Turismo 3 - Slipstream
TheHornet79 1 year ago
@TheHornet79 ummmmm.... no.
zooby11isbambam 1 year ago
@TheHornet79 actually... yeah, kinda. sorry, i thought you meant the whole song. then i saw the "0:58" and... yeah.
zooby11isbambam 1 year ago
good man...
gabobad 1 year ago
does anyone know what random ass chord that is at 0:24???
aRazorsEloquence 1 year ago
@aRazorsEloquence F9#11... X-12-12-13-12-13 (hope u get it... the X is a death note on the first string)
GuzmanLE 1 year ago
This guy is a chimera: Some scientist fused genetic material from Jeff Beck and Alan Holdsworth. The resulting clone studied alternate picking under Steve Morse and jammed with Shawn Lane as a teenager.
FreedomZealot 1 year ago
did he just pull the fuckin string of the neck and raise the pitch by sliding? Damn...just....damn...talk about innovative
arpeggios070590 1 year ago
WOW!!!! And again I say WOW! Nothing up this cat's sleeves but a big 'ol can of smoking guitar whoop-ass! You stand amongst the greats and i look forward to hearing so much more from you. By the way, that backing band has some killer musicians as well.
rocketaxe 1 year ago
he plays like richie kotzen and greg howe... how the hell does he do that squeal at 1:47?
markbriones3 1 year ago
@markbriones3 He plays with a whammy!
tonykanala 1 year ago
What a MONSTER Player ... !!!!!!!!
emersonluizdossantos 1 year ago
Wow, the 8 people who disliked this video suck ass and know nothing of real guitar playing.
ThrashDeth17 1 year ago
HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stilkk 1 year ago
I have looked and looked. I can not seem to find ANYONE this good.
ThrashDeth17 1 year ago
@ThrashDeth17 There are a couple, not many though. Guthrie isnt even the best imo. certinly top 5 ever but not quite the pinnicle.
Kingding6 1 year ago
@Kingding6
Name one.
Jeff Loomis, Chris Broderick, or Rusty Cooley do not count.
ThrashDeth17 1 year ago
@ThrashDeth17 lol. Well I think Greg Howe is in the same league as Guthrie. Then you have the guitar deity. The Omnipotent guitar being that is Shawn Lane. He was the best hands down ever in my opinion
Kingding6 1 year ago
@Kingding6 i'm sorry i just don't hear as much musicality in shawn's playing as I do guthrie. sure he's ridiculously fast and clean, but he play's the same damn scale over and over. I want to hear some experimentation, and above all i want to hear the voice of the musician coming out through the instrument. i mean when guthrie plays it litterally sounds like he's talking with his instrument.
zooby11isbambam 1 year ago
@Kingding6 i mean shawn got old literally after like the third or fourth video. however, i could literally listen to guthrie govan all day... and i have... more than once.
zooby11isbambam 1 year ago
@zooby11isbambam You haven't heard much Shawn Lane then. I learnt about them the same time and I was like "GG is way better", but as I really delved into both, I found he was much more musical, and even more restrained in his playing than Guthrie. Thats just me though.
Kingding6 1 year ago
@Kingding6 well then could you at least good me a good video demonstrating this?
zooby11isbambam 1 year ago
@zooby11isbambam type in Shawn Lane-Aga Of The Ladies
Kingding6 1 year ago
@Kingding6 well i still don't see it but you are entirely inclined to your opinion. I mean don't get me wrong he is a great guitar player but a lot of his phrasing is a little undefined. He doesn't seem quite as conscious of what he's playing as guthrie does. plus i'd like to hear him get away from all the hole tone shit when he does his faster shit. it just seems like he goes into auto mode alot of the time rather than really being present for what he is playing, like guthrie is all the time.
zooby11isbambam 1 year ago
@zooby11isbambam tbh I flip back and forth of who U think is better, some days it guthrie and others it shawn for me. At the end of the day, both fantastic guitar players.
Kingding6 1 year ago
to much sick for me o_o
fenixx213 1 year ago
Slash bwaaa r u kiddin me
artfleshgordon 1 year ago
he seemed to get more stank of out his notes when he used a prs
BlooBeluga 1 year ago
Guthrie, please marry me!! You are absolutely amazing to say the least!!!
KatherinePena07 2 years ago
Guthrie, please marry me. You are absolutely amazing to say the least!!!
KatherinePena07 2 years ago
Is that a PRS or Schecter?
blues03 2 years ago
@blues03 it is a PRS. Possibly Mccarty model
alvinlivingstone 2 years ago
2:00 i dont know what the hell that is but i like
zubestr 2 years ago
Oh My Fucking Lord.
fingerboy18 2 years ago 4
@fingerboy18
well said mate..!!!!
shit man i need to practise like 40hrs a day to get to guthries level....
and im too old now to catch up..!!!!
good comment man,like it
cappucinokid100 2 years ago
It's inhuman haha!
fingerboy18 2 years ago
Wheres Kotzen???
6CHRIS6ROWE6 2 years ago 2
The backing to some of this instrumental reminds me of a Satriani song! But can't think of which one?
bradhienzachary 2 years ago
You're right, I didn't notice that one. Well, there's one of those backing track videos where he does pull the string of the neck and it gets a similar sound.
MiloGuitarist 2 years ago
@thatguy6221 sliding his guitar pick vetically against the string
drunkenxtiger 2 years ago
Actually he's pulling the string right off of the fretboard
MiloGuitarist 2 years ago
@MiloGuitarist
seen the gut from radiohead do it as well.
pull the string of the neck for a similar sound..
cappucinokid100 2 years ago
Sickest harmonics ever after 1:32
VariableDarkness 2 years ago
that technique is not to be practiced too often by the faint hearted, especially those who can't afford getting new strings every two days LMAO
dmnxCGi 2 years ago
bending the high e string downwards and slightly outwards till the string gets outside the fretboard, holds it and then make some slides.
I think he demonstrated this technique once and there's a video of that on youtube somewhere, can't remember the title of the video tho.
dmnxCGi 2 years ago
He doesn't look right without a suhr...
TheKirkYates 2 years ago 2
yea....yet he could play a squier and still sound this good:O
skleung 2 years ago 2
hed sound fucking awesome but hed get out of tune when using his tremolo
JustusFriedolin 2 years ago 2
true that...LOL
skleung 2 years ago
does anyone else notice that there's a vigier shawn lane master signature to the right of guthries headstock about 30 seconds in coincidence or fate? i think he very likely could be the next shawn lane
brandon5pennies 2 years ago
I hope not. that'd mean he's going to die a painful and horribly slow death. that would really suck.
viper1991 2 years ago
that was mean but i mean minus that detail his composing skills and execution technically is some of the best i've ever seen
brandon5pennies 2 years ago
fail to see how that was mean.
simply pointing that out.
viper1991 2 years ago
just how you worded it but either way guthrie is a legend in his own manner i heard somewhere that he plays so much that he never got his license lol
brandon5pennies 2 years ago
he look's simple but so pro.
regeseki 2 years ago 2
Never expected the intro to be this dour, it's absolutely powerful on the album and here it's just like... na na na na nahhh.
The solo afterwards on the other hand... I take it all back.
2882890 2 years ago
is it me or does 2:14-2:18 sound like layla?
democratruler 2 years ago 5
jajajaj sep yes it does.....
XBlueshunterX 2 years ago
it does!
zumpi90 2 years ago
omg im going to see guthrie govan masterclass in less than a month! I can't wait to be blown away!
foxtrotalex 2 years ago
id say anyone that says someone else is better than this guy is a fucking picklesmoocher cuz i saw this guy today and met him and every every 2 seconds he played during a song all that came to mind was what the fuck!
harry317 2 years ago
Guthrie's a jazz/rock fusion player so a lot of what you hear here is a mixture of free jazz played with overdrive. That's why it sounds crazy. Think of Steve Vai in the Jazz world.
kevinjholmes 2 years ago
bucket head sucks just a gimmic guitar player ahh look at me i can where a white mask and press a button all the time
guitaristman23 2 years ago 5
AND play the exact same tapping riff every fast "outside" solo!
ibanezbloke 2 years ago
no. fail
kewl2006 2 years ago
It gives me the heebie jeebies.
Feal9123 2 years ago
My guitar teacher told me 2 watch this guy, he said he was amazing, I gotta say this guy is insane!!!!
Rhys655 2 years ago 21
That's a badass Guitar Teacher right there :)
Mugenloo 2 years ago 3
@Rhys655
You Guitar teacher knows his shit :)
Mugenloo 1 year ago
1:47 uoa!
Robertohn 2 years ago 2
what the fuck is he doing there? lol Anybody any idea: I have not clue how he did that. :)
vreny 2 years ago
i only get to the part where it seems he's pulling the string (dont know which) down out the fretboard and some pick noises maybe?
Robertohn 2 years ago
Awesome!!! xD
yngwiejunior 2 years ago
would love to see guthrie play live with buckethead.that would be something!!!
racefaceec90 2 years ago
God, I haven't seen anyone with better overall technique or a larger amount of guitar tricks in their arsenal than Guthrie.
DrBadSpoon 3 years ago 7
is a genius!!!!!!
hidden321 3 years ago
i like how he changes amps on this... lol
guitaralbert0 3 years ago 2
this guy is SERIOUSLY amazing.... after seeing a lot of his videos you wonder if there's anything this guy can't do with a guitar!
insane harmony, brilliant phrasing, very nice theme.... Awesome track
AlexiLaiho6 3 years ago 6
INSANE.
Gusativo 3 years ago
hey does anyone know what kind of pics he uses? i would guess dunlop jazz III''s but i dont know
potatocannonman 3 years ago
he uses jazz iii xl's now, although he was recently caught using a red bear pick given to him by dweezil zappa...
guitaralbert0 3 years ago
it's not the pick that makes him good...
kewl2006 2 years ago 2
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potatocannonman 2 years ago
My favorite fusion guitarist that is alive - followed closely by a few others but I prefer Guthrie's contemporary touches.
Despond 3 years ago
woot. show those cord fed fatasses what time it is guth
BlooBeluga 3 years ago 2
What guitar use guthrie??
zaidmusic188 3 years ago
that's a PRS of some sort.
OwnedRL 3 years ago
That's a PRS on this video but this is like 5 years ago. He's playing Suhr now.
nyedale 3 years ago
Guthrie, you're the other end of a foot otherwise known as a leg!!
dancingbob14 3 years ago
I LOVE THE LICK AT 1:03!!!
jkvasn 3 years ago
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no..the spice girls are the best..they have sold more than rhianna...! and boyzone i think you will find are superb..
pmay222 3 years ago
Firstly Guthrie Govan is the Greatest... Go the Guth-a-tron... Secondly wtf pmay222 who goes on youtube clips you obviously don't like and writes comment after comment of garbage about how shit he is... ok fair enough if he is not your cup of tea... but jesus get a life and let the rest of the world enjoy guthries music because it is music!!!
froodgoose 3 years ago
mmm, erotic cakes
guitarsimon1 3 years ago
amazing
ErikMcLennan 3 years ago
is that a prs? ive always thought hes a suhr endorser
qqryq90 3 years ago
"This video is not available in your country"
WHY ???
I WANT TO SEE
matheus101290 3 years ago
This song is so awsome! I need his CD! NOW!
Zorgorath 3 years ago
Weird, no one said a thing about it for 2 years. Guess they were arguing about who's better at guitar....*yawn* .
kbatousai 3 years ago
Just wondering if anyone caught the jazzed up version of Layla at 2.15
kbatousai 3 years ago
I can't understand why people think this is shit? If you think this is a shit song, you know NOTHING about music.
asscrackben 3 years ago
god you really ARE a dumbass.. try fixing your mis spelt youtube name julias CAESAR.....lol...or is yo name .."went" to sound chaotic..? slash is miles better than guthrie...... and you know it..!
pmay222 3 years ago
I doubt that.
I think Guthrie knows more than the blues and minor pentatonic minor scales.
billface 3 years ago 2
you can often know everything.....but still say sweet fuck all..! i know who most people in the world would rather listen to...i suppose guthrie appeals to the tech heads of guitar....i appreciate guthries skill etc...but it is irritating to listen to
pmay222 3 years ago
I doubt Guthrie gives a fuck who 'most people in the world would rather listen to'.
He hasn't sold out, just to break into the mainstream.
He's doing what he's best at, and that's writing and playing some fucking great songs.
billface 3 years ago
effing great songs..???? like what..? and why do people like you still come out with the bollox that is "selling out"...just what is that... is it making music soo appealing that the masses want to buy it.? guthries great songs must be right up there with ..pete dohertys great songs..coz ive never heard any of them..?
pmay222 3 years ago
No one gives a shit what you've heard!
Great sounds like... Waves, Uncle Skunk, Fives?
billface 3 years ago
no one gives a shit what EITHER of us have heard...lol..... do you watch harry hills tv burp's..? if you do..there is only one way to solve this..."FIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHHT"..
pmay222 3 years ago
I don't think there's any need to drag Mr.Hill into this.
How about you just send me a link to Slash doing anything half as amazing as Guthrie? :)
billface 3 years ago
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when guthrie writes some classic timeless inspiring rock riffs like slash has.....then i will be impressed...but they are different typeof players...slash appeals to the majority of guitar enthusiasts...guthrie is a speed technical player that appeals to other wanna be speed scalers...both good in their own right i suppose...bit like a football player playing rugby,and vice versa.?
pmay222 3 years ago
Wow.
Either you havn't listened to much of his stuff, or you're generally a musical retard.
Guthrie has the most amazing phrasing i've heard next to shawn lane.
The main difference between slash and Guthrie, is Govan's doing something different, not just rehashing the same style over and over again.
billface 3 years ago 3
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i will gladly be a musical retard if i had to listen to guthrie all the time... most famous guitarists tend to rehash their same style over and over again...you can tell who they are just from listening...slash does the same thing over andover coz he has found something that people like..he entertains you rather than bludgeons your ears with way too many notes..
pmay222 3 years ago
I didn't say Guns 'n' Roses wern't a good band, I was saying Guthrie Govan is a much better guitarist than Slash.
I know it's bullshit to argue Virtuosos like Vai vs Satch and so on, but Guthrie Vs Slash? It's not even close.
billface 3 years ago 4
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g'n'r are way past their best....i like em but will not be buying their chinese dem shyte... maybee you are much younger than me, and are into the faster stuff...i cant handle dragonforce..but i like fear factory and trivium...i used to like the technical stuff..but i prefer a tune..not a barrage of speed...guthrie is talented, but it is like he is speeding..but going nowhere with it..? he shouts but says nothing kinda...?
pmay222 3 years ago
O.o Are we listening to the same song?
Guthrie has some of the most beautiful melodys i've ever heard.
Just listen to wonderful slippery thing.
There are a few guitarist who are just 'a barrarge of notes' MAB for example but Guthrie is far from that.
billface 3 years ago
well i appreciate guthries technical skill...but i am not set alight by it..in the way i was when i first heard sweet child of mine riff...and we are all sick of hearing it now...but to me..great guitaring..is a riff..wether fast or slow..that reely hits you...makes ya wanna grab your guitar an try play it....guthrie doesnt get me in that way..i must be too old..lol
pmay222 3 years ago
Haha, or maybe because most people couldn't even close to playing Guthrie's licks.
I suppose what you're saying is you like a catchy riff?
But in all of Guthrie's songs have a catchy riffs.
Most noticable: Waves, Ner Ner, Wonderful Slippery Thing Ect.
Give them a listen, if you don't like it, go back to 90's rock.
billface 3 years ago
also..for someone like guthrie..who is a stand alone guitarist....i wud say its harder to stand out like someone in a band..who just pops out...bangs out a solo etc....and gets adulation...there are thousands of shredders on you tube tho..i blame modern technology makes it much easier to learn stuff like speed scaling..
pmay222 3 years ago
Guthrie's band is the Erotic Cakes band...
And you just keep going on about 'speed scalers' and 'shredders' it's plain to see that Guthrie is neither of these things.
Which begs the question:
What the fuck are you talking about?!
billface 3 years ago 2
well i just find guthrie not as good as all the fawners around him i spose...seen blokes as good as him in pubs..lol
pmay222 3 years ago
Wow, i'd love to go to the pubs you do then!
billface 3 years ago
There are people out there who can play the things Govan composes, but what I think sets him apart is his accuracy, consistency, and his amazing improvising skills. He genuinly is the greatest, and that is the general consensus of the wider guitaring community.
fraserpaterson 3 years ago 5
"the greatest" ?
pmay222 3 years ago
genuinely the greatest...my ass....thats like saying someone who writes for the sun newspaper is the greatest writer ever.. is guthrie greater than eric johnson..? or carlos santana..? guthrie appeals to the tech heads of guitaring...and his own signature guitar is the equivalent of jordans autobiography...they both done fuk all..but not in the eyes of their fawners and hangers on....the greatest...god im laughing so much here..lol
pmay222 3 years ago
I suppose you have to be at least half talented to appreciate him ;)
billface 2 years ago
I can´t play the guitar and I love to watch him play.
I´m a musician though...
skithal 2 years ago 3
People like pmay222 are the reason mainstream music is trash.
FutabaUploader 3 years ago 5
agreed
musicbymax 3 years ago
I agree too.Ironically it turns out that those who actually talk a lot about others ,are the ones just sitting on their bum doing nothing judging those who are actually doing something.
guzanillo 3 years ago
agreed! Most mainstream music is trashy, although you have some musicians that decides to create mainstream music to become famous, but really they create songs that are theoretically really really good! Like Maroon 5! Great band, all are really hooked on jazz and know they're theory, but the kind of things like This Love sells alot better. The chord proggressions in this love is absolutely fabolous!
RHCPfleaMS 3 years ago
It's not a question of appeal, it's a question of who's better. You even said it in your first post, "Slash is miles better than Guthrie". You've got some pretty backwards ideas.
fraserpaterson 2 years ago 5
Someone actually said that comment? Who could possibly put Slash on the same shelf as this monster of a player?
Hardysamnin 2 years ago 41
I quite honestly can't believe that someone seriously thinks that SLASH, one of the most overrated guitarists of all time, is better than Guthrie Govan. You sir, are ignorant beyond the measure of the majority of youtube idiots, and trust me...there are a lot of them. I would be willing to bet you anything, my guitars, my car, even my house, that even Slash himself would admit that Guthrie is a much better guitarist than he is.
Xylor222 2 years ago 8
hahaha you are so right!!!!! :)
KatherinePena07 1 year ago
i sense a hint of greg howe here. guthrie govan's got some of my favorite solo guitar bits. gotta love 'em =)
aJazzcat 3 years ago
Love the T-Shirt ;)
Incredible playing, as always.
Mugenloo 3 years ago
i believe guthrie govan is the greatest guitarist in thw world. he improvises better than anyone ive ever seen. and his licks are crazy. but then again, that is my opinion.
metalupyourassz 3 years ago
Am I the only one who likes this version of the first lounge solo better than the album version? His use of the whammy bar is just perfect.
FutabaUploader 3 years ago
I know what you mean.
I've always favored this version, if only for that bit.
billface 3 years ago
What I like about him is that he looks like catweasel.
noiseache 3 years ago
Yup, Guthrie is definitely a risk taker. He never plays the same thing twice and always improvises his solos. He goes all out and that's what makes him so cool. Most shredders stick to formulas and the same repetitive licks.
rocker72227 3 years ago 8
what i like about GG is that he has a sense of humor. He isn't bothered by trying to play w/o making any mistakes (not that he makes many) but you can tell he's more on the comedy side by his names and the quirky things he throws in like that string pull off the neck that sounded almost like one of those whammy pedals.
TruthSurge 3 years ago 6
very unique i like it
hed2myshoos13 3 years ago
nobody's going to dumbass. post it on a nickelback video...maybe
BlooBeluga 3 years ago
people have their own rights to say what they want to say. just because they think guthrie govan is bad, doesn't mean you can criticize them or disprove them and whatnot. I personally think govan is amazing and he's the best guitarist i know. i envy him. but i also respect what i other people think about him.
davidsonghello 3 years ago