Ben Randall - Guitar Idol Show 2008 (Final)

[perthrock1]

its funny how they would of been forced to use peavey amps if they didnt want to haha.

[perthrock1]

were they having tech difficulty.. why is there so much feedback.

[XxDEFLESHEDxX]

this sucks...

[Bartolomeus9]

@jimmyopolis Thanks for the response anyway :-P. As a pro musician, I bet you'll also know that these are young musicians still in development and that's what the show was for IMHO...somewhat developed yet still quite latent talents showing where they might be heading. So I still find my comment quite rational.

[Bartolomeus9]

@jimmyopolis Woa mister know-all...have you taken into account the context of his playing - being a numb idol thing - I bet he knows all about what you're talking about. You're making a fool out of yourself here.

[lisian123]

Beautiful Hellraiser O.O I'm jealous!!!

[Daiphantus]

this guy is amazing, he is just having some technical difficulties and honestly its really sad reading the kinda shit you people are saying about this video and him... seriously... bunch of bitches

[leppykstyle]

all of you guy's are fuckers, he has a true tallent.

[TheDrav3n]

you guys are jealous about him... he plays very well

[ComatoseFox]

A bit sloppy really seems really thrown together too. Still better than what I can do though lol

[doallthegoodyoucan]

a 17 yr old GENIUS!

[ThatJohnDude]

NIce Schecter HellRaiser

[raymondflame]

awesomely awesome

[AHMADF93]

He's too busy with his guitar playing to eat

[chuckyyyy1]

I'm a huge Ben randall fan now. I'm 17, and can't play even close to the way he does. I mean, his shredding, phrasing, vibrato, all of it's just amazing.

And to top it all, he seems to have a good sense of melody, rhythm, and timing, which some "talented" guitarists don't have. Great song.

[bigmonkeyman44]

you hold guitar too high and u suck

[mightywibble]

@bigmonkeyman44 better than u so stfu

[bigmonkeyman44]

@mightywibble NOPE i own this mofo

[ObscuredInside]

@bigmonkeyman44 Then you can probably show us the video where you're on the guitar idol stage.Wait you've never been there and he has?Aw what a pity..

[bigmonkeyman44]

@ObscuredInside too bad he's a fag

[MoFo2127]

hes real good but he kinda looks like a girl (no offense)

[BeatleBiu]

Good player, but kind of a generic sound song...

[zakkslash360]

esta bien influenciado x steve vai!! pero toca bien perro!!

[diney179]

He LOOKS like a guitarist, and a fuckin' mighty fine one at that. This guy's gonna go somewhere with his talent. Ben major ROCKS!! Gotta love em! XO Actually, i think he's HOTT! 

[phillybob233]

schecter!!!

[donottawaguitar]

cool try

[superdome65]

he doesnt look terribly comfortable playin live.. feedback and off phrasing kinda killed it a little

[peterpetchalov]

This in addition to the quote from "Blacksulphur" here ( 8 comments below)........ That's right Blacksulphur, a long hair - means Rock'n'roll! A flat chest - means a MAN!!! Rock on Ben!!

5 stars from me!!!!!!!!! :-)

[Blacksulphur]

Amen Brotherr!

[heykidsimgay]

if you look VERY carefully, mr. genius, you will notice that he doesn't have any breasts, and that his facial structure is that of a male. try looking past his hair.

[Leatherlog1]

Ben is on of the best there is, period.

[XxLifeDeathxX]

i dont see how some of yall dont like this dudes playing you gotta respect it man its amazing kinda reminds me of vai in a weird way but man for all yall who knock on him go home and write something like this its soulful and i like it and if you can play better then get the hell off of here and post some shit up instead of wasting your time harshing on someone who is out there doing what he does 10/5 *s man

[bestaporramachado]

i dont like...

[Gardnereen]

incredible few of  you mention his playing ability. Jealous? If you are as good as you think you are, where are you, playing in a garage or to your Guitar Hero?

[bossisdead]

wouldnt hurt to put on a bit of weight. it's healthy like

[ramiropohle]

its hermafrodit

[tudortoomey]

dude looks like a lady

[Blacksulphur]

You guys are thick aswell. Name: Ben Randall. Chest: Flat. OBVIOUSLY a guy, and just because of his long hair you're all like 'is this a woman' Get a grip, pricks.

[peterpetchalov]

That's right! Long hair - means rock'n'roll!!! Flat chest - means a MAN!!! Rock on, Ben!!! 5 stars from me! :-)

[jaksillyfools]

1.45 like Silly fools's melody...Silly fools is a rock band from Thailand.^^

[bucktheusa]

If this was my boy I'll have to pin some balls on him and send him off with his, "I'M NOT A CHICK!" T-shirt.

BTW: Hair inspired by that kid in Horton Hears a Who movie...?

[Jeffray55]

This young man is sensational. 18 years old and playing as he does is amazing. He will be a national, then international star. ~JP~

[holydiver7]

Lol to the comments of him being a female.

Ben, you're wicked!

[paulorcontin]

And i didn't like his(her) accuracy in the bending and vibratos... Could be 10x better if he(she) wouldn't fail in keeping the bends in tone...

[paulorcontin]

I could swear i saw a boob!!

[Mablungx]

poor vibrato

[steveredband]

is this a man or a woman ?

[benmac70]

his names ben wtf :S?

[holierthan]

Live sound didn't help. But the guy is great.

[chaveznieves]

and i thought paul gilbert was the skinniest guitarist! oh well. that doesn't matter. its the sound, not the look that matters

[cjg1812]

fuckinghell i need tab for 1:14 arpegio bit, love that lick and need to learn it. dont suppose anyone could help me, i have a basic idea of what the root notes and stuff is and some of the variations and all that stuff, but at them speeds its hard to decifer exactly what hes playing so could somone please help?

[JuSTiNZFILMS]

who would name their daughter ben? XD

[trogolodyte]

hahaha so true!

[ObscuredInside]

@JuSTiNZFILMS I would name her Ben Dover .Pun intended.

[JuSTiNZFILMS]

@ObscuredInside xD i would name her mike hawk

[BlackLagoonFreak]

worlds skinniest arms.lol

[psychomatter]

fernando miyata should have won.

[chaveznieves]

AGREED!

[drbwb]

For that u r a girl, Kelly, it was a pretty good comment.

[KellysterOverdrive]

pretty good for a girl.... err huh wait.. ?!

[KellysterOverdrive]

fucking mad skills damn!

[aamvb]

how do u enter guitar idol ???

[adrianoddr2]

Bealtiful guitar.

[TimiHendrix86]

Chris Feener should have won.

[jospatulani]

nah i think gustavo guerra deserved to win. However, jas morris was also amazing - his song revelation i still listen to on myspace

[Childinfaith]

Why are there so many songs called revelation?

[pingxcrystal]

agree

[Tiborslip]

se pa ele divia ter ganhado devem ter descidido na moeda

[ioannisdenton]

No offense here but this guy (which  is awesome) sounds like petrucci.

you see i think that the problem is that nowadays we lack originality.

anyway this man kicks ass! 5 star playing he should have instead of 4.

[sweep9090]

You are amazing...We have the same aproach...but you are better,...I wish you all the best. This Amazing!!!!!

Good Luck..

Greetings from Bosnia :)

Cheers mate..:))

[umbertoslash]

suonds like petrucci

[B4TBOMRKITE]

why does the cam focus in on the drummer when he starts getting serious on the guitar lol?...i like burritos

[catricks]

good work, mate!

[Degs69]

I think its you that is jealous, since i was your mate that made it and you didn't! And p.s. burrrrrrrrritos are tasty man!

[atheismwins]

hes famous?

I never heard from this guy, was randomly looking around youtube.

Gz for being a fag.

Burritos rock ur ass, try one.

[ABadHorsie]

Tell your mate to buy a shirt that fits...

[BreakingGlass17]

"Tell your mate to buy a shirt that fits..."

I guess you don't know there are various different styles/ of tshirt other than generic band tshirt =/

The tshirt fits him just fine.

[ABadHorsie]

Relax, he could be wearing a dress for all I care...

[rubenzall]

Nice playing... brother needs a cheesburger BAD!!!!

[thebeverlys]

yeahhhhh, schecter!!!

[truzzid]

And he plays guitar for 3 years...

[brianwurst1234]

Man, she's cute....no....wait....AHHH!!!!­!!!!

[almaster0]

i agree his tis are so big

[nicemutant]

loooooool

[antonionaranjot]

That's just too funny

[Emersonmusica]

swear, I thought it was a woman!

[b0d0mB3acht3rr0r]

haha i have that exact guitar i love that thing.

[tokithedog]

thats a girl right??

[FastbackGTOne]

It is a schecter hellraiser FR. cant tell about 6 or 7 strings.

[kifani1]

Its 6

[pedrosavioli]

q merda

[techdeath16]

good playing but the stereotypical sterility of EMGs just put me off this song completely.

[2Redz]

looks like a schecter to me

[satyrband]

friggin sweet tune man! great technique (yes not very original comment but true) just dont turn to those cliché guitar music phrases.

apart from that put on weight^^

love the guitar btw what is it?

[MAYLO777]

i think is an ESP or maybe a borrowed model to another mark

but i have seen that head only on ESP's

[mitomaniac]

Poor EQ this dude uses... guitar sounds like shit. You can clearly hear a background "humming" a few times. Poor song either, very cliche, to say the least.

[galkanftw]

hmm another broing no substance tune,i am actually amazed that ALL the finalist i have watched so far ,are using horrid tunes to show case themselves.

[alacranmontoya]

he's a hunk

[mapun2u]

Boring

[aldertguitarist1]

wow this guy's tone made me throw up!!

[Steve92crue]

hes probs my fav from all the ones ive seen

but they all lack ... showmanship

[slipperlimpet22]

reminds me of petrucci

[mmmhm234]

very good song and very well played considering his age and how long he has been playing. but the tone is crappy

[longination]

what in all that is sain are many of you on about, poor timing? not good? This is one of the most innovative shreds ive seen in a long time and he has amazing tecknical ability. Secondly this solo does not incorporate the minor scales so struggles to touch on 'heavy metal'. I would pay to see this guy play...totally awesome

[amnesia271]

He is great technique and some nice phrasing along side that he is bloody quick, i would say he is a good guitarist so far, in a few years when he gets the heart and soul into the music and like the others said, improved timing he is gona be smoking hot!

[Zonkoko]

Remember he has only been practicing guitar for 3 years... of course there's a lack of feeling and a bad tone... But LOL, he's pretty good.

Wait a few years more, and we'll see what he's made of...

[Orbit91]

It's no excuse, Todd Duane was incredible after only 2 years :P

[Zonkoko]

Yah sure, there are genius, and Genius... And sometimes another one above all of them. We're not all equal =(

[Orbit91]

Well,it's how you practice, not how much ;D

[Zonkoko]

both are important ^^

[Zonkoko]

If technical skills can be learnt fast(a few years), finding a real musical identity takes much more time, and that's a never ending challenge...

[Orbit91]

Like I said, it's HOW you practice, not how much, it varies with each person :3

[Zonkoko]

Ups, I hadn't got it this way... sry ^^'

Anyway, poor dudes unespecially talented (like me), even if they know how to practice, have to practice hours and hours each day to keep on progressing lol T_T... hard life

[Orbit91]

Well, I'm even more untalented than you are, so look on the bright side :P

[FRETPICK]

Ben Randall done really well!

[jethrootull]

He's not playing clean sound.And yes timing isnt good enough and also song is not so good.

[shroudedassassian]

Gustavo is pretty friggin good this dude an=int great but hes not bad... Gustavo is WAY better than any I've seen in a while...

[NikosGuitar666]

listen to Daniele Gottardo, he is the best

[VirtuosoJunkie73]

Seconded!

[westuntin]

not a very nice tune

and NO feeling

cmon, listen to gustavo guerra

[arabianmystery]

Sorry, Bet no good, but Guerra coping Shamelessly to Vinnie Moore.

[westuntin]

yeah, but I dont know if you know that our Gustavo Guerra won the Guitar Idol.

OOOPS

[arabianmystery]

Congratulations!!!, He is now the winner of a children's Festival. Now he must be original and not only to play heavy metal. This music died 15 years ago. If He wants to be the best of the world actually, he must change the style. GOUTHRIE GOVAN IS THE BEST GUITAR PLAYER OF THE WORLD... GUERRA IS A AMATEUR ONLY.

[xDrizZt]

some of you people need to use the audio preview to find out how stupid you sound.

[reppait]

Nice tone ,song not very nice but too many errors

[adam27392]

there was no errors.

[reppait]

No errors means perfect.This is not perfect, timing could be much more better in my opinion

[adam27392]

how can you judge timing on a song that he wrote. and even if it wasnt his work, the timing is not off. timing is obviously off when the notes dont follow the other instruments. and Bens did.

[reppait]

In some cases you can.Timing is not completely off,but as I said it's not perfect,it's very good but not enough in my opinion against the winner and the 2nd.I think in some years he could improve a lot he's still very young.Try to listen to Gottardo that's an exemple of perfect timing and not only...and also Miyata is another genius of guitar but his song was not very nice this year

[Stisy1992]

skinny arms...ugh

[chavhunter]

yeah, lets all criticise him with pointless observations that aren't even remotely relevent to the video...

great playing mate, keep it up!! good to find another Mendeed fan :D

[kaiserbatch]

you are the winner of guitar idol for me

[francisohalloran]

This guy is fucking legend he's 16 and has only been playing for 3 years, i,m nearly 16 and have been playing for 3 years and i get told im good all the time but im not compared to him..

[diegoescolochog]

Same here.

[schecterGman]

y r ppl dissing him??

maybe there r better players...

but he is good too...

how many of you will be able to pull off something similar in front of a crowd and judges???

[airelomeiel]

really awfull dude

[spankymcjim]

just cos u have a small penis, soz but it really had to be said :P haha

[multiinstrumental]

lol damn right sir

[telecrazy]

nice technique, horrible music. leaves me cold. best young guitarist in the uk? i think not. but he's good.

[Tiborslip]

five star

[Tiborslip]

eu tentei tirar esse video mais nao consegui

[Tiborslip]

very good

[keeponshredding]

how many years is he?

[Tiborslip]

mais um com quatro estrlas

[lordvivec87]

skinnyman

[xxc3lld4m4gexx]

hellman should have won....

[yoatzintrova94]

you should hear gustavo guerra men!

[KYamada416]

man needs to work out

[holeenone]

awesome job

[pesteilcano]

es hombre o mujer esa wea?

man or woman? haha

[TheSoapiestWanger]

this guy needs to eat more

[alleverrr]

the biggest gay in the guitar idol

[CustomMadeGuitar]

WTF? Who gives a fuck WHAT or WHOM he ripped off? He still playing guitar and is a GUITAR show. What would you rather have moron? The real American IDOL bullshit for mainstream "gimmick" America?

Fuck! A kid can't play guitar and get a good pat on the back because there'll be a 100 dishrags just waiting to talk shit! Just let them play man. Piece of shit!

[felipefreire065]

Se malhar um pouco vai ficar com um estilo maneiro. rssr

Nice job man

[punked9001]

No feellings

não passou a emoção que tinha que passar!

[joedeertey]

You said it yourself mate it is a piano bit and the dude transribed it that pretty amazing!

[SirhcEnit]

This guy goes to school with me...none of us knew how fantastic he was until he had to mention this event by the head. HA.

[KSFALLGUY]

if u listen to the song praying for time, a hit for george michell n the 90s, u will find where this kid coped the melody, even has the same cord progressions, and breaks!pft is a piano piece butt u can put this kids soloing over it, its the same melody! the judges of this must not listen to much music, the winner ripped off a vinnie moore song from the 90s and this kid got a thousand pounds for a cover of a george michell song, lol then they call them original?

[Graysonsoares]

dude can u tell me which song did he rip off?

[KSFALLGUY]

the song is praying for time, a hit from the 90s, its same melody, chord changes, and breaks!

[bat2006]

Lol, it does sound like it a bit

[bigfoot156]

dude ur a fckn tool who cares. you actually think every song that is claimed to be original doesnt have any resemblance to at least one other song? The point is hes a great guitarist.

[Adji87]

pretty damn good, his technique might not be up to the standard as some of the other guys who performed but this composition is pretty wonderful, very heartfelt, and that lick at 1.14 is indeed one of the highlights of the whole event! imo, such a tasteful lick.

[DiegusMaximus]

dude this song is incredible but yeah his technique isn't "godly" like the others i guess you could say. but this composition is amazing

[PaintSkate07]

1:14 is an orgasmic lick

[shawking]

how can i play like 1:14 to 1:16 i have been curious how to play that kind of riff and master that kind of technique..

[Lossaavedra]

This kid is on FIRE!

[murisv]

Nicely done Ben!

[Magnius19]

why isn't Mattrach at the guitar show??

[svartsaft]

his entry didn't show him at his best.. at least that what the judges said

[alabemba]

mattrach isnt here because he suck cock, and is not at the standarts for this competition

[pliskinn0089]

agree with alebembe his not at the standars (mattrach)

[seventhson998]

very well said!

[KSFALLGUY]

and they thought mattrach, couldnt kick this guys ass, lol, preaty sloppy for it being his own song?

[Dagget006]

mattrach is an overrated little kid. his tender surrender video is sloppy as hell - this guys better.