Rusty Cooley Test Driving The New Dean RC8!

[superdanlewis]

do i dare say this guy is equally as fast as shawn lane?

[wigmanite]

How doe you set the intonation with fanned out frets ?

[SevenStringShredHead]

@wigmanite same way with regular frets

[wigmanite]

@SevenStringShredHead Yeah I thought so .Some one asked me and I didn't have an answer for them.I guess because the fret is not at a 90 degree angle to the string like normal it seems that it would be different.The harmonic is directly above the fret so it don't matter what angle the fret is at right.

[SevenStringShredHead]

@wigmanite exactly, the string only touches the fret at one point, all the math is done when it's built, for the user it's like any other guitar :)

[merlynfry]

1:38 lol XD

[kbr12080]

he is a cybernetic organisim, tiving tissue over endoskeliton...no shit.

[sXeSnowmansXe]

If Dean hasn't or isn't planning to make this available to the public, I think that's a decision that should be reversed.

[BurnedFaceShreder]

is it harder to play on fanned frets??

[GuitarFretMan]

You're crazy,Rusty.This is sick.

[TheVesselkyt]

Great Job!!! I am a fan of u from Malaysia!!! :)

[Guitareben]

1:33 .... What the fuck....

[BurnedFaceShreder]

@Guitareben Alien calling o.O

[Furui93Shin]

O.o!! That guitar scale is so weird... i bet that most of all guitarist wouldn't be able to shred around 24f that easly(and so I x]). Respect Mr Cooley!!

[MichaelBower93]

I just turned around and stared at my guitar for 1 hour, when I turned this video on.

[AlexMcshred6505plus]

...0_o

that's the first time since i started playing guitar 5 years ago, that i've watched something guitar related that's so amazing i litraly beaved 'that can't of just happend!'

apologise for the spelling, to confuseed to spell properly...

wow, i feel slightly ill...

0_o

[Justasssu]

@AlexMcshred6505plus Aww fuck, he made you pregnant too!

[MyxHarnett]

Come on, who WOULDN'T wanna hamster shred on this thing?

[LoomisMilitia]

Hi Rusty!

When this guitar is going to be available for purchase?

This is an extraterrestrial weapon!!

I want it!

[alspageddi]

Shawn Lane woulda loved this guitar...he always talked about wanting to add a higher string, but there were no guitars with a high A string before his death. Do Shawn proud, Rusty!

[atriuo]

Im curious, what guage do you use for your A4?

[proggod876]

@atriuo you can use a 9 to a 6 gauge

[NosajDurmit]

Hes as fast as dragon force pretend to be.

[Guitareben]

@NosajDurmit *faster

[hoodfigga0987]

@NosajDurmit Eat a dick. Dragonforce is as fast as they sound, but rusty is way faster. Dragonforce is a bunch of beasts with two of the best guitar players in the world. Their speed is exaggerated because of there really fast drummer and their finger tapping, and herman and sam play stuff at the same time so it sounds faster. Guitar players need to stop being so ignorant towards dragonforce.

[cradams]

I think it would take my whole life team to play as many notes as that.

[P1kk3]

what is this i dont even

[metalguy625]

He's shredding so fast Mother Nature told him "sloooooow down," and he said "fuck you bitch" and then he melted her face off with his Godlike Shredding lol

[Zaspor]

I wonder which amp out of all those Rusty likes the most- btw he destroyed that guitar haha!

[ekmad]

1:12 He has an orgasm..... and so did I

[ozzy9691]

1:03 ...i think id go as far as saying id give my middle nut to be able to alternate pick like that

[killersoundz]

I just picture him thinking "I'M RUSTY FUCKING COOLEY LOOK WHAT I CAN DO"

[charvelgtrs]

Widdly Widdly Wee

[Death66reaper6]

do you by any chance do speed before performances? is that your secret?

[damaged01]

How the fuck do you come up with shit like that? Do you listen to Mario music on speed or something?

[nsane366311]

Dean RC8 in stores soon!!!! rusty's playing ability not included :(

[MrHarrie75]

i dont understand why everyone sits around and cheeses their pants over this dude. no offense youre a great shredder with amazing chops, and no i cant even compare to you but ive heard kids younger than me shred just as fast and just as hard even better in some cases. idk i just dont get it.

[longination]

@MrHarrie75 i think there is very little musical about solid shredding like this but as a tecknician he is the the best alive today in my opinion. People may have played some passages fast that they have learn for hours and hoursbut im sure a) there speed is a little bit slower b )they can only play some passages clean or can't properly play clean shred at all. I would never pay to see him play but I believe his skill must be recognised

[naazerable]

The term face-melter has been redefined.

[CyValkarion]

Our master calls...

[sk8b0ard3r]

holy fucking shit

[BuiltWardTough]

Dude, I quit.... I'm kidding. I'll never quit. But wtf... how am I supposed to compete with that?

[JPMisery]

1:36.....GODDAMN Rusty thats sick

[VhMetalx]

So are there plans for a rc8x Rusty?

[JPMisery]

@VhMetalx its out...thats what he'slaying

[VhMetalx]

@JPMisery Thats not what i asked but thanks for trying to help. I asked about a rc8X (emphasis on the X) model. He's playing the rc8. rc8x if anything like the rc7x will be a cheaper model.

[JPMisery]

@VhMetalx oh sorry bout that man

[VhMetalx]

@JPMisery its all good haha

[skratchtat]

Hell yeah Russ!four octave,four finger shred runs....this is the guitar equivalent of those pills that make yr schloong bigger,except this really works!

[julvez19]

Hi rusty, Could you tell me why from the 1st to 12th fret on these 8 strigns guitar are twisted?

Greetings from Colombia :)

[JYZProductions]

@julvez19 their called fanned frets

[MattPurkis]

@julvez19 fanned frets dude. =) the idea is to keep the guita perfectly intune all the way down the neck =)

[Freezaen]

Anyone else notice ths guitar doesn't have a lower string, but a higher string?

[Sevenstringmayhem]

@Freezaen I noticed that too... He mentions it in the video where he's showing it off too, describing the features, etc.

[PrivateSnowballTFC]

1:39

Hold up, gimme a second here...

1:41

If you thought that last lick was cool...

[justinsanesaid12]

so this is what its like seeing jesus play a guitar.

[GuitarGeek112]

Let's see how many comments you get saying "OMG why is teh fretz all weerd lik dat?!?!?!?!?!" They're called fanned frets people, geez.

[00sven00sven00]

@GuitarGeek112 OMG whay are dey calld fand fretzz??

[JoshFischl]

@GuitarGeek112 You can't rip on people *before* they say something you think is dumb, that's cheating. : )

[maurifender]

alguien me puede decir de que planeta viene este tipo!! esto es completamente inhumano...

[xTyleRxShreDx]

And even if you slow his solo's down like half speed, they sound sweet still.

His guest solo on From So Far Away by all shall perish is cooler sounds when you half speed the tab.

God its not fair :( he's to good. But the frets are slanted like that to keep the annotation and scale right.

[ehopkins111]

my dick hurts from cuming too much my bawlz r now drained forever

[Blackmark456]

Hi, i'm rusty cooley.

My name is cool

everything about me is cool

and my beard will devour your soul.

But seriously, how the hell can one man be so damn good at his instrument?

[rocklikebrucelee]

3:38 that's inhuman!!!

[BARKMATTER]

Rusty at 1:38-1:39 "Oh shit...I gotta get my away from fretboard otherwise it might catch on fire!"

[robostomo1]

"hi this is rusty cooley, and this is dont try to play this or your hands will melt"

[GrunesMannchen]

rusty cooley + uber rack + 2 peavey hi end amps+ diezel herbert = facemelt

[CyValkarion]

WE ARE NOT WORTHY!! WE ARE NOT WORTHY!!!

[D4vidgd]

Now try to play that fast on the clean channel.. or with less gain

[dimeowns100]

@D4vidgd ah shut up

[MrPudgypants]

1:35 "whoa, getting a little too awesome there"

[deathhoundpack]

Time to quit and or kill myself -.-

[crabappleslikeme]

How the fuck do you manage with those slanted frets?

[MrEllinaras]

At 1:35 and at 1:45 it sounds like super mario.Hyper speed.

No human is able to play like this.

[metaldemonseanknels]

the most bad ass part was the hair flip at approximately 1:40 lol t'was absolutely brutal

[Wolfesscythe117]

Dude.. SLOW THE FUCK DOWN!.

[Reav0816]

@Wolfesscythe117 

[Six2wo]

Shit! I thought Poke'mon was evolving!

[MetalUpYerArse1992]

The beard fucking rocks dude!!! Grow that shiiit!!!!

[wslx0195]

what happened to the conklin that you had a while back in your 8 string jam vid

[HeavyMetalRage1]

@wslx0195 This was built by Dean for the consumer market, 8 strings are pretty rare .

[thepissflap]

@HeavyMetalRage1 "8 strings are pretty rare"

not so much these days.. Ibby , ESP and Agile saw to that..

[sk8monster112]

why are the frets angled on the neck like that?

[dannyzep92]

@sk8monster112 to compensate for string tension so he doesnt have to use a thinner gauge string its pretty much the same thickness as a regular high E. hope this helps!

[Daluzmmania89]

damn! I thought I was a good guitar player until this! Until this! He melted my brain and it just oozed out of my ass.

[elchristo7205]

thank you so much for helping to bring the 8 string back the only people you see with them is little core kids that play the exact same thing just a octave lower. ohhhhhhh and keep rocking the beard

[serazac25]

hope that red xenocide graphic be available on your rc7g :D

[TheStonedAsian1]

can you get the rc7 in this colour?

[fuckbwo]

Mr Cooley, are you a member of the Justice League?

[HurricaneTBag]

@fuckbwo They kicked him out for being too hardcore.

[MylesPetruskavich]

that array of amps gave me an instant stiffy

[222phobos]

mmmm rusty cooley has a new "robinson crusoe" style :)

nice play anyway

[berserker213]

i don't know which grabs more attention - the playing or the holy wall of gear behind you lol

[RobinStrower]

I sounds killer it looks killer, it´s a true beast. It sounds awesome.

Robin :o)

[danukenator123]

The LEDs in the backround are blinking slower than the notes your playing

[Death66reaper6]

WARNING: before you watch this video put on a bib to avoid getting your melted face on your shirt

[truedimebagdarrell]

Great axe but I don't know why the frets are "fanned"(I guess I heard people call it like that)? What kind of advantage this feature gives?

[MrCameronBarton]

@truedimebagdarrell The low side is a normal 25.5 inch scale and the high side (tuned to Ab) is a shorter scale because of the increased tension.

[truedimebagdarrell]

@MrCameronBarton Thx!

[Ironb3rry]

@MrCameronBarton

Actually, I believe the high side is actually 23.5 or somewhere in that neighborhood so that he can accommodate the high G#. The low string is actually tuned to Bb.

[WISRULEZ]

i just had an orgasm =O

[SuperGuitarNerd]

Oh... You guys can smell that too? I wouldn't worry about it... It's just Steve Vai shitting himself... : )

[MrLewis666]

this has to be the best shred performance ive seen on youtube

[Schpudd]

im not fan of fanned frets

uh that reads wrong

i dislike fanned frets

absolutely savage playing though

[joshthemag]

so you didn't learn anything from watching john petrucci? once you take it past 2 million bpm you risk imploding the Earth and setting the universe on fire.

[screechweasel]

I'm convinced his parents were a rainbow and a unicorn and his guitar is made of wind.

[guitars357]

I think my brain just melted and came out my ass...

[UltimateNeoHunter]

The only thing I don't like about this guitar is the headstock design. It would go better with the fanned frets if it were inverted so that all the tuners were along the bottom edge instead of the top.

[TruNikkaz]

in 10 years rusty will have an RC9 with a super High D string!!

lmao, not really, but that would be awesome

no one would have faces anymore, would be shredded right off

[johnaiton]

1:39

No one has ever moved their hair back in a more epic way.

[slimerandtheslob]

Thats how you shred up the guitar kids =)

[asd616]

nice guitar

i guess doing barre chords is a little harder?

[SeanStephensen]

how much does this thing cost?

[Nidaime299]

lava lamp on teh amp XD

[MusicianofStark]

Hey Rusty, i work at The Music Farm in Orville, Ohio and I was wondering when your going to be coming down for a visit.

[mop230]

I wish he would give me that guitar :( I want an 8 so bad! I just bought a seven string and it's not enough!

[Footballzeal]

fucking speed starting from 29:3 till 41 :3 , just like I play fast forward on the video , fucking killer speed rusty can have

[BettchersGuitar]

haha. the description says "I'm really just starting to get the hang of it again". WHATEVER!!!! that was crazy. I wish I could "Just start to get the hang of it".

[kbkbabbie]

Badass!! I've got a question: Why do you roll the volume down during the 1-second rests? Rolling down the volume is a habitat of me too, but I only use it in longer rests. Is it because of the feedback? Thanks!

[AshFromCan]

what are the two extra strings tuned to in standard tuning?

[espltd12]

Hey do those slanted frets hider your playing at all?

[ItsA6StringThing]

@espltd12 They make it easier to play high, helps intonation too.

[glaurung26]

This guitar definitely looks sweet. It just screams metal!

[tmvestbo]

you really schould check out a norwgian bassplayer named erlend or something ?.....his youtube name is bajskung

[Sphereal]

If the highest string is tuned to A...what is the gauge of that string?!?!

[Six2wo]

I just came, now i gotta clean off my screen!

[WetFart8000]

Low B and a high A... something of pure genius. F# on the bottom sounds fucking shitty on 8 strings in my opinion... Mr. Cooley, you sir have done 8 strings right. Sick shredding too... you never disappoint! xD

[SwampAshHSS]

FAKE, j/k

[Nidaime299]

god wants his hands back o-o

[Nidaime299]

god whats his hands back!!!

[jeanseb36]

SSSSSIIIIIIIICCKKKKKKKK

[DixieRebel]

Mach 6,000...

[P5ych00]

man, wonder what it's like to be a rockstar haha, nice work rustey! I think you might actualy be able to achieve what every man couldn't... and thats be at the same level of greatness with chuck norris... and chuck fucked a bear up by using his eyes!

[P5ych00]

man, wonder what it's like to be a rockstar haha, nice work rustey! I think you might actualy be able to achieve what every man couldn't... and thats be at the same level of greatness with chuck norris... and chuck fucked a bear up by using his eyes!

[PeaceMaker567]

Words can't describe what I just saw. Rusty you have an amazing sounding guitar! By the way, what kind of camera are you using?

[SoundOfAShark]

8 STRING DEAN GUITARS! OMG!

why are the frets curved on the first 12 frets :(

[EskilRask]

@SoundOfAShark it's called a "fanned fret" guitar. it's made so the lower string are like on a baritone guitar (because the mensur is 28" i think), while the higher strings are like a normal guitar (25.5"). and this is because then the lower strings wont become so floppy.

[Incisionator]

@SoundOfAShark I think it's because he has just one added low string, and an added high string. No idea what that extra high string is tuned to though, my guess is A.

[beyondwithin]

sweet shredding and a sick beard! go Rusty!

[Nidaime299]

wat are legato,vibrato, and tremelo? im new to the guitar world

[Nidaime299]

wat are legato,vibrato, and tremelo? im new to the guitar world

[Nidaime299]

wat are legato,vibrato, and tremelo? im new to the guitar world

[TheNiclaise]

Fucking amazing enough said about that. I have been putting alot of your frettboard autopsy techniques on my five string bass. 5 string extended scales on bass rule thanks brotha.

[marcdrumz]

nice stuff, man! My guitarist borrowed one to try out, and isnt sure if he'll give up his 7-string Carvin, yet... but he's thinking about it!!

[mop230]

Do you ever impress yourself? lol

[mop230]

Do you ever impress yourself?

[TFIFH]

There's nothing left after the test drive lol

[watt3256]

TEACH ME!!!!!!!

[JRBain7]

Those chops are frankly frightening. Mere mortals can't play that fast!

[Jeijo1]

so tell me rusty, why doesnt this beast have a kahler floating tremolo but a fixed one?

[jaykeunit]

Does anyone know if there is a reason for the frets being angled, or is it just for looks?

[DiesEtIrae]

@jaykeunit

Its called fanned frets.

All came about on custom shop extended range guitars and basses. Its meant to give you a more natural/ergonomic feel to the fret board and be easier to play. More natural hand positions.

Plus it does look cool =P

[DJBroPro]

@jaykeunit it makes the scale of the neck longer for the lower strings, keeping them tight at low tunings without making the higher strings too tense

[DJBroPro]

@jaykeunit it makes the scale for the lower strings longer, which keeps the low strings tense at low tunings without creation too much tension on the highs

[WastegateAction]

@jaykeunit It's a multi scale neck. He explains it in another video. The high A string would break and/or never hold it's tune on a normal, 25.5" scale, straight fretted neck.

[mymassacre10]

@jaykeunit all for the intonation

[jaykeunit]

Does anyone know if is there a reason for the frets being angled, or is it just for looks?

[DeathPenguin1000]

Damn, you're one of the cleanest players I have ever seen.

[gitarmats]

intense playing, very nice!

Guitar seems very good!

[JeffreyLWong]

Fkn' Rusty!!!!

You make guitar fun to play...amen

Brutha

[ExtremeBogom]

Rusty your one of the only guys keeping that original, manic style of shred alive.

Your first 3 cfh instructionals pretty much sorted me out; especially EP.

You brang together all the right points into a few instructional videos.

I've seen many of the famous ones from hot licks, REH, star licks, but your ones brang it all together with new innovative approaches.

Your fretboard visualisations, and legato workout stuff REALLY helped my playing.

Thanks alot, and keep shredding.

[ThrashDeth17]

This guitar is eautiful. I must say, though, that I m still not sure why the frets areslanted. Can someone elighten me?

[klummster88]

@ThrashDeth17 It's so that when you tune the low B, it has a scale of 25.5 to keep tension. But to tune the high A you need a lower scale to tune it, otherwise the string would just snap. Rusty Cooley says it's not to make it easier to play or to make it look better, it's just so that they could add another string.

[atmaanur]

wow, looks like an 'adults only' guitar to me...hehe. you are killin' it bro...awesome!

[HellMustFearMe777]

Howmuch is this guitar then?? Will it be a productionmodel?

[ThisIsSephiroth]

just gettin the hang of it huh, ...when i get my rc8, i hope get "hang" of it too! kick ass though, the guitar and the shredding. i can't wait to try one of those beasts out! ty rusty and dean for this guitar! truly inspiring , all of it!!

[silatyogi]

Love the axe very cool Rusty! Best wishes brother

-Santiago Dobles

[josephvincentguitar]

How I wish I owned one of these,

you touring now or anytime soon?

I may be in ability to open for you.

Opened for a few greats in the past,

MAB and Buckethead,

I'd love to get the fastest alive on my list.

[P5ych00]

The RC-8 is just to badass to break a string... it was constructed by the gods of Mount Olympus, forged by Chuck Norris HIMSELF! and it's creation supervised by Keanu Reeves... yes it's an instrument of great power one that only Rusty can truly wield...

[P5ych00]

The RC-8 is just to badass to break a string... it was constructed by the gods of Mount Olympus, forged by Chuck Norris HIMSELF! and it's creation supervised by Keanu Reeves... yes it's an instrument of great power one that only Rusty can truly wield...

[PikaEvil]

BADASS, cant wait to see it. Everyone nedds to request dean to mas produce it

[MrMetalbarD]

nice designe amazing Color and badass fret  :D

bro U are fu**** amazing

[887PIX788]

IMO, this guitar has WAY more Balls than your RC7. The Sustain is ridiculous. Quite literally the perfect guitar. The only way this guitar could get any better would be if it could give sex and make you food. Idea for the RC9? lol badass bro

I think I almost died from the awesomeness