Michael Angelo Batio - Live in Japan 1989

[elvisdustin]

HOLY SHIT

[pflo99]

I think its cute when deaf guys play guitar.

[Garortito]

freight train!

[gutch666]

in that time he played like herman lee... very fast but no cool

[lovetomockandpraise]

the sound was to epic for the camera to handle

[7Finch]

Most if you think that he memorizes(plays it exact the same live as on his soundtracks) every single solo he does. NOPE. None does that except those guitarists without musical theoriy and clue what scales mean.

[MABvideo]

Yup, that's right 7Finch. MAB does have set melodies in songs, but when it comes to solos he likes to change it up even when they are blazing fast solos. Django" Reinhardt is one of MAB's big influences, and it's been said that Django never played a song the same way twice, and he played complicated gypsy jazz.

[TYRANTSofTRANCE]

I disagree Thats the only reason he can play this shit and not NEED to memorize it. Its so ingrained in his mind it is natural.

[2pacdragonforce]

you are fukin shithead, michael plays the exact same thing every time!

[D1MEBAG1996]

@2pacdragonforce suck my dick u fat piece of shit go die

[metalkritic]

noodles anyone?

[albatross111]

"MICHAEL BATTO!!!!"  lol

[ProctaviaShappaz]

um, yes he can......

[junkyjuice21]

NOT EVEN MAB CAN PLAY MAB's SOLOS!!!!

[HamerScarab1]

Where do you found this?

[PhiyukYu]

I love how he can shred like that in a song like this and he won't be using the pentatonic and it will sound just as cool

[MacNitro]

29 Frets!

[MetalHeadMat666]

I thought it had 27.

[MABvideo]

It's 29 frets.

[rippinkorpse]

can u only get a guitar with that many frets if u custom make it? any particular reason why guitars with that many frets are not sold?

[MABvideo]

I've seen a washburn with 36 frets but I'm sure that's not the only kind of guitar like that. I don't build guitars so I'm not exactly sure the reason why, but basically from what I can tell not everyone needs that many frets, plus your sound will differ depending where the pickups are, how much of the body is cut away to accommodate for the excessive fretboard, etc. That will also affect the tone.

[MagyarRockerHonved]

no man its got to do with the Octaves... if you have 24 frets thats 2 octaves per string ...

[hldemi]

Because the frets would be so small and there is no need for producing that hich pitch cause it s not enjoyable to most people .

[MrYngwie88]

@MacNitro i want a guitar with 30 frets and 10 strings hahha a killer guitar

[thirdasian]

I hear a lot of Deep Purple influences in this song. It's pretty cool.

[karateguitarkid]

I want that guitar :D

[fingomsincs]

i couldnt find any pic of that guitar, i just have the speed kills video...

[zackvanhalen]

This is the sickest shit ever, but there should be a singer.

[kbkbabbie]

listen to the original Nitro song called Freight Train there you have vocals

[zackvanhalen]

I know the song has vocals with Nitro, but I didn't read the description. I assumed that this was after Nitro broke up. But still for me this is overkill. I mean he blows his load on the first song. By the first half hour I'd be "shredded" out. And I'm a shredder:)

[getrocked]

Dude... his voice is synthesized all through that song.

[MABvideo]

No, Jims voice is NOT synthesized in the song. They used NO effects, completely dry. They did layer his voice in harmonies though, but all of the harmonies he recorded and sung individually, no effects.

[lacoboys]

also i never realized that guitar was fucking huge

[slayen13]

32 frets

[MABvideo]

It's actually 29 frets, although Michael did use a 36 fret guitar on the OFR album! His custom 'Rocket' Guitar is made of military grade aircraft aluminum.

[Nitrosycho88]

which must be heavier than a bicycle

[MABvideo]

Actually on the contrary, he shows off this guitar in his studio tour from Guitar World (it's on my favorites list) and he says that the guitar is very light.

[Phrygian12]

"aircraft aluminum"

it has to be pretty light

come on "Aircraft"

[OneGuitarDude]

How do you know he used a 36 fret guitar on O.F.R. Very curious...

[lacoboys]

what a fucking god, he makes it sound like its not even a guitar anymore

[cromotor]

bien copete como tocas la guitarra mi gente a ver si no te sale humo de los dedos guarda eh que te pode que marrrrrrrrrrrrr

[saucychurch23]

this video is amazing!!! nitro vids a not very common let alone a freakin instrumental version of freight train!! amazing i love it

[Macedonia71]

Fark...!! Yep, rare as fuck alright!!

I raise My glass to the Dude that posted the shit. It's guys like Him that love sharing such killer shit, to us MetalFuckingHeads!!

... thanks from behalf of all of us, MAB freaks!!

Keep posting smoking shit mate, later!!

[evilsizer18]

wow poor hands

I like his style on guitar

BLAZING!

5/5

[jasonpfrey]

Wow this is MAB playing "Freight Train" by his band at that time Nitro, without vocals! What a trip! How RARE - this rules!

[llWPGll]

japan are full of good guitar players they're probably watching him with a magnifying glass xD

[lokutub]

This Is kool Stuff.............

[shadows105]

cool

[LuIsHuNt]

THE BEST!!! MAB I love u

[Doggersamm]

AWESOME!!

[gape008]

I can't believe that nobody's watching this videos... Too bad.

[MABvideo]

There aren't that many comments because I had to reupload this.

[martinfavento]

my hero:)