ESP Guitars: Stephen Carpenter (Deftones) Interview 2011

[blindside0304]

hes the best. cool to see him reference Page Hamilton too

[bigrawbio]

Love those 8 strings man.....Sounds so brutal

[yungbubbabush]

In the beginning of the vid i wanted to scream "GUNS RAZORS KNIFES!! fuck with me"

[MrNobody425]

Just sold my 7 string and back on a 6 and GODDAMN is he right about the switch back...

[GuitarBoyEvan]

they do make tunomatic bridges for 8 strings!!! KAHLER

[IMusHRooMHeaDI]

3:45 I don't understand what he's talking about.

[sporkcrx]

@IMusHRooMHeaDI Flaws as in scratches, sour notes, etc. on the recorded song

[Battlescar2]

What song is that at 1:07?

[IMusHRooMHeaDI]

@Battlescar2 ''You've Seen The Butcher''. It's off their new album, Diamond Eyes.

[maharaga1]

yah get a 8 thing shi t, later try to play like dimebag dude dmn

[shredmeister27]

Can someone please tell me what the first song is!?

[InfernalKamikaze]

@shredmeister27 rocket skates deftones

[roh00002]

I love how Stef switches tuning and guitars after every record B-) wonder what he'll use on the next album...

[rockshow256]

@roh00002 9 STRING LOLOLOL

[101SpottedRats]

@roh00002 heard that he has been jamming with the 8string in drop d or something. so an octave lower than a 'normal' 6string in drop d

[sportsportsport]

I love this guys philosophy.

[Jdmponcho6]

Freaking Stephen carpenter is my idol man!!!

He is so dope!

[genericband212]

That guitar is fucking huge!!!!

[chubbychad]

This dude made my day when he finally looked up and acknowledged the crowd.... Thanks Steph!

[TheMetalhead804]

hey esp is the stephen carpenter signature model in natural gloss discontinued???? please please respond. thanks

[skogaholmslimpan]

@TheMetalhead804

They don't make it anymore, been trying to find one too

[skogaholmslimpan]

@TheMetalhead804

They don't make it anymore, been trying to find one too

[Ohgottis]

Seems to be really a cool dude

[MrConassassin]

Whats the name of the song they are playiing in the back ground?

[MrAlru78]

Such a likeable guy.

[horacioabraham]

4:18 Best Life advice I have ever heard.

[horacioabraham]

Anything he strums is utter instant brilliance!

[metalmix1957]

When I went to see them live, he gave me picks, and the setlist. and im fucking 12!

[azombiestool]

Gah I freaking love Stephen. I was so privelaged to sit front row at their concert here in ATL in front of Stephen! I love how he'd turn around after every song or two to take a smoke haha. So badass.

[xDannyDeathcorex]

Too bad the ESp 8 string will always be unaffordable. :(

[PSNDaSingh]

@xDannyDeathcorex There's one on GuitarCenter website for 450$.

[TheMinerva14]

@PSNDaSingh yeah but its not baritone thats what stephen plays

[k5lta]

@xDannyDeathcorex yeah those ESP models kill Me Wallet!!!! lol

[darkdeviltj101]

I want the SC-8 So fucking badly!!!!!!

[LTDViperDeli]

I really appreciate his words at the end about how making music should be fun. For those of us who play music, whatever genre it is, it's strange how quickly we lose sight of that. Whenever I start feeling like I'm getting in a rut with my playing, I'll remember these words.

[k5lta]

yeah those Floyd Roses really get on my mothafuckin nerves!!!!! i only have one Floyd Rose and the shit is blocked out and the guitar is tuned to A Tuning lol

Stef is a BEAST!!!!!!!

[Ningirsutyr]

@k5lta What Carpenter is saying is no reason to swing to fixed bridges as you can solve the same problem by simply installing the Tremol-no system on any Floyd Rose equipped guitar while you'd still retain the ability to do dive bombs ;-| That's the kind of stuff which makes me think sometimes that some of those professionals have horrible guitar techs..

[k5lta]

@Ningirsutyr yeah maybe, i have a Tremol-no system in mines, the person that gave me it knows that i dont use the tremolo, so he installed it for me.

[Ningirsutyr]

@k5lta It didn't fail you yet on anything, right?

[k5lta]

@Ningirsutyr Nope, its still working like new.

[reversegenesis]

any idea who he has photos of on the guitar he's holding?

[Bouifman]

there are no rules to it, no limitations > yeah, that's why i love steph and deftones so much, always exploring new horizons. steph if def

[Dreamfullofzen]

Cool Vid. I'll stick with my 80s esp for now though.. lol

[MrManny7426]

Dope ass guitars!!!

[MrVesanique]

The man, the myth, the motherfucking legend.

[westernfilet]

Great piece - and like others said, he seems like a cool dude.

[Ceejay1523]

First video ive seen of Steph not being high.

[onenewmurderer]

@Ceejay1523 anytime you think he may not be high, i guarantee he is....

[Ceejay1523]

@onenewmurderer: true dat. true dat.

[onenewmurderer]

@Ceejay1523 haha gotta love Steph

[IceKoldKilla1992]

@Ceejay1523 haha

[paparoachschecter]

Awesome Guy!

[espltdguitarlover]

Nice guy.. great guitar... ESP/LTD rules!!

[MrAdammassacre]

what a realy cool dude and a very sheckshe geetar too \m/

[Mo7Vsta]

i think 8 is too much, 7 is ok but yeah, id get a 8 string more as a toy, pretty sweet guitars tho! haha

[Blackened1993]

i like his view on the world, what a guy!