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  • holy shit

  • When Vai uses the finger tremelo tech, it seems to be more *visual* and when Chris uses it you can actally HEAR it. I love Vai (obviously by my Av) but Chris Poland is really re-kindling my motivation and enthusiasm for guitar playing. His influences say a lot for his style. He is not a clone. He is very unique.

  • un grande

  • what is that sexy guitar?

  • @jgroove87 Yamaha 3305, but custom made just for Poland. Other guitars will break by his awesome phrasing but I think we all understand that by now :D

  • This seems really cool. Very awesome approach. And here he kind of reminds me of Devin Townsend in terms of appearance : p

  • If I could pay ten grand out and have his exact setup and tone, I would not hesitate! It still amazes me how many people haven't had time to sit and appreciate Chris' playing style, he is just impossible to replicate even without his exact tone. Such an over-looked guitarist...

  • Ive never heard a guitar solo sound like his... what is it that makes his solo sounds so unique? its alsmot sounds like a synth or some shit... what a genius...

  • wow this guy is still alive with all the drugs and booze.

  • yes i'm viewer 55,666

  • chris and marty are my favorite megadeth guitar players

  • Whenever I hear the name Chris Poland, I always think of him playing metal, but i always forget that he's really a jazz guitarist.

  • Chris Poland is a beast!

  • yamaha's are really nice

  • @theycalledmebob Don't think so, man. They make good starting guitars, but that's about it.

    Motors are beast though!

  • @BenjaminLOfficial I totally agree but i think the R word should be banned.

  • Kirk is a great melodic blues player! Chris comes from a jazz-fusion background! Watch Chris's gear video the tone is Allan Holdsworth meets Michael Schenker! Comparing such vastly different guitar players just doesn't make sense!

  • beautiful

  • he was good in megadeth, but man hes waaayyyyyyy better suited for rock / jazz etc.

  • I wish people would stop comparing Kirk to Megadeth guitarists, hes not even in the same league. Metallica literally got him for the sake of having a guitarist. Mustaine is the power.

  • @ConorSomerz People compare everything to Metallica and Bieber now a days, it's stupid.

  • @TheLawliet08 Bieber does not deserve mention in a fucking CHRIS POLAND video.

  • @ConorSomerz first of all metallica held auditions for the slot and many guys tried out but they decided on kirk. they didnt HAVE to get him

  • @pivetlord13 oh wow :P

  • @ConorSomerz so why didnt they fire him after kill em all??

  • @Megatallicaupyourass I always wondered the same thing myself.

  • Mustaine was once asked in an interview if there was any guitar player he thought he could have learned something from. He said yes, but unfortunately his ego kept him from asking Poland for some guitar pointers. That's high praise from Mustaine. Poland is a mutant player, no one is like him. Peace.

  • @allrapsucks Really? that is awesome I'd love to read more about that, I have some guitar tracks of him on peace sells like black friday and his tone on those are just amazing, he was a legend then and now he is a legacy.

  • @zzzhuh Yes, Mustaine said that in a Guitar World interview I read many years ago. I wish I could tell you what issue, but certainly it must be archived. Mustaine and Poland together - they were completely lethal.

  • His tone is fucking godly.

  • I LOVED him in megadeth.

  • 0:53 Whats wrong with that Chris? you make it sound so amazing anyways!!

  • His vibrato pretty much beats Steve Vai's entire tremolo system.

  • 0:28 - 0:36

    Such a simple phrase. But it contains some of the best tone I've ever heard.

  • He gets some good tone. Sounds like a cross between Carlos Santana and Eric Johnson.

  • WTF his playing is so good that non vibrato notes are vibratoed somehow.

    He is a God! :)

  • Best megadeth guitarists are mustaine, poland, and Friedman.

  • the way he locks his pointer finger looks painful

  • They've had a lot of great leads (Megadeth) but this guy played with the most soul out of any of Mustains lead players. The others are speedier and more machine like but this guy added color to Dave.

  • @mrwilliamwonder speedier ? are you kidding me ? poland was the fastest , just listen to bad omen intro solo poland rapes everyone

  • @cnarro890 I don't know man, Broderick is pretty damn fast.

  • @Tarkess yeah but he uses 2 hands LOL

  • @Tarkess Broderick is alright but Poland's style is way more unique and his fills on stuff like these boots, rattlehead, black friday are just insane. I actually have the black friday guitar track on my profile go check it out and enjoy how clean he is as a player even in the old days.

  • @Tarkess Broderick is alright but Poland's style is way more unique and his fills on stuff like these boots, rattlehead, black friday are just insane. I actually have the black friday guitar track on my profile go check it out and enjoy how clean he is as a player even in the old days.

  • @zzzhuh Oh I like Poland better, but I still think that Chris is the more talented player in terms of playing. I can't say anything about writing or originality, but Chris can play damn near anything.

  • @Tarkess Eh I don't like his live performances of peace sells or anything. I realize that it is hard to give the same sound that the original did but Poland has done solo albums that were beyond great. I do like Broderick however and I'll accept him for Megadeth material ha.

  • @zzzhuh I still think it's kind of hard to compare seeing as how Broderick hasn't written anything of his own yet (at least not that has been released), but from the live stuff I've seen, he nails pretty much all their songs perfectly.

  • from where he gets the pick at 0:27?

  • @neckilljo I think he's using a fingernail as a pick.I may be wrong,though.Maybe he's mastered the art of sleight of hand.

  • POLAND>EVERY SINGLE MEGADETH'S GUITARRIST

  • Can't....stop...looking...at..­.finger....

    I definately prefer Chris's solo work and OHM to his stuff with Megadeth

  • out of the 3, marty chris and chris p. marty is my favorite. but broderick is too technicall, and he doesnt play from the heart, he just goes out and shreds. im not saying he isnt good. he really is, but he needs to write creative solos.. listen to rust in peice.... then listen to endgame.. huge difference. and chris p is phenomonal also, him and marty are very good... should be about as popular as zakk wylde or synister gates but they arent.. which is a drag

  • thats the magic about theory also, see, this is just a mayor scale. that shows how good can theory do to pleople, even without learning that much.

    btw im not saying that chris knows little theory, im just trying to say: wanna sound good when improvising? learn theory, it will get that job done

  • "there was no bad boy image we were just outta control"

  • he kinda looks like what one would think anthony michael hall from the breakfast club would look like all grown up.

  • Didn't realize how good this guy was.

  • R.I.P Chris's hair.

  • @0intelligence0 dude i would cut my hair if i wore his hat haha, it looks badass

  • @0intelligence0 i miss his epic mullet

  • @0intelligence0 lol!that's funny!

  • Why doesnt he use his pinky? and whats up with the violin vibrato?

  • @Fredrick997 Who cares? it sounds good.

  • It's borderline criminal how under-famed Chris Poland and OHM are.

  • He is using the pentatonic scale in his phrase but the melodies of the shredding he pulls out of that scale are just too various with different mood. It is just like making a countless amount of the different tasty foods with the simple ingredients.

  • god hes changed soooooooooooooooo much

  • best vibrato ever. Rapes Kirk

  • @PrepsAndEmosSuck Kirk shouldnt even be brought into this. Chris is a wise, experienced jazz player. Kirk is not

  • @PrepsAndEmosSuck Anybody's vibrato rapes Kirk's.

  • @PrepsAndEmosSuck Most guitar players rape Kirk.

  • @rexasul

    and I've been saying this since 2004, everyone thought he was god back then. that was before youtube. that was when metallica albums sold like hotcakes regardless of quality. their last good album was master of puppets.

    kirk sucks as a lead guitarist; the scales he uses are cool but his phrasing is horrible, his timing is shit and the sound is choppy. Even Dave Mustaine was a better lead - checkout his solos on Wake Up Dead in Megadeth's Peace Sell's album

  • @PrepsAndEmosSuck

    yeah...

    excellent vibrato

  • @PrepsAndEmosSuck Please... dont mention Kirk in the same sentence as the word "vibrato"...thats like including the word "sex" with the name Janet Napolitano

  • @1madaboutguitar Who the fuck is Kirk? Fuck that noob.

  • @PrepsAndEmosSuck Everybody rapes kirk!!!!

    

  • @PrepsAndEmosSuck As a Metallica fan i must say that he rapes all of Kirk techniques.

  • Everyone rapes Kirk. Everyone.

  • @PrepsAndEmosSuck why would you even compair chris poland to kirk? that disrespectful to chris poland. hes wayyyyyyyyyy far beyond anything kirk hammett has ever done.

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  • @PrepsAndEmosSuck kirk doesn't have vibrato, he's got a tremelo bar. guitarists that actually practice and make an active attempt to get better should never be compared to kirk.

  • wowww Chris's phrasing in Ohm is the best i've heard him play & i saw Megadeth plenty in the 80's & he liked to play fast exotic solo's with multiple bends but he has become such an inovator of his own style;)

  • Chris Poland has deffenately matured,,not only as a gutiarist,,but also as a person,,LOOK AT HIM!!!

  • Christ man, his paying is amongst the smoothest ive ever heard, his guitar fucking SINGS. Its SO classically influenced, WOW! Im so glad you pulled out of the heroin chris. Im still struggling however. I gotta ask; why didn't you guys just go on methadone?

  • Hes fucking amazing but holy shit hes old

  • @dreadss64

    If you think he is amazing and old, check out Dick Dale...

  • @dreadss64 fuck u

  • @asianaxeman wow get a life i didnt even say something bad dumbfuck

  • he now wears his guitar a lot higher than he did in his megadeth days.

  • @moonsault2506123 well, probably because his severed tendon in his left hand index finger doesn't allow him to bend his index finger from the middle so he has to play with his palm below the neck

  • One of my favourite guitar players. He's getting way too little attention. More people should see his talent.

  • @JamesKendric Chris Poland is a guitar player's guitarist. Beautiful phrasing.

  • Fucking incredible tone. Great vibrato too. Really unique.

  • killer player and rich tone

  • his tone reminds me of eric johnson

  • @hotdoggravy Eric Johnson's a great comp for Chris Poland...he's way too talented to have played with Deth.

  • @HurricaneTBag You're right, but you can't say Deth are not a talented band. On the contrary, they are one of the most technical metal bands that actually mean anything. Mustaine is not great at lead guitar, but his rhythm skills are brilliant.

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  • @HurricaneTBag Dude...Dave mustaine has had some of the best lead guitarists in metal in his band; Marty Friedman, Chris Poland, and Chris Broderick. All three are insane, chris broderick is probably just as diverse as the other two, but he's like 28.

  • @nomadwarlockrp70 Every lead guitarist he's had has been awesome, and every p;layer that he's had has been far too talented to be Dave's number 2.

  • @HurricaneTBag Another douche bag comment. I'm guessing you think that Marty Friedman would have preferred to play in Metallica? Oh wait...Metallica is "too heavy" for any of the lead players in Megadeth right? Fuckin idiot. Megadeth is the ultimate thrash metal band. Chris Poland really loves what he did in Megadeth so shut your cock pleaser up.

  • @DimitriVHefley Just about any professional would prefer to play with Metallica, simply because it would further their career as a musician. Two, reading isn't your strong suit, we've established this a long time ago. Yeah, Poland likes what he did in Megadeth because he had to kiss Dave's ring later in life to play on TSHF. You're an idiot if you think Poland's Deth stuff is anywhere near as good as his stuff with Ohm or Ohmphries. Or if you think it fits his style and talents more.

  • @HurricaneTBag Once again, another outrages claim, Poland never kissed Dave's ass to play on TSHF. So you think people would prefer to play with Metallica because they are more popular? Another poser fucking statement. Metallica is popular because it's fucking weak music, just like any pop band. I think Peace Sells tops anything he's done with OHM, and Return to Metalopolis is better than his OHM stuff, and I'm a huge OHM fan.

  • @DimitriVHefley Wow, outrageous...that's a mighty big word for you. Poland played on TSHF because he made up with Dave a long time ago and basically kissed his ass and let Dave talk all the shit in the world about him without doing shit. Also, Marty turned his ass down. Metallica a pop band? Get real, they write their own music and got very little radio air play when their music was released. You must think Zeppelin is a pop band too.

  • @DimitriVHefley They have a much more diverse musical profile and let other members contribute far more than Dave lets his guys contribute. In short, you've demonstrated that you know very very very little about music history, much less Metal history. Get back to contributing nothing to society. 

  • @HurricaneTBag Lol just more douche bagness from a douche bag. Chris Poland IIIISSS OHM, not Pag, not Kof, it's all about Chris Poland, go to the OHM website, it's Chris Poland's website. Of course Poland has to let the other members contribute, there are only THREE OF THEM. I love Jazz and Jazz/Fusion, it's amazing but it doesn't compare to the early Megadeth stuff. And what do you contribute to society? Your shit talking? Congratulations retard.

  • @DimitriVHefley The other day I helped two of my friends get out of their lease and collect unemployment from an employer who fired them after they refused to work for free. I also fixed two of their doors and patched a hole in their wall their ex-roommate left. How about you?

  • @HurricaneTBag LOLOL making up scenarios where you're some kind of community hero...LOL you're life is a joke, as are all your youtube posts. Keep it up buddy, your fantasy world keeps growing and growing.

  • @DimitriVHefley Think whatever you need to feel better about yourself. You should try speed.

  • @HurricaneTBag Don't even bother bro.

    That dimitri guy is stilla virgin who spends 24/7 on youtube trying to insult other people for no reason.

    just ignore that fag

  • @bergAgreb The thing is what I'm saying is true, especially for Poland fans, two minute guitar solos over a thrashy riff is below this guys skill and not taking true advantage of his talent. I loved his stuff with Deth, I love Deth, and I'm glad that Megadeth gave a platform for Poland and Marty to launch their careers...but imagine if Allan Holdsworth or Pat Metheny had a career just doing guitar solos in a thrash metal band. Shit would suck, bro.

  • @HurricaneTBag Poland NEVER had a two minute guitar solo in Megadeth, God damn get your facts straight.

  • @bergAgreb LOL you fuckin douche bag, talkin shit on youtube like a little bitch. Me a virgin? Fuckin please, cunt. The only thing I get on youtube for is to shut little wanna be punks up like you. Get back to grade school kiddo, this is for big kids.

  • @nomadwarlockrp70,

    Chris Broderick? No...he's like 40! He might LOOK 28, cuz' he takes great care of himself by working-out and eating right, and with his ridiculous skill-level on guitar, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that he doesn't have time to do drugs (which can age people pretty quickly!)

  • he straight up starts to play the star spangled banner then hes like oh shit

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  • Have none of these people bickering listened to anything on peace sells? Fuck..

  • Where the hell does he get that tone???? Its godlike!

  • @destihado1

    Mese boogie Preamp (1tube) and his Tune settings on the guitar is 0

  • Although i'm not familiar with that terminology (what do you mean 1tube?) thank you very much mate!

  • @destihado1

    uhm 1tube?

    you got Amplifiers with tubes or without

    Tubes are for make a better sound Quality

    with tone you know

  • @gunsproof

    Got it, theres a different word for this in greek and i got confused. Thanks!

  • He roles the tone off, its not on zero.

  • @destihado1 I think he cuts back on the tone on the guitar to get that muted "violin like" sound.

  • @believer06 actually he uses an esp neck pick up in the bridge to get that buttery violin sound

  • @destihado1 i know!!! nobody could ever emulate that butter smooth violin induced guitar sound, it's brilliant \m/

  • @destihado1

    see the big rack behind him?

  • @destihado1 his fingers. 90% of tone comes from the guitarists hands

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  • @destihado1 His fingers dude

  • @destihado1 It's mostly in the fingers I reckon...

  • @destihado1 Clean signal straight into a Bogner Fish. Only like 100- in the world.

  • @destihado1

    Yamaha have really great guitars. The only bad thing is that their pickups may not be so great. But when you put in a new one, man they sound even great. Plus they're really easy to play.

  • It's absolutely hillarious that dave M has said he sang all the solos first in megadeth and then chris and marty just played them...sure dave....

  • yeah, I've noticed the same thing, man. both chris and marty have they own unique style. you can tell that they did they own solos, and mustaine sang a shit to they.

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  • @Sythofin

    lololololo glen drover

  • No its true. If you look carefully on all the Marty and Chris Poland videos you can see they are all wearing an ear piece, which is remotely connected to a mic, Dave is singing into...

    Otherwise they would get stuck and wouldn't know what to play next you see

  • lol (I hope that was internet sarcasm)

  • @1madaboutguitar It is true. Mike Clink said that...Dave often played solos on piano too for his lead guitarists.

    Dave himself objected when Clink wanted Marty to play exactly as Dave wanted. Dave said if Marty can execute his ideas in his own comfort zone of playing that'll be better.

    See, none of these former Megadeth lead players did anything phenomenal since they left the band ... Why ? ? ?

  • What? Are you serious. I mean we are talking about 2 of the most intelligent guitar players/musicians of all time... and your telling me they are both lost without Dave Mustaine composing THEIR solos on a piano. Ha Ha

    I find that very interesting, considering Dave Mustaine only uses pentatonic and chromatic scales yet Marty and Chris both seem to bend the realms melodic creativity with their note selection.

  • @rationemreddere Marty is guitar God in Japan now, nearly equivalent to their version of Hendrix, and Chris Poland has been touring for years with Ohm: and Umphrey's McGee occasionally. Just because they aren't as popular as Deth does not mean they can't be better.

  • @goldenchopsticks Him and Paul have their lives set up PRETTY damn well there

  • Dude really... All professional performers wear an ear piece so that they know where they are, and so that they can hear themselves so that they know they're playing right, and for singing so that they're in tune. It has nothing to do with dave singing solos to them. Also, Dave turned metal off to both of them, which is why they never did anything great afterwards, so you tell me who made who be "Ruined"

  • LMFAO Thanks for making my day with your comment

  • I know. Mustaine sucks balls at lead guitar compared to these guys. Mustaine is pretty average at lead guitar, very sloppy, but people like Chris (both of them) and Marty are just gods

  • Chris looks so old but he is an amazing and underrated guitar player!

  • Is it just me or does he look like Al Bundy from Married with Children?

    Love the tone btw

  • Is it just me or does his tone and phrasing is very reminiscent of Eric Johnson? Seriously Chris Poland is a monster player, he has a killer sound!

  • It does actually...

    far out i would cream myself if i could get that tone on my amp :D

  • lol yeah i want that tone too... my classic 50 is nice but it doesn't sound like *that*

  • He sounds like Johnson, Holdsworth, and keyboaridst Jan Hammer put into a blender to me. Maybe with a hint of Coltrane over it.

  • Lol sounds like a recipe for a great musican.

  • YES

  • his phrasing,somehow,reminds me to michael lee firkins,amazing

  • lol still amazing guitarist.

  • Couldn't disagree more... Chris Poland may be may favorite guitarist when It comes to leads (Hes a god) but Broderick does a solid job on Endgame, and Dave's vocal perfomance is good and of course the riffs are amazing. (His solos are a step up from usual to)

  • music is not about solo,s mate,

  • yea it is.

  • in the whole Marty vs Chris thing....yeah Marty was awesome but for me CChris is just in a league of his own and I think it says something that Chris was the only Megadeth lead guitarist whom Dave didn't have any input on his solos. With Marty and all the other guys Dave would make suggestions about solos and make them change them to suit.

  • awesome. its like hes saying pretty much just to hav a conversation, which could build up to a frantic argument (for lack of better term :-s)

  • sweet and beautiful tone

  • lol If i didn't know this guy i'd never think he used to be ¸in a thrash metal band

  • @Franckisdabest he was allways a jazz guy.

  • That's NOT Chris Poland...this is the brainy/dorky guy from "The Breakfast Club".

    Seriously though - it's good to see this guy's still out there playin.

  • kind of bizarre that him and marty both use predominantly upstrokes. they have slightly similar unothorthodox picking styles

  • Poland really has a great original style, which any musician simply must respect.

  • Thank God he's off the smack :D

  • its funny his guitar tone hasnt changed since peace sells

  • because it's so good!

  • i like his vibrato...very unique

    Nice dude 2!!