YYZ Rush

[Buzzedd777]

nice work.

[rushboy83]

that was excellent man!!! you've got talent!

[761178]

i like the flames

[supertonic22]

this was the first song I really tried to learn to play when I was 15...i see I wasn't the only one!!^ good on you mate, and you do Geddy justice. I'm sure if he saw this, he'd be proud of you!

[gdgonzal]

Thanks man, I appreciate that...yeah I learned this when I was 15 too. Of course my recollection was that I played it much better then, probably because I had 8 hours a day to practice. :)

[KennethTM]

wahhah xd

nice performancee!! (Y)

[getonmywick]

YES.... RUSH DO RULE, YOU ARE CORRECT

[sponk2007]

kicked ass once you started getting into it, very nice. but the flames, lol. tad cheesy

[journeyquest1]

Very good how bout spanish fly from vh?

[0n0405]

Good job !

[jay2rocks]

you got a little to fancy on the solo it sounds better when there is not as much throne on it (what you did on a few parts)

[brianchristie]

Nice work my man. That rocked!

[Ickythump33]

HOLY CRAP!

ive been trying to learn this, and this blew me away... nice job man!!!

[capnquack]

I have to say I just went through the torture of watching about 10 poeple flub their way through this and you were the only one worth listening to. Simply awesome. I hope you're making good money with whatever band you're in.

[ktulu193]

Indeed you are on fire!

[M3lanc0r]

Godlike

[xXxBorknagarxXx]

almost perfect!!!

[psykatic]

You rock hard, dude! Impeccable rhythm, and you look like you get very absorbed into the music and that is what counts most!! ;D

One very small thing... it's probably the audio of the video, but your string bends in the beginning are just a smidgen above the perfect (in terms of tonal symmetry) tone.

[bibbybobjo]

sick

[globelthreatx]

ur an insperation :D

[slashjr123]

You're awesome!

How long have you been playing for?

[unholymonk117]

that was beautiful!

[FaloxMagic]

how can i get fire on me O.o

xD

Very nice performance.

Congrats :B

[lasgo3565]

i just want to learn that thing he starts doin at 1:18

[mrschneider88]

all he does is flip the screen in editing.

[senseilifesonsappren]

It's a camera trick... either that or he did another video of himself playing a left handed guitar.

[PaybackTyme]

so good!

[PaybackTyme]

damn amazing!!!!

i am trying to learn the song, i dont find it easy, bravo there mate!!!

[BradRamsay]

you're a beautiful man

[Rogerthat02]

i love yyz since i play gh2,

but i never seen sum1 play it on guitar and you doing it really good.

Good job.

[nman345]

What specific effects are you using? Distortion? Chorus?

[gdgonzal]

Distortion and some flange w/some tape echo during the lead ride and solo.

[RJNRJN18]

nice sound u have there. good job. u should check out mine and tell me what you u think from one guitarist to another. the sound isnt as good as yours but comments would be much appreciated. cheers dude keep u the exellent work

[jsngrdo]

dude.. your so good lol

[quarterfinals]

execelent job holmes!!

what software did you use for the effects and stuff

[gdgonzal]

Line 6 mostly

[quarterfinals]

oh i meant for the video

[gdgonzal]

oh sorry...hmmmm, not sure. I think it was something that came with Nero.

[PINKpenguinsOFDOOM]

holy shit, youy guitar skills totally kicks ass and yeah, RUSH RULES

[robloxrules]

:O wow

[PJHAIGHT]

You've accomplished all that i've ever wanted to do with a guitar. My dream is now to be on stage playing guitar with Rush on the song YYZ. My name up in lights... screaming fans.. all in a days work for them. I dream of being as good as they were!!!

[cabetoaguirre]

rock on yea!!!

[darknesslightfalls76]

holy shit u fuckin rock dude

[jacksonm88]

Has anyone noticed that he plays a portion of this song right handed and then a portion left handed. This isnt fake either. WTF rock on!

[slamminjamminryan]

lmao man, i hope your joking....hes inverting the camera..,(notice the electric drumset in the back going to the other side of the room) anyway, great job "gdgonzal"

[ahvaimusicom]

dude that fricken rocks!

[craigrose007]

WOW!!! Very Nice... fav song from Rush.

[haneri10]

My god, that was kickass! I can only dream of playing that song!

[XxSevenXFoldxX]

Awesome man. Fuck yeah. Neil Pert, Best drummer in the world. No lies.

[runemaga12]

oh my gawd!!!! you fucking rock the streets man your on fire!!!!!!!!

[palikeroo]

wow! ambidextrous man awesome!

[petec525]

Looks more like he flipped the video over horizontally. PS: Awesome! :D

[funkymonkz13]

what tuning are you using

[iiiz]

how the hell did you do that?

[redneckpoet]

Excellent dude! Well done! :)

[salfademas]

You obviously played all 3 parts on this. It's a tough thing to pull off, but you do a credible job. And yes, Rush does in fact, rule.

[nicovaras22]

that awesome mannn

rate mine! watch?v=RtDZaE4gmPw

[blacksabbath101910]

awsome job man, RUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lespaulplayer1111]

holy fuck that was crazy if u filled in for the guitarist in rush u would never know it

[Mancalaman]

You fuckin monster.

Unbelievable

[infestedduke]

u rocking dude for how long have u been playing?

[KiLLeRMiKe632]

Nice jod you play good, and the fire nice touch.

[musicman0113]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ur on ffffffffffiiiiiirrrrrrrrreeeee­e.

i love fire hehehehehehehehe.

[aGirlNamedG0o]

nice job. cool video effects too hehe.

[blazinscion]

you played so well you set your house on fire!!!

great job

[randyrhoadspwns]

man your good

[jadu282]

cool, playing guitar hero and watching people like u makes me want to learn how to play a real guitar..

[brauhedges]

yea i know it does man lol

[afshin702]

Awesome job man. How long have you been playing?

[gdgonzal]

For awhile now, I did the whole metal head thing back in the 80's...you can fill in the rest yourself. :>)

[wesler10]

hey dude that so cool nice camera settings lol keep up the good work what amp modeling software did u use

[gdgonzal]

All sorts of Line 6 products and VAMP2...

[wesler10]

oh thanks

[uksteyn]

do u play bass too?

[gdgonzal]

I do, but not on any of these backing tracks.

[jkidd999]

what amp and guitar are you using?

[gdgonzal]

The guitar is a modified Schecter and I do not use amps...haven't for a couple of years. I use various amp modeling software right into a board. I do this with all the instruments, even the drums which are rolands.

[michael0hara]

dude you shred

[TehMphPwnzor]

wow.....dude my jaw was on the floor the whole time that i watched this video....rock on man u were freggin awesome

[gdgonzal]

Thanks!  I appreciate it.

[Hecter123]

what guitar is that?

[gdgonzal]

It's a modified Schecter.

[gregalabama]

Great job.  Almost perfect!

[aussiguitarplayer565]

waita kick guitar hero players asses

[psych0billyfreak0ut]

You're awesome dude... I've tried this song on my guitar and I just can't get the verse riff to flow like you can, it sounds chunky when I play it.

[AWESOMEaustin99]

great job...........i think it should be illegal to post guitar hero II vids.....i mean i am good at it but i don't flaunt it around.

[jewishgodnecro]

Dude believe me...you can get laid with your guitar skills. I'm not getting laid from GH2, no matter how good I am. And don't feel bad, because alot of people who play real guitar can't play GH2. Seems that their fingers want to move to notes that GH2 doesn't provide.

[Slice267]

how long did it take you to learn this?

[Slice267]

Dude...You Rock! How long did it take you to learn this?

[jewishgodnecro]

Wow dude....I play this song on Guitar Hero II, so I know how insanely hard this song is to play...I can't even imagine how hard it is to play on a real axe...super technical song...you are a fucking beast!

[gdgonzal]

Well if you can play this on Guitar Hero II then right back at you. I tried to play it and I completely sucked.

[gdgonzal]

Thanks!!!!

[HarmonicMinorJ]

Nice

I see you didnt follow the silly tabs i've seen floating around. Good to see you played the first run in the correct easier position!

[gdgonzal]

Well somewhere on this thread I've said this, but it's worth mentioning again. First, thanks...second, I actually did see the tab. The notes are correct but the inversion/position are, as you say, silly. So I just tweaked it a bit and I also rarely completely rely on tab. It's usually a combination of tab, notated music and my ear...with the latter having the final word.

[spillmeister94]

rock on dude, I like the improv on the solo

[MasterShake2332]

dude u own at playing yyz. Props to you man.. Very well done!

[jimzer]

sweet axe.

[blazinscion]

awsome that sounded awsome also remember stop drop and roll

[vagabond197979]

Very nice! I'm a guitarist myself and would love to be able to play YYZ that well. Sidenote - Did you start to get worried when the house was burning down?

[tH3JmAn912]

is it just me or did he play lefty and right?

[gdgonzal]

Well aren't you clever, that's what it looked like, eh. Actually I just reversed the image to make it appear as though I shifted camera position. The downside of this is that right switches to left...but I'm right handed in case you were wondering.

[thansen1983]

Well done! really, well done!

[Jaymoney35]

oh i forgot to tell you how much you rock. RUSH 4 LIFE

[Jaymoney35]

hey dude, can you send me the tabs from where you learned this, or (god no) did you learn it by ear?

[gdgonzal]

Well I learned this song a long time ago, and I used a combination of sheet music, tabs and my ear. I rarely rely solely on tabs, ultimately it has to sound right to me. If I had the tabs I'd gladly give them to you but I don't, sorry.

[kawgie]

hey you know the red hot cili peppers ???

[r0ckaf0x]

That modified guitar solo was INSANE! By the way, you look really familiar...

[mrpresident4200]

pretty good,my old band covered this song,2112,and la villa,my favorite rush tunes,geddy is god

[Sasuke73]

how did u do that man it cool

[gdgonzal]

It's just practice, really there's no secret or anything. Thanks!

[fonehtiks]

which guitar are you using?

[gdgonzal]

It's a modified Schecter hardtail.

[AnubisXII]

Dude. I really dig the personal touch you put on that solo. Reminded me of how Alex improvises when he does it live. That was some good stuff. Give yourself a high-five.

[gdgonzal]

Thanks, and also for picking up on what I was trying to accomplish. A few have commented that I wasn't playing it "note-for-note", but they were missing the point...I wasn't trying to play it "note-for-note". I've been down that road, it's much more fun to try and make it your own while preserving the "a la Lifeson" feel. At some point I believe you need to move beyond the original notes, so that's what I tried to do.

[alec0jw]

hahahahah! I love the fire effect!

[MikeBad2]

that was really good. I'm just curious, why did you catch fire?

[gdgonzal]

There's no scientific explanation for spontaneous human combustion...it just happens and no one knows why.

[DrummerBoy1002]

awsome!!!!

[Xentoes]

your great man!

[Sasuke73]

dang dude ur good I love it 10 out of 10

[gdgonzal]

Thanks, I appreciate that!

[bruckster15]

NICE!

[GAMER654]

Geez, ur pretty freakin good

[96magna]

I am a huge rush fan...that was great!!!

[gdgonzal]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[machaeroguy]

Great Playing. Great Tone.

[HamerD]

fucking ownage

[fedroger]

YOUR SOUND IS REALLY FULL

[gdgonzal]

You might be surprised to know that I didn't record this in stereo...there's no panning. I decided to go this route assuming most would be using standard pc speakers.

[flavalo]

perfect!

rush the best!

[ballbag120]

Impressive !!! Thanks for sharing

[gdgonzal]

Thanks for listening!

[jaseal71]

Good job dude. I'm impressed.

[linkinpark2007]

this is awesome my boyfriend will love his he can play yyz too!

[gdgonzal]

Glad you liked it!

[merlin9000]

did you record all the parts? if so, then it was very good!

[gdgonzal]

If you're asking me if I recorded all instrument, yes I did. But I only played the guitar parts. Others played the drums, keyboards bass.

[Mikinator]

Bad-fucking-ass.

[aldomania]

well...i tried it but it din't work.

[aldomania]

ok i'm goanna try it...thanks

[gdgonzal]

Please don't...

[plasticheadmchead]

Awesome. Text book. I will keep practising

[gdgonzal]

That's really all it takes...

[aldomania]

dude how do i catch my self on fire like you

[gdgonzal]

A gallon of gas and a match? :>) Sorry, couldn't resist! LOL

[grek0h]

that was awesome dude

[gdgonzal]

Thanks!

[ArmageddonisUnleashe]

holy crap. You are good.

[gdgonzal]

Wow, thanks!

[intotheabyss42478]

Thats some great stuff man! I wish i could play half as good as that!

[gdgonzal]

Thanks, I appreciate it and you can play as good as anyone (me included). It just takes practice...I know that sounds corny, but it's true.

[thelegendarydrummer]

very nice, but being a professional drummer, i don't think that was neil peart, because I know every single drum beat to YYZ and the drummer takes alot away from the rhythm jam that Neil does. You sound like alot like Lifeson. I need a guitarist like you. RUSH RULES!!

[gdgonzal]

Thanks, and you're right it's not Neil or Geddy...it's me playing with a track of two other musicians. So there's no guitar part other than what I'm playing though I did double some parts myself. But I'm not playing on top of a Rush track.

[hellashes]

That's the best I've ever heard anyone play this on guitar. The the solo was amazing too.

[gdgonzal]

I appreciate it, there are some mistakes (some intentional others not) and I could have kept recording and then spliced something perfect together...but perfect is way overrated. A few negative spaces actually help I think. :>)

[holdencaulfield93]

Those were some cool effects. Your playing was close to perfect man. I'm learning Yyz myself and it's a really hard song. On the one part with the barre chords where it picks three notes on the 6,5,4 strings, pick each note twice really quick.

[gdgonzal]

Thanks, and I'm not actually trying to be exact. I've been down that road...now I find it more fulfilling to try to expand on the idea. Play it "like" Alex Lifeson, but he's not a robot, there's some variation each time he plays it...that's what I was going for.

[whatcolorisblue]

yeah i know what you mean. he tends to get bored during the keyboard section and sometimes he goes into a sol;o

[alecmichael]

nice skills man!

[gdgonzal]

Thanks!

[school1]

good

[jkidd999]

good job