Devin Townsend on open B tuning

[XxAardvark456xX]

This dude IS SO FUCKING FUNNY.

[EVILWS666]

Some widdly wanky stuff... *looks into booth*

/HYSTERIA ENSUES

[ThePracticalTheorist]

He is such a dork. And such a nice guy. How can it be?!

[rypetkypar]

@ThePracticalTheorist All dorks are nice guys.

[Corrosive1]

4:42 LOL holy fuck

[drumfisch]

this man is just smooth

[awkwardpizza]

you can tell the D'addario crew had a good time with Devin in the studio. I'd be laughing my ass off too! XD

[NIFCOFFICIAL]

I'm one hundred percent positive the penta=9 thing was a joke, seeing how it was followed by tonic=type of drink.

[CameronADD]

Aboot...like a true Canadian.

[CameronADD]

Aboot.

[ardahaywood]

pentatonic

penta = 9

tonic = a type of drink

[cuDDLeSH1t]

0:35

[Tuttermuts]

I gotta practice my flyxadidlian mode more :p

[MarBoLOL]

actually "penta" means 5 not 9 :DD but thats okay..

[McDouchebag22]

@MarBoLOL Thanks for saying that. I didn't want to be that guy.

[zajac1661]

sense of humor = check

[hoohaajazzbananas]

This man made me start playing 7 string, it was just by happenstance I started playing in this key, and I wanted to know what I could do with it. this video popped up. This guy changes my life every time I listen to his music, or just watch him, uh, be. lol. lots of respect to you Devin sir. I mean come the fuck on, ocean machine?!?!?!? fuck awesome.

[goatsrock03]

too bad penta means 5... either way this is a cool video

[Niteblub]

@goatsrock03 to bad he was joking...

[goatsrock03]

@Niteblub too* bad you failed your grammar classes :D haha chill out. joke or not, it still means 5 so there's not much of an argument here ;o

[Niteblub]

@goatsrock03 To bad he was joking dude

[harrothahobo]

"flixodydlianmilagidodada" my new favourite mode!

[DirtRiderr9]

"penta meaning 9 and tonic meaning type of drink" priceless. haha

[Roadtoconsciousness]

great musician but his t shirt is terrible :D

[evolutionmb]

has the best sense of humor of any person on the planet

[Rheo4]

AHahhAH, penta meaning nine, and tonic as in... drink. XD

[MrMetalCookie]

Man, he is such a cool guy. None of my friends know him. They all listen to Avenged Sevenfold, or Slipknot. Makes me sad.

[JimHisself]

4:30-4:40

I burst out laughing

[medude6652]

dude, even if he goes mainstream, il still support him cause hes damn good!

[Niallphillips]

jesus christ...he's like a stand up comedian for guitarist, that had me in stitches

[uberman131]

"...then you can go, flixadidly and midagidagida."

[TheSpatulaOfDoom]

wait. did he just call the pentatonic scale a 9 note scale? I hope he knows his theory and basic math a little better than that. Penta- is 5!

[callumWLB]

@TheSpatulaOfDoom it was a joke dude, thats why after that he said tonic is a kind of drink.....

[66Titan66]

Would like to say a massive thanks to Peavey who gave Devin back to us! Not that they'll ever read this but the thoughts there i guess.

[xyrxes1]

I'm proud that the greatest metal writer is Canadian

[XRUGALX30]

the ganjah is love!" lol

[pettersonf]

haha what a ledgend, he literally made me laugh out loud on the train, and im a humour critic, nice......p.s info was great

[lectwar]

this man is awesome. never heard of him till now

[Pellefather]

"Penta meaning nine and tonic meaning, uh, type of drink" - LOL

[JimHisself]

Flixididdlian Maidagadaigada.

my new favorite mode.

[bigwookiee83]

@JimHisself Thank you for spelling it. I had a really hard time finding this mode before

[thavador]

was he looking for something widly wanky to happen? 1:20

[ecaepevolhturt]

4.04 - "penta" does not mean 9, it means 5 hence pentatonic is a five-note blues scale (major or minor, most ppl do the minor).

[dripgoss]

@ecaepevolhturt

Dude he knows that. Devin is sardonic and sarcastic in case you didn't catch on to his humor. Devin invented the letter five - "V".

[ecaepevolhturt]

@dripgoss He goes on to say that tonic means a type of drink which is true. Why lie (be sarcastic/humorous) In the first part of the sentence and then say something true in the second part, it's inconsistant. I love the lines he comes up with on stage. He's a very funny guy I just just don't want new guitarists to think that penta mean 9.

[dripgoss]

@ecaepevolhturt

Now you're just trolling. You can't be that serious about educating the small percentage of new guitarists who might run across this video in their search for the word "penta". You must be a barrel of fun...

[z0mgzt0m]

hahahahaha tonic meaning drink omfg i just browned my pants brb

[Geetarfrik]

2:08

how did he know? thats my lifelong goal!

[TimoStar12]

I wish I could get guitar lessons from this guy

[themuir86]

dude he totally reminds me of dr cox from scrubs.

[VulturesAwait]

"penta meaning 9 and tonic meaning some type of drink" best explanation Ive ever heard!

[Eagle5Productions]

get some widdley wanky stuff *looks back*

[DarkAndTriumphant]

Dev is GOD

[jsb779]

Yea, wow. Dev's God.

[HeavyMetalHearted]

you can tell when hes saying " B F# B F# B D#" that he messed up and they had to cut out what he messed up so he could fix it!...

[JaketheSnakeESP]

"Flixodidlian Magaduyagada"  /|\ My favorite arpeggio, lmao

[enochiantheoryband]

hahaha, that bit is gold.

[hillysats]

And tonic meaning a type of drink.

[clubfootforyou]

Minor Pentatonic is for wimps.

[varulv234]

@clubfootforyou It's fun to fuck around on and impress idiots with, lol. Like fast minor arpeggios and move them around and people go ''WOW, AMAZING TALENT!'' XD

[Galactu5]

too funny, this guy!

[slimvic7]

how cool is devin townsend :)

[satanpie666]

one of my favourite technical guitarists.

[thrasher90]

Chuck Berry. Esque.

[mikebrown8787]

penta meaning nine, lmfao

[teachingfeller]

Flixadiddlyan?

[MrJoshfinch]

Mixolydian..

[MrJoshfinch]

Wait.. Actually. What?

[SmileAtGunpoint]

I love Devin so much.

[daltonsuter666]

i love devin man

but it looks like half his head is missing cuz it blends lol

[ssskai]

lmfao

[ACEshredZ]

Feb 3rd!

[diabeticmonkey]

he was looking into the depthes of your soul.

[siegeay]

This might be the funniest guitar lesson ever. Phlixadydian...the lost mode. LMAO

[6Mr6Crowley6]

Penta meaning 9 and tonic meaning some kind of drink. Devin is a god! I cant wait to see him live!

[euphoricdeparture1]

penta means 5

[euphoricdeparture1]

=P kidding

[satanpie666]

@euphoricdeparture1

but it does mean 5

[euphoricdeparture1]

I know. just wanted you to know i wasn´t trying to be a smartass =)

[EtherealWaves]

I love this guy hes amazing

[mustasparta]

hes so good

incredible musician

awesome person

its a shame hes so unknown overall

:[

[cloudstrifeA7X]

@mustasparta i find its better that hes not known, he keeps his fans posted. that's all that matters, fuck mainstream.

[mustasparta]

@cloudstrifeA7X this is true, he even stopped SYL because of things getting too mainstream (among a slew of other things)

but my main point (at least I think) was that he's not well known so he doesn't get the recognition I think and probably all his fans think. But your point makes lots 'o' sense :D

[TheLio666]

@cloudstrifeA7X f&% yeah !!!!

[zajac1661]

@mustasparta he is pretty well known in the metal community

[mustasparta]

@zajac1661 mhm, this is very true

I just meant unknown in the sense that many music listeners do not know who he is

But I suppose his fans are loyal enough to keep him afloat haha (which is good!). I just love his stuff a lot and am a bit sad that more fans don't know him

[GYXkid]

they all play in really crappy blues licks xD

[fl00ders]

ROFL 'spooge of significance'... I could watch this guy shoot the breeze all day long..

[bunghole13]

spiritual significance sir

[fl00ders]

oh... yes I see.

That's infinitely less funny now, thanks.

[bunghole13]

Anytime man!

[theconjob]

I think he's one of the soundest, most down-to-earth people I've ever seen.

[fl00ders]

And a genius to boot.

[RichSlave]

He is such a talented musician and a great producer. His records are unbelievable great, but there a less people, who treasure that or do not even know that he exists...So buy his records.

[Mel7vc]

I do!

[SASJKL]

@RichSlave he sounds crazy...sign of a talent.

[impalerkostas]

Flixididlian scale :-D

Devin is the man !!!

[filitalian]

mudagatagata

[Andinator]

Jim Carrey at 4:45

[vermillion88]

3:01 hahaha

[dougydarkangel]

Haha, the black beanie makes it look like the top of his head is missing,.

[MRBLuD]

Penta, meaning "nine", and "Tonic", meaning a kind of drink.

[yacanleaveyourHATEon]

introduction is priceless :)

[FormerlyMrBean667]

'CGCGCE, hooray!'

Love the older video.

[pierrelebatteur]

What effect using for this vdeo??

This sound like with the Boss Space Echo RE-20 ??

[guitarplayer222333]

i think it is a eventide time factor.

[TigerTaint]

Penta meaning nine, and tonic meaning.....some kind of drink

[metalgtr84]

"Penta" means 5, home boy. As in "Pentagram".

[TigerTaint]

Be that as it may, I was quoting what he said in the video.

[metalgtr84]

My bad. I actually didn't watch the whole video the first time around because I'm mad at Devin for shaving his head and showing people how to play blues scales. GAAHHH.

[TriviumSamurai]

Devin is just simply amazing.

[sentient07]

he's so cool^^