Allan Holdsworth - Proto Cosmos 2009

[tulioxd1]

Guitar for Santan!

[Punkmetaller]

Guitar god!

[dirtydonki]

Alan Holdsworth is what happens if you practise your scales over & over for 1000 years or so. :)

[mrkdui]

@dirtydonki Actually Alan has said that he doesn't practice much because otherwise he just ends up playing the same licks over and over again or something like that. I think he's aproach to guitar is different because he doesn't just play 3-note-per-string scales all day.

[raphexe]

@mrkdui he plays different because his hands are so freakin huge, so why bother with usual fingerings..

[Chillyfretlesswilly]

I could play this! If I could have 5 live spans to learn it :-(

[tubaeli93]

this sounds alot like Gambale's "yang" at first...

[bassmanjoe]

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Listendudeok]

hahahahahahaaaaaaa jesus christ this is not possible

[lory7211]

Not HUMAN; this is what a GENIUS look like....

[G7flat5]

Great camera angle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks

[xchicali]

ES UNICO EL MAESTRO ALLAN HOLDSWORTH ...HACE PARECER TAN SENCILLO SU EJECUCION ...ES ENDESCRIPTIBLEMENTE ASOMBROSO!!!

[almostam97]

i feel as though age is slowly taking affect : / still amazing though lol

[Listendudeok]

@almostam97 Age? Have you seen and listened to the video here at all? No-one is friggin able to play like this!

[largemoose]

1:55... wtf?

[KenobiM11]

@largemoose +1

[SimulacronX]

AH, the earth salutes you!

[brunthroath6912]

God that's an awful looking guitar thought

[intrepgun]

@brunthroath6912 perhaps, but they're damn near unbreakable.

[richcapo]

I'm not the biggest AH fan, but I do have to say that just watching his fingers move is breathtaking. And I don't just mean in a technical or melodic way, I mean there's actually a visual beauty to how he moves across the fretboard.

[antivaio]

some large positions are very stupids,because it's possible finding the same notes simply changing string!!!incredible!

[Asymmatrix]

Spectacular, but I wish Tony was still alive.

[knucksoff]

Holdsworth is something to behold, and his contemporary Rhett Tyler is also someone to behold!

[trevskiw2008]

This video has confirmed that Allan Holdsworth is the best guitarists in the known Universe.

[camelspottergr]

AGREE!

[moyersshred]

@trevskiw2008

you mean..

in the cosmos...

:P

[xgio1215]

Does this composition belong to Allan Holdsword?

[SpiritNirvana]

Hi No, it was written by Alan Pasqua

Take Care

[xgio1215]

thank you very much! :)

[xgio1215]

@SpiritNirvana

thank you very much! :) (after one year I send you a thank)

[Vibes4me]

Seeing him Jan 2010 in Oakland. Saw Mike Stern Last night with Weckl and Randy Brecker... Incredible.

[viper1991]

how's the venue there? I just missed out on buying tickets to the santa cruz one...

[trevskiw2008]

Allan went into something crazily cool sounding at 1.55-2.05 i would explain but who can explain Holdsworth i once tried to explain Holdsworth the best i can come up with is Shawn Lane but not as crazily fast but with even more complex phrasing, or a god. Holdsworth is just amazing.

[Timotheedle]

wackerman is killin' it!!!

can't wait to see holdsworth in january!

[forestdavisjr]

his hands are huge and his guitar is so tiny

[HiddenDarksage]

the neck is full size...

[onnomon]

steinberger has 24 3/4" scale length (like les paul), the strat has a 25 1/2" scale length. So yes, the guitar is "tiny" and his hands are huge. He does the most ridiculous chord stretches.

[Traitor73]

The guy is awesome, saw him in Glasgow Scotland last year and he was blinding. Even spoke to Chad over a urinal, enough said about that

[ExtremeBogom]

LOL unbelievable!

[stargate669]

@Traitor73 many have spoken with Chad over a urinal and advanced in wisdom

[joemusicman64]

Holdsworth is awesome. I spok to him briefly at a Chad Wackerman drum clinic. He has no idea how good he is...really. He said...get this...that he's just happy to be playing. I was happy he was playing!!!

[jahsalo]

The scale is 25.5" -believe or not (i should know since i have one; white w/ h-s-h pups and transtrem) =)

Il Maestros hands are just enormous!

[fusionhar]

Need any more proof that Allan is the man?

[wtfpdm]

No, he is the man, in deed!!

[denissymbolic]

my mind can't comprehend that lick from 1:55 to 2:05

[dryden1967]

I wish the sound was better, because it looks like a very interesting lick!

[Eflatmajor7sharp11]

During that lick, look at his right hand - he's using pick plus fingers! He's the master - endless invention....

[glueforall]

@Eflatmajor7sharp11 Yes, he tucks the pick in his hand (i believe between first and second finger) and brings it back out for long up and down runs...pretty amazing

[tomacoexperiment]

very big hand...

[genesisjazzzz]

the secret of Holdsworth isn´t in his tone settings is in his hands!

For me is the best guitar player.

[Slayerman256]

How does he set up this H&K for his lead tone ?

[andysciro1]

so awesome

[suramerica]

thank you so much for this video!!!