Betcha Can't Play This with John Li

[therealtony]

Too chromatic

[TheSkombijohn]

But the question is: Will it blend?

[GuitarFretMan]

Couldn't be more weird sounding,right?

[RandyR4eva]

Thts a fuckin sticker on his guitar -_-

[dannyphehe]

beautiful jackson!

[TheChaoticDawn]

Sounds like classical gone wrong when its slowed down...

[d3Str0Y3r961]

Sounds like shit when it's slowed down

[SuperFierce69]

he has some small hands

[TheSkaterska]

tiny hands O_O

[d3thMAIDENd3th]

@TheSkaterska actually that's average, my fingers are way shorter than him which makes playing really difficult for me. (not asian by the way :D )

[TheSkaterska]

@d3thMAIDENd3th noo those are not average :D those are tiny.. but amazing how he can play with them so fast O_O

[videakiasful]

Wooooooooooooow...He is so good that actually his shirt changes colour!!!

[AustinFrestone]

"Hi, this is John Li from Order Of Ennead, and I bet you're not Asian"

[joewizard100]

if I was reincarnated I would want to be, you guessed it! ASIAN! :D

[JohnnyTubesock]

He cant even explain this never ending route... whatever its still awsome

[ibanezsarecool]

the real question is; why would you want to play this?

[Panthersrok16]

@ibanezsarecool exactly what I was thinking..

[Yrigoyen74]

@ibanezsarecool yeah, fuck Sistine Chapel too, I can do much better shit with MS Paint!

[Martyfriedman001]

@ibanezsarecool because its fun to play fast,it sound pretty cool, and is good to impress people who don't play guitar and people who are not good at guitar with.

[kk6downing]

SLOW = Too fast!!!!

[Stratking01]

Everyone over emphasizes the Asian thing, like who gives a shit.. this dude can play and knows damn well what he's doing... but I think he was crack when he told the guys at Jackson to add that F-hole to that poor Rhoads guitar

[DirectingShoe22]

@Stratking01 I think that's just an RR5 with a sticker on it lol.

[FieryGuitarD00D]

This sounds terrible

[masterofmuppets86]

Why the fuck would he ruin such a beautiful Rhoads model by putting a fucking F hole on it? Leave that to paul gilbert you over creative asian.

[mitchbowes2010]

is he by any chance related to herman li ?????

[xXMusicxMadnessXx]

@mitchbowes2010 Hah.

[jeepmanxj]

"Hi this is John Li from Order of Ennead, and I betcha can't play this"

*shred*

Me "nope"

[Tie4821]

Damn Asians...

[perseusbeatkraken]

Jazz much?

[kikoff101]

almost all the licks in "betcha can't play this" suck...

[rud494]

This dude is Great!

[DomWantsYourLove]

I thought the rest of the 6 minutes would just be the slowed down version.

[awfulguitarplucker]

JAzz-Metal

Asians can do this..because of yes!

[eloyhbermudez]

i bet hes on john scofield and allan holdsworth. btw beautiful line!!

[MrDeathHoliday]

i know hes a asian playing a guitar... but that guitar is fucking sick

[swagsforfagiluvmetal]

Who the fuck puts fake f holes on a Jackson, hypocrite.

[Shady32]

@swagsforfagiluvmetal And who the fuck are you to tell anyone what not to put in a guitar?

[huaysan90]

difficult level: asian

[givemeajackson]

@huaysan90 not all asians are bad ass guitarists. there is a guy called herman li...

[huaysan90]

@givemeajackson ya u r right duh

[Helldorado72]

@huaysan90 awesome comment but when it comes to asians they are just insane about technique and practicing. Not being racist just being honest.

[dustsmallhong]

Guess what...he's a compound of Randy Rhoads and Paul Gilbert! :)

[lucam123]

wow

[MetalboyIzzy50]

hes asian, asians can pretty much do anything! -_-

[Leonelstudios27]

jazz metal? :P

[TrippyTro]

its ok, he's anchoring

[simplethunder]

Real jazzy wtf. Mixing metal with jazz is kinda sick though

[GuitarCoverErik]

@simplethunder

listen to any(almost) progressive metal band -,-

[HankHillshred]

i can play this but only slow like he played it the second time

it should really be called"hard to play,harder to listen to"

[porchetta18]

of course i can't... you are japanese XD

[072748023]

I always coming to these videos to read the top comments ahahah!

[mrdio12345]

fast is not always nice

[JobForAMaxboy]

Reminds me of both Emil Werstler and James Murphy, sounds amazing!

[majken9]

wow that sounded like shit. it was nice slow though

[shouchi1000]

I don't understand why people are so sour :(

Obviously this guy's AMAZING.

I'd like to see some of the people here try to play it and play it WELL

[guitarreilly]

its tricky but it just sounds terrible

[d3thMAIDENd3th]

that's my guitar

[Tie4821]

@d3thMAIDENd3th How is this guitar called then?

[Norocmorth]

sounds like shit so i dont want to play it anyway

[laxdude67]

type in "Betcha can't pray this with john ri".

[golfer765]

sounds like shite anyway :L

[LedZepGuitarman]

His Picking technique defies everything I have ever been told yet it is so good O.o wtf !

[TheKonarider23]

way to copy paul gilbert... on randy's guitar...

[ItachiUchiha953]

this should be titled "I can get more women than you, just watch"

[TheJacksonTERRY]

0:18 - 0:48 what the hell

[Kreimehn]

I like the the way he composed/wrote the melody/lines, in this lick/passage. Come to think of it, could this be considered a lick? And what is the difference between a lick and a riff?

[QuantizeMusic]

Damn dude. His picking is fucking amazing.

[Tropicsca]

just because he is chinese doesnt mean you have to compare him to herman li

[Demyxthelegend]

"Hello I'm Herman Li and i bet you can't play this!"

"I ACCEPT THAT CHALLENGE AS John Li!"

...And thus... the earth was destroyed

[TheJacksonTERRY]

hi im john li betcha cant remember this

[Ricsic6]

Who?? xD

[AcousticProphet]

Even if I could play this, why would I want to?

[mariguaenana]

@AcousticProphet it`s unsense speed



[nova495]

this guy is my new hero

[DemonicCathode]

Holy sweet jesus...

[jimmyshitbags]

if he bets we can't play this, why's he explaining how to do it? he's clearly not a gambling man...

[tiredoffindingnick]

i bet i can play this

[xxxMusicxisxloveexxx]

@tiredoffindingnick

Alright then...lets see it.

[SchoolYardOrgee]

Damn Asians. I bet he's been playing for like three months.

[vayne92]

@SchoolYardOrgee ahahahahahah funniest comment ever. +10 for me sir

[GhHolocaust]

@SchoolYardOrgee more like three days ;)

[FlyingV344]

@SchoolYardOrgee

that 120 thumbs up must have been given by asians.

[XxEmoBoy98xX]

@SchoolYardOrgee three months? :|... that's quite alot for a asian! MAN! GET REAL!

[laiholapso]

@SchoolYardOrgee are you kidding? ......... i just saw him coming from the guitar store.. he had this rr and a book, picking for asian dummies........ holy shit

[Demeroth]

Just re title the video to grace notes.

[nicklebagoffunk56]

sick

[crow66693]

Really good playing,shitty ass tone though.

[Akiachrounoumena]

best betcha can't play this I've EVER seen

[willsi100]

noise

[RudbeckRocks]

bet i can't remember it.

[93thrasher]

wow that was a whole lot of chromatic nonsense I dont get it

[HeartOfMetalx11]

@93thrasher it was actually diminished not chromatic

[93thrasher]

@HeartOfMetalx11 chromatic as in lots of accidentals. as in the diminished scale involves chromaticism

[MrBizzmarky76]

I think this guy fixed my computer.

[killmysister]

@MrBizzmarky76 i think you cleaned out the mayonnaise aisle. fuckin redneck

[rodricav]

@MrBizzmarky76 lololololololol

[timmy20952]

definitely jazz influence in there

[XxXDeathcoreEmoXxX]

I want to learn this one day

[the3watt]

That some wierd shit right there.... sick tho

[Shiraz157]

Woow thats how I exactly pick.

[bigdaddy234567]

Dont worry guys , he has mad cheat codes enabled

[salabalabingbong]

Here is my train of thought during the first 15 seconds:

You're who from what?  Huh, whoa....WTF.......holy shit!

[ChipmunkAsylum]

This guy has a lot of skill, but I really don't like the solo at all.

[oviefofah]

O_O

[Raelic1337]

Not gonna lie.... all I understood was "I'm Doin Triplets" ... with talent like that, I'm not surprised!

[milomaddness123]

Hi I'm John Lee And Imma Make you Look Like Shit On The Internet

[JdCTN]

I thought it was a Betcha can't play this video? By the time it ended it was a full on guitar lesson!

[NicksKanal]

He's like the talented brother of Herman Li! :D

[LeadGuitarOfficial]

@NicksKanal You must be wrong, Herman Li has no talent dude.

[NicksKanal]

@LeadGuitarOfficial Thats what im saying. John has all the talent. ;)

[comic1997]

What great picking technique!!!!

[ilovepantera97]

you don´t happen to know a harman O.o

[jeppioe]

Hi I'm Asian, betcha don't stand a change.

[underagedpickle]

imo the slowed down version sounded much better

[JMaSsA11]

Just a cluster fuck of notes that I can't play!

[texastony74]

@JMaSsA11 not a cluster fuck of notes.... almost perfect grouping of scales that are indeed very easy to learn... if you need some help go buy a copy of this book : The Guitar Grimoire by Adam Kadmon .... great reference book for scales and modes ; )

[TahaNasserTV]

Erm holy crap. That is actually the most mental BYCPT I've seen!

[Gunspider1]

holy crap! an awesome Asian!!!

[0ZAZU]

Hi this is John Li from order of ennead and i betcha cant afford this guitar

[veedub87]

This sounds so awful that I really don't want to bother playing it to begin with.

[dario1234511]

i can play the john petrucci solo!.......fuck this guy is shitting me!

[Xdawg9087]

I defiantly know someone who could hes a god...

[iEADGBE]

bet HERMAN li cant play this

[Bozo2151]

@iEADGBE well herman li can't play anything, he sucks

[expressingmyopinions]

@iEADGBE Bet he can lool

[GearFiend]

I didnt know Bobby Lee played guitar!

[killmysister]

@GearFiend i didn't know white people eat mayonnaise bars! lol whites

[ntbillie]

He reminds me of Russell from UP.

[njones1091]

Man, really fat tone on that guitar.

[Hoffnungsfunke]

Wow, never heard of this guy before but hes really fast and clean!

[JohnLiPlays]

Not related to Herman Li, but I did learn from Deicide's Ralph Santolla. Check out my other videos. More to come soon! :)

[TheHoser54]

that exact guitar is in the long and mcquade near my house

[PSYCROPTIPATH11]

Asians..... Damn

[MrDunkJunk]

Related to Herman Li?

Also a great and very fast guitarist.

[zXGuitarXzGod607]

how did he know i cant play that...AHA hes asian no wonder...witch is also why he can even do that without his hand spontainuasly combusting(i know i cant spell)

[LartenCreapsly]

He's playing with 6ths which is very jazzy

[TheConnord12]

thats a pretty interesting sound.

[blueheadphoneguy]

sounds like shit

[Fu5i0nX]

Lol that guitar wears a dimebucker if you look closely at the pickup when he puts out his right hand from the guitar. ( at 1:08 more or less )

[0oDaantje12o0]

If Betcha was Asian and she would take some lessons she would defeat Yall:P

[nejikid]

Fuck man, no, i really cant... -.-

[sonicslaughter]

John>Herman

[link1nparkEEEwarrock]

"Hi this is John Li from Order of Ennead and im asian"

nough said...

[CuppieCakesandMetal]

Lol. Short little fingers. I can't make fun of him cuz I gots fat fingers

[leonardogzm]

64 people are in standar tunning.. including myself, hate when this "instructionals" arent on standar tunning... great video anyway :)

[Beetzendorfer]

even slowed down is 2 fast 4 me

[eSPAic9]

i think imma need a gameshark for that

[NickBPITW]

63 men are envy...am i right?

[Metallikakka]

chun li is fucking fast!

[killmysister]

@Metallikakka fuckin white piece of shit. fuckin jesus licker

[19Metallica86]

Paul Gilbert, Randy Roads and Yngwie Malmsteen had a threesome..... and this dude and his guitar were born!!!

[Siggelump]

This is John Li, I bet you can't change the color of your shirt as fast as I can

[JAB0NK0]

he's like Herman Li except he can play guitar

[xxHolyxxWolfsbanexx]

Uncle of Herman Li???

[Samus5164]

Why would you take a Jackson King V and make it semi-hollow? I call shenanigans.

[xxHolyxxWolfsbanexx]

@Samus5164 It's actually a Randy Rhoads and if you look closely you'll notice that the F hole is really painted on.

[Samus5164]

@xxHolyxxWolfsbanexx Yeah, you're right, it's a Rhoads. My fault :x Not sure why you'd want an f-hole painted on though.

[xxHolyxxWolfsbanexx]

@Samus5164 Paul Gilbert has them painted on his. I guess it's the new look lol.

[codeman11845]

Normally i'd be very impressed with this, but i just came to this after watching a Chris Broderick Chaos Theory video...this seems like noob stuff after that O_o even though i still couldnt do this haha

[luffy933]

@codeman11845

the exact same thing happened to me

[vidkilla795]

who the fuck would want to play this..you suck ..

it sound like a balloon letting all the air out...

[jerwinrocks]

@vidkilla795 are you a guitar hero fan?

[INTILLEKMUSIC]

Why does the "slowed down" version still look so hard to play?

[HevyDevy101]

These slots are all very well but who would 'want' to play this?

[uherl]

@HevyDevy101 me..

[HevyDevy101]

@uherl

Cool, I hope you get everybody up and dancing with it ... It's just awesome

[alaskaskate574]

I bet I can't play that.

[TheMetalhead804]

sounds like one of those WTF moments when you play it slow

[SixOneCyx]

Actually, the most challenging things to play are in a bpm lower than 90.

[paranoid270]

i bet youve got better taste than me for putting an f-hole on a jackson v!

[xxcannibalxchristian]

i just shit bricks...

I thought it sounded better slow, only because it allowed for all the flavours to come through. However, these guys are trying to stump us shred freaks. But, each little lick can be used in isolation. When these licks are used in isolation and played fast, it sounds really cool.