Frank Gambale and his Carvin FG1 playing "6.8 Shaker"

[Tbonetardis]

Showing off? If I could play half as good, I would show off twice as much!

[DownSouthable]

I like him better when he played the more out there fusion like "Yang" or "Bad Intent".

[DoubleEdgedSword12]

I like the fact that he doesn't use like an UBER ton of distortion, his playing is just that good lol

[FenderBENder0002]

showing off is something us guitarist are meant to do

[charliehustlenflow]

i like the way his fingers dont waste energy even on difficult phrases

[DANYL5Archtop1]

Although Frank's stellar performance is obviously live for this video, the background accompaniment appears to be dubbed from the take on the "Passages" album of 1994.

[JohnVaki]

Just do a mistake Mr.Gambale...

[AntonioCavicchioni]

@JohnVaki He has an instructional video (Guitar Chops) and he plays these long scale studies without mistake... amazing. To get this level of perfection not only a musical brain is needed, but a lot of practice too... I suppose he does mistakes as any human but I agree with you that he is an extraordinary musician.

[Ribsletics]

Lol.... Anthony Hopkins is your twin. Only he dominates in the movie industry.

[apokliete]

@Ribsletics xaaxaxaxaxaxaxaxax i laughed my ass off on this one xaxaxa great sense of humor man!!

[Machadojaco]

Show de bola.

[esbenkaimer]

@Machadojaco Nada menos.

[jazz1bro]

Does he have perfect pitch?

[osensei2987]

Frank is more a fusion shredder than a rocker. Nevertheless, you cannot say that he doesn't rock. :) However, I like the idea of no glow no go when it comes to guitar tone. I guess you can say I'm a glow freak. For the uninitiated, glow freaks means straight into the amp with few pedals and/or effects. Natural tube tone is where its at for me. I think fusioners like Gambale, Holdsworth, Howe, etc use pedals! Yuck! But that's all I can knock em for. Other than that they're beastly!

[hogsbelly63]

Thanks Xskyking1. The cd is in the bag!

[hogsbelly63]

I wish this bloke had been my Dad and rammed this stuff down my throat from birth! This is Frank in poll position on the grid, mate. Nice axe and he certainly knows how to use it! Anyone know if this tune is released yet or what cd it's on? I can't find it. Rock on!

[xskyking1]

@hogsbelly63

The cd is called Passages. You can buy it at Frank's website.

[boheeem]

what a tone! :OOOO

[manolo634]

toca nada u_u

[oaklandgroove77]

4:34....WTF

[guitarrasco]

tHE 4:10 Lick is INSANE. Holy AMAZING. 

[stevecraignet]

@guitarrasco I think my mental circuit breakers popped when he did that!

[ThieleM]

i love his note choices

[jerryehamric]

I recently saw him with Return to Forever. He is simply an incredible guitar player. A friend of mine was fortunate enough to get to spend an afternoon with him and has nothing but good things to say. He is a humble, down-to-earth man who just happens to have insane guitar chops. He's worked hard, has loads of talent, and the new Carvin signature model is not only beautiful, but it sounds just wonderful. He plays them in concert, and they certainly suit his playing style very well.

[MarvinSheats]

@srvgravesdim.... You are absolutely right!!!

[ThisisKDavid]

Awesome, Awesome, Frank Keep on with that Mojo,, You got it man!!

[dimitrisw8tt]

Great tune , great performance !!! I really enjoyed it.

[IlFidiputtDefinitivo]

@TranquilizerDarts Right man...he's just enjoing his music , a lot :)

[Anubis0609]

AMAZING..i am literally blown away..yes:)

[kostasssism]

carvins are amazing instruments and fair priced

[MarvinSheats]

@cowboytonydee.... How does he showoff to much? I really don't understand your comment. Very true, like you say; Frank is a great guitarist but where does the showing off come into play? Please explain.... thx

[srvgravesdime]

@MarvinSheats I can understand why someone who doesn't know anything about Frank Gambale would think, from this series of videos, that he's being a showoff. Truth of the matter is that anyone who knows anything about Gambale knows that he's being incredibly modest here. This guy can shred alternate universes into existence...

[MarvinSheats]

AWESOME!!!.  Frank is the BEST!!!

[jammiedojers]

This is performance art, therefore by definition,one shows off!

[Kingddd333]

Woah that's looks nearly exactly like how I want my carvin to turn out

[es347]

Shows off too much eh? He has every right to, being the best electric guitar player on earth....duh.

[cowboytonydee]

Frank is a really great player, but he shows off a bit too much,

[Vermillion2176]

@cowboytonydee

wait till he sets his hair on fire - no wait - that isn't going to work.

Big Ron (big Frank G fan)

[TerminusCOBHC]

Now THIS is a dude from which I would thoroughly like to get a guitar lesson.

[claudiolight]

The Best!!

[MeTaL2969]

I wanna study that!...

Thnx master Gambale

[sickofcommies]

killer

[Will137]

He looks so cool...

[Mazur441]

@Will137

He IS cool ;p

[Krylov19]

How am I only discovering this guy now ? He is so good, playin with so much feeling, that's awesome.

[SweeetPicker]

@Krylov19 Just search "Gambale accoustic improvisation fortune", it's awesome, and you will discover many many may other awesome song !

And this is this guy who invented the sweeping : )

[panelacosmica]

Perfection is perfected by the great Frank

[nickkellie]

awesome!! this track is called "6.8 shaker"

[diazluisdiaz]

Unique style, One of the best no doubt

[MrArsenioOro]

holly crap....tight and when he holds that note it stays at same volume almost thru the entire thing. briedge and neck pickup sounds amazing together

[AyanRafique]

Awesome phrases!

[Rael0505]

Raw talent... love all the shredding he does when the rock organs come in. He's amazing! And his guitar is beautiful, as are all carvins. Beautiful instruments make beautiful music.