Mattias Eklundh - Freak guitar demo

[phabi0]

I was all like "this is my new guitar hero", but then I realized he's all about two hands and harmonics. How about playing guitar?! Picking, maybe? And that's not to mention the "feeling" thing. Thinking again, all I see is a viking swedish hyperactive robot.

[jezga2]

This is insane, he isn't even plugged in :D amazing ....

[420metalhippie]

this guy is awesome!

[jospan666]

what is the song at 22:00 ?



[jhop5150]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAA

[sosulivan123]

thumbs up if you found this cause of mishas post on facebook.

[hardyrulez96]

my girlfriend had that amp, how the fuck does he get THAT tone..

[SeanStephensen]

@hardyrulez96 that pedal he's got in front. A good pedal (i.e. maxon 808 or a tube screamer or something) can help a lot with a practice amp tone

[TheTartersauceGuild]

@SeanStephensen That's a Fatal Tube pedal made by AMT Electronics.

[Petrasilchen]

@hardyrulez96 it`s the AMT Fatal Tube pdal wich makes the sound .... great pedal by the way

[middlepellien]

I hear a lot of Vai influence.

[Vellwander]

I always loved the solo in Machinegun Majesty, really made the whole song epic. and now I know who made it!

[pcquip]

@Johnedward191 I remember that, good lord

[JonnyMonster91]

Why have I never heard of this guy? He's pretty cool.

[dentesdeouro]

/watch?v=tsFvGe1hZxY

[thoriquenho2]

he's a comic guitarist haha

[lighwave]

Is that a French guitar of some sort, like Bumblefoot uses? I want the sustainer/destortion from Siberia. The guy is very creative knows his harmonics inside & out & whoever sets up his Flod Rose knows what they're doing, I asume that's a Flod Rose. He got an interesting style to say the least.

[F4TB0Y69]

@lighwave its Japanese, its called Caparison, some of his guitars have a Tremologic tremolo, to get those kind of harmonics, you need a really tight setup, and new strings every time pretty much lol but most of them are Floyd Rose, most of them have 27 frets aswell but check out Caparisons website for his custom models =]

[geistigunsicher]

What is the song he's playing along to 0.44 to 2.07??

[XFrozenmetal]

Mais Tu es francais =D ?

[SolvingOurKreation]

love this guy ;)

[Monsterman958]

what wah wah is he using?

[LilClapton]

for the first 1:30 he just sounded liek he was playing the Beat IT solo

[IJuncher]

just came back from his concert in Novara , i met him and took a foto great guy

[kw757]

That's frick'n annoying to listen to!

[victoraleb]

Awesome playing. My friend who plays the guitar showed me this video. He has videos here on YouTube as well but they're not as good to be honest. :P

Please don't tell him that I said that if you visit his channel. :P

[Viic88]

03:49 is that something from perpetual burn by jason becker?

[Viic88]

There's something about swedish guitarists...

[rawzone1]

Sure, he is talented but c'mon, let the music do the talkin', spare us the shtick! Or as the late great Frank Zappa said, shut up an' play yer guitar! (still liked it however)...

[Andorbolt]

He's just showing off... so irritating... trying to be funny, but he isnt... I'm funny

[aven3001]

Hi check my version....

[howtoplayguitargood]

That's sweet!!!

[NikkyHellrose]

Met him yesterday at a showcase. Really a very gentle person. So f*ckin' nice and funny !!! We had a great bunch of laugh, never met anybody so freakin' funny onstage ! Anyway, he kicks ass !!! He's an awesome talented guitar psycho, and every note is just worth playing. He really has something to say. Outta space kickass talent, with a brand new playing style, and a great attractive personnality, IMO.

[nikitofin]

he must be more famous

[GoodMetalFTW]

does anybody else think this guy is try is trying too hard to sound like bumblefoot? i don't know why everybody thinks this guy is so revolutionary, the only truly original and phenomenal thing about him is that way he uses the whammy.

[koliosproject]

@Benwilson89 that's "When Sam played it again..." off Freak Guitar

[fredsassy5]

INSTANT SUBSCRIBE!!!!!

[CyValkarion]

Everything's from Hell!

[OpusMagnoCards]

Not counting the fact that the guy is funny as hell (of course!!!)

Regards from Brazil

[mkehandgrenades]

his cd is "freak guitar: the road less traveled" and it is very original. dunno anyone who sounds like this when they play.

[mkehandgrenades]

his cd is fucking awesome!

[nikitofin]

es increible que con muchos armonicos y mucho taping alguien toque TAN INCREIBLE !!!!!

[gunsnrosescovers]

Nice Guitar

[Benwilson89]

what does he play at 5:09? after the boring intro =P

[polylyth]

Does that first tune have a name. I that there are elements of various FK songs in there butdoes the overall piece have a name, it's brilliant. Also, is there a recorded version of the Freak Guitar Anthem? That ppiece of music OWNS!

[gravano2]

Wow , i never heard of this guy , I love it

[MachineHeadDissent]

How did you get 30 minutes of anything onto youtube????...If you can, use your magic and post Paul Gilbert's "THE JAM" which is roughly 19 minutes of Guitar Madness off of the King of Clubs CD. I have tried but 10 minutes is all i can get for anything.

[polutoeu]

what the amp he used,in this video?!

[MrTattoogun]

@polutoeu can you see that little gorilla amp beside him? its like 15 watts they are really bad amps( bad as in cheap! )im shocked as good as he is he plays though one! its miked out !!! but when your good it dosent matter what you play sometimes tone is in the fingers!!!! but good gear dosent hurt!!

[F4TB0Y69]

@MrTattoogun yeah but his guitar is $2000 itself its from Japan called a Caparison "Hocus" a 27 fret badass, but he has a signature now of the Hocus called the Applehorn, which, as you can see are the stickers he has bumped all over it. =]

[rulaideum]

"It's not in tune, but it's only Heavy Metal so... never mind" hahahahaha

IA rulez!

[shango02005]

This guy is awesome! This is the first I've heard of him. Really funny and great guitarist!

[heavy9841898571]

I wish i could pay u for posting this!

[siddharthvishwanath]

This guy is funny, i met him today, In Bangalore. :)

[NOBAMAftw]

cant stop smiling with all those badass tonal squeals

[cataclysmichael]

@Johnedward191

This is not his official channel or anything :P

[Brzrkr667]

his guitar sounds like a toy =S

but MAN he can play that thing

[bertosas]

I like it when guitarist don't take themself too seriously, like Paul Gilbert. This guy is even more hilarious :D

[blasphemylolz]

Haha he's crazy! I saw him in Cape Town South Africa. Amazing :)

[jonneyhhh]

cool



[remistgelais]

Trop hot et le tout sans ce prendre au serieux du tout !

[underhillwest]

awesome technique, pathetic sound....

[PRus27]

anyone know what the is?

[CherryBerries2009]

Proud to be a Swede when watching Mattias, as always...

[svenzia]

@CherryBerries2009 I agree - håller med till100%

[cnarro890]

i wonder what kind of people dislike this

[Cvrchak88]

Amazing!

[destrage]

the guy played a guitar solo on destrage upcoming cd

[Plinkplink4life]

not talking about how versitile musician he is, he is THE master of harmonics, period!

[TheVartoo]

this guys owns

i feel the magic oh i feel the magic

[Greensmurf]

@TheVartoo I feel the magic spreading all over my face...oh god!!

[fraserpaterson]

Ha, that answering machine is Bumblefoot's 'Don Pardo Pimpwagon'. I always wondered what the hell it was all about.

[Stinnie89]

Super Mario just called. He wants his guitar back.

But awesome shit, I play myself, and that must be hard... All those harmonics... Damn

[Thatmetaldude590]

It's a shame that they aren't even on Spotify.

[Thatmetaldude590]

Damn! I've just laughed my arse off! He's... Well, awesome's not good enough.

[Josh350]

fuckin' sick! 

[Geeteaohh]

Such a masterful technician he is! Wow outstanding! Love this guys playing style...

[jdenicolas1]

Aprendé a hacer MÚSICA!!!!!

[AnnihilatingAngel]

Tremendous skill, but I can only tolerate about 5 minutes of it.

[MrIbanez111]

a new instument^^ xD

[Piratcykel]

8:25 "you can do like this"...yeah...No problem!

[thewankingnun]

what the hell do they do up north...seriously....sick guitarist! love freak kitchen :)

[Piratcykel]

@thewankingnun We fight polarbears and eat pinguins....and stuff...

[yavolo]

guitars suck

[stuffface34]

godly sweeps

very nice

[Sxrule]

i love how everyone is walking around, clearly dont know who he is!! if he played in my music shop, i would be sitting in his lap,

[rickyscorpions]

what's the title of the first track that he played?

[RockGian]

@rickyscorpions It's a song called "Hateful Little Beatle" ^^

[Zappafan1980]

@rickyscorpions

Hateful Little People of the CD Move

it has Vocals there of Course

[Zappafan1980]

I dont want to Compare Mattias to Steve Vai or anybody of Vais Skill Level

I just want to say that Eklundh could play like Steve Vai he just dont want to

His Solos are Totally Awesome on the Freak Kitchen Organic CD and Move

and the NEVER get Boring im Listening to them for 3 Months Now and i never Skipped a Title

Mattias Eklundh is The Frank Zappa of Metal believe it or Not

[SteeleHard]

Absolutely boring! sucks!

[25zeppelins]

@SteeleHard fuck you idiotic fuck

[Minor8Flat4]

Is this from the 80's ?

[MysticalMuffinDude]

nope modern.

[ShaxDr87]

@Minor8Flat4 No its from the 60s actually. DUH

[ThreeToeGuruZac]

id love to see him sat down with a country gent gretsch on a clean tone and get told to shred

[ThreeToeGuruZac]

squeals and high 'noises' are fun and cool but get boring and painfull as time passes. but he is talented and unique so i don't mind too much.

[HylianNinja]

Nicest guy you could ever hand a guitar to, and a funny bastard to boot. He's just a great human being. Regardless of whether it's his personality or his guitar, he puts smiles on a lot of faces, which is not an easy thing to do in our times. I wish a lot of happiness on Mattias. Keep kicking ass, buddy.

[YourMaIsFit]

"Oh it's not in tune...but it's heavy metal so it's okay"

LOOOOOOOL This dude's fucking awesome!

[skleung]

haha, he's a funny guy

[NoobCake99]

How does he get really nice bottom end sound at 00:51?

[CleverDjembe]

You gotta eat a lot of bacon, and then over time, you wil develop that fat, juice, heavy bottom ;)

[leviatan1001]

my dear mattias, you rock!

[1whataka]

Que Pedal é Esseeeeeeee???

Se alguem souber poste pra nois!!!

[Chemostron]

es un amt freak guitar :3

[crazymothefuck]

Digitech Whammy

[chewychewy1213]

Wow thanks a lot for posting this. I havent seen it before. He is so funny too

[cataclysmichael]

@chewychewy1213

No problem :)

[guitaristman23]

steak

[epilp2]

Does anybody know what he starts playing at 00:40?

Is it just a jam track he has prepared or is it a base from one of his songs?

[epilp2]

I found out. For anyone else interested, it's a little variation on Hateful Little People from his FK album "Move".

[njected]

Baaaam

[dioseolo]

What does he say he brought as a special request at 03:16?

[SteelSkin667]

He has the "Vibromasseur from hell", which is a formal way to refer to a vibrating dildo in French.

[sellammar]

Mattias a Swedish Guitarist is better than another more well-known Swedish Guitarist. namely Yngwie Malmsteen.

[Epidot335]

@sellammar You're right

[CleverDjembe]

STOP WITH THE COMPARISONS!!

[Deathm3t4l95]

@CleverDjembe its caparison

[CleverDjembe]

lol, good one!

[blabla66613]

Hahahaha, Ia is such a damn genius :D The only thing I love more about him than his leet guitar skillz, is his sense of humor :D

[PabloDarioLi]

Is he using a noise gate? how the heck he can do those powerful hamonics? what's his secret?

[HadBrunt99]

His guitars squeal like no other...love it....

[tmvestbo]

he is soooooo underated

[Blade686]

This guy is fucking awesome.

[SnorGasms5000]

Opera singer from Hell!!

[4everRock666]

so original..

[pokerstaaars]

nice demeanour, good playing, hair not so good..

[99voltsdotcom]

and what would ed have been doing if jimi had never been born and jimi if howlin wolf had never been born and wolf if robert johnson...blah blah blah. POINTLESS. The dude is fucking talented...why trash him?

[BullToTheShit]

What would this guy would be doing for a living if Eddie Van Halen had never been born?

[0mgh4xftw]

playing guitar

[wickerman45]

He makes EVH look like a beginner... this guy has much more scales and theory/classical knowledge in one hand then Eddie has in his entire life.

[epilp2]

Could Eklundh have gotten this way without EVH though? You really can't think of every guitarist existing simulatenously, they all have individual contributions in their respective eras.

[Wyvernx]

He should have covered House of the Rising Sun the way he was doing it in the video! lol

[MergimIF]

He ditched school at 15 or something like that and just started to practice like crazy. Nice that it worked out for him :D

[jKazej]

"Bend over,everybody,here we go!"

I laughed out loud at that one.

[brokensoul70]

That is too damn funny, he is playing through a Gorilla Amplifier. That was my first amp back when I started playing.

[bluefAng]

whats the first song he plays?

[TrevorHamerMusic]

ADD much? I love this guy.

[nicktheclicker]

Made by Sweden!!

[guitarfreakstyle2]

I wish someone would post a video of Mattias playing "Lydias House" live. that's one of my faves from him.

[25zeppelins]

fuck you

[LargeChief]

Doe's he play with Ron Thal sometimes?

[ESP4thaWin]

His sweeping technique!!! :O

It's perfect.

[blitzspeer]

I've listened to this guy for years and he gets weirder by the year but in a good way props to matias what a great guitar player.

[xzeater666x]

WHO THE HELL IS THIS? hes goooooooooood i wish i knew him

[MFHCFH]

Mattias "Ia" Eklundh, his band is called "Freak Kitchen"

[Byzantic]

He is amazing :O

[maxiremembersrsrhys]

he eats crack... lmfao

[ThisSpitefulSnake]

mmmm druuuugs

[Alekzbizkit]

he is hillarious :D and awsome guitarrist

[Karmakanic7]

I really cant stand when people compare a certain style of music with a totally different one and decide which one is better, That's just stupid in my opinion.

[alexlundell]

Im going to see him in hour :D

[Oscar5104]

Amazing player; intelligent chops with sense of humor. And the caparison guitar sounds good, even through a gorilla little amp.

[Kafe420]

07:17 meshuggah :D

[ZOSO1937]

this guy is absoloutly amazing!! the amount of sounds he can get from a guitar. he's even wrote a song with a photocopier as the drone in the background!!

[speedtomas]

the best 30 minutes spent of my life

mattias is just awesome he played La Bama incrediblbly

AWESOME!

[archonchrist]

yeah is amazing

he play a rare version of La Bamba

[mihaiad]

i have been at his concert last night, is a fenomen, and a great person.

[eugenbiscuitulhipiot]

He is the second guy I've seen using a "true tempered " fretboard, the first one being Steve Vai.

Wonder if they'll make all guitars like that in a few years...

[Greensmurf]

Yeah. I've only seen those two use them so far

[eugenbiscuitulhipiot]

He's not only a really great guitar player, but also an overall awesome guy. I've had the pleasure of meeting him recently.

[platinumbridge]

yea Mattias Eklundh is underrated. This guy is really another guitarist not from this earth.

[MULLIE8]

I don't believe in him, he doesn't exist....

[derlamba]

this guy is coming to my school soon :D

[Badass087]

impresive O.o, harmonic are so tricky

[suckmybat]

You can only listen to so much of that squealing crap. Im not against it when its in context but a whole song full of it?

[garrethdavis]

pretty awsome!

[TruNikkaz]

i love this man, everything about him

everyone here who is an experienced and decent player should look into going to his international freak guitar camp in sweden