Alex Hutchings - Strut Ya Stuff

[JSpears90]

mother of fucking fuck.. you are God

[lenoil41]

Du Mike Stern matiné d"Allan Holdsworth, rien de moins ! Putain, le niveau a bien monté depuis 10 ans.

[AnthonyHeden123]

Absolutely amazing!!!

[insaneguitarfreak]

YEAHHHHHHHHHHH man!!!! that guitar sounds like kinky SEX :):):):)

[Ferguccio]

Pukka!

[HispanicImpression]

FUCK, this is how it has to be done, shredders out there.

It's okay to shred, but don't leave back the feeling - Alex is showing you how it has to be done.

[blackheartkill]

YOU ....!!! Nice Style :D

[NAThan9871]

0.44 => 0.50 unbelievable

[serhanbg]

şefaat ya resullallah

[Antweezysx]

Why do people think he is not famus, Roland pays this guy big bucks for him on tracks, demo and alot of other stuff

[DeadGioGee]

The bendings at the beginning give me goosebumps ;)

[Adamshredsify]

i saw alex live last saturday, he was amazing! he totaly owned the show

[giannifur]

Serious version of Jack Black. :D

[XxDEFLESHEDxX]

gambale is in da house, lolz

[kaputmonkey]

Shoulder shruggin head bobber... lol..  He is the best though..

[breadfan87]

wheres the emotion? anyone can sit on their ass and practice scales until they are fast. i want feeling!

[ZEGO24x]

@breadfan87 - you dont get any feeling from this??? Wow - you seriously missed the point then...

[breadfan87]

@ZEGO24x dude, seriously. All he is doing is wanking. You want to really see some emotion, check out jeff loomis' solo album. that album changed the way i play guitar.

[ZEGO24x]

@breadfan87 - You gotta be kidding me! I'm a Loomis fan too, but this guy far surpasses the type of playing Loomis does as far as emotional playing goes...

[TheWhocares233]

@breadfan87 You must be joking...This guy is a jazzer, and when it comes to improvising everyone knows Jazz/fusion guys always dominate... Loomis can shred like a monster but he lacks that "Vocal" sound that guthrie and alex have.

[KowaruKei]

@breadfan87 no

[oscarsstuff]

at last I can stop listening to Govan and become obsessed with a new guy :)

[ciromago]

agree with you @kanis999 , and a comment from my part: i really dont like this aahahah

[kanis999]

No matter how many times I watch it, I have no idea wtf he's doing between 0:38 and 0:42

[blahdelablah]

@kanis999

You mean sweep picking?

[kanis999]

@blahdelablah

No, I'm not retarded. I'm talking about the specific notes and the way he articulates them.

[nate24dog]

this dudes the shit

[TheCatfishBlues]

omg really nice! im a fan

[afsartori]

His faces remind me of samurai masks sometimes.

[getupanddosomething]

His facial expressions are exactly what Jack Black parodies. It's hilarious! He is a phenomenal player, and probably gets a great deal of satisfaction from playing, so why not bust out the funk face?

[rmoraespinto]

Alex is great playing against a backtrack. Nobody doubts it. But how good is he within a LIVE BAND context? I don't mean no disrespect but THAT is the test!

[arcainjust]

@rmoraespinto he does play with bands...A LOT mainly as an improvisation soloist if you watched his interviews you will know that for a fact. :)

[rmoraespinto]

@arcainjust tks, man. I've seen some of his vids here on YouTube. Unfortunately they don't pay justice to what he does in trackings like this one here.

[torkee69]

i've been listening to guthrie for 2 years then i found alex on a boss pedal interview just now..pretty much like guthrie,but alex sweep picks.

guthrie govan and alex hutchings = new breed of guitars.

ill start listening to alex..FTW

[GuitarPaulrocks]

Is it possible to be too good? If yes, Alex is too good!

[Guitareben]

0:37 - God mode enabled.

[jlbradders]

if this guy doesn't tour or release music then he's basically stealing from us all !!!

[312dudeman]

His face says it all.

[bskkid4eva]

wow, what an intro, and yes some stuff really sounds like guthrie govan, maybe they went to school together, or same school.

[acidraz]

awesome player, obviously he and Guthrie both listened to Greg Howe I hear lots o howe riffs

[fenixx213]

idk why it's making me laugh XD liek if it was hilarous joke ... cause it looks so eays .. .i attempt to do it by ears and watching his fingers ... and it's hella hard XD

[mercilessfreak]

Strut that ass?

[DiabolusEnGuitar]

whoa...

[kapcone]

Esto sí que es música comercial, que está hecha para venderte los aparatos...XP

[thezimboman]

1:42-1:51, I creamed myself

[Mugenloo]

Great porn music

[devilzdj4]

can anyone tell what scales he is using...a bit C blues and what else

[traviscruseguitar]

@devilzdj4 He's mainly using C dorian (Bb Major) over the first chord, which is a Cminor, and then he's using an Ab mixolydian (Db Major) over the second chord, which is an Ab7. But he's playing lots of altered stuff as well, like adding a #11 on the Ab dominant and playing lots of chromatic notes. This kind of playing can't be learned by just learning a new scale, it takes a lot of work. Hope this helps. You should also check out my video of me playing a solo over this.

[devilzdj4]

@traviscruseguitar Yeah i know it can't be learned just like that, just wanted an idea of what he was doing. Thanks tho, i appreciate it man

[traviscruseguitar]

@devilzdj4 Cool I'm happy I could help some

[sweatyleather]

i love that stuff he does with the whammy !

[bennolanman]

alex is just so musical, when does he ever get bogged down in technique, its so fresh

[ZoomX1000]

Jimi Hendrix + Predator + Jack Black = Alex Hutchings.

[rickbluespower]

1:04 to 1:06 is my favorite!!!

[NeckPickup]

that sneaky chord at the end murdered the night manager at mcdonalds

[elhombrebolita]

Jack Black

[MrKeithdrozario88]

It takes one to know one.And there are more Guthries than Alexs on this planet. And thats why, ladies n gentlemen, Alex aint as famous as Guthrie.. although I must say he is fucking legend in the making.

[1TMtv]

Wow...

[kaputmonkey]

Alex, I hope your rich....you may be the best sorta unkown guitarist on the planet.. I put you up there with Satch, Vai, Timmons... maybe even above those guys a little...

[joshtrevellin]

This song is only cool if your not watching his face while he plays it.

[Gleuethunder]

Pulled me right In . mesmerize

[rootsraf]

feel the wrath of my fusion lick!

[Xx3ibarxX]

Alex you are a fcking GeniussS..!!!

[pswoods]

Great player. 1:15 is the shiznit. The fast stuff just sounds to me like "b-d-b-d-b-d-b-d-b-d-b-d-b" - like someone making motorboat sound with his mouth. I guess it's cool that he has the chops to play this kind of music - nice to be ready for anything... Check out his other videos - he is a phenomenal musician.

[AndyRehfeldt]

I like what he played on beats 3 and 4 of bar 10.

[AndyRehfeldt]

I'm just being a dick. This guys a monster- wish I could play like this.

[Nobody1448]

Sorry, I'm just sick to death of Vai/Satriani style playing. I grew up in the Malmsteen era, and I got sick of him, too. Still am, mostly.

[Nobody1448]

Lots of technical expertise...not a lot of heart or soul. IMO.

[TheAngusBurger]

@Nobody1448 Watch 'Feeling Fine', if that's not heart and soul I don't know what is.

[Nobody1448]

Just did. On that one, I stand corrected. Thanks for the heads up.

[TheAngusBurger]

@Nobody1448 Haha, no problem.

[AndyRehfeldt]

How can he play "Stairway to Heaven" tuned to perfect fourths???

[LoudValves]

dear God!!

[chumbo]

I don't understand why he isn't incredibly famous!? In my book, I prefer him to Guthrie Govan who is already a legend! :-S

[djentrobotdjent]

@chumbo yeahh this guy is the man! definitively better than Guthrie

[fuckinpleasure]

@chumbo cuz guthrie is the Jesus.

[StealWool]

@chumbo i dont know exactly but it sounds like he was influenced by guthrie. i hear some govan licks most definitely.

[Guitareben]

@chumbo Bah, they are both equal in my books, they are kinda different ish players and stuff, each with their own unique style, so it's all good ^^

[Barefoot67]

@chumbo he's a zillion times more interesting than Guthrie Govan IMO

[rednebb]

@Barefoot67 They both are amazing top-class players, but some might prefer one over the other, of course, it's a matter of taste. But to say AH is "a zillion times" more interesting than GG is a bit far-fetched, I think, then you must really hate GG for some reason..?

[Barefoot67]

@rednebb you're right :)....and I don't hate GG, I'm just not a fan

[rednebb]

@Barefoot67 Ok, but please watch the "Guthrie Govan & Alex Hutchings Improvised jam!" video (if you haven't already) If you just listen without seeing who plays what, I think you would have a hard time saying that one is much better than the other.. ;-)

[justaspectator01]

its because he still don't have solo album, hes making one so wait for it :)

[NAThan9871]

@chumbo He is incredible !

[livemit]

very very very good

[Serial06757]

Beautiful must be the word to cover all of this

[inbetween99]

amazing makes you feel like giving up

[Maverick274]

Lol, that's funny, it inspires me to practice harder to be at least 1/100th as good as he is :D.

[legendbass66]

What is this guitar ????

[thet180]

music man axis, i want one!

[JamesColley89]

Frank Gambale has said in an article that he's a huge fan of Alex's playing, so i think if gambale likes his sweeps they must be pretty fucking good. Peace.

[billmeedog]

JamesColley89,

WOW!

I didn't know that, but I'm NOT AT ALL SURPRISED! Gambale sure knows about talent and work-ethic!

Alex rips! (...and I mean he rips intelligently with great feel and passion as well!!!)

I did read that if Gambale could start over (with learning how to play guitar of course,) he would START-OUT using "Fourths-Tuning" (just like Alex Hutchings.....and my friend Tom Quayle from the UK, who is AWESOME too!)

Peace!

[Ravenhunt]

u mean that Alex here is using a Fourths-Tuning? like a cello or a violin?

and, if so, what range of notes does it cover?

[billmeedog]

I know for a fact that Alex Hutchings and Tom Quayle use perfect-fourths

(Low-Pitch-to-High-Pitch) tuning which corresponds to the following:

E6 A5 D4 G3 C2 F1

I'm pretty sure that violin is tuned to perfect-5th's "low-pitch-to-high-pitch?" Like: G4 D3 A2 E1

Perhaps when you said "4ths-tuning like violin" you meant perfect-fourths going from high-pitched (E1) to low-pitched

(G4)? If so, you are correct! (...since 4ths & 5ths are inversions of one another!)

[Ravenhunt]

yeah, that's what i meant, you got it...

So, it's like a 6 strings bass, without the Low B and with a high F...

It's really usefull, avoid the "semitone change" on the scale pattern when you hit the, old, High B, wich now is a C....thx for clearin! ;)

[billmeedog]

Actually, what I should've said is NO, it is the OPPOSITE of violin tuning! Think of it like this: A 4-string electric-bass is:

E4 A3 D2 G1

So violin is like an "upside-down" bass guitar! So the guitar's "fourths-tuning" which Hutchings and Quayle use, is the OPPOSITE of traditional violin-tuning, OK?

[Dragonman16]

teniente DAN (forrest gump)

[SeudoIgnisChorda]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!

[Fishpigg]

I think I'm going to be sick!

[jesusisagay]

yeh i agree

[vladguitar]

Such an awesome vibe-great playing,first time see Alex-very impressive-what a great player-loved it...

[RedPlayersArts]

Anyone know what kind of arpeggios hes using at around 0:40 ive hear him use the same sounding ones before but what are they!

[alvinbandong]

Yes, I know it... but I suggest that you buy it at the website... coz that's what the video is promoting - his licks/style...

[billmeedog]

I had a Shawn Lane flashback from (1:32 - 1:35)!!! AWESOME Alex - as usual!

You and Tom Quayle are my two favorite up & coming players in the "Shreddy Fusion" genre!

[Lunaspice]

Yeah, sick riff @ 1:32.

[Visualundeath]

I wish i could do what you do for a day...

[pieculewicz]

Anybody knows what kind of guitar body is that? Swamp ash?

Sweet sound.

Alex's favourite sound I think

[jesusisagay]

thsi guy reminds me a lot of gurthrie govan

[DuhJeffmeister]

guthrie's cleaner and has better tone, and better phrasing.

[billmeedog]

I think "TONE" and "PHRASING" both (in general) are a bit subjective and therefore impossible to quantify. However, I think there's a limit to "how clean" ANYONE can play, and I think Alex AND Guthrie are at the "MASTER's LIMIT" of "Cleanliness" and "Articulation" which I think are both byproducts of PEFECTLY SYNCHRONIZED RIGHT & LEFT HANDS!

They're BOTH awesome IMO...

[DuhJeffmeister]

a lot of alex's sweeps sound like they're not ringing out correctly, like his right hand is sweeping too fast for his left. guthrie is way cleaner, a la frank gambale.

[hockings1]

Phrasing is subjective but any musician would that this guys feel is pretty fucking good?

[billmeedog]

Woah?!?

Back-off man?

I'm the biggest "Alex Hutchings-fan" out here! (LOL!) It's just that some NOOB was implying that Alex was sloppy? What drugs was HE on? - LOL!) I argued that while anyone can argue over intangibles like phrasing, tone, and feel, there's NO DENYING how articulately and cleanly guys like Alex and Guthrie play!

Trust me bro, I TOTALLY dig Alex's feel & phrasing! (...so much so that I didn't think it needed defending?)

Sorry for the misunderstanding!

[hockings1]

Ha sorry dude yh your right.

[vgraham44]

@billmeedog Excellent point. However, as far as cleanliness is concerned, my friend Allan Holdsworth would certainly qualify as one of the all time masters of clean execution that the known universe has produced thus far.

[giaioa]

Owned XD

[schectersensei]

dexterity and finger control is insane!

[Peristuffa]

wow

[persini]

fantastic

[tiredoftypical]

you play very cleanly throughout your runs, with such low gain your action must be very low. Your pickups/amp combination is very warm as well. quite nice.

Jason

[billmeedog]

Did you know that he uses (.008-.038)guage-strings?!? He really does!

Awesome player, and you're correct that he has a nice warm-tone too!

[jwandhistools]

Damn....

[murisv]

Hahahahaha, oh man :D

[highrollerzzz]

guitar got owned

[brainpolice2]

This guy has a pretty sweet expressive style.

[lauriemonk]

Love this stuff Alex! Lots of people asking about a CD... any news on that?!

[GreySugizo]

i think his improvisation in bluesjamtracks custom fusion 1 & 2 almost makes a cd. but i know what you mean, it would be cool if alex had his own cd.

[ComfortablyNumbed]

totally blew me away, amazing player

[Gustavowebstercc]

That guy has the talent of the music... it is not alone technique and ability. He is not exclusively a guitarist. He is an artist.

[Gustavowebstercc]

Esse cara tem o dom da música... Não é só técnica e habilidade. Não é só guitarrista. É um artista nato.

[codyclarke]

Sick as hell. HUTCHINGS YOU'RE A BEAST!!!

[Tacoguitar]

awesome awesome awesome, cant wait for release!

[NovaStraCe]

great echnique,nice phrasing & constant sound versatility. Alex Hutchings & Guthrie Govan are the best guitarrist players on the planet right now! Holy Sh*t! XD

[jamanursula]

not feeling this one

[Jed9133]

I didn't know jack black can play fusion too..

[GreySugizo]

i cant wait for custom fusion 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hatedrivesus]

i dont think anyone would fake rock out like that

[OneTimer1127]

You've obviously never seen a video of Steve Vai

[vlakarados]

Well, it's not his emotions are not real, it's about how he feels and that's why you're not Alex Hutchings, not like he's better than you, it's just personality. Something like love, if we would all like and feel one thing, the whole planet would love one person.

[Qpidon]

I just ADORE your play. Love it!

[GreySugizo]

yay!!!!!!