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  • his 12th fret logo looks like the gmail logo.

  • 1:40,Jordan by Buckethead? :P

  • Vinnie's 'Beck Bends' sounds sweet at 3:48 :)

    Though as a UFO nut I'm always going to be a Schenker guy, Vinnie is brilliant player too, undeniably!

  • "It doesn't have to be rock, any style of music. Anyone doing anything really inspired and really good was good for me to hear."

    Yey I love this quote.

  • i love how he sounds like johnny knoxville

  • He seems to be picking really, really hard.

  • It's funny seeing this, but remembering him when he was just starting out like here:

    watch?v=I1IbXEqx4xs

    It's nice to see him start doing some more expressive playing.

  • 1:40 very close to bucket heads intro to jordan

    cool to see how different artists have similar riffs but have their own idea how the riff should progress

  • @s2bHawK And also very similar to Night of the Slunk, by Buckethead.

  • say yngwie ,,,, say itttttttttttttttttttt:D , vinnie moore is an awesome guitar player

  • That first riff is horrible.

  • @TehOmniverse Well when you're vinnie moore and you have so many epic songs you have to have some simple in there every now and then.

  • cocaine is a helluva drug

  • Chris Chike is the number 1 ranked Guitar Hero in the guitar world , but this guy is a real life guitar hero

    Thanks for sharing guitarworld

    John

  • I saw U-F-O on Saturday night and i noticed Vinnie was constantly messing with his volume even though he was drunk :p

  • @fatskunkripz420: He's so darn good that I must confess -- I didn't notice if he was drunk (or not) :-) Saw them on 9/17/11, and chatted after the show. Incredible, as usual. My only wish is that more local radio stations would support UFO. If they feature anything at all, it's from 1977-79 (Lights Out, Obsession, and the live Strangers in the Night), and that excludes so much of what has been so wonderful, including Vinnie's soaring work of the past several years. He's terrific.

  • MAN i CAN SMELL THAT SCENT OF A NEW GUITAR BY JUST STARING AT IT

  • what's his bridge pickup?

  • @faridzayish I'd love to know what they all are actually. I'm guessing DiMarzio if the middle one is anything to go off... anyone?

  • @cjds18 Ok I thought instead of being lazy I'd look it up. Turns out he used DiMarzio Double Whammy in the bridge and a Di Meola model in the neck... not sure if his signature Deans still use these.

  • I want his signature Dean SO bad!!

  • good sound for a dean guitar XD ...

  • Sooo underrated as a guitar player.

  • the first riff seems jordan of buckethead

  • That riff almost sounds like something Pat Travers would do.

  • He's great, but he looks like he's on cocaine.

  • That Octave thing is what I do a lot of times because it sounds so good :D

  • he reminds me of charlie sheen

  • @OldManPoopOrgy

    Your name... What the fuck!?

  • he looks very young!

  • could anyone tell me what's the chord between 2:27 to 2:47?

    thanks alot

  • @xjapaneienn Hes playing Amaj7/E (07799x) Gmaj7/E (05577x) F#min11/E (099910x) E (0x999x) Gmaj7/E Cmaj7 (81010121212) Gmaj7 (355777) Aadd2 (577600). Everything tuned down a half-step. Enjoy ;)

  • 14 people are UFO brained!!!

  • 14 people are UFO brained!!!

  • This guy has such a nice touch. Great tone. 

  • I swear, every dean I've ever seen has been ugly as hell >.> The '79 V's and Z's arent bad, but that headstock xP

  • a real guitar-hero's

  • love that guitar what kind?

  • @back2backband1 HI.its a Dean

  • Oh man first tim hearing this guy, he is so amazing putting easy stuff to a hard song :D very nice!

  • "Volume at 2...at 6.." this guy has obviously played before :D

    Love you Vinnie

  • fckin cool guitar ..

  • What a player,a truly underrated guitar guy.Rock on vin.

  • Nice guitar.

    

  • I like mixo! ('-')

  • I love how he just starts like practicing scales at 1:06 when he's talking lol.

  • I think one of the most 'Beautiful' guitar instrumentals EVER written is "As Time Slips By", --Vinnie Moore- On the 'Time Odyssey' album. Really, anything he does is fantastic, and he's always been different from the rest of the shredders, never tried to emulate or copy any of them. True to himself, and his fans.

  • @rondill65 Although Yngwie Malmsteen is adamant that Vinnie ripped him off and has always disliked him. You must admit some of their playing is very similar. So whether he was really that original is questionable. But of course he is very talented. Tony Macalpine sounds quite different to most.

  • @rondill65 I'd say he's definitely far more versatile then Yngwie. Yngwie seems to only play one style of music.

  • A lot of Steve Morse in his playing too.

  • Play "The Tempeeeeeeeeeeeest!"

  • 1 finger riff sounds like buckethead's "jump man" , which btw was written before the "fly"

  • He said anyone but didn't say Clapton. I like clapton and then vinnie moore.

  • beautiful chords!!!

  • Jeff Beck Ritchie Blackmore & YNGWIE !!

  • @segitary , that's what everybody thinks, but Moore made Mind's Eye in 1986, one year later Malmsteen's 'Rising Force'. If it is as you say, he's still a genius for making an album that can compete or even outshine 'Rising Force'.

    Moore's influence is more Al Di Meola, if you don't believe that, you need to check out Di Meola 'Tour de Force'

  • @luigiperso Rising Force was released in 1984. You're right his influence is more Al Di Meola (as far as phrasing & technique) but his neo-classical era albums were without question influenced by Yngwie, as well as all the other neo-classical shedders of that time. Before Yngwie there were only hints of classical influences in hard Rock music, with Blackmore & Rhoads as main influences. After Yngwie the flood gates were open. Still Mind's Eye is AWESOME, one of my favorite shred albums.

  • yngwie is your god, tell the truth.

  • lolz when he said "traditional guys like Jeff Beck, Ritchie Blackmore" I was like he didn't name the God of Rock ... and immediately he said "Jimmy Page of course" I was like Okay I dig you fully now Vinnie lolz

  • So his favorite band isn't Cannibal Corpse!? :/

  • stupid mormon shut up stop wearing your magical underwear on your head its making you dumber

  • Is it true that Vinnie injured his right hand that affected his alternate picking?

  • @jimllfaxit Not necessarily. There are some people who just naturally pick that way. I'm a case in point.

  • 2:30 that's pretty simple, but amazingly enough, it sounds so good when VM plays it :)

  • i love the chords in this song..and the tone of it..it has such a mysterious feel to it

  • his guitar has gmail on the 12th fret.

  • My guitar Hero

  • hearing those tunes makes me wanna cry for the happiness it brings me

  • grandissimo chitarrista!!

  • i love you vinnie! such an amazing guitar player, and a cool guy!

  • ele se parece com o cara do tropa de elite, kkkkkkkkkkk

    capitão nascimento, kkkkkkk

  • He is verry creative!!

  • the neck looks fabulous !

  • wut type of guitar is that? its nice

  • @PerpetualMoon it's a dean guitar. regards

  • @PerpetualMoon it's a Vinman 2000 signature Dean guitar. They are about 2,500.00

  • My band shared a trailer with UFO and Vinnie at Rocklahoma and he is one of the coolest and most incredible players out there. The amazing thing was is that he remembered my name from 10 years prior. Truly a class act!

  • I cant believe this is the first time I see this guy - he is freaking cool!

  • the first riff sounds like buckethead Oo

  • @NailedSolo Jordan?

  • Lovely tone.

  • @dirtydonki i don't see paul gilbert?

  • what he's telling around 3:40 is SO true. I saw him this week, and he really does that.

  • good

    

  • I must fez! He transcend from unfinished shredding s without feelings to a more joyfully rithms adding all the knowledge he has. (without diva attitude) such as his early beginnings

  • Hey hey hey... dirtydonki... I love Morse aswell. Both have an AMAZING versatility. And, yeah... Vinnie Rocks!

  • has a resemblance to charlie from two and a half men

  • @TheChocolatepizza

    So its just not me, who thinks so... they are 2 of my favorites in music and movies

  • At 2.30, did Vinnie use ''Pitch Axis Theory''?

  • @chuckyinges Not really, all of those chords are in the key of Eb Mixolydian (he's tuned half a step down). The chord progression only changes changes keys at 2:41 when he's not playing a drone.

  • @drone713 Correct me if I'm wrong. In order to have pitch axis, I need a drone note, and the drone note can link different random chords by having the drone note in them. As the chords progress, the tonality changes because they are not related to each other. Therefore, different modes are required for soloing?

  • @chuckyinges Almost. The chords chosen to be played along with the bass note are usually chords of the same note as the bass drone, for example bass drone = A; chord = A major 7, A major 6 #11, A 13, etc. You wouldn't play a B chord over an "A" note, although you could play a B minor chord over "A" but it wouldn't really be functioning as B anymore, it'd really be a harmonization of the Dorian scale as B Dorian is the second mode of "A."

  • @drone713 Thanks. That clears things up for me. :D

  • Thanks Vinnie for helping me learn the modes in 1990

  • "I think its the first time i've ever written a-one-finger riff ....and actually its this one ".I.'

    haha...sorry" hahhahahaahahhaahhahahaha Vinnie rules!!

  • @yonigga223 he doesnt play a strat, its a Dean model, not a fender

  • man i love this guy! :D 

  • beautiful guitar!

  • fly? intro song buckethead JORDAN

  • "it's this one, that I finger it with" lol Vinnie Moor is awesome

  • The first part sounds like "Mean street" by Vah Halen...

  • @LateMetaL93 I don't get it either.. It's one hell of a nice guitar though! ^_^ But I've never seen that model before..?!?!?

  • I like that kind of vids, and that guy seems charming nice.

  • Yngwie was The Great Pioneer.,No One Can Defeat him.,

  • why no one ever remembers the true influence...Yngwie Malmsteen he is the pionner of this kind of playing, ...if you like or no ...that is the true

  • why no one ever remembers the true influence...Yngwie Malmsteen he is the pionner of this kind of playing, ...if you like or no ...that is the true

  • @papisNY Yngie and Vinnie are from virtually the same time period (they were born in respectively 64 and 65). Beck, Page, et others were playing either before they were born or during their childhood; so, he mentioned the true pioneers (note that I am not putting Malmsteen down, he is an excellent guitarist).

  • beautifull guitar

  • I just saw him play last nite,G-Taranaki NZ,He went off !

  • god like tone.

    and damn, those frets, SO SHINY :O

  • Great tone, great player.

  • nice guitar... amazing, i love it

  • I feel so shocked at how Vinnie has aged. Last time i saw vinnie was on his mode VHS tape from years ago (there he looks like a kid) lol. So basically i saw vinnie as a kid and now as an older man. its kinda funny.

  • when he first start playing those riff they sound like mean street from a van halen old song.

  • very good lesson, and he's also wearing a "maple top" T-Shirt

    hahahahahahaha

  • I have always liked Vinnie. He's awesome & what a cool guy too. I really enjoy his music / playing and think he's really under rated but love to see that he's kept playing & putting out music all these years.

  • @TDJonny  I hope he plays in Toronto with UFO sometime soon or at few solo performances. Everytime I see they are on tour it's in Europe.

  • One of my favourite guitarists ever but apparently he gets hell angry for no reason. A friend told me he came to Perth for a clinic and was really moody. Mind you he probably got sick of all the dumb questions like "so how do you play fast?" etc.

  • The Bay?

  • WHAT IS HIS VOLUME POT, 500 ohms?

  • nice chord progression

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  • hahaha we got flipped off by vinnie moore XD

  • yo boostedpanda,bro yngwie was around way before vinnie.that said i love them both,and have seen them both many times.rock on bro.

  • @cfv22 yngwie was around just 2 years after vinnie in usa (83), recording whit steeler and vinnie record whit vicious rumors - soldiers of the night in (1985) so i think that they are from almost the same years... and can i say that they play very different and both are my favorite guitarplayers around!!! see you!!

  • DUDE !! i need to hear the SHREDMASTER!!!! FROM THE VISCIOUS RUMORS!! THIS BLOWS!!

  • I learned heaps from Vinman's music. Thanks for posting this.

  • One of the unsung masters. Love his work, especially now; Moore is better than ever.

  • @ shystylzyt, i would totally agree with you. his minds eye days where honestly his glory days. he is playing stuff right now thats to comfortable and mainstream. his work from Minds Eye was so Melodic/technical/interesting a shame he sold out to mainstream i reckon its his personality though, his current direction settling with UFO when he could have replaced malmsteen in the spot light and perhaps even attending G3 too??? god knows Minds eye album put malmsteen to shame.

  • Not to acknowledge those that layed the foundation is just not right. This guys plays as if he was trained and no doubt he was. He is a bad boy.. he makes everything sound good. got a little country there but he is not limited like most that call him a shedder. He maybe but he does alot more with melody than I hear from shredders. If it doesn't sound good clean then distortion and the rest is just a cover for bad playing.

  • Love Vinnie to death, but c'mon... Albert King? Hendrix? wow...Talk about restyling your past to stay hip... A lot of people still remember all those GW interviews where you praised Bach and piano concertos... VM...You didn't build your following based on slow clean tone blues licks... You didn't score that Pepsi gig because of any Albert King bends... it was your blazing technique. Respect your beginnings. Just keep it real VM... burn on.

  • admit u were very influenced by yngwie malmsteen idiot

  • @catapei - Considering he was around at the time or before Yngwie I don't see how he could be "influenced". If anything most major players these days have been influenced by Vinnie Moores soulful, classical, tasteful, melodic guitar work.

  • I like Malmsteen's soloing a lot but Moore is my favorite...

  • I AGREE !!!

  • wot a guy! genuinely nice chap and amazing guitarist to boot!

  • Yes, as much as I hate to admit it, I enjoy music more when I know the person who is playing it is someone who I like as a person.

  • and I got into ... him and him... and YNGWIE MALMSTEEN lol... so funny how he bypasses the guy who made it possible for him to sell his neo classical stuff.. ;-) btw, I love his playing.. vinnie moore's that is.. but come on, be honest right? :-) like his van Halen meanstreet rip off riff at 1.40 ... not very original, but competent player for sure.

  • your right but dont forget that he sayd "my influences when i start playing guitar" ...

  • awesome

    very pretty dean too, im typically not a fan of their stuff but their custom shop is obviously awesome

  • amazing phrasing!

  • i want to reply to why question as to why vinny never mentioned malmsteen as his influence,

    fact: regardless if Malmsteen released Rising Force before Vinny released a record Vinny is still a Veteran when it comes to the post Blackmore neo classcial electric guitarists,

    It would be like saying Eddie Van Hallen already did what Jimi Hendrix did before Jimi because one believes VH records where heard of before Hendrix over in Japan.

  • @CapnBooBoo I have an old Guitar edge where vinnie reviewd a bunch of album..and he talk about malmsteen as a peer and influence!

  • vinnie is a super nice guy. And what a player!

  • He is and he is also excellent with advice. He told me early on to join a band, to play songs, learn to write not just guitar jams.  apb

  • At the end of the day, guitar playing comes down to having fun and making music. I think Vinnie showcases that really well here.

  • Great interview, really surprised he never mentioned Yngwie in his list of infuences though.. considering how neoclassical mind's eye and time odyssey were

  • Malmsteen is from the same school if not after V Moore ;) he just is more popular then Moore.

  • Err.... Malmsteen was not after V Moore.... mind's eye was released 2 years after rising force.

    I'm well aware than Yngwie is more popular than vinnie moore, dude. I was just saying I'm surprised vinnie didn't mention him in his list of influences

  • His tone is badass.

  • I met this guy at the London guitar show many years ago. He was a cool guy then and he's a cool guy now.

  • @matrags his son was on my soccer team..i didnt play guitar then though..so yeah that SUCKS..haha

  • ROCKS

  • Fucking tasty player! Vinnie!!!!!

  • I'm surprised he didn't mention malmsteen as his influence...lol...He's widely known for much of his neoclassical work

  • Vinnie Moore is a boss in Ten album call: Spell bound.

    Whata lick in each song.

  • i love his jeff beck influence

  • and the blackmore influence aswell, both awesome guitarists

  • My fav guitarist of all time... Thanks for sharing...

  • I remember mid-80s when Vinnie came out with his early solos albums Very underground and everyone that heard it was completely blown away.

  • I love his guitar

  • @TravuhsWree I don't see he's being awkard, then again I tend to be awkard :P

  • is he gary moores son?

  • no lol

  • yea, i know, that's why i said "hand him a PRS"

  • everybody, check his solo on jordan ruddes solo album. the song is called "Ra". its "scary". post something if someone is able to transcribe it

  • lol no im sorry hes in ufo and he was also the guitarist for alice cooper not sure if he still is