In the Studio with... Michael Angelo Batio

[antido]

He seems really nice :D

great guitar collection

[TheTadz9]

Meh, I have a bigger Home-Studio!!!

[MisterTibTib]

i just have a guitar and an amp.. :(

[ThieleM]

I wonder if he wears the wig while mowing the lawn?

[stitcha123]

i literally died laughing at his life.

[jeredubz24]

there is a hint of little nicky in his voice lol

[JohnScorp1]

sorry but i have only one guitar ...........

[grynpys]

I really liked words he said at the end - "It's time to practise, practise, practise so cya" :D

[kpatrickm]

Hmm I always thought that this guy would have been a bit of a tit. But I was wrong he seems like a really nice guy

[gnrcr]

You may not like what he plays, but I'm pretty sure this guy must be an awesome teacher.

[ksmithdc]

He needs to shitcan all those antiquated rack effects and get a Fractal Axe-Fx2.

[enos218]

He is sooo edgy...why?Great player though.

[MrSatanochio]

The camera crew knocked on his door and he didn`t even act surprised, fake it, or some shit like that, he just said it like a robot :)) This guy`s so weird, but he`s a very good guitar player. Not my style, but i can still appreciate him.

[felphero]

omg, he sounds like such a nice guy for a guitar god, awesome

[iloveskateboarding95]

I wonder what his monthly electric bill looks like...

[madbradwilson]

Cool video. I'm starting to think that youtube is nothing but jagoff haters anymore. how on earth can you say something bad about this man?

[emosucks89]

I wonder what his security system is like...

[laiholapso]

press 0:00 again to 0:13 o shit it's you momy haha

[therub9]

In the 70s Michael and I taught at the same music store. In the early 80s he played on a couple of my songs. Yes, he is good guy, that is his hair and who the fuck cares how he dresses. He is also pretty shy, thus the over the top personality on camera. Just remembered, he got me into a private party that his band Holland was playing and then set me up to get laid. A true friend!

[alxdd2]

I wonder does he always wear that leather and chain all the time

[pandabiscuts123]

Oh Michael, cocaine is one hell of a drug ha ha

[stormchoir2000]

wouldnt it be cool if he answered his door like that all the time..HI, IM MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO AND WELCOME TO MY HOME STUDIO MONSTER MIX STUDIO!!

[NoobletXiii]

@stormchoir2000 your forgot the, "Yeah..." and Metal Horns

[MikeBsMovies]

Man, dude seems like such a cool person. i'd so get a guitar lesson from him

[monkeybutlers1234]

has had the guitar at 3:35 as long as ive been alive

[unsology]

one bad ass man

[enos218]

those guitars must be worth a fortune

[spider62able]

Ror all you shreddders out there Michael put out what is considered the first instructional shred video in the early 80s! He is also a heck of nice guy!

[COBWEBOWNZYA]

This dude is a tool.

[Grecian92]

@COBWEBOWNZYA I want you to tell me what you think a tool is cause this guy is the opposite of what the term tool actually means

[COBWEBOWNZYA]

@Grecian92 He just acts stupidly and needs to realise he isn't 25 anymore.

[Grecian92]

@COBWEBOWNZYA That's not a tool. And he's can act however he wants. He gets to do something he loves for a living

[COBWEBOWNZYA]

@Grecian92 Fairplay he makes a living doing what he wants, but he still needs to take the wig off and realise he isnt 20 anymore

[Grecian92]

@COBWEBOWNZYA That's his hair and why does he? You're only as old as you act and he's not acting amazingly childish

[COBWEBOWNZYA]

@Grecian92 If that's his hair then jesus the man is blessed, it REALLY looks like a wig but to each to there own, i know he isn't acting childish its just the way he says yeah at the beginning, it just seems a bit out of place and very awkward.

[Grecian92]

@COBWEBOWNZYA That's cause he's just awkward. It's just his personality. He's like that in every video

[COBWEBOWNZYA]

@Grecian92 I doubt that's his actual personality, he just tries to act up a bit. The guys got considerable talent and songwriting, it's just the way he acts is silly.

[ordepcbmt]

He looks disturbed on this video... drugs, maybe?

[pongonyutox]

hey guys the riff of 2:04 what song belong to some1 tell me please

[the1tobzster]

He looks totally nuts! ahha but man I want the stuff he has :O

[locochupacerebros]

" I love marshall, I buy two.. just in case..." LOL I wish that my father said that when he buys me guitar stuff..

[disturbedbass49]

he sounds like adam west

[claudiodxe]

Yep I met Michael, he's a really nice person… I met Yngwie, he's a total ass… But both are great musicians

[div911X]

one of the coolest and most friendly persons ever!!!

[MatKiller1197]

wow 67 guitars when i told my mom that want to buy a third one she started screamin ''we dont have space!''

[alexisd3]

@MatKiller1197 I remember when I bought my first keyboard. My mom went nuts and told one of the guys in the guitar store "he already has TWO guitars!!!!!!!!!!"

[MatKiller1197]

@alexisd3 really wow!!

[elvisdustin]

@MatKiller1197 psshhh! I told my mother i wanted a 2nd one and she nearly shit herself!

[bordertown]

There seems to be this pattern of technically-gifted guitarists being quite nice and down to earth in person with some occasional silliness thrown in: Batio, Paul Gilbert, Buckethead, Mattias Eklundh, Ron Thal, Guthrie, Christophe Godin, etc. They're possibly the coolest kinds of people to just hang out and bullshit with all day.

[Mrgyn]

@bordertown

I love how you left out Yngwie.

XD

[itsraininglool]

@bordertown yeah i could imagine that with buckethead.. what a day that would be!

[deathmaster5546]

met him grreat guy 2 meet

[yekshemesh4alig]

He sounds so uncomfortable and awkward... Used to think he was a show-off, grown to respect him more over time.

[ShapeShiftTheWorld]

@yekshemesh4alig aww, he's a great chap :]

[ashguitar666]

mike myers secret life??

[nochix96isnuts]

Totally prefer him! taake that YM

[cjalmighty]

(continued)... an hour before he got there so we could get front row seats. He talked to us and answered our questions during his sound check, gave us picks, and even talked to us for 30 minutes after everyone left. He's a class act. MAB For Life \m/

[cjalmighty]

I hate how this "In the Studio With..." has the least views, but Michael is the most genuine and kind person you'll ever meet. I've met him twice, and watched him play both times. He's the best shredder of all time! He doesn't throw guitars around, and he didn't get famous from Guitar Hero. He's not in it for the money or the fame. He does it for the sake of teaching and traveling the world and playing guitars. Me and my friends showed up at his workshop an hour before he got (continued)

[Macsk8ing]

Lol much organized than Yngwie Malmsteen, hahahaha! But both FUCKING OWN!

[Vehement78]

Batty-hole.

[MrBREEBAH]

what about his doubleneck Washburn, thats actually on the cover of No Boundaries? :/

[Barracuda007]

lol!

[enos218]

He seems on edge..all the time.

[MetallicaFan4ever5]

At least he don't throw guitars like Malmsteen.

[JJStuffEngineering]

yeah and i don't think that this guy is SO HARCORE as he tries to :)

i mean look at the house......

[wrigleyx]

the Darrell Dean in Blue Burts is goergous!!!

[guitarfiend1000]

I Heard Some One Stole The Other Half Of His Quad Necked Guitar Who Ever Di That Is And Was And Always Will Be A COMPLETE ASSHOLE!

[guitarguy7480]

I've watched all of the "In The Studio...." vids, and this one is my favorite. Don't know why.

[guitarguy7480]

"I like the champagne sparkle cause it guarantees I will never, ever play this guitar live." LOL

[alxdd2]

Does he always dress like that, Just imagine him going to a wedding were his leather and chains.

[spider62able]

Me again no hard feelings to anyone because Michael is really cool! Plus he can Shred and I love the look of that Dean custom axe at the start of the video,too cool!

[spider62able]

Not to burst anyone's bubble but it's not really Miike's hair that's annoying because he wearing a wig! I saw him backstage at a clinic ajusting his wig/hair, oh well, I guesss it beats being bald( not that theres anything wrong with that mind you). Also a little history Michael is credited with putting out the first Shred Instructional guitar Video in the early 80's. He is also really cool/nice guy!

[spider62able]

Not to bursy anyone's bubble but it's not really Miike's hair that's annoying because he wearing a wig! I saw him backstage at a clinic ajusting his wig/hair, oh well, I guesss it beats being bald( not that theres anything wrong with that mind you). Also a little history Michael is credited with putting out the first Shred Instructional guitar Video in the early 80's. He is also really cool/nice guy!

[ArpeggioBear]

with skill like that he still practice?

[xTriplex13]

@SLee1337 That studio is millions of dollars. Lets do it

[broadcast666this]

WHAT NO QUAD GUITARS!?

[sam261007]

he's such an info geek!

[Skjoldr16]

goddamn his haircut is annoying

[M1thotyn]

wtf is with all these guitarworld videos having such TERRIBLE camera focusing.

[M1thotyn]

1:12 yeah and it all FUCKING SUCKS! I cant stand these modern recordings. They sound like digital ass barf. Just throw the fucking guitar away and use a keyboard if you're gonna do that.

[Schecter725]

whats the name of the song in the intro here?>

[LOMAZ5150]

@Schecter725 speed kills

[iluvs2sk8]

i love the sign on his front door...nothing screams heavy metal like a cute little sign

[mrscountryrose]

@SLee1337 What about the racks, Where do u live, we can arrange it;)

[sonnyd124]

hes a ledgend!

[MEGADETHEVA]

Too bad he didn't talk about his 4 neck guitar :(

[TheAlexkru]

@SLee1337 theres 67 guitars, it wouldnt quite work, but im in

[disturbedbass49]

@SLee1337 When.

[Chocopuppet]

Dat's pretty bad! 2:56

[BlackLabelForLife]

@SLee1337 im with ya.....I want the double neck.

[gspencer626]

give me all your marshall jmp-1 preamps, hahah

[baconbut95]

He looks like the really wierd black haired girl from the breakfast club. :)

[Death66reaper6]

"Hi I'm Michael Angelo Batio and welcome to my home studio, Monster Mix Studio. Yeah! \m/"

"Here's your pizza. that'll be 9.99."

[15viceandvirtues]

@Death66reaper6 Dear God, i was laughing my ass off there hahahahahaha

[MACEMusicInc]

@Death66reaper6 MAB would get 2 pizzas. Not 1!

[NathanielKHVids]

@MACEMusicInc And he would eat them ambidextrously.

[Mrgyn]

@Death66reaper6

LOL

[theNerdGamer88]

@Death66reaper6 imagine the face of batio xD

[jelvin1130]

@SLee1337 can't split them 50/50, he has 67! :P

[akgbassguitarkidmsc]

@jelvin1130 Looks like one Double's getting disassembled..

[SaiverxandSnow]

how did he know i was coming to visit him?

[DTPVH]

@SLee1337 Sure, as long as I can have the dean V and ML

[DonCarleones]

All His Guitar In Hard Case...Compare To Guitar World Video In Studio With Yngwie Malmsteen...Malsteen Thorow All His Guitar Without Hardcase.....

[AstraVex]

Damn! As soon as you knock his door! BAM! Ah-Mer-i-Cuh!!!

[Surrilium]

When he explains the racks and stuff, I cracked up so much because he sounds so dramatic about it xDD

[icallgreens]

At least he doesn't keep his guitars in a pile on the floor like Yngwie.

[MACEMusicInc]

MAB's currently has 109 guitars in his collection.

[dannz4fans]

thats my dream...

buy a second 1000$-amp, just in case.

[chicken6111]

lol i thought he called it Monster McStudio

[LOMAZ5150]

what an enrty by MAB!!!!!

[shair52]

who is the song?



[DragonMasterXZ]

i want to see him playing with a guitar with 6 arms,each one in 60° degrees.it would be awesome.

[InsomniaGuitar]

@SLee1337 how are you going to split 67 guitars 50\50?

[RenkinjutsushiYoukai]

@InsomniaGuitar There are double guitars. Pay attention to the video.

[InsomniaGuitar]

@RenkinjutsushiYoukai so what, are you going to broke them apart?

[yoryis2801]

soy el numero 332244 en ver este video jaja

[cdnLEE]

o_o it looks like he's gonna hack the white house with all the equipment :S

[HappyGuitarFellow]

@cdnLEE hahaha, that's funny ~~~

[HMStrat69]

He sounds like adam west. i could hear this- " This guitar has kittens on it! awuh hu hu hu i love my kittens.

[theeternalidol]

Anyone else remember the Adam02-style parody of this video?

"Hey mike what's that smell? Smells like a monster's dick bro"

"There was this guy in high school, and he had two dicks. That's where I came up with the idea 'hey I'm gonna play two guitars'"

Hilarious haha

[YorchiThrasher12]

whst is the next step for this man?????

[SSJ3Croat]

@SLee1337  I'm in haha

[NotStoked1]

"aloominum"

[Pokemon4ever92]

Did anyone notice his badass jacket?

[Aki9198]

'This is my pubic hair guitar. It's got as many strings as my barber would spare me. So SEE YAA!!!'

[AlvaroAEM]

"i bought a second one just in case " hahahahahaha xD

[AgariRG]

It's cool how each guitar has some special characteristic that Mr. Batio appreciates. And props to him for respecting them by putting them in individual cases.

[theBOSSDS1]

What band is he from, his name sounds so familiar?

[VadikMAGGOT]

@theBOSSDS1 nitro !!

[pivetlord13]

thats not gibsons only double neck lmao

[Theonewhoatethechips]

@pivetlord13 It's a double guitar, not a double-neck guitar. What he meant when he said "double guitar" was a guitar that had linear symmetry. The necks on an EDS-1275 for example, are parallel, and you can't really play them at the same time.

[greatollie]

i love this man.

[BlakeeLee]

Hahah hes such a cool dork.

[xXxNyxErebusxXx]

@SLee1337

They're pre-split

[Thehideby]

I love Michael so much and he is so fucking awesome and really seems like a cool guy.. But he's such a geek XD

[BooneKids]

@SLee1337 You split guitars??!! YOU MONSTER!!!

[SpicyMojoBand]

i met him 2 years ago and heard him play and he's so nice gave me a few pointers

[zbarneyz]

@SLee1337 When and where? :P

[shair52]

who is the song?

[johnhwilliams]

I just had a dream that I met Michael Angelo Batio and in it he had a lamborgina with switches to drive it on a double neck guitar......imagine that. You're awesome Michael!

[MargaretsLight]

I didn't think he knew anything about recording studio stuff.

[njskate4death]

idk why i thought he would live in a castle.

[pipsqueek14]

MAB is awesome

[amzrable]

i like the way he talks...its soo polite and calm and composed with no hint of ego or whatsoever......& he keeps his guitar better then yngwie does hahahhahaha....

[RleeCha]

@amzrable i knwo right yingwie was like yeah that one is from steve vai were good friends~ he just have to point and not opening cases like what michael did ahahahaha

[amzrable]

@RleeCha hahahhaha...and the fact that the expensive strats were all over the floor was like whhhhhhhhhhaaaaaattttttttttt are u doin yngwie?? i'd work my ass off to even afforg one of those signature and u are throwin it all over the floor? hahahahaha......anyway, he's a legend, no doubt....

[Danevader2]

@amzrable That's not too hard, I mean I could leave my guitar in a dumpster and it would still be better kept that his...

[funofsk8ing]

@amzrable totally agree, yngwie has so many great guitars, could give me 1!!

[aztechuhs]

"Hi, I'm MAB, and I have more gear than you..."

[CometShoot000]

where was his quattro guitar?

[DavePerry2012]

Amazing how quaint a cottage he seems to live in.

[ricardo666devil]

pause on 2:07 is that an pink guitar????

[js100serch]

jajajajaj Lol XD I want the Mab 1 armored flame

[js100serch]

So you've seen some of my guitar collection, you've seen how I record in my studio... but I have to admit......... GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[coltsuperocean10]

...the ugliest fucking bloke in the world!! Good job he can play a guitar!! Im guessing he must be a virgin on account of his bad looks!! He looks like stig of the dump!!

[ballsauce2]

@coltsuperocean10 Michael has probably fucked more ANAL alone than the amount of girls that actually care to talk to your sorry ass. Quit going for looks and just respect. Or like he wanted to say at the end of the video; GET THE FUCK OUT.

[elvisdustin]

Hi, I'm Michael Angelo Batio, and welcome to my home studio.

HI DAD!!!!

[Abon666]

Hi, im Michael Angelo Batio and get of my lawn.

[shardprime]

It's time to practice practice practice, so SEEYAAA!

I never thought I would hear MAB shout. I am frightened.

[SkillerGuyVids]

@shardprime You kidding me? He shouts all the time live, i've seen it

[shardprime]

@SkillerGuyVids But the man is enormous. It is frightening anyway. D:

[BioGeometric066]

Lol i wonder if he answers his door like that all the time XD

[Jeteso2009]

waht about the 4 pieces guitar

[MACEMusicInc]

@Jeteso2009 The MAB String Dampeners are on all 4 guitars of the "Quad."

[schwarszendeust]

in the studio with god!

[MACEMusicInc]

The device is called the "MAB String Dampener." Michael invented and improved it, based on an idea from George Van Eps and has a patent on it. The MAB String Dampener is great for tapping, cleans up your playing and is available at Michael's site.

[underdog4000]

5:17 what is that item that he has covering the fret?

[000acr000]

@underdog4000 Something to mute the strings probably

[browncamo7]

@underdog4000 It is like an on the fly capo so he can lift it up and put it down without having to use a clamp

[runescapeia]

@underdog4000 It's just something so when it's in the case, the plastic piece holding the guitar in the case doens't scratch against the strings while it's in there.

[oddlyreasonable]

ever hear Soothsayer by Buckethead?

[KibotVejn]

Practice?Haha he's funny.0,o

[beabbong]

This guy is awesome!

[oscarsstuff]

i love this guy :)

[MrYngwie88]

i want a home like that i live in sweden gotta split to US

[dougmilne27]

lol his face right at the end when he screams SEE YA, anyone else on the planet would look a twat doing that, this guy just rules too much for that shit haha

[MrAdammassacre]

if this was Yngwie's studio his guitars would be thrown all over the floor and stacked up on eachother,maybe he should take a page outta MABS book and take care of his shit better \m/

A guitar is just a guitar, mate. I'm sure with a name like Malmsteen, guitars are thrown at you left and right from various companies, etc. I would hope a player would spend more time playing and practicing than cleaning. That's why whenever I go to shows, I like to see the beat-up guitars that have been put into good use. I must say it is important to maintain to get