Shred This Competition - Bryan Aspey *1st Place*

[xIvalicex]

Now thats guitar playing ;)!

[damnnicksalltaken]

insane bro!

love the tone

the song

very melodic

its awesome!

[jrhmiami]

you are an absolute monster. Sometimes I get discouraged when I see a guitarist as good as you that isn't that well known, but keep at it and I am sure you will get the recognition your playing deserves in the end. If I was in VA I would surely seek you out for lessons because it is clear you have mastered the instrument. Keep rocking man

[DANGILBERT03]

PLEASE!! REUPLOAD THE VIDEO IN 720 or higher please!!!!!!!

[dujl]

I wasn't blown away by the musicality.

[taylorshred]

@dujl troollolololololololo

[UndergroundHipHopLuv]

Bro u r awesome !!!!!! Let me get that backing track from u please....... Seriously .. Please ... :-)

[alterbridge111]

LITERALLLYYY.. one of the most underrated guitarists ever... Bryan Aspey man you have got to be one of the top 5 guitarists in the world.. so monstrous.. and this is coming from a guy who has 40000 videos watched on youtube 2 years ago when they took the counter down.. i have seen my fair share of guitarists, i know whats out there.. and it dont get better then this

[megadethmetallicagd]

can any1 explain me the concept of a headstockless guitar o.O

[GuillermoSmyser]

@megadethmetallicagd I "headless" guitar is more "properly" weighted. All the tuning is done at the bridge.

[TheTrollMage]

Excellent melodic and rhythmic sense. Tasty tunes.

[stuforty2]

very tasty, melodic and speedy !

[jrhmiami]

nice man, pretty amazing!

[MegaDomnick]

Simply Marvelous!

[P00TANARA]

i can play everything from 2:20 and after...

[nudsh]

@P00TANARA - I'm good up to 0:00....... still working on that mid section run through 2:19........but I'm with you on the 2:20 on.... Brian started getting lazy on the technique......

[alienraider]

Damn there some really great guitar players out there!

[TheFarriesmetalhead]

guitar without headstock looks awful too me. but still great playing.

[ukparagolfer]

is that a Steinberger ZT3? I haven't seen one for ages

[1990Olloccin]

wow.....

[Doombot2point0]

Really nice playing! Are there any benefits from basically combining the headstock into the body like that (so that you tune from the bridge basically)?

[cosmienergy]

Pleasure to hear you mate.

[brianeflanagan]

dude you are very awesome!!!!!!!!

[jonrivera]

I'm so jealous. ><

[debbieluvsibanez]

whoa, what happened to the headstock?  lol, awesome vid :)

[MarvinSheats]

When I grow up.... I WANT TO PLAY LIKE BRYAN. Awesome!!!

[gotcalves]

why dont you call shrapnel records and get a job !

[SpunXtain]

how did this drivel win the competition..

[ThePatrickSGh]

:00000

[AntohinAndrej]

D: !!!!!!

[uberchad136]

in just about every video i see of you playing you have the guitars with out the heads. ive never had the chance to play one and im wondering if there is a reason why you choose those?

[WeveGotNoTimeToLose]

Is that fretboard a smaller scale? because it looks smaller, how many frets?

[SPENIXXX14]

Very good, but pc or ampli ? What's effect ?

[DDRKnightProductions]

I would really like to know how your strings are tuned without a headstock, is that a video editing illusion or something? Amazing playing, btw!

[TonyMistry]

@DDRKnightProductions I don't know the model of the guitar he's playing but most headless guitars have the tuning pegs at the other end by the bridge. You can see the black hardware on his guitar in the video.

[lightTHATbob]

the only thing I dislike about this video is the fact that I can only hit the like button one time...

[andyolson]

amazing work man!

[brocgustafson]

Is it bad that this gave me a semi?

[Reptile61]

ugly guitar - but awesome playing

[hunterlpdc94]

dude, you do you have any albums out?! because you have blown my mind!!

[2015LegendKiller]

@ProdigyChild2014 alright then haha

[regeditnotfound]

estudiaste musica o algo por el estilo?

[eduardo0796]

@regeditnotfound ni modo, como crees que aprendio todo eso?

[regeditnotfound]

@eduardo0796 por que conozco personajes que no estudian musica solo han tocado toda su vida y eso les basta

[faithandpractice]

Mmmmmm, tasty stuff.

[2015LegendKiller]

WTF wheres the head of ur guitar  and great solo

[RareMusicOnly]

Great Playing!!!

[88stockmj]

That was absolutely killer and a very tuneful solo! thanks.

[MarvinSheats]

Completely AWESOME!!! I am totally loving Steinberger guitars. Thanks much Bryan.

[TheFigueroa007]

Somebody stole your headstock Bryan!

[Nidaime299]

steinburger guitaR?

[aculturemind]

See, would've been way cooler if you'd ended on the leading tone at 1:38, partly just to avoid the octave doubling. Although, the whole thing is a little diatonic.

[Dragongirl182]

awesome 8D

[LiutenantIroh]

what guitar is that man!?i love how you play!

[Kovaji]

@LiutenantIroh He's playing a Steinberger. Looks like a GR4.

[allhailpantera123]

Incredible. Just incredible. I look up to you, man.

[distortionCAST]

to have a reportory like that he´s got to live for the guitar,he´s got to be a guitar slave

[ChadizzleFoshizzle]

This guy wins like ever internet guitar competition and he totally deserves it too

[shrederfideguitar]

do u have this in tab

[wildcatp7]

Own the same guitar: Steinbergers rock!!!

[DrunKid]

where's the headstock? :O

[RamdomMan696]

15 people lost to him in the contest

[Brettmoberg619]

you music moves me!!

[Guitfiddlejase]

Holy Brett Garsed!!!! Nice stuff man! Nice stuff.....

[dfencerocks]

reminds me of reb beach

[YAGGAAA]

thats amazing but you have an ugly guitar dude ;D

[yopetrucci]

fucking amazing

[Northernmight]

damn.. you saw that?! his headstock melted off clean!

[theweberjosh]

GREAT COMBINATION OF STYLES,DEDICATION

[AngryLlamaz]

wtf! I love this vid but I assumed u were some british guy.. then I see that you're from mclean!! that is near where I live lawls. do offer lesons?

[bryanaspey]

@AngryLlamaz thanks man! Yes I teach in McLean VA - drop me a line on my website

[IronRobM]

nice dude. some seriously awesome playing. what did it for me is the closed eyes "i'm in the groove" look. not just speed for speed and structures sake. some real musicality. i'm dead impressed..

[themusicdr]

whoa :-O

[cafassiticul]

you are one hell of a good musician!

[McMinnManiac]

Yo That was sick some serious Skill there ...

[TheStapleZ]

Your guitar is ugly but you play well

[juanrelles]

mmmmm te la rifas

y kisiera tener tus guitarras

jajaja

[ricardosteen]

Blues Saraceno 1:08

[tats4fun]

Pure candy for the ears man, a pleasure to watch and listen to. I think I'll close this down and p/u my guitar for awhile.

[DREMSproductions]

lol i tought the head of the guitar was gone !

[ndog5150]

I think I'll hang it up now... anyone want to buy some gear? Tip of the hat Dude. Love how melodic you are...

[bleakexist]

Ouch! that's great. I love how you make it looks so easy. A sign of a great player.

[tothemax01]

dude someone beheaded your guitar

[gesiz22]

@tothemax01 the headstock just ran away because the fret board was on fore=D

[thedukewestern]

YEAH! Thats great... so... whats that lick you did at 2:04 thats really cool!

[shredthendofasoul]

Hey man. great playing! but I was curious which guitar you like better, the old steinberger gm4 or the new zt3? are they similar or very different? thanks man

[MrCocuphy]

awesome, simply awesome....

[encguitarist]

i heard a friedman lick a helmerich lick a gamble lick and a paul gilbert lick. awesome!!!

[urdal2007]

Great!!!

Nice greets

Uli

[lordabomity]

either your hands are fucking huge or that neck is made for children =P

[skatinsince97]

awsome playn dude.....is it akward to stand with that guitar since it doenst have the head

[raymondothedoors]

You are very great! Beautiful sound and imprvvisation!

Impressive!

[aoisatan]

how do you tune the guitar then??

[Nascar24ms]

veeeery smooth

[kimo1371]

man that was good.

your guitar looks tiny are you a giant?

[kinggeeblin]

nice man

[Metalrulz7]

Sweeeeeet mann! U manage to shred with emotion! Lol already better than Yngwie freakin malmsteen in my opinion :P

[jacksonshredder123]

perfection

[jgivler]

Awesome playing! Nice job brother

[Diabuluss]

r-trem???

[thepimpestpimp]

That's a badass guitar, it don't need a head... This guy makes up by getting extra head bakkstage... BAD ASS!!!!

[turdsquad]

is the guitar missing something ;)

[chum1002]

It's like no one knows that a guitar can be built without a head. Hmm. Great job.

[316puppy]

dickhead...wherez da head?? lol

[minglemonkey]

Noob question... where the fuck is the head of that guitar?

[Guitareben]

@minglemonkey It is a steinberger guitar. search em up on google :)

[lauriemonk]

wow almost 31,000 views!

[cjgags2]

why is there no head on this guitar?

[pkerlover]

wow this is so epic

[martyfriedman666]

that was awesome!

[nGorkee]

Great guitar-playing! I envy your talent... I'm looking for a way to get your instructional or something!

[robotfamilygchicken]

my favourite part is when he shreds

[karmacannon]

I hear a bit of G. Howe in there as well (this is a compliment, to be sure). Done with such feeling, really fantastic phrasing in places. Bravo! Big thumbs up for certain!

[sixstringsFTW]

hey i think part of your guitar is missing

[shunyotube]

Happy I just stumbled onto you. Fantastic playing. I'll be checking out your channel.

[theking13371]

no joke dude i jizzed in my ear

[plxplxkthx]

you have a really distinctive style. its not my kind of thing but youre clearly a very talented guitarist and some of the sweeps and licks were awesome.

[andrewbroughton65]

Congrats man,very smooth,loved it .

[Shewolfen]

Hi, found your video on Tiki Central. Nice Tikis , oh btw, OUTSTANDING GUITAR PLAYING! :D , Im a guitarist with a bad exotica/tiki habit too lol I'll be posting pics of my tiki guitar on TC ;) - Bau

[hymanpena]

wanna trade steinbergers?

[Deritooo]

nice guitar.

[assfuck37]

usted tiene manos grandes

[BaldrWynn]

Amazing, I hope to play like you someday ! In my mind you're the best youtube guitar player. Greats from France =)

[Neltheros]

its extremely rare to find a melodic shredder nowadays. well done man!

[adhdofficialchannel]

... where is the stockhead???

[DJspin88988]

this ENTIRE video is sexy. I don't know how I passed this up the first time I saw one of your vids. I'm subscribing so it won't happen again

[Cory1721]

Nice tone,Great feel!!

[michaelvaneckartiest]

Dude awesome guitar playing :D

[lauriemonk]

Just passing... man this is such a cool solo...

[VelvetFuckinRevolv3r]

fucking AMAZING!

[calltorock]

Awesome solo! Great tone too.

[superfathermomattack]

this blows my mind. sick shredding. i just shit piss.

[KrankyFinn]

Your sick dude... Props dude

[Guitareben]

Massive hands! That was completely sick :D

[Matt123ttam]

Why did you choose that guitar to do this with? just wondering.

[hanspeder23]

funny guitar

[lupo1932]

wow !

10/10

[ArcaneLifeforce666]

your pick hand looks exactly like john petrucci"s

[barrettd04]

i loved the chords at the beginning.

[Hypnus9]

Bryan...verrrrry nice! Verry tasteful!

[jorael1232]

love the style in this song. good feel. know nothing about guitar although i've been "playing with" one for about 6 years now... oh well.

[LickMyAxecom]

This is a great tune. It has a amazing feel.

[diminishedlogic]

SOUNDS GREAT

[sensational1982]

Love the diminished chords at the inro! fantastic idea!!

[mrcr0wley1]

awesome! very melodic, love it.

[xmaxima1]

u are pro bro!!!!!!!!!!

[MasterCheeief]

where the fuck is the head of his guitar

[Guitarzoink]

Well deserved! That was great!

[elhippye]

great song and really good technique =)

[moviemaker3000]

Where is the head of his guitar? lol

[IPawnNoobs]

Just how much music theory do you actually know ?

[light487]

After listening to your Shred This Too composition thought I'd see what you did here and it is much more "together" on this one.. easy to see why it was #1.. :)

[itzfast]

Wow! That's all I gotta say.

[skilla4lif3]

nice playing and guitar and loving the invisibl hadstock how did you do it

[gh0stmasta]

you can hear the paul gilbert inspiration so clearly in your playing yet so much originality. Amazing my man, just amazing

[RyLeeKing]

congrats on the win. i got to admit i was rooting for joop. but this is a sick track man mad props

[PezShred]

1:32 best tap lick period

[Neltheros]

Finally a really melodic shredder! Most shredders usually think when they play: look-how-fast-and-randomly-i-p­lay, worship me!

[AyanRafique]

@bryanaspey Well I can't wait then! :D

You are one of the greatest guitarists out there!

[AyanRafique]

Did you learn those sweeps from Frank Gambale?

[AyanRafique]

Hah Paul GIlbert Lick at 1:20.

[bryanaspey]

Gotta have that PG lick!!! ;D

[PGM992]

@bryanaspey

Heck yes!

[thegr8HarV]

brilliant sweeps man. how the hell do you tune that thing

[AyanRafique]

@thegr8HarV Tuners at the bottom. Quite a nice idea if you ask me.

[AyanRafique]

Single Coils Rule!

[KAILequalsSEX]

do you think you could post that backing track?

i cant find it, i can only find the one for this year's

[bryanaspey]

@KAILequalsSEX check out the description in the main competition video for the bt link - it's right under my video where it says "this is a video response to.." Have fun - it's a great track to jam over!

[MrLewiisV2]

wtf wheres the headstock

[yanmingyuyu]

@MrLewiisV2 its a steinberge guitar, they sound great :D!

[bryanaspey]

@MrLewiisV2 google "Steinberger" = awesome guitars :D

[MrLewiisV2]

@bryanaspey chears man

[guitarplayingcat]

wow man. You must know your theory. Well played, your are an electric god.

[pipaguapique]

Dang dude!!!! youre SMOOTH!!!

hey. im really interested in buying a zt3 custom, but i havent seen many videos out there playing rythm, could you tell me if that guitar sounds chunky enough to play chugga chugga type of hard core on it?

i would appreciate if you could answer,

Jerry "the mexican"

[bryanaspey]

@pipaguapique thanks a lot Jerry!!! This guitar is an R series from the early 90s, but the new ZT3 has many great features - I will try to demo some rhythm playing with one soon. Pls subscribe and check my website for updates!  :D

[Chesenips980]

Hey a.. your guitar doesnt have a headstock. Nifty.

[adestickbaby]

someones been practising! whew! Thanks for the listening pleasure.

[aaronbergAPB]

Incredible,  apb

[Deismcomprehension]

epic

[Treyfus2007]

so... sick...

[Soldano88]

Killer! 5 stars man!

[vheadfacelegs]

this is unreal

[bryanaspey]

Thanks to all for the wonderful feedback and if you enjoyed this, be sure to check out my "Shred This Too" competition entry! Link is in the video info, or check my channel.

Best vibes in life & guitar,

Bryan