If Guthrie ever lost his right hand in an industrial accident, he'd still kick the ass of 99% of the guitarists out there. He just couldn't drink coffee at the same time.
In terms of pure skill, in my top 10 list. When you factor in the number of genres/styles he plays, definitely top 5 of all time. The only style I haven't heard him play is slide.
Guthrie can play guitar superbly with one hand while simultaneously drinking coffee quite badly with the other hand. I can drink coffee superbly with one hand while simultaneously playing guitar quite badly with the other hand... and that, my dear Guthrie, makes us rather even.
use this as inspiration. He wants people to get better, do you watch pimp my ride and then sell your car? He's giving us a window into the possibilities of guitar god-hood, use this as fuel, not the brakes.
It was just a joke, guys, c'mon, why you keep trying to defend Guthrie so much? We all know he wasn't SHOWING OFF. He has amazing skills and most of the people here (and there) couldn't play that with both hands, Govan KNOWS that and was simply demonstrating that this kind of fretting skill is indeed important in "real life" like he said. Stop getting so mad at things and learn to joke and mess around just like Guthrie does.
To be honest, if a guitarist is technical enough to play it with two hands, he would be able to play that with one hand with just a bit more practice, since it would all be mostly legato anyways (the shred part).
I had a good chat with Guthrie in San Francisco, even had a beer with him and the other Aristocrats when they first came to the Biscuits and Blues (upstairs). Guthrie is a perfect gentleman. Super nice guy. I have a lot of respect for him.
Oh, now I see. You are a mannish boy or is it a boyish man. In any case, you're only making yourself look like a clown, considering what you said is exactly what Jimmy Page's father told him about his music. Are you Jimmy Page's father?
I love how some people watch this and think "Time to throw my guitar out the window" or "Time to burn my guitar", when you should actually be thinking "Time to practice harder if I want to become this good". The purpose of these videos isn't to condescend, but to inspire!
To get this good involves going back in time, picking up a guitar at age 3 and being extremely obsessed with the instrument during a quasi autistic childhood. Compared to this guy and a few others, we're all just old dogs unable to learn new tricks. All we got left is.... to throw guitars out of windows and enjoy watching and hearing these freaks play.
I agree with what you wrote. I once heard someone say you can tell the winners from the losers straight away and this is how. Some people see things like here as a challenge and inspiration, some see it as a chance to complain and self-deprecate. That is the only difference between a loser and a winner - whether they think they can or they think they can't...
He's the guitar bogeyman, that chilling story that our parents told us to keep us away from playing guitar. "Don't touch the fretboard, or Guthrie Govan will come from under your bed and shred your dreams to shreds! (?)"
LOL I had to think about my comment to remember what the joke was....the joke is that articulation can refer to speech as well as musical instrument manipulation....my comment displayed a lack of verbal articulation
@@Slashixuz Thats a really good one, but there is an earlier vid, before he was with Suhr. He was playing a semi hollow Gibson. Maybe it was a different basement, I just remember it was a basement lol. I wish I could find it, he absolutely goes off on soul jazz with a wah.
I live in Chelmsford and 10/12 years ago you could go and watch him and the band play every week to a virtually empty room. I had the rare pleasure of jamming with him and Tom Jenkinson (Squarepusher) - out of my depth doesn't come close, but what a thrill, although they probably say the same about me
Guthrie can play better with one hand, than most others can with two hands. He is a true natural talent. He is one with the instrument in all aspects. Lots of players are great. Guthrie is beyond great.
This particular ability to play without picking the notes is just result of hard practice, and practicing this exact thing. It's really useful and actually the backbone of any truly clean playing. People often talk about talent, when they mean hard work.
@@shredd5705 Lots of people can put-in the hard work, and never achieve these results. To be great, it takes the combination of natural ability, and years of practice. You need to have the ear for it. And the feel for it. And then you need to apply yourself. If you have no talent for it, it will be a struggle forever. Progress will be painfully slow. Most will lose interest at some point. Nobody likes doing things they suck at. But when you can see real progress, it motivates you to keep going.
@@TheCyberMantis Sure... you need basic musical talent. But say, Kirk Hammett could learn to play this legato, if he tried hard enough. It's not talent, but practice and finger coordination and strength that comes from repetitions (I was not talking about how Guthrie plays and improvises overall, which is out of reach for most guitarists even... but about how he plays on this video, which is just fancy legato that anyone musical can do with enough practice)
Thanks so much for sharing this great video opportunity to see someone who is not only great at , but just loves what he does so much...And... he is willing to share it so generously as Mr Guthrie always does.
This video has stuck with me for the last almost decade! First off it's amazing and hilarious. Secondly, if you can get your left hand to be that capable, the right hand is free to actually do cool stuff instead of just being a slave to articulate for what your left hand is pressing down. This thought inspired by this video has given me so much freedom!
I'm not even jealous!! It's a good thing, Guitarist like Guthrie Govan,are out here showing me, and teaching me how much can be done on this instrument. I won't be able to do it, but it's good to know!!
An excellent summary. I thought I knew all the players, including Jason, but am ashamed to admit I have only recently had the pleasure of hearing this genius musician. What is so refreshing (and totally disarming to critics) is Guthrie's humour and open manner, a less up himself guitarist doesn't exist. I see nothing wrong with knowing and sharing the fact that you happen to be a sublimely gifted guitar player who worked his talent until it peaked at the top level.
you can determine without any thought that a dislike placed on this video is put there because of 100% jealousy. why is it that this cannot be viewed with the awe and respect it deserves? this is incredible awe inspiring legato requiring brutal strength,speed,coordination and precision and takes many many years of practice to master.in most cases,even after several years this level of mastery, skill and perfection of technique is seldom achieved.this gentleman is a very special,brillant master of the guitar.
Quite jealous that you made that concert! At the Vodoo Rooms, I believe. I hadn't heard of the Aristocrats - let alone Guthrie Govan - at that time but I can't wait for them to return!
@SixStringHarmonies "We are doomed to share the love of an instrument with an innumerable bunch of complete, and utter fucking idiots. We see them in the music store, you know who I'm talking about." Yeah, I see a few of them in this thread lol
I think it may be to do with the fact that he has consistently played all of his life. Playing to him is second nature (like walking or talking to us mere mortals) He is an inspiration to better oneself.
the guys saying it sounded like Mattias IA Eklund, so I'm guessing that's Freak Guitar Camp right there! Guthrie and IA should have a babie, and it would grow up to rule supreme!
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Cheez... the face of the boy back there... is saying: "please, be my father!!!"
😂 just had to re-watch this to see the kid. Too funny! He looked like he was ready for flies to land in his mouth... It just got wider and wider I'm total disbelief. Ha Ha Ha...
markbo1957 Are you a troll?... Oh well, i can't leave this be, so in case you were serious: the point is: the quality of a piece of gear should NEVER surpass the abilities of an individual. To use your own example, the point is this: a major league MLB player in my opinion, is embarrassing himself if he can't perform equally on any piece of gear regardless. It's the skill, not the materials used. Same thing goes for guitar. It's a blindingly lazy illusion that a good guitar makes a guitar player sound better. You're supposed to be like Johnny B. Goode: play the guitar like ringing a bell. No matter what guitar you're playing. Many people refuse to face this, maybe because they're not good enough, maybe because they're lazy. I say no excuses. Be good, or go home and practice. And to answer your question on how many in the world can do that... I can do that. And many MANY other players can do that. It's really not that hard on an amped electric guitar, trust me. That's why i wrote what i wrote. It's really fucking hard on an acoustic guitar, especially with corroded strings ;)
Guthrie is something else entirely. I love those players, too, but he's 21st century hyper-accomplished mutation of their collective DNA. I saw him play point-blank with ASIA (in Farmingdale, NY) & almost fainted. He's so dangerously good as to (possibly) leave music behind. That was a fantastic band & I only hope he'll never lose his reason to play, when anything he plays is surely (so) far less than his virtuosity. Go Guthrie Go!!
how about we all accept that this guy does have talent. it takes talent to pull this sort of thing of, and he isn't 'posing' he's joking about it. there is always guitarists better, but he still has quite a lot of talent to flawlessly pull something like this off.
***** Still wrong, though. Some people just learn certain things faster than average. Other people work their asses off and still don't accomplish much. You can be pretty good with just talent or just hard work but to be great you need both. That applies to everything in life basically.
It's like living at the same time as a wunderman like Mozart. What an inspiration to know how good we all should be. Seeing is believing. By the way, on this technique, which I learned 30 years ago (I thought I had invented it... ha!) You can place your right hand loosely on the strings where the band is on the neck to mute the strings so that you don't need the band. You can see Steve Vai and a few others use this trick once in awhile. Left hand hammer and legato can be quite fun!
this demonstrate that the sucessful in guitar, or in music, is practicing hours and hours everyday, amateur players or people with the dream to be like these gods, dont take that truly.
ᶘoᴥoᶅ In fact and in actuality he didn't. He didn't even kill Clapton this was just my way of praising him because he's amazing but guys like Clapton, Jeff Beck and so many others are every bit as good as Guthrie if not better because you see merit is not solely based on technical prowess, it's based on creativity, it's based on developing a very specific style of playing that encompasses creativity, technique, some speed and a whole lot of feeling so your comment is very very wide of the mark.
Purple Haze actually, technical proficiency is what defines a good guitar player. bending and vibrato and all that shit are part of technique. and objectively speaking, people like Clapton and Beck don't even come close to Guthrie.
oh my god people shut up. music is not a contest. stop bitching over who you think is better or whether guthrie is good or sucks. it's not a damn contest, stop pretending like your opinion is the be all and end all of musical facts. you're missing the ENTIRE point of music and art when you think that way.
***** Well this guy chosen that perspective on music. The thing with music and art is this: it depends on the perspective you have on it. You can understand how music can be a technical contest, yet on the other hand you can also understand how music is supposed to be only emotional, spiritual or whatever, yet on the other hand you can also see music as the understanding of harmony by studying chord chemistry or Bach, yet on the other hand you can also see music as 99% rhythm since rhythm is so important and that triplets rule the world, yet on the other hand you can see music like bebop saying that bebop will make you understand harmony more than Bach, yet on the other hand you can see music as just sound and the idea of kids going together and making sounds with the same old tools is nothing new, but can be enjoyed nevertheless, yet on the other hand you can see music as just sound that stirs up emotions and thoughts, yet on the other hand you can see music as just a purpose to dance, yet on the other hand you can see music as the backdrop for the melody and poetry, and that the lyrics needs to have meaning, yet on the other hand you can see music as scientific, with its fluctuations, waves that are either balanced or unbalanced and how it affects the mind and thus triggers emotions, yet on the other hand you can see music in...... MANY WAYS! You know what music is all of this and even more. Even if it is paradoxical and contradictory, music is and can be all of this depending on the perception of the individual with his/her interpretations of some songs in the vast infinite field of what music is. TL;DR?
Freckin great musician,composer and guitarist.We applaud great technique and value towards the work/effort to play with great facility. No,"show off", no "dumbass" just amazing effort and Buck Loads of influence..Cheers Mate!
Actually ... im not a metallica fan but theres a video of kirk in the 90s playing one handed too you could still search it, people need to stop comparing which musicians are "better" than others...
Yet, you dont see Guthrie selling out stadiums at the same volume as Metallica. The truth is that most people perfer something that is easy to remember and not necessarely more musically genious.
Kirk is a brilliant guitarist.. but comparing him to Guthrie is strange and pointless. It's like comparing a 100m sprinter who has a PB of 9.95 seconds against Usain Bolt. They are also performing for different purposes. People are watching Guthrie specifically for his guitar playing, so 99.9% accuracy is the standard he must adhere to when performing live. Kirk is a component in a band, and as long as the overall song is great, that's the the standard - it's the same with most rock bands.
Every time I watch something new from him it contains a new talent, creation, or impression. Would love to see him play with Bireli Lagrene, Tommy Emmanuel, Frank Vignola, or Stochelo Rosenberg
its amazing how much you improve after practicing with one hand... especially if you then proceed to do this on an acoustic with higher action... your dexterity and strenght triples in a matter of weeks Drop that: "I should sell my guitar" whining and practice people!
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If Guthrie ever lost his right hand in an industrial accident, he'd still kick the ass of 99% of the guitarists out there. He just couldn't drink coffee at the same time.
+Mark Lambert Yeah, cuz right now he kicks the ass of the 100% of the guitarists out there.
+Mark Lambert He'd have somebod pour it in his mouth. I'm first in line!
yeah, he kicks even his own ass
No. He'd have a signature guitar that is full of coffee and has a straw.
I wonder how he would strum...
Single handedly one of the best guitar players out there.
In terms of pure skill, in my top 10 list. When you factor in the number of genres/styles he plays, definitely top 5 of all time. The only style I haven't heard him play is slide.
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@@dantealighieri6613 this guy could play guitar better than most guitarists with one hand meanwhile multitasking with the other 🎸
lol does nobody get the pun. Ok....
@@nathanyam2310 Its true in two ways now isn't it?😂
Guthrie can play guitar superbly with one hand while simultaneously drinking coffee quite badly with the other hand.
I can drink coffee superbly with one hand while simultaneously playing guitar quite badly with the other hand... and that, my dear Guthrie, makes us rather even.
Did you 'ave a laugh?
CoproManiac i fucking lol'd
Really good try man good try lol
@Are you 'avin a laugh? Is he 'avin a laugh?
Check!
And, so I've been told: Mate!
Luther!
Yeah, "a fun thing to do"... It must be fun to crush everybody's aspirations with just one hand. Thanks a lot, Guthrie.
just one hand? and with just his fingertips no less.
use this as inspiration. He wants people to get better, do you watch pimp my ride and then sell your car? He's giving us a window into the possibilities of guitar god-hood, use this as fuel, not the brakes.
@@Dedonarivl96 cant belive people get Guthrie as breaks .. (( this man is avatar of guitar inspiration rly
@@TheAvatarVV exactly! He is evidence that every beginner can become a master!
@@Dedonarivl96 he shines for us ! his legato myy gooood thats straight inspiration .. and YEARS of of very conscious practice )
clean tone... i can not undestand how anyone can dislike this
jealousy
Pretty much. What he played was so clean and flawless that no other explanation remains
Trolls... not musicians for sure
Clip is fine but click-bait title will attract dislikes.
Thats why people dislike it.. They need distortion sound..
That one guy saying show off...Must be a rogue bass player.
exactly i wanted to slap that guy
If you knew Guthrie as a person, you'd know that "showing off" isn't in his vocabulary. He just plays.
in fairness the guy who said it was probably just pulling Guth's leg... but I imagine Guth's the kinda guy to really take it to heart.
It was just a joke, guys, c'mon, why you keep trying to defend Guthrie so much? We all know he wasn't SHOWING OFF. He has amazing skills and most of the people here (and there) couldn't play that with both hands, Govan KNOWS that and was simply demonstrating that this kind of fretting skill is indeed important in "real life" like he said.
Stop getting so mad at things and learn to joke and mess around just like Guthrie does.
To be honest, if a guitarist is technical enough to play it with two hands, he would be able to play that with one hand with just a bit more practice, since it would all be mostly legato anyways (the shred part).
Speed: 8/10
Accuracy: 9/10
Catchiness: 7/10
Hands: 1/2
:-)
I had a good chat with Guthrie in San Francisco, even had a beer with him and the other Aristocrats when they first came to the Biscuits and Blues (upstairs). Guthrie is a perfect gentleman. Super nice guy. I have a lot of respect for him.
The scary part is he's not even showing off; that's just the only way he can drink coffee.
Guthrie improvising with one hand is better than every thing i'll ever accomplish on a guitar...
+Pier-Luc Tardif THAT'S WHY I STOPPED PLAYING!
+n stewart that's why i even work harder!
+n stewart lol thats sad
Not me. I'm fucking amazing
Oh, now I see. You are a mannish boy or is it a boyish man. In any case, you're only making yourself look like a clown, considering what you said is exactly what Jimmy Page's father told him about his music. Are you Jimmy Page's father?
I love how some people watch this and think "Time to throw my guitar out the window" or "Time to burn my guitar", when you should actually be thinking "Time to practice harder if I want to become this good". The purpose of these videos isn't to condescend, but to inspire!
Nice words! I´m actually thinking that it´s a big honor for me to be allowed and able to play the same kind of instrument he does
It's not that people are inferring condescension. They're saying he's so good that no amount of practice will allow them to become that good.
To get this good involves going back in time, picking up a guitar at age 3 and being extremely obsessed with the instrument during a quasi autistic childhood. Compared to this guy and a few others, we're all just old dogs unable to learn new tricks. All we got left is.... to throw guitars out of windows and enjoy watching and hearing these freaks play.
+palonazo true is not so simple like " im gonna practice a lot to become that good"
I agree with what you wrote. I once heard someone say you can tell the winners from the losers straight away and this is how. Some people see things like here as a challenge and inspiration, some see it as a chance to complain and self-deprecate. That is the only difference between a loser and a winner - whether they think they can or they think they can't...
I knew he could do this by looking at his hair.
He's the guitar bogeyman, that chilling story that our parents told us to keep us away from playing guitar.
"Don't touch the fretboard, or Guthrie Govan will come from under your bed and shred your dreams to shreds! (?)"
Wow, that articulation...
yeshh iss preee'eyy gooowd
Rick Deckard Hahaha Rick :D
LOL I had to think about my comment to remember what the joke was....the joke is that articulation can refer to speech as well as musical instrument manipulation....my comment displayed a lack of verbal articulation
He blows my mind every time I see him play! 🤯💚🎸
So, you could literally chop this guys right hand off and he'd still be able to out shred most people he comes across. Fuck...
I saw him play once in the bassment in Chelmsford. he has fingers like epileptic worms.
Theres video of that and it use to be on youtube. I cant find it now and Ive been looking for months.
@@TheOriginalArchie ruclips.net/user/results?search_query=guthrie+govan+Chelmsford
@@Slashixuz Thats a really good one, but there is an earlier vid, before he was with Suhr. He was playing a semi hollow Gibson. Maybe it was a different basement, I just remember it was a basement lol. I wish I could find it, he absolutely goes off on soul jazz with a wah.
I live in Chelmsford and 10/12 years ago you could go and watch him and the band play every week to a virtually empty room. I had the rare pleasure of jamming with him and Tom Jenkinson (Squarepusher) - out of my depth doesn't come close, but what a thrill, although they probably say the same about me
The fact he is such a sincere humble humorous guy means you just have nothing but respect and admiration for him.
Guthrie can play better with one hand, than most others can with two hands.
He is a true natural talent. He is one with the instrument in all aspects.
Lots of players are great. Guthrie is beyond great.
This particular ability to play without picking the notes is just result of hard practice, and practicing this exact thing. It's really useful and actually the backbone of any truly clean playing. People often talk about talent, when they mean hard work.
@@shredd5705 Lots of people can put-in the hard work, and never achieve these results. To be great, it takes the combination of natural ability, and years of practice. You need to have the ear for it. And the feel for it. And then you need to apply yourself. If you have no talent for it, it will be a struggle forever. Progress will be painfully slow. Most will lose interest at some point. Nobody likes doing things they suck at. But when you can see real progress, it motivates you to keep going.
@@TheCyberMantis Sure... you need basic musical talent. But say, Kirk Hammett could learn to play this legato, if he tried hard enough. It's not talent, but practice and finger coordination and strength that comes from repetitions (I was not talking about how Guthrie plays and improvises overall, which is out of reach for most guitarists even... but about how he plays on this video, which is just fancy legato that anyone musical can do with enough practice)
Thanks so much for sharing this great video opportunity to see someone who is not only great at , but just loves what he does so much...And... he is willing to share it so generously as Mr Guthrie always does.
remind me the time when Jason Becker in cacophony concert, was playing arpeggios with his left while his right hand playing yoyo.
he can eat, drink, answer the message, write but he doesn't have to stop playing his guitar, that's efficient life for guitarist
That's why guitarists must also focus with single handed legato as much as speed picking. You can really just do more than what you initially need.
Amazing... just amazing !
and thank you for sharing
This video has stuck with me for the last almost decade! First off it's amazing and hilarious. Secondly, if you can get your left hand to be that capable, the right hand is free to actually do cool stuff instead of just being a slave to articulate for what your left hand is pressing down. This thought inspired by this video has given me so much freedom!
I'm not even jealous!! It's a good thing, Guitarist like Guthrie Govan,are out here showing me, and teaching me how much can be done on this instrument. I won't be able to do it, but it's good to know!!
Wow, I've got the same tea cup as him...
It's a start.
who's selling the fucking cups?
I need that cup now
Me too, and I play just like him too 😀😃 😞😓😩
An excellent summary. I thought I knew all the players, including Jason, but am ashamed to admit I have only recently had the pleasure of hearing this genius musician. What is so refreshing (and totally disarming to critics) is Guthrie's humour and open manner, a less up himself guitarist doesn't exist. I see nothing wrong with knowing and sharing the fact that you happen to be a sublimely gifted guitar player who worked his talent until it peaked at the top level.
well I used Vai´s name cause it´s a fact he is more well known than Guthrie but I was not comparing them ... I love both !!!!
I've seen people do the legato thing with one hand...difficult but not impossible. When he started laying into a swing feel is when my brain exploded.
Yes! Mfer was hitting chords!
This guy is just unbelievable. Need to see him live one day.
you can determine without any thought that a dislike placed on this video is put there because of 100% jealousy.
why is it that this cannot be viewed with the awe and respect it deserves?
this is incredible awe inspiring legato requiring brutal strength,speed,coordination and precision
and takes many many years of practice to master.in most cases,even after several years this level of mastery,
skill and perfection of technique is seldom achieved.this gentleman is a very special,brillant master of the guitar.
A fantastic setup, hot pickups and amp, and ridiculous natural and cultivated ability will do that.
Maybe one day through hard work and dedication I can be that good...wait no i won't
We are not worthy
that's one of the cleanest and most impressive legato I've seen for a long time
Quite jealous that you made that concert! At the Vodoo Rooms, I believe. I hadn't heard of the Aristocrats - let alone Guthrie Govan - at that time but I can't wait for them to return!
@SixStringHarmonies
"We are doomed to share the love of an instrument with an innumerable bunch of complete, and utter fucking idiots. We see them in the music store, you know who I'm talking about."
Yeah, I see a few of them in this thread lol
I think it may be to do with the fact that he has consistently played all of his life. Playing to him is second nature (like walking or talking to us mere mortals) He is an inspiration to better oneself.
And a super guy, a fantastic teacher, motivator, mentor, inspiration (I could go on !) :)
MiniBuns: What key was that?
Guthrie:
yes.
the guys saying it sounded like Mattias IA Eklund, so I'm guessing that's Freak Guitar Camp right there! Guthrie and IA should have a babie, and it would grow up to rule supreme!
Cheez... the face of the boy back there... is saying: "please, be my father!!!"
😂 just had to re-watch this to see the kid. Too funny! He looked like he was ready for flies to land in his mouth... It just got wider and wider I'm total disbelief. Ha Ha Ha...
Ha Ha Ha
Kid is like if i don’t learn from him i suck 😆 too much pressure
I'd like Guthrie to play giant steps with his left hand.
What a beautiful understanding of the guitar this man has
Insane guitar player :D
More talent in 1 of his fingers than in both of my hands
First class circus act! Bravo!
Holy shit, my left hand cramped up just watching this!!! Awesome!!!
His fingers are so strong to be able to do that. Amazing ability.
Do that on a low budget western acoustic guitar with half-corroded strings! I dare you! xD
Yay tetanus :D
markbo1957 Are you a troll?... Oh well, i can't leave this be, so in case you were serious:
the point is: the quality of a piece of gear should NEVER surpass the abilities of an individual. To use your own example, the point is this: a major league MLB player in my opinion, is embarrassing himself if he can't perform equally on any piece of gear regardless. It's the skill, not the materials used. Same thing goes for guitar. It's a blindingly lazy illusion that a good guitar makes a guitar player sound better. You're supposed to be like Johnny B. Goode: play the guitar like ringing a bell. No matter what guitar you're playing. Many people refuse to face this, maybe because they're not good enough, maybe because they're lazy. I say no excuses. Be good, or go home and practice.
And to answer your question on how many in the world can do that... I can do that. And many MANY other players can do that. It's really not that hard on an amped electric guitar, trust me. That's why i wrote what i wrote. It's really fucking hard on an acoustic guitar, especially with corroded strings ;)
Mad Dek Would you be kind enough to upload a vid of you doing this then?
Mad Dek I suppose it's you that's the troll. Have a good day kind sir.
I guess he'd have enough finger strength and dexterity to pull off something decent.
Awesome legato skills =) Guthrie is the man!
If I could only have one moment with Master Govan, I would bother him with so many questions about his art... nobody else can explain what he knows.
Guthrie is something else entirely. I love those players, too, but he's 21st century hyper-accomplished mutation of their collective DNA. I saw him play point-blank with ASIA (in Farmingdale, NY) & almost fainted. He's so dangerously good as to (possibly) leave music behind. That was a fantastic band & I only hope he'll never lose his reason to play, when anything he plays is surely (so) far less than his virtuosity. Go Guthrie Go!!
"It's actually useful in real life" at the end xD
I heard your Live at the Beacon Theatre stand up is coming out next month! So pumped!
Someone has been watching Jason Becker's videos...
My guitar teacher taught me how to do this . But damn Guthrie is insane
how about we all accept that this guy does have talent. it takes talent to pull this sort of thing of, and he isn't 'posing' he's joking about it. there is always guitarists better, but he still has quite a lot of talent to flawlessly pull something like this off.
wat? bro that doesnt make any sense xD
oh wait no, my bad. i think i get what you mean now xD
*****
Still wrong, though. Some people just learn certain things faster than average. Other people work their asses off and still don't accomplish much.
You can be pretty good with just talent or just hard work but to be great you need both. That applies to everything in life basically.
It's like living at the same time as a wunderman like Mozart. What an inspiration to know how good we all should be. Seeing is believing. By the way, on this technique, which I learned 30 years ago (I thought I had invented it... ha!) You can place your right hand loosely on the strings where the band is on the neck to mute the strings so that you don't need the band. You can see Steve Vai and a few others use this trick once in awhile. Left hand hammer and legato can be quite fun!
this demonstrate that the sucessful in guitar, or in music, is practicing hours and hours everyday, amateur players or people with the dream to be like these gods, dont take that truly.
I bet he can't play SMOKE ON THE WATER even with two hands !!!!
Guth' is so good he plays water on the smoke... yeah, that's smoke on the water backwards.
I could do that with my eyelids.
I can do it with eye lashes on one eye and play the drums with the other eye.
ZER0
Well I've only been playing for a week. I'll move on to the drums soon.
😁
One of the best in the world making it look easy.
i want a parrot, and this whole masterclass,...
He just killed Eric Clapton.
just killed every guitarist for 100 years
Andrés Cintra LOL :)
He killed all of your favorite guitar players.
ᶘoᴥoᶅ In fact and in actuality he didn't. He didn't even kill Clapton this was just my way of praising him because he's amazing but guys like Clapton, Jeff Beck and so many others are every bit as good as Guthrie if not better because you see merit is not solely based on technical prowess, it's based on creativity, it's based on developing a very specific style of playing that encompasses creativity, technique, some speed and a whole lot of feeling so your comment is very very wide of the mark.
Purple Haze actually, technical proficiency is what defines a good guitar player. bending and vibrato and all that shit are part of technique.
and objectively speaking, people like Clapton and Beck don't even come close to Guthrie.
oh my god people shut up. music is not a contest. stop bitching over who you think is better or whether guthrie is good or sucks. it's not a damn contest, stop pretending like your opinion is the be all and end all of musical facts. you're missing the ENTIRE point of music and art when you think that way.
Preach it dude!
***** Well this guy chosen that perspective on music. The thing with music and art is this: it depends on the perspective you have on it. You can understand how music can be a technical contest, yet on the other hand you can also understand how music is supposed to be only emotional, spiritual or whatever, yet on the other hand you can also see music as the understanding of harmony by studying chord chemistry or Bach, yet on the other hand you can also see music as 99% rhythm since rhythm is so important and that triplets rule the world, yet on the other hand you can see music like bebop saying that bebop will make you understand harmony more than Bach, yet on the other hand you can see music as just sound and the idea of kids going together and making sounds with the same old tools is nothing new, but can be enjoyed nevertheless, yet on the other hand you can see music as just sound that stirs up emotions and thoughts, yet on the other hand you can see music as just a purpose to dance, yet on the other hand you can see music as the backdrop for the melody and poetry, and that the lyrics needs to have meaning, yet on the other hand you can see music as scientific, with its fluctuations, waves that are either balanced or unbalanced and how it affects the mind and thus triggers emotions, yet on the other hand you can see music in...... MANY WAYS!
You know what music is all of this and even more. Even if it is paradoxical and contradictory, music is and can be all of this depending on the perception of the individual with his/her interpretations of some songs in the vast infinite field of what music is.
TL;DR?
Freckin great musician,composer and guitarist.We applaud great technique and value towards the work/effort to play with great facility. No,"show off", no "dumbass" just amazing effort and Buck Loads of influence..Cheers Mate!
Those must be some great pickups!
That's a great left hand ;-)
Kirk Hammett couldn't do that in 3 lifetimes
lol Kirk Hammet can only learn his own guitar parts.
Actually ... im not a metallica fan but theres a video of kirk in the 90s playing one handed too you could still search it, people need to stop comparing which musicians are "better" than others...
Yet, you dont see Guthrie selling out stadiums at the same volume as Metallica. The truth is that most people perfer something that is easy to remember and not necessarely more musically genious.
Kirk is a brilliant guitarist.. but comparing him to Guthrie is strange and pointless. It's like comparing a 100m sprinter who has a PB of 9.95 seconds against Usain Bolt.
They are also performing for different purposes. People are watching Guthrie specifically for his guitar playing, so 99.9% accuracy is the standard he must adhere to when performing live. Kirk is a component in a band, and as long as the overall song is great, that's the the standard - it's the same with most rock bands.
Kirk's also probably a better writer. 'One' anyone?
Guthrie is a monster!!!! i recorded the aristocrats debut CD and i tell you, he blew my mind
Nice!
Sometimes it feels like this guy doesn't play music, but music plays him.
Damn it Guthrie! You incredible guitarist you!
Now try to play it only with right hand :P
I swear Guthrie Govan is Jesus in disguise! not a very good disguise though because Guthrie really looks like Jesus XD
+Sam Kaplan all he did was grow a beard, curl his hair a bit, and start talking with a british accent lol
+warhammer265 TRUE
Well, after 2000 years in the ground I'd say Jesus looks like hell.
added to favorites!
Guthrie is a beast!
I love this guy!! One of the best easily!!
Hippies make good guitar players
Fuck Yeah!!
Every time I watch something new from him it contains a new talent, creation, or impression. Would love to see him play with Bireli Lagrene, Tommy Emmanuel, Frank Vignola, or Stochelo Rosenberg
And the 23-4 year old Italian youngster that's tearing it up.
M M are his initials.
Ah classic. Very funny, talent off the charts.
Really... what planet is this guy from?
Jakob Strand England
+brian williams quite
@kim jongun too hot boi
Not Earth
nice technique, nice technique, but can he play In Bloom?
He can not :(
He'll get there...
i sold my guitars after watching this
Thanks Mr. Guthrie!
This guy is absolutely TERRIFYING. He's literally got everything
THE GUITARISTS I HATE ARE BETTER.
bet u haven't heard that one have yee?
THE GUITARISTS I LIKE ARE BETTER...
Everyone knows no one cares.apart from you.
Samuel Guedez No one "cares".
Samuel Guedez The joke >>>>
Your head.
I dont even. Wut. You amaze me Guthrie!
Love his sense of fun.
Very cool indeed! How could anyone dislike this?? Guthrie da man! \m/
I love that part at 0:4 that jazz thing was so cool
0:04
What?!? Amazing this man...
Bloody hell - what a good bloke.
No Guthrie!!!! I will not quit the guitar just because you play better than me with one hand, while sipping tea!
Der Typ is irre👍👍👍Sensationell 🎸
Fuggin brilliant!
really nice masterclass right ? Guthrie is an amazing player !!!!! keep rockin bro
god what a talent... damn... most talented musician on youtube INDEED!!!
Guthrie is no joke, man
That‘s nuts
That‘s so good
its amazing how much you improve after practicing with one hand... especially if you then proceed to do this on an acoustic with higher action... your dexterity and strenght triples in a matter of weeks
Drop that: "I should sell my guitar" whining and practice people!