Wow some serious haters on here. This isn't music that he's releasing commercially... it's basically educational stuff he makes for his guitar camp and for lesson downloads. The overall theme is to go outside of the box and challenge players with material that is borderline uncomfortable to play because it's so different from the conventions. Before you talk about emotions and robots check out his music with Freak Kitchen... songs like Breathe are proof enough that this man has a deep soul.
That phrase at 1:02 is one of the best things I've ever heard on a guitar. I've been watching this video for years now and continue to come back to it.
the best thing here is that you can see that this guy is enjoy what he is doing, and that is the most important thing here.... yeah a lot of haters here, but what, I can bet that all of them dont enjoy what they do.. In my opinion I love this abstract style. Sorry for bad Engilsh, I'm from Chile
This guy is blowing my mind! Why is it only now that I'm hearing about him? It must be because he only just recently arrived on planet. That would explain his other-worldly sound and precision laden technique! Unreal!
"Why is it only now that I'm hearing about him? " Probably because his band Freak Kitchen is pretty underground. He's a ridiculously talented guitar player for sure. Insane precision
Although I'm sure they have an audience somewhere, Freak Kitchen is kinda...totally horrible, with like one song as an exception. They remind me of some average local band with little to offer. Then Mattias sits in front of a camera with his guitar and amp and some programmed drums and blows my mind, multiple times.
Got here via an Eklundh fan commenting on, a Rick Beato 2022 list of "10 guitarist you should know". Was suggested we check him out. Well worth the trip, just sorry I'm so late to the party ;)
Those are called True Temperament frets..They are custom made to ensure that every note is correctly intonated. A “G” sounds like a “G” no matter where it is played. Looking at the True Temperament frets they don’t look like they would be easy to play or bend on, but Mattias explained that they felt just the same as regular frets, with the added benefit of always being in tune.
Its called True Tempered frets..You can google search about that..I asked him why his frets were crazy and he said that the actual notes in a chord lies in those style frets and you can play chords in perfect tune..mean while the straight frets only give about 95% tune..You can also know that in his some interview about his guitar..cheers! P.s If you are a freak kitchen fan check out my channel for mattias music, I've covered one of their songs..:)
@Busgtx That's pretty awesome man. I've been playin guitar for a long ass time and I have never seen anything like that. You learn something knew everyday. Thanks for the insight.
i hate all those disco synthesize music, but i knew that i salute this guy! hes absolutely outstanding, love the composure.. that vibrato geez im truly amazed
Was such a nice guy when I met him, and he is very talented and very creative. The "songs" are tough to listen to on repeat though. Gets much for the ear very quickly.
also, the problem isn't due to any "old system" but, as the TT fret site says, the spacing on conventional frets ignores that strings have mass. has nothing to do with what "looks normal". Oh, and if you're good enough you can correct the pitch of notes by adjusting the pressure on your fretting hand on 'normal' fretted guitars too
I know thats styles are many...many many ones and very diversse BUT...3 guitarists that i love and i can imediatly identify themselfs are. Jeff Waters = Annihilator Alex Skolnick = Testament And Mattias Eklundh Why ? becouse of their improbable why of sounding!when someone ear a guitarist, even if hes good, we can almost imediatly reconize a pattern and imagine the next phrase or sound (theres nothing rong in that ) but this 3 guys, have a unic sound and after 30 seconds you know,ah thats them!
Wow! Gutherie is STILL the best I for me. He's the perfect taste-musicality-insane-chops cyborg! God got all the ingredients right when he made that cat! Still love Vai, Satriani, Gilbert, etc. as well. Just discovering Mattias...and must say that I'm BLOW'D away....BUT....while I'm the biggest guitar fanatic (It's true! None bigger than me on youtube! LOL)...I don't think I could listen to 2hrs of this. Would give me tons of ideas of things that I would never be able to do, but I don't think I could listen to hours on end. I can with the aforementioned guitarists... Will keep my eye on this dude! SHRED ON! Keep on doing Guitar-God's work.
I have to agree! I just discovered this guy yesterday. Gutherie is also my favorite amongst every guitar player you mentioned. All of which are my favorites. We should jam sometime lol
N.SYou write Gutherie is still the best. I can tell you there are tons of good guitarist in the World. This guy here Mattias I have never Heard of Before. He is not even from an English spoken country . He is from a nation called Sweden which I dont know where it is situated..
@boxmouth1 oh those are true temperament frets, they're the same frets Steve Vai uses. Those weird fret shapes make a big change on like intonation, sustain and all that stuff lol
This song has feel anyway, just because it is different from what most people are used to hearing they struggle to comprehend it and instead put it down. People generally don't like change. There are far more "shreddier", "scalular" type players out there. Mattias is one of the shredders who has great feel. Otherwise I completely agree with you.
That guitar clinic about 12 yrs ago in Linköping, Sweden is on of the most treasured memories of Ia. He's so funny, relaxed, laid back, unpretentious and cool. Pretty much like any Gothenburgian. Check out Evergrey, they're fuckin' laid back as you can be too. Peesh!!
This is one short song from one of his albums that have 19 plus songs on etch album and every single one is completely unpredictable,it can be a extremely hard suppershreddingsong with the typical "MEklund" sound that he is more or less the only one in the world to be able to crank out of a guitar using no effects,just technique (that he had to give Steve Vai lessons on how to use a guitar just when he thought he had mastered all that could be dun with his lifepartners secrets) M.E. is complete
I so badly want a guitar like that one.He has the coolest own "devil apple" designed guitar.Not seen one in any music stores here in Sweden and he is a swede like me and most great guitarist in Europe,we are only 9 million and Finland and Norway are about 9 million together too.Scandinavia,the metal seat of the planet.(No,all you americans,we never had the grungewave and nu metalband over here,In Flames,Soilwork,Arch Enemy,Children of Bodom,and the list just goes on of band popping up>Korn .LB.)
I like his style that is unique and kind of otherworldly. I think Steve Vai must be ripping him off with some of these licks. Brilliant player and he has a very funny sense of humour. We need more funny ass people like him in this world. I am glad to discover his music. I am very curious about the True Temperment guitar. I see he had an 8 string. I am curious if he played a 7 string with that system? I want to learn more about the India approach to rhythm. I forgot the actual term it was called. Very cool stuff man.
JRPowell Funny mention Vai... There are a lot of elements in this piece which remind of Vai's very early release called "Flexible". It was release a very looooong time ago. I hardly think Vai stole anything for him. That release made guitarists say, "How the hell'd he do?! " over and over again. Every few years there's a guitar album like that. Van Halen's 1 st release had the same effect on the guitar world. Wow! I'm thinking back and, off the top of my head, Flexible must have been released 30 years ago now. Wow!!! I just made myself feel old!!! Thanks a lot JR!! 😂
i accept that...but are they implying that i don't have a properly intonated guitar? i keep my tuning as accurate as possible, and i feel that from 1 - 12 and likely beyond, that my guitar is within a very acceptable range of accuracy. can you tell me how this new fret system somehow out-does the standard?
Did anyone else notice that hit frets are split?!?!?!? I've never seen anything like that. Could be the camera playing tricks but I swear the fret wire doesn't look straight.
Wow some serious haters on here. This isn't music that he's releasing commercially... it's basically educational stuff he makes for his guitar camp and for lesson downloads. The overall theme is to go outside of the box and challenge players with material that is borderline uncomfortable to play because it's so different from the conventions. Before you talk about emotions and robots check out his music with Freak Kitchen... songs like Breathe are proof enough that this man has a deep soul.
Mattias' personality is contagious. I love this man.
That phrase at 1:02 is one of the best things I've ever heard on a guitar. I've been watching this video for years now and continue to come back to it.
Fucking love that lick. He plays that elsewhere as well, so damn addictive. That subtle bend is so damn tasty
Shout out to that lick again
It has a Guthrie Govan interprets Steve Vai kinda vibe. I like it.
Nice catch
That sweep melody during the "chorus" is so damn cool
the best thing here is that you can see that this guy is enjoy what he is doing, and that is the most important thing here.... yeah a lot of haters here, but what, I can bet that all of them dont enjoy what they do.. In my opinion I love this abstract style.
Sorry for bad Engilsh, I'm from Chile
12 yeard later this song is still bad ass.a great inspiration.
12 years, first minute listening to it 🍻
This guy is truly an unreal guitar player and this is a superior composition
This guy is blowing my mind! Why is it only now that I'm hearing about him? It must be because he only just recently arrived on planet. That would explain his other-worldly sound and precision laden technique! Unreal!
"Why is it only now that I'm hearing about him? "
Probably because his band Freak Kitchen is pretty underground. He's a ridiculously talented guitar player for sure. Insane precision
And they're not that great
Although I'm sure they have an audience somewhere, Freak Kitchen is kinda...totally horrible, with like one song as an exception. They remind me of some average local band with little to offer. Then Mattias sits in front of a camera with his guitar and amp and some programmed drums and blows my mind, multiple times.
Fantastic instrumentalist but everything he plays sound like shit, though.
Theres not a single other guitarist who plays like him. Plus i love his personality
Mathias is the real entertainer not just a guitar player..love it
Mattias KING of Sweeping and non identified noise's guitar . Groovy track to be in good mood......
Pretty cool composition , reminds me of Zappa .
i like how the frets are bend. It looks good and also stays always in tune
belting amp :) just gotta love Laney for there efforts in producing some great affordable amps.
He’s a fucking hero! Creativity gauge cranked up to the max and beyond
This is bloody brilliant.
Got here via an Eklundh fan commenting on, a Rick Beato 2022 list of "10 guitarist you should know". Was suggested we check him out.
Well worth the trip, just sorry I'm so late to the party ;)
So crazy man! Thanks a lot Mathias! Greetings
Such a great piece. I love the arpeggios. ^^
its good this guys finally getin a lot of views, hes relly good
From France ! Stoning player! Ou la la ! Merci mon pote ! ( traduction : thanks a lot buddy !)
those true tempered frets sound sooo goooooood
I just liked wat u played... hardly see people enjoy wat they play... cheers!
Pura y sin cortar; cada vez que veo a Matt me flipa más.
excellent!!!!!!!!!!!
Great!
outstanding !!!
just love it.. jazz mastr..
Mattias still insane and huge fan way back since he came out with his first video and first Freak kitchen album, he rules and unique playing style :-)
amazing musician
Fantastique!
Those are called True Temperament frets..They are custom made to ensure that every note is correctly intonated. A “G” sounds like a “G” no matter where it is played. Looking at the True Temperament frets they don’t look like they would be easy to play or bend on, but Mattias explained that they felt just the same as regular frets, with the added benefit of always being in tune.
Awesome!
1:06, reference a zomby woof de frank zappa ?
I Greatly appreciate his passion for guitar .
This man makes me smile and laugh just with those notes he plays on a guitar. Serious talent.
So good!
Its called True Tempered frets..You can google search about that..I asked him why his frets were crazy and he said that the actual notes in a chord lies in those style frets and you can play chords in perfect tune..mean while the straight frets only give about 95% tune..You can also know that in his some interview about his guitar..cheers!
P.s If you are a freak kitchen fan check out my channel for mattias music,
I've covered one of their songs..:)
the one and only IA!
Love mattias
@Busgtx That's pretty awesome man. I've been playin guitar for a long ass time and I have never seen anything like that. You learn something knew everyday. Thanks for the insight.
WOW COOL ......GOOD IDEA YESSSSSSSS ^_^
Woaw!
I wish you play in France, soon
i hate all those disco synthesize music, but i knew that i salute this guy! hes absolutely outstanding, love the composure.. that vibrato geez im truly amazed
super awesome
Was such a nice guy when I met him, and he is very talented and very creative.
The "songs" are tough to listen to on repeat though. Gets much for the ear very quickly.
His songs aren't made to be listened to on repeat. They're made to be listened to one after another like they are on an album.
Love to see and hear this stuff. Downward dog for the fingers....or something like that!
Saludos desde Chile maestro 🤘
Love it :)
Este dude es punto y aparte
Nice guitar.
You know when it's a genius on guitar when they Laugh at the camera while playing a thousand notes without even looking 😳😳😎
El weon seco! saludos desde Chile
perfectly put.
@BloodyBrahms incredible. they would be defying physics.
also, the problem isn't due to any "old system" but, as the TT fret site says, the spacing on conventional frets ignores that strings have mass. has nothing to do with what "looks normal". Oh, and if you're good enough you can correct the pitch of notes by adjusting the pressure on your fretting hand on 'normal' fretted guitars too
no you cant you idiot,thats why theres true temperment...
I know thats styles are many...many many ones and very diversse BUT...3 guitarists that i love and i can imediatly identify themselfs are.
Jeff Waters = Annihilator
Alex Skolnick = Testament
And Mattias Eklundh
Why ? becouse of their improbable why of sounding!when someone ear a guitarist, even if hes good, we can almost imediatly reconize a pattern and imagine the next phrase or sound (theres nothing rong in that ) but this 3 guys, have a unic sound and after 30 seconds you know,ah thats them!
2:10 sounds like part of the solo from Needlefeast.
Wow!
Gutherie is STILL the best I for me. He's the perfect taste-musicality-insane-chops cyborg! God got all the ingredients right when he made that cat! Still love Vai, Satriani, Gilbert, etc. as well.
Just discovering Mattias...and must say that I'm BLOW'D away....BUT....while I'm the biggest guitar fanatic (It's true! None bigger than me on youtube! LOL)...I don't think I could listen to 2hrs of this. Would give me tons of ideas of things that I would never be able to do, but I don't think I could listen to hours on end. I can with the aforementioned guitarists...
Will keep my eye on this dude!
SHRED ON! Keep on doing Guitar-God's work.
I have to agree! I just discovered this guy yesterday. Gutherie is also my favorite amongst every guitar player you mentioned. All of which are my favorites. We should jam sometime lol
+N S - I'd have to say I'm with you on every point! GG really is Godlike on the guitar! Peace. ;
N S ..kinda wierd..but dammit..I'm getting into it..lol
N.SYou write Gutherie is still the best. I can tell you there are tons of good guitarist in the World. This guy here Mattias I have never Heard of Before. He is not even from an English spoken country . He is from a nation called Sweden which I dont know where it is situated..
i love that
@boxmouth1 oh those are true temperament frets, they're the same frets Steve Vai uses. Those weird fret shapes make a big change on like intonation, sustain and all that stuff lol
GHASP!!! OMG
Down with the haters!!! This was great to listen to an Mattias made it fun to watch.
This song has feel anyway, just because it is different from what most people are used to hearing they struggle to comprehend it and instead put it down. People generally don't like change. There are far more "shreddier", "scalular" type players out there. Mattias is one of the shredders who has great feel. Otherwise I completely agree with you.
That guitar clinic about 12 yrs ago in Linköping, Sweden is on of the most treasured memories of Ia. He's so funny, relaxed, laid back, unpretentious and cool. Pretty much like any Gothenburgian. Check out Evergrey, they're fuckin' laid back as you can be too. Peesh!!
WOW. I see some music fans who expressed thier negative opinions respectfully on this thread, shocking! Lol, Mattias is a Freak-ing genius.
Yeah that was f*cking great. \m/
He played like that before the nineties with his band, he didnt steal vai, is just the way he plays
hear too much Steve..
He's graciously acknowledged Vai as an influence, but I don't
these frets are crazy
His face at 1:57 says u cant do this lol
This is one short song from one of his albums that have 19 plus songs on etch album and every single one is completely unpredictable,it can be a extremely hard suppershreddingsong with the typical "MEklund" sound that he is more or less the only one in the world to be able to crank out of a guitar using no effects,just technique (that he had to give Steve Vai lessons on how to use a guitar just when he thought he had mastered all that could be dun with his lifepartners secrets)
M.E. is complete
I so badly want a guitar like that one.He has the coolest own "devil apple" designed guitar.Not seen one in any music stores here in Sweden and he is a swede like me and most great guitarist in Europe,we are only 9 million and Finland and Norway are about 9 million together too.Scandinavia,the metal seat of the planet.(No,all you americans,we never had the grungewave and nu metalband over here,In Flames,Soilwork,Arch Enemy,Children of Bodom,and the list just goes on of band popping up>Korn .LB.)
oooooh myyyy..... orgasmic!!!
Mattias is on a par with no one but Guthrie
1:00 oh gawd...
What a crazy sound 😂 🔥
Are the harmonies at 0:36 part of the backing track or is he playing those? (Not a guitarist.)
hey, what's up with the earthquake fretboard? someone fill me in on how that works
Likes!.
If Mattias Eklundh would do a colab with devin townsend..
@mikhailmadnani yes he has done 2 more songs
QUE CAPO MATI
😮❤
Oh my god (you are !)
what´s the song in the beginning called?
does anyone else notice what's going on with the frets?
It's pretty wild. So curious right now.
does anyone know what album this is on? i cant find it anywhere
A huge resemblance to Steve Vai. And that is an awesome thing ;)
@boxmouth1 Yeah, seach RUclips for True Temperament Frets and the Evertune Bridge. They are both the future of guitar technology!
I like his style that is unique and kind of otherworldly. I think Steve Vai must be ripping him off with some of these licks. Brilliant player and he has a very funny sense of humour. We need more funny ass people like him in this world. I am glad to discover his music. I am very curious about the True Temperment guitar. I see he had an 8 string. I am curious if he played a 7 string with that system? I want to learn more about the India approach to rhythm. I forgot the actual term it was called. Very cool stuff man.
JRPowell Funny mention Vai... There are a lot of elements in this piece which remind of Vai's very early release called "Flexible". It was release a very looooong time ago. I hardly think Vai stole anything for him. That release made guitarists say, "How the hell'd he do?! " over and over again. Every few years there's a guitar album like that. Van Halen's 1 st release had the same effect on the guitar world.
Wow! I'm thinking back and, off the top of my head, Flexible must have been released 30 years ago now. Wow!!! I just made myself feel old!!! Thanks a lot JR!! 😂
Lots of people only talks about govan....yes govan can play any styles...but mathias is the real entertainer not just a guitar player...genius
anyone know what the song at the start is?
Mattias is THE fucking man!
You are Amazing Mattias !! damn I wish you be my Neighbor. louder!!!
and this is how it's done
i accept that...but are they implying that i don't have a properly intonated guitar? i keep my tuning as accurate as possible, and i feel that from 1 - 12 and likely beyond, that my guitar is within a very acceptable range of accuracy. can you tell me how this new fret system somehow out-does the standard?
FKN GENIUS! XD
Did anyone else notice that hit frets are split?!?!?!? I've never seen anything like that. Could be the camera playing tricks but I swear the fret wire doesn't look straight.
1:15 killing part
0:46 The Swedish moment when you are in a magical forest. I can feel it in many great bands from there. =) But the mattias brezze is amazing..
is this a scalop fret
@niptodstan you ever heard of dissonance?