Hey man ! A great jam , absolutely love the guitar 🎸👍. wanted to ask do you still use the GT001 . the patches you made for it are awesome been digging them recently .
@@ashleighjeffery3048 THanks mate, I do still have it and in fact recently I was thinking I may put it back in my set up so you never know it may show up again soon.. All the best
And what makes Alex stand apart is no matter how technical or shreddy, he never loses sight of the need for melodic development and serving the tune! Way to go Alex!
@@AlexHutchingsMusic I agree Melody is the most important, It catches all ears and brings them along and moves people.... everything else matters also but melody is top tier
Musicians! This guitarist actually sounds musical unlike a lot of “Shredders” . I usually don’t hear melody unless I am hearing Malmsteem or Vai but in this case this musician sounds rather good 👍🎸Enjoy!!
Too many shredders sound like they're stringing together a whole bunch of really fast-played rudiments and exercises, alternating with some tricks or gimmicks. Music first! Alex is among the best of the bunch.
Coming from you, friend, that is a huge compliment indeed... by the way, we all agree with you 100% about Alex, he is beyond amazing... kinda like you Jack. :-) Play well!!
Thank you very much for this wonderful musical experience. I am in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, and here we are all at home, isolated. Thankfully, there is the internet to provide us with this beauty of guitar sound. Thank you!
Frank really is a mastermind, but he knows it and is quick to make it noted unfortunately. I love the humility you show Alex and that is why I prefer learning from you than most. Your always willing to admit that we all can continue climbing and learning and we only fail when we think too much of ourselves. Cheers!
Hello mate, thanks so much for your comment much appreciated. I love Frank dearly and he has been such an inspiration over the years and I wouldn't be the player I am without him, I actually think of him as a humble person who has been very generous showing us mortals how to sweep 😂🤘 All the very best to you mate and thank you for watching. ;-)
I'm not a Frank expert, but I've seen a bunch of live videos and got his modes DVD back in the day, like I was ever going to master that... anyway, point being I don't recall a moment where he seemed to be arrogant or self-praising.
1. First time I hear someone play ghost notes on hammers(?) (0:56) and palm muted slides (1:57) not accidentally and in musical context. 2. Alex, if you still have this guitar, I think playing it more on the channel will make you stand out even more. It's a gorgeous guitar that does catch an eye and it fits you well.
Thank you man, I'm glad you enjoyed that... I just did another video on this guitar last week. The Michael Brecker lick.... Maybe I'll get it out more often...All the best 👍🎸🙏
I heard some Gambale and Greg Howe in there. But the economy picking is really amazing. and the jump sweeping where you literally jump back down to high strings and sweep up over and over is pretty effective. like a pianist or keyboard player is able to do easily.
@@AlexHutchingsMusic Yeah, man, I am a "good" guitarist. you know, 70s/80s rocker/wish-i-could-shred guy. People say I'm great but I know I'm just above average but I really admire and appreciate guys like you and all those people who clearly have gone way above and beyond what was considered great back in the 70s and even early 80s. That whole GIT explosion in the late 80s just was crazy. Everyone had an instructional vid. haha Anyway, great to see you reply and best wishes to you!!!!
Wonderful as always Alex, totally inspiring and fresh, makes me want to practice more every time I hear you. Shades of Richie Kotzen's fusion era too, awesome.
i love that short burst of fast alternate/economy picking notes in between. very precise and in time. i think those are underrated skills. fast slow fast slow, beautiful.
I N S A N E You never run out of ideas, and everything is so clean and seamless. My dad admired you as a musician very much, he introduced me to your playing years ago.
Lets be straight and frank. Long time ago i discovered jazz fusion by listening to Tony Macalpine and Greg Howe and i was not much into this genre but one day i saw Alex hutching's song called feeling fine with red fender and then i was like wtf this dude is king of the game and then i started to follow and check all the songs further i was blown away how Alex can play so clean, effortless, flashy and melodic at same time. I watched one video with Greg Howe jamming together and you played alot more better jazz fusion than Greg. I know Greg is backbone of Jazz fusion but you and guthrie are just monsters that i havent seen any others and since then to now i am huge Alex Hutchings fan and i loved jazz fusion just from Alex. A big love and salute to you sir from Nepal😃
Watching you play so Eloquently and Skillfully and Dynamically brings to my mind only 2 words ; FRIKN WOW !!!! You are truly an Amazing Guitarist !! 🎸😎🎸
Alex I've been playing guitar for the best part of 40 years and still not up to this standard. Sounds amazing. I had an accident where I chopped through my picking hand thumb a year ago and lost the feeling in the tip of it so don't have as much control over the pick as I used to but still love to play and am getting back to where I used to be slowly. You're a real inspiration.
THank you very much sir, I'm sorry to hear of your accident but I'm pleased you are inspired to play more and get through it... Let's keep encouraging each other... All the very best with it.
@@AlexHutchingsMusic I'm working through your JTC Improv courses as well as using Tom Quayle's excellent Solo app to help me. I'm in complete awe of the guys who developed their skills from the radio and records / tapes of their heroes before the Internet came along.
Amazing play!!! But this guitar is very rare... It's Salmon Pink “Frank Gambale Model” Ibanez FGM100 from 1991-1993. (Ibanez merged a factory from Fujigen factory in Japan.) This one is 1991 model. It is still so beautiful and sounds great over 30 years.
You are so insanely musical with this being practice. Absolute pleasure to watch and totally inspiring. Flawless technique. I'm going to go practice right now!
This is so astonishing! Not only completely assimilating Gambale's style (which is very rare and the best I've ever heard) but developing Gambale-style sweep-picking ideas of your own is even more amazing. Great thanks and hats of to you sir! (
Thank you so much man, much appreciated. You may enjoy the track I dedicated to him... did you see it? Here it is if you fancy checking it out.... Lots of sweeping stuff.... ruclips.net/video/Ks0ekWJr-d0/видео.html Plus I did a video explain how he influenced my playing... Hope you'll enjoy it.. ruclips.net/video/driZXZBrLaA/видео.html All the best
@@AlexHutchingsMusic Thanx man for the reply and sorry for the late response. No, I haven't seen those videos and now I'm watching them and enjoying. Thanks for sharing and investing time an effort to figure things out for those of us who didn't have the patience or the discipline to do it ourselves. God bless! (from Serbia)
It's Frank Gambale's guitar That improv sounds great with a great and legendary sweep picking technique. Thank you very much for this MR. HUTCHINGS. You are going to be the successor of Master Gambale Muchísimas gracias!!!!!!!!
Awesome I'm glad you enjoyed it.... Have you seen my Guitar gods series? I have an episode on Yngwie Malmsteen, there's a lot of shred in that video too... 👍🎸🤘 All the best
Alex...You are the absolute benchmark for melodic shred fusion!! Your playing is kinda what hear in my head when I'm imagining solos, but my musical and fretboard vocabulary lets me down drastically.
Thank you mate, I'm sure you'll get there, vocabulary and always be expanded... I often feel the need continue to grow mine.... It's the beauty of learning... To enjoy the journey... I do have a Masterclass course where I share a huge portion of my Musical Vocabulary. It's called Approach to Improvising Check it out it. I hope it helps... jtcguitar.com/store/artist/alex-hutchings/
BLISSSTERING! If didn't know better, I'd quess this was note for note pre arranged performance. Holy shit is this cool to be able to improvise this fluently..
Thank you so much Aleksi, I remember I was just really up for it on this day and captured the spirit of the moment... Trust me it doesn't always work 😂🤣 All the very best mate and thanks for watching 🎸👍🙏
Aw mate you're too kind, it's more about the flow really, I haven't really played this way for ages now, like at least 2 years or so, during the tour 2018-19 I don't think I so much a swept or played in style once.. so it's more about me wanting to incorporate it a little more smoothly etc... But I'm gonna work at it this year for sure. Hope you're well mate. All the best
@@AlexHutchingsMusic Hey Alex, I've just seen this comment. All well here thanks! RUclips isn't alerting me to comment responses... I've replied to a comment you left a week ago where you were very kind on another video, thank you! Regarding utilising techniques etc, I totally get where you're coming from. I remember doing a run of shows playing only Soul/Motown for just a few months ( I loved it!) but in that time I totally forgot about huge chunks of my playing in other areas. It can feel like we've left something behind, but we haven't! You've got such a high calibre of technique and taste that I don't think its going to take you long to find that 'flow' that you're personally looking for. Thanks again for all you do!
@@SamBellGuitar No worries man, I'm terrible with all this sort of thing so I never would've thought anything if you didn't write. But thank you for doing so, and yes the way I feel is quite possibly similar to how you described after all those soul gigs etc... Thanks again for your kind words and all the best with everything you're up to. Cheers dude. 👍😎
Alex, this is so cool! You are a guitar God! It is a great pleasure to listen to your guitar playing! You really inspire me. I'm going on stage right now in a good mood. Thank you very much !!! 🙏
Dear Alex, could you listen my own song please 🙏 I would like to hear your opinion about this song please 🙏 ruclips.net/video/BayyOEJP7ZM/видео.html Thank you very much!!!🙏
Mr.H. Shockingly brilliant as always. There is always so much to learn and enjoy from your playing. Its always a pleasure to watch and listen. Cheers man! Just Brilliant!!!
very underrated s for ibanez, this is a great shedding tool ... and wah Alex you just nailed it , super melodic with some aggressive passages .... great pleasure for eye and ear .... rock on .lml 2:31 was a killer !
Good morning Alex!😃I see you are playing the orange Ibanez shredder with some super great improvisational phrasing! It is totally beautiful and you are The King of Sweep and Raking improvisational phrasing! Always and forever will be in complete control as a Master over his instrument! Bravo Sir! Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I now finally know what powers crossfire-hurricanes! You my friend! Stay safe, stay focused, and God Bless you ! Dana
Well said, I LOL'ed because I never thought if it like that but you're right, Gambale uses the pinky as an anchor or fulcrum too. Troy Grady video of Gambale entitled "Frank Gambale's Cascading Sweep Harmonics" shows the master in closeup, Alex is absolutely the most worthy successor to Frank's astounding playing in my humble opinion, their phrasings and note selections and playing technique are truly godlike.
And this now also explains why it was such a problem when he broke that pinky on his picking hand, I never realized how important that "forgotten little finger" is to this style of sweep picking.
@@asb3pe Hey mate, very well noticed, yes it was a problem for at least 3 months where I could rest it at all.... I like your attention to detail I'm sure many ppl wouldn't have noticed. All the best 👍😎
THank you ilya, Yeah I love the old Ibanez days all my favourite players used them back in the day.... It was so inspiring growing up. Thanks for watching,
Alex, I'd not noticed before how you seem to 'mount' or 'hold' your picking hand in position with your pinky! Your picking hand, especially when you're sweeping arps reminds me of Gambale. I find it amazing just how much diversity of style, approach, sound and delivery are possible with guitar.
Alex! This is so great!!
Thank you Brother, I also seen some of your videos, you are very great too.. I wish you all the best Max. 👍😎
@@AlexHutchingsMusic Wow I really appreciate it! All the best to you too Alex
@@MaxOstro My pleasure Max.
Keep rockin dude. 👍😎
Hey man ! A great jam , absolutely love the guitar 🎸👍. wanted to ask do you still use the GT001 . the patches you made for it are awesome been digging them recently .
@@ashleighjeffery3048 THanks mate, I do still have it and in fact recently I was thinking I may put it back in my set up so you never know it may show up again soon.. All the best
And what makes Alex stand apart is no matter how technical or shreddy, he never loses sight of the need for melodic development and serving the tune! Way to go Alex!
Thank you mate, I always do try to maintain a vague level of melody... Maybe I should have become a singer instead.. 😂🤣 Thanks for watching.
@@AlexHutchingsMusic the 7th level of shred: a song within a song
@@mikehunty20 Hahah cool. ;-)
@@AlexHutchingsMusic I agree Melody is the most important, It catches all ears and brings them along and moves people.... everything else matters also but melody is top tier
so much this.
The level of control over the instrument, the precision, man...Absolute boss.
Thank you Diego, much appreciated. 👍
Musicians!
This guitarist actually sounds musical unlike a lot of “Shredders” . I usually don’t hear melody unless I am hearing Malmsteem or Vai but in this case this musician sounds rather good 👍🎸Enjoy!!
Thanks so much Jack. All the best 👍🙏🎸
Too many shredders sound like they're stringing together a whole bunch of really fast-played rudiments and exercises, alternating with some tricks or gimmicks. Music first! Alex is among the best of the bunch.
Alex demonstrates the perfect blend of melody and technicality. A class act.
Thank you so much Mike. All the best 👍🎸🙏
I have never seen a guitarist as talented, kind and modest as Alex!
Thanks so much mate, that's kind of you to say so. 👍🙏😊
Alex Hutchings l-ai cunoscut vreodată pe Shawn Lane?
Amazing!
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Coming from you, friend, that is a huge compliment indeed... by the way, we all agree with you 100% about Alex, he is beyond amazing... kinda like you Jack. :-) Play well!!
@@asb3pe I love Jack dearly, we are good friends and have spent some great times together in Thailand, I wish we could hang out more...
For us older gits in our 60s, this is like a time warp to the late 1980s. Bloody brilliant. Tight black leather trousers optional.
Hahah Thank you mate, you gotta love the 80's... I'll fish out the Leathers for the next one... 😂
All the best 👍
Thank you very much for this wonderful musical experience.
I am in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, and here we are all at home, isolated.
Thankfully, there is the internet to provide us with this beauty of guitar sound.
Thank you!
My pleasure Alex, I'm glad at least you can enjoy some videos at this time... Wishing you all the best 👍😎
You all have some of the best. Gustavo Guerra, Kiko, Ozielzinho, Asato...
(Also Anderson Silva, Royce Gracie, Ronaldo Souza...😉)
What a country!
Frank really is a mastermind, but he knows it and is quick to make it noted unfortunately. I love the humility you show Alex and that is why I prefer learning from you than most. Your always willing to admit that we all can continue climbing and learning and we only fail when we think too much of ourselves. Cheers!
Hello mate, thanks so much for your comment much appreciated. I love Frank dearly and he has been such an inspiration over the years and I wouldn't be the player I am without him, I actually think of him as a humble person who has been very generous showing us mortals how to sweep 😂🤘 All the very best to you mate and thank you for watching. ;-)
I'm not a Frank expert, but I've seen a bunch of live videos and got his modes DVD back in the day, like I was ever going to master that... anyway, point being I don't recall a moment where he seemed to be arrogant or self-praising.
That Guitar + color seems to activate the inner Frank Gambale.
Yes indeed, I love Frank, his playing and his guitar... 👍😎🎸thx for watching.
You should hear the yellow version's licks ;)
@@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition Hahah I wish I did have the yellow one... Such a cool guitar.. 👍😎🎸
That guitar brings back great memories of Frank Gambale's VHS "Modes: No More Mystery"
Great work Alex!
Yes indeed for me too, love that video. ;-) Thx for watching, 👍
Reminds me a bit of Frank Gambale and Greg Howe rolled into one. Phenomenal!
Awesome. Thanks so much 👍🙏🎸
1. First time I hear someone play ghost notes on hammers(?) (0:56) and palm muted slides (1:57) not accidentally and in musical context.
2. Alex, if you still have this guitar, I think playing it more on the channel will make you stand out even more. It's a gorgeous guitar that does catch an eye and it fits you well.
Thank you man, I'm glad you enjoyed that... I just did another video on this guitar last week. The Michael Brecker lick.... Maybe I'll get it out more often...All the best 👍🎸🙏
What an amazing musician!! I could watch Alex playing for 6 months in a row!!
Hahaha thank you mate. 👍
All players sounds amazing with Ibanez, beautiful Alex. Admiración total!
THank you Gary, yes I love Ibanez, they've made the most amazing guitars over the years. ;-)
Just a few guitarrist in the world can play with that speed, precision and technique. Super COOL!!!
a true virtuoso and plays the licks every master shredder dreams of.
..Love that Gambale model,...have wanted one-in salmon-for a long minute now...🎸💞🎶💗👍🤘
Yes indeed, I also love it, I'm very lucky I found this one on Ebay about 15 years ago now. Thx for watching. ;-)
Man... your shredding is laced with melodies and to my ear that's what makes your playing so special.
Shred-a-riff-ick, great to here you ripping up the fret board 🤘👍
THank you very much mate, it's got to be done once in a while... Cheers for watching, 👍😎🎸
Insane clean picking hand,, extra clean sweeps every note heard insane
Thx so much mate 👍🎸🙏
Magnificent!! Right hand so Frankie :) Great job maestro !!!! The sound is perfect
THank you mate, so pleased you enjoyed it. All the best
I heard some Gambale and Greg Howe in there. But the economy picking is really amazing. and the jump sweeping where you literally jump back down to high strings and sweep up over and over is pretty effective. like a pianist or keyboard player is able to do easily.
Thank you so much. I love both those guys… glad you enjoyed it. 👍🙏🎸
@@AlexHutchingsMusic Yeah, man, I am a "good" guitarist. you know, 70s/80s rocker/wish-i-could-shred guy. People say I'm great but I know I'm just above average but I really admire and appreciate guys like you and all those people who clearly have gone way above and beyond what was considered great back in the 70s and even early 80s. That whole GIT explosion in the late 80s just was crazy. Everyone had an instructional vid. haha Anyway, great to see you reply and best wishes to you!!!!
Alex! This is amazing - it’s not over! Peel our faces off brother man!!👍🏻🙌🏻👊🏻
Hahah cheers Herb, I'll see what I can do. ;-)
Wonderful as always Alex, totally inspiring and fresh, makes me want to practice more every time I hear you. Shades of Richie Kotzen's fusion era too, awesome.
Thank you Marcus, well big Kotzen fan here, always loved his style, on and off the guitar... Awesome chap. All the best 👍😎
i love that short burst of fast alternate/economy picking notes in between. very precise and in time. i think those are underrated skills. fast slow fast slow, beautiful.
this is as crazy as anything i've ever seen. dudeee
THank you mate, cool of you to pick up this small detail... I'm glad you're enjoying the video
Cheers man.👍😎
Man his phrasing is 10 / 10.
Thank you Peter. 👍🎸🙏
I N S A N E
You never run out of ideas, and everything is so clean and seamless.
My dad admired you as a musician very much, he introduced me to your playing years ago.
Nice one thank you Diego, much appreciated. 👍
Lets be straight and frank. Long time ago i discovered jazz fusion by listening to Tony Macalpine and Greg Howe and i was not much into this genre but one day i saw Alex hutching's song called feeling fine with red fender and then i was like wtf this dude is king of the game and then i started to follow and check all the songs further i was blown away how Alex can play so clean, effortless, flashy and melodic at same time. I watched one video with Greg Howe jamming together and you played alot more better jazz fusion than Greg. I know Greg is backbone of Jazz fusion but you and guthrie are just monsters that i havent seen any others and since then to now i am huge Alex Hutchings fan and i loved jazz fusion just from Alex. A big love and salute to you sir from Nepal😃
Thank you so much for your kind words Saran. Regards from the UK. 👍🎸
@@AlexHutchingsMusic Welcome Alex. Im your biggest fan than anyone here in Nepal🤘😎🤘
@@sarandeula6194 Cheers mate.
@@AlexHutchingsMusic 🤘😃
Simply Lovely
Thanks mate 👍🙏🎸
Watching you play so Eloquently and Skillfully and Dynamically brings to my mind only 2 words ;
FRIKN WOW !!!! You are truly an Amazing Guitarist !! 🎸😎🎸
Thank you so much man 👍🙏🎸
Mitic Alex !! my Favourite .... you could play for hours without stopped you and i follow your perfect sound ....Step from Milan
Thank you Stefano, much appreciated. Have a great day. ;-)
Master, I can’t wait for your album! And please make sure you’ve got tons of full-blown unapologetic shred in that album! Much love and respect! 💯❤️🎸🔥
Thank you Kenneth, Duly noted...
Cheers much for watching all the best 👍😎
That's some of the most listenable shredding I've heard in a long time!!! Wish it was longer! 😃
Thank you mate, glad you enjoyed it. ;-)
Agree!
Super guitarist and also modest, it is the best thing you can continue doing , You admire a person like that more
Alex I've been playing guitar for the best part of 40 years and still not up to this standard. Sounds amazing. I had an accident where I chopped through my picking hand thumb a year ago and lost the feeling in the tip of it so don't have as much control over the pick as I used to but still love to play and am getting back to where I used to be slowly. You're a real inspiration.
THank you very much sir, I'm sorry to hear of your accident but I'm pleased you are inspired to play more and get through it... Let's keep encouraging each other... All the very best with it.
@@AlexHutchingsMusic I'm working through your JTC Improv courses as well as using Tom Quayle's excellent Solo app to help me. I'm in complete awe of the guys who developed their skills from the radio and records / tapes of their heroes before the Internet came along.
Gambale's rules. Amazing!!
Yeah man, thanks for watching. 👍🎸🤘
Wonderful Sir..🙏🏼
THank you mate... Appreciate it. All the best to ya... 🙏
Super sweep! 💣
Cheers Giuseppe. 👍😎
MIND BLOWN! 🤯
Cheers mate. All the best 👍🎸🙏
@@AlexHutchingsMusic wow thanks for the reply... much appreciated, amazingly talented and humble, the best people 😊👍🏻
Have a fantastic Christmas 🎄
That Ibby sounds like magic in your hands
THank you mate. 👍🎸
Amazing play!!! But this guitar is very rare... It's Salmon Pink “Frank Gambale Model” Ibanez FGM100 from 1991-1993. (Ibanez merged a factory from Fujigen factory in Japan.) This one is 1991 model. It is still so beautiful and sounds great over 30 years.
You are so insanely musical with this being practice. Absolute pleasure to watch and totally inspiring. Flawless technique. I'm going to go practice right now!
Wicked, I'm pleased to hear this made you want to practice. Have a great session mate... do some sweeps for me... ;-) 👍🎸
This is some Gambale next level shit wow!
Cheers mate, glad you enjoyed it. ;-)
The licc @ 2:20!
Sick playing! You are a master.
WOW I love this ...
Amazing
Cheers mate, I'm so pleased you do. All the best 👍🎸🙏
Yes! Awesome! 🤩
Cheers Elias 👍😎
Love this! Very clean and great feel:)
Thank you so much 👍🙏🎸
This is so astonishing! Not only completely assimilating Gambale's style (which is very rare and the best I've ever heard) but developing Gambale-style sweep-picking ideas of your own is even more amazing. Great thanks and hats of to you sir! (
Thank you so much man, much appreciated. You may enjoy the track I dedicated to him... did you see it? Here it is if you fancy checking it out.... Lots of sweeping stuff.... ruclips.net/video/Ks0ekWJr-d0/видео.html
Plus I did a video explain how he influenced my playing... Hope you'll enjoy it..
ruclips.net/video/driZXZBrLaA/видео.html
All the best
@@AlexHutchingsMusic Thanx man for the reply and sorry for the late response. No, I haven't seen those videos and now I'm watching them and enjoying. Thanks for sharing and investing time an effort to figure things out for those of us who didn't have the patience or the discipline to do it ourselves. God bless! (from Serbia)
@@predragmanov6341 No worries my friend. you're very welcome.. I hope you enjoy learning the licks from the Lesson section. All the very best 👍🎸🙏
What a swing! As usual very musical phrases played like a beast...so tasty!
THank you Jean, much appreciated. 👍
It's Frank Gambale's guitar
That improv sounds great with a great and legendary sweep picking technique.
Thank you very much for this MR. HUTCHINGS.
You are going to be the successor of Master Gambale
Muchísimas gracias!!!!!!!!
Hey Jose, yes it'a Franks guitar... He is the Master and originator of this fantastic technique. Thank you very much for watching all the best
@@AlexHutchingsMusic
I hope to see you in more videos like this
@@JoseGonzalez-pv9bd Thank you Jose... I'll certainly try to, cheers for watching,
So rad 🤟
Cheers Will. ;-) All the best
brilliant work. taking off my hat. beyond praise. Thank you
This is what I'm looking for from Mr. Alex! -> improvised shred + fusion funk + modal progression. Scary!
Awesome I'm glad you enjoyed it.... Have you seen my Guitar gods series? I have an episode on Yngwie Malmsteen, there's a lot of shred in that video too... 👍🎸🤘 All the best
Here the link if you're interested... Cheers for now. ruclips.net/video/eMtEwJK0JG0/видео.html
Absolutely bad ass guitar Alex ! Love it brother . You’re an inspiration man !
the smell of frank gambale off this. unbelievable playing
That little finger has a life and brain all of its own!
HAhaha I wish 👍 🎸 🙏
Of the scale Alex. Insane brother. Great to see your back on it in a big way maestro
Thank you Jonathan.. All the best to you. 👍
Alex...You are the absolute benchmark for melodic shred fusion!! Your playing is kinda what hear in my head when I'm imagining solos, but my musical and fretboard vocabulary lets me down drastically.
Thank you mate, I'm sure you'll get there, vocabulary and always be expanded... I often feel the need continue to grow mine.... It's the beauty of learning... To enjoy the journey... I do have a Masterclass course where I share a huge portion of my Musical Vocabulary. It's called Approach to Improvising Check it out it. I hope it helps... jtcguitar.com/store/artist/alex-hutchings/
Insane skills. Nice sense of rhythm and variation in the phrasing
THank you Rory, glad you enjoyed it. ;-)
The tone, the phrasing! As always very entertaining and inspiring. I love the Dorian sound, working on soloing over it
Thank you mate, I'm glad you enjoyed it... Good luck with your practice too. Cheers fro now.
Straordinario, Alex uno fra i chitarristi migliori al mondo!
Grazie mille amico mio.
2:32 wow!! so precised!
Thanks Koi 👍🙏🎸
Dude! This is so sweet! Although I saw the Laney and I was almost expecting some Sabbath :) Thanks so much! Bravo!!!
Hahah cheers man 👍🎸🙏
I love this!!!! Alwesome!
Thanks so much Misael... 👍😎🤘
So so great! wonderfull Alex.
My pleasure mate glad you enjoyed it. All the best 👍🎸🙏
Wow..Frank Gambale Detected..Amazing!!..
Absolutely what an amazing player, and someone who inspired so many of us. ;-) Thx for watching. 👍😎🎸🤘
Yes! 🥰
@@AlexHutchingsMusic u are welcome sir..
@@abejeman 👍😎🎸
Fantastic! great sound and feeling!
Thanks mate Glad you enjoy it!👍🎸🙏
Amazing Alex...!!!!
Cheers Agoes. Thx for watching. 😎👍
The impresssion sometimes to listen to F. Gambale !!!!
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the right hand of Gambale
I'd love to sound like that when I'm "out of practice" lol! Awesome stuff!
Thank you brother.... 👍😎
Amazing Mr. Hutchings! Bravo!
Cheers JP 👍
BLISSSTERING! If didn't know better, I'd quess this was note for note pre arranged performance. Holy shit is this cool to be able to improvise this fluently..
Thank you so much Aleksi, I remember I was just really up for it on this day and captured the spirit of the moment... Trust me it doesn't always work 😂🤣 All the very best mate and thanks for watching 🎸👍🙏
Алекс 🤝master 👏👏👏🎼🎵🎸🎩👍
спасиба 👍😎🎸
Love it!
Cheers mate, all the best 👍😎
Just Epic!
Cheers Nico 👍😎
Awesome 🤘🤘
Cheers Benign. Much appreciated
Absolutely off the Charts!
Thank you bro 👍🎸🙏
@@AlexHutchingsMusic keep up the great playing ( from New York USA)
No worries mate , 👍 all the best
Terrifying! I can't imagine what this 'standard that you'd like to get to' sounds like, because this is sounding flawless!
Aw mate you're too kind, it's more about the flow really, I haven't really played this way for ages now, like at least 2 years or so, during the tour 2018-19 I don't think I so much a swept or played in style once.. so it's more about me wanting to incorporate it a little more smoothly etc... But I'm gonna work at it this year for sure. Hope you're well mate. All the best
@@AlexHutchingsMusic Hey Alex, I've just seen this comment. All well here thanks! RUclips isn't alerting me to comment responses... I've replied to a comment you left a week ago where you were very kind on another video, thank you! Regarding utilising techniques etc, I totally get where you're coming from. I remember doing a run of shows playing only Soul/Motown for just a few months ( I loved it!) but in that time I totally forgot about huge chunks of my playing in other areas. It can feel like we've left something behind, but we haven't! You've got such a high calibre of technique and taste that I don't think its going to take you long to find that 'flow' that you're personally looking for. Thanks again for all you do!
@@SamBellGuitar No worries man, I'm terrible with all this sort of thing so I never would've thought anything if you didn't write. But thank you for doing so, and yes the way I feel is quite possibly similar to how you described after all those soul gigs etc... Thanks again for your kind words and all the best with everything you're up to. Cheers dude. 👍😎
@@AlexHutchingsMusic you are amazing man!
@@Wesleyguitarrista Thank you Wesley, much appreciated. 👍😎
Alex, this is so cool! You are a guitar God! It is a great pleasure to listen to your guitar playing! You really inspire me. I'm going on stage right now in a good mood. Thank you very much !!! 🙏
Thank you very much and awesome, I'm pleased to hear this put you in a good mood. All the best
Dear Alex, could you listen my own song please 🙏 I would like to hear your opinion about this song please 🙏 ruclips.net/video/BayyOEJP7ZM/видео.html Thank you very much!!!🙏
Wow.. Sounds awesome!
Thank you Greg. All the best mate. 👍😎🎸
🎸🤘🏽GambaleHutchings!!
Cheers Andy. 👍🎸🙏
@@AlexHutchingsMusic thank you for your music and talent
Great!! Wow....i can hear some Frank Gambale inside-:)
Thanks man, I'll take that as a compliment. Cheers for watching. 👍
@@AlexHutchingsMusic for shure is that a compliment...your are one of my absoloutly favorite players!!
WOW, goodness me! Phew, I’ve watched and listened to mega guitarists, but this is in the stratosphere!
Thanks so much Paul, glad you enjoyed it...
All the very best 👍😎
those lines though! So killer
THank you mate. ;)
Mr.H. Shockingly brilliant as always. There is always so much to learn and enjoy from your playing. Its always a pleasure to watch and listen. Cheers man! Just Brilliant!!!
THank you brother, always appreciate the good vibes.
You have such a clean picking style. It's like every note you play in a shred lick comes out and slaps me in the face.
Cheers mate... P.S sorry about the slaps.. 😂 👍🎸🙏
very underrated s for ibanez, this is a great shedding tool ... and wah Alex you just nailed it , super melodic with some aggressive passages .... great pleasure for eye and ear .... rock on .lml 2:31 was a killer !
Thank you so much Neaz... Yeah I love this guitar one of the most fun to shred on.... Thanks for watching and all the best 👍
So fun watching your economy picking! Wonderful phrasing and articulation
THank you Peter... I glad you can appreciate it.All the best 👍😎🎸
Alex is the only RUclips guitarist that makes shredding, picking etc. look so damn hard!
love that noise that complements the phrase at 0:56 lol
Hahah yeah cool, a little hand rub I guess. Thx for watching. All the best 👍😎🎸
I'm a big fan of Gambale. Thanks for sharing!
favourite guitar playing !!!!
Thank you Gary... All the best 👍🎸
Good morning Alex!😃I see you are playing the orange Ibanez shredder with some super great improvisational phrasing! It is totally beautiful and you are The King of Sweep and Raking improvisational phrasing! Always and forever will be in complete control as a Master over his instrument! Bravo Sir! Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I now finally know what powers crossfire-hurricanes! You my friend! Stay safe, stay focused, and God Bless you ! Dana
Hahahah thank you Dana, really pleased you enjoyed this one. All the best
Featuring Gambale's pinky of pure power
Absolutely, the master, 👍🎸
Well said, I LOL'ed because I never thought if it like that but you're right, Gambale uses the pinky as an anchor or fulcrum too. Troy Grady video of Gambale entitled "Frank Gambale's Cascading Sweep Harmonics" shows the master in closeup, Alex is absolutely the most worthy successor to Frank's astounding playing in my humble opinion, their phrasings and note selections and playing technique are truly godlike.
And this now also explains why it was such a problem when he broke that pinky on his picking hand, I never realized how important that "forgotten little finger" is to this style of sweep picking.
@@asb3pe Hey mate, very well noticed, yes it was a problem for at least 3 months where I could rest it at all.... I like your attention to detail I'm sure many ppl wouldn't have noticed. All the best 👍😎
Seeing you with an ibanez is so unusual and refreshing, amazing as always
THank you ilya, Yeah I love the old Ibanez days all my favourite players used them back in the day.... It was so inspiring growing up. Thanks for watching,
Alex, I'd not noticed before how you seem to 'mount' or 'hold' your picking hand in position with your pinky! Your picking hand, especially when you're sweeping arps reminds me of Gambale. I find it amazing just how much diversity of style, approach, sound and delivery are possible with guitar.
Alex, Love this!
Thank you mate, trying to get back into this kinda stuff it's been a while... Hope all's well with you mate. 👍😎🎸