Jabs can shred but let's be honest, he's not even the best "shredder" to have played in the Scorpions! Uli Roth and Michael Schenker both left him in the dust as far as shred goes. Wolf Hoffman from Accept is faster as well. That's just Germany. We know about the sick shredders from the USA (Vai, Satriani, Lane, Gilbert, Vinnie Moore, Kotzen, Becker, Friedman, Poland, Jarzombek, DiMeola, EVH, Rhoads, Lee, Wylde, Skolnick, Henderson, Masvidal, etc) and from the UK (Holdsworth, McLaughlin, Murray, Smith, Tipton, Downing, Sykes, Gary Moore, Campbell, Tatler, Heybourne, etc), plus mainland Europe (Malmsteen, Norum, Marcelo, Denner, the Amott brothers, Hansen, etc). There are hundreds of seriously sick "shredders" that I've not mentioned, from jazz-fusion to classical to thrash/death metal and other styles, all over the world. So you may understand how Jabs doesn't get "the credit he deserved as a shredder". ;)
True. He was part of their massive commercial success, so fair play to him. Total professional. I saw the Scorpions 3 times and Jabs was always on the money...
@@RG-ms1ou MJ was more technically talented in his compositions. Many of his solos were hard to copy, back in the 80s, due to his specialty in harmonics and such. He had his place as one of the top guitar players back then and that should never ever be taken from him.
If you don't like it, don't watch it..... Matthias is a good shredder and his solos are signatures of the 80s....have you ever listened to Yngwie Malmsteen ? he has the same style of solos and shred .......Pls learn to appreciate music and listen to some songs of the Scorpions ;) Matthias rules \m/
@@narniabusiness7810 Rudolph is the BEST rhythm guitarist,let's just say,and he is always admired by Hatfield and many many other "rhythmic" colleagues in the genre!!!
Despite the Scorpions being Rudolf's and Klaus' band, and although I really liked the Scorpions with Uli Roth, Mathias gave the whole band a new sound and new direction - primarily because he had his own sound and style - unlike Uli who was a big Hendrix devotee.
I'll take Buckethead...say like the Pike 65 ER solo. Bucket is a composer not just a shredder. Great fingers are nice but a solid composition is at a whole other level completely. Beer with pizza any day.
@@c.anderson3444 Matthias was an excellent composer. How many times did I hear a guitar player who said that playing some of his solos were very difficult at that time? Now, you can't compare due to huge advances made in playing. But he composed some of Scorpions most famous songs that are still making them tons of money today.
@@cristyrawks6325 advances in playing? You mean talent. Best? Or Best known. Talent is in the eye and ears of the beholder. To my point watch the video of Australian streetplayer Tash Sultana simply destroy the 12 string acoustic on Blackbird (7 layer version). BTW she composes, sings, plays 8 other instruments and does looping shows as a solo player band. Watch to the end of that video to appreciate some of what she can do.
@@c.anderson3444 Since the 80s, the music has changed, the guitars have changed, compositions have changed. Yes guitar playing has advanced since the 80s in that it has gotten more technical, with new guitars being created all the time, players have had to adapt. So much has changed from the more simple 80s and guitar players play more difficult and speedier comps. Believe me I have seen my share of prodigies. Where there is a Tash, there is someone else who hasn't been discovered yet. Music is always progressing and so are the artists. I just saw some Reactors show two different guitar players who were pretty good. 🤷♀️
Matthias Jabs CREATED Scorpions' sound, the signature sound that brought them into the 80's. The change that occurred at that time, that was necessary, Matthias came along with and made Scorpions famous; infamous. Why else do other guitar players emulate him so much? His solos are some of the top shelf and hugely covered. Yes part of what made Scorpions bad ass was their looks and charisma and charm. BUT they were killer performers on stage and bands such as Metallica and Santana and Motorhead to name a few, highly regard them. Also, Matthias is the ONLY guitar player who can jump off the drum riser doing flying dutchman splits without missing a riff. Likewise high flying kicks and lying flat on his back, again without missing a lick. Was the 2nd guitar player to use the talk box famously. You need to research Jabs a little bit more before you criticize this brilliant guitar player. Oh yeah, and instead of claiming he is just a pretty face? He has created 3 signature guitars; Jabocaster, Mastercaster and the FireAxe. Additionally, has corroborated with Cort and created the Cort Garage I & II. He has a very brilliant mind. just sayin.....
ofcourse he is a great guitarist...whoever said otherwise is just plain stupid...never argue with an idiot. Jabs is very unique and I must say you are correct he is a huge influence as is the entire band. Thank you for such kind and honest words in describing a very unique guitarist.
Eddie Van Halen had a Floyd before him ~ Eddie helped in the development of the Floyd Rose with the idea of adding the fine tuners to the bridge. Eddie had a Floyd in 1979 ~ Matthias in 1981 while recording 'Blackout' (Nov. 1981 - Jan. 1982). A friend of mine had a Floyd made by Floyd himself as well, in 1981 (Rick Nelson, rhythm/harmony guitar player in the band, White Wolf).
He is incredible. When I was 13 years old, I went to a concert of the Scorpions, and I was face to face with Matias, today I'm 17 years old, but I remember it every day. Matias is the best.
Great guitarist. Great guy as I've been fortunate to meet him.for a few mins. To me. Consummate sound of 80's rock which STILL stands up against anything the last 35 years has thrown at us. Master at work.😉
I'm so grateful to have seen the Scorpions at there peak in 1984. So much energy & great songs. That show for me is a close second to when I saw Van Halen earlier that year. The greatest concert I ever saw.
Matthias is one of the best lead guitarist in the world and he never got the recognition he really derserved. His tone is one of the best. He is not really the type of shredder like satriani,vai,petrucci but his tone is his secret weapon and his tone is one of the best in rock. Also whatever he plays sits well in the song and makes the song better. Matthias Jabs rules
Matthias is a much better shredder than these three combined!!! And Satriani(his student Vai),Petrucci,Malmsteen and many many others,they are only OVERRATED!!!
The guitar in case it's a Gibson Explorer 90, 90% of the size of an original explorer. The original guitars had Tesla pickups, but in early 90's Matthias used in many of them Seymour Duncan Sh4. I tried to nail his tone with this pickups, and it worked!! Anyway, in early 90's i know he was using Soldano amps, they sound similar to the sound of this performance.
I've seen them twice and he used SG's and Les Pauls. I think now that there has been some time he is free to be Ritchie. ALso..he has had the same haircut and colour for many years.. I love Matthias. If you get a chance go to Munich and visit his store.
love this one from Mathias, all pulloffs, runs, scales and some bitchin tremolo techniques, he never gets into the tapping technique too much, mathias is the real deal just like M.Schenker, purist to say the least.
My son Robby did his guitar riffs licks shreds wammy bar affects pedal to his sound system .doing it to his college degree Eastern Montana college billings Montana.i watched him everyday and sang like a heavy metal rockstar his goal before he died 2007
I've always dreamed of playing like this like at a huge concert on the weekend, like in the morning, and totally waking all the slackers up and let them know. ITS FUCKING TIME TO ROCK!
This solo is mostly Flash based. Lots of delay & dives ......but the audience loved it so cool. ...Plus the music he put down from 78 to mid 90s is irreplcable imo
97warlock ismyname heh? Delay: hardly any if at all. You’re def hearing a lot of ambient delay and verb bouncing around the stadium. Dives: a few, but I’d hardly call that “mostly” Flash: again, gonna question that. Did you not hear the 5 or 6 modal shred sequences? He def did plenty of technically difficult shredery.
@Acecombatgamertwo that is a seriously ridiculous statement. Batio is one of the fater guitarists around, and a nice guy...but that's about it, man. He's kind of like the ultimate example of pointless shred.
Maybe you should have titled this video "my favorite guitar solo." It's good but no theoretical or listening pleasure. Simply someone showing off speed. That's over rated. Want to hear a solo with insane talent and emotional and theoretical value? Listen to the solo in the song " over the mountain" played by randy Rhodes of Ozzy Osborne.
I learned that solo. Took me about 4 days & playing it about 60ish times. Now its been like 12 years since I did it ....... I remember thinking as I was learning ...... Why did Randy have to make it So hard to play, its as if he made it as hard to learn as possble lol
Not at all actually. I'm a fan of leads that work well with emotion and with the rest of a song when played together. Randy Rhodes was infamous for writing amazing leads that were less show off and more conducive to the emotion. Not to mention that you jumped to defense with an argument completely against my point which was more "this title=opinion" I never said this guy had no talent nor did I say it wasn't good. People are funny....
slowdrippin is just trippin, theres another video where the sound is super clean and you can really tell what Mathias is doin, He smokes on the guitar, one of the best next to M.Schenker, slowdrippin should go get that drip cleared up, they have meds for that you know, learn how to spell before you make technical comments about guitarists ( YOU WRECK ) LOL your entitled to you own opinion, just be careful when talking bout JABS or SCHENKER.
he's great "ive sat next to him jamming " so i know how good he is but he's no van halen or joe satriani and i know he will respect me for saying that.
This solo is incredible. It irritates me how underrated this guy is.
Jabbs never got the credit he deserved as a shredder.
Jabs can shred but let's be honest, he's not even the best "shredder" to have played in the Scorpions! Uli Roth and Michael Schenker both left him in the dust as far as shred goes. Wolf Hoffman from Accept is faster as well. That's just Germany. We know about the sick shredders from the USA (Vai, Satriani, Lane, Gilbert, Vinnie Moore, Kotzen, Becker, Friedman, Poland, Jarzombek, DiMeola, EVH, Rhoads, Lee, Wylde, Skolnick, Henderson, Masvidal, etc) and from the UK (Holdsworth, McLaughlin, Murray, Smith, Tipton, Downing, Sykes, Gary Moore, Campbell, Tatler, Heybourne, etc), plus mainland Europe (Malmsteen, Norum, Marcelo, Denner, the Amott brothers, Hansen, etc). There are hundreds of seriously sick "shredders" that I've not mentioned, from jazz-fusion to classical to thrash/death metal and other styles, all over the world.
So you may understand how Jabs doesn't get "the credit he deserved as a shredder". ;)
Oops, forgot Dimebag and Mustaine. Both faster and more savage than Jabs
Money talks and Jabs has the last laugh I suspect
True. He was part of their massive commercial success, so fair play to him. Total professional. I saw the Scorpions 3 times and Jabs was always on the money...
@@RG-ms1ou MJ was more technically talented in his compositions. Many of his solos were hard to copy, back in the 80s, due to his specialty in harmonics and such. He had his place as one of the top guitar players back then and that should never ever be taken from him.
If you don't like it, don't watch it..... Matthias is a good shredder and his solos are signatures of the 80s....have you ever listened to Yngwie Malmsteen ? he has the same style of solos and shred .......Pls learn to appreciate music and listen to some songs of the Scorpions ;) Matthias rules \m/
Preach it brother!
Matthias and Rudolf are underrated,it's a shame because they are two of the best shredders. They rock!
Rudolf is not that much of a shredder
Absolutely
@@narniabusiness7810 Rudolph is the BEST rhythm guitarist,let's just say,and he is always admired by Hatfield and many many other "rhythmic" colleagues in the genre!!!
@@АлександрМакаров-г9з agreed
Despite the Scorpions being Rudolf's and Klaus' band, and although I really liked the Scorpions with Uli Roth, Mathias gave the whole band a new sound and new direction - primarily because he had his own sound and style - unlike Uli who was a big Hendrix devotee.
Uli was more neoclassical.
@@an_38kitkashyap And Uli wasn't ready for the style change of the 80s. He was not flash and he hated the direction lyrics were taking.
Matthias Jabs one of the 10 best guitarists in the world. His solos in songs just fits so well and kicks in like a cold coca cola after eating pizza.
Damn! Now I wanna coke! Lol
I'll take Buckethead...say like the Pike 65 ER solo. Bucket is a composer not just a shredder. Great fingers are nice but a solid composition is at a whole other level completely. Beer with pizza any day.
@@c.anderson3444 Matthias was an excellent composer. How many times did I hear a guitar player who said that playing some of his solos were very difficult at that time? Now, you can't compare due to huge advances made in playing. But he composed some of Scorpions most famous songs that are still making them tons of money today.
@@cristyrawks6325 advances in playing? You mean talent. Best? Or Best known. Talent is in the eye and ears of the beholder. To my point watch the video of Australian streetplayer Tash Sultana simply destroy the 12 string acoustic on Blackbird (7 layer version). BTW she composes, sings, plays 8 other instruments and does looping shows as a solo player band. Watch to the end of that video to appreciate some of what she can do.
@@c.anderson3444 Since the 80s, the music has changed, the guitars have changed, compositions have changed. Yes guitar playing has advanced since the 80s in that it has gotten more technical, with new guitars being created all the time, players have had to adapt. So much has changed from the more simple 80s and guitar players play more difficult and speedier comps.
Believe me I have seen my share of prodigies. Where there is a Tash, there is someone else who hasn't been discovered yet. Music is always progressing and so are the artists. I just saw some Reactors show two different guitar players who were pretty good. 🤷♀️
Matthias Jabs CREATED Scorpions' sound, the signature sound that brought them into the 80's. The change that occurred at that time, that was necessary, Matthias came along with and made Scorpions famous; infamous. Why else do other guitar players emulate him so much? His solos are some of the top shelf and hugely covered. Yes part of what made Scorpions bad ass was their looks and charisma and charm. BUT they were killer performers on stage and bands such as Metallica and Santana and Motorhead to name a few, highly regard them. Also, Matthias is the ONLY guitar player who can jump off the drum riser doing flying dutchman splits without missing a riff. Likewise high flying kicks and lying flat on his back, again without missing a lick. Was the 2nd guitar player to use the talk box famously. You need to research Jabs a little bit more before you criticize this brilliant guitar player. Oh yeah, and instead of claiming he is just a pretty face? He has created 3 signature guitars; Jabocaster, Mastercaster and the FireAxe. Additionally, has corroborated with Cort and created the Cort Garage I & II. He has a very brilliant mind. just sayin.....
ofcourse he is a great guitarist...whoever said otherwise is just plain stupid...never argue with an idiot. Jabs is very unique and I must say you are correct he is a huge influence as is the entire band. Thank you for such kind and honest words in describing a very unique guitarist.
and he his the first one to use floyd rose tremolo that changed all the wheemy styles at the 80 s
amazing musician and guitarist
Yes. He is first in the WHOLE world to get a floyd rose made for him by Floyd Rose HIMSELF. And it is on fucking Stratocaaster
You missed a guitar. He also made the explorer 90
Eddie Van Halen had a Floyd before him ~ Eddie helped in the development of the Floyd Rose with the idea of adding the fine tuners to the bridge. Eddie had a Floyd in 1979 ~ Matthias in 1981 while recording 'Blackout' (Nov. 1981 - Jan. 1982). A friend of mine had a Floyd made by Floyd himself as well, in 1981 (Rick Nelson, rhythm/harmony guitar player in the band, White Wolf).
He is incredible. When I was 13 years old, I went to a concert of the Scorpions, and I was face to face with Matias, today I'm 17 years old, but I remember it every day. Matias is the best.
Great guitarist. Great guy as I've been fortunate to meet him.for a few mins. To me. Consummate sound of 80's rock which STILL stands up against anything the last 35 years has thrown at us. Master at work.😉
Great solo; the Scorps Rules!!!!!
I'm so grateful to have seen the Scorpions at there peak in 1984. So much energy & great songs. That show for me is a close second to when I saw Van Halen earlier that year. The greatest concert I ever saw.
Thank you for posting!!! He is one of the best lead guitarists in the world, such a natural with a guitar!!! I'll miss them when they retire!!
Matthias is one of the best lead guitarist in the world and he never got the recognition he really derserved. His tone is one of the best. He is not really the type of shredder like satriani,vai,petrucci but his tone is his secret weapon and his tone is one of the best in rock. Also whatever he plays sits well in the song and makes the song better. Matthias Jabs rules
Matthias is a much better shredder than these three combined!!! And Satriani(his student Vai),Petrucci,Malmsteen and many many others,they are only OVERRATED!!!
rudolf+matthias+klaus=the reaaaal Scorpions
the real Scorpions were the hard rock ones
Matthias Jabs is the best guitarist of all times and places.
Simply Bad ass period. .
Woah! I had no idea Matthias had that kind of chops. He really doesn't get enough credit
Excelente. É um solo tipico do rock explorando sons de alavanca e outros q o intrumento produz. Além das partes melodicas com escalas e arpejos.
Matt knows how to burn the guitar licks,always loved his tone!
thnx for sharing!
5+*****!
I was front row at the love drive tour.....16 yrs old ! Changed my life!
The guitar in case it's a Gibson Explorer 90, 90% of the size of an original explorer. The original guitars had Tesla pickups, but in early 90's Matthias used in many of them Seymour Duncan Sh4. I tried to nail his tone with this pickups, and it worked!! Anyway, in early 90's i know he was using Soldano amps, they sound similar to the sound of this performance.
Wow! while the time is passing by Matthias goes getting better.
Love this solo!
HELL YEAH remember when bands used to do solos? Miss those days
Hey! I was there! 1994, AMAZING Concert!
The Best Guitarrist for me!!!
The best solo!!!
@9vik11 Amazing guitarist and awesome stage presence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've seen them twice and he used SG's and Les Pauls. I think now that there has been some time he is free to be Ritchie. ALso..he has had the same haircut and colour for many years..
I love Matthias. If you get a chance go to Munich and visit his store.
Ladies and gentlemen, the best guitarist in hirtory.
The best guitarist of rock!
Best solo ever!
Гитары эксплорер Маттиаса Ябса с белой головой и с чёрной вообще топчик😊
MATTHIAS JABS HE'S THE BEST !! AWESOME SOLO ! AND SCORPIONS FOREVER !
love this one from Mathias, all pulloffs, runs, scales and some bitchin tremolo techniques, he never gets into the tapping technique too much, mathias is the real deal just like M.Schenker, purist to say the least.
My son Robby did his guitar riffs licks shreds wammy bar affects pedal to his sound system .doing it to his college degree Eastern Montana college billings Montana.i watched him everyday and sang like a heavy metal rockstar his goal before he died 2007
He made guitar player magazine December 2010
Simply perfect! :))))
Excellent 🤘
Wow.. how did I miss this? ❤️
Best tone ever! I've always wondered which Bridge pickup he uses in his explorers, anyone know?
I've always dreamed of playing like this like at a huge concert on the weekend, like in the morning, and totally waking all the slackers up and let them know. ITS FUCKING TIME TO ROCK!
MATTHIAS ROCKS AWESOME VID!!
im proud to put this video on youtube.since 2009
Remind me alot to Glenn Tipton
0:29 matthias trying to shoot that ball
I utubed it every morning at about 6PM billings Montana on my Facebook page bambi
He is so good....
Matthias was like an angry Eddie Van Halen.....but this video was nowhere his real shit !!!!
sounds like his own version to eruption :D
@@antojovinnadar 😭😭😭😭😭
Their new guy is an absolute monster player.
Nice. reminds me a bit of how Lynch sets his solos up....improv...lol
The first 25 seconds sound like LION roaring !!!
Live 1994.. Santiago - Chile
This solo is mostly Flash based. Lots of delay & dives ......but the audience loved it so cool. ...Plus the music he put down from 78 to mid 90s is irreplcable imo
97warlock ismyname heh?
Delay: hardly any if at all. You’re def hearing a lot of ambient delay and verb bouncing around the stadium.
Dives: a few, but I’d hardly call that “mostly”
Flash: again, gonna question that. Did you not hear the 5 or 6 modal shred sequences? He def did plenty of technically difficult shredery.
Это Охуеть, это просто Охуеть, даже слов нету...
say fucking rudolf to play like this
six string sting...
saw this last year
Matthias jabs has helped create just as much great music as stevie
Bo w życiu trzeba mieć fantazję.
Mathias Jabs! \o/
that's fucking NUTS!
Matias the best)
Jaaaasna Paaałaaa... Zajebiste!!!
NO, the BEST !!!
The question is who's better Matthias or Uli?
Давай жги 😊
From which concert is it from? It's amazing!
1994 Chili?
Put him alongside Uli for about ten seconds.....
IMO he learned the Paul Gilbert solo first and then mod it to have one for him... also same way to play.
SRV would blow this dude out of the water with style
Lay off the stuff and sit your ass down
Has anyone played his brand of guitars--especially his "explorers"? How are they?
They are bit smaller. Great pickups
@@lynn7049 Did you prefer it to Gibsons? I am seriously considering getting one of his guitars.
@@claypage1089 I'd really hate to lead you the wrong way. This is Jabs' guitar shop in Germany, he'd be happy to tell you.
shop@mjguitars.de
@@claypage1089 I don't want to leave you hanging; look into the Gibson Explorer with 24 fret.
I love K.K also, but Jabs is in my opinion, after seeing both live several times. Priest is not shit without K.K. though !!!
kocham Matthiasa!
Thats more like Matthias "Vai"
Does anyone know where this is recorded?
I utubed this alot
I GET a NUT everytime I hear that intro from :14-:24 where it sounds like a lion roaring
Faster, faster, viagra, more faster, more viagra, faster!!!!
I think from Mexico 92 but I'm not sure
YEAHHHHHHHHH IT IN
where is it been
Always smiling
00:28
dont mess with uli
simply messing with it!
mathias is the only guitarist i know that holding guitar pick with 3 finger and he created so harmonics melody in all scorpions songs
James Hetfield aussi
too noizy
@Acecombatgamertwo that is a seriously ridiculous statement.
Batio is one of the fater guitarists around, and a nice guy...but that's about it, man.
He's kind of like the ultimate example of pointless shred.
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Maybe you should have titled this video "my favorite guitar solo." It's good but no theoretical or listening pleasure. Simply someone showing off speed. That's over rated. Want to hear a solo with insane talent and emotional and theoretical value? Listen to the solo in the song " over the mountain" played by randy Rhodes of Ozzy Osborne.
Let me guess, your one of these guys who think automatically that playing fast and playing things other than minor pentatonics = no emotion.
xquisitaz when i shared this video,i was 16 year old,
I learned that solo. Took me about 4 days & playing it about 60ish times. Now its been like 12 years since I did it ....... I remember thinking as I was learning ...... Why did Randy have to make it So hard to play, its as if he made it as hard to learn as possble lol
chilie 1994
SCORPIONS!!!!!
uli jon roth was the best
Sheldon Boodle yeaah and michael tooo
+mimigenial215 eu concordo!
Roth was just a copy of Hendrix... His sound lacks the heavynes...
R G1959 lol immature idiot go grow up kiddo...
LOL nice comeback :D
What was thrown at him?
he is hotttt
Matthias is my God =^)
Not at all actually. I'm a fan of leads that work well with emotion and with the rest of a song when played together. Randy Rhodes was infamous for writing amazing leads that were less show off and more conducive to the emotion. Not to mention that you jumped to defense with an argument completely against my point which was more "this title=opinion" I never said this guy had no talent nor did I say it wasn't good. People are funny....
slowdrippin is just trippin, theres another video where the sound is super clean and you can really tell what Mathias is doin, He smokes on the guitar, one of the best next to M.Schenker, slowdrippin should go get that drip cleared up, they have meds for that you know, learn how to spell before you make technical comments about guitarists ( YOU WRECK ) LOL your entitled to you own opinion, just be careful when talking bout JABS or SCHENKER.
he's great "ive sat next to him jamming " so i know how good he is but he's no van halen or joe satriani and i know he will respect me for saying that.
you are right he is Matthias Jabs a very unique guitarist.
huskvarsm No his no Eddie or Joe his better!
huskvarsm The solo on Rock you like a hurricane is one of the best solos ever recorded in hard rock it has everything.
I love his playing on the album so I disagree.
u SUK !