I could listen to this guy talk and play for hours. He is so amazing. Really inspiring and his articulation makes understanding his ideas so fun and easy.
I’m ashamed I didn’t know a lot about this guy until a couple of weeks ago when a friend suggested we go see The Aristocrats as they were playing in my home town. It was a fantastic night, and Guthrie was firing on all fronts - I love his humour and his way with words. He is a genius.
I could listen to this guy talk and play for hours. He is so amazing. Really inspiring and his articulation makes understanding his ideas so fun and easy.
Great example of someone really nailing their existence purpose. So many master class types in all walks lost due to misdirection or unrealization. Wonderful to celebrate those that have arrived there.
Well, listening to Guthrie is truly mesmeric. I cannot play the guitar and am too old by far to learn now. But I have been listening to the best of guitarists for rather longer than Guthrie has been alive and he thrills me
The fact that he took the time to work out every bend in every scale is absolutely insane…I don’t think my brain has that much space available, thank you weed.
What a brilliant teacher! his articulate speech and vocabulary echoes from his academic preparation for and the time spent at Oxford University, I believe...
A great teacher and a pleasure to watch. Very easy to trust a humble yet confident and without arrogant soul. He effortlessly commands my full attention. A Shaolin Priest of Guitar.
Love these videos. Guthrie really is a great teacher. He never forgets the little things that make these techniques difficult for most people and presents them that way. Even though it's incredibly easy for him
1:47 Every single day bend all the strings with every finger. Pull or push one step and shake the hell out of it. Yes, that means unassisted pinky bends with vibrato. Do this whilst watching tv at night. Make it hurt and embrace the pain -it fades. In one month, you will sound better than anyone you personally know.
Came back here especially to thank you for your suggestion, I’ve been doing exactly what you said for 2 weeks and have drastically improved my playing. Indeed, the art of proper tasty bending is what defines the sound of electric guitar, so much work must be applied there. Thanks again!
@@puzzledcaveman5775 -Aww thanks! It really is transformative, huh? I wish it had occurred to me sooner -like 20 years sooner. I sometimes quit doing it for a month or two, and do other things. Its a mistake though, and I always pay for it. Now put in the same amount of time doing downwards bends w/ vibrato. A 2nd or 3rd fret D string full step bend w/ vibrato will be really difficult. We should be able to do the same thing in both directions.
Russ Wilson Very transformative indeed, from what you just said I guess I’m very lucky to be running into this 3 years after I started playing. I’m totally bent (haha) into working really hard in my first few frets bends, as that is where the painful challenge really resides. Not to mention that many other techniques like hammers and pull offs strongly benefit from the workout these bends provide.
@@puzzledcaveman5775 -Yup! Hammers and pull offs and bends. Throw in stretch exercises -this is the absolutely the fastest way fwd. Oops! I forgot to mention. Speed pick each string 4 min a day. Start w/ open string and move up the fret board, till you hit your highest fret. It gets harder to pick, the higher you go. You are gonna burn. I hate doing this, and I neglect it. But again -in one month, you will have a very noticeable improvement. This is not an opinion. It is a fact. Pebber Brown turned me on to this, and I hate him for it! There are two sides to guitar. Music, which is fun, and mechanics, which are hard won through pain. Luckily, mechanics can be drastically improved upon, in a 30 day period -at which point, they only require a fraction (1/4?) of the time, to maintain. Bends, hammers, pulls, stretches and picking. These cover most of the required muscle development. I will post later what one of the best stretch exercises entails. It's not as ugly as the picking and bending,... Well, I'm off to teach via Skype! Go kick some ass, senor.
Guthrie - thank you ,thank you , thank you - aside from being a genuine virtuoso player you are a world class teacher because you have a world class mastery over your instrument and you are gentle and genuine and full of humor and intelligence. Thanks for your cover of Shawn Lane’s “Get you Back “! 🙏🎼🎸💥
I think Guthrie Govan is a genius beyond guitar , music and other musicians. The way he speaks and usage of words or vocabulary is beyond the majority of us. I'd love to know this man personally too. Of coarse I would want to talk about and learn all the theory, and all that pertains to music, but also, I'd love to talk with him about other subjects as well. I'm sure his thinking or thoughts would be very interesting and deep.
I m always amazed his being conscious of what he's doing doesn t interfere w his playing. So far every bending trick he s demoed I do, but had no idea I was. If I did, it woulda messed it up.
Guitarist team (or Guthrie if you're watching :) 1st of all, thank you for this lesson. This series is one of the best pieces of guitar learning I've ever seen. Guthrie is an absolute joy to learn from. The man is absurdly talented. Not only at guitar and guitar education, but also at just generally being an outstanding human. Secondly - What amp was used for this lesson? Guthrie's clean tone on this is beautiful. I know the components of his guitar, and how his playing are influencing the sounds. So now trying to figure out what amp he was using to get that sweet, glassy tone.
+Nethera6 it's a Victory, not sure of the model. They're a relatively new British amplifier manufacturer and their owner was previously a designer for another well known amp manufacturer, though I dont remember which
+ipg616 - Thanks for the info there, I appreciate your response. I was thinking it was a likely a Victory, considering how tightly Guthrie's been integrated with Martin Kidd & Victory lately. I know Guthrie plays several models of Victory so I was hoping to pinpoint the exact model used here (or find out if it was possibly another brand/model). I know he's keen on the V30, V50, and V100. I can see a V40 in the background of the shot but it's not plugged in. So, it's obviously not that one :) As for Martin's previous well known manufacturer you mentioned, I believe it was the "Cornford" amp company.
wow, I wish, I had a teacher when I was learning guitar by myself back then, 100 years ago. there wasn't even the internet. my favourite player and bending players are Steve Lukather and Eddie van Halen. The outro of Rosanna is what is I consider as true skill. no braindead scale shredding. the solo speaks and tells a story, with godlike bending included.
That was extremely accurate. Guthrie could teach a panda to talk in human language :) He doesn't make the lesson bland and a chore. He throws some funny stuff, knowing that it will regain your focus. He's really one of the best. Thank you Guthrie for sharing your secrets with us.
2:40 watch his picking hand, so disciplined. He rests it up against the previous string. That’s a sign of a great player. The little habitual details of a player. His hand never wanders randomly (like mine probably does Lol)
The nice thing about his classes is he usually drops in a few discreet, WTF did he do there? Or HTF did he do that?! It helps you to keep you on your toes. I love his use of the vocabulary as well. After playing a slightly sharp note he says "that was suspicious". If he had the time I would suggest he writes a novel.
Guileless…everyone is worth teaching and worth helping with respect. Rare trait….why children loved Mr Rogers and why adults are so surprised and touched when they see it in another adult…such as this man.
Everybody loves Guthrie. I've never seen so many "likes" with so FEW "dislikes". There are cute kitten videos with more dislikes (because some people dislike kittens, for some inexplicable reason).
Marmaduke Winterbotham dont asume i meant disrespect because you dont like what you are reading . its not like i said that in a negative tone . your brain took it in as a negative. i meant use your ears by maby listining to it more then once instead of asking for the tabs and you might actually gain somthing from it like muscle memory instead of some tab that u will forget in a week
When guthrie says "there'll be no bleeding finger tips this month, I solemnly assure you" you know he probably knows better than anyone with how much he has played guitar. 🤣🤣🤣
question for anyone that knows. When I'm bending up, for large bends, my finger tends to sort of grab the next string above it so that when I release the bend, it makes the string above it ring out undesirably. The only way I've found to sort of fix it is to try to mute that string with my palm, but it's not always easy to do. I'm wondering if there is something basically wrong with my bending technique.
this man is a fantastic speaker. hes got mystique, and hes non stop intelligent humor, with a single drop of awkward.
Yes, when he looks away from the camera after a punchline, its funny
@@NONE2NONE what is "intelligent humor"? And when is he NOT looking away from the camera?
David Lee......spot on description
Reminds of Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull
Yeah, he's British
Its always pleasure listening to Guthrie speaking
+Infighter For some reason, it's really relaxing.
I could listen to this guy talk and play for hours. He is so amazing. Really inspiring and his articulation makes understanding his ideas so fun and easy.
The Master Jedi of guitar players.
+DaemoniumCC and I'm jar jar binks
+CareyPortnoyBeauford one of the funniest things I've read all day
+CareyPortnoyBeauford Lucky you. I'm that little box-shaped mouse droid.
you mean the one that almost leased its ass room out to cheb's foot in episode 6??
I'm sorry sir, this title has belonged to Trey Anastasio for two decades already.
3:10 "and see if it sounds like music... that was suspicious..." .. Lol he is such a character I love it
Haha exactly why i love this man :D
I’m ashamed I didn’t know a lot about this guy until a couple of weeks ago when a friend suggested we go see The Aristocrats as they were playing in my home town. It was a fantastic night, and Guthrie was firing on all fronts - I love his humour and his way with words. He is a genius.
I agree 100% !
Something tells me, that regardless of the path Guthrie might have chosen, he would be successful at it. Genuine guy and guitar master.
He was going to study Philosophy at the start...
"That was suspicious, let's try that again"😂😂😂😂😂
I could listen to this guy talk and play for hours. He is so amazing. Really inspiring and his articulation makes understanding his ideas so fun and easy.
Guthrie has such a lovely, fluent way of speaking. I'd listen to him talk about anything, but he's talking about *guitar* and that's even better.
The voice and speech of this gentleman appears hypnotic to my ears, and I'm a spaniard.
*S i*
Great example of someone really nailing their existence purpose. So many master class types in all walks lost due to misdirection or unrealization. Wonderful to celebrate those that have arrived there.
Yet again i listen to a lesson by Guthrie and INSTANTLY my playing and musical third eye is clearer and better.
Thank you!
"That's the classic happy birthday scale" I'm dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The most eloquent guitar master! I've learned more from these two installments than any other YT video! Thank you Master Govan!
Great at playing, great at teaching, world class ability with a down to earth approach. Amazing guy.
thankyou for the words of wisdom Gandalf.
Just listening to Guthie speak is pleasant enough and then his knowledge to me makes him one of the best to watch and learn. Thank You
I would listen to any audiobook narrated by Mr. Goven.
He is an amazing teacher, his choice of words to explain the details are perfect. Noone explains it like Guthrie
Well, listening to Guthrie is truly mesmeric.
I cannot play the guitar and am too old by far to learn now.
But I have been listening to the best of guitarists for rather longer than Guthrie has been alive and he thrills me
Never too old.
The fact that he took the time to work out every bend in every scale is absolutely insane…I don’t think my brain has that much space available, thank you weed.
Greatest guitar teacher I have ever experienced.....This guy has a gift ............Not just the incredible guitar player he is .
What a brilliant teacher! his articulate speech and vocabulary echoes from his academic preparation for and the time spent at Oxford University, I believe...
Could watch and listen to him all day. Love the dry sense of humour he has too. Super talented.
the greatest speaking guitarist of all time
The way he talks about music you feel how much he is digging into it "Makes your note more interesting"!
I'm a drummer, but i can't help watching guthrie. He's just musicality incarnate. love this man.
Love this guy's playing, teaching and sense of humour. Top notch 👍
Guthrie is such a humble genius. I could listen to him talk and play all day.
A great teacher and a pleasure to watch. Very easy to trust a humble yet confident and without arrogant soul. He effortlessly commands my full attention. A Shaolin Priest of Guitar.
What a sweetheart of a man.
The world of guitar was in bad need of a man like Guthrie. He arrived precisely when he meant to!
What fantastically encouraging explanations
One can actually learn more than they thought (experienced or not), by going back over this stuff. Thanks Mr. Govan, great stuff here.
Guthrie is such a great teacher, can't wait for more.
Fantastic teacher and player ! Thank you !
Love these videos. Guthrie really is a great teacher. He never forgets the little things that make these techniques difficult for most people and presents them that way. Even though it's incredibly easy for him
1:47 Every single day bend all the strings with every finger. Pull or push one step and shake the hell out of it. Yes, that means unassisted pinky bends with vibrato. Do this whilst watching tv at night. Make it hurt and embrace the pain -it fades. In one month, you will sound better than anyone you personally know.
Came back here especially to thank you for your suggestion, I’ve been doing exactly what you said for 2 weeks and have drastically improved my playing. Indeed, the art of proper tasty bending is what defines the sound of electric guitar, so much work must be applied there. Thanks again!
@@puzzledcaveman5775 -Aww thanks! It really is transformative, huh? I wish it had occurred to me sooner -like 20 years sooner. I sometimes quit doing it for a month or two, and do other things. Its a mistake though, and I always pay for it. Now put in the same amount of time doing downwards bends w/ vibrato. A 2nd or 3rd fret D string full step bend w/ vibrato will be really difficult. We should be able to do the same thing in both directions.
Russ Wilson Very transformative indeed, from what you just said I guess I’m very lucky to be running into this 3 years after I started playing. I’m totally bent (haha) into working really hard in my first few frets bends, as that is where the painful challenge really resides. Not to mention that many other techniques like hammers and pull offs strongly benefit from the workout these bends provide.
@@puzzledcaveman5775 -Yup! Hammers and pull offs and bends. Throw in stretch exercises -this is the absolutely the fastest way fwd. Oops! I forgot to mention. Speed pick each string 4 min a day. Start w/ open string and move up the fret board, till you hit your highest fret. It gets harder to pick, the higher you go. You are gonna burn. I hate doing this, and I neglect it. But again -in one month, you will have a very noticeable improvement. This is not an opinion. It is a fact. Pebber Brown turned me on to this, and I hate him for it! There are two sides to guitar. Music, which is fun, and mechanics, which are hard won through pain. Luckily, mechanics can be drastically improved upon, in a 30 day period -at which point, they only require a fraction (1/4?) of the time, to maintain. Bends, hammers, pulls, stretches and picking. These cover most of the required muscle development. I will post later what one of the best stretch exercises entails. It's not as ugly as the picking and bending,... Well, I'm off to teach via Skype! Go kick some ass, senor.
Nice to hear the Jan Hammer reference too! Brilliant lesson.
just nonstop amazing and useful, thank you
Absolutely love this guy - such a brilliant guitarist, and a fantastic teacher too
Guthrie - thank you ,thank you , thank you - aside from being a genuine virtuoso player you are a world class teacher because you have a world class mastery over your instrument and you are gentle and genuine and full of humor and intelligence. Thanks for your cover of Shawn Lane’s “Get you Back “! 🙏🎼🎸💥
Besides the brillant teaching there's a lot in that very pleasant narrative voice that reminds me of the young ian anderson.
I think Guthrie Govan is a genius beyond guitar , music and other musicians. The way he speaks and usage of words or vocabulary is beyond the majority of us. I'd love to know this man personally too. Of coarse I would want to talk about and learn all the theory, and all that pertains to music, but also, I'd love to talk with him about other subjects as well. I'm sure his thinking or thoughts would be very interesting and deep.
I just Adore this Viking !
Thank you, Guthrie and Guitarist. Fantastic resource.
I m always amazed his being conscious of what he's doing doesn t interfere w his playing. So far every bending trick he s demoed I do, but had no idea I was. If I did, it woulda messed it up.
This teaching are great one of this Players who give me Inspiration when i am Down like helpless from heaven thank you
Guitarist team (or Guthrie if you're watching :)
1st of all, thank you for this lesson. This series is one of the best pieces of guitar learning I've ever seen. Guthrie is an absolute joy to learn from. The man is absurdly talented. Not only at guitar and guitar education, but also at just generally being an outstanding human.
Secondly - What amp was used for this lesson? Guthrie's clean tone on this is beautiful. I know the components of his guitar, and how his playing are influencing the sounds. So now trying to figure out what amp he was using to get that sweet, glassy tone.
+Nethera6 it's a Victory, not sure of the model. They're a relatively new British amplifier manufacturer and their owner was previously a designer for another well known amp manufacturer, though I dont remember which
+ipg616 - Thanks for the info there, I appreciate your response.
I was thinking it was a likely a Victory, considering how tightly Guthrie's been integrated with Martin Kidd & Victory lately. I know Guthrie plays several models of Victory so I was hoping to pinpoint the exact model used here (or find out if it was possibly another brand/model). I know he's keen on the V30, V50, and V100. I can see a V40 in the background of the shot but it's not plugged in. So, it's obviously not that one :)
As for Martin's previous well known manufacturer you mentioned, I believe it was the "Cornford" amp company.
+Nethera6 Its a Victory Countess Amp he is using.
+Stuart Palmer Thanks for the reply, Stuart. So, the V30/Countess then. That's great to know
How did you figure that out?
+Nethera6 It was Cornford.
wow, I wish, I had a teacher when I was learning guitar by myself back then, 100 years ago. there wasn't even the internet. my favourite player and bending players are Steve Lukather and Eddie van Halen. The outro of Rosanna is what is I consider as true skill. no braindead scale shredding. the solo speaks and tells a story, with godlike bending included.
This bloke is gold !
God*
Guitar jesus is so much easier to learn from than Vai. He stays on topic.
He should read children's books!
You're, kinda right. Weird.
He does. Last year on the Aristocats show he showed a cartoon book that inspired Kentucky Meat Shower.
That's quite the insult 😅
8:11 The only part of this lesson I thoroughly understood!
Fantastic little class.
Remember how much it hurts when you're doing it correctly - Best lesson I've ever heard ;>)
That was extremely accurate. Guthrie could teach a panda to talk in human language :) He doesn't make the lesson bland and a chore. He throws some funny stuff, knowing that it will regain your focus. He's really one of the best. Thank you Guthrie for sharing your secrets with us.
Oh the eccentricity I love it.
A true genius , a master player bar none 🎸✨🔥🔥🔥
Such a generous human ❤❤❤❤thank you Guthrie
2:40 watch his picking hand, so disciplined. He rests it up against the previous string. That’s a sign of a great player. The little habitual details of a player. His hand never wanders randomly (like mine probably does Lol)
The nice thing about his classes is he usually drops in a few discreet, WTF did he do there? Or HTF did he do that?! It helps you to keep you on your toes. I love his use of the vocabulary as well. After playing a slightly sharp note he says "that was suspicious". If he had the time I would suggest he writes a novel.
this guys surely knows what he is taking about! he is genius!
Guthrie, you're an inspiration. Thanks for sharing!
love you man! keep smiling, love the way you 'phrase' your smile at the end of a sentence!
Good Man and very talented .
Guthrie has nice lessons. I really appreciate he uses clean tones. I am tired of distortion.
my God, those choice of words really hitting the spot. :D
I find this guy very hard to dislike. Now thats impressive. Good guitarist too
I think I heard the lick 5:22 from G3 Live at Tokyo by Steve Vai before.
+Fuukana-TV does no metta
Absolute gentleman, fantastic player (Not my kinda stuff though), always like watching/listening to Guthrie.
The most eloquent guy in the business.
Guileless…everyone is worth teaching and worth helping with respect. Rare trait….why children loved Mr Rogers and why adults are so surprised and touched when they see it in another adult…such as this man.
I luv his voice
Listen to him speak and watch him, it is very clear he fully thinks of every word before he speaks.
Just one think to say, thank you !!
Forget guitar, incredible teacher...
I really enjoy his speaking
"extra quirk" = added seasoning, can be quite tasty. :)
I never thought a regular E Major scale could sound so jazzy!
7:30 "I guess it would look like that" ...
I love this man
I fucking love this dude
How is this man both the greatest guitarist and speaker on the planet … he could play and present a Nat Geo documentary simultaneously.
Everybody loves Guthrie. I've never seen so many "likes" with so FEW "dislikes". There are cute kitten videos with more dislikes (because some people dislike kittens, for some inexplicable reason).
Tab for the run starting at 0:33 would be cool! It doesn't sound like ONLY the E maj scale.
in theory its called a permutation
+Marmaduke Winterbotham It is only E major.
+Duke Duke (TheDuke) Why is the default attitude of people who post replies on UA-cam to be rude/offensive/superior?
+Marmaduke Winterbotham Ascending E Major scale, then descends in thirds, and ends with an E arpeggio.
Marmaduke Winterbotham dont asume i meant disrespect because you dont like what you are reading . its not like i said that in a negative tone . your brain took it in as a negative. i meant use your ears by maby listining to it more then once instead of asking for the tabs and you might actually gain somthing from it like muscle memory instead of some tab that u will forget in a week
When he refered to the pinky as "this pathetic short finger" it cracked me up :DD
LeNi Pelekanos yeah it’s longer than my middle finger.
@@Outdoorshuntingshooting You sir replied to a 4 year comment. Thank you for taking me back lol
@@SurESuRe159 time means nothing. lol
what, is his pinky finger 12cm long?
It’s Richard Richard! Love you Guthrie
""that was suspicious" :) Love this guy!!
what is that thing you put on the neck?
for me, this is like ASMR. I love watching and listening Guthrie. I am here for watching and listening him, not for the lesson.
2:19 short finger ahahahaha
+Stefan Bulatovic "Pathetic" short finger
It makes me think of Es whenever I hear that 😂😂😂😂😂 Legend
When guthrie says "there'll be no bleeding finger tips this month, I solemnly assure you" you know he probably knows better than anyone with how much he has played guitar. 🤣🤣🤣
My new guitar God!
The Bob Ross of Guitar !!!
Guitar sounds great. Any pedals? Very sweet and jazzy but some bright. Lovely. Pickup single or humbucker?
I can't decide what he's better at, playing guitar or using the english language.
question for anyone that knows. When I'm bending up, for large bends, my finger tends to sort of grab the next string above it so that when I release the bend, it makes the string above it ring out undesirably. The only way I've found to sort of fix it is to try to mute that string with my palm, but it's not always easy to do. I'm wondering if there is something basically wrong with my bending technique.
What is that bracelet looking thing wrapped around the nut of his guitar 🎸?