Andy James talks about guitars, his influences, and his record on EMGtv

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  • Andy James talks about his humble beginnings, guitar tone, and his EMG 85 and EMG 60 humbucker pickups.
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  • @rahiabrar8400
    @rahiabrar8400 8 років тому +53

    This guy is my influence...i mastered shredding and sweep picking by seeing his video lessons...he is an excellent teacher and a great guitar player ..he deserves international fame...one of most technically proficient guitar player...👍

  • @miraculousmitch
    @miraculousmitch 9 років тому +20

    Hope the dude will get the international recognition he deserves! Humble, yet highly proficient player - pulls off technical, speedy styles with the emotion most other tracks just miss and is precise as a surgeon playing guitar! Furthermore: dope teacher! Can't top him ;)

  • @dakotamorrison9062
    @dakotamorrison9062 8 років тому +8

    Andy James is my idol, he is the man who inspires me to work on my lead playing. I am primarily a rhythm player and his playing and really inspires me to do what I do best and that is playing guitar.

  • @ulissdeau7045
    @ulissdeau7045 9 років тому +8

    He has his own style and he can play with the guitar style and techniques of other guitarists...he is awesome and a good teacher.

  • @lucafantini9679
    @lucafantini9679 11 років тому +2

    We really appreciate your music in Italy! What an amazing playeeeer!

  • @dougbline
    @dougbline 11 років тому +2

    One of the cleanest playing guitarist I've heard!

  • @ReubenGuitars
    @ReubenGuitars 12 років тому +1

    i wish someone like him would come to south africa that would be really cool

  • @Velocity4000fps
    @Velocity4000fps 11 років тому +1

    I am saying it now! come to America, I want to see you live!!

  • @bcherbs
    @bcherbs 5 років тому +1

    all this gear talk, this guy could make a stick and a whistle sound fucking awesome !

  • @chaskillcode
    @chaskillcode 10 років тому +1

    dude rules.....plz come to America brother!

  • @dedicatedtomyguitar
    @dedicatedtomyguitar 12 років тому +2

    It is 'Angel of Darkness' taken from his third self-titled solo album!

  • @jessbpowers
    @jessbpowers 12 років тому +1

    hey andy.... come to america and do some shows.... in st louis missouri

  • @TheSonsofHorusx
    @TheSonsofHorusx 12 років тому

    Andy, ive been watching you on youtube for like a year. COME TO AMERICA! YOU ARE LITERALLY A SICK ASS GUITARIST MAN! tear it up over here too, just metalheads are kinda not as common here, but your skill man will reach the masses for sure, a true force to be reckond with

  • @Wrathofkala
    @Wrathofkala 12 років тому +1

    I like Andy James. I like his playing and the way he carries himself. Glad he's doing what he loves! Wish I was talented enough lol.

  • @nemtall
    @nemtall 12 років тому

    I learned so much from Andy james ..

  • @shakybeeves
    @shakybeeves 12 років тому +1

    Awesome, Inspiring! Good to see a fellow Englishman doing well.

  • @failedskies
    @failedskies 12 років тому

    I would love to see Andy come to the US, I would definitely be there, and like one of the other comments said anyone in the US who's knows who Andy James is would kill to see him live.

  • @44WhiteChocolate
    @44WhiteChocolate 10 років тому +7

    This guy could use a guitar without pickups and it wouldn't make a difference. The speed he can play baffles me to my core

    • @alexwright1464
      @alexwright1464 10 років тому +5

      Not to mention that he keeps a good melodic core to his playing, and it isn't just nonsensical playing, like it is with so many shredders become.

  • @Velocity4000fps
    @Velocity4000fps 12 років тому

    Would love to see andy live!!!

  • @BenIsAMetalHead18
    @BenIsAMetalHead18 12 років тому

    SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS!!

  • @creatorjan
    @creatorjan 4 роки тому +2

    My fav guitar player
    next to John Petrucci 🔥

  • @JackOliverWolf
    @JackOliverWolf 12 років тому

    THIS GUY NEEDS MORE FANS BECAUSE HE IS JUST IMMENSE!

  • @asr1143
    @asr1143 7 років тому

    i wish this guy all the best.

  • @valkarcy
    @valkarcy 7 років тому +1

    I have connections with people at the Metrapark in Billings, MT, USA. Id love to see you come out!

  • @TheDeadEyeWolf
    @TheDeadEyeWolf 11 років тому +1

    come to Canada too!! you need to be more famous..

  • @guitarmainiac80
    @guitarmainiac80 12 років тому

    Come to Florida! Got some gigs for ya. Awesome!

  • @GarikWheeler
    @GarikWheeler 12 років тому +1

    "I use EMG's because I think they're the dog's bollocks."
    I don't know if it was the British accent making it sound better, but I think that may be one of the greatest quotes ever spoken by anyone.

  • @oniwabangroup
    @oniwabangroup 12 років тому

    Andy is such a killer very much an 80 type Shrapnel Master. I amazed by such tasty technique that has a heart and feeling.

  • @jonipradhan239
    @jonipradhan239 5 років тому +1

    My favorite guitar shredder

  • @shredflanders97
    @shredflanders97 11 років тому +1

    For god's sake, get this man over to America!

  • @guitarist4485
    @guitarist4485 12 років тому

    Nobody asked for you guys to rate his guitar. Obviously his whole setup sounds amazing. Probably better than anything any of you have. Just cause it's a signature series doesn't mean it's special. Just means that's the style of guitar andy is endorsing. It's a good clean and powerful guitar. You can't argue that. It shows anytime he's playing on it.

  • @illuminati12rt
    @illuminati12rt 11 років тому +1

    We need you in America

  • @lifegoeson2422
    @lifegoeson2422 7 років тому +2

    Hes the best guitarist England has produced in the last 20 years...

  • @heathermetcalf7638
    @heathermetcalf7638 11 років тому

    someone plz get this guy on a tour in the states PLEASE!!!!!

  • @Bigboi23847
    @Bigboi23847 12 років тому

    I was 25 when I started so you have a head start on me!!!

  • @Projectekon
    @Projectekon 11 років тому

    Come to Canada Andy!!

  • @TheBizniche
    @TheBizniche 12 років тому

    Great production!

  • @umadachi
    @umadachi 12 років тому

    I AM SO GOING TO BUY THAT

  • @kaywoppa
    @kaywoppa 11 років тому

    I agree ... this guy is awesome on the guitar

  • @bim41337
    @bim41337 12 років тому

    I had a little chat with ESP guitars themselves and asked for the same thing. Andy talks about a signature here, but it's a custom shop model and not available to public people like you and me ;) But ESP also mentioned that it's possible that this guitar could become a signature series one day ... let's hope the best ^^

  • @HurricaneTBag
    @HurricaneTBag 12 років тому

    I have three guitars with EMGs, love them all...looking for a guitar with passive PUPs but definitely not at the expense with one of my guitars with EMGs!!!!!

  • @QuestionCal
    @QuestionCal 12 років тому

    u need to come to michigan!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @SlowlyLazily
    @SlowlyLazily 12 років тому

    Hey Andy, you should do some shows over here.

  • @SinsAscendant
    @SinsAscendant 12 років тому

    Im a big fan of an 85 in the bridge
    when i had a H-401 i swapped the 85 and the 81
    but i wanted a H series thats just matte black as more of a workhorse guitar so im not afraid to ding it

  • @MattHarnettMusic
    @MattHarnettMusic 12 років тому

    Andy is just too cool.

  • @bim41337
    @bim41337 12 років тому

    He's the king of whatever you call playing guitar.
    EMG, did he play other songs than the one you already uploaded? If yes, we wanna see that too, huh?^^ ;) Please?^^

  • @Martyr9991
    @Martyr9991 11 років тому

    Hey Andy. Why don't you come over and do some shows?

  • @SinsAscendant
    @SinsAscendant 12 років тому

    I was talking to Andy a few weeks ago and ESP will be unveiling it at a soon event as his signature guitar
    but he couldn't say what the specs were like the type of wood etc.

  • @abrahamf80
    @abrahamf80 12 років тому

    i dont know if that is true, but it really maikes me buy a set of EMGs THAT GUY IS AWESOME!

  • @chrisbergey9470
    @chrisbergey9470 7 років тому +4

    Yeah nobody wants Andy to play in the US. He is a beast. Im starting a starter fund to fly him hear. Lol. There is always August in Huntington NY. I will see you there Andy...

  • @photolooptv4104
    @photolooptv4104 11 років тому +1

    so fucking clean!!! im so jealous!

  • @chiron997
    @chiron997 11 років тому

    Andy, why don't you come over and play some shows? Someone fund this man.

  • @MrSkully99
    @MrSkully99 12 років тому

    The model of guitar he uses is the esp h series. :)

  • @MatthewBattaglioli
    @MatthewBattaglioli 12 років тому

    hey, why dont you come over and do some shows?

  • @MultiCheckers1
    @MultiCheckers1 11 років тому

    yeah definetly he needs to do a set on g3 tour!

  • @thanoskovas7997
    @thanoskovas7997 6 років тому

    Best guitarist in the world!!

  • @Artybruh
    @Artybruh 12 років тому

    fuaaaaaaaaaark Andy I'd love you to travel the globe so good and inspirational

  • @taylormzalewski
    @taylormzalewski 12 років тому +1

    Andy needs to do G3

  • @alexiamott
    @alexiamott 12 років тому

    I personally love EMG's and I agree with Andy when he says that they are the "Dogs' Bullocks"

  • @ChegzGT1EB
    @ChegzGT1EB 12 років тому +1

    Guthrie isn't really shred but he's awesome. You should check out the jazz guitarist Alan Holdsworth, he's an english dude whos often noted by guitarists as being one of the best soloists in the world. I don't think location has much to do with it though.

  • @xVeilOfMayax
    @xVeilOfMayax 12 років тому

    what song is he playing? its amazing

  • @diamonddarrell5400
    @diamonddarrell5400 11 років тому

    Why don't you come over and do some shows???!!!!!

  • @Jman9112
    @Jman9112 11 років тому +1

    THAT ENGL STACK!

  • @Bigboi23847
    @Bigboi23847 12 років тому

    I'm practicing right now ;)

  • @VegaMaiden95
    @VegaMaiden95 12 років тому

    no record sounds the same. clarity is what lets you hear full chords and dynamics in playing. what comes with it is that more stuff comes from your guitar, like unwanted notes, so you need better technique to keep the playing clean

  • @tyleracampora
    @tyleracampora 12 років тому

    Well why don't you come over and do some shows?

  • @2Gutao
    @2Gutao 11 років тому

    dude that would be awesome ;] andy james + jeff loomis + steve vai

  • @PoetryEmotion94
    @PoetryEmotion94 12 років тому

    not saying all germans. just you. btw i like how your country make Schaller hardware for guitars. good quality. and you were once a youth too man, dont you have a job then just replying to my comment all the time ?

  • @petewat98
    @petewat98 12 років тому

    Not out yet man :'(

  • @ESPLTDSMITHY
    @ESPLTDSMITHY 12 років тому

    That's a sick LTD he's playing.

  • @samriddhamohanta
    @samriddhamohanta 12 років тому

    andy siriously u r my best

  • @mcpeak94
    @mcpeak94 12 років тому

    if you come to america go to a little place called cains ballroom or the marquee in tulsa oklahoma

  • @oniwabangroup
    @oniwabangroup 12 років тому

    If you take the best players gilbert, bonamassa, malmsteeb, becker, govan and roll them in one u have Andy James.

  • @symbolicby
    @symbolicby 8 років тому

    1:23
    a solo from a track, who knows?

    • @swipenet
      @swipenet 8 років тому

      He actually just improvised that lol. It's not on the album version.

    • @symbolicby
      @symbolicby 8 років тому

      i need this back track

    • @J_Schecter
      @J_Schecter 8 років тому +1

      Siarhei Liandri the back track is from angel of darkness, man. that scale run is improvised.

  • @KaldDodeGitarist
    @KaldDodeGitarist 12 років тому

    @mc2alfawolf I got a job to buy my first guitar. I didn't get it on my birthday lol. My parents shivered at the thought of me getting a guitar without lessons. But I started out without an amp so they were cool with it lol

  • @danmcamis4887
    @danmcamis4887 12 років тому

    Loomis is in Europe U.S. needs Andy.

  • @GlockenspielSAS
    @GlockenspielSAS 12 років тому

    Hope they´ll put the Angel Of Darkness video out too!

  • @ooOMikevOoo
    @ooOMikevOoo 11 років тому +1

    Wanna come to America? DO IT!!! lol

  • @marley666ful
    @marley666ful 12 років тому

    esp like he said in the video

  • @lostprophetsrock1234
    @lostprophetsrock1234 11 років тому

    I don't understand why he says switching to actives made him better as passives masked any mistakes. I've found the opposite. I used actives for years, switched to passives and found myself having to play a lot cleaner as my passives wouldn't have as much gain as much 81/85 setup did.

    • @m74d3
      @m74d3 7 років тому

      Adam Monaghan What? The fact that actives have more gain is precisely WHY you're forced to clean up your technique - because the gain highlights your mistakes, makes them ring out. You have to play extremely clean when there's a ton of gain or else it'll sound like a mess

  • @harley7777777
    @harley7777777 12 років тому

    haha cheers man XD we both got some catching up to do then haha

  • @yisus7793
    @yisus7793 9 років тому +2

    Who are his influences?

    • @Jsb4028
      @Jsb4028 9 років тому

      +Yisus Zakk Wylde, Guns n' Roses, lol

    • @yisus7793
      @yisus7793 9 років тому

      Eduardo Solórzano lmao!!

    • @Vinnty
      @Vinnty 8 років тому

      Yisus

    • @zieghfredmarkcarantes2775
      @zieghfredmarkcarantes2775 6 років тому

      He plays like john petrucci...maybe one of his influences.

  • @moistzombie
    @moistzombie 12 років тому

    Does look a lot like one. He says at about 1 minute in it's an ESP though.

  • @metalvocalistwanted
    @metalvocalistwanted 12 років тому

    i agree the newer body styles been lookin a lil schectish

  • @guitarreilly
    @guitarreilly 12 років тому +1

    i always imagine the best shred dudes are always american but england has guthrie and now this guy

  • @Yokai_94
    @Yokai_94 9 років тому

    hey andy why don't you come to mexico and do a show with a uncle that might be just as good of a player it would be awesome

  • @BlacklistSpy99
    @BlacklistSpy99 12 років тому

    What's the name of the guitar?!
    Someone tell meh! D'X

  • @AmateurMusiciansFTW
    @AmateurMusiciansFTW 11 років тому

    hahaha "dogs bollocks" this guy is fucking awesome

  • @amguitar123
    @amguitar123 12 років тому +1

    Hi i'm andy james. I use emg pickups because i think they're dogs bollocks. LOL

  • @tomsix123
    @tomsix123 12 років тому

    well, there's LTD on the headstock, so that's obviously an ESP not a schecter :P i love me some schecter though :P

  • @VegaMaiden95
    @VegaMaiden95 12 років тому

    not an EMG fanboy. I actually prefer BareKnuckle and Seymour Duncan. I just don't like when people bash artists without solid arguments

  • @lukegunnlee1988
    @lukegunnlee1988 12 років тому

    that headstock should be on all h models

  • @matt.lemonnier
    @matt.lemonnier 12 років тому

    Nonono, I got an LTD and tried many ^^ but I thought it was an LTD custom, but it's his signature first prototype.

  • @c4tze
    @c4tze 12 років тому

    tell me. why does nearly each record sound the same? clarity? but what comes with clarity? tell me :)

  • @Fabrimon
    @Fabrimon 12 років тому

    yeah im the FRIST AND IM STONED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @chris6996ful
    @chris6996ful 12 років тому

    he switched to Laney Amps now!!!

  • @mc2alfawolf
    @mc2alfawolf 12 років тому

    people always get their first guitar on their birthday, always!

  • @givemeajackson
    @givemeajackson 12 років тому

    engl amps + 100 bucks acoustic with shitty piezo pickups = still brutal tone. no kidding!

  • @DombagDarrell
    @DombagDarrell 12 років тому

    his signature model looks like a schecter blackjack

  • @1wingedangelff7
    @1wingedangelff7 12 років тому

    i actually thought he was going to say "hi, i'm Andy James, and i'm a morman."