Nita Strauss - Guitar Power
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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"At 28 years old, Nita Strauss has already traveled a long and varied path to her current position - shredding arena stages as a guitarist in Alice Cooper’s band. The Los Angeles native has played everything from corrosive deathcore (with As Blood Runs Black), to classic funk (with Jermaine Jackson), to symphonic-rock renditions of video game themes (with Critical Hit). Her most visible pre-Cooper gig, however, was as a member of the Iron Maidens, a ripping all-female tribute to the British metal legends.” - Rolling Stone
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What a healthy minded, great musician. Real musicians never stop learning and improving, and it's cool to hear her experience as a self-taught developing musician.
That "jam" at the end was fucking awful.
+Bob Solo I never thought I had a soul, but I shat one out listening to that. It was so seized up it shattered when it hit the floor. My brain feels strangely flash-frozen now.
+Bob Solo
LOL! Shit yeah dude, pure fucking crap!
+whynottalklikeapirat your comment deserves an award my good sir
Stefan Vasic As does yours =.O
+Bob Solo my head ache got worse.
She seems happy and successful. I give any person credit who has succeeded and puts in the hard work and effort. So many negative comments from people who either never made it or never will, I'm not talking just about being a musician I mean at anything in life. And don't lie to yourself no one with such a negative mind set will ever succeed the only consolation you have is others thumbs up you get on your comments.
+bluwng Your statement is too general to be true, I know because I agree with the criticisms, and I've made it in my eyes. Debt free, have tons of free time to do whatever I want and I own my own business. I'm a decent guitar player, photographer and artist. And I have great relationships. However, the only important thing, is that I'm a happy person. What more can a person want really? And I still agree with the fact that she has way too much gain, is a relatively sloppy player. If she's made it that's truly wonderful, I can however be happy for her AND express a criticism at the same time. There is room in a human personality for that. That is my opinion and I have a right to express it just as much as anyone else, including you. The problem is, I realize that it's my opinion, and you say your opinion as if it's fact. In all reality, you have no way of knowing much of anything about the people who are leaving these comments. You are just trying to defend her. But you're using ignorant statements to do it.
bluwng but it doesn't sound good.
the absolute truth!!
She is just so honest... I'm a 58 year old guitar guy and I'm so impressed with the ease she approaches the instrument. But it's the human side of her that sells me. God is Great. Thank you Lord for putting her on this planet.
Lol, thanks for the humor
I think she could have used abit more gain and reverb
+Cring0r could have*
+homer blair lol
+Cring0r yeah right ,I think she can do what she wants she gets paid to play and a lot of money I dont ,so she must be doing something right
+Cring0r LOL
+Cring0r Dude... she already needed a gate with that much gain to control that unwanted noise hehehe. That's cool with me though because I personally use a LOT of gain in my playing but I aim for a 'clean' sound to the distortion. Perhaps a fast delay to take a little of the edge off would have been nice for the leads.
These videos are awesome! My only suggestion would be to close mic the guitar cabinets as the room sounds very big and the vids might benefit from closer microphones
For everyone saying that the tone's a little shoddy, remember that she's a guitar player in a band, and that means that her amp tone isn't optimised in order to sound good by itself, it's dialled in to sound good in a mix/in rehearsals.
Nita has a lovely talking voice. I am sure she has a lovely singing voice too.
"You're playing your loved one to sleep at night". Imagine someone attempting to play you to sleep with that tone. Horrific.
lol. "I had this horrible nightmare mommy. This giant amplifier turned to 11 was chasing me throwing sloppy arpeggios at me! Aaaaaahhhh!"
you would probably end up having a nightmaire lmfao
Don't think he gets much sleep lol
she's very real and sincere… takes styles she likes and makes them her own… is herself by herself and that's hard in and of itself… has mobility and ability that many of us can only dream of having… i raise my axe to her, not cause she's a young-lady, but because she's a fine guitar player as well as Alain !!! Peace to all
nita is a very good player:she is still young .i wish i had played the places she has so chill guys.
Nita is cool, but you gotta love Alain Johannes!!
Saw you Nita last night w Alice Cooper. Awesome!
I love listening to her, she's an awesome personality and she just 'get's it'. Power on Nita!
Nita strauss.passion and ware fare.. merry Christmas 2021.. semper fi. A gem amongst us..
One thing I will say is that playing the blues is important for an electric guitar player to learn even if that's not what you ultimately want to play. The blues is where most learn their phrasing and develop strong vibrato. The shred community often writes of the blues as simple standard bullshit. There fucking stupid and probably weak in areas like vibrato. I'm not a blues player but there is a lot to learn from the blues. Eddie Van's style is deeply routed in blues and the same applies to many other great players and technicians. Steve Vai utilizes blues licks all the time and is a key part to his overall sound which is very diverse. To me Malmsteen can be just as boring as someone who plays blues licks all day. Yngwie pretty much sticks to the box he puts himself in. I like Yngwie but he is a one trick pony who plays using the same variations of Harmonic minor scales and stays in the Phrygian mode 90% of the time. I suggest that every guitar player should devote some time to learning the blues in order to get a feel for vibrato, phrasing, and string bending. Sometimes its far better and more effective to grab a note by the balls and bend the shit out of it than doing some flurry of notes as fast as you can. Flurries are great but only if there coupled with good phrasing and long held out bends that help produce strong melodic control. A flurry should be something used to get you somewhere else melodically.
+Kris Ross " Steve Vai utilizes blues licks all the time and is a key part to his overall sound " - I've listened to Vai since the eighties and he is NOT a blues based player.Blues doesn't come naturally to him as say his cohort Satriani.Your statement is just plainly incorrect.Yngwie can and does plays blues - interspersed in his shred he'll incorporate blues licks. I don't know what you've been hearing in their music - but you need to clear the wax out of your ears mate.
out of all that I read, "I'm butthurt because I can't play "so I'm going to type a novel to make excuses. .
+Kris Ross Ι do not know blues, i shred fine and my vibrato is smooth. I know jazz though. So, yeah, an invalid statement
+Brian J Not really. i dont agree with him 100% but he has good points.
+Kris Ross erm achieving a really good and solid Blues phrasing is WAY harder then palyin some scales and arps at lightspeed..
It`s Nita Strauss .. I`m drooling again ........ oh yes, saw her in June playing with Alice Cooper in Finland at the Tuska Festival, great show \m/
I would love to rock with Nita one day!! =)
Yeah me too! ;)
Я тоже. И ещё с Кортни Кокс. Втроём! ;)
So. Much. Gain
+Wall OfNoise Gus G has a pretty solid tone from his. you're right, this is just ear bleeding noise
+Anthony Losty Distortion....Must...turn...down...
+Anthony Losty Exactly, Terribly set up. Sounds like a old $20 Peavey 15 watt amp I had in the 80's
+Anthony Losty Problem not with gain. Problem with tone.
+Anthony Losty It souds like having razor blades thrown at you...that would make my ears bleed.
Rock on Nita!
Best jam ever cheers
Yes Nita. The Crossroads is located in Clarksdale Mississippi. Legend says it's at the corner of Hwy 61 and Hwy 49. Marked by three guitars on a pole.
Love the sweeps, I'm still trying to learn how to perfect them.
Nita is expressing many positive observations about instrumental musicianship, and I am very impressed with her playing. it's girl power time - lets go!.
WOW! What a talent. If not for the Alice Cooper Leftist BS attacks I would not have ever learned of this amazing talent. I will follow Nita. I need to get back into all of this. Such talent.
For all you crapping on the tone, check out any of her Maiden vids or with Alice, its night and day. Her Black star sounds great with Alice.
The fact that there's no mic on the cabinet doesn't do here much justice, sounds like her amp is lost in a cave.
this was so sad. i feel bad for the both of them.
I fucking love Nita
so is it speed over musicality? In the words of Greg Howe, "use speed as a musical tool when it fits". She clearly is very technically competent, but speed for the sake of speed feels like its designed to impress rather than to be enjoyed and listened to.
Alain Johannes is the best.
Ahhhh, Nita!
Her tone is pure fizz
So cool!
Maybe the reason it sounds like there is so much reverb, has to do with the fact they're in a giant concrete room? Their voices reverberate off the walls as is.
Im glad to see more women are coming into the fold of shred guitar. Nilli Brosh also. Great talented women.
That tone is THIN. Woof!
I guess VICE and y'all had a falling out. too bad, this guy seems alright but Matt Sweeney is a national treasure.
wish Keith had been up to playing more but still it was cool to hear him talk about Ike and stuff. his Nike kicks were fresh too
awesome that your family's name Strauss dates back to 1800's. that's cool. you play nice also young lady.
Ibanez guitar through a Blackstar amp..... what do you expect; of course it's just going to be one dimensional shred metal overdrive.
I'll take Alain's rig in the Fender Jazzmaster and Fender Twin amp anyday over fucking Ibanez.
+Kim Cornell Not true. Some ibanez's with 5way switch (especially dimarzio's) have very dynamic tones. Joe Satriani has a nice tone. Sounds better live too. Depends alot on the amps as well. I personally don't like black stars however Ibanez guitars sounds great through mesa boogies, EVHIII 5150s, Suhr(badger, SL67/68) Marshall, Vox and peavey. Depends on your settings and effects too obviously but I have heard great tones from ibanez. Same for a strat/tele and Les Paul. They can sound horrible depending on the person but overall great guitars.
she listened to Shawn Lane!!! : )
Crossroads changed my life. .
That’s a really sweet looking S series - Anyone happen to know the exact model?
to all those complaining its how she was micd. when she rolled off the volume the true tone behind it actually swelled (if you listen hard enough) the tone is pretty awesome. but i agree it sounds like crap cause it was too trebbly
Do yourselves a favor and watch this with the 'CC' closed captions ON- Do not drink anything while viewing it seriously.
if you've never been to NAMM before, the "jam" at the end is what NAMM sounds like everywhere you go.
keep practicing guys, you will get there someday
James Rockford lol says the clown with 26 followers GTFO
I was really hoping Matt Sweeney would host this episode
lovely
Interesting... her example of classical music was amazingly similar to Becker's main sweeping section in Altitudes. Any more info on this? Btw, not criticizing, just wondering what she was playing.
all the gain!!
Awesome.
All I can say is WOW!
She is amazing.
This is the reason why people mock guitarists. Can't blame them.
Someone knows which model is that ibanez? It's really nice
I love all the negative comments from people who aren't as good as she is. Guys that can't stand it that a girl is better than they are. Face it guys, girls are in the club now, some of them can outplay you (Nita can certainly outplay me), and you may not like it, but I think it's great.
❤️ her 👍😎😁🎸
Cool!!!
Love her tone!
please come to Sydney nita x
does anyone know the model name of her Ibanez i love that guitar so thin with a floyd beautiful, message me if anyone knows
Shes all about tone!
Is she playing an Ibanez Premium with the bridge upgraded to an Ibanez Edge LoPro, or do they sell a premium model that comes with the Edge stock?
they sell the premiums but its top quality lol
I'd never heard anything of Nita until I saw this video tonight. I like her open-ness and natural talent. Hopefully she'll cast off the 80's Michelangelo-Battio, shredder-mentality and over-blown sustain, and settle in to her own style. The guy who tried to explain to her that 'less is more' was right.
I never knew she was in critical hit and played also in ABRB holy shit
She is so Nice!!
Yeah
Damn she can fucking sweep !
She can't shred to save her life! And how can she fuck up a blackstar, they're badass
She is great!
To all of the people who think it was the tone making her sound bad, i disagree. There are kids on youtube with better chops then her and its blatantly obvious she is sweeping way too fast for her fingers to keep up. A typical mistake for people who do not practice with a metronome. Sorry to ruin it for you. Yes i can sweep much much cleaner.
Christopher A yeah sure you can, we all can ,, you pompus ass.
She's actually terrible. I hate to say it but if she wasn't beautiful you wouldn't know her. She obviously grinded to get where she is but she didn't get where she is because of practice that's for damn sure.
What was that jam about?
Steve Vai is my biggest influence too, I’m into the same stuff. I can really relate to this.
her tone literally sounds like line 6 insane mode. Jesus Christ.
+blviking56 LOL
The shit kids say...
Linda maravilhosa e toca muito sua guitarra.
4:17... holy hell, she's really good, he thought.....
I've been a fan of Nina's for a while... she's very versatile
What is the model of your guitar? Please, help. Thanks :)
545 man was jealous of this female guitarist.
Greenson Gerald no, she is just bad
Do you practice?
Mänsch Nita AträuB(ss)chen. Es war toll, Dich in Santiago de Chile, zu sehen. Eres un ejemplo para todos nosotros, al tocar como nos gusta. The best is when we see that you like it.
up the iron braziers! \m/
very nice great
Dat alltitude sweep
Man, reading a lot of your comments and you people are brutal. She's a shredder, that's what she likes. As far as her tone, I doubt she was going for pure tone here. With her style, which is like a classic shredder style, it works well enough. With that must distortion does tone really matter much?
Not so much thetone, the actual "shredding" is a sloppy mess with missed notes, out of tune bends, sweeps you can't hear only see etc etc. In short, she plays much faster than she actually can do cleanly. It's kinda like you asking for Bubka heights at the pole vault...Won't be pretty right?
I think they make a good pair, liked this video
Easier way to get that kinda sound is to manually detune TV so that it shows blinking black n white dots aka white noise
HEAVY METAL
Goddess!
By the way, the guitar tone and jam were both awesome, full of sticky, barbed Crunch!
what happened to the other guy? (good to de Alain though)
Ibanez is like a sports car which is ok.
Fenders and Gibsons are like Cadillacs. slick, smooth and forever reliable.
I don't understand all the negative comments. Nita says in the interview she is self taught and never had a guitar lesson until recently. A good attitude can take a person a long way in any carrier they choose. She is touring the world doing something we have all dreamed about at one time or another. I had the pleasure of meeting Ryan Roxie and Nita when they came through Dallas TX with Alice Cooper. They were two of the nicest people I have met in rock & roll and Nita was a sweetheart. www.rebelsandstars.com
Self taught is nothing to do with it, I am self taught and know theory and technique.
Missing some gain there
Rafael Kr high gain and scooped mids
DJENTus Maxxximus
what is phrasing?
Next life I will learn the guitar.
She's young, cute and enthusiastic. What more could you want?
my ears argh i can't even
Get Courtney Cox on this and I'll give you my favourite plectrum.