This Tosin Abasi clinic is INSANE...
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Hey dude, moakalatte here (moak-a-latte, like "mocha-latte"). First of all, thanks for checking out this video. As someone in the comments noted, this was a part of a series of Masterclasses in a collaboration between the Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) in UK and Radar festival. AAL were playing Radar and Tosin came in and did this masterclass.
I was tasked with shooting and editing it as part of my role working at ACM, and I (obvs) jumped at the chance being a fellow guitarist. As most things like this go, we had little prep time, one static cam and one roaming cam and an issue with the audio that was recorded which is why it sounds a bit like there's an echo on his voice and the backing/original track he was playing along to was a little too high in the mix.
Anyway, I had to wait at least a year before I could share this, and I honestly thought that I'd get a request to take it down, but so happy that it's reached so many guitarists and has helped them out. Tosin's technique is killer, his clinic was super chill and informative, and he was a great chap to hang out with and chat to.
Glad you like the video, there's a Rabea Massaad masterclass video on my channel, too. 🤟🏻
Thanks for the info, and for the video! Sounds like a pretty amazing experience!
My three favorite guitarists! Tosin Abasi’s left hand, Tosin Abasi’s right hand, and Dean Lamb!
You completely missed the chance to say Dean's lamb
I'm dead hahahhaa
@@gabegartzia3290 meh
😂😂😂
Please dont forget tosin abasi's thumb
yk when you have dean lamb making terrified faces, you’re in the top echelon of guitarists
Your swybrid sweeps so unbelievably cool!!!!!!
For sure 👍...I've been checking out Charles Caswell in Berried Alive, his swybrid sweeps are really good along with a bunch of his other skillz
Yep - absolutely insane
Maybe try to get him on the channel for a “lesson” like you’ve done with some others?
Tosin has to be one of the most skilled players alive.
not a big fan of his music but id say -of all time!
Water has to be one of the wettest compounds on earth.
He spent like ten years watching VHS guitar lessons, you can too!
I went to the same school when he did. It's pretty surreal seeing him become one of the best players I listen to.
Tosin is insane. He's created such a unique voice on the instrument, it reminds me of when I heard Steve Vai as a kid.
Also for the tone - you mentioned you weren't getting the same percussive quality that Tosin is - think less distorted/OD tone and more clean/comp on the signal instead. It'll give you that 'thunk' sound in your hammer ons and popping and help the process along. But the techniques are insane. I can't do any of them really effectively yet, but I really dig the selective picking best.
Two things I feel like I could become immortal and still never learn how to do:
1. Properly fold a burrito
2. Thump
3. Wrap clean Christmas gifts 🎁
@@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power I never have to worry about gift wrapping 'cause majority of the time I just give people money as a present or have it mailed to them
Burrito wrapping is easy. Put your contents in a line on the tortilla, take one end of the tortilla where the line is, fold it inside, the grab the outsides and fold them inwards. Probably harder to read than it is to see it visually but I promise you it's a gamechanger
@@gorgami29 Instructions unclear, dick stuck in burrito
remembering to cancel subscriptions to shit before the 2nd month hits
09:38 "if this was America you'd know chickin' pickin'" 😅👌
17:07 i LOVE this. seeing dean realising that he wrote a sick melody and then replaying it, figuring it out and enjoying it.
this has been such a wholesome and interesting video
15:18 riff is phuccing sick
Tosin was the person who got my family to respect what I did and listened to. Before showing them Tosin all I listened to was "devils music" and "noise". Which I was raised on Dillinger and Converge so, fair. But when they heard Tosin and showed them who Tosin inspired and who looked up to him, they finally relented. They were raised on all the stereotypical rock guitar legends. And when they saw all them say, "Yeah, Tosin is in another league." They shut up about my music.
Maybe show them Onieler for context of what devil music is 😂 She's haunting, especially when doing Dictious Te Necare stuff
That friend he is talking about is Evan Brewer
Dude! I was fortunate enough to be acquainted with Evan 20yrs ago when Reflux came to The Muse. He and my bassist att took lessons from Reggie Wooten who i was told originated the technique. It was shown to me as the triplet Tosin demonstrates here, but where he has taken it is just insane.
If you want to nail this….I suggest you get rid of any delay.
I had the same thought. I think delay (and to perhaps a slightly lesser extent, reverb) really does not gel well with that technique because it's all about the staccato notes.
Could time the Delay to enhance these techniques
@@infinidominion Possibly, but getting the technique down solidly first is more important.
This content has been so helpful Dean, as an intermediate guitarist getting your pov on these techniques and ideas that feel out of reach makes it so much more digestible. Stay Tech
if you could do a video with Tosin himself that would be beyond cool. little guitar interview/lesson
13:38 final fantasy ahh riff 😍
Love watching this channel grow. You are the man Dean!
I had that same look you were giving the entire video. But... I am going to keep trying! Great video, Dean.
Tosin is an alien. Dean plays something, I can see it being possible with dedication and practice. Tosin is just like a robot
This was super rad, thanks for taking us along
For those that want to know:
This was a clinic for RADAR Festival in 2019. Afterwards we all got to hang out with him, get pics and try the guitar from the video, great way to spend an afternoon.
Tosin is so sick. I saw him when he was in Reflux twice in the 2000s. This was before he went to school. He was great at technical metal stuff back then but it was more riffs based. It's really cool to see what a legend he has become.
Love the increased frequency of uploads! Almost interesting and often makes me laugh too for some reason
Position 2 on Abasi guitars is similar to position 3 on Kiesels: split (inner) coil neck + bridge and kind of mimics a Tele position 2. They use a Schaller megaswitch set up for: 1) bridge humbucking, 2) s coil inner bridge and neck, 3) both humbuckers, 4) neck single coil (neck side), 5) neck humbucker.
Tosin Abasin is INSANE!
you are really good at figuring stuff out quick
This masterclass is one of my favorite videos on UA-cam, period.
anytime you post a video related to animals as leaders im here. lol. it's cool to see you play those styles that aren't normally what you'd play with archspire. i love both of course, but it's sick to see you grasp those concepts. youre too talented man lol. i really enjoyed back when you tried learning that chon song as well, same kinda idea. different styles, but sounds SUPER cool
Get Jared on here! This is much like the double thumb technique on bass!
I remember seeing Archspire with Vulvodynia and Kris does alot of that thumping stuff. I’m glad more of the extreme metal bands are integrating it into their sound
11:04 "You should know this too"
I'd love to see some of these techniques make their way into some Archspire songs in the future. Good stuff.
It's too early for my brain to process Tosin 🫠
Respect for showing that thumping isn't as easy as tosin makes it look.
6:14 biggest dosage of euphoria I've had in a long time. You're pretty much 20 years ahead of me as far as skill and practice goes. But seeing you blank out on that was really funny to me 😂
I dont know if Tosin mentioned it in this video but when your're doing groups of 4 and more (where u involve more then just index finger) u should start from the farther finger to you. ex- grups of 4 should be picked: thump down, thump up, mid finger, index finger. This motion is much more effective. Also visualize your fingers getting thru the strings and not picking on them
Deans face is exactly like mine when I try and learn Archspire songs 😂
This is so cool, for me it’s closer feel wise to playing banjo for the first technique
Tosin is my favorite guitar player, dude is not human
So glad to finally see a veteran of guitar struggle with it aswell that shi is sooo hard
Not sure if you’ve already thought of this but he probably also a good callous build up on his thumb which helps get the tone. I know bass players for sure know calloused fingers help a punchy articulate tone
His explanation of "not getting it for months then suddenly clicking" reminds me of how techniques felt as a beginner, or learning them from scratch. Alternate picking was hell for a long time until the practice and time made it click. Same with sweeping. His thumping is just such an unintuitive way of playing compared to what we're used to that the learning curve seems steeper.It's crazy how the attack is so consistent across all his fingers
only Dean could pick up what Tosin is playing so quickly 😮
Ey Dean is not too far away. Kudos!!!
Great vid.
Regarding the 9:00 ish mark, remember the rubber band technique he mentioned earlier.
He's pulling and pushing the string, like a bend, and then releasing it.
That's what's giving him that power.
...at least I think that's how to describe it.
Marshall Harrison did a video on you!!!! awesome to see you mention him!!!!
Haven't watched his channel in a while, because his teaching is a little beyond me right now. Thanks pointing me to a good video of his!
"He's good guitar man" haha he is and so is the guy watching it ❤🙌🏻🔥
So awesome. I'm almost there with the thumping. I have to work on the hybrid picking. 🤘
I always use infinite regression - AAL to work on the thump technique, pretty easy to wrap your head around
Wes Montgomery played with his thumb and did upstrokes as well but he didn't depend on a nail, he apparently had a huge callus
Crazy how clean he is able to get all these sounds too
That second sweep picking technique is so fascinating. While sweep picking its all your fretboard hand, while the other method is all your playing hand #Intriguing
You're gonna need a boatload of compression for this kind of stuff, my dude. Loved this video!
Casually thumping 2 bars of Bleed is the epitome of a light Tosin flex
Seeing Dean onstage with a Larada 8 would be pretty fucking sick.
from the moment you hear the first several bars in Tempting Time (thank you Misha) you suddenly realize how special Tosin and AAL really is
I attended a Tosin clinic back in 2015. The only thing I understood was when someone asked him the first ever solo he learned, and he says "I think it was Smells like Teen Spirit" 😂
I really like the new look with the hat
He says " did bro just play bleed with his thumb"? 😂😂
in all honesty that was INSANE. Hard not love Tosin. Love how positively different his style is and what he will inevitably inspire future players to reach for.
New Archspire song with guitar thumb confirmed
do an in person lesson with him in your new studio! that would sick af!
In terms of the thumping stuff Ando san is really underrated for it. Mad the technique his own and applies it to a different style of music super well. If you like the sound of the technique he's definitely one to check out.
After the first fucking 3 seconds I could NOT stop looking at the head/hat ratio lmao
You and Tosin should write something together. It would be insane!!
I'm just glad fully bearded Dean is back
Should call Jared for this one haha
It’s crazy how high the ceiling for guitar playing is, I always think about what past titans of guitar players think about the newer generation
it was great watching tosin with petrucci and devin townsend. He blows their minds the same way.
every clinic is insane, pls do continue
In my experience, it helps to have a more dry lightly driven tone. Whatever delay/reverb I heard would surely mess with me. That said, you’re a lot more well along your thumping journey than me 😂 cheers!
I hope this doesn't sound like a diss. I consider you a great guitar player. It makes it that much more wild seeing you play along with Tosin. ❤
Your "swybrid" picking demo was horny
my brain kept making the modem noise throughout the video. thanks!
Dean's face expressions throughout this are my face expressions.
Split coil, some eqing, compression and minimal gain all help.
Tosin sounds cleaner with his thumb than half of us with a pick 🤣 he's amazing
DEAN you can't have delay an verb smacking back during his bleed little ditty....has to be clean distortion. but Fishman actives have profiles totally different than a split on a passive but several options
Ain't no one telling me I gotta turn off my delay and reverb. 😤
@@DeanLamb I meant on Tosin bleed spot with his thumb man ... but it's up to you of course. hope your being sarcastic
Awsome 'reaction''
Abasi is the hendrix of modern guitar
👀🇫🇷🇫🇷🍇
I think the thing about thumping is it sounds good fast but not right slow. But you have to start slow to get the technique.
I've found that especially with thumping and selective picking that compression is super important. Usually running a slow attack and fast release. It gets that percussive quality and thats why even though he is on split coil he is getting that slappy in your face type tone even with very little gain on the amp.
0:57 average 8 string guitarists to do list
some the audio from the tosin videos is slightly doubled or echoed or something. Nice video though, Tosin da man.
My favorite videos of his is still probably the super early EMG TV ones of him playing 'wave of babies" or 'song of Solomon'. That was some of my first introduction to him, been a huge fan ever since
Thanks Dean
Crazy to think that was at my uni
I own Tosin's pickups, and I've found that the way I thump (and pinch harmonic) changes from guitar to guitar. One guitar works best on the bridge pickup, Tosin's sound best with a split coil.
6:46 My reaction to just about every skilled guitarist when they demonstrate
Ayyy ACM my university- no idea Tosin was there
Wait until Dean takes these into the next album
Bald guitar man: "OMG he's going so fast!"
Tosin: [goes twice as fast] "you know, like that"
Bald guitar man: [stuck in meme face] 4:45
Not gonna lie, this would slap in certain new Archspire songs.
I am convinced that Tosin has been kidnapped and replaced with a synth. His way of playing is just so outlandish.
Charlie Robbins from Artificial Languages and Syncatto has some insane selective picking riffs in his recent videos. The one from Nightfall (Syncatto) is probably my favorite selective picking riff. He also does mix thumping and selective picking sometimes (selective thumping?).
You trying to do the thump thing is like me trying to hybrid pick….
the hypothetical future of your thumping-self
Tosin is just built different 😂
This is how I feel about sweep picking 😂 And double double kicks on drums...but I'm gonna conquer them.
That aint bleed, thats thumb bleed
fuckin hellllll. these wizards man!
Dean just created a new Archspire riff 😂
The one thing that drove me crazy through this whole video was leaving the delay on instead of using a dry tone like tosin is.