00:00 - Purple rain solo (Hans Zimmer tour) 00:45 - Improvs on a Les Paul + ES-335 02:23 - He lives in you solo (Hans Zimmer tour) 03:16 - Pressure relief solo (The Aristocrats) 04:31 - Culture clash riff + improv 06:14 - Chromazone solo (The Fellowship)
People rave about his technique but what is more impressive to me is that he can just follow any chord change in any type of music and make things fit in his own way.. it’s just unbelievable
I have never in my life heard something like what he does in 1:40, not in a blues solo, not anywhere by anyone. Absolutely love it, sounds like a Tchaikovsky riff in a blues solo holy bleep it's incredible and gorgeous
@@RobertMJohnson Yeah right. Most of the best musicians in the world have never had a hit and never will. Who are great players to you, Slash? Not even the best Guns n Roses guitarist, much less one of "the greats"
@@talastra I'm 19 years old. I also have been to music and instrument stores around where I live many times and the amount of people who think Slash is one of the best is insane to me.
@@talastra I don't think Slash deserves nearly as much hype as he gets. He is not my "imagined great guitarist" as much as he as many other people's. I can't really bring up someone like Frank Gambali, John Petrucci, Ichika Nito, or whoever else I would actually consider great players because they haven't written hits either
I have a ton of guitar heroes who when I watch them think they are just amazing. I hate to use the term best or greatest. When I watch Guthrie however I really feel he is the greatest guitarist of our generation. He can play forever and never play the same thing twice and it is like his technique takes a back seat to his musical intellect and creativity.
Very complex arrangements he composes indeed and the time signatures are all over the place , Ive been playing and teaching guitar near 20 years and if i was on stage with him id be stood watching as a spectator , Hes that brilliant.
Unlike so many "shredders" Guthrie doesn't hide behind gobs of gain. You can actually hear his fingers interacting with the strings and the wood of the guitar with all the dynamics that entails.
Unbelievable... wow... I can describe just about anything.., but THIS...??? No way!!! HAHAHA!!! This is insanity and I am utterly amazed at everything he plays!!!
His soloing reminds me of the great Paco de Lucía, leaving style differences aside, of course. The clarity and precision while telling actually something.
It’s hard to be super prescriptive regard the best of anything, but if someone could point me in the direction of any guitarist anywhere, alive or dead, who can transpose himself in to any song, in any genre, in any style and seamlessly integrate himself with such a range of skill, feel, and precision then I really really want hear that person play. GG is like a memory bank, a human Chat GPT of guitar players. If there’s something he can’t do I’m not sure anyone’s born witness to it, and we probably only see 5% of what he can do anyway. Absolute genuine one off total genius.
Gives me the chills. The melodic scale runs are so smooth and then the bends come at just the right times. I know he uses an Axe-FX now so I'd love to try to decode that tone on one. It's so creamy.
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I don't know if he's the best or not....I just know he and Al Dimeola always intrigued me. I enjoy seeing them live. They both make it seem easy with speed and precision.
@@RobertMJohnson If you think “creativity” and “hits” are synonymous, then you have either not listened to the current hits, or you have the musical taste buds of a carp. Go back to listening to Justin Bieber or WAP or whatever the masses consume these days…
@@RobertMJohnson He seems to be a busy gigging musician and that is perhaps all he desires. He is not a one hit wonder type of musician but rather here for the long haul.
Like when he played in Steven Wilson's band? The 4th Aristocrats album may have things of your interest as well (Ballad of bonnie and clyde and last orders).
They put Einsteins brain in a jar, and they should probably put Guthrie's hands in a jar when he passes, for all guitar playing tourists to behold and drool over!
There’s thousands of people who have incredible guitar techniques, Jimmy Hendrix didn’t have the best technique, but he was super original, created his own sound and was cool. Technique has nothing to do with greatness
Prince is sometimes called a guitar hero (by fools). Especially his performance of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and the "Purple Rain" solo get singled out as particularly brilliant by his fans. And then GG comes along and outdoes both Prince and everyone else without even trying. Hell, I was surprised at how restrained his "Purple Rain" solo was here......and yet, it's light-years above what Prince was capable of. GG just shits out music like the overlord of the universe.
@@SpaceCattttt He doesn't outdo prince. The original solo is great. I could name you dozens of simple solos that are great. There is more in the guitar world than shred and i even listen to Govan, AAL, Holdsworth.
Technically he is a monster, but what makes him the highest level master, wizard level if you will, Lies not in his physical ability on the instrument. There is a quality that the highest level guys have that transcends guitar, Shaun lane was another example. Those qualities are having great humbleness as well as having very high IQ and emotional awareness. Also very very little EGO, the recipe for a wizard
I honestly can’t believe the cameras didn’t give Guthrie a proper highlight during his solo in the first clip. That’s *the whole point* of a solo, to highlight a member of the band for a portion of the song. I mean, at least one cameraman tried to (from a bad viewpoint) but for the other guy who had a perfect view to be like “yeah, cool or whatever” almost feels insulting.
No shit! I've lived that life..... Was on the road with the Johnny Hiland band (Google him if not Familiar, he's a legend), and he whipped my ass nightly for several years.
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00:00 - Purple rain solo (Hans Zimmer tour)
00:45 - Improvs on a Les Paul + ES-335
02:23 - He lives in you solo (Hans Zimmer tour)
03:16 - Pressure relief solo (The Aristocrats)
04:31 - Culture clash riff + improv
06:14 - Chromazone solo (The Fellowship)
People will argue "best" is subjective, but I genuinely believe GG is the most technically complete and proficient guitarist that has ever lived.
Very well summed up, totally agree.
I never thought of him as a technical guitarist, but that just speaks to his greatness
Matteo Msncuso is also way up there. In some ways more technically skilled. Not sure if as complete.
Number one !!!!!
To unseat Allan Holdsworth would take a whole lot.
He is the evolution of a guitar player. He can adapt to any genre seamlessly with rhythmic perfection with feel.
Never expected to see Guthrie on the same stage as Johnny Marr, awesome
One of the best players I've ever seen. His mind is what's intriguing. His approach when he explains his techniques is amazing.
All moments are BRILLIANT with Gutrhie Govan
People rave about his technique but what is more impressive to me is that he can just follow any chord change in any type of music and make things fit in his own way.. it’s just unbelievable
Not to mention his rhythm is on point every time
He truly is one of one kind fellow but truly the best walking the earth today!and a great teacher!
This
So good . Everything he plays is so tasty and alot of uniqueness. Most creative guitarist I've heard .
I have never in my life heard something like what he does in 1:40, not in a blues solo, not anywhere by anyone. Absolutely love it, sounds like a Tchaikovsky riff in a blues solo holy bleep it's incredible and gorgeous
i remember the first time i heard guthrie do this, at 7:34 in nick johnston's silver tongued devil. absolutely blew me away
reminds me of this ua-cam.com/video/ALqOKq0M6ho/v-deo.html
I thought I had heard every good player on earth until I heard this! This man knows music inside and out.
There are many greats, but Guthrie is the best guitarist that’s ever walked the face of the earth. The most complete. He has it all.
6:35 The way he sets up that melodic section is mind blowing
Like all great players, he has never left his roots… in wizardry
unlike all great players, he never could write a hit.
@@RobertMJohnson Yeah right. Most of the best musicians in the world have never had a hit and never will. Who are great players to you, Slash? Not even the best Guns n Roses guitarist, much less one of "the greats"
@@samueljacobson470 Reaching for Slash as an imagined great guitarist both dates you and fails completely :)
@@talastra I'm 19 years old. I also have been to music and instrument stores around where I live many times and the amount of people who think Slash is one of the best is insane to me.
@@talastra I don't think Slash deserves nearly as much hype as he gets. He is not my "imagined great guitarist" as much as he as many other people's. I can't really bring up someone like Frank Gambali, John Petrucci, Ichika Nito, or whoever else I would actually consider great players because they haven't written hits either
I have a ton of guitar heroes who when I watch them think they are just amazing. I hate to use the term best or greatest. When I watch Guthrie however I really feel he is the greatest guitarist of our generation. He can play forever and never play the same thing twice and it is like his technique takes a back seat to his musical intellect and creativity.
How can anyone can be so good. God bless Guthrie!
Very complex arrangements he composes indeed and the time signatures are all over the place , Ive been playing and teaching guitar near 20 years and if i was on stage with him id be stood watching as a spectator , Hes that brilliant.
Unlike so many "shredders" Guthrie doesn't hide behind gobs of gain. You can actually hear his fingers interacting with the strings and the wood of the guitar with all the dynamics that entails.
He lives in you solo has make me goosebumps
Even Hans zimmer and Lebo got that conection as you do
some rare footage here! thanks for sharing
Ogni mezzanota c'è un'emozione unica.❤
An incredible player. He's the best I've ever seen, and there are some awesome axe slingers out there....
Unbelievable... wow... I can describe just about anything.., but THIS...??? No way!!! HAHAHA!!! This is insanity and I am utterly amazed at everything he plays!!!
Thanks for putting this together. It's appreciated.
The emotional faces Guthrie is pulling in purple rain, epic
Stupendous ! He's worth striving for !!!
3:18 Such an amazing guitarist AND he has five McDonald's stars.
He is Guitar's Gandalf.
To all others he says. "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"
The perfect blend beetween surgical and soulful. What a monster!
Guthrie is looking like a wizard these days.. maybe he is.. He sure is working magic on the frets.
So in the zone all the time...beautiful player.
Nice. A lot of stuff I've never seen!
His soloing reminds me of the great Paco de Lucía, leaving style differences aside, of course. The clarity and precision while telling actually something.
I was thinking the same
It’s hard to be super prescriptive regard the best of anything, but if someone could point me in the direction of any guitarist anywhere, alive or dead, who can transpose himself in to any song, in any genre, in any style and seamlessly integrate himself with such a range of skill, feel, and precision then I really really want hear that person play. GG is like a memory bank, a human Chat GPT of guitar players. If there’s something he can’t do I’m not sure anyone’s born witness to it, and we probably only see 5% of what he can do anyway. Absolute genuine one off total genius.
Hes one of my favorites. I'd love to watch him jam with PHIL KEAGGY
2:45 What a solo Guitar
Gives me the chills. The melodic scale runs are so smooth and then the bends come at just the right times. I know he uses an Axe-FX now so I'd love to try to decode that tone on one. It's so creamy.
3:33, beautiful bend
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And I'm planning on posting a few more !
Guthrie could play any genre with greatness
mark knopfler, Johnny Marr and Guthrie Govan!! WOW!
Beside absolutely brilliant guitar technique in sooo many different genres & styles, Guthrie just feels music and has a sense of humour while playing
Great collection probably one of the best compilations on here.
I don't know if he's the best or not....I just know he and Al Dimeola always intrigued me. I enjoy seeing them live. They both make it seem easy with speed and precision.
He lives in you. That fucking killed me
Guthrie is transitioning into Gandalf
Guthrie Govan = GENIUS 😊💯💯💯💯💯💯💯✌👍
Wot a rare collection there, Bruh! 👍💪
And, to truly describe the Guitar Player that Guthrie is -- NO WORD(s). 🤔🔥👑
only the best!
what makes guthrie great, imo, is he's just playful, light hearted, not self important. there's a takeaway there, hint hint , wink wink...
His humility is nuthin compared to mine…
what makes him not great is he doesn't have the creativity to write a hit. he's just an amazing emulator of talent.
@@RobertMJohnson If you think “creativity” and “hits” are synonymous, then you have either not listened to the current hits, or you have the musical taste buds of a carp. Go back to listening to Justin Bieber or WAP or whatever the masses consume these days…
I'm a bass player and I get it.
@@RobertMJohnson He seems to be a busy gigging musician and that is perhaps all he desires. He is not a one hit wonder type of musician but rather here for the long haul.
ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICIENT !!
O melhor da atualidade.
Just wish he was in a group that played actual 10 minute long songs a la Genesis, Yes, or Crimson.The man is a savant
Like when he played in Steven Wilson's band? The 4th Aristocrats album may have things of your interest as well (Ballad of bonnie and clyde and last orders).
Nice choice of clips!
And he still is improving!
They put Einsteins brain in a jar, and they should probably put Guthrie's hands in a jar when he passes, for all guitar playing tourists to behold and drool over!
0:13 Forget Guthrie... That's Johnny Marr!
I'd say, Hans Zimmer has balls of steels to dare play the guitar on the same stage as Johnny and Guthrie.
2nd is Stormy Monday (I think...}
Thank you.
Guthrie is like 'Messi' in the Electric Guitar world.
At 02:45 GG has communicated so much in an 8 bar solo that many musicians failed to do in an entire song.
Marty and Govan are the only guitarists that can make a blues solo interesting!
What about Robben Ford though
There is no one better
so humble and the greatest alive right now.
There’s thousands of people who have incredible guitar techniques, Jimmy Hendrix didn’t have the best technique, but he was super original, created his own sound and was cool.
Technique has nothing to do with greatness
GG is the best guitar player on the planet. Objectively.
Any guitar player in the presence of Guthrie Govan must bend to him.
It includes Jeff beck and Seteve Lukhater,
that nice guy played my guitar in concert for one song and signed it afterward !!! hehehe !!!
Is that Hans Zimmer on stage in the first vid??
Yes, and the one in the third video too. Guthrie's been touring with Zimmer for more than 8 years as his lead guitarist..
Top Tier Level Musicians (Pro guitar/composer/transpositioner)
1) Top bands with talented musicians (e.g. megadeth, pantera etc)
2) Live sessionists (e.g. talent show/events/award show/talk show musicians, )
3) Solo/Instrumental Celebrities (e.g. Kotzen, Vai, Macalpine)
4) Studio/Production/Recording/Arranger/Composer/Improviser level sessionists (e.g. Marty Friedman, Guthrie Govan)
5) Masterclass/Alien/Genius/MENSA Level (e.g. Mozart, Beethoven, Guthrie)
Amazing!
Prince is sometimes called a guitar hero (by fools). Especially his performance of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and the "Purple Rain" solo get singled
out as particularly brilliant by his fans.
And then GG comes along and outdoes both Prince and everyone else without even trying. Hell, I was surprised at how restrained his "Purple Rain" solo
was here......and yet, it's light-years above what Prince was capable of. GG just shits out music like the overlord of the universe.
you need therapy.
@@kaysCV Yes. I need help to survive in a world where there are Prince fans.
@@SpaceCattttt He doesn't outdo prince. The original solo is great. I could name you dozens of simple solos that are great. There is more in the guitar world than shred and i even listen to Govan, AAL, Holdsworth.
No 1 sting, no 7 or 13 strings, just 6 strings, 2 hands and a whammy bar. He's a players player
Man his playing has attitude!
Crazy good
Messed up like Frank Zappa . Cool as hell !
i cant work out whether i like the shrediness in some of the places he shreds
"he should play faster and with more melodic sense." LOL. most speed demons are technicians; govan is a true artist
Amazing. Thank You for posting and time editing.What did EVH think of GG ? Anyone know ?
SIMPLY UNIQUE!!!
Hang on, let me try that. I'll come back when I got it down.
Paul Gilbert is versatile . he can play anything.
The most complete guitarists ever
whats the name of the song at @2:23?
He lives in you - Lion King
I like that chord 😎
Hah! that turnaround at ~1:40!!
Technically he is a monster, but what makes him the highest level master, wizard level if you will, Lies not in his physical ability on the instrument. There is a quality that the highest level guys have that transcends guitar, Shaun lane was another example. Those qualities are having great humbleness as well as having very high IQ and emotional awareness. Also very very little EGO, the recipe for a wizard
I honestly can’t believe the cameras didn’t give Guthrie a proper highlight during his solo in the first clip.
That’s *the whole point* of a solo, to highlight a member of the band for a portion of the song. I mean, at least one cameraman tried to (from a bad viewpoint) but for the other guy who had a perfect view to be like “yeah, cool or whatever” almost feels insulting.
Add more of these pliz
I just published a second compilation if you're interested !
I mean obviously I wasnt there to witness this in person but. The He Lives in You solo deserved a better goddamn mixer.
Calm down, it was recorded with a shitty phone lol
Me: I need some inspiration. Let’s watch some Guthrie.
…. Oh yeah, that’s why keep quitting… 😂
G.O.A.T.
2:44
Guthrie Govan is bluesy now.
I recognised a little Vai - call it sleep lick in there 6:05
The more I dig into his videos, the more I realize Guthrie can pass as one of the Wrong turn hillbillies
rock on brother!
its a gibson les paul but when guthrie playing it sounds same with charvel
Wow
00:43 i would not want to be the guy to go after guthrie
No shit! I've lived that life..... Was on the road with the Johnny Hiland band (Google him if not Familiar, he's a legend), and he whipped my ass nightly for several years.
And he hasn't even unlocked his pinky yet.
I like to play the guitar.
What can’t he play?
Bieber.
Poorly
GG went gray fast!