I'll go a few months without hearing any Andy James, but when I stumble across stuff like this, he has my undivided attention and awe. Such a melodic and rhythmic player and a joy to watch.
One of the best play throughs AJ has put out. Can't say he plays with no feelings anymore. I never did anyway. He's soooo clean. Can't say it's studio magic cause we just witnessed it... Lol. I wanna see him do avidity with or without Paul Wardingham, who is also excellent.
I bet LTD is thankful for Andy James. For a brand that you don't hear too much about, to have an endorser like AJ must be such a kick. With his ruthless, flawless playing, I know he single-handedly has compelled thousands of guitarists to respect those axes.
jamie flexman Shit.. I'm tempted. I've got a strat and a LP, but neither of them are awesome shredders really. I see there's a few versions of these going around. Which do you prefer?
Of course it is extremely popular. It's been going around 14 years if I'm not mistaken, which is a long time in the guitar industry. I say underrated simply because many people don't realised an EC-1000 is what I call 'fully specced out', in the sense that component wise, it's as good as you can realistically get. My model in particular has.. TonePros bridge and tailpiece - (£35 each when bought separately) Sperzel locking tuners - (no longer available, but equivalent costs around £50) Earvana compensated nut - (again no longer available but equivalent around £25) Seymour Duncan JB/59 pickups - (around £140 for the pair) The only real gripe is there isn't a maple cap, just a thin flamed top/veneer.. but a guitar doesn't have to have a maple top.. besides, it still looks awesome and no two guitars are identical. Basically, that's my £900 guitar (paid £650 back in 2006). Send the parts to the US, make the cap a bit thicker, slap on a Gibson logo.. and you've doubled the price. I hear Cort make a very good LP for under a grand, likewise the Edwards models which are difficult to come by. I haven't played the newer Schecter LP's so interested what they feel like, especially as they are Korean made.
jamie flexman IDK... I've plate some ec-1000's that were great and some that were total garbage, even after setup. If you grind, you shall find, the the Japanese ESP's come perfect right out of the box. You can definitely tell. It's partly a QC issue, and partly just craftsmanship. I have an ESP eclipse and I love it, but I currently need 25.5" scales to tighten things up. On the same note, I have an old schecter Blackjack tempest that holds up against the ESP and is even better in different ways... however... I loved it so much I bought 3 more and none of them stand up. One might even sound better, but it doesn't play as well. The others just sound thin. Upon close inspection, even though they are all the same model, they measure differently! Body and neck thicknesses vary.... even the string distance between the bridge and string thru holes vary.. as well as the staggering of the holes themselves. The distance between the nut and tuners is even different! ESP just comes out perfect every time. You can buy one online without much of a problem... While LTD etc can be a crap shoot. I wouldn't buy one without playing it and AB'ing with another guitar. With that said, I just bought an LTD MH-400 to practice some music in a different tuning, and it even beat the MH1000's and anniversary models I compare it directlt against.
A guitar as high spec as an EC1000 is never a lost cause. You can always change things to get it playing and sounding just right.. anything that can't be wouldn't have made it out of the factory. Eclipses would have a higher QC simply due to less being made, thus a little more time spent ensuring they're to standard before shipping. It all depends on how much you're willing to do to get your guitar to your own standards..
I don't know man... I've been playing for about 25 years and setting my own gear up for 24. LTD fretwork and finish doesn't come close and there's lots of variation between guitars. Set up doesn't always fix it no matter what hardware is on it. Needed a guitar with EMG's in it at 25.5c scale for a project so I got a MH400 with the cheapest parts. It actually beat an MH1000 and a and BC Rich with OFR and everything... The hardware didn't do it. I even got the store to let me set up the guitars before choosing one and I walked out with the $275 one. Given that the cheaper hardware might wear out faster if I were a trem deamon, but it was fine, even though it was 10 years old and looked pretty used. Funny thing is... I picked it over an EII Horizon as well haha... Just because it sufficed... But the EII really did play like butter. I'd just never buy one online. An ESP? No problem. I just don't like the ESP Vipers because I don't vibe with them, so I can't vouch. One could be perfectly happy with an LTD, but they're not all the same. Tolerances are off and the production is much faster. ESP takes their time and obsesses over every nanometer.
I've only seen the video advertisement they put on UA-cam, and the rhythm section that was played in that is Become Numb from Wearing Scars. The lead section isn't from this song either.
Perfect ,nice composition ! Put and atonic elements in improvisation and symmetric scales,such a Whole tone scale or Isotonic scale ( C D E F# G# A# C# D# F G A B ) is very expressive
Andy, you continue to amaze me ever since you left Sacred Mother Tongue. Your playing has always been an influence on my style and I can hear so much of you through my guitar playing in Kill The Straggler!!! \m/
It makes me think, are we (the ones taht use our pinly a lot) A minority haha? :) Amazing talent and such prestine production quality! Andy the amazing!
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One of the most beautiful sounding choruses ever
I'll go a few months without hearing any Andy James, but when I stumble across stuff like this, he has my undivided attention and awe. Such a melodic and rhythmic player and a joy to watch.
Magnigszt
0:50 that melody , i truely feel it.
Love the way he makes the guitar sing.
So fucking melodic and technical same time it's amazin
There are some tremendously talented geniuses in this world right now, & Andy James is one of them! Love it!❤❤
One of the best play throughs AJ has put out. Can't say he plays with no feelings anymore. I never did anyway. He's soooo clean. Can't say it's studio magic cause we just witnessed it... Lol. I wanna see him do avidity with or without Paul Wardingham, who is also excellent.
First i was like, faackkkk Andy kills it again. Then i realized the album dropped today...anddddd purchase. Made my day.
Andy F-ing James that's who! Did you pick up the Arrival tab yet?
this dude may very well be the greatest ever
@@yourilevesque2 and whos ur goat ?
@@yourilevesque2 exacty. It’s hard to make a goat and it doesn’t matter but he’s definitely one of the all time greats
Where have I been ? This guy is straight out unbelievable 😳
That epic harmony part at 2:30 tho........................
I love your melodic progressions. Good tonality.
he is a Grand Master.....we hope To see you soon in Morocco
I bet LTD is thankful for Andy James. For a brand that you don't hear too much about, to have an endorser like AJ must be such a kick. With his ruthless, flawless playing, I know he single-handedly has compelled thousands of guitarists to respect those axes.
But unfortunately for them and fortunate for Kiesel guitars he's now they're new artist endorsee
He transits between various worlds ... The metal is fluid and has a subtle and hidden delicacy ..This duality is.. I dont Know to explain..
There are no dislikes. It good to know that with all of the hate, people have some respect for good music. This is fuckin awesome!
Dude you jinxed it. I know it's awesome to see 0 but as soon as you mention it some dickhead is gonna mess it up. Maybe it was accidental though.
Fuck
Metalhead Hippie Too late)))) 11 dicks already
A couple of retards disliked it. Guess they saw your comment.
74 retards found it so far
3:12 DUUUUUDE, that part!!! Kisses from Germany
The greatest
now this is instrumental music.
ANDY JAMES RULES! JUST AWESOME LIKE EVER! THANKS FOR ALL PERFECT SONGS.
ANDY F-ING JAMES, THAT'S WHO!
leonardo ribeiro Not songs, instrumentals.
my fav tune - that Alien inspired tune just brings the chills. bravo!
Clean play, nice melody. Andy James is perfection...
Album on repeat all night!!!
passion metal melody... great andy ! never boring to listen this song..
Andy James is amazing....
haven't seen andy playing with a hat in a while! good old days
It's actually an old video. Andy tracked this for Toontrack a while ago.
Edward Chan its a hat thing. Gotta cap tha cpu
0:45 thats legato technique so cool 😎🤘
perfect and influential Andy
damn that guitar is just gorgeous
Awesome guitarist.. Just can't get enough of him 😛
you are still my favorite and inspiration of this current generation. This one was almost Jason Becker meets Satch, keep up the great work
Totally effortless playing that flows like water 💦.. This is the meaning of Wu Wei .. 👏 👏
Totally effortless for Andy
Total Effort for others 😉
uoow!!!! Andy!!! Você destrói na guitarra!!!! Brasil te adora !!!!
Que música!!!! Sensacional Andy James 😊
My dream compositions he has everything
awsome😄😎
andy james,
big fan, watched a lot of ur how to play this song videos. great ur finally got ur own record
You are a constant guitar inspiration to me and helping me learn! Love your vids! Thanks for showing us the way!
You the man. Go for it Andy 👍👍👍👍
Mind blown
The EC-1000 is such an underrated guitar. As good as any sub 2k LP if you don't care for aesthetics, branding and country of origin.
jamie flexman Shit.. I'm tempted. I've got a strat and a LP, but neither of them are awesome shredders really. I see there's a few versions of these going around. Which do you prefer?
Of course it is extremely popular. It's been going around 14 years if I'm not mistaken, which is a long time in the guitar industry.
I say underrated simply because many people don't realised an EC-1000 is what I call 'fully specced out', in the sense that component wise, it's as good as you can realistically get. My model in particular has..
TonePros bridge and tailpiece - (£35 each when bought separately)
Sperzel locking tuners - (no longer available, but equivalent costs around £50)
Earvana compensated nut - (again no longer available but equivalent around £25)
Seymour Duncan JB/59 pickups - (around £140 for the pair)
The only real gripe is there isn't a maple cap, just a thin flamed top/veneer.. but a guitar doesn't have to have a maple top.. besides, it still looks awesome and no two guitars are identical.
Basically, that's my £900 guitar (paid £650 back in 2006). Send the parts to the US, make the cap a bit thicker, slap on a Gibson logo.. and you've doubled the price.
I hear Cort make a very good LP for under a grand, likewise the Edwards models which are difficult to come by. I haven't played the newer Schecter LP's so interested what they feel like, especially as they are Korean made.
jamie flexman IDK... I've plate some ec-1000's that were great and some that were total garbage, even after setup. If you grind, you shall find, the the Japanese ESP's come perfect right out of the box. You can definitely tell. It's partly a QC issue, and partly just craftsmanship.
I have an ESP eclipse and I love it, but I currently need 25.5" scales to tighten things up.
On the same note, I have an old schecter Blackjack tempest that holds up against the ESP and is even better in different ways... however... I loved it so much I bought 3 more and none of them stand up. One might even sound better, but it doesn't play as well. The others just sound thin. Upon close inspection, even though they are all the same model, they measure differently! Body and neck thicknesses vary.... even the string distance between the bridge and string thru holes vary.. as well as the staggering of the holes themselves. The distance between the nut and tuners is even different!
ESP just comes out perfect every time. You can buy one online without much of a problem... While LTD etc can be a crap shoot. I wouldn't buy one without playing it and AB'ing with another guitar.
With that said, I just bought an LTD MH-400 to practice some music in a different tuning, and it even beat the MH1000's and anniversary models I compare it directlt against.
A guitar as high spec as an EC1000 is never a lost cause. You can always change things to get it playing and sounding just right.. anything that can't be wouldn't have made it out of the factory.
Eclipses would have a higher QC simply due to less being made, thus a little more time spent ensuring they're to standard before shipping.
It all depends on how much you're willing to do to get your guitar to your own standards..
I don't know man... I've been playing for about 25 years and setting my own gear up for 24.
LTD fretwork and finish doesn't come close and there's lots of variation between guitars. Set up doesn't always fix it no matter what hardware is on it.
Needed a guitar with EMG's in it at 25.5c scale for a project so I got a MH400 with the cheapest parts. It actually beat an MH1000 and a and BC Rich with OFR and everything... The hardware didn't do it. I even got the store to let me set up the guitars before choosing one and I walked out with the $275 one.
Given that the cheaper hardware might wear out faster if I were a trem deamon, but it was fine, even though it was 10 years old and looked pretty used. Funny thing is... I picked it over an EII Horizon as well haha... Just because it sufficed... But the EII really did play like butter.
I'd just never buy one online. An ESP? No problem. I just don't like the ESP Vipers because I don't vibe with them, so I can't vouch.
One could be perfectly happy with an LTD, but they're not all the same. Tolerances are off and the production is much faster. ESP takes their time and obsesses over every nanometer.
oooyyyyeeeeeaaaaaa andy eres de los mejores me encanta tu musica
Absolutely amazing! Andy James you inspire me to make even better guitar videos! 🤘🤘🤘
i love andy james
sooo good.
This is the song he made for Metal Guitar Gods 3.
I've only seen the video advertisement they put on UA-cam, and the rhythm section that was played in that is Become Numb from Wearing Scars. The lead section isn't from this song either.
Fantastic, top, great guitar man!!! The best!
I love him! His music is fantastic!
Well done....so clear...wow
i always loved andy for the fast phrasing which he seems to not be doing less of. but im not complaining,
So good
Perfect ,nice composition ! Put and atonic elements in improvisation and symmetric scales,such a Whole tone scale or Isotonic scale ( C D E F# G# A# C# D# F G A B ) is very expressive
So emotive Andy, hits the feels, well played, nice vid too.
I love this guy!
the solos remind me something from all that remains or the absence
Go Andy!!
Lovely stuff.
This is so good, greetings from Chile
Ya there so many but to chose one Andy!
This is great. Thank you for sharing
2018 thnk god we still got this
0:51 omg, OMG THAT THEME
Urban Yeti...:
Oooooooh yeeeeeeaaaah...!!!
This guy is really very very good...!
Merci Andy!!!
MAESTRO, siempre veo tus trabajos todos muy buenos, gracias por subir estos videos a la red, un abrazo.
That legato at 0:45 is strangely good *.*
AWESOME!!
Genioooooo
Another kick ass tune. AJ is insanely good.
That is one cool guitar 🤩🤩🤩
I have just achieved the full body eargasm! !!
Can't wait for the playthrough of "Never Back Down"!
Search: Andy James STL Tones Signature Kemper Bundle - Tone Example 1, thats the play through.
Thanks guys, I missed that! Got my copy of Exodus today and it's killer!
Master!!
Lol he gets the stank face at his own music @4:06. Such a beastly song and solo!
awesome bravo!!!
such an engaging rhythm .
intro reminds me of beyond the flames by killswitch engage
this is such a awesome song Andy James! this is such a earporn😍
Dude you are so good.
god is back excellent...
awesome
Andy, you continue to amaze me ever since you left Sacred Mother Tongue. Your playing has always been an influence on my style and I can hear so much of you through my guitar playing in Kill The Straggler!!! \m/
Brilliant as always!!
Amazing
Legend!
Insane. Thank you!
YES!!!
A complete master .fringe genius
Awesome
Also, I'm pretty sure that's not Andy James in this video.
It's Conner McGregor.
yet again proving how sick EMG;s are!!.
Maestro!
Sencillamente maravilloso
well done andy
Here at the end of 2023 \w/
Watch the master, and learn!
It makes me think, are we (the ones taht use our pinly a lot) A minority haha? :)
Amazing talent and such prestine production quality! Andy the amazing!
Dont use drug to reach the moon just listen to andy!!!!!
is very good! 🔝👏
wow, that's awesome!
máster hello from Colómbia great sound and notes