@ MarioinRmd......she is a really nice person...saw her a few months ago at a Guitar Center clinic....spoke with her for awhile while she was setting up....very nice and personable.....
Very nice and gracious lady. I had the pleasure of meeting her before a show. Very easy to talk to!! I think it's fabulous what she shares here!!! Thanks, Nita 💖!!
Players like this make it look *soooooooo* easy. Goddamn. Their hands just move so smoothly... here I am grinding out scales for hours and I still feel like a ham-fisted troglodyte.
Have you tried taking real lessons from a real teacher? Not youtube. Not just any teacher you'll have to do research.The right teacher will ask you your goals, and proceed to get you to them. Like "smoother". So part of that is having your fingers in the right place at the right time, synchronizing left and right. The right teacher and your committment worth more than gold. So the 25 bucks a week is easy to part with...should be.
keep going man...every success stories have failures in them. without failure, how can a person learn their craft. I believe you can make it look easy if you don't give up!!
@Noartist There's no doubt youtube can help. But youtube doesn't spot errors, or adjust to your rising/lowering skill set. The right teacher can spot problems and suggestions. I am MOSTLY self taught. But early on I took a few lessons from a real world class guitar player. And I mean REAL lessons...not "how to play song X". I retained about 10% of what he gave me but became about 10 times the guitar player...in just a few lessons. Even to this day his lessons ring through me. Not just ANY teacher...the right one.
I saw Alice Cooper (when it was the band's name) in the '70s. The band was with Fo & Eddie at the Baltimore Civic Center. They pretty much played all of Billion Dollar Babies, Schools Out (the song only) and a few from Killer & Love It to Death. The old AC band was incredible not only for the music but their stage show. Micheal Bruce was an animal on the stage. Dennis Dunaway also did a great Billion Dollar Baby bass riff. I can admit that those days are gone (RIP Glenn Buxton). But Alice (now the person) continues to put on a great show. I've read that he always employs a "Hot Chick that can Shred". There is no denying that Nita is Hot. She also can shred, but she is also humble (not stuck up as far as I can tell) and willing to help others out. She does not deserve hate! If you prefer Glenn Buxton, fine but she is doing her best to fill in and doing a darn good job.
I've been playing this a a goto Riff when I picked up my guitar and didn't associate it with the song I'm 18 until just now.. Its totally made my day..
She can play well but she would largely be unknown if she's wasn't a cute blonde women. Not knocking her either there are just lot of really talented guitarist out there.
tkzsfen you must not have seen a lot of guitars, because the inlays are not original there are plenty of guitars with those inlays! I saw Kirk Hammett from metellica with those inlays on his guitar 10 yrs ago! If you don't know what you are talking about you shouldn't make dumbass comments!
Tool fanatic God's of the riff no need to be an utter fucking cock Womble with a cactus up his naps eye is there? If they aren't originals then politely point it out instead of being a fuck wit.
I dig Nita and am constantly showing her to my daughter. I grew up on Cooper and for me the I'm Eighteen solo is what I consider to be an iconic solo. It is cool that she is allowed to play her solo, but when it comes down to it, I would rather hear the original.
her solo had no freaking soul! I get it she's a great player but to me she has always been too flashy for the Alice songs. Look at what Keri Kelli, Damon Johnson and Ryan Roxie did with their version of Eighteen solo, it had balls but respected the essence of the song. Anyways, that's just my opinion. I understand that Nita gets a lot of love.
yea i've probably seen all of them lol. when namm is on there's nothing else on my yt feed for a week. are you sure? because that inlay is only on the jiva.
Nita, I think your performance is extremely good. Just a quick couple of questions: 1.)Are you self taught ? 2.)how long have you been playing ? 3.) do you do this for a living ? I believe if someone, like me, were to listen to how and what your explaining. I believe it would open doors for me. Thank you for taking time out to explain in detail. I'm going to subscribe to you. Keep doing what your doing.
Wow amazing!! Before Nita was born, there were other guitar heroes, now people like steve vai are nothing compared to the great Nita Strauss.My favourite guitar heroine!! above men of course!! 😍😍😍
So when she finishes the run on F# on the second fret, that is basically F# locrian. Which is the same as E aeolian. She just runs down the scale. I gotta try that.
Have not clue why people comment...she nor anti e famous on UA-cam ever read what people comment about...grant it she is very talented bad is of course easy on the eyes but she it would be safe to say doesn't give a crap what we write
Awesome nita but im still struggling with the arpeggios in the verses in this track I wish guitar world would tab it in the mag,pssst,lol Then i could bite into this cool lesson
I agree! It is a damn shame she gets that treatment. The source of all that crap is coming from extreme knuckle dragging immaturity. I am glad more women are picking up the guitar, look at Lari Basillio she is great. So is Nita. Cheers!
+stratorarious Lari is incredible! Just discovered her last year. Check her instagram, she's posts great stuff on there and she was recently on the Tim Pierce Pete Thorn yt show. And yeah Nita is sooo cool. Been following her since the Maidens. Very down to earth and modest!
It's a GW-video,90% of the comments are idiots who are talking out of their arse,no matter the gender of the player who's doing the demo/lesson in the video.You could bring Gary Moore or SRV back from the grave,put them in a GW-video,and some idiot would post some BS. Anyway,she visited Jason Becker and played ''Perpertual Burn'' for him,in his livingroom,plus she's interacting with people online alot,she's more then cool in my book.
Oh please, if you want to hear sexism and stupidity that will make your head spin, just listen to current day feminists, especially the moronic SJW types. Misandry is every bit as disgusting as misogyny.
I am an original Alice Cooper group fan from the 70s. Alice Cooper group was not metal in the 70s but hard rock. Listen to the original version of 18 and you will see what I mean it even has a harmonica in the opening. Not to say that this version isn’t valid but when she talks about less is more I agree with that more is not necessarily more
What a woman. Beautiful, humble, as geeky about guitars as the rest of us. In love and inspired
Well, she's really a dream, isn't she? A nice player, obviously attractive, and just comes across as really likeable and super chill.
@ MarioinRmd......she is a really nice person...saw her a few months ago at a Guitar Center clinic....spoke with her for awhile while
she was setting up....very nice and personable.....
@@briantoal8872
For sure.. The anti-Kardashian approach!
Think exactly the same.
Saw Alice and met her last night, the best guitarist and the nicest person I’ve ever met.
Saw her play with AC when he opened on the Crüe's final tour. She really is an amazing player, especially live!!!
@Dewayne Isaacs WHAT'S HER SMELL LIKE ?? plz
Very nice and gracious lady. I had the pleasure of meeting her before a show. Very easy to talk to!! I think it's fabulous what she shares here!!! Thanks, Nita 💖!!
Beautiful guitar and I dig the inlays. Nice job Nita
She will blow you away live
Excellent work! Look forward to more of your lessons.
Beautiful lesson! Thanks Nita, I'm learning a lot from you
Players like this make it look *soooooooo* easy. Goddamn. Their hands just move so smoothly... here I am grinding out scales for hours and I still feel like a ham-fisted troglodyte.
Have you tried taking real lessons from a real teacher? Not youtube. Not just any teacher you'll have to do research.The right teacher will ask you your goals, and proceed to get you to them. Like "smoother". So part of that is having your fingers in the right place at the right time, synchronizing left and right. The right teacher and your committment worth more than gold. So the 25 bucks a week is easy to part with...should be.
yep same
keep going man...every success stories have failures in them. without failure, how can a person learn their craft. I believe you can make it look easy if you don't give up!!
@Noartist There's no doubt youtube can help. But youtube doesn't spot errors, or adjust to your rising/lowering skill set. The right teacher can spot problems and suggestions. I am MOSTLY self taught. But early on I took a few lessons from a real world class guitar player. And I mean REAL lessons...not "how to play song X". I retained about 10% of what he gave me but became about 10 times the guitar player...in just a few lessons. Even to this day his lessons ring through me. Not just ANY teacher...the right one.
Love that’s she’s down to earth and doesn’t keep all that talent to herself.
awesome guitar it was beautiful
Helps me not only to learn a solo, but also how I can approach writing solos too. Thank you so much!
10 times better than Alice's last guitarist
Love this song and thoroughly enjoyed your take.
I saw Alice Cooper (when it was the band's name) in the '70s. The band was with Fo & Eddie at the Baltimore Civic Center. They pretty much played all of Billion Dollar Babies, Schools Out (the song only) and a few from Killer & Love It to Death. The old AC band was incredible not only for the music but their stage show. Micheal Bruce was an animal on the stage. Dennis Dunaway also did a great Billion Dollar Baby bass riff.
I can admit that those days are gone (RIP Glenn Buxton). But Alice (now the person) continues to put on a great show. I've read that he always employs a "Hot Chick that can Shred". There is no denying that Nita is Hot. She also can shred, but she is also humble (not stuck up as far as I can tell) and willing to help others out. She does not deserve hate! If you prefer Glenn Buxton, fine but she is doing her best to fill in and doing a darn good job.
Such great tone on that guitar!
Love to see Nita one more time thanks so much for this video pls many many more
I've been playing this a a goto Riff when I picked up my guitar and didn't associate it with the song I'm 18 until just now.. Its totally made my day..
Buxton and bruce always that right combination of lead. Never an overkill. Thats what made their riffs iconic.
You were amazing at the Vancouver show last year and I still have those pics you tossed at me!
Ill say it. Nita Strauss is now my celebrity/muscian crush
Talent+Grace =Nita Strauss
And beauty.
She's the WHOLE package!
She is hot... but it's almost insulting to mention her looks bc her playing more than speaks for itself.
..And there you have:_ THREE CONSECUTIVE "IDIOT COMMENTS"..
She can play well but she would largely be unknown if she's wasn't a cute blonde women. Not knocking her either there are just lot of really talented guitarist out there.
yeah dude,,,.....ACTUALLY she is THAT good
Please? Most of the women I meet and know say *exactly the same thing about guy players*
It's *OK* to notice someone is attractive.
She's an amazing player.
Love this tune, Love Nita. This video is a win win!
Been a fan since the Iron Maidens. Amazing talent. Destined for greatness.
At least an artist that shows how to learn a song the proper way: with a metronome Congrats Nita!
I saw her with Alice at Deep Purple's farewell..........shred well Strauss, don't stop
those fretboard inlays are very original!
tkzsfen you must not have seen a lot of guitars, because the inlays are not original there are plenty of guitars with those inlays! I saw Kirk Hammett from metellica with those inlays on his guitar 10 yrs ago! If you don't know what you are talking about you shouldn't make dumbass comments!
Tool fanatic God's of the riff no need to be an utter fucking cock Womble with a cactus up his naps eye is there? If they aren't originals then politely point it out instead of being a fuck wit.
Tool fanatic God's of the riff that's a bit fucking harsh
Those EKG inlays are awesome. I'm not saying nobody else ever had them, but her guitar is the first guitar I've seen them on personally.
A tachacardic rhythm. Very fitting.
Man I really love the cable that's the coolest cable ever ,if I had a cable like that I'd be set ...
I dig Nita and am constantly showing her to my daughter. I grew up on Cooper and for me the I'm Eighteen solo is what I consider to be an iconic solo. It is cool that she is allowed to play her solo, but when it comes down to it, I would rather hear the original.
her solo had no freaking soul! I get it she's a great player but to me she has always been too flashy for the Alice songs. Look at what Keri Kelli, Damon Johnson and Ryan Roxie did with their version of Eighteen solo, it had balls but respected the essence of the song. Anyways, that's just my opinion. I understand that Nita gets a lot of love.
Sounds like pretty classic / iconic rock solo :)
Keep rockin it girl! Do your thing.
Can’t believe this woman does exist ❤ #NitaStrauss 🤘🏼
Great to see the new guitar in action.... :)
is that the jiva or her S5470? if it's the jiva i'm stoked cuz i've been wishing they'd make it purple.
It is her's. The Jiva is not neck through
sad. :(
Yea you can find NAMM 2018 videos on it and she mentions how its bolt on and not neck though like the purple one she is using in this video
yea i've probably seen all of them lol. when namm is on there's nothing else on my yt feed for a week. are you sure? because that inlay is only on the jiva.
Nita, I think your performance is extremely good. Just a quick couple of questions: 1.)Are you self taught ? 2.)how long have you been playing ? 3.) do you do this for a living ? I believe if someone, like me, were to listen to how and what your explaining. I believe it would open doors for me. Thank you for taking time out to explain in detail. I'm going to subscribe to you. Keep doing what your doing.
Im in love! With that ibanez
That descending lick is rad!
looks, tone, chops she's a living guitar and i want to play with her =]
Great job playing that solo.
really great guitar tone.
A talented and beautiful soul inside and out.
Goodness so precise .
SO GORGEOUS AND TALENTED!
Even though you love to shred, you have become an awesome rock guitarist.
Thank you for this! Just in time for us to open fir Kore Rozzik!
Nice vibrato combined with the tremolo action.
Nita, such beauty & grace.
"If less is more, more is even more." Nita Strauss. I will remember that line next time somebody tells me again that I over play.
Go get 'em, tiger!
hi nita...did you also influenced yngwie were you in your early days? greeting from singapore....im your huge fans..nita.
Wow amazing!! Before Nita was born, there were other guitar heroes, now people like steve vai are nothing compared to the great Nita Strauss.My favourite guitar heroine!! above men of course!! 😍😍😍
That song was out before she was even born! Great playing though!
That tiny drummer is awesome!
Love those pulse inlays. And your playing. And your face.
I like the bending up thing by pushing down. Have to see if i can do it with a bigsby.
So when she finishes the run on F# on the second fret, that is basically F# locrian. Which is the same as E aeolian. She just runs down the scale. I gotta try that.
I love you Nita!!!
Have not clue why people comment...she nor anti e famous on UA-cam ever read what people comment about...grant it she is very talented bad is of course easy on the eyes but she it would be safe to say doesn't give a crap what we write
OK, time to buy Ibanez since *ALL* my favorite players are killin it on em!
ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh LES PAUL only the best players play them um yea Buckethead, everyone else dont really matter.
@@MasterWitchDoctor Ibanez RULES
What a great guitarist.
Plays a lot! Saludos desde Brazil!!!
I love this song.
Wow, classic song by a classic player!!
Is Casey Lynch from guitar hero!!!
what guitar is this with those inlays? I think she had this one before her signature model came out right?
Nita the best ever. 😍😍
she super fucking good at guitar
NITA can you split the humbuckers on your signature guitar???
Great stuff cool tips thanks
How can find tab of this solo?
Awesome nita but im still struggling with the arpeggios in the verses in this track
I wish guitar world would tab it in the mag,pssst,lol
Then i could bite into this cool lesson
I'm only here to read the comments, which are hilarious! Once again the human stew powered by testosterone did not disappoint hahahaha!
I agree! It is a damn shame she gets that treatment. The source of all that crap is coming from extreme knuckle dragging immaturity. I am glad more women are picking up the guitar, look at Lari Basillio she is great. So is Nita. Cheers!
+stratorarious Lari is incredible! Just discovered her last year. Check her instagram, she's posts great stuff on there and she was recently on the Tim Pierce Pete Thorn yt show.
And yeah Nita is sooo cool. Been following her since the Maidens. Very down to earth and modest!
It's a GW-video,90% of the comments are idiots who are talking out of their arse,no matter the gender of the player who's doing the demo/lesson in the video.You could bring Gary Moore or SRV back from the grave,put them in a GW-video,and some idiot would post some BS.
Anyway,she visited Jason Becker and played ''Perpertual Burn'' for him,in his livingroom,plus she's interacting with people online alot,she's more then cool in my book.
Terry Hesticles, She should be flattered.
Oh please, if you want to hear sexism and stupidity that will make your head spin, just listen to current day feminists, especially the moronic SJW types. Misandry is every bit as disgusting as misogyny.
How about tuning that thing.
Such an underrated lead guitarist.
What model of guitar she is using?
Nita “Rocks” enough said
to me this is extremely awesome.
Wish her sig model was neck though like this and also had stainless frets which i dont know if her custom in the video has but I love stainless.
WOWW LOVE UR PLAYING 👌
she honestly plays like Kirk Hammett, it's unbelievable
Kirk Hammett lol Buckethead can blow him, Steve Vai, and Satch off the stage.
I turned 18 the year this song was released and saw Alice Cooper that year too.
What effects are you using and what pickups are in the guitar?
Wow Very Nice Guitar, Nita Should Give Johnny Depp Lessons On How To Play Guitar...
Crazy to think she was in As Blood Runs Black
Awesome! Thanks,
I love you Nita you fuckin ROCK
I am an original Alice Cooper group fan from the 70s. Alice Cooper group was not metal in the 70s but hard rock. Listen to the original version of 18 and you will see what I mean
it even has a harmonica in the opening.
Not to say that this version isn’t valid but when she talks about less is more I agree with that more is not necessarily more
Those inlays are so sweet
she's coming to Winnipeg Manitoba with off course the one and only Alice Cooper
her signature Ibanez is sick
joining one of these iconic groups as a younger kid, its like being hired to work at a very stratified corporation..lots of rules, etc
whether Nita is hot or not...she CAN PLAY....I've seen her a few times and to boot she is a nice person ....hats off Nita
She kicks ass!!
She is awsome
ILOVE THIS CAN YOU DO KISS ACE FREHLEY ROCKET RIDE.THANKS.
15 to 54, that is how long Ive been playing and Im probably as good as she was her first day of playing!
Thats pretty cool
Nita🤘🔥🔥🤒
I Love It!!
The Title should read, this is my interpretation of the solo for I'm Eighteen...
Cool woman ...Nita i love you !! \m/
I see orianthi's PRS on the stand behind her. haha