Allan Holdsworth- talks about his Carvin Guitars Headless signature model 

Me Too!......still not over it and will not get over the fact Allan is not here. He is "one of kind" and their is nothing to remove the lost........of Allan and his music which were one in the same.

The only guitar player to truly scare me. Astonishing. What a loss.

As a personal friend of Al's, just had to confirm your suspicion. 100% a laugh every time.

@@TechNewsaroundtheWorld can you share a story about Allan?

gflorko yeah and they will never get the secret because there is no secret

This is just 60 years developing his style that’s all

Yes I reckon that’s true. He was pretty much genius level in what he did with the guitar and improvisation but because he was so unassuming, many people missed what he was doing. Just a wonderful, considered, inspired musician.

@popcorns house I suggest you stick to country music.

I can very much appreciate the discipline of his approach to playing. He is outstanding in his playing personality and that's why every person is unique, we were born to be that way. He plays the way he does because that's what he wants, working very hard for it, just like every other great guitarist does everyday. Nobody can say in all honesty that , any particular guitarist is the greatest guitarist on Earth. Why? Because it's not the "absolute truth". Truth is not based on our opinions, it by definition is "exclusive"..... Carry on!

il y avait Shawn lane !!!

@@djghostmode dude shawn lane is the only guitar to be on par with Holdsworth apart from like gambale

@@djghostmode and why the fuck are you trying to insult Shawn with a word u can't even spell

@@guilletjean-jacques5107 there will never be another Shawn Lane. RIP

Fredrik Thordendal from Meshuggah is the closest thing we'll ever get.

Michael Greco same here, I wish I did

I have been listening to jazz since 1986 & Iam a guitarist myself & just recently learned about Allen & his songs & music was not on many jazz radio stations ever. I know of other great jazz guitarists & seems like they did not associate with him!

RonSafreed truly a hidden gem!

I know what you mean! I only stumbled across Allan less than a year ago. You should check out the song White Line off the album IOU.

Ever hear of Shawn Lane or Mattias IA Eklundh?

Oh. 'Beautiful' is not a word that springs to mind when thinking of Allan Holdsworth.

I think it will be way more difficult to put such praise on one player like you just did.

@@espojespo5 It won't if you're a musician and actually open your mind up to realise that what he plays literally defies genres styles and music theory itself. Holdsworth himself is a genre. Can't say the same for anyone else. Coming from a metal fan btw.

runrunrun6777 yeah same, I’ve been looking but can’t find it.

I was 5 feet away from him at the Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, California with his I O U band, he quietly came out and announced his father had passed away,. there's only about a hundred people there,.. all of them were surprised he was going to play. What proceded the next two and a half hours was something that's not describable, even to a musician . , you were awash in this melodic ethereal energy from the highest quality Equipment possible. It was the greatest display of virtuosity on the guitar or any other instrument I've ever seen. Allan Holdsworth single-handedly rewrote the language of jazz guitar.

Instablaster

What?

Hahahahha

geometricpatterns6 the truth! i love all kinds of guitarists and music, but there is allan, and everyone else. in a class by himself, imo

Is the guitar designed to be light weight?

I like a number of them, but this one here is ugly. That weird little vaguely 'Les Paul' kind of shape, but lacking any of the grace, woodcraft, or charm of a normal guitar just leaves me dry. I've seen a few Steinbergers or one or two other headlesses that looked fine.

lol actually yes, it is

bar chord fretting with a zero fret and flat radius

Thicker strings allow lower action than thin strings in almost every scenario - they are tighter than their thinner counterparts, so even though they have more mass the area in which they vibrate is smaller.

BeautifuL

Zezozose, aboslutely right! That is why those Big jazz guitars with very thick strings can be setup with a very low action. In Allan's case the the radius is very flat and he has a light touch, this helps a lot with avoiding rattle having the action set so low.

+AtanasovPetar There would be Derryl Gabel. You might wanna check him out ;)

Razvan S. I know that guy. He is good and he has harmonic sophistication. Originality is missing.

AtanasovPetar Wes Thrailkill sounds awesome and there's quite the Allan's influence in his playing

RIP :/

Yeah, yesterday was the worst Easter day... We shall remember him as a great person and musician. Since i and all of the musicians that he influenced we're his legacy. Rest in peace, Allan.

Check out Alan Murphy. He died of aids in the 80s but he was a huge Holdsworth fan and a wonderful player.

Tap the gear icon in the upper right corner, then tap 0.5x or even 0.25x this will slow the video down to a speed that you can pick out the notes. You can watch it to see what he's playing too. Much better than TAB, you develop your ear, and you can make sure it's correct. Unfortunately, a lot of TAB out there is not.

***** "Interestingly, it sounded as though he was including his old HF2 models in that statement as well." == From what I remember, what he was saying was smaller the head(regarding smaller than usual HF heads), the better. That was before he started using his signature headless series. I'm guessing there's still a demand for HF series by the people who can't get used to the looks of headless.

As wonderful as they are, most of them look like toys :-/

Yes, Steinberger Synapse Transcale is truly an awesome guitar.

@The Oracle Allen ???

Got a Strandberg a couple of months ago and I'm still in the honey moon phase I love it it's perfect

***** Ah - there you go!

Lilly OfTheValley True, true! But then again, Allan can't sing that Orbison-like 'wooooo' like Paul does. Anyway - they're both masters at what they do.

Lilly OfTheValley LOL!

Totally different accent though. McCartney is from Liverpool but Holdsworth is from Bradford in Yorkshire.

To me its the difference between speaking to a human in conversation and a camera in an authority mode - the latter comes over as self-conscious as you are aware every word you say is being listened to and recorded! Because of the revered status of both Paul M and Allan H its no wonder they end up sounding the same because they know peeps like us are hanging on every word! Plus its a 'northern' down to earth thing too!