Ernie Ball: String Theory featuring Dave Navarro 

Deconstruction is great work also.

Underrated?? Come on guys.... He's a GUITAR HERO.

@@soufienkhalfaoui7593 he sure is... What I mean is his work and contribution is still largely overlooked.

Appreciate the comment dude, but there’s still a lot of damn good guitarists out there right now making music.

@@sevenfold089 there sure are! But as influencial as Navarro?? The guy is literally the corner stone for 90's alternative rock style and sound!

Here we go with the underatted thing again. Put it this way. If he was underrated. Why is he in this video for Ernie Ball? Dave's underatted ass was in 2 of the biggest bands in the world and has influenced many. He's a super star. Underrated. Geesh! Check his net worth.

We all go through it, we try to push too hard instead of enjoying the instrument. I have relegated to playing one string at different times "every now and then" :)

Yeah I mean I've always liked Dave but this vid made me really like Dave

He is definitely a blend of shred and dark emotional playing. A true hybrid player. How can anyone not like that??!!

I completely agree. he’s very underrated.

i can't believe this guy got paid! he plays for 6 months then doesn't play for 6 months? slash said he practices 20 minutes a day! fucken hell. i can imagine waking up from a wild night at one of those 80's parties, everyone's still passed out, real early in the morning, and slash is there sitting on his guitar amp just picking away at the strings, giving you the nod while your still in that haze. cat in the hat.

@@jhowardsupporter It's his life and his choice. The dude is a great player regardless of whatever practice pattern he has.

@@jhowardsupporter you obviously dont realize Slash is nothing but a copy cat of Navarro???? Navarro was actually axel Rose's first choice as a guitarist but he turned them down and so they hired slash who basically did all he could to mimic Navarro. Navarro is unfortunately the most underrated guitarist of our time. Simply because perry Farrell's voice is a big turn off to most people. JA>GnRx10000

Mark Blackwell agree!

100%

I hate that Hollywood guitar. If given the chance I would smash it to pieces. 😎🚬

I did too for Lala palooza at Fiddler's Green, in Colorado. He was so amazing, the end of the show he grabbed a dozen red roses, from each side of the stage, and stood in front of me handing them to me. My friend had to tap me on my shoulder to look up. I've always wanted to say "Thank you". Wish I could have just a moment, in time. I think we would connect on a energetic, etheric, level. I feel as though we would "be". I already know this to be true.

Hes over looked cause hes kind of a douche. There are videos of him playing old One Hot Minute songs on a DVD called master sessions from the 90s. And the entire time hes playing hes like what's this chord? What's this note? What's this scale? He trolls the interviewer (who actually does a very great job and knows his stuff) and I have talked with multiple people who felt he doesnt know anything about guitar playing. "He doesnt even know what chord hes playing. He sucks" I think sometimes his "Hollywood" personality outshines his guitar playing and its its unfortunate he is an amazing guitar player.

@@spangsman you are referring to a video that was shot at a time he was in deep struggle with heroin addiction.

@@spangsman I always thought his playing is very simple and basic. He never stood out much as a guitarplayer. I do however like him all the more as a person.

@@standinsilence i respect your opinion. But I disagree. I absolutely love his playing. His solos get me hyped. To this day in 2021... I can put in 1988s nothings shocking and it makes me want to pick up a guitar and start shredding!!!

@@spangsman Well thats great then.

@R Yeah I was a fan of RHCP during the BSSM era before Dave joined but I loved his playing on ‘One Hot Minute’ and that’s what turned me onto Jane’s. RHCP unfortunately started to suck when John came back and they started making ‘funk pop’...

I knew ive seen him somewhere

You can still find it on RU-vid. Master licks dave navarro

except Janes wrote most of their stuff - even stuff on "Strays" back in the 80s. Even "Ritual de Lo Habitual" was essentially completely written before "Nothing's Shocking" came out in 1988. So he's really an 80s virtuoso if we are going to be nitpickingly accurate about which decade he is a virtuoso of. I just wish he had a bigger profile for his playing these days.

That's because it's one of the greatest songs ever written. In history. By anyone.

The fact he came up with that solo when he was 18 is what impressed me. I have bootlegs of them playing it loooong before Ritual came out. Most of the music on Ritual was written even before Nothing’s Shocking came out.

Zimphire Can you share ? Pls

Steven T frusciante is my biggest inspiration but I find the work Navarro did with RHCP amazing. It completely changed the sound of them and made them sound really badass. Such an underrated album in the rhcp community. Smh.

I completely agree, from "Californication" on the Red Hot Chili peppers have mellowed out completely. "One hot minute" was their last "Rock out with your cock out" record, in fact when I played that one to some current RHCP fans they went "What, these aren't the Peppers, no way, they are way too hardcore sounding!" And then I'd play Hillel-era stuff like "Johnny kick a hole in the sky" and they had to retrieve their lower jaws off the floor.

I think Dave´s finest work as a guitarist is with Jane´s Addiction, same with John and the Peppers.

I agree. Personally, One Hot Minute was my favorite Chili Peppers album after Blood Sugar Sex Magik. I really don't understand why Chili Pepper fans hate that album so much.

WILD THINGS I think it is bc it is so different compared to Mother’s Milk,BSSM..etc.Those albums are way more Funk based albums.One Hot Min w/ Navarro is a Solid Album.But listen to them back to back & the feeling of it barely even being the same band is palpable.Opposite end of the spectrum from each other,That’s why my hardcore RHCP Fan friends say they don’t like it or Dave Navarro as much.Take it for what it’s worth,Everyone has they’re opinions of course.

I like that song too.

Deconstruction is amazing. J love eric avery's bass playing. I just cant seem to get down with his voice. He sucks as a singer. That said deconstruction was very good.

Eric’s poetry being read over the music is def a art rock thing. Perry was not the best singer either. I would not change one thing about that album.

Zimphire Navarro has never gotten anywhere near the credit he deserves - same with Jane's as a band. He and Frusciante are comfortably the best guitarists of their generation. Navarro's guitar playing on Nothing's Shocking and Ritual is for the ages IMO. And yes his playing on Deconstruction is flat-out amazing (though I'm also not a fan of the vocals on that album).

Ivan Lendl The vocals grew on me. The music reminded me a lot of a non-linear Floyd song. I love Jane’s but I like the Deconstruction album better. I think it was when Navarro peaked.. What amazes me however is Dave wrote the three days solo when he was 18/19.. It’s not overly complicated. That’s not what amazes me about it. It’s just how it fits perfectly. Dynamically. Three Days and Then She Did.. was Jane’s at their best. Most all of Ritual was written well before Nothing’s Shocking was ever recorded. Perry said he wanted to save the better songs for their next release. Im glad I got to see them in 91’ and 2016.

The problem is, when most people think of Jane’s, Been Caught Stealing and Jane Says comes in their heads. Neither of those I actually liked a whole lot.

Did you see The Panic Channel covering Dazed and Confused live? Dave kills it! Even does the violin bow part without using the bow.

❤❤❤

Matt Martínez Agreed. From 17:22 through to the end of the video it's just dripping with Hendrix vibes. Beautiful.

Had to read the comment section to see if anybody else had noticed this brilliant section as well. For me it continues up to 13:44. Dave has always been an amazing talent.

does anyone know those chords that lead up to the solo?

brownguy1210 Want to know that as well.

He played like 4 chords relax

@@joshuachristopher7797 It's the throwback to the ''Ritual De Lo Habitual days'' is what I'm referring to.. You see 4 chords.. I see something that separates him from everyone else its called ''Fingerprints''.. ( Nobody sounds like him!) ...

Same here. I didn't realise this about him till I saw this interview, despite having been a fan since I bought Nothing's Shocking in 1988. "You'll thank me one day" is what my mum used to say during the tedious lessons (she still is a piano teacher). And yeah mum... you were right. Sadly we only had a guitar and a uke in the house and nobody ever explained how to play or tune the uke which just became one of our toys. So I didn't get to play guitar till I was big enough to pick up a full size concert classical when I was about 13.

I’m glad others feel the same way I do about ‘One Hot Minute’. I read a lot of hate for that album online but for me that album was a day one buy and it still takes me back to being a teen in ‘95 when I listen to it today. Great music and great times. RHCP really started to go downhill musically after that album I thought.

@@jimmylad7358 yeah, Californication was a huge let down... One Hot Minute as heavy as anything... the 96 tour was one of the best live sets i have ever seen.. i've seen them twice since then, n it was a let down...

@@danielgfrost I wish I’d seen them during the OHM era. I remember watching Reading 94 on TV and an MTV special live in NYC in ‘96, they sounded great live with Dave. I saw them twice at festivals during the By The Way era but the set consisted of mainly material from 99 onwards by then sadly.

@@jimmylad7358 yeah.. i agree!