Guthrie Govan String Bending Masterclass - Part Three 

Guthrie's string bending masterclass has seen a huge increase in the sale of individual G and B strings!

"Sorry, that happens sometimes" YEAAAAH, IT DOES

Guthrie -** _plays impossibly complex, beautiful, perplexing, sonic-acid-trip of a chromatic scale guitar lick_ Guthrie - "You know, just have some fun" Me -** _hits guitar with stapler_

"Surely this madness has to end soon" my all-time favorite Guthrie Govan quote.

"It's uncomfortable and demeaning . . . " I love Guthrie's sense of humor.

Thanks Guthrie, it feels like your best mate giving you advice, then you suddenly realise your best mate is soooo much better than you are. But he doesn't want to rub it in, Guthrie honestly looks like he just wants us to enjoy the guitar as much as he does. That rarest of people, an accessible legend! Inspirational!

Guthrie and Paul Gilbert are probably the most entertaining guitar instructors ever.

Took a break from studying the beats in physics and came here, dude spoke about the unison bends and the beat phenomenon

1:53 Ive never noticed that before...That sounds really cool.

Mr Govan's got some seriously strong hands... man that dude can play! and the guy can really communicate guitar wisdom well, and not all great players are that great when it comes to instructing others.

1:45 Damn! I never noticed that third note that you're not actually playing and is going down in pitch...

“The fret, beyond which you do not go” That’s got a nice ring to it

7:03 that attention to detail - mentioning challenges of live performance vs theory - he is truly a master @ craft AND teaching

I heard that ghostly 3rd note and I will never unhear it now lol. I've never noticed it until now. Guthrie is a genius.

Coolest (best) guitar teacher/instructor/Sensei I’ve seen (heard) yet. Exhibits perfectly proportioned and (endearingly)diametrically opposed personality traits: frazzled, wild-eyed geek + cool, comfortable confidence. Top level guitar skills/knowledge + simple, clear, not-too- long winded or too quick lesson. Earnest and enthusiastic + deliberate. Ugly + Sexy.

He is like a standup comedian for guitarists. Knows his music theory inside and out.

Some people just have a natural knack to teach others so fluidly and effectively. I wish my calculus teacher in High School was half as articulate and cohesive as Guthrie. Would have saved me a lot of hours.

3:35 That's the biggest motivation I got all week.

Guthrie is the man and theses videos are beyond awesome. Love these!

that ghost note, this guy chnaged my life once more

5:30 I was thinking about the very same melody there! That's amazing when stuff like this happens

Amazing teachings keep up the great guitar work my friend your an inspiration

tks por this master class sound perfect still working on it a lot types and sounds and movements

The GOAT! Funny, Friendly and wicked smart....oh, and I now I know what to focus on for the next 2 lifetimes

It's his love of guitaristry for me 🤘 ❤ your work Guthrie!

Wow - what a great teacher. Well paced, precise and detailed. Obviously a very intelligent man.

Teach me, Master. Minute 05:30 LOL!

You're my favourite guitarist ever👍 I love your style man

Thank you for amazing advice. Wonderful advance guitar teacher and player . bless you

absolutely fantastic lesson

Learning from Guthrie is pure joy,. The chromatic bending at the end blew my mind.

I could listen to him all day. So articulate, clear, unassuming, humble and helpful with a wonderfully dry sense of humour. Pretty good guitar player too :)

This really helped me out with the Dickie Betts stuff on Stormy Monday

i love this guy, just a great teacher!

Love this stuff! Guthrie is the man

This was great! Thanks, Guthrie.

Great lesson! Love your sense of humour too

Best person to teach you guitar!

Mr Govan is not just the undisputed king of guitar at the moment, he is also WILDLY intelligent. I didn't understand this until after watching a few videos. How he speaks, and his choice of words are as well thought out beforehand as the notes he plays. He is ALWAYS thinking ahead, and I think that is key. I truly and fully appreciate how much thought he puts into how he teaches something, even if it isn't obvious at first. The words he uses are as perfect as the notes he plays for that very reason. Thank you Sir Guthrie. I have never understood something as clearly as when you took the time to lay it out for us with the proper words and sentences.

Huge Huge fan of Guthrie,the guys a real modern day minstrel thats just as at home in this modern time as he would be wandering around the ren fairs of the middle ages shredding on his Lute....And that british gentlemans tenor in his speaking voice is practically screaming to do some voiceover work..

From all the guitar lessons I have seen Guthrie has to be no.1. He gives you advice, shows you how to do it, how to think about it. Makes you feel okay that maybe you can’t do it that well. Then shreds and makes you feel like wow that’s possible? Let’s try this out.

Meu amigo! Esse cara é incrível , surreal 🔥🎸

This guy and pauly gilbertous cracks me up and inspire me at the same time..

1:37 I love playing with that dissonance where there's a cancellation of frequencies. there's like pops in between the ringing of the notes on the two strings which I call the helicopter effect. listen to someone speaking into a mic while in a helicopter with the door open, the changing air pressure gives a certain vibrato, a pulse, to the voice. you can do the same by speaking into a fan. and the fun thing is you can change the speed and duration of the pops with very subtle changes in bend force.

11:31 holy shit that's insane

Great, great video~ I love your teaching style. One thing you don't mention is if the bending is near impossible, to get a lower string gauge. I played 10's for over 30 years (metal!!11!) and saw a video about who used 8's and it was an epiphany. I put 8's on the top strings and low and behold all my bends are practically painless! It's like if you run with weights on your ankles and take them off. Just something that I think a lot of guitarists don't even think about. Thanks again, sir. You are a gentleman and a scholar. And a badass.

"and i'll be back with more of this nonsense... Guthrie signing out... cheers!" LOL! my gosh this man has me on the floor rolling.

5:36 rofl

a vibrato masterclass please.

Oh Guthrie, with your fancy vocabulary and old world accent it makes the lesson infinitely more interesting ,well done I learned alot

Not just a great player also great teaching which is hard to find this combination

Dude should be in academia. If there is a university of rock, this guy is the dean!

Thank you so much Guthrie !

real guitar genious and so down to earth!

Maravilloso canal gracias👍👍

Cheers, Guthrie! Ira here-we met backstage (in Orch) after Hans Zimmer concert in LA at The Shrine! I am simply aghast & drooling at your Stellar playing!!! I had never heard of you prior. Hans was playing guitar & Johnny Marr's son, so...then you played, and not since hearing Allan Holdsworth in NY in the 70s with Soft Machine have I literally drooled (unfortunately in NY, I was in Balcony...so shouts from below!). Your playing is NOT just shredding/chops! It is Highly Imaginative and Emotional and Unpredictable! You are also kind & FUNNY! Your voice/demeanor reminds me of Ian Anderson. So, with Gilmour (met them all & hung out with during Atom Heart Mother tour in NY-interview on tape very funny), your bend in Brick goes up 2 whole tones. Having played it and seen live many times, I believe "the bend" goes up 5 semi-tones. So, not say E to G#, but E to A! Stopping along the way from E to F#, F# to G#, and finally G# to A! Then D to root. By the way...I heard from reliable sources that...he did not Play the solo on the record! I am a Recording Engineer/Composer/Guitarist (1 millionth as great as You!) and worked for Chick Corea at Mad Hatter Studio for years. I ran into the awesome Lee Ritenour there and asked him if it Indeed was him!!! He smiled widely and said: "Yes!" Lee is kind like you, Guthrie! Dave....not so much.

I love these classes, it's monty python like guitar wizardry

He's the man. 4 dislikes must be bassists or drummers.

great lesson thanks!

Thank you, Guthrie, you are a genius!

This guys awesome!

Muscle memory is realy important. Thank you Master

Such an awesome lesson. Think David Gilmour actually stops at three pitches during that bend in ABITW solo( a final 1/2 to end) I know coz I’ve been failing to do it smoothly for about six months.

Very entertaining. And helpful.

Not only as he a master guitarist, gifted teacher, he’s also hilarious

Thank you Sir so freaking much for the wrist tip 🤘🤘✌️🖖

He bent up a Tritone for that chromatic example- hitting every note on the way up and also on the way down. Holy shit that’s insane

guthrie you are bang out of order mate

5:31 Guthrie, we love you!

That whole some noodling at 5:30 just top tier

The best. Period.

Please can I give this man a hug 🤗

谢谢, merci, obrigado and ta, much appreciated. "Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow." OW.

could listen to GG all day!

what would steve vai do? lololol amazing

guthrie is quite simply an awesome dude

Essential lesson ...Got a good humour , respectta...

GG is the man.

Jimi hendrix in the intro to red house at Woodstock also does that 2 note bend then the 1 note bend to.

"You can use your pick or finger." Inconspicuously flips off all the viewers XD

5:30 lol too funny! Guthrie has an awesome sense of humour.

+1 for citing Lukather and the Rosanna outro solo

Love it! Guthrie is the man! What camera are you guys using to shoot this video? It looks amazing! Thanks!

5:31 - gotta love Guthrie for such comedy acts :)

"What would Steve Vai do?" Totally lost my shit there, lol. Good stuff Guthrie, good stuff.

You have a ghostly third note. If you don't want it, make the deep frequencies away, it disturbs. You can also make the high frequencies away, the deep note will stay. Suddenly there is a guy with a guitar and tones beyond a bass. I tried it, it works, with special equipment. I imitated a string bass in Folk.

5:31 lmao how can you not love this man

1:50 That ghostly third note man... its like you always knew it was there, just never realised it

very nice great

When Neo went to find the oracle in the matrix he found this man

Sir Guthrie Govan, how would you not love this guy?

Great video, speaking of over-bends, Chris Cain is the over-bend master.. Listen to 'Live At The Rep' the opening song ''Good Evening Baby'' Well that whole album is simply the best blues guitar playing ever, it really is.

I used to have a mate at uni who was a nutty chemistry phd… he used to make crazy homemade drugs…. He looked exactly like this man.. to the degree I’m trying to remember if he played guitar!! Jokes of course.. Guthrie is an English eccentric.. one of the last.. treasure him

30 views, 33 likes. Go Guthrie! lol

this is just the third video but it already makes me giggle hahahaa

So much control

4:32 This moment made me realise I’ve probably never seen Guthrie’s ears. Furthermore I’m not entirely convinced he has them, but rather a pair of antennae to some distant alien species.

What a genius

Explain me the chromatic scale: 11:00 Done

the day of the unexplaining rock god is over and he has been replaced with an uber interlectualised A + student.