Matteo Mancuso |23 Year Old Guitar Virtuoso| Guitar Reaction 

Mancuso is indeed a virtuoso, unlike most of the RU-vid shredders, he stands out because he is very technical but plays with some amazing taste, phrasing, timing and feel. He also fused Jazz, Country and Rock effortlessly. Sounds like Holdsworth, Eric Johnson and Jeff Beck in one. He plays with no pick like Beck but waaaay more technical. nice review!

Un grandissimo Matteo Mancuso, un rivoluzionario della chitarra!!😉👏

Glad people are taking notice of this cat. He’s really gonna be the next level of guitar player in this generation.

Matteo is the first 21st century guitarist to unfold. Unbelievable.

This dude is not a virtuoso; he's a prodigy!

In the next ten years we will witness a tsunami of new players using both Mancuso's right hand techniques. There's a revolution coming started by this absolute guitar genius from Italy

Luv the way he goes back to those pretty chords & doesn't just solo on the whole track

This Sicilian dude Matteo is Music embodied ......he can play anything in any register .....it's just so easy for him !!!! i've been watching him already 4 a couple of months N im 48yr old playing Jazz Fusion over 1 decade (( im sicilian background too ^^^ i feel so proud N even willing to get back to settle down in the Medusa island in order to play/study with him or at least watch him playing live )) ......let me tell ya i've never see somebody like him except the great Allan Holdsworth N the terrific Pat Martino (sicilian origin as well) ......im talking here about just dexterity not Creation but i think on this point he's going to surprise us the more his maturity is going to bring forward in his evolution path //// Damn this kid is so cool N so inspiring for any fellow musicians

Like they say, "next level" it's coming through young geniuses like Matteo. Music is back in safe hands my friend. This from a 79yrs old devotee. :-)

I've been following this kid for a few year now, and think it's safe to say the future of the guitar virtuoso is in good hands.

Matteo, from Palermo, the Island of Sicily. He studied classical guitar at Palermo's Conservatory. His dad is a Classical guitar player as well. So, he was born and grew up in a house where music was a daily breakfast, lunch and supper. So young, so talented. Great things we should all expect in the coming years. Good luck Matteo and G_d bless you.

What you said about it making you happy about the future of the instrument is exactly the way I feel about this guy. His playing makes me feel good for a number of reasons, but that one not least of all. He shows the continuing possibilities, whereas some were probably thinking it had all been done already.

The right hand and the left are unbelievable!

This guy is from another planet. Saludos desde Costa Rica 🇨🇷 🎶🎵

He also plays classical - nylon string. That is where his technique originates. I really appreciate your sentiments re future of music. Like!

23 years old but been playing forever. His dad is an amazing guitarist in his own right

For people who don t know,the song he plays is from The Aristocrats (Bad asteroid) with another virtuoso Gurthrie Govan on guitar, and also BB (Bryan Beller on bass)and the great MM (Marco Minnemann)on drums..an amazing band!

The beauty of Matteo Mancuso is not only the fact that he is a great virtuoso, but above all his character as a person who does not give you airs at all. It is difficult to find in this sector such a serious person and by the way also reserved. Most of this environment, they act like one self congratuled. They just don't know what modesty is.

Matteo é humilde, focado, jovem e tem a graça da Providência. Tem uma técnica apurada e única! Já está entre os grandes guitarristas de nossa época. Não sabemos se ele influenciará uma geração de músicos ou se aposentará um grande número deles!

Matteo is "the game changer" in the guitar world..👍🤘🤘🤘🤘

No solo tiene una técnica increíble, sabe lo que toca, que no es algo común entre los guitarristas

His real name is Alien Mancuso!!!

Amen. Anything Matteo touches is in pretty good hands lol dude is a straight up killer with that right hand technique plus fusion chops. Glad to see him discussed a bit!

WOw! You nailed it with your assessment on how he is the future. His father is a classical player and Matteo grew up playing classical but transferred it to other genres including a huge knowledge of all the theory as well! I think Steve Vai said "The future of guitar is firmly in the hands of Matteo Mancuso!

I recently found this guy and you're right he is totally sick and keeps the music growing as you said.

Big, I LOVE this video. You said it bro. The future of music is finally in good hands. Last time I saw something this game changing was Stanley Jordan playing Elenore Rigby on the opposite street corner I was playing at in Manhattan. I had 4 people in front of me, he had about 400! Great video BigSwole. Love it man.

The right hand technique is definitely from the classical guitar tradition. For example, when he play with his index and middle, this is called apoyando/picado. When he plays with his combination of thumb, ring, middle, & index, this called arpeggio or block chords.

Matteo Mancuso 😮 check out 2 things, 1 his Wikipedia, 2 him performing a Charlie Parker song - Donna Lee. I’ve been playing guitar for 47 years, studied jazz ect… I’ve never seen anything like this guy.

Matteo is da man !

I just saw him live in LA astonishing!!! I need the link to this video! It’s on of the best I’ve seen!

Matteo has a paint brush that lets him paint in a completely unique way. It’s mesmerizing.

I am happy that you have an ear to discern the unique talent that emerges every once in a while. Blessings to you Big Swole!

He is GREAT!

2:40 - You're thinking of the legendary Bernard Edwards (BTW, the band is pronounced "Sheek" not "Chick"). He usually played normal finger style, but he did also "chuck", most notably on "Everybody Dance" -- you can hear him do it on the intro (those 16th notes!). Bernard is the reason I play bass 😊.

Take $1000 and this guy to a "Head Cutting" competition and I don't care if Steve Vai is there you are going to make money everytime you bet on Matteo Mancuso!

Grandissimo ....e questo è solo l'inizio

Amazing chops!

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Pretty sure he's covering a Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats) track "Bad Asteroid"

you're right Big, that guy keeps music alive !

Have a look to "Snips" video, Mancuso's trio. Just amazing. I love this guys !

He's unreal

Spread the word about this style of music. Will make the world a better place. This a tune by Guthrie Goven a monster guitarist. I'm sure someone else might of mentioned this in the comments. Cheers!

He needs a record deal and a producer to make sure he chooses music that anyone would like not just guitarists. Most talented guitarist since George benson.

This guy is a top guitar player,I knew him before you put it on .Appreciate your comments

Un phenomene ! il arrive a mettre les bons doigts sur les bonnes notes,au bon moment et pour produire un bruit agreable a l'oreille : musique ! la concurence est priée de remballer les gaules ...

Fiertà Italiana 🇮🇹🇮🇹 thank 's so much for yours video bye

Flamenco and Classical guitar players use the same technique of index and middle finger which came from the Spanish guitar not from the Bass guitar which came much later around the 1930s-50s. The pick was more influenced from the Arabic way of playing the Oud which was the forerunner of the Spanish guitar from which the electric guitar evolved. He stated that his finger technique is derived from Classical guitar.

This is Claudio Quartarone's guitar technique. He developed fingerstyle playing ages before Matteo.

Thank you for your wonderful comments. Right on the dime. Hope you catch a few other numbers by him, where it's not 'house sound' but a smoother mix.

Line 6 and Yamaha should sponsor Matteo Mancuso. He has been loyal to them and makes their products shine brighter than ever. Matteo is to the guitar what Tiger Woods is to golf.

A Great italian guy

Totally agree that music is in good hands with Matteo 👍

Guy is a crazy talented dude.

Bernard Edwards one of the first rap songs Sugarhill Gang's 1979 single "Rapper's Delight" sampled his baseline from the song “Good Times “ he’s one of my favorite players and Chic pronounced Sheik were a supergroup for sure . Great reaction video thanks

Tecnica da chitarra classica con tecnica basso. In ogni caso FENOMENO

Italia's got (unique) talent !

Great review! Indeed he is the best in the universe! Says me!

He plays any style, and with an amazing feel. Catch videos of him playing Eric Johnson and Brent Mason stuff. His style is actually very similar to what flamenco guitarists do.

5:55 - I can understand exactly what you mean, they "bring music to the forefront". Although you didn't express it like I'm doing, I'm sure you mean people like Matteo won't try to show off, they're not saying "hey, look how good I am"... in other words, they just don't allow their persona obscure what really matters, which is MUSIC. So they're driven by music itself. It's like they put themselves in the background, in service for the sake of music (and even Matteo's body language and posture reveal that), whereas many people out there have it backward and need music serving their own personalities, their need for validation. Matteo just needs to go with the flow, enter that mystical space and take us with him.

He’s like Paco De Lucia meets Eric Johnson and Guthrie Govan. Not to rip on the greats I just mentioned but I love Matteos tone and attack/approach to his vibrato, harnessing the full spectrum of the instrument. I prefer the distorted tone just cuz I’m an 80’s 90’s kid haha, like one of my favorite things about Allan Holdsworth is his tone was always from a distortion stand point, trying to smooth it out and control it from its chaotic nature. It’s an approach I try to do in my own playing, but the finger picking is on another level, alls I can say about that is I’m incredibly jealous haha

The future of Music is secure with people like Matteo, Cory Henry, Jacob Collier, Gev Delano, Antoine Boyer, Charles Berthout...check these guys out, it's worth it! And thanks for your reactions and comments!

Matteo learned from his Father, classical music. Dad and Matteo Never use a Pick. Matteo didn`t know whay a pick was growing up in Palmero Italy.

This kid is the a top of the mountain right now. He just maybe needs some original songs but I know he has a few.

Things just go around in cycles. Matteo Mancuso is a bebop player. Listen to him, then go listen to Charlie Parker.

Noi tutti quando ascoltiamo qualcosa o qualcuno di nuovo siamo portati a paragonare o ad altri musicisti o a codificare il genere a qualche sound già esistente. È un errore, e l' ho fatto anche io. A volte mi sembrava Eddie Van Halen...Beck...Hendrix..Gambale...Lee Riteneur, Pat Metheney...il sound fusion del primo Jeff Lorber...Mezzoforte..gli U Zeb...oppure il fantastico Issei Inoro dei Casiopea...il fraseggio ricorda Rudess o Cotra al synth..?! O a Valeriy Stepanov..o a...NESSUNO!!!! Matteo è unico...che non vuol dire più bravo o meno bravo... più tecnico o meno virtuoso... Matteo ha il suo modo di suonare, ha la sua tecnica...tutto ciò che ha e che trasmette con la sua musica è unico. Bisogna però dire oggettivamente che Matteo è di un altro pianeta, non paragonabile a nessun altro chitarrista della storia, poiché quello che fa sulla chitarra è anche solo impossibile da pensare per qualsiasi altro musicista. E chi lo soffre dice di lui che è pura tecnica o idiozie simili... Matteo ha un fraseggio anche con note e passaggi velocissimi che è discorsivo ...il suo fraseggio è domanda e risposta, è tensione e risoluzione, sempre. Perciò non parlate di tecnica ma dite la pura verita, che Matteo non suona le corde della chitarra ma racconta ogni volta unaa storia con la chitarra, una storia che solo chi ha ottime orecchie e grande anima può comprendere. Nessuno esegue il legato come Matteo, col distorsore o senza...e poi è chiaro, limpido...e cosa dire del suo suono, del suono della sua chitarra...rotondo, chiaro, morbido o graffiante quando serve. Uomini come lui sono come prescelti da Dio... È unico come Mozart... Aristotele...Dante, Einstein, Michelangelo, Paganini, Freud e altri uomini unici, di grande ingegno e anima. Matteo è Dio fatto persona...la sua chitarra è il vangelo dell'anima e nessuno prima di lui né dopo di lui avrà una tale immensa capacità di forgiare, pensare, eseguire musica in nano secondi cosi meravigliosamente complessa ma celestiale e comprensibile, trasmettendo gioia al contempo al cuore e all' anima di chi ascolta. Grazie Matteo di esistere e di farci sentire cose che ci lasciano a bocca aperta.

ma quale angelo ti ha portato qui da noi ? da quale paradiso sei venuto? Non vi e '(non mi piace la parola genere) modello di intepretazione sul nostro strumento che tu non arricchisca con gusto, tecnica , originalita' : che sia blues, bossa , jazz ,...... tutto , di piu e meglio. Tutti i grandi nomi del passato e del presente chitarristico , in fila , prego !!! Grande Matteo !!!

Hey Swole, just subscribed. We want more Matteo reactions!!! I'd say start with his cover of Havona or The Chicken. Nice channel bud, keep it up!

he is truly an inspiration

I just wanted to clear up a few things. Most guitar players that play contemporary music use a pick. Some ones that play with fingers on an electric is Jeff Beck and Derek Trucks. Matteo uses all five right hand fingers. This is not standards for electric players.

Just for the record, the tune is a Guthrie Govan tune he's covering

This young man is not of this world

You should review Matteo's video, "The Chicken", with his trio... Sick...

Matteo is using the finger style technique commonly employed in classical music, bossa nova, flamenco and other genres that primarily use the acoustic or ' box' guitar. He has a video on RU-vid where he explains why he prefers finger style, even on the electric guitar.

the way it should be playing is good.........this guy is ......unbelievable

This is a true musician, for sure. The torch will be passed and all us 'old folks' can rest assured with someone like Matteo. The other person I would put up with him in this category is Josh Meader. This guy is another elite musician as well. Check out Josh's cover of Brecker's Skunk Funk.

Matteo and Guthrie are the future

lui è veramente incredibile!!!!

It is a Guthrie Govan song. "Bad Asteroid"

Matteo es un genio de la guitarra 👍🏿

Che meraviglia

Incredible 🎼👌

GOAT

You would really love to meet Domi and JD Beck mate!

That was smooth mate 😌😯👍

Really like your Comments das I will follow you

Time to go down the Jacob Collier rabbit hole and witness genius truly springing forth in our time!!!

Lingua vita a Matteo Mancuso.

This is classical guitar technique,on electric guitar.

grande Bra'

what a groove

This dude is a monster.

I like ya cut, G.

the metrics on the guitar......he's dad is also a great guitar player.....vincenzo and matteo together.....

He does not use a pick. True. What everybody is missing is the fact that he picks the strings with all four fingers. He grew up playing Flamenco. This means he can play four times as fast as a single pick player. Al Dimeola and John McLaughlin couldn't dream of keeping up with Paco. Four picks against one. NO CONTEST!!!

I like “Big Swole”! Cool down to earth guy” I will Subscribe!

Bravo Matteo

an icon at the age of 23

Molti si soffermano sul fatto che Matteo Mancuso suona con le dita e non col plettro. Qualsiasi chitarrista classico riesce a farlo. Matteo è unico perché quando suona prende intervalli che creano sonorità nuove con una tecnica incredibile. È tutto l'insieme che lo rende incredibile

The bottom line here is Mateo is the "real deal"...