Musician/Producer Reacts to "Promenade" (Paul Harvey) by Max Ostro 

Max is a one in a millennium player. Meaning, I believe he is one in 5 billion of a player …truly is. The world has never, ever seen what Max is doing on the guitar. Period. Max is not playing frets, he is iceskating on them. Max is not playing scales he is digging out, Turns, come around, corner fillers, middle note runs and many, many other things previously, unseen, nor heard on the guitar. One could write a whole thesis on what he’s doing. Max is the max!

Possibly the best around right now. This guy’s playing is simply amazing

Young fingers with old chops versatility and sound. A nice gift to hear at the end of the day Jeff.

The quick movements you mention is him switching pickups, tapping a harmonic and retrieving his pick from between his fingers (following a hybrid fingerpicking section) simultaneously. Crazy sleight of hand.

That kid is simply amazing. He's at a level that's very rare to see. Love it. And looking carefully at his right hand, he did indeed flip the pickup selector switch on a few occassions.

I would highly recommend people go find his interviews/questions and you find that people ask him things like " what shows are you watching " or " what are your favorite movies " or " do you do anything else other than guitar as a hobby? " and you will realize that Max lives, breaths music and his guitar, he doesn't make time for anything other than his guitar, he deserves to be where he his, he definitely deserves his own signature model, and whom ever he chooses, people will flock to him and his guitar. I would recommend Stratele to review Matteo Mancuso, he is also within the same vein of Max Ostro, Imagine a dual or collaboration with both of them would legit break the internet and guitar community.

The phrasing and taste is unrivalled as far as I'm concerned !

I wish Max would put out a whole album

Yeaah, this 19yo Max is absolutely genius. I expect what will he play 10 years later.

I watch Max's Promenade video at least once a week, I find his playing mesmerising! I hope he goes on to achieve great things.

He is my actual favorite guitarist. A slap in my face each time I hear his perfect playing ability. Je suis écoeuré mais c'est troooooop bon putain !!! 😅

Holy...😳! This was mind bending. It looked like the right hand had showed up to the wrong party. What a talent! Have a great weekend, Jeff 🤗✨

Viva Max Ostro...!!🎉🎉🎉♥️

он гений, так как сам аранжирует. И прекрасный сценический образ.

I would say Max is one of the top 5 players in the world right now.....he is on another level.

First time I saw him was when he was playing an acoustic and electric up in his apartment with a metal chimney in the middle of it. I Knew then he was destined for greatness. Thx for the reaction!

What I love with the develpment of Shredding over the years/decades is, that today a standard is reached, where it´s embedded in melodic concepts and it breathes. You don´t have to listen to a deafening load of notes but to a flow with distinct articulation. The first time I heard such a playstyle was Shawn Lane with Jonas Hellborg and Jeff Sipe. Pure beauty and... yes, empathy and love in his constant flows of conscious. Max here reminds me of that. He is navigating so effortlessly through the chords/keys like it is his natural form of expression - no need to add words (loving the backing track too!). btw... he doesn´t have a whammy bar and creates the effect only with the tone controllers. Are they modified to bending notes? Just curious.

Quite an impressive talent. Like him a lot.

I love his expression like he’s really board and this is all way too easy. Just awesome.

This is something special . Head and shoulders above the pack

Hey Jeff :) Glad you checked out Max, he is quite something.

Precision on the highest top, never heard something like that. Only 18 years old Maxie! 🤩

He is on the spot with the melodic changes, that makes the colour of the piece change. Gives it a kind of logic in the melody. But this is amazing...so fluently effortlesly...

Say hello to most talented guitar player ever! Yes, there are of course all the Guthrie Govans and Tim Hensons and so on, but hey, he is way younger!

kieselsolocontest is unrivaled... believe me i have heard all the kids on youtube... Max is a master, been following him since he posted his first clip... went to my guitar and cut my strings! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Check out his 2019 Kiesel contest submission. Probably the best solo I've ever heard.

So great that he has a straight face and doesn't pretend that he is in agony, and pulling a fake face. He's genius, all the way!!

It's impossible to listen to Max Ostro without a big smile of joyning.

👍👍 We both watched his complex techniques he was using with both hands. I did not see him palm the bridge, and I had to play back a few spots to see just what he was adjusting. As anyone who in at peace with his/her instrument, he makes it look seamless and easy, with fluidity. I have said this on many occasions on your channel, This is our next Generation doing things a bit unorthodox, as we old timers did it. Wow.

I AM AMAZED, so playful, joyful... Yet with a russian drama face on top of it 😊 Max is the real deal

The kid sounds great!!! I hear a Greg Howe influence, too. 😊

AMAZING INVESTMENT and benefit to mankind as far as true quality music, and crafmanship as a musician.

The kids today not play guitar, Max is a rare jewel in this World !!!!

First time I ever saw him play i was also lost for words 😂

I like the fact that the world of music has room for someone as spectacularly facile as Max as well as someone as earthy and simple as John Prine. The "Music Buffet" can sate any palate.

This is the reincarnation of Pushkin, the genius of Russian poetry! Only on the guitar. 👏

That gave me an eargasm....

Phenomenal talent! Amazing chops, tasty phrasing, highly technical. I'm totally blown away with the new breed of guitarists currently dominating the scene. They're on a whole other level from a technical standpoint and better than five of my guitar heroes from yesteryear combined! The one gripe that I do have is the tone. It's a super clean and pristine tone, but they all sound alike nowadays. Thoughts?

Wow! What a left hand! Really wonderful!

His fingers actually float over the frets. Amazing...

simplemente un genio de esta era

My favorite solo in yeeeears! Max is it.

Awesome! What a player! Got chops and style

I think this guy should be one of the greatest of all times. Amazing talent! I think he's had to deal with some challenges that were of fault of his own.🥲😇 May he have continued favor & success.

Been following Max for years. His firsr vids let you know He was going to be a Force to be reconed with.

Max is awesome. Watch how he switches pickups multiple times in this performance. True slight of hand there :)

I've been watching this cat for awhile now and maan is he ever clean. Very skilled but also just so smooth and clean

That shirt tho. I saw them open for Dream Theater in 2022. They were pretty sick.

crazy good

Check out the song Rhumba. He’s alot younger and I was blown away. It’s your first song I saw of his.

He's a beast!

he adjusts those knobs and switches lightning fast.

Classy🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Это дети нового поколения. И мы должны гордиться тем, что они вобрали в себя уже в юном возрасте всё то лучшее что имели мы и к чему стремились долгие годы через кровь, пот и слёзы. Видать не зря мы жили и живём.

2:49 - that's the best part. Agree about the three note bend as well.

heard many many players, this example is oustanding, has feel and funk and ideas and tone!

he did not even notice he uses his right rand finger style and finger picked hundreds of notes did anyone else not notice its so slick you can barely see

Max has crazy flow in his playing.

he is watching up there, someone is whispering inspirations ...

The kid is so freakin good!

A young Robert Fripp right there multiplied by 11. 😉🙂🙏✌️

Stunning, all the more so as he doesn’t look at his hand all that often !!!

Unrivaled virtuosity. OMG

He has an Yngwie level of instrument mastery.

Divine Max ima! Put that on your T SHIRT merch !

Max play like a quantum physicist his timing is just unreal .....I don't know any guitarist so gifted even among the best.

Smooth jazz music

Oh man, he really reminds me of Guthrie haha, just makes this stuff look completely effortless 🥵

Love Max's playing! I've read that he uses a thimble on the little finger of his picking hand. Ron (bumblefoot) Thal also uses that technique, so Max is in good company.

The best, & i guess is the groovest too.

Быстрые пальцы.Максим хорош!

I can't even imagine what he'll be playing in twenty years!!

His soul completely left his body and went straight into his guitar

Satriani on Crying make double bends in the same fret . Staring the frase bendig up ,then a semitone down, a semitone down, senitone up, senitone down, senitone up, semitone up and a tone down . Btw ! Bravo Max Ostro

That crazy bend thing was great. If you havent seen Chris Poland play, he is an EXPERT of that technique and uses it all throughout his playing too.

Tip top shelf for sure. 🎉

Love the arch echo shirt!! Great band

Just when we're getting our heads around the genious of Matteo, along comes this "totally cool" kid, who just knocked it outta the park. Lots to look forward to here. Thanks Jeff.

X-Games Guitar! Love that dude.

Спасибо земляк!

Great, using the Tommy Emmanuel thumb over the base E string technique as well as so many ther skills.

Very musical considering his technical virtuosity.

He comes from a planet called guitarrrr

Life is so unfear 😪

Wowwwww😱 amazing man

Clean and smoooooooth...

his mannerisms and choice of notes during the "easily" executed legato runs, remind me of Tom Quayle..

That was very good Jeff

amazing player is this guy even real

No one touches this guy he’s not human could be a bot

This is what happens when you start music or playing instrument at 9 years old.

Chris Poland, former Megadeth guitarist, uses that bend trick quite a lot

Es una máquina, cero emoción transmite.

Max Ostro ft Martín Miller........!!!

I think the knob is a blender. Blending the pickups. Max is my polar opposite. I pick everything and use legato almost not at all.

Liquidity...

EVH incarnate

With that hair, he's like the reincarnation of Mozart.

the strings seem to flow in his hands 😮

thing that stood out is his hair. he got pat metheny hair.