I'm not a musician but here is a list of things I think I heard in this solo. 😊 1. djenty space tapping & ambient stuff 2. Classic Disney forest background music 3. A whole Orchestra without the percussion 4. Outstanding use of delay 5. Some neo classical stuff 6. Amazing grace on bagpipes
Hey Phil, I watched this video when I was about 5 years old. I'm 16 now and I don't think I could've asked for a better inspiration to start a career. Thank you for posting this back in 08'.
Mentioned the ebow to our lead singer to remedy some synth sounds he wanted me to try and reproduce for the record. I've been playing about 25 years, but never used an ebow. Started doing some research this video included, and I think I'm gonna order one. This sounds, or at least the way Phil plays it to be the answer to our delimma. Awesome sounds. Worth looking deeper into.
Well.. If ever there was a perfect ad for selling the ebow to a would be buyer..this is it !! If that don't inspire you..nothing will !! What a talent and what a beautiful piece of music. Super job Phil
One of the most innovative guitar players I know of. Very diverse in his music. Me thinks he is a top 10 greatest guitar player ever. There are faster shredders, but musically, this guy is all around fantastic.
@nilo260578 No, it vibrates the strings using a magnetic field, to varying intensities, depending on how close you get it to the string. So, it can do infinite sustain, as well as some very unique attack sounds when he actually strikes the string with it. Watch how he moves it not only closer/farther from the strings, but also closer/farther from the pickup. His expressiveness with this device is nothing short of amazing.
Phils guitar playing is unlike anything i have ever hears before,i am totally amazed and in awe, if i could play as half as good as he i would be a very happy man..
I've never heard the E-Bow played so well in all the you tube videos! I've listened to them all.... You sir are the best qualified to represent this instrument......
In the '80's I heard Phil play in person in the DFW area, and I was completely blown away by his ability to make the guitar sound like bagpipes. In this video at one point he does that.
I almost quit playing guitar when I first saw you play back in 1982... after I was over the shock, you became an inspiration. (also in your faith) Thanks...
I heard him once live in Concert. He was incredible. He can do almost anything on his guitar. He is like an Orchestra by himself. Once at a concert he sang part of "I'll get by with a little help from my Friends", The Beatles song. He sounded just like Paul McCartney, maybe better. Thanks Phil. Your the best. Benson
WOW! What a sound!!! I also have fingers missing but still use my thumb and what is left of my forefinger This guy has inspired me to keep on playing although I have played guitar ever since I was 16 years old that just goes to show what a man that is determined can do with music. More power to him and those that try. God bless him. :)
Remember Django Reinhardt? He lost the use of the ring and pinky fingers on his left hand. He made all that amazing jazz with just two working fingers on his fretting hand.
I forgot just how good of guitar player Phil is...Jaw dropping, so melodic, like an orchestra was playing along. I must listen to this again....OK just one more more time.
See him live. Just him, an acoustic guitar, and a looper. You'll sit there in slack jawed amazement and the end of it all wonder where the last two hours went. :D He is one of the most over-the-top talented performers, and one of the nicest, most humble people, you'll ever meet.
This is really awesome. Before this, I'd only ever heard an e-bow used to sustain notes and make for this really smooth legato sound. I was surprised to hear the guitar make this violin-esque sound, but then I put two and two together and realized an e-bow is a reference to the kind of bow a violin uses. I wish I'd heard it being used in this way before. It's become much more appealing to me just within this video.
He is so amazing. I've been a fan since the mid 70's and cannot get enough of his truly unique and amazing guitar work. I've been going through all his videos posted on Utube and WOW!
God took Phil's middle finger so that he couldn't curse and he became pure of heart. Now he has been blessed by Christ Jesus to play beyond most guitarist's imaginations. His axe shines a light to heaven and his notes inspire the angels to worship.
@@pixeldawg Have you ever read The Bible? "God" is absolutely barbaric at times. Decimating entire populations of people including children, demanding animal and human sacrifices, etc.
This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen! Phil is truly one of the very best! Flat out, smokin' monster player, bravo! Been listening to him since mid '70s, a pioneer.
FYI: Phil is actually one of the greatest fingerstyle players alive. I'm not kidding! In 1995, Keaggy was voted by Guitar Player Magazine readers as the #2 Best Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitarist.
It's very nice chord choice and great use of hammer ons to chords. He's an inspired guitarist with whose clearly inspired a great deal by his faith. We all should be inspired by him.
Yes, he had an accident when he was young. In spite of the missing finger, he's still one of the most amazing guitarists in the world. And yes, the Amazing Grace part sounds just like scottish bagpipes!
He modded that SA-2000 to make the pinky trick easier - swapped the locations of the neck pickup volume and the pickup selector switch. Gets that volume control up to where he can reach it.
I tried that and my ebow just won't do that. I have to have it a gnats ass on top of ONE of the strings. Any ideas? BTW, I recently learned that ebow's don't work well with brass and bronze strings as they're not very magnetic.
This has got to be the most amazing guitar work I've ever heard. Listen to how beautiful those chords are... So amazing. This composition is so diverse and is really creepy at the one part and really peacefully beautiful in others. Definitely gifted by God. Thanks for this video.
You've got to see Phil live some day. He's a loop machine and delay master! The bagpipe sound you hear is him using the E-Bow with a looped power chord of sorts and then he solos over it. The organ sound is made by him rolling his volume via his pinky or by a volume pedal, he uses both in this video. He just sets the E-Bow down while he does it, no amplifier trickery there =)
He used the E-Bow in Glasgow, Scotland (where I was living at the time as an American) back in the mid-80's to make a bagpipe sound. As usual, he was awesome.
If you haven't seen... This guy is amazing. I have watched him for a long time. The guitar is not enough..... I find it hard enough to understand the guitar. He does amazing things with different tunings. Boggles my mind. See his video "Acoustic Guitar Style. Killer... Another guy who is Amazing!! And I don't use that term lightly is Willy Porter. Check him out.
