Some Brilliant Guthrie Govan Moments - Compilation #1 

00:00 - Purple rain solo (Hans Zimmer tour) 00:45 - Improvs on a Les Paul + ES-335 02:23 - He lives in you solo (Hans Zimmer tour) 03:16 - Pressure relief solo (The Aristocrats) 04:31 - Culture clash riff + improv 06:14 - Chromazone solo (The Fellowship)

People will argue "best" is subjective, but I genuinely believe GG is the most technically complete and proficient guitarist that has ever lived.

He is the evolution of a guitar player. He can adapt to any genre seamlessly with rhythmic perfection with feel.

Like all great players, he has never left his roots… in wizardry

People rave about his technique but what is more impressive to me is that he can just follow any chord change in any type of music and make things fit in his own way.. it’s just unbelievable

All moments are BRILLIANT with Gutrhie Govan

Never expected to see Guthrie on the same stage as Johnny Marr, awesome

One of the best players I've ever seen. His mind is what's intriguing. His approach when he explains his techniques is amazing.

I have never in my life heard something like what he does in 1:40, not in a blues solo, not anywhere by anyone. Absolutely love it, sounds like a Tchaikovsky riff in a blues solo holy bleep it's incredible and gorgeous

There are many greats, but Guthrie is the best guitarist that’s ever walked the face of the earth. The most complete. He has it all.

6:35 The way he sets up that melodic section is mind blowing

He lives in you solo has make me goosebumps

I have a ton of guitar heroes who when I watch them think they are just amazing. I hate to use the term best or greatest. When I watch Guthrie however I really feel he is the greatest guitarist of our generation. He can play forever and never play the same thing twice and it is like his technique takes a back seat to his musical intellect and creativity.

How can anyone can be so good. God bless Guthrie!

So good . Everything he plays is so tasty and alot of uniqueness. Most creative guitarist I've heard .

Unlike so many "shredders" Guthrie doesn't hide behind gobs of gain. You can actually hear his fingers interacting with the strings and the wood of the guitar with all the dynamics that entails.

3:18 Such an amazing guitarist AND he has five McDonald's stars.

The emotional faces Guthrie is pulling in purple rain, epic

Guthrie is like 'Messi' in the Electric Guitar world.

An incredible player. He's the best I've ever seen, and there are some awesome axe slingers out there....

He is Guitar's Gandalf. To all others he says. "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"

The perfect blend beetween surgical and soulful. What a monster!

Unbelievable... wow... I can describe just about anything.., but THIS...??? No way!!! HAHAHA!!! This is insanity and I am utterly amazed at everything he plays!!!

Guthrie is looking like a wizard these days.. maybe he is.. He sure is working magic on the frets.

Stupendous ! He's worth striving for !!!

some rare footage here! thanks for sharing

Guthrie is transitioning into Gandalf

mark knopfler, Johnny Marr and Guthrie Govan!! WOW!

He lives in you. That fucking killed me

2:45 What a solo Guitar

His soloing reminds me of the great Paco de Lucía, leaving style differences aside, of course. The clarity and precision while telling actually something.

Guthrie Govan = GENIUS 😊💯💯💯💯💯💯💯✌👍

Beside absolutely brilliant guitar technique in sooo many different genres & styles, Guthrie just feels music and has a sense of humour while playing

Nice. A lot of stuff I've never seen!

And he still is improving!

Guthrie could play any genre with greatness

Just wish he was in a group that played actual 10 minute long songs a la Genesis, Yes, or Crimson.The man is a savant

Hes one of my favorites. I'd love to watch him jam with PHIL KEAGGY

So in the zone all the time...beautiful player.

what makes guthrie great, imo, is he's just playful, light hearted, not self important. there's a takeaway there, hint hint , wink wink...

Thanks for putting this together. It's appreciated.

It’s hard to be super prescriptive regard the best of anything, but if someone could point me in the direction of any guitarist anywhere, alive or dead, who can transpose himself in to any song, in any genre, in any style and seamlessly integrate himself with such a range of skill, feel, and precision then I really really want hear that person play. GG is like a memory bank, a human Chat GPT of guitar players. If there’s something he can’t do I’m not sure anyone’s born witness to it, and we probably only see 5% of what he can do anyway. Absolute genuine one off total genius.

0:13 Forget Guthrie... That's Johnny Marr!

3:33, beautiful bend

At 02:45 GG has communicated so much in an 8 bar solo that many musicians failed to do in an entire song.

ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICIENT !!

only the best!

I don't know if he's the best or not....I just know he and Al Dimeola always intrigued me. I enjoy seeing them live. They both make it seem easy with speed and precision.

No 1 sting, no 7 or 13 strings, just 6 strings, 2 hands and a whammy bar. He's a players player

"he should play faster and with more melodic sense." LOL. most speed demons are technicians; govan is a true artist

There is no one better

Wot a rare collection there, Bruh! 👍💪 And, to truly describe the Guitar Player that Guthrie is -- NO WORD(s). 🤔🔥👑

O melhor da atualidade.

Great collection probably one of the best compilations on here.

GG is the best guitar player on the planet. Objectively.

There’s thousands of people who have incredible guitar techniques, Jimmy Hendrix didn’t have the best technique, but he was super original, created his own sound and was cool. Technique has nothing to do with greatness

The most complete guitarists ever

Any guitar player in the presence of Guthrie Govan must bend to him.

Prince is sometimes called a guitar hero (by fools). Especially his performance of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and the "Purple Rain" solo get singled out as particularly brilliant by his fans. And then GG comes along and outdoes both Prince and everyone else without even trying. Hell, I was surprised at how restrained his "Purple Rain" solo was here......and yet, it's light-years above what Prince was capable of. GG just shits out music like the overlord of the universe.

They put Einsteins brain in a jar, and they should probably put Guthrie's hands in a jar when he passes, for all guitar playing tourists to behold and drool over!

Messed up like Frank Zappa . Cool as hell !

2nd is Stormy Monday (I think...}

Hang on, let me try that. I'll come back when I got it down.

that nice guy played my guitar in concert for one song and signed it afterward !!! hehehe !!!

I mean obviously I wasnt there to witness this in person but. The He Lives in You solo deserved a better goddamn mixer.

Top Tier Level Musicians (Pro guitar/composer/transpositioner) 1) Top bands with talented musicians (e.g. megadeth, pantera etc) 2) Live sessionists (e.g. talent show/events/award show/talk show musicians, ) 3) Solo/Instrumental Celebrities (e.g. Kotzen, Vai, Macalpine) 4) Studio/Production/Recording/Arranger/Composer/Improviser level sessionists (e.g. Marty Friedman, Guthrie Govan) 5) Masterclass/Alien/Genius/MENSA Level (e.g. Mozart, Beethoven, Guthrie)

Man his playing has attitude!

i cant work out whether i like the shrediness in some of the places he shreds

Marty and Govan are the only guitarists that can make a blues solo interesting!

so humble and the greatest alive right now.

Guthrie Govan is bluesy now.

Nice choice of clips!

Crazy good

Amazing!

I honestly can’t believe the cameras didn’t give Guthrie a proper highlight during his solo in the first clip. That’s *the whole point* of a solo, to highlight a member of the band for a portion of the song. I mean, at least one cameraman tried to (from a bad viewpoint) but for the other guy who had a perfect view to be like “yeah, cool or whatever” almost feels insulting.

I like to play the guitar.

Paul Gilbert is versatile . he can play anything.

Guthrie looking like Gandalf.

SIMPLY UNIQUE!!!

I like that chord 😎

The more I dig into his videos, the more I realize Guthrie can pass as one of the Wrong turn hillbillies

And he hasn't even unlocked his pinky yet.

GG went gray fast!

Add more of these pliz

I did not know that Hogwarts had a music department 😳

Is that Hans Zimmer on stage in the first vid??

Amazing. Thank You for posting and time editing.What did EVH think of GG ? Anyone know ?

its a gibson les paul but when guthrie playing it sounds same with charvel

G.O.A.T.

00:43 i would not want to be the guy to go after guthrie

rock on brother!

Me: I need some inspiration. Let’s watch some Guthrie. …. Oh yeah, that’s why keep quitting… 😂

Hah! that turnaround at ~1:40!!

Wow

No one can play what Guthrie plays

Heaven opens at 5:00

What can’t he play?

goat

He's alive . Shaun Lane died too young.