you can't improvise and shred at the same time 

Don't you love it !

Great observation!! Guthrie’s playing seems to be greatly influenced by sax players, he’s even mentioned it in a video.

​@@filipvelkov6829 I remember Allan Holdsworth mentioning his sax influence as well. I guess this is a thing among fusion players.

Its a thing among really great guitar soloists for sure, its also a kind of ouroboros as i believe charlie parker said he wanred to make his sax “sound like charlie christians guitar”.

Many guitarists do.

@@gazza1252 Personally I don't think he's on the same level as Robert Fripp or Adrian Belew but he's close.

​@@goon-705I believe that, in a certain way, it's just a case of preference. Especially when the artists have accumulated their unique development and thoughtful style. In my case, I choose Howe, Holdsworth, and Govan.

Improve is taste and taste is subjective, meaning there is no best. Only your favorite.

@@gazza1252 I would rate many above him, but he is amazing no doubt. He couldn't do what Tommy Emanual does, or Pat Martino, Mancuso, and he can't touch Joe Pass, not even close. But he us an amazing virtuoso. One of the best.

@@gazza1252 I would not put them in the same category as Govan, but they are good.

yeahh!! and it's a bunch of guitar techniques at once

Oh it’s his fluent improvisations over these chords for me

I got retired from Bb13sus4/A.

Chord jumpscare

In order for it to look less intense, think of it as a Bb major 7th chord in third inversion, and the extensions are there for colour

Idk to my ears it's one of those "please don't name this chord" chords, it's a passing chord that probably just represents good voice leading in both hands and it happens to spell something abhorrent The notes he's playing over that chord are mostly F minor pentatonic really, I think the most big-brained thing he did was to not think about that chord and just play a good line

What projects did he work on with Zimmer? Personally I’m not sure there is a more complete guitar player today; Guthrie is ultimate as far as stats go.

@@ShermanKyle he's been Zimmer's main live guitarist for at least 5 years now, he also contributed to Dune, but I'm not sure about his other movies.

And the concert with Dizzee Rascal.

He's technically insane but his own work, when not guided by the vision of his (compositional) superiors, is boring to listen to. He's fantastic with Steven Wilson (because he's only a part of the whole) and unbearable with the Aristocrats (because the focus is entirely on him).

@@karlpoppinsnah, he makes some of the most fun jazz fusion. It’s not a composed genre so of course it won’t have the same appeal

1:03 as well love it

Was he? 😯 Didn’t know. That soundtrack is so great.

It’s a Larry Carlton style backing track! Maybe search up the works of Larry Carlton

Jazz fusion.

ohh it does actually sound quite similar haha

the days when my mother was there vibe

Comment things that aren't just a carbon copy of someone else's comment from 2 days ago, you clown

He doesn't drink beer. Unicorn blood only

@@Galova XD

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@@mike5177 thanks for correcting!!

Mattheo Mancuso?

@@ChristianBungert He’s great, but I can’t put him on the same level, honestly. Not when it comes to how GG just transforms into whatever situation he’s in, and sounds perfect everytime.

Yeah I mean he certainly did a run without camera, to see roughly what to play. You'd have to memorize the chords before you can improvise like this, and to memorize them you need to hear it. So why not also play over it. Doesn't detract from the value of it

It is an improvisation. If you're familiar with the chord progression and have a decent knowledge of scales/modes/etc you'd be able to improvise and ofc, with years of experience you'd be able to go as far as 32nd notes cleanly like guthrie. Not sure if this is a one-take video but it isn't unlikely that it's improvised

@@bleuorb Certainly, but people seem to think Guthrie just pulled this from his ass on first listen, without any preparation or familiriazing himself with the music that's going to come. That's not how improvisation works, you'd have to know the chords first. Especially at these speeds would be better to know them by heart. Or it's a familiar progression he has played before or something very similar (which is my guess) and thus has some general ideas on what would work over it

​​@@shredd5705 Honestly I'm confident he didn't have that much time to prepare, his vocabulary is out of this world. Of course he knows the progression beforehand and maybe played around with it and listened to it first, but overrall he mostly did pull that out of thin air. He's at that level, this is why he's considered one of the greatest.

It reminds me of the session player tones you'd hear in commercials or muzak or video games in the 90s, nostalgic for sure

it sounds Japanese. I don't know exactly why or how, but it does

@@Muzikman127 You're abolutely right. I also can't put my finger on it why it does, but it definitely does...

@@jonirischx8925 I think it may be more because of what he's playing. Japanese music tends to use extended chords a lot more than western music and western music which uses extended chords typically doesnt feature distorted guitar. The combination of distorted guitar+7th chords is common in J-rock, which is also what is being used here so it bears a resemblance. Well at least that's my theory as to why

@@GypsumGeneration To me it reminds me of a Guitar tone you¿d find in a Gran Turismo Soundtrack you know?

What pizza takes 45 minutes? 😂 😉

@@nickgreen4731 A really, really big one.

it's a historical thing, from when guitars has 5 strings

Most likely the ones implied, maybe a mix of both.