250k Subscribers Shred Reveal!

[@brandonacker]

💥My new online guitar course is open! classicalguitar-pro.com Sign-up for lifetime access to this 6-hour course and start playing elegant classical music today!

[@aurora3655]

I bought one of those Steve Vai Jem guitars. They’re fun !

[@papersquares]

We know he can shred way harder than that. He was holding back because he didn't want to reveal his true power level.

[@roeland1205]

He will look at this video's results and do a metal video in the future.

[@BAVR_MAPL_]

That's gonna be for 1m

[@lovesgibson]

Facts

[@vyrva5690]

he invented the electric guitar

[@Jordfjord]

It’s over 9000.

[@JumpMasterJef]

Ancient Musician Vampire shows his angsty early years when he was just 170.

[@tweeshrew]

317*

[@gamejunk2707]

*617

[@sameris6581]

*2017

[@HarvestMoon2049]

💖🖤💀

[@mrboberson7424]

This is like seeing your preschool teacher at the bar.

[@ZaneDalton]

😂

[@calebgonzalez5850]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[@programmiererin]

EXACTLY OMG!!! 😭😂😂✌🏻

[@benmoran6642]

And they can down a pint faster than you

[@conanseibel4464]

I saw my 5th grade teacher at a Tool concert, she was in her 60’s.🤯

[@mameng666]

That was the classiest tapping hand i have ever seen.

[@kristianmarinov3439]

There's no way a classical guitarist that used to play metal is not a shredgod

[@andrewlevistermma]

Exactly. Brandon is going to become Randy rhoads in 30 seconds.

[@vyrva5690]

honestly he likely made the electric guitar

[@venrakdrake]

@@vyrva5690 He was a mentor for Les Paul back when he was growing up.

[@pasfaishalhaniq]

I second this

[@pasfaishalhaniq]

@@venrakdrake lol

[@liszt-genshinimpact5284]

I never thought, this day would come.

[@LuGolovina]

Same thing😄

[@oldleatherstocking3185]

I knew this day would come.

[@jsan2548]

This day came. I came. All’s well.

[@bellchattin]

Y comma there

[@BobJones-bh9qz]

I, also never, thought, this day would, come

[@malcelinho]

I'm laughing at the ideia of Brandon, who emanates that calm and peaceful energy, playing the most dark and brutal metal riffs - and thinking that it is awesome

[@VitorEmanuelOliver]

But hold on, it IS awesome 😎

[@TheDiamondBladeHD]

A lot of metalheads are that

[@nicolao.dos.santos]

@@TheDiamondBladeHD true! isn't there a meme: "if the guitarist looks like this, you are going to die in the pit!" ? xD

[@morpheus2270]

we did it boys, brandon made it to the modern age, next he will play stringed instruments that aren't even conceptualized yet.

[@solarflare4345]

Actually wait there’s an idea here. With all his experience, I’m sure he has some ideas. Mabye he could collab with someone, design an instrument and someone makes it?

[@chorals4856]

So guys we did it?

[@bananatorpedo275]

I’d love to see him do a sick solo on the poöuetzēnnvaghuge (an instrument from the 3070s)

[@Kriegter]

oh the nuclear guitar

[@baronhelmut2701]

Bruv brandon was a rockstar before you could pull up your pants on your own. My boi started where you wanted him to go next.

[@shetwizard]

petition for Brandon to be in the worlds biggest shred collab 4

[@nou552]

Absolutely

[@Niccks]

Cool idea 💡

[@jdaniel60]

Totally agree with you

[@replicated]

Yes!

[@dr.jekyllproject7172]

Totally!

[@trebmaster]

WHEN IS DJENT REVEAL???

[@sahamal_savu]

Yes, but it must be played on the Theorbo 😂😂

[@themorrigan1312]

@@sahamal_savu YES!! THEORBO DJENT!!!!!

[@TonyDX4Life]

The real question

[@juliabazanska]

BAMBUKAH

[@wenjacklow]

I want a djent reveal

[@aniqanuar6320]

did not expect the classical guitar god to own a Kirk Hammett signature in the past

[@jamespolivka7756]

He owns it in the present.

[@aerobolt256]

You heard the Fight Fire and Battery?

[@saadesigner07]

"I'm gonna TRY to shred for you" Brandon's got jokes. EDIT: for 1,000,000 I want to request a metal cover with Rob Scallon.

[@bobby9655]

i want it now

[@zukacs]

subbed

[@litgeeksquadofficial]

Yeee

[@hamasathecold7842]

Yes

[@HonorableYousaf]

When Classical Guitarist uses 1% percent of his shredgod power . The World Explodes.

[@coquio]

Watching you talk about that ESP like you talk about all the historic instruments you feature on this channel has been the highlight of my day.

[@yusufylmaz6417]

Even when he's playing electro guitar, his posture is great and completely better than mine. Dude!

[@Cosmic...Voyager...1.618]

Head over chest Chest over hips

[@Xx_BoogieBomber_xX]

@@Cosmic...Voyager...1.618 words to live by

[@Montcalf091]

It's all about maximising the efficiency of movement. Best effect for minimal effort!

[@kaushikbhattacharya597]

He needs to do a full version of Van Halen's Eruption, that was just about perfect

[@hannahjohnson4582]

You can say THAT again!!

[@phobosmoon4643]

Very good eruption it’s funny because you could tell he wanted to use more advanced techniques and was holding himself back through the whole passage hahaha.

[@lelaarneson3147]

I know why you are popular! You are gracious and a wonderful instructor! Not to mention an excellent musician!

[@brandonacker]

Very kind of you!

[@datw_6373]

Brandon: "I'm gonna TRY to shred for you, and we're gonna see what happens..." Also Brandon: *Starts to play like a literal god*

[@davidlindquist1499]

A lot of people have extremely low standards for what god tier electric playing is. I know this is old, but check out John Petrucci, Jason Richardson, Steve Vai, Guthrie Govan, Paul Gilbert, Tosin Abasi, etc etc. If you think this is challenging those guys will blow your mind

[@progfox]

@@davidlindquist1499 ron jarzombek

[@zaidanp7258]

@@davidlindquist1499 He is classical guitarist, what did you expect. I bet guys you mentioned can't play Classical Repertoire, (not to be mean too, guys like Paul Gilbert and Govan are my god) im just saying that people have different playing styles.

[@davidlindquist1499]

@@zaidanp7258 all I'm saying is that this isn't particularly impressive when people are treating it as if he's just played Altitudes. I'm sure he can do classical guitar playing better than the guys I mentioned, but he isn't doing that here, he's "shredding" and it is clearly outside of his skill set. Yet, comments like the one I replied to are acting like he's playing like "a literal God" thus, they have low standards for electric playing.

[@user-vr3ex1fj7c]

​@@zaidanp7258 I mean, petrucci and other members from DT come from Berklee. Also Tosin said that he had to make himself study classical guitar, he had a lot of influence from his bandmate Javier Reyes, who was a classical guitarrist in the first place. For archiving a level like those guys in technique, i think it's in some point necessary to take some influences from academic music.

[@joojooisoo]

"Oh hey this sounds Van Halen-y, it'd be super cool to see him play Eruption.. ... Nah he probably either hasn't played it in a decade or never learned it before his full switch to classical.." ... 30 seconds later... "Try" to shred my ass. Damnit Brandon.

[@g2p2k]

this comment makes me laugh every time. Don't ask me why, because I don't know.

[@argonwheatbelly637]

I remember when Randy was being interviewed, and he discussed some of his musical theory, but the audience didn't understand, so he said, "It sounded cool," and they all said, "Yeah!!!" He wanted to pursue classical. You have realized many a shredder's dream: To live in multiple worlds. God bless!!! You are quite the muse.

[@anuvette]

who is randy

[@argonwheatbelly637]

@@anuvette : Rhoads.

[@Azulon66]

I think you are one of the greatest "teachers" that I've found on youtube. I don't reeally speak english, but I can understand every word you say without putting on the subtitles or something like that. Also, your content is pretty interesting. Thank your for your effort and please keep it going. Greetings from Chile

[@etherealfuegooscuro491]

X2

[@thedangerzone9399]

Yngwie: No one is better shredder then i'm. Brandon: Hold my lute.

[@christopher-miles]

Lol

[@noahmcchicken1228]

Hold my therobo

[@sigitprabowo363]

hold my oud

[@jamesl.9776]

hold my footstool *

[@dalelawrence85]

🤣🤣🤣

[@starfightergrig]

He can definitely shred harder, but he's far too humble to show off!

[@Iheartdgd]

Congratulations Brandon, you beautiful Vampire, You!! You’ve come so far over the past year, I still remember coming here after seeing you with Scallon with your crazy Theorbo demo , and you had maybe a few thousand subs? Maybe 10k? _maybe_ Either way you have shown us so many great performances and given us some amazing information over these past months. Am absolutely looking forward to what’s to come! Thank you Brandon, and congratulations.

[@jadyassine8484]

*after melting our faces* “Well that was fun!” 😌

[@jeansonne100]

Damn, that was an expertly done camera shot when you started eruption. I felt like I was watching a Coppola film.

[@leiladekwatro3147]

When your kooky old dad brings out his old electric guitar and shows you how he got your mother

[@sherlock6848]

Man you did did it, huge congratulations. Believe me your channel will grow. Its different, you have a class and its different than other youtubers. The shredding was awesome. Cheers we wanna see more of you playing electric guitar. Keep doing whatever you love, we support you. 🎸on 🔥

[@misipikler7844]

Hell yeah 😊 Hey Brandon, I'm studying classical guitar, but I'm more of a metalhead, and I'm not that familiar with the mindset of the musical periods. Could you please make a series, where you explain these eras, and how to play renaissance/baroque/etc pieces?

[@Cr3pit0]

I like this Idea.

[@hannahjohnson4582]

@@Cr3pit0 Yes! "Music History with Brandon Acker"

[@johntinger]

Dude you're the best! 😁 It is just so strange, rather unique seeing you blast away on the electric after watching your amazing classical performances!

[@Werede]

God, that background song is so beautiful. Bachs aria will always be one of the most beautiful pieces ever written

[@maggiepie8810]

The most exciting part about hearing you, as a classical guitarist, play metal is how good the tone that comes out of your fingers is.

[@szabib8048]

Found you and your channel via Rob Scallon when you did some collab. Ever since I've been amazed by your skill and the instruments you play, yet for some reason I forgot to sub before. Glad I did it before the 250k milestone, though. But, it's just a number. And YT is a cruel mistress. Nevertheless, may you find as much success and gratification on this platform as you do by plucking all those things in your daily life! Looking forward to your future content!

[@andreasvandieaarde]

You took the meaning of "looks can be deceiving" to another level. Love it.

[@emariaenterprises]

I came in after this was posted... so now there are more than that.... Good job hooking up with Rob.

[@Sphereal]

I like how he applies the classical approach to digitation and the result is amazingly clean playing.

[@benjefferson]

3:15 - 3:28 I love how he puts classical music in the background after playing van halen

[@navigator8222]

I’ve never liked a video before it started before. Good job. You got me.

[@Knotaro_bot]

congratulations on 250K!

[@alexkarasz6186]

Even Bob Dylan knew you needed to plug in every once in a while to banish the demons. Rock On!!

[@eoers7146]

Just when I was thinking "Brandon should pull an "Eruption" " ... you did it. So cool. Now the same Eruption on your theorbo, please sir!

[@petrosliakopoulos101]

Goldberg Variations aria in the background. Beautiful

[@marshie1337]

looking forward to the future. you rule man

[@PolloMaster6969]

"I am gonna try to shred with this guitar" 10 seconds later my face is melted

[@tboylen1]

It is great that you started making a shredding face as soon as you started playing.

[@jonathanmellqvist2]

YES!! I KNEW IT!! I knew you could shred! But why on earth did you make it so short!! MOOORE!! MORE SHREDDEDGE!

[@Spermwhales93]

Now it's time for you to form an epic progressive metal band where you use all your classical guitar skills and all your historical instruments.

[@mer1red]

As far as the right hand concerns, shredding consists of: fast alternate picking, sweep-picking (mainly arpeggio's), finger tapping and whammy bar use. I'm missing the first two, which are the most interesting for general use, also in other styles. Maybe the other half of the story at 300k subscribers?

[@sahamal_savu]

Must have some pinch harmonics as well ;)

[@Veektohr]

I remember playing one of those guitars when I was 15 at a shop in Hollywood. I think the Mesa/Boogie shop was across the street. Heaven.

[@trymem8]

That was insane ! Then straight into the classic backing music 🥹

[@ariansadeghi8158]

I am not used to see this guy with a electric guitar! 😂😂🔥🔥

[@kristiankumpumaki8701]

Best YT channel ever

[@AS34N]

Ahhhhhhhh, I couldn't contain my excitement. I've been wondering about this since I first watched you play. Keep up the great work brotha. Youre truly an inspiration for this percussionist making his transition into the string world. A thousand times over, thank you

[@crownkujur2936]

After watching so many videos of yours, I realised you're talented, experienced and more than that I think you're great teacher...

[@thefeeblesheep]

The smile at the end was perfect. Thank you.

[@wadeknight9202]

Brandon man !! That’s awesome

[@ariedevs]

500k: Shredding on electrical triangle.

[@SomethingImpromptu]

Lmao. You seem like the most good-natured person. As a fellow good-natured person, I respect & appreciate that about you. But the cut from grinding metal distortion immediately back to your soft-spoken, dulcet Bob Ross-esque cadence was too much. So funny. You rock. Great video as always. It’s so awesome to know your electric guitar has skull & cross-bone inlays. I wonder if there’s a Chomsky-esque black flag edge behind the classy, academic aesthetic. You do play Spanish Romantic music. Spain is known for its anarchist revolution. Chomsky was massively inspired by & wrote/spoke extensively about the anarchist Spanish Revolution. 🤔 I think I’m onto something. You do kind of look like you could’ve been pals with young Chomsky. Or Orwell, for that matter. Wait… Orwell wrote Homage to Catalonia. 🤯

[@Incog2k6]

"I have so many new video ideas" basically translates to "You mere mortals have only seen 1 percent of my true shredding powers".

[@matthewarant7491]

I was not expecting that. Well done 😄

[@jaredcherry7593]

Discovered you through Rob, and just want to say you're knowledge and way of explaining guitar is absolutely amazing. I really enjoy your content. Congratulations! More subs to come

[@Rassalcon]

if you ever add Koto to your music school i'm very interested

[@kodedude]

Just so you know... I've never watched one of your videos before. Amazing. Subbed.

[@michaelc5373]

That might have been the cleanest performance of eruption I've ever heard

[@TheRmoroni]

CLASSICAL PURISTS JUST CHOKED ON THEIR TEA AND CRUMPETS!

[@crispydog4832]

Damn, I really wished you would've delved into your metal past, talked about why you stopped playing electric altogether. Still cool tho

[@e-money5851]

Cause metal sucks and it’s for 12 yr olds...there

[@extratroppo437]

@@e-money5851 I'm not sure I fully agree with this, but it still made me laugh

[@CosmicHarmony58]

@@e-money5851 That's how usually people act when they're not good. You'll be good one day, chum 👍🏼

[@thagreatadante]

@@e-money5851 Opeth ... for 12 year olds ?

[@Oakiyox]

That "God, I missed that" smile while shredding was priceless :)

[@PentaVoltz]

As i was hearing this, i could see a dark vampiric shadow essence growing behind his back

[@Schmidty030]

Brandon: -The Kirk Hammet of bards in medieval times. -The Kirk Hammet of Kirk Hammets in 2020.

[@nyctilia]

This has been a while but I would absolutely love to see more of that! My boyfriend is a very skilled electric guitar player and I’ve learned classical guitar (haven’t played in a long while, slowly trying to get back) and it’s quite inspiring to see the skills combined 😊

[@allyourbasearebelongtous2191]

Great job man. Really great job. So glad I found this channel. I love how relaxed you are and that you aren't spastic. Was awesome seeing you play electric. You should play around with some transposition stuff. Play something the way it is supposed to be played on the proper historical instrument then maybe throw it over on something new just to flex you know. It would be a good way to collaborate and get even more people aware of what you do. I would like to see you and Charles Bertroud (I think I spelled that correctly) collab on something. He uses his theory knowledge on his bass like no one else. Though he does do a meme-y video every now and then. Granted that is just getting the algorithm into you. Either way, glad you've stuck with it Brandon.

[@tommylight1312]

I actually screamed when you started playing EVH! This video makes me immensely happy 😊

[@carolyncolinhogarth8732]

Thank you Brandon Ackers....you are wonderful....

[@phunkeelove1]

WHEN A SHRED GOD MASTER ONLY USES 1% of HIS POWER

[@chrisdavidson8525]

Tremendous! Congrats on 250K

[@Oatmeal_Mann]

Well, I subscribed after Rob Scallon's video with your theorbo in it and I'll be here as long as you're still making videos

[@johngaitan6453]

Amazing classical guitarist who can also shred. Got my sub!

[@edeledeledel5490]

I love the idea of a brilliant classical guitarist shredding, let alone tapping...

[@WILLYBREATH_v]

Ah life is complete now bye guys off for the big sleep now

[@mickjackson5680]

So… you’re telling me, a classical guitarist is more metal than most metal guitarists out there

[@teoguitar3961]

Congrats for this milestone ! And thank you for the all the knowledge and emotions you share with us !

[@troutwithfingers]

i feel such joy seeing him touch something that doesnt have nylon strings

[@mjallenuk]

I didn't know you had it in you. Hugely entertaining! Thank you for sharing.

[@happyhoneybigbear]

That was fantastic, Brandon! Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS on hitting a quarter of a million subs!! Wow, BRAVO!

[@ariashellington1962]

"I just dusted the cobwebs off of this because it's been so long since I've played" 1 minute later: *riffs on Van Halen's Eruption solo, Vivaldi's "Four Seasons", Moonlight Sonata, "Tocatta and Fuge," and Beethoven's 5th in a perfectly executed tapping mash up*

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

The Electric Guitar is easier to play than an Acoustic because the strings are lighter gauge, lower action, etc they're fantastic for everyone, beginner to expert.

[@sahamal_savu]

Unless you downtune and use really heavy gauge strings like I do. Also having a heavy picking hand means I need higher action :D It's actually easier on my hands to play my acoustic ;)

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@sahamal_savu Electric Guitars are physically easier to start with cause with Lighter gauge strings it's simpler.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@sahamal_savu One of my Acoustic Guitars has an extended Scale Length of 27.5 inches so it's strung w/ Magma 9-46 Gauge Ultra-Light Strings.

[@AkashDeyadey]

Ah, that sounds like PERFECTION to me

[@sleepcity]

Goof grief, man! So inspiring and fun. So happy I discovered your channel (through your blindfolded comparison videos).

[@pacificcoastpiper3949]

BRANDON, PLEASE do this more often 😭😭😭😭

[@JamesGaoist]

Rob Scallon showed how talented you are. You playing is really good.

[@SmitModi]

Loved ur lovely smile sir..!! ❤️

[@niamaru2]

I dont think I ever heard Eruption being played so cleanly before thats nuts!

[@scraps7624]

Congratulations! Now we need a classical+shred medley for the 500k

[@echa9446]

JAW DROPPED. that was all i had watching this

[@Supertimegamingify]

You really did it!

[@BlakeNix]

This channel is so fun. I love all the info but this is great. Good on you, dude.

[@fcsolis]

That was you at 17. Hair metal. Awesome.

[@SoundWalaMaster]

Congratulations

[@ivyssauro123]

That was a very nice Malmsteen/Blackmoore esque solo haha