6 Weird And Unusual Ways To Play Guitar

[@DavidNwokoye]

7:55 That's what I was thinking. That or Through the Fire and flames.

[@kingj5377]

Misirlou

[@liem-uw1xi]

David Nwokoye Why am i see you everywhere?

[@adrboe3027]

The coin isn't a worthless guitar pick, its worth 5 pence

[@nomore570]

I use a coin all the time

[@LMAO-sp7de]

big daddy steamed ham really

[@nomore570]

@@LMAO-sp7de yeah

[@jack-uv6mt]

You can also use it like an E-Bow, creates a rly cool sound, radiohead did this in House Of Cards.

[@puneethvenkatrao987]

If you cant play like Joe from Gojira, just use the drill. Makes things easier.

[@Mickocarbomb]

I mean, it ain't difficult to play like joe. Just practice till you've got it. Like oroborus, that's easy for me but that's cause I've practiced tapping a lot. Practice is how you get to being perfect.

[@puneethvenkatrao987]

@@Mickocarbomb he himself has said that he finds a certain part of the song to be difficult while trying to simultaneously to both sing and play.

[@iau]

_It ain't difficult, just practice till you got it_ Um, yeah I mean you could say that about anything. That doesn't make it "easy". "Just practice till you got it", that could be months or years of hard work.

[@rhysarcher4613]

Ye I think your seriously underestimating Joe's skill as a player, Gojira is super rhythm based, every band members timing is perfect especially mario, and Joe not only has to keep that perfect time on top of the pick rakes, harmonics, tapping but he also has to sing, also has fantastic guitar tone, one of my favourite producers

[@zvjatouslawinc.7098]

Paul Gilbert

[@BoyAditya]

Black metal with drill video! Make it happen!

[@timothymckane6362]

No more carpal tunnel on your wrists guarantee!

[@Abreimann]

Early black metal albums were the sound of the drill itself.

[@peteplaysmusic]

Thanks for watching everybody! Are there any weird ways of playing guitar that I missed and you think I should try? :)

[@trebmaster]

All the Michael Angelo Batio antics that just look goofy, but he thinks he looks cool. Marty Friedman's bent wrist picking style. Setting your guitar on fire mid-song.

[@kt6684]

Does your job have good dental? You missed out playing with your teeth.

[@eddyguizonde401]

i've always been partial to screaming through your pickups.

[@pearljaime2]

Ohhh, man. Was that becoming with the timble? You should scratch the strings with drumsticks. It actually sounds like an opera female singer.

[@jasoncrabb4125]

I have used a pinky ring to do some slide work... or you could pull a Murderface & play with your 8===>

[@kylekemper4217]

Is that what every guitarist thinks of when they heard the drill bc that’s immediately what I thought of as well.

[@DarthWinterMadness]

When he approached the drill on the guitar, I thought he would immediately play the Misirlou, but he didn't... I was disappointed. Until he played it, with the full metal backing track! 🤘 I guess you're right, to a lot of people tremollo picking = Misirlou. Cheers from France mate! 🍻

[@claudeman]

When he was about to try to open the beer in the hole of the guitar I literally said "No dude!" 😂

[@UncleRJ]

In regarding to the bow, ask the band Sigur Rós. They use a bow on guitar extensively.

[@kingnary9th688]

He should definetely check out Sigur Rós

[@KazeMemaryu]

You playing the riff from Stone Cold Crazy made me so unbelievably happy! Thank you, Pete!

[@zigazorin8893]

Why didnt u use clean tone w bow🤦‍♂️

[@butwhy9796]

he was using fluff's clean tone

[@johnyang799]

@@butwhy9796 fucking lord

[@moritzunnerstall3992]

Maybe because of the sustain you have while distorted Not sure though

[@MarktheAirsoftPrimate]

It sounds better with distortion, not as great clean

[@SZebS]

@@moritzunnerstall3992 dude a bow gives you literally INFINITE sustain

[@Rex133TV]

I was honestly expecting a "black metal made easy" kinda' joke with the drill, but that Misirlou cover was on point!

[@lorrainefire6024]

I love his reaction to the bow😄

[@ScienceofLoud]

It's never too early for a Fusilier!

[@themarsquatch420]

6:52 is...is that an out of tune intro to Surfacing by Slipknot?

[@levischorpioen]

Yup!

[@Jakob_W3Ch4rg3_]

Before that, I think he played Becoming by Pantera.

[@andrewpappas9311]

That rendition of Misirlou at the end sounded awesome with the drill, that riff is so good

[@Nenkanuko69]

I love your reaction to some of the ways to play guitar. It's so natural!

[@Elagabalus711]

6:50 Running out of ways to SEW!! I can't cross, I cant run, Over and over, under the cloth Hope my pillow turns out soft Stitch it all! stitch this World!

[@TheHumanEwok]

I've had the honour of playing with bumblefoot and his playing blew me away. He's also a super friendly awesome guy

[@davedelirious2180]

Way too early to be drinking beer *immediately takes another drink* Edit: Thanks for the likes holy mackerel

[@guitarguru210]

well you cant waste it!

[@EnvisionedBlindness]

Dude it is 11 am in Arizona and I'm lit as fuck right now, no shame bud. No shame

[@Fizz-Pop]

Time is a funny thing. If you saw someone drunk at 10AM you would say derogatory things. But remember. Some people work nights. Getting pissed in the AM is just their PM. Also, if you aint got work it is never too early. You just gotta remember the longer you drink, the worse tomorrow is gonna feel.

[@Karlgolden]

Epic 🤘😂🎸🎻

[@DavidNwokoye]

This is the third time I've seen your comments today.

[@Karlgolden]

David Nwokoye seems me have the same taste in music my friend 👊

[@gregmerritt9366]

A metal version of Miserlou alone is worth a video, much less the new ways of guitar abuse for me to test out. Thank you very much, good sir.

[@lordinvex1406]

You can’t play Wipeout faster than the original.... Pete: Get me a drill. Oh yeah, and hold my beer

[@ayelmao1224]

That’s Miserlou, my dude

[@timothymckane6362]

0:58 That's the face when you're metal enough to use a violin bow.

[@descendinguniverse]

I also tried to play with drill but without picks and strings, just using pickups magnetic field, not very musical, but fun enough

[@heatvision186]

"Drillinger Escape Plan"- Mark Holcomb 2015

[@ThordioDan]

How do you get everything to sound so good? 😩 I can barely get my air guitar to sound good

[@Fizz-Pop]

You need some air-nipples. They bleed the air in just the right way.

[@jery3385]

@@Fizz-Pop *nipple tone*

[@chrisspeight1473]

Old video, doubt you'll read this, but I have an interesting thought about that drill... So you've got 4 picks in an X shape on the end of that thing. That produces a really consistent 4/4 rhythm, but what if you played around with the spacing? Like, naturally if you added 4 more picks, one in each gap, you'd double your pick speed, but what if you used different configurations? Remove one of the original 4 and now you have perfect 4/4 triplets. What if you off-centred one pick to make a different rhythm? Could you produce something that would actually be appreciably different at such speeds? Would love to hear your thoughts on that Pete. Crackin' video.

[@Damqq]

Guitar played as a piano is great IMHO

[@CookDeadCows221]

Loved the becoming and surfacing

[@Josh_Sweet]

7:07 sounds like sounds straight out of the Clangers

[@MCxJAKE]

Royal by My Epic uses a bow in the intro for one of the guitars and it creates such a cool space for the rest of the instruments to go over

[@heylookitsn0ah]

I LOVE YOUR NEW STUDIO!!! ❤️

[@StuntcatTV]

That drill sounded like a ring modulator. :) Happy Bow Works face is awesome 😄😄😄

[@killslay]

For great use of the bow on a guitar see the band Pelican.

[@wtglb]

Excellent! Go look at some of Sigur Ros's live videos, Jonsi uses the bow almost exclusively, he gets some otherworldly sounds with it!

[@ghosterdude]

no.7: use the magnetic field from the motor of a drill or a hair trimmer. the trimmer is quieter if you take off the moving blades. keep it above a pickup and play with effects. only really makes one note.

[@sycua42]

Compressed air, my dude

[@RDanteish]

Your face of happiness is amazing!!!!!!

[@svartsjokolade]

Saw a video of Bumblefoot (with Sons of Apollo) recently, playing Comfortably Numb with a double neck behind his back. That's quite a workout!

[@VestigeX3]

7:05 damn, new rings of saturn slaps

[@CirilZupan]

That drilled Harley Benton looks beautiful!!

[@gus26_77]

Loved the riffage! Cheers, mate!

[@MarktheAirsoftPrimate]

Playing the drill noise through the pickups, Eddie Van Halen one Pound Cake. Toy laser gun, Steve Stevens

[@Jorzef2]

Nice cheeky Slipknot intro there

[@BozKiller]

your face at 1:12 :D :D :D priceless ... like the discovery of light!!!

[@mcswordfish]

Two tips for playing behind your head - play a solo around the 12rh fret that doesn't move up and down the fretboard (think Hey Joe) , and use a guitar with a Strat-style trem so you can hook your right-pinky round the trem-arm at the bridge to help lift and hold the damn thing. The things you learn from the Church of Hendrix

[@jasoncrump1886]

That was killer Pete. Appreciate ya.

[@douglasvertteiro]

6:50 souds like "Surfacing" from Slipknot

[@AllansApirate]

I think it was

[@rockajb]

It was just in the wrong tuning I think

[@dmitrsseleznev3771]

I found that the handle of a vibro-razor, like gilette or something like that, works as a tremolo sound too, like a drill. But you have to push it to the strings more on the bridge side

[@fakepaleva]

Whats up, slappers? Last song was EPIC!! in case, very strange and cool video at the same time) Awesome emotions. Now i know how "surfacing" has been wrote

[@genericproductions5165]

I’ve always loved the connection between surf rock and death metal

[@SlyHikari03]

Bowing a guitar clean with reverb is cool. Same for the beer bottle slide. Also, Drill Picking needs to be a thing. These are perfect for Alt Rock/Post Rock or what ever “Godspeed you! black emperor plays”

[@sublimingmule6356]

For playing behind your head, the key is to not move your fretting position too much. And it's easier for bluesy soloing, where you're gripping rather firmly, in one spot, Close to the body.

[@markdemars7044]

Well playing the guitar like a violin is pretty difficult and rather unusual. But one song called Sorrow by Flyleaf one of the guitar players used a bow in the verses basically. Not exactly like a violin but still the guitar player used a violin bow for the verses in the song.

[@daneguitarist1]

the ebow is pretty rad, altho i have barely ever used it for anything practical or live haha

[@NTSTS0]

Super neat videowo, rly liked the Miserlou @ the end. yu du this

[@Larsove8]

That ending was amazing.

[@peteplaysmusic]

Thanks! :)

[@kotokid31]

Holy cow, that was unbelievably successful. Except for the behind the back. Good shit!

[@peteplaysmusic]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@a.j.b.8491]

Never have I wanted to play *Refuse/Resist* more than right now with a drill

[@peteplaysmusic]

Haha finally someone noticed! :)

[@BeatleJWOL]

2:00 don't forget you can also S L A P P the guitar with it and get really chunky chords like in the live version.

[@cptkirk1965]

My new favourite cover of Miserlou!

[@Vizaerks13]

Cool

[@ZethKeeper]

You know, your Pulp Fiction cover gave me and idea: make 1 Riff 20 bands with movie/TV shows themes.

[@kalani5559]

pulp fiction cover?

[@BenMarvin]

When I first started playing guitar, I lost my only pick at the time so I played with a key for a bit. A metal pick of any type can sound somehow crunchier and well metallic for metal type riffs.

[@SpacialWisdom9248]

That metal surf tho! 🤘🤘🤘

[@derpimusmaximus8815]

You need to have a go at the Steve Stevens "ray gun over the pickups" thing.

[@JSAcousticJuice]

Have some of those old 6p coins and can confirm that they work as picks.

[@nightwishlover8913]

They are 6d coins not 6p - they were pre-decimalisation in the UK (Feb 1971)

[@KarlosAlvarado]

The bow was used by Page in Yardbirds first

[@jeremybishop1623]

Rodrigo from Rodrigo y Gabriella plays the Orion solo with a beer bottle slide. Just look up their version of Orion 🤘

[@-whiskey-4134]

Dude when you were trying to open that bottle my brain immediately went “NO WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THT BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENT?!??”. Also, I always keep a quarter on me just in case I lose my pick while I’m out. Been doing it since I was a kid. It’s not very practical because of the shape but will get the job done in a pinch lol

[@thedondeluxe6941]

Top tip for playing with a bow: Find a guitar with the strings pretty high off the body and a vintage radius neck. That way you can play chords too! Think Sigur Ros.

[@MetalHeadHippie]

Awesome stuff Pete.

[@kaseycampbell535]

Your facial expressions just made my day!

[@Dragee2605]

Awsome video Buddy. More pls. 😎

[@kayakfishingcountry]

Thimble rock - good for Korn or Limp Bizkit. Mini solo at the end sounded like R2-D2 having a meltdown on crack.

[@motorbreathjazz8279]

Epic vid ya know Jimi was also know for playing with his teeth. You could also break the drill back out and try Eddie's style on Pound cake.

[@toddburkett6379]

You forgot about ken susi from unearth playing behind his back

[@JosephMile]

Nice Harley Benton hollowbody!

[@flammifera__]

Always wondered how a bow on a guitar would sound like and was never brave enough to just try it :D

[@lethalbydefault]

Sigur Ros are masters of using bows on guitars.

[@beaualexander2731]

The first slide you did with the beer bottle I was really expecting you to bust out into "Jesus built my hot rod".

[@gideonvaneeden2681]

Roots bloody roots

[@twisstedriffs]

You should do a how to make your guitar sound like r2d2 with that thimble!

[@alhemming3481]

Pete drinks Brewdog. My guy🤘🏻punk ipa for the win

[@mikefelber5129]

So that's how Slipknot got that sound?! There is also the song Poundcake by Van Halen where he actually uses a Makita 6012HD power drill

[@dantesaliba8533]

Coins can be used for pick slides and sounds sick

[@ruzco4873]

Pete's face while using the bow is the best thing in the world lmao

[@M4RCi92]

Please make an old school death metal song with the drill, Pete. Sounds so gnarly.

[@homeskateco.538]

I had a metal slide Prestik'd to my headstock for an RATM cover at a massive house party, and things got rowdy. When I went to grab the slide and it wasn't there, I grabbed a dude in the front row's beer and made it work. People digged it!

[@putridabomination]

The drill was also used on Mr. Big - Daddy, Bother, Lover, Little Boy

[@oleksandrsavchenko5388]

THANKS FOR ONE VISION!!!

[@Grimdrasil]

Punk IPA... One of my favourites

[@Straydog_6]

Bro! Dick Dale is smiling. Good on ya.

[@donnyhall2535]

Surf metal, I like it. Not sure that's what the Ventures had in mind, but who cares it's sounds great.🤘🤙

[@Maveriks1010]

I wish Hardcore Brew Dog was cheaper in my country. God I miss that beer

[@SC4211]

Surf + metal + drill = a damn fine tune.

[@kawhileonard1571]

Nobody: My alien when he plays guitar: 7:06

[@lawsonlarue6032]

Challenge: Play the dominion riff behind your head

[@DarkestofTimes]

The Misirlou cover was funny, but actually sounded good.

[@nmnmnm9509]

I think The last riffs are in an oriental song i hear it but i don't its name and don't know where i heard.. maybe as a sound track in a movie .. a French electronica composer has works like this! Jrar..bal abal ( i don't remember his name but he is famous and has amazing pieces ) lololo