George Bellas Throwback Thursday From the MI Vault 11/15/2007

[@SagaBKSFolkearth]

George Bellas is just a beast and underated guitar player. His technique is flawless

[@bodybuildingrocker7205]

That tone is incredibly dry and stiff. His skill shows through in his precision and hand synchronicity. No delay or reverb to hide behind. Most impressive.

[@taylorpenunuri8677]

Yes exactly. I absolutely hate the tone but in this situation its a great study because here we have a player that can actually pull off such a raw sound. Really allows you to hear his control and dynamics.

[@justincase6151]

I've always been impressed with George's control and quality of the individual notes. He played on a shrapnel album with John West called "Mind Journey". There's a song on there called "Fair Trade" with a killer riff and solo. I highly recommend a listen. Awesome vocals of course.

[@bodybuildingrocker7205]

@@justincase6151 I’ll give it a listen for sure!

[@YngtchieMusic]

@@justincase6151 Mind Journey may be my fave album he's played on. John West's vocals are amazing, the songs are great, and Bellas plays like a demon. And his tone doesn't sound like ass. The Oracle by Ring of Fire is another great one, similar in style but with Mark Boals on vocals. "Vengeance for Blood" really showcases Bellas' playing.

[@sylvainbiensur7370]

Very good comment agree 200 % the guitar is naked

[@spencerdawson6536]

Bella’s possesses absolutely amazing hands, superlative technique and great compositions. Wish he was still around and performing live.

[@martyrice7924]

incredible player, so much soul, not just tech

[@SteveBelong72]

Flawless execution! His tone and playing are so clean und crisp! Love it!

[@RootsCafeAthens]

His picking is from another planet!!

[@VadimBln]

George is an amazing guitarist. Few people will be able to play something on such a, frankly, dry and stingy sound, and George is simply impeccable here. He's one of those phenomenal guitarists who are really underrated. From the same category as Rick Graham, for example. These are guitarists who perform very little, mostly teach, but they are incredible!

[@FelipeGualberto]

One of the best!

[@stevenford2828]

I started at MI right around this time. I remember being stoked to see him. So cool to find this video. I saw so many great musicians while I was at MI. Every week was someone new and exciting.

[@JonBjork]

Studied with George back back when he used to send cd-roms via mail. Awesome player and person. Pretty weird mix here though (a lot of the M.I videos have the same issue, sounds almost direct from the board?). I'm sure this sounded a million times better in the room. Very cool of M.I To share these videos though, spent a lot of time in their video library while studying at G.I.T in '95-96:)

[@Kaspen82]

I was there and it sounded pretty bad life too

[@damonstewart70]

Always an inspiration!!! thanks MI!!!

[@ToTchannel777]

Superb!!!

[@alainmetalbible5150]

HELL YEAHHHHHHHHHH

[@alonsoperez3637]

Amazing stuff, Bellas in one of my heroes so far

[@SebastianSalinasOficial]

Awesome stuff, hope you can play in Mexico soon. Best wishes George

[@yossecarlin9899]

¡Te amo George Bellas! ¡Siempre te amaré! ¡Dios del Tono!

[@jonhstudio]

Great Bellas!!

[@mcgee1063]

AMAZING

[@estelombo]

ripped to shreds is insane!!!! can't stop watching it

[@victormanuelsalgadojimenez4898]

Superb... Thanx GB

[@marcodesimone6163]

bellas style is pure

[@Tomislavski]

This guy is like Alan Holdsword. Unique and not well known to earn enough money. He is genious.

[@MrMetalbarD]

awesome video , thanks for the upload buddy

[@minam1657]

Though George Bellas is a great guitar player, and has created some amazing music, Like "Reach for the night", written by John Marshall, Mike Gingrich, Michael McCarran and George Bellas, but without notifying the writers of songs, Mr. Bellas gave the song to John West for his solo album. Mr. Bellas also falsified to BMI on the other writes on the album "Flying Through Infinity" by Palace Terrace, witch formed by Jonathan Marshall and George Bellas, the album "Flying Through Infinity" music was written by George Bellas and the melodies and story and Lyric were written and performed by Jonathan Marshall. George Bellas took the entire credit for the album, music, melodies, story concept and lyrics, Project name, album name and copyrighted under Bellas Tune Factory, not sharing any the copyrights with the other writer, Jonathan Marshall, in fact, Mr. Bellas told BMI and in interviews that he had written the entire album, the story concept, melodies and lyrics, but stolen all the copyrights from Mr. Marshall. Furthermore, George Bellas refused to give any information on what Jonathan Marshall's contribution to "Flying Through Infinity" album BMI, and still to this day he refuses. Sound like a court needs to intervene.

[@nneevveerrmmoorree]

Right on......Bellas the modern master..along with MacAlpine.//Thanks for posting

[@Minotauro_di_Chieti]

"Right on......Bellas the modern master..along with MacAlpine./" #ytmostidioticcomments

[@Javier-qk7ms]

Wow, I am impressed by his left hand always keeping a position to favor using the pinky finger even on the higher notes. Super efficient. And doing bends with your pinky finger is super hard but he nails it very fantastic.

[@hevorg1381]

I was there.

[@Kaspen82]

He Vorg me too

[@hermanodejesus7264]

INSANE!!!! GB is an octopus... those arpeggios man!!!

[@satchkara]

Awesome!

[@lukeyang6822]

he's too good

[@tetraederzufrequenz8319]

Ineffable. Sublime.

[@Mrmikesoca]

sound here is not good. can't hear the music. i agree it must have sounded much better in the room. still a blessing to see these songs performed!

[@dennyleo6191]

Fast and Furious.. nice!

[@alexsantclair]

Amazing guitarrist. So much tch and Soul

[@rickswordfisch8748]

for neoclassical / shred aficionados, arguably it's currently another golden age.. or perhaps the original G/Age (arguably spearheaded by YJM & VanHalen in the early 1980's) never ended; it's popularity & exposure simply varying with the fashions & vagaries of the day (thanx Grunge...). happily, this translates to an absolute plethora of chops-monsters replete with the intangible yet requisite passion & feeling in their playing whilst penning stunningly beautiful & complex compositions worthy of Bach or Beethoven. today, audiences are inordinately fortunate & privileged to hear from Maestros of the caliber of Tony Macalpine, YJM, MAB, Marc Rizzo, Rusty Cooley, Christian Muenzner & Jeff Loomis et al. sitting rite at the very apex of the mountain (imo), is the incredible George Bellas. couldn't have put it any better than the contributor, below: 'best player in the world. no one comes close to his compositions. sorry but true.' here here. GB reminds me of Rafa Nadal: both inordinately talented, both idolized by their army of fans & yet both are genuinely humble & self-effacing. very, very cool peeps (imo)

[@Babyassbeaver]

Yes George is at the top of the heap But the old Jason Becker had to influence George. Just in the style of the old melodic sense. Totally hear tony mcalpine in there. But that Right hand Kills!

[@sylvainbiensur7370]

This guy is good

[@sithgirl1422]

Amazing player. Does anyone have any information on his guitars? Are his Fender Stratocasters modified in any way? Thanks.

[@JedNadin]

ANDREW BYNG this is his stock 60's strat in daphne blue. He does have a sweet arsenal of strats though, a few with scalloped boards. Has a few Gibson too.

[@sithgirl1422]

Jed Nadin You mean 50's Strat right? Because 60's Strats have rosewood fingerboards. I doubt that his guitars are stock; they are likely to be fitted with bigger frets and hum cancelling pickups. It also looks like he's using Graphtech bridge saddles.

[@JedNadin]

ANDREW BYNG 1957 strat. You're right. I rounded up, like an idiot.

[@edlobato1251]

I know that dude!

[@nickh1933]

Looks like Carl Verheyen and sounds like Yngwie.

[@ИгорьМитин-т4я]

Что скажешь??? Это очень круто!!! И без всякого темпинга!!! Мастер. Вся дискография у меня есть. Теперь увидел, как он это делает. Фантастика.

[@redylinesalud6394]

Extreme shred ..high difficulty level

[@reanimator9]

so fuckin clean

[@androidgameplays4every13]

Look at his right hand, I never saw something like that.

[@medardoarce9361]

It sounds like 80%Yngwie Malmsteen 20%John Petrucci

[@Mrmikesoca]

best player in the world. no one comes close to his compositions. sorry but true.

[@cast390]

Yea I see all 7 people agree with you, out of the millions of shredders out there.

[@diasspeed]

"Best player in the world" hahahhaa....ok i like him too but relax a bit....is he your father or something?

[@Minotauro_di_Chieti]

AHAHAHA NO.

[@medardoarce9361]

Come on! The guy Is just another YJM rip off! Of course he can play but the Best player? Nah!

[@iambirch69]

What happened to the band? Fackers - where were they at? @6:50 - no drummer - wtf? Love George ... such a rocker.

[@bolobaneroasesino]

Songs name's?

[@Javier-qk7ms]

22:34 !!!

[@donfreecss1803]

11:16

[@merrittmussorgsky2937]

I always loved George and his playing, never been a fan of his tone however.

[@jokercards8983]

when people start dissing Yngwie remember it's guys like this and a trillion more trying to be Yngwie.

[@JJLipton]

Nice playing, but his tone here is awful. So fuzzy and thin

[@Bangulo]

Yeah plus the backing track is so damn low,

[@Slicklickz]

It's a strat,that's how they sound.

[@Slicklickz]

@@vanguard4065 It depends what pickups are in it,from low output single coils to stacked Humbuckers to actives like EMG/SD Blackouts,Fluence,and Lace sensors.You can get almost any tone you wan't from a strat depending on components and amps/effects/speaker.

[@geegee1176]

I hope Geo. reads my humble suggestion, GET SOME NEW SOUNDS !!! such a great player!!! BUT that dirty raw amp sound has such a flat fucking sound! what a Shame PLEASE!! it is whats missing with the GREAT Playing A true fan, just not of the sound gear

[@paltieri11]

🤭

[@SLPmod]

ギターサウンドが良くない 安っぽい ジェイソンベッカーのコピーだろこれは

[@grantwright8071]

Before all you Bellas fans come and smash me with "how about YOU do better, pal !" etc, , I want to begin by saying he's a GREAT player !.. There.. NOW, a coupla small things.. Firstly, IMHO, he plays for way too much speed all the time.. He's got some really interesting chops, and the flavour of that really comes out, when he slows it down a bit !..Playing and performing guitar, it's an Art form.. It ain't a time-trial around Le Mans !..Ask David Gilmour .. Secondly, he's another one of these irritating "Song" people (5.06 and 10.27) .. George, it's only a SONG if it's got SINGING in it, ok ?.. Call it a piece, an instrumental, a tune, whatever you fancy.. But what you're playing, they ain't SONGS...If you're going to be a pro, please talk like one , and get your terminology right.. Cheers..

[@elviraayala8382]

Are you kidding ? You don' t know a shit

[@coolguitar88]

yngwie style

[@ИгорьМитин-т4я]

No, This is Bellas!!!

[@TheMatbenv]

Che noia, vuole suonare come il vinnie moore neoclassico senza lontanamente riuscirci