Your playing has been getting faster, more refined and more structurally complex. I can tell you've been practicing. So, it is very nice of you to share your routines.
@southernpanda334 ай бұрын
“Economy of Motion” is a common term in many industries. I found that refining your movements improves speed over time. You can get faster as you learn songs and riffs. I often try to play “Breaking The Law” as fast as I can and still make out the notes. These exercises of yours should help tremendously. Thank you for taking the time to record this. ❤🎉
@tjchad13 ай бұрын
Breaking the Law and the riff for Crazy Train are fun ones to practice.
@kenanderson52644 ай бұрын
So great to have this knowledge. Thanks, Max. Your vids are always appreciated for the lack of hype, ego, bs, all that stuff.
@davidireland69524 ай бұрын
i agree, max is just being himself with no ego B/S, love this channel 🤘
@GuitarMAXMusic4 ай бұрын
I appreciate that!
@EyesOpen3694 ай бұрын
Been waiting for you to do some videos like this!!!! SHOW US HOW TO SHRED LIKE 80S METAL MAXXX
@tymanngruter18084 ай бұрын
Thank you Max, i play for more than 40 years now, but speed was never my thing! From now i can make your lessons combined whit my normal studies. You are great! 🙏
@MashaT224 ай бұрын
I’m looking forward to trying these exercises when I take my guitar out later. It looks so much more doable when it’s all slowed down - and with time, I should be able to speed up. Probably useful to use a metronome while doing these exercises. Thanks, Max!
@SunaKhei934 ай бұрын
Tab 4 and 5 is so reminiscent of Yngwie Malmsteen! Great set of exercises, Max. Keep rocking, brother.
@postalpsyco4 ай бұрын
Thanks Max!
@MossMusic7774 ай бұрын
That was awesome, thanks Max. Hey could you maybe do some more of this and maybe some videos on recording music? Also maybe videos on shred pedals and interfacing gear with recording? 🎸
@sigmundlm4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the lesson and tabs 😀 It's not always easy to not get carried away, especially just after seen a cool guitar rock video of your heros 🎸✨
@DisruptedSinner4 ай бұрын
Love these exercise / tips videos.
@GuitarMAXMusic4 ай бұрын
More to come!
@snapfinger14 ай бұрын
A nice 7 step program for fluid technique w/o extraneous noise. Logical & intuitive.
@GuitarMAXMusic4 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@tjchad13 ай бұрын
Thanks Max- I grew up in the glorious 80s Shred Heaven years. Your channel is one of my favorites.
@johnbarnett92884 ай бұрын
Appreciate what you do,I'm 59 ,a cat from the 80s, so fingers don't move like they used to this video is very helpful to me,also dig the cheaper guitar videos,always look forwards to your newer offerings,thanks
@simontemplar33594 ай бұрын
My goodness... what you give to the guitar playing community is so rad and so appreciated. Thank you so much for the knowledge!
@GuitarMAXMusic4 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
@victorbeebe83724 ай бұрын
Mahalo Nui Loa Max!
@guitarbyemily4 ай бұрын
Amazing video! I love practicing licks like this!
@GuitarMAXMusic4 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it. These are some of my favorites!
@carlosenriquemorales1874 ай бұрын
Great video, lesson & demo Max, thank you for posting. I will be downloading the tabs soon...!
@keovongvilaykeo47994 ай бұрын
Love it keeps doing more as always enjoy thank you 🙏 😊
@CthulhuInc4 ай бұрын
thanks for these, max!
@AngryTruckerBob4 ай бұрын
Great Video Max
@loufher2844 ай бұрын
I LOVE THESE!!!
@rcjoe4064 ай бұрын
Nice job great info 👍
@GuitarMAXMusic4 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@rcjoe4064 ай бұрын
@@GuitarMAXMusic very I'm a cowboy chord solo singer guy but a big zep fan so I've been learning alot of jimi but fast playing always alluded me
@eguitarplayer66894 ай бұрын
Keep shredding🧑🎤🔥
@nickrose75923 ай бұрын
Max… the video I needed.
@danepaulstewart84643 ай бұрын
Thanks Max! I bought your course, and these little extras really help it all make more sense. 😎👍👍
@rlyman53024 ай бұрын
Nice “Tab” product placement for your tab video. Great video. I’ll be studying over and over for sure.
@dporrill4 ай бұрын
Awesome video! Reminds me that I need to practice....a lot!
@GuitarMAXMusic4 ай бұрын
We all do!
@brandonwest19624 ай бұрын
Hey Brother these exercises are Amazing! Im rehabbing my left hand and this is incredible stuff Thank you for posting it today, you helped me recently on the pickups for your Harley Benton but getting the same tone in a the Telsa humbucker set rather than in the Plasma. Really appreciate the help. Keep doing what you do man!! Way to shred -Brandon
@Darkslide2AR-FE4 ай бұрын
This is a fantastic video, I always struggled trying to learn how to do shredding/playing solos really appreciate the help. Think also playing to a Metronome can also help to keep in time.
@megablasterboc74744 ай бұрын
Thanks for doing this video! Always looking for new chops to add to my playing arsenal!
@flyfishincrazy4 ай бұрын
Good stuff thanks!
@scratch19244 ай бұрын
Those are some great lessons, thank you, very much needed for me lol.. Great detailed explanations also.. Especially the part about economy and efficiency over speed, and that the speed will come over time along with the practice, becoming also more efficient, fine tuning as you will.. Very easy to follow, even for me. I'm sure the tabs will help me immensely.. Thank you again.. Greatly appreciated..
@ilovejapanesemusic38584 ай бұрын
😊 great video this is the kind of stuff I need to see
@thomasalderman23994 ай бұрын
I love that guitar. Did I miss the episode that you reviewed it? Sorry. I commented before video was over.
@Numocron4 ай бұрын
Wow man this is such an awesome video I love it. Shred on dude.😃👍❤️🔥⚡️🎶🎸
@GuitarMAXMusic4 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it!!
@qwasz1231234 ай бұрын
Great vid, Max. Thank you, just subscribed!
@theausdog4 ай бұрын
this is great ty!!
@terryenglish71324 ай бұрын
Very cool lesson. ... Have you tried the John McLaughlin approach where each finger tip is always hovering 1/8 inch over the string ? The hand rather than 100% relaxed is tensed just enough to maintain position. It does seem to be perfect for speed. I use my hands similar to you in general since I'm into bends and vibrato a lot more than speed, but I do usually play fast as well. The McLaughlin way makes it easier to play quickly, but bends and vibrato are harder.
@richallaire4 ай бұрын
IMO: rh / lh coordination and hand tension are the next 2 most important thing after economy of motion... and, practicing with a metronome. Great video!
@xPaulie4 ай бұрын
Awesome! 😆👍
@rodbrown83064 ай бұрын
thanks, that's how it's done, not many insights into developing speed. Yep I subbed.
@alanhoggard45543 ай бұрын
Can you do a vid concentrating more on the picking hand? Are just barely touching the string with your pick or are you digging in a bit. How much of your pick protrudes past your fingers, et. Thanks
@JamesJones-d5s4 ай бұрын
I would say humility and have an empathy for your own self-aware humility is an exercise in itself 1:16 when you're very first starting out because it is so let's say embarrassing not to be able to put the sounds together in a melodic way 1:18
@AlienFrequency4 ай бұрын
I’m a pretty killer rhythm guitarist , & I can eke out some adequate leads here & there… but I don’t think I’ll ever be able to shred like this. That said, I’m gonna try your exercises from this video. Maybe I’ll surprise myself.
@turquoiseturkey67104 ай бұрын
I'm not good enough to do it but I've seen some shredders that purposely make big hand movements live to entertain the audience more and it definitely looks cooler but it's still best to do smaller movements
@jon49044 ай бұрын
EPIC ♥️♥️♥️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
@fuzzcous4 ай бұрын
Thanks Max, any guidelines on how many times to practice each exercise?
@toke734222 күн бұрын
10x10
@fuzzcous22 күн бұрын
@@toke7342 10 sets of 10 repetitions? Is that a joke or is that how you practice?
@toke734222 күн бұрын
@@fuzzcous it's a good start
@fuzzcous22 күн бұрын
@@toke7342 Thanks 👍
@ShreddingFinn4 ай бұрын
I'm at the point where I want my speed to sound more musical, ala Friedman or maybe Bratta, playing fast lines even in key can get boring fast if you are only concentrating on a lick/sequence without musical context. Examples like number 4 can be great, if you master that one lick you can sequence it everywhere, but its not as easy as it looks!
@jerryplesko95214 ай бұрын
Hi i have baught a raven west neck through electric guitar they call it the 5200 a super strat.I baught it of Reverb I cant find no numbers or what year it was made.I go on the internet to find out about it cant find anything maby you might be able to help me with information on the guitar but if you are to busy. Just thaugh i would ask Thank you 😊 You seem to have a lot of information on guitars
@andrewbecker37004 ай бұрын
That Nuno looking gee tar could be your number #1 with some mods. Subtle looks with killer ergonomics. Put a rail in the bridge, flatstrat in the middle, and retain the standard neck singlecoil. Some fancy wiring and well sorted controls could get loads of different tones going on. Never understood having 3 of the same pickup in one guitar? Seems rather boring.
@jimsego1724 ай бұрын
Thanks Max! Great content for us noodlers😂
@Shred_The_Weapon4 ай бұрын
Keith Williams, the proprietor of the channel Five Watt World, has mentioned an education resource that’s benefited him as a player, TruFire. I’m not subscribed to them myself, but I can easily imagine that this video is on par with their lessons.
@danyavilaoficial4 ай бұрын
I want to add a recommendation. Practice WITHOUT delay and distortion. Clean and develop a controlled sound. Delay and distortion tend to mask the real sound, once you sound great clean, you will sound AWESOME with fxs.
@GuitarMAXMusic4 ай бұрын
I usually recommend that people practice with the same tone that they would perform with.
@terryenglish71324 ай бұрын
I agree w max. The touch for clean, lite distortion, heavy distortion are all a little different. Larry Correal a fine clean jazz guitar of the 60s, just sounded weird and wrong at first when he started getting into distortion.
@metaldude79144 ай бұрын
Dude I only need 6 exercises cuz I'm totally rad
@MarkDaniels27874 ай бұрын
Single coil in the bridge is really distracting me 😂. Are those stacked single coil humbuckers ?
@GuitarMAXMusic4 ай бұрын
Just regular old single coils!
@MarkDaniels27874 ай бұрын
@@GuitarMAXMusic that's awesome. They sound great!
@iamanovercomer32534 ай бұрын
Grant it you play better than me BUT fast is not always good - Jeff Beck, the best there will ever be, made a strat 🎸 sing like nobody else can ‼️
@MrKockabilly2 күн бұрын
"Anyone can shred... it just need consistent hard work". Told you, not anyone can shred.
@DannyHood-jАй бұрын
This level of guitar doesn’t take ‘Musical talent’ inherited musical abilities. The difference between ‘average guitarist’ and ‘talented guitarist’ is talented person learns much faster after the initial plucking stage. Even in early stages when first picking up the instrument a Musically talented person will try picking out simple melodie’s from music they hear in their heads. These are musically talented gifted people. It does NOT mean they are (Prodigy’s). People who are blessed musically Talented have natural ear for hearing notes. Also natural feel for finding notes (without knowing the fretboard theory) . They are born with instinctive rhythm. The ones you see who comfortable dancing from the start. They don’t stand in front mirror practice ‘dance’ and slow dance before highschool prom. The difference is average guitarist can play gun n roses entire discography (if he applies himself puts in time practice) The talented guitarist with same amount of practice is playing Polyphia songs. By todays standards Slash in intermediate guitarist.
@BlueberryStinkFinger624 ай бұрын
Oh I grew up I'm over the shred thing now I really play guitar 🎸
@terryenglish71324 ай бұрын
Lol, you might be lost being here, but I know what you mean. Once you get fast enough so you can play fast lines and don't want to just play faster and faster, you're looking at using strings of notes used as an element of a lead line instead of individual notes. At that point its beginning to be work rather than fun developing enough technical ability to do it , only to see sheets (rain sheets) of notes coming up fast.... I can play really fast and thats fast enough. For note sheets , music software writing is better. ... You can chase technique forever or you can play music. Obviously you do need technique which is why I like this leason, but its just a tool that needs to be in proper balance.
@johanjotun16474 ай бұрын
dont tell me that raw tone flamed maple 7 pieces are $300 now too
@davidmorgan1303 ай бұрын
Is the first lick from Star Wars?? 😂
@Leftistvsliberal4 ай бұрын
I mean who doesn't like a P-38 !
@mattlastnamehere64034 күн бұрын
This guy looks a lot like Matt Hardy
@1234drums4 ай бұрын
This proves I am NOT "anyone" 😂😂😂😂
@JamesIrving-h5l4 ай бұрын
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@retropuffer29864 ай бұрын
"With Free Tabs" I wonder how many people thought cola? 🤔
@superblondeDotOrg4 ай бұрын
Hmmmm I think I would prefer to hire a shred guitarist to play my shred parts rather than spend months attempting to get the speed to play them at tempo. Note there are not many (any?) videos on how to do that in a reliable way.
@gunkyzip4 ай бұрын
kinda noisy, needs humbucker?
@jarrettfinney48824 ай бұрын
Max you need to get into 7 strings. How guitars were meant to be played. Love your videos! Keep up the great work
@GuitarMAXMusic4 ай бұрын
Maybe one day!
@tomfoodery4 ай бұрын
Maybe you can get Firefly people to make one
@DB-ib2lw4 ай бұрын
I love ya buddy and I like your channel but none of that opening segment note barrage made sense within the music. Maybe try to play tastefully not just out of time noodling. Vibrato and feel is a thing. No excuses you have plenty of resources.