Gus Drax - Altitudes (Jason Becker Cover)

[@JasonBeckerOfficial]

Fantastic, man!

[@GusDrax]

Thank you so much Mr. Becker. I'm so honored that you gave some of your time to check out my video. I'm really out of words. Thank you very much!

[@GusDrax]

***** What do you mean my friend? I didn't understand to be honest :P

[@gtlivios]

μπραβο αγορι...!!!!!!!!!!

[@GusDrax]

***** Oh didnt know that. Well when I'll go visit Jason I'll make sure to be well prepared then to be sure i won't take a "You Suck" as an answer!

[@GusDrax]

***** Thank you very much man. Yes I use Cubase 5 for the audio.

[@JacksonGuitarsPlayer03]

This guitarist got a comment of appreciation from one of the worlds greatest guitar players...... his life is complete

[@collecttcg1122]

Well deserved, this is by far the best cover on KZbin, the accuracy Is insane...

[@heavoc9793]

Yeah !!

[@andresnieto37]

There's nothing better than receiving a comment from one of the best musicians ever about your performance. And Gus have that compliment well deserved, this performance is absolutely FLAWLESS

[@firemonkey1015]

@@collecttcg1122 A newer cover that was uploaded by Alessandro Zillio is the best by far imo. This guy is good too though.

[@metinabay6884]

@@firemonkey1015 bro there is no way that zilio cover is better than this. This cover is faster and more agressive and cleaner

[@davidluiz389]

Its hard to imagine that this was once composed by a human

[@patrickdezenzio4988]

It's harder to imagine a human actually playing this. My hand aches watching this video. The day I found out I couldn't play Mortal Combat on my Super NES, I knew my guitar shredding days would never occur. It comforts me to know that there is one thing no robot will ever be able to replicate.

[@rhinehart_]

This was composed by a human at the age of 18. EDIT: True, he was 15 or 16 when he composed and played this. Just how...

[@FoxHounder1994]

Atakan Arıkan at the age of 15 and recorded at the age of 19

[@rahiabrar8400]

And it's so heartbreaking that the very same human can't even move his fingers today let alone play guitar.

[@FastRedPonyCar]

we need to be thankful though that he has miraculously survived and his music career still thrives as a composer!

[@opusmagnum-u2p]

1:54 I dont know. This part makes me feel so happy and strong. I cant describe the way this song makes me feel. It is like someone singing. Maybe theres a certain feeling for each person. For me it is something special in my life.

[@j1mis9]

Καρπούζι,και το πάρτ στο 4:37 είναι φοβερό.

[@opusmagnum-u2p]

​@@j1mis9 einai to mono kommati tou tragoudiou pou de me trelenei toso oso to ipoloipo

[@blanketzombie2027]

jason becker is a genius, he truly knew how to make a guitar SING

[@docoftheworld]

hands down, completely down, the cleanest, most accurate, most emotional cover of Becker's Altitudes ... Hats off ................................... Gus Drax

[@GusDrax]

docoftheworld Thanks a lot man! :)

[@TerryKuo99]

+docoftheworld totally agree. Within these years this one is the best

[@mthrashmetalholocaustm2223]

+WARP10CK tina cover sucks compared to gus's cover

[@iliasapostolopoulos8795]

+docoftheworld Completely agree!!!

[@patrykoles4567]

This comment is just what i will said if i was first. amen.

[@cheenu711]

It hurts to imagine what could've been but I'm glad he did what he did in the little time he had. Thank you Jason.

[@TrueArmenianBoss1234]

Are we even playing the same instrument man?

[@GooseGumlizzard]

no. this guy is next level

[@musicinsession]

People use the word genius way too often. "Oh Ed Sheeran he is a genius" "Oh Kanie West is a genius" No friends, Jason Becker IS a genius! To believe the guy wrote something like this at age 17 is... beyond human! This is why WE ARE METAL FOR LIFE!!!!!! Amazing performance Gus Drax!! All hats off!!! Next time I need inspiration I will make sure I'll come here! Subbed!!

[@johncharles.5087]

@John Sutton I agree but early Dream Theater were very good in my opinion

[@Inkill2009]

John Sutton. Your reply is one of the lamest replies I have ever read in my entire life. To claim Kanye West is a genius is an insult to all real musicians. However, if you want to significantly lower the bar, which is obviously the only way to validate your argument, then you might be right .... I guess he's a pure genius at what he does lol I can't even get myself to type Kanye West is a genius without laughing. You're just regurgitating what the media and public say about Kanye West. Oh and I listen to all music. House music is among my favourite to listen to so your argument about being boxed in rock/metal is invalid. To think that you actually made any sense in your argument is for similar laymen who agree with you and just regurgitate what they hear. People are sheep and so are you ... congratulations.

[@manunited1235]

@@Inkill2009 Mozart was a genius.

[@roughbro]

Kanye West is definitely a genius, but so is Jason Becker.

[@deadseed101]

@@Inkill2009 You just sound like a insecure child, born without a backbone lmfao.

[@davidmajor4484]

Jason is the bridge between technical and feel players. Shredding sometimes gets a little boring, so take some time to get into The Blues, then transfer that

[@bellmeisterful]

David Major Dude you're so right. A lot of shredding has no feel, no soul. Becker really did it better than anyone. Yngwie, who I greatly admire, does a lot of mindless shredding too.

[@ashutoshgoit9540]

Sadly, Blues is always boring. I would play or listen to classical music any day over Blues.

[@Belseful]

Yeah, and when I heard "A Little Ain't Enough" - David Lee Roth...I was very happy that JB not doing only shredd! He is incredible in that album, really show his feeling in guitar, and that he could play "EVERYTHING" Damn that ALS :(

[@samme79]

@@ashutoshgoit9540 It's not always boring if you listen to the right guys. There are boring folks in every genre and it depends on your taste how you like them. For example SRV can play really tasty blues but there are also times it sounds boring. Steve Vai can also play really tasty but sometimes goes over the top with his shred. I find classical pretty boring sometimes but there are also classical players that really stand out.

[@carloszarate4787]

exactly right on point.

[@Denovis]

The best part of this movie is fact, that in 7 years noone has ever made any better cover on youtube. I keep coming back to this movie every couple months, and trying to find any good covers of Altitudes, but there isn't even one close to be that good.

[@BruceGG1]

The best and the cleanest cover of this masterpiece.

[@danielrudloff6007]

10 years later and still amazed :). Freaking awesome!!!

[@leonardoassis1003]

Altitudes é um clássico e na minha opinião o melhor solo de guitarra de todos os tempos. Jason Gênio Becker

[@jorgearevalo4135]

Cuando escucho Altitudes no puedo evitar que se me llenen los ojos de lagrimas. tanta genialidad duele y aun mas sabiendo lo que le deparaba el destino al pobre Jason .... amo su genialidad y su virtuosismo.

[@XavierXerxes]

I've never seen nor heard anyone play the passage between 1:57 and 2:28 with as much clarity, precision, or passion as you. It's a beautiful performance of a beautiful piece. Keep up the great work!

[@someshojha1260]

Xavier Xerxes Absolutely agree with you

[@furryz666]

Xavier Xerxes yes he’s really killing it but that arpeggio should be broken into two shapes with a P slide up to the A to descend, it adds just a little more difficulty and authenticity to the phrase and is the way JB played it, check out the Jeff Loomis version and you will see what I mean, I’ve got 35 years under my belt, shredder for life, I transcribed 3 tracks from Perpetual Burn in ‘94 for some of my students so I’m not cutting him down he’s really good and I’m sure he has the chops to make the correction if he so desires

[@shredgod6394]

Furryz Jeff Loomis covered perpetual burn, but there is no Jeff loomis version of altitudes

[@xXAlmdudlerXx]

Almost cleaner than the original

[@johnathanwetherill456]

That was F##king amazing !!!

[@jeffromero5337]

The sense of relief @ 2:50 is like watching someone win gold at the Olympics 🤣🤣🤣

[@trailrunner919]

Not too many players can do justice to Jason like this…Well Done!!!

[@_o.O__]

lol it prob took more than 2 years to get almost right most of it xD and its not even too hard but being on the spot everywhere it takes some time...

[@collecttcg1122]

Writing this is a whole different world to learning and playing it... Jason's a fucking legend man...... best cover I've seen!

[@pungentzeus]

this dudes fingers literally dance over the string best cover ive seen hands down, no doubt 10/10 A++++ would watch again + shared on social media

[@pruthvinravi4702]

The emotion in this song cannot be matched

[@spauly5319]

This is just like the original with just better quality of the sounds. Its freaking amazing! Everything is perfectly played. You are an incredible guitarist!

[@GaZonk100]

yesss!!

[@roughbro]

This is just like a remastered version my goodness

[@ValeriTrenev]

Ich bin sprachlos . Bin begeistert von diese Künstler.

[@egj1975]

I have been playing for 30 years and seen and heard alot. This is up there is the top 5 of the best covers I have ever heard (you are up there with Jeff Loomis - Perptual Burn and Dr. Viossy - The best of times). Nothing less than a stunning cover of this unbelievable song. GREAT job man.

[@johnlozano384]

I just recently found Richie Allen on here and his version of Altitudes is just about as good but I still like Gus better!

[@NickNeblo]

You got the emotion of the intro man

[@prodluckyy4671]

Dude I've been coming back to this video for years now, I've always been a big fan of Jason Becker and this is by far the best and highest quality cover and mix I've found ever. Hats of to you for being able to play this amazing piece of music, and thanks for sharing it with the world!

[@juanguti6641]

Incredible performance! Genius guitar playing both Jason and you. Very Expressive and super clean! 👏👏👏💯💯💯🎸🎸🎸🤘🤘🤘🎶🎶🎶🙏🙏🙏

[@guitarblueghost]

Where can I trade my soul to play like this?

[@mikiphungroe9270]

😂

[@shreyamkar2004]

You know you nailed it, when Jason Becker says fantastic!!!

[@MsDavo123]

Arpeggio section was just perfect!

[@deadmous3]

Man, I can't hold my tears. This is one of the most beautiful things I ever seen in my whole life. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent and thank you to Jason Becker for writing such a touching masterpiece.

[@oilcanbland]

I've only recently learned about Becker and his tragic story. Once I heard Altitudes I can't stop listening to it. One of the most amazing tunes I've ever heard. I'm working on the sweep section, and the 2nd (clean) section. Gotta be honest, this is the best cover I've seen of this tune. Great job man! I hope to play it like this as well some day. We were robbed of a great musical mind and musician when Becker got sick.

[@chrisflyingv]

That slight smile at 1:56 always gives me chills. It's like he was waiting to cover altitudes his whole life and he knew that he could absolutely nail it. Mad respect for the cover Gus!

[@jesseh9600]

What the hell did i just witness? Incredible job man! Jason's music is an inspiration for us all, not just musically related but for life in general.

[@TLSMatt]

How can a human compose this ? But than playing it in such perfection is another accomplishment altogether. Best piece out there. Great work !!

[@LogioTek]

Human? Jason was 16-17 when he penned this.

[@bg22757]

​@@LogioTekdefinitely not human lol

[@danielhicks4826]

It's crazy right, no one composes the most perfect classical complicated ultra-fast technical well written metal shred like prime Jasn Becker and Paul Gilbert did straight up.

[@BassLaunch]

Wow. Top notch. Absolutely perfect. You did Jason proud, trust me.

[@Joshuahowell-j1g]

By far Jason's best song. Dudes a gift from Heaven. ❤ This man did an awesome cover. Words of flatter can't even compare. Brilliantly played. 👏 👏 👏 👏

[@GusDrax]

@@Joshuahowell-j1g Thank you!🙏

[@kostasdel]

this must be the best cover of this piece I've ever seen. execution is flawless but the feeling is also there (which sometimes is lacking from other videos)

[@GusDrax]

Thank you very much man!

[@johnfagerness07]

God bless Jason for writing and playing this masterpiece!! And thank you for the great cover and emotion

[@panagiotistsaplaris93]

Awesome feeling and vibrato bro! Flawless technique.. you delivered the soul and emotion is meant to be delivered! Just perfect, Jason is proud!

[@Terptwerp]

No matter how many times I see this. It still blows my mind

[@Arq.FranklinMembreno]

is just simple amazing, just think what amazing would be jason becker if he wouldn't get sick. he wrote this master piece in the state that he is. it's so wonderful I don't have words to describe all the respect that I feel for him. and Gus Drax fantastic lml you rock

[@patrickdiaferio5711]

I just found a new guitar hero,I'm anold metal head from the 80s thankyou

[@BerzerkVideos]

If you play this at 0.75x speed, the start is so haunting. It gives me these massive "Requiem for Ravenholm" vibes. Amazing, amazing cover! May you fly high, brother.

[@donnacurran3388]

Awesome, mesmerizing, sweet ❤❤❤

[@kanmetal]

Who came to see this amazing Musician in 2020?

[@jonashjerpe7421]

Let me solemny declare a minute of silence for us all to remember the guy who once invented the guitar. This composition and this particular performance are just incredible. I am so happy this instrument is around, alive and kicking.

[@vigneshganesh4347]

Hands down the best guitar cover I've ever seen on KZbin. I never thought anybody could actually cover this song perfectly but this one when I close my eyes and heard it, I felt it was Jason playing and it got me teared up. Great work man! This cover made my day!

[@fillo1971]

Carissimo Gus Drax sei cazzutamente bravissimo💯, e Jason uno dei più grandi compositori e strumentisti chitarrista PIÙ forte che sia mai esistito. Da lassù imparerà a suonare a tutto il paradiso. Tu quaggiù vedi di delizia ci delle tue note. Sei un Grande 👍🏻🎸

[@izzmotion9917]

I get tears watchin and listen you played with accurate feels as jason did..great man..thank you!

[@joaomatos776]

This lives in my head rent free... KUDOS!

[@walkerandre6326]

Incrível performace! Sensacional!!! Parabéns!! E o que dizer dessa música? Obra prima do Mestre Jason Becker!!!!

[@Pablito5614]

The key word here is dynamics. Dynamics determine the intention of each note and you sir, fucking nailed it. You played that song the way Jason meant it to be played, with balls in each bend, fucking gravy spilling out of every vibrato and goddamn character in each arpeggio. Bravo!

[@nickwaters1701]

There are some people on this video bad mouthing Tina S all because they think that Gus' version was the best that they've heard. Just stop with the bad mouthing! They both did such an amazing job and deserve credit. If you like Gus' version the best, that's fine, but there's not any reason to disrespect Tina like that. Gus did an excellent job, but they should give praise and support to Tina too. Sure there were a tiny bit of mistakes, but that doesn't make anyone a bad player at all. Even if she's made small mistakes before, she still always does an amazing job at her playing. You can't play perfectly in every performance because we're human. She play with plenty of feeling or at most a lot and if some people don't think so, at least she did her very best and played with as much musical feeling as she can. Recently, she's developing her playing abilities and getting even better. I'll always be proud of Tina and Gus and probably all of the commenters in the video should too.

[@perolsenolsen5149]

Totally agree! Drax' cover is, as opposed to Tinas cover, absolutely perfect. But Tina is young. Having that in mind, her cover is just as impressive..

[@eetfuk5699]

Nick Waters Cannot believe you just wrote an entire essay defending Tina. Her cover doesn't come close to this one. As a matter of fact, no cover on KZbin comes close to this one.

[@nickwaters1701]

I know, but her cover was still wonderful.

[@vikram8578]

King Trump watch the one by Booil Kim

[@loknathshankar5423]

Look who's salty

[@danielkleber2282]

Excellent guitariste je recommande vivement ce guitariste sublime pour moi et tout les guitaristes du monde entier gus drax

[@richardshaw9676]

I've watched damn near every cover of altitudes on KZbin and not one person seems to be able to nail that special vibrato that comes with Jason Beckers glorious playing, you my good sir are the closest I've seen to achieving that. I commend your talent dude, keep shredding.

[@nishantsoni5542]

15 seconds in...I couldn't leave till I watched this twice ❤️❤️ what a justice to the legend and his song🌟🌟

[@Katira-KR7]

The best cover of this song I ever have seen , great.

[@alexandredurand5227]

Tina S ?

[@Katira-KR7]

@@alexandredurand5227 Alexandra Zerner?

[@alexandredurand5227]

@@Katira-KR7 yes possible. But they are all awesome

[@Katira-KR7]

@@alexandredurand5227 If I had the choice of playing 1/10 as good as any of them I would take it.

[@charki40]

@@alexandredurand5227 Indeed and her cover is unedited for the whole song.

[@bellmeisterful]

Amazing to me that to this day people still cover his work.

[@jksala2864]

This is one mind blowing cover. I am sure that Jason Becker would be proud of this...god bless him and his work. Jason is the reason I startet playing and hearing a cover like this makes me practise harder.

[@valentinobitonto8195]

❤ fantastic tune!very good the guitar player!

[@TheMariusznp]

This is simply one of the most beautiful performance I have ever heard !

[@javiesteves4230]

Is like and angel take posesión of you and we feel Jason play again thanks master you and Jason are awesome...

[@furryz666]

Love from Jason himself what else needs to be said! Stellar rendition bro, the best I’ve seen on KZbin

[@everlastingsaturnalia]

Fucking awesome dude. Probably the greatest piece of guitar music composed and you played it flawlessly. Incredible

[@manedeoz]

mis mas grandes respetos a este caballero excelente interpretación! \../

[@manos333]

My favourite shred cover🤘🤘🤘 . Greetings from Greece 🇬🇷♥️👌👏

[@matthewseebach7291]

Wasn't Jason only like 19 when he wrote this?

[@Rothley131gamezz]

yeah

[@eetfuk5699]

Matthew Seebach I believe he wrote the entire album at 16/17 but only released it at 19

[@ELECTRICLVCIFER]

19 days old.....mother of metal!!!!!!!

[@LIESSUCK69]

He wrote this at 17 actually.

[@TheDreamtheaterlover]

Jason Becker he is the G.O.A.T

[@ErickWendelAcademy]

Well done!! 🥳🥳👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@GusDrax]

🙏🙏

[@danielrudloff6007]

Still in love with your cover. Simply fantastic :).

[@danielrudloff6007]

5 years later and still amazed :).

[@koolkiddofresh]

Been about a year since I found this cover. Still come back to it about once every month. From about 2:29 too 2:41 is fucking godly. Literally makes me want to shed a tear. The whole song is beautiful

[@precioustreasures6045]

The ultimate reason why many agreed this is by far the best cover of this song simply because "it successfully illustrate and define the emotion of this song which is absent to some covers" the bends, timing etc are perfect.

[@MC_BERG]

Just HOW can you keep your fingers organized at 2:29?! Best cover on KZbin!

[@attix6666]

Wow man, thats crazy, fantastic 🤘

[@dcqec111]

How is this not the greatest rock instrumental of all time?

[@perun4649]

It is

[@k3poychannel899]

Can we just appreciate how smooth that finger licking into every notes?

[@Lilith193]

Awesome Cover !!!

[@meenkapoo88]

Can he play guitar or what? The 1st time I seen this I cried. When you watch him you can't help but to feel like you are being told a story. His face tells the story and his hands plays it. Most awesome man.

[@nunyabusiness7927]

Man, those bends and vibrato were on point. Actually, the whole thing was great. I can't imagine how long it would take to master a piece like that.

[@robog5]

Gus is one of the best guitar players I have seen to present playing on the Internet. Amazing virtuoso technique. Jason Backer, John Petrucia can be happy to have a successor. I am not afraid to say that he may overtake them. I have been playing guitar for 30 years and I can't imagine achieving such a guitar technique. Gus, I'd like to see you play live sometimes. Robert

[@mugen5938]

Considero a jason becker como uno de los mejores guitarrista del mundo y tu al tocar este cover con tanta precisión y casi sin error, no tengo más que agradecerte y felicitarte

[@Drift678]

Nailed the tones dude!

[@gregsnyder8259]

Amazing cover on this Gus Drax! How on earth does this get 1 thumbs down let alone 38?!

[@hexdump8590]

What I would not achieve in my entire life... awesome cover.

[@MJCGuitar]

Great work. Absolutely on!

[@claudiumxg1]

I come.back here every other month for this because is epic

[@edinhofilho0]

Incrível, como um ser humano é capaz de fazer um solo tão lindo?!?!? Parabéns

[@abrahamparish]

Nice freaking job!!!! Seeing this just shows what a GENIUS Jason Becker is!!! My all time favorite guitarist!!! Sorry Steve Morse, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai.

[@chinguero]

I'm out of words here, if the master himself said "Fantastic" . Hope one day you publish a tutorial and/or the tabs for this genius composition and a well done job by you. I would rest in peace after something like that. :P

[@hellbroth]

Well done this was a pleasure to watch

[@saadbinsami3153]

Really tough. Good job man!

[@8181yura]

WAF. Dude - impossible ! You are the BEST !!!

[@pedroherrera477]

tio eres una maquina el mejor cover de "altitudes"

[@mauriziolongi6538]

The best thing my ears and my heart have ever heard!

[@AoA_GameDev]

A lot of good things but I think what impressed me most was your timing and transitions. It’s incredibly tough to smoothly transitions from the sweep picking sections to the alternate picked sections and vice versa and you did it beautifully, bravo.

[@southpaw6115]

I hope Jason has seen this or does. He would be proud of you. F'n fantastic job!!

[@JoyzerDk]

Frakking awesome buddy! Man do I hope Jason gets to see this!

[@GusDrax]

Yeah me too Rene! hehe thanks man :)

[@JoyzerDk]

Gus Drax Jason Becker And thus, he did! :) Have an awesome weekend - the both of you! And the rest of the world :D

[@bosco_bosco]

This was absolutely mind blowing to watch.

[@rickk1235]

One of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard. Thank you for sharing.

[@Jakewubadub]

1:54 is sweep picking mastery omg