Guthrie Govan - Bullet Blues at JTCGuitar.com

[@JTCGuitar]

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[@musinner]

This could be the John Petrucci's best solo ever. But for Guthrie Govan it's just another improvisation session. He is a pride and an example to follow for all the human raze!

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

Petrucci couldn’t meaningfully play this

[@jakedean8560]

You’re retarded

[@ali965]

@@whynottalklikeapiratThe disrespect to Petrucci. He wrote incredible solos

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

@@ali965 I said he couldn’t meaningfully play THIS. Respect has nothing to do with it. But I’ll disrespect anyone I bloody well please if it suits me. Usually happens kinda naturally on the rare occasions I run into the respect-police..

[@geddylee501]

​@@whynottalklikeapiratdead inside, like most rock guitarists

[@LessLethal]

What I love about Guthrie is how he employs a higher order of technique to enhance the musicality. So many bozos who arrive at a similar level of technical acumen have no sense of musicality whatsoever, their playing is simply a demonstration of how fast they can fly through tonally irrelevant arpeggios. GG is quite different. He uses speed as a legit compositional tool to make great, creative, expressive music.

[@RichieAnthonyGuitar]

Well said!

[@Thesongstaysthesame]

Not just the trick of playing fast. There is substance to the speed. Speed is secondary and is used as an enhancement tool. Well said sir. I agree

[@zackgibson3389]

Eric johnson as well uses speed to create symphonies.

[@rogerfox9028]

He uses 4 fingers on his left hand very Well

[@bankruptbritain6103]

"So many bozo's" is that including you?

[@gregbatchelor9205]

The man is just an absolute master of improvisation, endless varieties of licks and impeccable technique. Whether this is to your taste of not (it is to mine) you can't say the dude ain't got chops.

[@demonlust75]

Greg Batchelor my thoughts exactly he might be the best i’ve seen period... so fluid

[@johnlannikk2701]

This man's chops are 'Rare'

[@creativeryan7557]

He is so gifted technically! Most people could only dream of his technique.... But it terms of does any of his playing have emotion to it you'd have to say not so much... It's super fast but is melodically lacking something.

[@gregbatchelor9205]

@@creativeryan7557 listen to his playing on Drive Home or Regret Number 9, both by Steven Wilson. Guthrie definitely knows how to play with feeling and emotion. This video is really just an improvisational jam.

[@creativeryan7557]

@@gregbatchelor9205 Thanks I will check them out :)

[@ardeleansvengali4437]

I remember watching this for the first time when it first dropped 16 years ago. All these years later and I still can't comprehend how he flows so effortlessly through this. It's just astounding, the vocabulary and phrasing is unlike anything we've ever seen, still to this very day.

[@OhGodWhatIsThisAah]

If you ever get the chance to see him live with the Aristocrats or otherwise please please please do it. An absolutely irreverent experience if it's the kind of music you're into.

[@JTCGuitar]

100% improvisation. All of Guthrie's solos on our site are, except for the composed sections of his Fives album track.

[@kerimcabbar7159]

What we watch here cannot be the very first time he hears the backing track and the first take

[@AlexiOpethKakko]

@@kerimcabbar7159 Man it's a 12 bar blues, anyone who studied a little bit of music could improvise without hearing the backing track first. And if you dig into some videos about Guthrie, you'll see he always improvises, always with this astonishing quality.

[@kerimcabbar7159]

@@AlexiOpethKakko yeah ofc backing track is straightforward 12 bar but what he plays cannot be recorded just at the first hearing and first take. I have heard zillions improvisations on 12 bar blues. None of them had this ideas , virtuosity etc. combined.

[@oldnelson4298]

@@kerimcabbar7159 That's why Guthrie Govan is the best guitarist in the world. Maybe the best who has ever lived. I don't think there's a style or technique he hasn't mastered and even the greatest cannot improvise like GG.

[@shredd5705]

@@AlexiOpethKakko Yes THIS one is a 12 bar blues. But some of the other tracks, he must have had some tries, to get the chord structure down. You can't improvise anything meaningful without knowing the chords, unless you get lucky. It becomes literally lottery. Yes you can wing it sometimes, but sometimes you just hit a sour note when the chord changes to something you didn't expect, and it can be unsaveable. Ability to improvise doesn't mean you should be able to do it without knowing the track at all

[@jakewhitehousemusic]

Guthrie knows all the scales and he knows what actual notes are in those scales so hes not limiting himself to one position. He also knows what notes are contained within chords so he can target those tones in a progression. The more astonishing thing is the speed and style which he can do this. There is no doubt in my mind that he is the most complete and best improviser in the world. I'm proud to be british.

[@stevecharlton145]

Can't disagree with the exception of matteo mancuso

[@JTCGuitar]

Guthrie was plugged directly into the Cornford Hellcat. The room reverb with slight slapback was added at the desk afterward to help the guitar sound sit in the mix. The 1 x 12 cab loaded with a celestion Vintage 30 was mic'ed with a SM 57 and an Octava 102. Mainly SM 57 used. Hope that helps. Jan @ Bluesjamtracks.

[@EJsigstrat]

There have been guitarists, but this guy may be the THE guitarist of all time. Amazing.

[@jasondesjardins7371]

I'm going to turn my guitar into a lamp.

[@kktyty]

Perfect comment.......!! I suspect there may be many lamps being created after watching Guthrie

[@disasterpiece1575]

Jason Desjardins made my night 😂😂

[@key88crazy]

This comment made me laugh for several minutes.

[@ryangreenwood312]

Hahaha, thats hilarious!!

[@MaYdELY]

Jason Frumkin

[@fgr94martin]

When Guthrie was born he came with a tag that said. "Includes free internal metronome".

[@macronencer]

Yes! Guthrie has two brains: one for the licks and one for the timekeeping. This is the mark of a truly dedicated artist, who practises ceaselessly.

[@Levkhat]

best 240p video

[@vedmore6428]

McFly● also it's 2:40 duration lol

[@frankbreuer8849]

BULLET blues: the term describes exactly what Guthrie fired off: a beautiful blues improvisation that has enough force to still keep flying after 15 years! Epic!

[@MrVagrantArt]

Just some absolutely sick playing. I feel a weird combination of awe and hopelessness when watching this. I'm inspired as a musician to attempt to emulate some of his technique, and yet know in my lifetime I will never be able to come remotely close to being able to play like he does.

[@TheoPwet]

For the 100th time i'm watching this, and feel the same. Inspired and.... Hopeless :D I'll grab my guitar anyway. Hope you do the same ;) Have a good day 6 years later.

[@nickh2458]

Sick indeed....

[@mikeososki]

I've been playing guitar for 60+ years, and stopped striving to keep up with this kind of wizardry around 1980. Unbelievable that a human can do this! -- more power to you, Mr. Govan.

[@JakobStrand]

13+ years later, this still blows my mind.

[@hmxmisfit2120]

How does this come off the top of his head. This is insane lol. Favorite guitarist. Has so much musicality.

[@Tonysmithmusic]

It's been a while since a guitarist has made my jaw hit the floor. Evh did it live in the 80s. This guy does it every time I watch this. !!!!!

[@petiethepitt]

I so agree,Ive loved Lane,Holdsworth,Vai, Gilbert and Satch more than any others all for different reasons and only a year ago was turned on to Govan,I do believe I am a life long convert.He blows my mind and is like a breath of fresh air every time I hear him.Simply awesome in the most entertaining way.

[@StefanosAndritsios]

after so many years and noone can't beat that level of playing - Guthrie the GOAT !!

[@s.m.1981]

This solo just pops into my head randomly

[@unusualbydefault]

dat di dat ti dadadadada woaaaaaa...I feel you

[@60secondfrenzy93]

Watched this again, and can't believe it's been more than a decade. I remember JTC replied to my dm(back when dm is a thing here in yt) confirming that it is really improvised. Guthrie Govan challenged what can be done to guitar playing back then and brought about the rebirth of guitar music. Thanks Guthrie!

[@Bassmancover]

Victor Wooten said something like : "Telling me that after watching me playing you wanted to quit music is not a compliment" If you see what I mean, this guy must be an exemple to follow, to reach and not something disenchanting. Those guys are playing, and played for hours each day, and the difference of level is logical with someone who only plays like 2 hours per day, a bit more in week end. Keep working, don't give up ! (oh, btw sorry for my bad english, I'm french)

[@mikesimmons4519]

Absolutely nuts fast and stylish.

[@johnsammers]

I love the way he mouths his solos as if he's singing it but the sound is coming from his fingers....

[@djengle91]

This is one of the only, maybe only, "shredder" I can stand to listen to. He's not just running scales or arpeggios. He's actually playing with feeling. No one said shredding was easy, they just said it doesn't sound good and has no soul. Guthrie is definitely an exception.

[@nathanaelgultom5395]

Exactlyy

[@harrisontownsend910]

And he's improvising everything.

[@jsr33190]

This man is the Shakespeare of the guitar he just invents new terms and phrases on the fly!

[@6stringstorulethemall967]

0:20 - 0:26 is so tasty and literally the best tension build up I've ever heard in a solo

[@voracion]

Plot twist: the guitar sound is coming out of his mouth, and he's just syncing his fingers to make it look like he's playing guitar

[@DannyJamesGuitar]

Brilliant.

[@RishavSaraf]

Exactly xDDDD

[@bestboy897]

Lol

[@johnmac8084]

LMFAO :-)

[@Kindacutehuh]

Works for me.

[@gitarmats]

So fun to go back and watch these videos of Guthrie more than ten years later. I remember seeing these videos for the first time and having my mind blown.

[@JoeSmith-bp3cf]

Some of the baddest blues shred I've seen is what he does at 1:57 then answers octave higher. It really is a simple lick.. but it's the fact he even thought of the question answer as it phrased. It reminds me that the greatest musicians are always having a conversation with themselves far before, or just before the audience realizes it.

[@Metalrocks250]

What could possibly drive 93 people to dislike this video? Seriously? Must be jealousy...this is perfection

[@elephantpillowed6186]

Errr.. jealousy?

[@jimimurti]

Trolls

[@MikleShnikle]

this guy gets me so excited about learning new things on guitar.

[@SuperMIKEFREE]

WHAT WAS THAT. I had to play this vid again to make sure that guy was real. Lead guitar has just rose to SUPERNATURAL LEVEL.

[@Hardysamnin]

wickedwizardofspeed Was there any need for that response? Seriously.

[@Hardysamnin]

RyuSanSama Sanchez Good man, kudos to you.

[@ottovombaum2993]

No, It's no ghoast damed it's real. But it's perhaps an Alien :-)

[@Doty6String]

I remember seeing this the first time back in the day. Still blows my mind

[@darich44]

Saw him playing with Steven Wilson in Toronto. Fantastic

[@david-ky7rt]

Guthrie is just an AMAZING player, A LEGEND.

[@Gabeothasicomono]

I can't even play the backing track

[@sawdust6968]

LOL!!!!!!NICE ONE;-)

[@irmaztamal21]

Gabeothasicomono you are not practising hard enough...

[@JCapablancaMusic]

thats funny good job

[@briandennehy6380]

Gabeothasicomono Comment of the noughties

[@crusheverything4449]

Brian Dennehy - Noughties? WTF are you talking about?

[@upakardhakal1315]

This guy should be taken to jail for hurting guitarists emotionally.

[@nervedown666]

hahaahhaha

[@macman9831]

Or at least give him a speeding ticket!

[@mesterlian2067]

Hahahaha ....haha

[@peehaha9742]

Finally someone said it

[@ADK_MSE]

HAHA!! Love that comment!!

[@scar_bhai4438]

I m high and my opinion is this man is very clever in his phrasing and knows every scale like variation of every blues legato pentatonic taping and extract every legend player ideas literally mirror every legends like can halen , Albert lee Shawn lane and becomes the greatest improvisor and yeah not forgeting he takes ideas from sexaphone player if you hear his arpegios properly bubbly types he is Just very clever and his fingers supports him

[@stratosaurusrex3399]

12 years later and I still can’t get over this. Unbelievable.

[@krishmah586]

¡Qué bárbaro! Qué manera de tocar y qué delicia escucharle. Felicidades hermano 👍🏿🇲🇽

[@alexsstrickshots3368]

this guy will become the worlds best soon

[@darrenleary8629]

Soon...lol

[@cygnusx1351]

That's some serious chops my man, love it.

[@gr8fultom]

Holy fucking shit! I rolled my eyes because I'm flipping through Instagram posts and see a ton of dudes shredding on guitar just playing notes real fast. .. On a scale of one to ten this guys an 11 for sure!

[@pavlosheiko5361]

Ohohoho!!! Virtuoso Number One!

[@johnpittscom]

This is beyond incredible. Awe inspiring and discouraging all at once. He definitely set the bar high for guitarists. But somebody has to.. somewhere an 11 year old is watching that video and coming up behind him real fast 🤣 At first I thought oh just another Shaggy guitar player... but then I listened to him play and some of his lectures. His brilliant articulate way of teaching music is fascinating as his playing.. He's got Scottish roots and sounds a little bit like Sean Connery teaching you scales. Hes cool AF 🙂

[@shininggallade]

Wish Guthrie would actually write songs like this.

[@jaypickard]

Check out hìs west coast grooves album

[@jaypickard]

OCTAHEDRON OF TRANCENDENCE West Coast Grooves is the only album on spotify 😢 I'll give ghetto gangstas a listen.

[@tylermassey9167]

Is anyone else stuck listening to the lick at 2:02?

[@zaccyo]

Dude. Completely hahahah I knew your timelink was gonna be that one!!

[@matthewgeorge6620]

2:27 tho yikes

[@petezah4597]

0:56 for me

[@JakobStrand]

I´m stuck at 0:01

[@zazmeister69]

Guthrie Govan is by far and away the most exciting, innovative and versatile electric guitar player around today.

[@leehenderson8132]

I think he might be my favorite player today.He is on another level.he has ascended.

[@bullitt773]

Hey you know... this guy is pretty good at guitar.

[@knives2718]

Damn. I love blues!

[@dennishibbard9808]

Hell doesn't Exist? Now we can be Out of Jail or In Jail by our own Free Will. HYHY is giving everyone Free Will to be in Heaven His Kingdom or to be In Hell Fair Enough. HYH talk more about HELL than Heaven Matthew 25:41 Created for Fallen Angels. OT Places of waiting for the Righteous and Unrighteous 1 Peter 3:19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 2Peter 2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. giving evil advice 2Peter 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. Jude 1:6 King James Version (KJV) 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Revelations 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. HELL without Writing truth-revealed.name> along with the only way to Escape

[@knives2718]

Dennis Hibbard Dafuq you talking about?

[@dennishibbard9808]

Message might of went to the Wrong Person, if it wasn't you who said Hell Doesn't Exist, If so I stand Corrected

[@Hardysamnin]

Dennis Hibbard Hell doesn't exist and quoting the bible as an attempt to prove it does is just insane. It is however, good for a laugh.

[@dennishibbard9808]

how about simply folding and cutting a piece of paper,,along with Hell turned right side up spells out who will be in charge from English to Hebrew nothing left to Chance or Hersey, Black and White. + 2Corinthians 4:4 deception is a terrible thing to Waste, the End Justifies the Means.

[@djsteink]

Never has shredding been SO musical :)

[@sklblues]

This is my contribution to the great Guthrie Govan!

[@myroseaccount]

To massively understate one could simply say this man's guitar playing is special. Reminds me of the feeling I used to get listening to Allan Holdsworth (RIP), another quiet, cool, laid back Englishman, whose records I used to play at slower speeds but still couldn't work out what he was doing. Same with Guthrie.

[@bronenalladin]

I think the lick he plays @0:30 is inspired by BB !

[@intrsoul]

All I can say is ... I think that's in the key of B. Maybe.

[@conradbhengra]

+intrsoul hahahahaha... good one

[@Drkilljoy94]

intrsoul too much chromaticism to tell lol but I think it's actually in D because he's staying on the D box for some parts. Playing the hell outta those chord changes though

[@musec07]

no it's in b

[@6stringstorulethemall967]

D Maj or B min tomato tomåto

[@darthj_der7447]

I think i saw a C also...at some point? Fuk this dude lol

[@MrMjp58]

A talent so remarkable, it’s moving. Thank goodness he mostly plays over backing tracks and we don’t have to miss a single note of his incredible creativity.

[@rhettbh]

This guy proves that you can be busy and tasteful

[@BananaFromMars]

0:55

[@johnh3298]

He owes me a pair of new underwear for playing that squeal at 1:26

[@cooperrobinson]

Had an amazing time jamming with him and Steve vai. He's absolutely amazing

[@adaptiveagile]

Alas, but for most of us (Yours Truly, at least), that most important day will never come. But thank God we have Guthrie to inspire us.

[@darkmatters9163]

Guthrie Govan, although he probably doesn't feel like it (modest as he is), is almost in a class of his own here. Whilst going through this playlist his work truly stands out.

[@matzekoebele]

Favorite part: 0:00 - 2:40

[@jefferybrown1409]

Matthias Köbele 😃😅

[@KapitanIptan61]

GOD level

[@babakbet]

When I grow up, I want to be him...

[@Heisenberg8307]

10 years ago, i watched this monster blues solo, now it's calling me again.

[@MrElfOwl]

I "discovered" GG just two days ago and I still don't believe what my ears are telling me. He is a force of nature. Incomparable.

[@andydavid9]

Ah fuck man, I need a lay down. That was an inconprehendable amount of notes.

[@harveyjohnny1967]

I'm not sure what this man is doing to this piece of wood but it sounds nothing like what happens when I try to 'play' the 'guitar'

[@niptodstan]

When Steve Lukather says Guthrie is the best, he must be.

[@samdepaepe6534]

Where did you read it??

[@djd23555]

Holy crap. This dude is for sure best of all time my god haha

[@carloc8763]

I have watched this video so many times and I have come back to it yet again thanks to Rick Beato. I first heard of Guthrie for his collaboration with Steven Wilson on The Raven and later on Hand. Cannot. Erase. His solos on these records are memorable! I have then got to know the Aristocrats, where he plays with Marco Minnemann, who, together with Gavin Harrison and John Bonham, is my all-time favourite drummer (not to forget bassist Brian Beller!). Anyway, it has been quite a journey so far, totally enjoyable and well worth it. Thank you Sir Govan, for the good you bring to humanity from the depth of space (as I am convinced you cannot be simply human).

[@TMoody]

Wow.... there is a glitch in the matrix.

[@olfulk7251]

Wow, there is a glitch in ur brain

[@robertdevadason1885]

Those who disliked this video must be banned from youtube..hahahaha

[@georgebennett3197]

I hope that guitar is over sixteen.

[@YaoEspirito]

Booooo. Weak.

[@Kyrelel]

Finally, a youtube comment that made me laugh

[@MarkLambertMusic]

Whenever I start to get too cocky about how my guitar skills are progressing, I revisit this video to feed myself a big ol' dose of humble pie.

[@icegiant1000]

So fricken good! Timing is dead on, every note precise and well placed, plenty of guts, seriously how could you do it any better? Fantastic!

[@sailen7298]

Can i have the tabs.... oh nvm...

[@markusk9941]

looks like Jesus, plays like Jesus

[@crusheverything4449]

markus K - Jesus is Guthrie’s rhythm guitarist.

[@demonlust75]

word lol

[@RaptureReady2025]

Haha nice! Looks like Jesus, plays like GOD !

[@MyTube4Utoo]

If anyone sees Guthrie, tell him he owes me $1,800!! I just snapped the neck off my guitar after watching this. *NO,* I don't want another stinking guitar! I''m gonna try a Kazoo next.

[@qazzell]

can't really see how anyone can get much better, I think this fella has pushed this instrument to the limits

[@Tiogadon]

If somewhere either on Earth or somewhere else in the universe an android was being built that could shred on electric guitar and knew all there was to know about music theory, fretboard dynamics and had ascertained total mastery, that android would still be lacking in what Guthrie has. Truly amazing talent on display in this video.

[@leventrock63]

OUT of this Planet! Perhaps his blood is green!..))

[@fs7572]

Strange: Finally no one is asking: "Yes, but can he play "smoke on the water"? ....:-)

[@christopherhardin1848]

How in the actual fuck did that just happen?

[@Andrewkafp]

Got to be up there with the very best of them. He just sounds so good....

[@georgeford9417]

The best guitarist in the world !!!!

[@COZZIG]

This has made me realise I am the equivalent of a 100 handicap golfer who has spent his entire life practicing his faults 😳

[@geoarthur6593]

Now Guthrie lad, that is not how I showed you how to play that ..

[@AromiErotici]

Steve Vai saw this and asked Satan for his soul back for reneging on their deal.

[@nevigo5519]

Untill around 2 months ago,I was very much into Paul Gilbert.Great playing,fast picking and all that.But yesteday I changed preferences.Today Its Guthrie Govan.After having heard him play live,I am sure that this dude is one of the 5 best guitarist in the world today.Jesus Christ.

[@alexpapachristos6314]

For a very long time, I am sure, there will no one be better than him. May sound hard... well it is hard... but he sets a level of perfection which is quite unimaginable to be topped EVER.

[@Pedrohsc2]

That's what happens when Jesus picks up a guitar...

[@Zw1d]

what

[@metallica3604]

dude buckethead is great but ...guthrie is better at everything remotely related to guitar than buckethead.

[@naveedalikhan108]

i don't like to compare amazing things!!!!!!!!!!:D

[@bestboy897]

They are different but i can agree with u

[@hediveauae9376]

Guthrie is the perfect player

[@alexcorll90]

But Buckethead has sweet nunchaku skills. Never seen Guthrie use those, but I have seen him play a solo on a rubber chicken. I'd say they're tied.

[@tulussitungkir4717]

buckethead seldom using slide, slide-bend, fast hybrid-legato .. Guthrie win at everything in all that above technic and genre (jazz, country, blues, neoclassic, fusion..etc(

[@franzbaggang264]

Do what ever you want insane finger and hearing your the most great guitarist in the world

[@damndavid4391]

I beg you pardon but I think JTC owns this man some money!!