Guthrie Govan guitar school

[@michaelgottlieb9083]

This is just great stuff here for sure. I love his no nonsense approach backed up by kickass chops. Beautiful chords at around the 26min mark.

[@wackojacko3962]

I've read the comments... seems like some have their heads up their asteroids. I've found a lot of value in this lesson...a few gems I am gonna try to give time to. 😊

[@revhill819]

I guess they're all... bad asteroids.

[@leandrobenitez7555]

This video has a lot of value, and today after so many years i understand it more than the first time i see this

[@Ershad1978]

Anyone has doubts about Guthrie lacking emotions and thinks it’s just all flashy technique- Watch this song from 4:41 especially for the solo build up . Everytime i listen to it despite having listened to it like hundreds of times by now, still makes me well up. I even got a speeding ticket once for getting too hyped up during the solo in the early hours of the morning on the motorway. Just an anecdote 😬. You might not experience the same emotion but this has got to be one of his best solos- kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5S8lqqensaJeM0si=o3uJb2uE_7v7tqJj

[@YOUTUBEOBWAYJACOBGASTON0800]

TO MR. GOVAN,MY ANALISIS IS AMAZING

[@raphlasne]

Very easy stuff as usual.

[@guitarttimman]

My goal is to sound different.

[@revhill819]

What he teaches are some tools. Whether you would like to sound different is entirely up to you.

[@guitarttimman]

@revhill819 I understand. It was a statement.

[@nomandad2000]

@@guitarttimmanthat’s like a gardener saying “I want to grow plants”.

[@gdvpi]

@nomandad2000 lmao this

[@stevenjohnston2263]

"All you need is only...." What about fingers as long as spaghetti?

[@YOUTUBEOBWAYJACOBGASTON0800]

TO>MR.GOVAN HAV YOU EVER THOT ABOWT An TAPPING COMPO'ZISHANALBUM

[@MikeAnnan]

This lesson was first posted years ago. When I watched it back then I was impressed. Guthrie is a seasoned guitar player who is very knowledgeable on technique and speaks eruditely on things others can only be ambiguous about. That being said, I couldn't make it through the lesson this time. He speaks of musicality like he knows something about it but his blues licks lack emotion. They're well formed but hardly expressive. There's no pain or agony in it like there ahould be when you play the blues. Normally, I wouldn't say anything but it's ironic when he criticizes certain playing when he is subject to the exact same aberrations. People won't notice that, but I did, and I think it's important to point that out. In conclusion I become less impressed with Guthrie as time goes by. He often lacks soul and largely I find his playing unmoving. In addition, I can't look past the hypocritical pontificating. He's off my radar from here on out.

[@TheBoondoggler]

Hard agree. I used to dig him too, but as time went on (and I got older), I realized his playing is largely flash and blaze, with no romance or soul. Yeah he knows a few more modes than the average shreddy noodler, but it really comes off as vanilla blandness. I feel like he's even bored of his own Weather Channel- inspired chops. Give me Albert King or Gary moore any day of the week over GG.

[@leandrobenitez7555]

I think he is only showing the licks as an example of what you can do in the video. But for example in this album i think he is more expressive and has more soul in his playing than others of his works music.kzbin.info/aero/OLAK5uy_lyFIk1AP9kOVIVM4VPtzKj8AlG2jZZNuE&si=9ZtfGo4s-KtzD9Gb

[@nomandad2000]

This is a lesson. He didn’t say anything wrong in his lesson. You expect him to teach you “pain and emotion” too? He obviously knows his stuff.

[@jdimeleegoku2971]

I mean, you are gay

[@Miragemusicreal]

The emotion of a song is in its progression and harmony, not single-line licks. And its not something that real players will try to emulate outside of a setting of which it is a natural part. You act like you can just pick up a guitar and immediately delve into the depths of your soul with a single lick but that is a place that you need to build to, with great intention, which is obviously not his goal here. There is a time for passion and a time for technical instruction, and anyway, the former can't be taught, so why would it be a part of a lesson?