Guthrie Govan - Sevens (London GI Show 2008)

[@guitaristsco]

2:35 i love how he just switches it around because hes screwing up a little bit.. but anyways that just shows his amazing creativity. I love it.

[@SixStringChannel]

that ending solo penetrated my soul so bad

[@basketanand]

it's all over the place, yet a beutiful and methodic mix of rock, mtal, techno, jazz. you just gotta respect it .

[@cyclist4now]

OMG !! Such skill & creativity. Words cannot express his brilliance. I feel privileged that I m alive now to hear & see his music. He will undoubtedly be remembered in the future as one of the greatest guitarists in modern history. Bravo Guthrie!!

[@basketanand]

it's all over the place, yet a beutiful and methodic mix of rock, mtal, techno, jazz. you just gotta respect it . 4:48 is one the most beutiful 3rd changes ive eer heard.

[@Johaneeeek]

This song is badass. And I love the bass, funky.

[@sswanny1]

Words can not describe the talent and feel this guy ripps with. Truely amazing and one of my favorities. Alright, my favorite!!!!!!!

[@GODCORRUPTED]

es lo mejor que hay hoy en dia.... increible musica

[@vheadfacelegs]

the outro solo is the best solo i have ever heard in my 30 years of guitar playing

[@Scias]

Agreed. Especially the final solo, I may be out on a limb here but in terms of putting passion into playing guthrie may be up there with bb king, not that comparing is important. I swear to god hes making the drummer cry as he plays the final solo!

[@feverlead]

my favorite lick is at 6:22 so classy for improv. thanks guthrie your the inspiration.

[@Gregorypeckory]

Sometimes your skill level varies day to day. Personally, I'd rather see a player take risks and play something amazing, with an occasional clam, rather than give a safe, note perfect, but uninspired performance. It's fun hearing a great player recover from a mistake; often those are some of the coolest moments imho. We're just humans; perfection is a great goal, but fear of mistakes can hamper creative expression.

[@Marrklarr]

its great fun to hear guthrie mess with high distortion like this, its not typical of his other stuff. he sure knows how to beat the crap out of that beautiful suhr.

[@juanlamon]

this is pure genious...you cant learn or practice to get this good... this reflects you as a person

[@GuitarnScythes]

I love the melodic tapping!

[@vheadfacelegs]

the end solo is my favourite solo EVER

[@sernathal]

the tapping part sounds very beutiful.. gutrhie kicks ass!!

[@Dan1loBC]

one of the coolest things in this song, FOR ME, is that it's called seven, the seventh track of the cd, and also the one where you ca always count to 7, meaning it has a 7/4 or 7/8 beat xD

[@vheadfacelegs]

i love feeling really musical when i count his phrasing in seven beats ahahaa

[@dylanlundgren]

This is fucking incredulous, best guitarist to ever live.

[@fitatatita]

Thank you Joe... Thank you Steve... Thank you Yngwie... Thank you Paul... Each one of you have done incredible job so far. But simply this guy is at another level. This is not fair, this is just using a "disproportionate guitar force" against the other guys. I am speechless...

[@facedspaced]

i haven't seen them all, but of those i have encountered. guthrie is the best. and i don't say that lightly

[@Sperzel]

No one uses fast shred runs better than Guthrie!! They really bring something to the music

[@Kingding6]

Total freedom on the fretboard like this has not been seen since the Late Shawn Lane

[@TheHornet79]

6:28 wow that sounded so heavenly. Never knew that sound would come out of guitar.

[@abZorber]

6:28 Pure soul....just phenomenal...drummer's face addictive too.

[@rhguitar9682]

those tapping sections man... beautiful stuff

[@martinisbutik]

I really like this song's dynamics. I really love the part around 3:00 - 3:30 so tense. and then at 4:10 it just explodes into 320mph rock. Absolutely great

[@wat3rbottl3]

good thing just about everyone like this :) amazing!

[@W4Rnerv]

I love how he doesn't complain/mind about the lack of light during his tapping bits. I saw Yngwie once at the house of blues and he stopped the show momentarily due to "bad lighting"... anyway, Guthrie owns...

[@Omnichronicles]

@musicbymax THANK YOU MAESTRO

[@Scias]

You know someone's good when they can play like this in 7/8 and just feel it and go with the flow. And check out Pete Rileys' drum fill! 4:59

[@Sperzel]

It's a really cool technique based around harmonics, he explains it in one of his fantastic books. Basicly, you take one of your right-hand fingers and lay it across the 12th fret in the same fashion as when you're doing natural harmonics, so don't actaully fret the notes. Then you use your left hand on frets nr 3, 5 and 7 and do hammer-ons and pull-offs, that will create some very cool harmonics! Try it! Hope I made sense :P

[@JLMendo]

GENIOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

[@Staunomat]

My personal G3: - Guthrie Govan - Ron Thal - Dave Martone That would be one hell of a concert... Still, Guthrie is above 'em all... GG is for guitar GOD

[@Scias]

Agreed. Plus I guess people should post a video of their own drumming skills before criticizing like that. 5s!

[@Kingding6]

@BodhiSvaha I agree to a certain extent. I'll always believe Shawn was the finest player to grace the instrument, no matter what. Yes, he is known as a speed freak. But he had more emotion and feeling in his playing than most. Epilogue for Lisa is (imo) one of the most beautiful songs ever composed. When he met Hellborg and got into Indian music he slowed down substantially. Thats when his phrasing came out. Absolute other wordily phrasing. I recommend the paris DVD to see what im talkin about.

[@Kingding6]

Guthrie really is the best todayin technical and musical terms. Shawn Lane was the only other guitarist I can think of who matches Guthrie

[@dennoow]

Well there already is a G3, a couple of times, it doesn't stand for guitar idol, It's a show that so far featured Satriani, Vai and Malmsteen (2003 I think), Satriani, Vai and Johnson (1990's somewhere) and recently Satriani, Vai, Petrucci and most recent Satriani, Gilbert and Petrucci. It's this show I was referring to, not the London GI show. I think the G in this case stands for "Guitar" and the number behind it for the number of sologuitarists, in which case you can have a G3 without a G1.

[@TheWhocares233]

holy shit 4:45+ is one of the coolest licks i've ever heard.

[@chipmeisterc]

Also....perfect pitch control on his bends....I envy him!!

[@4lifeguitar]

The best in the world Enough said

[@RandyLott]

Pete Riley. He's a phenomenal player from what I've seen.

[@jspiolo]

me fascina el tapping del interludio!!!! master govan 5/5

[@immortalsoloist]

well practice does count and you need the tools to be able to express yourself on the isntrument sometimes without proper guidance you can't express what you feel over your instrument so you need the tools to do that and yes your expressions and ideas are with in you no one can teach you how to compose really but people can give you the direction of the way things should be done then you decide which paths to take for your approach over your instrument :) Cheers.

[@afroshredder]

2: 40 @ 99tollap HOW MUCH OF AN AWESOME RECOVERY WAS THAT!?!?!?!

[@chipmeisterc]

Man I only found out about Guthries attendance at LGS about 15mins after he started his setlist! At which point it was too late to go along!

1:30 - so melodic... pure beauty

[@5tgb6yhn5tgb]

Yes, the great Allan Holdsworth - you might also be interested in Frank Gambale - and if you want to here some seminal Fusion, get an album called Master Strokes by the super-group Bruford - its a work of genius - Allan was part of Bruford during its most fertile period imho (Bill, Allan, Jeff and Dave) - and if anyone wants to know what a bass player is, listen to Jeff.

[@Kingding6]

@BodhiSvaha I agree to an extent. I think GG is "rushing" at the moment but that will change with age. My personal favorite is Shawn Lane and I think he had everything you could have in a guitarist. He'll always be the best for me

[@guitaristsco]

@Timmonsec hah yeah :p just shows how amazing he is!! hes my favourite guitarist by far right now.

[@jared_s2]

ha ha ha ha that's so f****** funny! he just came out of it like a frigging wizard!!! his guitar playing reminds me of like...shiny spells being casted!!! lol, completely amazing.

[@TheHornet79]

Shawn Lane and Guthrie Govan are at unreachable points.

[@Scias]

inverted harmonics, where the right hand touches the strings at the harmonic fret and the left hand triggers them with hammerons and pulloffs. init.

[@SonsOfThunder229]

@hira1800 All of the top guitarists are equal as far as skill, its who youd rather listen to that defines choice. I love Govan because hes quirky, spontaneous and original. Of course he can shred like anyone else. But I also love Petrucci because he puts together really great songs, and hes an excellent composer. those are my 2 favorits.

[@TheBanyanEmperor]

He does. I've shown him to people who don't have a clue about musicality and all of them were zombified while watching Guthrie play.

[@shredmunga]

dose anybody know what wah guthrie uses ive never heard a wah that good in my life i must have 1,would really appreciate if some1 cauld tell me cheers

[@TheHornet79]

Phenomenal phrasing: (0:55) (0:57) (1:04) (3:00-3:51) FANTASTIC! (6:26) My Favorite ;( (6:55-7:07) Jizzed my pants (7:08-to the end of the video) Ran off to the bathroom to clean off

[@Scias]

Auto Flanging would be if he moved his right hand up or down the fretboard, creating a phase effect. As for inverted, sry I used the wrong word. 'reverse harmonics' is better

[@ccs624]

I luv the pedal point lick hes does 6:26 onwards : )

[@lenbuke1382]

3:32 what even, that was godly

[@pampiriram]

a fuckin genious!

[@Laynewhril]

Man... I'd love to see Guthrie and Shawn Lane sharing the same stage

[@elagrion]

Dave Kilminster (other guitarist) have nice Telecaster :)

[@RippinSkullz]

The thing that baffles me is how does every fusion guitarist get such good sustain?

[@dylanlundgren]

@vheadfacelegs Agreed, best solo I've ever heard.

[@Scias]

Guthrie Govan for G3! And Guthrie Govan for PM!

[@martinisbutik]

@iJigglypuff There are amazingly skilled guitarist within ALL genres, Metal as well as Jazz. Saying one genre is harder than another is stupid. You can never completely master a style of guitar-playing. There is always something to learn.

[@Scias]

Because normally harmonics are fretted with the left hand and triggered with the right hand, but in this case its the other way around.

[@TheHornet79]

6:30 that.......was beautiful :,(

[@Scias]

Attention all haters and hijackers: Go away. Guthrie is the guitar God of all styles, soulful or shred. That is all. Bye.

[@DerekBallesty]

@HitlerSongs 2 hands my friend. The third hand is the next evolutionary step for drummers.

[@JavierSpicer]

hah, the guy at 7:35 with deep scream, ''WE LOVE YOU GUTHRIE''.

[@Kingding6]

@BodhiSvaha add Lane and Govan to your'greatest" list.

[@nachorand]

he.. is.. FUCKIN INSANE

[@Scias]

1:13 - 1:17 that is a monster lick

[@Sxrule]

It actually changes colour, like a mini disco in your fridge,

[@dennoow]

I know, when did I ever dispute or question that?

[@Barefoot67]

great geektar playing

[@Kingding6]

@BodhiSvaha don't forget Tatum and Peterson. Some of the best musicians there to.

[@Scias]

Haha np, Guthrie is incredible regardless of anyones' thumb direction!

[@Sean.Cordes]

Someone should tab the absolutely incredible ending solo.

[@00Dakka]

yeah it does. its called "sevens solo"

[@chipsu29]

3:43 nice sound :D

[@mathieucharron7654]

that lick at 3:33 is pure insanity

[@BrunoOrtizMachado]

Wow! If it gets better than this he can call his footage the "Oficicial London GI Show 2008 shooting"!

[@douglasfrancher]

who is the egg man behind the kit?....amazing drummer!

[@EmbraceEmptiness]

i believe thats pete riley, the guy who plays on the full length as well

[@predatorportrait]

guthrie govan or mattias eklundh for G3!! it would be awesome!

[@dave1812]

who did the fuckin lighting? the drummer is always lit up and guthrie is standing in the dark

[@dwftube]

Maybe it was the guy from Mapex?

[@tano107]

hey i need this concert.. where can i find it? I NEED IT! lol if somebody has it, please, communicate with me.. cheers!

[@5tgb6yhn5tgb]

@mrphd1231 I've heard that two other great Englishmen (besides Guthrie), Jimmy Page and Allan Holdsworth were there at the birth :) -

[@theperfectcell6]

thats what happens when you have amaaazing theory knowledge! hah that was flawless

[@Scias]

Well I think it would be cowardly for Vai and Satch to deny Govan a spot on G3, even though Guthrie would prove he is actually God. Vai/ Satch have their own style and both have really good compositions. So does Guthrie. So hopefully if it happens they will all be appreciated for their own thing. Verheyan and Timmons were brave enough to stand on the same stage as Guthrie and survived. Well done tbh

[@darktimesilence]

Fuck,!!!! Amazing, haha, Nice, very nice.

[@dennoow]

that's because Guthrie actually exists :-p G3 would be awesome! I'd invite Greg Howe and Andy Timmons along, perhaps Good old Frank Gambale to make it a G4!

[@Penguinator90]

Did anyone notice how at 6:49 he snuck in The Bill's theme?

[@TheWhocares233]

@BodhiSvaha Certain music is meant to give different emotions. Stop trolling...

[@ScottInk]

Chops = infinity!

[@alijens]

Oh no!! i pressed the wrong thumb!!! i meant to press thumbs up...cant undo it.. sry..

[@OdindeSa]

did anybody else see the smoke from GG's guitar @3.40