Guthrie Govan vs Michael Casswell | Vigier Fretless | Online Guitar Lessons

In this video Guthrie Govan and Michael Casswell have an epic jam and trade licks.
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In this exclusive performance video you'll watch Lick Library tutors Guthrie Govan and Michael Casswell trade licks in an epic jam session. Guthrie is playing on a Vigier fretless guitar which allows him to play some very slippery lines and emulate some slide guitar style tones, while still shredding in his own unique way.
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0:00 Guthrie Govan and Michael Casswell Jam
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Anyone else want to shred on a fretless guitar? ▶ Learn guitar with Guthrie Govan: www.licklibrary.com/learn/tutors/guthrie-govan

[@00Kie00]

Even with a lot of skill in guitar, it still is very difficult to play without frets, and most of the skill lies in having an ear for pitch, so props to this guy for being able to do this.

[@felphero]

3:11 holy crap to just improv something like this out of the blue...for reasons like this and others I say this man is the best guitar player in the world

[@achouqueeutavadezoas]

it might be tough for those who don't know the place of the frets .. this song should be in guitar hero

[@licklibrary]

goo.gl/5QuCY #guthriegovan and #michaelcasswell one of our popular videos on our KZbin channel! If you haven't seen it watch below! You can view a FREE Guthrie Govan master web class on Licklibrary giving you a good insight into Guthries playing! Check out the webcast here: goo.gl/5QuCY

[@licklibrary]

Watch the Tom Quayle Fretless guitar Jam here bit.ly/FretlessGuitarJam_TomQuayle

[@licklibrary]

@GreatestGuitarLegend Hi there, if you head to Vigiers Website you will be able to check out there fretless guitars - just google 'Vigier' and check out there website - you'll be able to see exactly where you can one!

[@HeiinZz]

Tabs?

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[@ricknet57]

The level of precision and control to play that thing on pitch is mind blowing!

[@licklibrary]

@shredmaster100 Hi there in our free online magazine we have Guthrie explaining all about the Vigier Fretless guitar and how he plays it - google 'Guitar Interactive Magazine guthrie' or alternatively you can watch the video from the article here: watch?v=ZjEGtUXGWa0

[@justinsatov947]

Absolutely awesome. Love it. Just made myself a fretless guitar today and I will say from my limited experience this guy is an absolute hero

[@bamboosa]

Once I get over the "I'll never play guitar again" feeling, I feel like a better player just watching this.

[@preetmendiratta]

That fretless just shows how knowlegable Guthrie Govan is on guitar playing. That takes years patience!

[@thetinydreameater]

They just know by trial and error, and then your body and mind begins to remember where to go to find the right note. It's amazing as hell to me. You also see it on violins, cellos, contrabasses and trombones for example.

[@vawrzyn]

Thank You a lot for approving my video answer! All best to You!

[@kevinandrewsphoto]

See the white circles on the left guitarists neck? They're called "Guide dots". A few of those remain on the high end of the neck in the guitarists line of sight. Markers for frets. I played a fretless which compensated by having a larger amount of markers. But it still takes time finding that perfect note. Vibrato does help with masking it at first, but it has nothing to do with the intonation. Hope that helps!

[@judeappetite]

I swear the second lick nearly made me explode with its awesomeness!!!!!!!

[@MartynDunnMusic]

It takes loads of skill to able to place your fingers at the right position... To see him doing this, is amazing!

[@iusegentoobtw]

You can buy beveled, chromed glass at Lowes and have them size it for you. You use silicon glue to adhere it and you have to sand off the radius of the neck. Costs about $30 and done well, can perform amazing. Raw wood has almost no sustain in the high register so you have to use a lot of compression for it to sound decent.

[@licklibrary]

We've seen a few people do this and it's a great way to experiment with the fretless concept and see if it's for you. We can't recommend the Vigier enough though as we've found that the wooden board kills the sustain and tone more.

[@ImNEXZ]

That intro is one of the most amazing sounds I've ever heard.

[@nevigo5519]

Love Caswells tone.

[@cdemarcomusic]

Mike Casswell is one hell of a musician but everytime I watch guthrie he never ceases to amaze me...one of the most creative guitarists I ever seen

[@MooTaters]

The frets just allow you to be accurate on your notes and do so easily. Think bass guitar vs you're regular stand up fretless bass(don't know what the correct term might be, but what you might see in a jazz band) where you have to know where each note is on the neck.

[@enricsolernoe]

Sometimes (at least in fretless bass) there is a mark on the side of the fretboard, another way to go is to learn the fretboard by "positions" (usually done for upright bass and such).

[@omgawdhax]

Fretless guitars also have the dots to help them determine which fret they are close to or hitting.

[@morbidangel848]

fun with this song called "quack-quack-quack-quack-quack" and loving it none the less.

[@kombik98]

That is VERY impressive. Theanthill is right....the actual pitch on guitar is where the string hits the fret so you'd have to nail that spot EVERY time. I love the cross between a standard rock sound and a slide guitar tone.

[@licklibrary]

@Chrhannil Hi there the other guy is Michael Casswell you can find many videos of Michael playing on KZbin or check out his lessons and monthly column free in Guitar Interactive Magazine. All the best!

[@a7xthefate]

I believe there are still dots on the side of the neck to indicate the approximate location of the frets.

[@Jem7Vellz]

They also have very good ears, and there are markings along the neck to indicate 5th 7th fret etc.

[@PWalden762]

I've just completed my own, I an old epiphone I got for free, but the important bit is that I used a thick epoxy coating on the fretboard, like you would finish a table with, that dries extremely hard and gives you more sustain than just wood, although it's still not quite as nice as the Vigier metallic fingerboard ;).

[@MrOrangefuse]

I like how you can see the rhythm players reflection in the neck.

[@roundhousekicker88]

Like the other guy said, they use their ears. But there's also fret markers on the side of the neck, which makes it a little easier.

[@t3tsuyaguy1]

I love the way they crack each other up at the end there. Good times! :)

[@TheMetalMag]

jeff beck's intro and wow the vigier guitar is amazing, man u know yr neck well!

[@jmmcdon25]

My jaw is still dragging on the floor! There are just no limits for this man! No frets, no picks, no strings...he is just pure beast. Inspiring...inspiring me to get my paper route back because I will never be this great on guitar! ahahaha!

[@Amphibianman94]

Guthrie's Brain>> 1100101110100010111010111010011010011101001110100101110010011110001100101011010010011110100110101011110010111001

[@ShammShammy]

I believe Guthrie showed that guitar in a demo before, and he said that it has side dots on the side of the neck to show where the frets would be.

[@JonteTheMan1]

Well, the guitar still has its dots on the edge of the neck, to get somewhat perspective of tone

[@ravenhawk82]

I made my own fretless guitar by removing the frets from the second cheapest guitar I could find (the cheapest needed new electronics), filling the slots with epoxy, then sanding and lacquering the fingerboard. Total cost, including tools to do it, was about $120. If you google how to make a fretless guitar you will find lots of useful resources.

[@gundamforce999]

@chrisbrown18andup Yea, it's amazing how he keeps shredding and sliding and is still on track.

[@razvanciub8a]

they are both such great guitarists!!! with very different styles...

[@FernandoSantucci]

OMG, shred with frets just is difficult, without frets is only for big heads. Finally Michael Casswell got someone to play guitar with him is his height. Guthrie is a Monster!

[@xNavillus]

this just left me awestruck.

[@Coogah88]

Which is why he was using vibrato during the runs? Just like any instrument without a definite location to press/pluck in order to make a note (violin, viola, cello, bass, trombone are the only ones coming to mind right now), along with practice comes intonation. I played violin for 6 years. You start to learn with tape and when your skill improves the tape comes off.

[@MartinMaat]

So, we now all know it's a good thing to have frets on a guitar. Thanks for making that clear guys.

[@alspageddi]

@solye2 Yes, for quite some time, too. Guthrie is playing a Vigier Surfreter Ron Thal a.k.a. Bumblefoot is also a well-known user of the fretless Vigier.

[@licklibrary]

@Metalborn69 Hi, It would mess your guitar up - you'll be left with grooves in the wood where you frets would sit. We wouldn't advise doing that. As for hitting a bad note of course!

[@tubbaguts5813]

Muscle memory. After a great deal of practice, you just know where to place your fingers. When I started playing the violin, we used bits of pinstriping tape to mark the common positions and took them off once we had the feel for it.

[@mikesinaro]

Its very distinct once you listen to it a couple of times, if it helps compare the beginning of the vid to when Mike was soloing, its hard to put into words but the combination of thicker strings, metal alloy neck, and slide playing instead of using the frets as a lower end point for the vibrating of the string just gives off this unique, intriguing sound.

[@BubbaNintendo]

It's like having a slide built into your guitar. Genius!

[@chris00412]

@licklibrary Oh thanks! Gotta check him out pronto!

[@CompulsiveOrigami]

@Jeremyvp They probably are, but the thing about fretless guitars is that if you're going to bend, you have to keep your finger at the same place on the string when bending. Moving it just the slightest bit will make your bend go slightly out of tune.

[@brettk1380]

sounds very slide like without the slide. supa cool

[@staticvoidman]

stunning fretless guitar!!! cant dream of one now :P

[@da1stjibjib5th]

Holy crap, litterally coolest thing ive seen.

[@STOLGUITARS]

Talk about some great noodling !! thanks guys !!

[@snoopyguy21]

Its partly from remembering where the frets would normally be. and theres notches and dots on the side of the fingerboard to remind you where theyre supposed to be. he did a video explaining how to play a fretless instrument.

[@licklibrary]

You can actually make one believe it of not, I have a friend who took a cheap electric and just pulled the frets out and put some filler in the slots, it's a LOT cheaper than £1000s for a vigier - though those metallic fretboards are great!

[@aaronmcbryer3980]

Yeah,I made one that is a Jackson Rhoads body with a Yamaha neck that I de-fretted and filed the nut down on,it's pretty sick.Sounds pretty cool if you use a killswitch in unison with the fretless neck,but you HAVE to get flatwound strings for it 'cause regular strings will tear up the fretboard,wood or metal.

[@XRasenX]

@FrozenSkyes "Very few people" Im really sure there are a lot of violinists and cellists players in the world, and those are two from a huge list of fretless stringed instruments.

[@guitarfreek1]

I actually made one myself. I took a soldering iron, heated the frets, and took em off. There are tools you can use to do it safely though.... but mine turned out great. Sanded the neck and it's as smooth as a table surface. It's great. You'll have to set up the guitar so the strings are a bit lower on the fretboard though, and probably sand down the (bottom of) nut and redo the intonation and adjust the truss rodd

[@Falling2Grey29]

Just in case you guys don't know, theres dots on the bass side of the neck for Guthrie to look at while he's shredding if need be.

[@jesusantanamusic]

actually not just their ears but .. also they have a very accurate sense of the position on the fretboard

[@citukas]

Sick ! Just sick. Epic jam.

[@zfelps]

There's also fret markers on the side of the neck...but not in the case of a violin or cello. It's also mostly muscle memory.

[@mcblahflooper94]

@BenzoWarden not really. They usually have dots on the side of them (at least fretless basses do)

[@BusinessMan36]

@BluesYourAss Wow! I van't believe I've never seen a fretless guitar before! I want one!! Way cool!!

[@empoeta]

unbeliavable!!! and one more - ! how kind of mastery does a human need to domesticate a beast like fretless guitar in such a musical way

[@Nisbuhh]

that ending was beautiful o.o

[@gibsonbfgman]

i saw him in colorado he is a beast! one of my favs.

[@Croft64]

Guitar playing experience, and as someone pointed out, differentiating by ear.

[@Hazellarack]

that's completely insane! That's some freaking skills!!!

[@CptChaos88]

@sbdreams he plays jazz lines. in this case he expands the pentatonic with chromatic notes and other intervalls (like the 9th,...). check out donna lee, for example; learn that and you'll be able to come up with your own lines in that style.

[@Itachi5050]

@Metalborn69 they have fretless necks, with the fret lines, I'm sure somewhere someone could take the frets out of your neck and replace them with fret lines to fill the grooves

[@fdfdfdfdsss]

@FrozenSkyes I think the point was that musicians of other stringed instruments (violin, cello, lute, etc.) have always been required to play notes accurately without the help of frets, so I doubt they would be dumbfounded by this (whether they should or not is a different argument).

[@SebastianSalinasOficial]

Guthrie Govan such an inspiration !! Creative guitar I&II are my holy bible.

[@EJ9832]

This is some jazzy blues, feelin it

[@vckiller13]

i had a good time jamming with my bass while you guys did your thing sounded great

[@leandroreis7002]

2:30 fretboard works as a mirror.. haha... amazing guitar playing form Guthrie. With the wah it sounds so cool!

[@jordaniac89]

Mind.Blown.

[@ShredFever92]

my uncle has this guitar in blue. its sounds so cool when he sweeps andd taps on it.

[@elpenot]

awesome playing, very nice fretless guitar

[@Weewokk]

Agreed. Michael has crazy good bar control!!

[@jeanforthewin]

@Metalborn69 The bassist Jaco Pastorius, who basically invented fretless bass to try and sound like a double bass, pulled the frets out of his fender jazz bass and filled in the gaps with wood putty and used that bass for years. its certainly doable if you fill it right!

[@tegolin]

1:36 The stars aligned, and it was awesome.

[@Lewishred]

Amazing...simply amazing

[@jaguarcesar]

Beautiful!!!!!!!!

[@agdtec]

Wow the fretless sonds like a dobro or a guy playing with a bottle neck with out the limitations on having mute with one finger and having the slide on another finger. Very cool

[@cagonzalez1965]

Just plain breathtaking!!!

[@Wutcool]

never seen anyone shred on a fret-less guitar before until this guy did this.

[@licklibrary]

of course, let us know what you find! :P

[@wobbynobbenstein]

My guitar is well on its way to becoming fretless. I am long overdue for a dress... The majority of them are painfully squared off, and super sharp. Makes sliding interesting though! Also good for building intense calluses (or grinding off the old ones.)

[@georgeford9417]

He plays everything ... amazing player

[@Strummify]

would love to try this one out!

[@GuitaristLogan]

those little pick noises at the end sounded like R2-D2

[@stephenharding6493]

@ 1:07, Guthrie plays michaels face, love that shiny finger board