JOHN BROWNE (MONUMENTS)'s Hard Riffs And RIFFHARD | GEAR GODS

[@treyxaviermusic]

It was a hot day in Poland, and Europe doesn't believe in air conditioning, so our hero was a sweaty boy that day, but metal rests for no one.

[@lyrasimo]

well nice hat indoor btw , it sure help with hot places

[@rolandlemus203]

GEAR GOD it is only March???? gods do not sweat!:) cool vid! \m/!

[@bernieboi8943]

Hahahaa love it

[@mozwall_2560]

Trey: how many strings do you pick? John: all of them

[@mocotonio]

how many strings do you pick? yes

[@josuastangl7140]

"Wes Hauch is the best in a lot of things." Straight facts, he's such a monster when it comes to really anything guitar.

[@grampasguitars4298]

Riffhard is the best guitar community on the internet, and John is an absolute wizard of a player and teacher. Get over there and turn your picking hand into a jackhammer!!!

[@firdeye2681]

I really enjoy johns personality. This video had a lot of good moments ty! You guys both inspire me

[@treyxaviermusic]

He’s a good egg

[@micronesia3797]

I've met John and the original Monuments dudes at a few gigs, he's super genuine as were everyone else

[@jirosaves_theworld]

John's riff are chunky fresh in my ears!! love it so much!

[@randomguy5907]

"what can you do in this tuning?" Piss off a lot of people that uses a floating bridge and have to retune the guitar to play this riffs

[@toemasmeems]

lol buy a hardtail!

[@joshuaallenzurbano3476]

Absolutely! 😂

[@bernieboi8943]

Love this combo. Didn't know about john a long time... but since my discovery he is my man to go to! A real role model in modern metal in my opinion.

[@d472kone]

5:07 sounds like a Minor 9 chord with an added 11. Intervals are 1, b3, 5, b7, 9, 11

[@ricopaxton]

Thank you so much for a good chunk of getting entertained by you, struggling to stay somewhat serious and actually great input from you and john the browne "riff doctor".

[@ssmetalrulz]

The tones in this video are soooo good

[@upsydedown1111]

i don´t like that much monuments but he has a unique way to play guitar that makes me go to play like him jajaja. much respect for Brown he is pretty easygoing. nice vid!

[@gregrybak258]

You're saying a lot of words that I like!! I love this channel. Thank you so much! You are a truly gifted host/ content creator/ musician/ I don't know enough of your body of work to comment further, but if need be, I will update this post in the future.

[@retrocny5625]

What I would do to just sit down with John in this kind of setting and just riff along with him, pick his brain about his approach to writing riffs from scratch and just jam a bit. Maybe get something from it to add to my own bag of tricks. That'd be a pretty sweet deal. I absolutely love playing with guitarists who are better than me and I love the process of learning how to play riffs that I didn't personally write but that I instantly enjoy and connect with when I hear them. I've been in bands where I was the "better" guitarist and all the riff writing duties fell pretty much on my shoulders alone, and I would be the only one bringing ideas to rehearsals(those bands didn't last long) and I've been in bands where I absolutely was NOT the better/more experienced guitarist. Being in a situation where you're not the one doing all the writing feels so much better, it really drives you to improve your own playing when there's that healthy bit of competition there between guitarists where you're both pushing each other to improve, and you're constantly bouncing ideas off each other. There's this situation that can happen in bands where another musician just meshes with you naturally, without having to really work at it much. They know where you're trying to go with an idea before you do. Whether it's the other guitarist, or a drummer, whatever. It's an awesome situation to find yourself in. Bit of a random anecdote but other guitarists or people who've played in bands will know what I mean. Anyway, I love John's work and his ear for melodies. Same with Monuments as a whole. It's been really inspiring. When I first heard their song Atlas a couple years back, it pretty much made me stop what I was doing and start writing new music for the first time in a good bit because I was in a bit of a rut.

[@adriansoul7223]

Rhythm is the legs of guitar. You stand on em but it's the most annoying shit to train.

[@shea_o_keith]

Adrian Soul modern philosopher right here.

[@joaoldmedeiros]

...wow

[@joyang8238]

1:34 Golden

[@RobKingRC]

Both killer guitarist's, man John's writing is on a whole nother level!!

[@ayoutubeaccount864]

Why does he look like Post Malone without tattoos

[@labounti]

He's Pre Malone freshman year.

[@quinnmitchel4075]

Exactly what I was thinking. Metal post malone

[@modernroyalty7517]

@@quinnmitchel4075 prog malone

[@freeshaft6240]

2:47 Tuning below Bb(A#) F Bb(A#) Eb(D#) F Bb(A#) Eb(D#)

[@NickSlipnir]

Chug-chug-chug! Downpicking God and riff Chef here. Thanks for the video!

[@clugokillscluco]

I am so lucky that even though I am left handed I learned to play guitar right handed. I even tried it left handed and it felt weird.

[@kol3raofficialmusic313]

Mr. Browne is such a nice guy!

[@ianabraham8031]

“How many strings are you playing” .....”All of them”

[@maynardcrow6447]

I have my own tuning too. For some reason I couldn't write anything until I made a tuning that enabled me to play chords only possible on a paino. From low to high C G D G C D.

[@metalfather8139]

This picture crack's me up every time

[@mstringer90]

Browne is such an underrated guitarist.

[@Evi1penguin5]

13:32 that in between spot is 96.5% to the grid. Try it.

[@therealeleusis]

Common mistake, Reggae is played with down strokes, Ska is played with upstrokes. Similar music, subtle to the untrained ear, but hugely important difference. Great video! Very inspiring and entertaining. Keep rocking 💪

[@andokonst]

What in the world is the scale of the second maple fretboard Duvell?

[@gripphillips]

Damn you brown.. You make me wanna buy a new guitar.. Good on ya

[@Gdude899]

going more into detail with the drummer analogy when he was speaking about consistency was he referring to the the gallops being consistent with how hard they are hit i.e volume (however I heard an engineer saying that hitting the hardest doesn't always give the biggest sound) character (texture, timbre) or rhythm? .....also which out of volume, charater and rhythm is more a problem when hitting harder when this consistency problem arises with alternate picking?

[@gustavoyanez2182]

And two years after, Zakk wylde with pantera became canon. Mind blown!!!

[@mjkcomposer]

greatest thumbnail of all time

[@jaketyrer9140]

The laugh totally made the video 😂😂

[@KieranGiles]

Just looking at the progression of my KZbin channel is a huge endorsement of the website and its program. I've got 3 or 4 covers I'm tightening up as well in the same vein and I'm already unhappy with my I, The Creator cover and know I can do it better. This platform is insanely good.

[@tarkenton3895]

The best tuning. Sus4 gang represent

[@tarkenton3895]

@Dig Ol' Bicks yeah tesseract wrote all of One in this tuning (and a couple of songs where just the lowest string goes down to G#) and then they've used it fairly consistently alongside the same tuning but in A for most of their discography.

[@raycope754]

Standard.

[@joegallo1]

That Zoolander reference around 16:30, perfect!

[@charlesalmero331]

What is this? A learning center for ants???

[@zenwheat]

5:05 : "how many strings are you pla...ALL OF EM" - LMAO

[@dathioz]

Trey could be John's mischievous and slightly annoying little brother

[@everrest8830]

really interested to see if after 30 days you see an improvement in your down picking

[@xx2]

Does anyone know what kind of pick John uses?

[@Henysipper]

I wish my doorbell had that same maniacal laugh.

[@alisoncook1442]

When he asked what do you call that I would name that chord the deftones

[@joeconti3599]

Yaay another JB vid....keep Killin it

[@TheBlackKoma]

Why is Trey's head soo big and long? So much bigger than JBs. Wished they compared sizes.

[@joeconti3599]

Why do you just ask them to compare dick sizes while you're at it

[@treyxaviermusic]

Big Long Head was my nickname in high school, you have found my biggest insecurity and exploited it I will never forgive you

[@TheBlackKoma]

@@treyxaviermusic how about if I rub it?

[@PereiraLabs]

The headstock looks stretched because of the lens that’s being used. Wide angle lenses tend to distort or warp things on the horizon of the frame depending on how wide the lens actually is, and how it’s produced. The farther something is from the center, the more drastic the effect will be. Like the whole fisheye thing, just much less drastic. Notice how they’re both using a Duvell yet the body on John’s looks way bigger than on Trey’s?

[@fujiboi3426]

"its the CAZZI" bruuuuuuh

[@albeethoven24]

please share that kemper profile!

[@gerritkusenberg3600]

Yesss! Let us know what profile this is please!

[@LucasMastropasqua]

Can someone please clarify the tuning on this? I’m not following and when Browne says the letters I’m missing something because of the audio. I’m hearing: Bb F Bb Eb F Bb Eb

[@qerzuk]

this is correct

[@americanbrandon]

I remember seeing monuments in Tulsa Oklahoma at a church 😆 I talked to the band after they were done and they said the manager messed up and booked the wrong place 😂. They said the next place they were going to play was a state with a bunch of valves they couldn’t pronounce... it was Ohio lol

[@ChainsawChristmas]

*vowels. So you're saying that Monuments played a gig in Oklahoma and their NEXT gig was in Ohio? C'mon...

[@americanbrandon]

ChainsawChristmas that’s right

[@bparr6968]

How many strings... ALL OF THEM!

[@ProbyWaN1337]

wish i had a mayones :(

[@raycope754]

Who is John Galt?

[@Drunkbag]

I'm a lefty playing a right handed guitar, does that make me double mentally ill or half?

[@TheLemonKiller]

Well, I'm right handed but play lefty. I figured you played the frets with your dominant hand and it just felt natural doing air guitar. Luckily for you there's guitars in every store and the prices are slightly cheaper.

[@emilklamer6938]

same bro

[@dantredogborsa7048]

@@TheLemonKiller same here... We are really weird

[@ooferrell]

@@TheLemonKiller i think that makes sense. There finger exercises i can do with my hand that i can do more with my right then my left. Which to me chords should be easier on my right. To bad i dont know too much people with left handed guitars.

[@Nick-ih5em]

Does anyone know what happened to Pete Graves?

[@Ezrail6669]

what was the name of the guitarist they talk about Wes something?

[@treyxaviermusic]

Wes Hauch

[@Epochstudios]

Wes is an amazing player. Been a fan of his for sometime. He should be putting out new Alluvial soon. Im still working on those killer riffs from the first record. Check him out bro and you will definitely be inspired. I think Wes is the best guitarist with the whole package. Rhythm playing,leads song writing,tone! And yeah, the dood plays dimebags stuff damn near like Darrell

[@narrengott131180]

Tell us about the Kemper Profile

[@DadoSimicStudiostriver]

that right gtr sounds great.

[@Matty_McRad_Actual]

What amp or amp Wim are you running in the Gear Gods opening tune at the very beginning of this video? Sounds tits

[@treyxaviermusic]

It's Ignite Emissary actually, which is free as the wind blows!

[@Matty_McRad_Actual]

Gear Gods Holy shit balls!!! Downloading when I get home!

[@metalfather8139]

Actually allot of Voggs picking that sounds downpicked is alternate

[@breathevolume164]

Does John Browne bow to the e g g l o r d?

[@chuchohom8704]

wich song is that?

[@BallisticKnifeJesus]

His tone is soooooo much better by comparison

[@NeverWillWeRest]

John Browne is my dude

[@poonreaper101]

Shout out Vogg from Decapitated

[@MrHaggyy]

G(J)osh we got stereo beards 😂😂

[@The.Adam.D]

#RhythmGang

[@HsbdbHdjnd]

post malone playing guitar ?

[@SPReed92]

is it me or does trey's mayo look twice the size of brownes!

[@TheLemonKiller]

It's just the lense they're using. Or setting.

[@nonlessvoid311]

Two dwarfs shredding!

[@toemasmeems]

I love Wes Hauch definitely my favorite modern lead player but the best vibrato belongs to Brandon Ellis it's unanimous!

[@dustin_ptfo8373]

I'm left handed but play right hand Bass.

[@ΝίκοςΚολλινιάτης-π5μ]

ναι δοξα!

[@HronisArva]

💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@gregrybak258]

Who else got the calculator out just to be stupefied that Browne was, in fact, right about 15 hours?

[@MaartenFranken]

And Henning just posted a video with the text: Size doesnt matter :P

[@dathioz]

That clickbaity German, how dare he ;)

[@konradcholewa5317]

You do not want cold sweat in your bridges XD

[@HeFoundAgartha]

Miles Dimitri Baker and Teemu Mantysaari.

[@blankspace0000]

Trey is the single best guitar host in existence

[@Chefboiyart]

I fucking love them both(and Oli). That tone is fat

[@Producer_Jeff]

Lucas mann is the only person ive ever seen whose upstrokes sound the same as his downstrokes. It is definitely possible to make them sound consistent if you practice at it enough he is a perfect example

[@Marco-ke4zs]

Jokes 100% pure whatever 👍👍👍

[@AuraFragment]

2 guys w/ mayonnaise

[@Nghilifa]

It's 900 Trey. 900! 🤣😂

[@cartonflesh9961]

bruh, i thought it was pre malone.

[@Irvinfadhilah]

Lol

[@verstamp]

Learn how to play Master of Puppets with only up picks.

[@treyxaviermusic]

that sounds like a great exercise

[@treyxaviermusic]

but first I have to learn in with downpicks

[@jalapenopoggers8310]

i think my wrist would decapitate itself if i did that lol

[@Patrick-857]

Most people can't do it with downstrokes properly.

[@konsocosmin3332]

Bada**guitarists...bada** guitars...sounds killer

[@rafaeleca]

Tunning: A# F A# D# F A# D#

[@matt1er912]

Me sitting with Browne 1 second In .. ya I’m done

[@ZuLLeT]

Dude post malone shreds

[@Crotes1990]

you're legs are so white they seem they would light up in the dark XD

[@chrisadcock6824]

gym shorts and stocking hat? Cmon Trey!

[@treyxaviermusic]

wtf is a stocking hat

[@Juicexlx]

Your brother from another mother?

[@PureRiffery_]

Commenting to take away the joy from someone else who wants to comment "first"

[@scottydogg278]

Steve Neil I mean, I still beat you but at least I didn’t say “first” :P

[@PureRiffery_]

@@scottydogg278 Unfortunately someone else did lol

[@scottydogg278]

Steve Neil lol that person is a liar. I definitely posted before them :P

[@PureRiffery_]

@@scottydogg278 Ahhh good ol youtube!

[@powersv2]

😛

[@masonlitowsky]

Lefty here that plays right handed guitar. Superior fretting.... shit pick hand lol

[@FlameDeathcrash]

heheheh :)) woooo funny.

[@gianlucadimaria8551]

is that post malone

[@NOPPYify]

Gear gods guy’s tone is absolutely disgusting. In a bad way

[@replicantc.3708]

MangeSmidtsHemligaPlåtslagarPluton sounds like my Crate 1x15... I hate it.

[@scottydogg278]

No views when I got here. My wife hates when I’m early

[@alfathman3310]

Browne is the chubbier version of guthrie govan