Justin Whang! Plays His Favorite Riffs

KZbin legend and Jynx guitarist Justin Whang joins Loudwire's Gear Factor to play his favorite riffs. Listen to Jynx here: • JYNX - "Heatwave '98" ...
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[@damianocampo4302]

The fact that most of his subscribers don't even know he's in a band says alot about him. He almost never even mentions it on his channel. Most other KZbinrs would be shoving it in your face like crazy.

[@BlueScreenCorp]

He recently went on tour and gave an update about it and put out a series of videos in a "tour" format with only images and VO

[@Goneforgood666]

I know he is, I’m an OG Fan,

[@Eucis93]

He does mention it but does it very ’tastefully’, if that makes sense. Like he has their songs and some tour dates and stuff in the endcard sometimes. But you can definitely tell he’s one of those who does youtube separately for fun, rather than as PR for a band or product. On a similar note, I probably watched DickeyDines for over a year without knowing either of them were in a band because they truly never mention it. I don’t tend to follow everyone on all social media though so I guess I only have myself to blame for not knowing things lol

[@jenl7094]

I figured he was probably in a band or just jammed with his buddies because of the guitars you can see in his videos, but seeing this makes him so much cooler. And he already seemed like a super chill cool guy you’d want to hang out with. Love his YT channel. I died when he mentioned it at the beginning as the place where tell stories about people cumming on things. Right on brand for Whang!

[@gloomyvibrations]

I new that I just don’t listen to his band tbh

[@baron_von_brunk]

Now this is an anime crossover I wasn't expecting.

[@bringme1kscrubscribers10]

Me neither

[@almendratlilkouatl]

Yes

[@Jerry_the_Head]

commented by the man who made the lego recreation of a lost subway ad too, intriguing!

[@BlueScreenCorp]

Me neither but also knowing that Justin rocks, and still tours it's not that surprising

[@groovysnake6664]

First nice thing I've had all year

[@Eucis93]

This made me miss my brother. He used to play ’raining blood’ and ’seek and destroy’ for hours on end through a loud ass amp when he first started playing. He’s not dead or anything, I just wanna tell him it was annoying as shit

[@Chriscornelllover]

I thought you were gonna be one of those people who are lying about people in their family dying for likes

[@SpydurUndead]

You had me ready to cry in the first half, not gonna lie lol

[@jewishchristian4308]

One thing I'll always love about loudwire is they aren't a bunch of boomers circlejerking the same group of guys from the 80s. They go out and get interviews with people from every Era

[@1cedcoffee]

damn i've been subscribed to Justin Whang for a few years now, i always knew he played guitar but i never knew he actually played in a band- i really gotta check his band out

[@Povilaz]

Yeah same man.

[@CoobyPls]

Egg

[@1cedcoffee]

@@TheStreamThatJakeBuilt i dont know either, i guess i just haven't realized xd

[@kalebnolan8343]

@@TheStreamThatJakeBuilt yeah I got no idea how people didn’t know either 😂

[@TYRANT_GODS]

He has been in a few bands.

[@Potato_Blood]

An Artist respects the silence that serves as the foundation of creativity.

[@buddyhimself]

That extra finger "pinch harmonic" reminds me of how I learned fingerstyle pinch harmonics on bass - laying the thumb perpendicular to the string, barely touching, while plucking with the first finger like normal. It's essentially like a natural harmonic played over an imaginary 39th fret or something.

[@Staminist-MMF-80]

Same here! But when I play with a pick, it is the same as on a guitar.

[@nasusan6963]

I use my little finger so I don't have to change the way I hold my pick

[@dabe1285]

I use my middle finger instead of choking up on the pick and I've been doing it that way for 16 years lol. It's kinda like "pinching" the string in between my pick and middle finger so that I'm touching the string where my thumb would anyway, and tbh it sounds so much cleaner than when I do it the "correct" way.

[@clipped4548]

I think it's called artificial harmonic or something

[@SvartElric9]

Ngl, I clicked on the vid ready to comment "not enough bodily fluids" but of course Justin opens with that. The guy never disappoints

[@ViperGamings]

Justin Whang is awesome! And here he is making a new cover for the BME Pain Olympics. 😈😅🤣

[@finsternis1986]

"Here's a great example of a D minor chord. Also, there was once a guy who got a crochet needle stuck in his penis..."

[@DennisTrovato]

Whang is a great guitar player and an even greater meme lord.

[@lance_the_avocado9492]

I just started playing guitar later last year in November-ish and seeing a 8 string guitar is honestly terrifying.

[@francescocagnacci]

I have been playing for like 6 years and same, even strandberg guitars are so strange. A mate of mine has one and it's not very comfortable

[@doomsdaydanceparty7646]

He seems so damn excited to talk guitar stuff, so sweet :,)

[@ThatBlindGuy247]

One of the best youtubers in one of the best new nu-metal bands

[@pauliewalnuts829]

I've never heard of this guy. Seems like a cool dude. I will check his stuff out.

[@fadilfawzi7879]

His KZbin content is really good

[@mamaharumi]

His youtube channel is great and if you're on twitter he's got the best account on that god-forsaken website.

[@lambsauce5312]

Ey Tone

[@scary-goth-mother]

I thought it was odd that Justin was uploading a guitar video that wasn't a short til I saw the account who uploaded it 😂

[@jadedmillion8991]

I knew he was going to mention The Offspring. I literally had the opening riff of "The Kids Aren't Alright" stuck in my head.

[@raul25911]

I love that he played sooo much of his favorite riffs and talks about each one! And why they are his favorite.

[@valtheemokid4005]

I would love to see a Sweet Dreams cover by Jynx, it sounds so good

[@marcowo3226]

YOOOO yes

[@webinfront]

A cover of a cover lol

[@valtheemokid4005]

@@webinfront Wait that song is a cover? My life is a lie

[@nick5591]

@@valtheemokid4005 he played the Manson version of Sweet Dreams which is a cover of the Eurythmics original version

[@valtheemokid4005]

@@nick5591 Oh that's pretty cool, I should listen to the original

[@DJ_Mooster]

The best Loudwire intro of all time

[@bowenboswell7881]

I want to see Whang do a full cover of Not Tomorrow from the first Silent Hill ost now

[@kleeraly8535]

I literally hate that this video has only 64k views when I'm seeing it, I love Justin's infectious passion casually talking about his love for metal, the casual "yeah I love this and this" and him letting his guitar ring out extra long at the end of chuggy riffs just because his tone is so crispy, I love it

[@jamar2349]

Props on that guitar tone. Sounds sick in my headphones.

[@dialindsey]

Can we get a part two from this dude, new to metal and he explains things so beautifully

[@TheKBLarsen]

i'm so happy to see one of my favorite YT's on your channel Loudwire. i hope we could get a fact or fiction episode with justin that would be awesome! Love from norway

[@Jerry_the_Head]

same!

[@samtheman123]

Damn he actually has some killer vibratos

[@alkatraz706]

and to think this guy drinks like 50 cans of beer and still play like that is nothing short of amazing 😀

[@coopdville855]

Oh man, you played that riff from The Great Southern Trendkill quite well.

[@masonarseneau2414]

I love this man. Easily one of my most favorite KZbinrs ever.

[@BeyondDictation]

YEAH THE BOIS, this is a video I never knew I needed but I’m so happy it’s here

[@SandstormSouth]

I can't believe he played Not Tomorrow. That's one of the first songs I learned.

[@Boozer13]

Hearing u play Not Tomorrow made me smile so big. Underrated video game song…

[@jaybird1973]

Awesome to see my favorite youtuber here!

[@x2DxNoodlexFanx]

holy shit! i love justins videos, wish he did more music related videos like this too tbh!

[@jeffm6363]

That cannibal corpse put a smile on my face!

[@ultimatemrcarnage4999]

Not a fan of his band but I still got respect for him

[@maxamillionare]

AYOOOOOO this the best video loud wire has done yet

[@Povilaz]

Hell yeah! Love this man.

[@PilaCiu]

I love Justin, my fav creator of all time.

[@nipulkradmsinatagras8293]

*Love that 8-string weapon!*

[@Hellseventeen]

Woah I’ve been fan of both of your channels this is wild

[@SlyHikari03]

Ayy! It’s this guy! I wasn’t expecting this. Ps, I learned the pinch harmonics thing by laying my pinky on a string next to the neck pickup. Slaughter of the soul and My own summer are my two go to jams. One of my internet mutuals made a video where they sang apple bottom jeans lyrics over the instrumental but still kept the vocal melody. Also, I wonder what that cool riff song is.

[@underdogg0]

Bro! It is awesome to see Whang on here.

[@Lukas02_]

playing the offspring on an 8-string is such a power play.

[@Jerry_the_Head]

mah man whang is on loudwire now, AWESOME!!

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

Sweet Dreams was also my first thing I ever learned. It's a fun little thing and teaches a decent stretch and switching strings.

[@TinkerFlake]

I love listening and watching to him playing guitar 🫶🏻

[@adamrasmussen9939]

I usually (try to) describe doing pinch harmonics like doing a 'palm mute' but just with the very small bit of skin on the thumb of your picking hand that doesn't touch the string when playing normally, but you kind of pick the note with the pick and that little bit of thumb skin simultaneously. You might have to move your picking hand around a little bit to different areas on the string to get the desired squeals out of it. Its one of those things that once you've done it well a time or two, you will develop the muscle memory for it, pretty quickly.

[@tonled6960]

Dude! Sweet Dreams was 1 of my 1st too that i played all the way thru....i mean of course i learned smoke on the water...but Sweet Dreams was 1 i enjoyed playing, keep up the good work bro, been subscribed for a long time....ROCK ON!!!!

[@chrisgonz19]

That was the greatest 10 second intro ever 🤣 Gotta love Justin! Super funny guy and a great guitarist!

[@jayr7890]

Whoa wasn't expecting this

[@barb2986]

Man Justin was so stoked for this video lol

[@poseidonbrine916]

My favorite presidential candidate ❤️

[@GustavoShrapnel]

Whoa, that's exactly how I used to do pinch harmonics too when I was learning them. I could never get them the correct way until muuuuuch later.

[@OliveMule]

I love whangs band.

[@richardsanchez9190]

You love his band, but do you love whang?

[@malawisupasoldier7478]

Glad to see whang here

[@dbspitzer76]

What my two fav youtubes combined!!!

[@JamietheEmperor]

never knew he plays guitar DANG

[@CoobyPls]

Oh dude he's got a whole band! The outros to his videos are all him

[@JamietheEmperor]

wait REALLY?

[@TDH_Callous]

@@JamietheEmperor yup

[@Cunnysmythe]

@@JamietheEmperor It's called Jynx, they're on KZbin

[@Hikaeme-od3zq]

Doesn't he have the guitar in the background anymore? I remember he did in his videos a few years ago.

[@kill_london8166]

Oh god he’s infiltrated loudwire halp

[@langstonwilliams8979]

Sweet!!!🤘🏾🎶🤘🏾🎶🤘🏾🎶

[@officialrhythmicthoughts]

Love this

[@juliansabo]

Legendary video

[@m1k3y41]

One of my favorite KZbinrs

[@stevenxkenyon]

Slaughter Of The Soul is an all time favorite!

[@suitsandstrings55]

Brooooo I did the SAME thing with harmonics. I couldn't fathom how guitarists nailed the "poke" so well every time lol

[@ChicanerDiMarty]

This is an awesome crossover

[@tonytwonukes7272]

Skeletor makes an appearance

[@Staminist-MMF-80]

Pinch harmonics - exactly as it says, pinch! You pinch the string the moment you strum, that is how i try to explain it + show it, ofc :D

[@kuroimado6014]

Amazing

[@Bluntula]

My favorite youtuber! I don't listen to his music because I'm not a fan but I like him :)

[@SarSantiago]

So good

[@kalebnolan8343]

Whang has the perfect name for what he does on KZbin

[@wesmitchem825]

Holy shit we have tons in common the first riff I learned was sweet dreams and I always do pinch harmonics after mastering them to play cemetery gates

[@leonestello8519]

4:31 oh yeah that part from SpineSplitter! 😳 Whao!!! 🎸🤘

[@alexhartman6144]

Love his ECW knowledge

[@paulamontoya4942]

Here for Whang! 🤘

[@patrickpomeroy2772]

Thanks

[@NotACutie]

Can't wait to hear Whang play Bad Brains - Reignition. Sounds like his kinda song.

[@xxxviper4172]

His version of sweet dreams was so crisp 🔥🔥🔥

[@nukfauxsho]

Whang is AWESOME. Jynx is great as well.

[@nagoogle8542]

Cool sweet dreams on guitar, now I want to watch house on haunted hill!

[@justsomegirlwithoutamustache]

Omg Whang!

[@ytormentory2369]

Wasn't he in a band called The World We Knew as well? Loved them

[@h3r3si43]

Die hard fan of Jynx, probably one of the first here in France, love you guys, keep it 👆

[@callofjeep2862]

Oh my God didn’t expect to see him here

[@theblackpacomurder]

Funny that we all learned the same riffs back in the day

[@nedaj_1]

Damn whang! And loudwire didn’t see that

[@xrattleheadx]

Nice toneeee

[@VIMELY6]

That is the greatest shirt I've ever seen, good guitar too ig

[@egobrain]

BIG UPS FOR WHANG

[@nukfauxsho]

for pinch harmonics ill always tell kids i used to teach guitar to float your finger above the string and listen for a specific effect, then pull.

[@v0d7l3]

Whang killing it

[@doctorstrange7768]

oh hey i love whang!

[@rileyrenger2795]

This is incredible! Can we please get Dallas Soup on here next?

[@jaredreynolds9541]

Him or Brady riggenbach

[@vvoof2601]

*Dooo

[@edennn10367]

the wrestling references in the start made my heart happy

[@lema1337]

i love how the two first ones where tied in with wrestling

[@tomwilkins7268]

I love him he

[@MrFacio85]

He definitely knows how to Whang the guitar

[@Wisconsin_Local_139_Crane_Guy]

Justin is the fucking man!!!

[@quvicojones6327]

Pinch harmonics are normally done with your thumb grazing the string after you pick. My teacher said he would do it with his index finger, but I can't remember how to do it. I think Whang is trying to say he played a one handed harmonic? You can place your index finger over the string and pluck with your thumb anywhere a harmonic is found, even around the pickups. This is also how you make artificial harmonics.

[@nyuckkamoments12]

Sometimes normally on the highe or b strings i'd accidentally catch a string with my index on an upstroke and get a pinch harmonic on the high strings

[@Avliv_Satan]

Cool

[@CaeridLock.]

Pinch harmonics is just picking the note and lightly grazing the string with your thumb at the same time, then you bend it out, and you're done dealin, easy peasy