Justin Whang! Plays His Favorite Riffs

[@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

[@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!

[@Outofstep2006]

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

[@bmoneyrancidfan91]

Been following him for years and I barely found out cause of this video I thought he uploaded a parody at first sight. From the ashes of shit and gum should be their next albums name

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@Potato_Blood]

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

[@OryBaum]

You sound like a NYU film school graduate.

[@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.

[@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

[@RÅNÇIÐ]

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

[@garycoysmith]

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

[@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..."

[@ThatBlindGuy247]

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

[@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

[@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

[@raul25911]

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

[@doomsdaydanceparty7646]

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

[@dialindsey]

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

[@DJ_Mooster]

The best Loudwire intro of all time

[@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 😂

[@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!

[@jamar2349]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@masonarseneau2414]

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

[@kleeraly]

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

[@Boozer13]

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

[@x2DxNoodlexFanx]

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

[@jaybird1973]

Awesome to see my favorite youtuber here!

[@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

[@ultimatemrcarnage4999]

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

[@PilaCiu]

I love Justin, my fav creator of all time.

[@BeyondDictation]

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

[@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.

[@bowenboswell7881]

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

[@tinkerflake]

I love listening and watching to him playing guitar 🫶🏻

[@coopdville855]

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

[@maxamillionare]

AYOOOOOO this the best video loud wire has done yet

[@barb2986]

Man Justin was so stoked for this video lol

[@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.

[@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 😀

[@SandstormSouth]

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

[@Hellseventeen]

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

[@Insanabiliter_In_Linea]

Jynx is the shit, super underrated band. I was really surprised to find out he's in a band, I really liked one of the outro songs on one of his videos, I think it was "Fails", and I looked it up only to see him chugging away on an eight string or whatever in the background, felt really surreal. I thought it was just some random music he threw in there lol, and I had already been subscribed for a couple years at that point.

[@chrisgonz19]

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

[@Jerry_the_Head]

mah man whang is on loudwire now, AWESOME!!

[@OliveMule]

I love whangs band.

[@richardsanchez9190]

You love his band, but do you love whang?

[@Lukas02_]

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

[@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.

[@nipulkradmsinatagras8293]

*Love that 8-string weapon!*

[@Fillitwithbreeemium]

Love that Silent Hill riff

[@kalebnolan8343]

Whang has the perfect name for what he does on KZbin

[@nukfauxsho]

Whang is AWESOME. Jynx is great as well.

[@jeffm6363]

That cannibal corpse put a smile on my face!

[@stevenxkenyon]

Slaughter Of The Soul is an all time favorite!

[@h3r3si43]

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

[@leonestello]

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

[@officialrhythmicthoughts]

Love this

[@poseidonbrine916]

My favorite presidential candidate ❤️

[@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.

[@underdogg0]

Bro! It is awesome to see Whang on here.

[@suitsandstrings55]

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

[@dbspitzer76]

What my two fav youtubes combined!!!

[@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!!!!

[@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

[@MathiasGlendrange]

Took a while to get used to the vocalist and the rap/trap element but now I like Jynx and it's very refreshing albeit weird at times

[@m1k3y41]

One of my favorite KZbinrs

[@malawisupasoldier7478]

Glad to see whang here

[@langstonwilliams8979]

Sweet!!!🤘🏾🎶🤘🏾🎶🤘🏾🎶

[@bertall1ca]

Guitar Bros! Pinch harmonics are no mystery & it's probably the name that confuses everyone. The most basic directions I can give you: choke up on the pick so that only the very tip of the pick is exposed, pluck the string with a downstroke & sorta dig into it so that you thumb grazes the string as you follow through with the downstroke. Try plucking the string between your humbuckers but just a little closer to the neck pickup. Try plucking in different areas as the pinch harmonic sorta moves based on what string & fret you're using but closer to the neck pickup seems to be the sweet spot. If you want to understand how a pinch harmonic works then pluck any open string & let it ring. Now quickly take your finger & lightly touch that string at the 12th fret harmonic just enough to change the open note into the harmonic, then pull your finger away. That same phenomenon happens when your thumb grazes the string during the pinch harmonic but at a much faster rate so that it sounds like a single singing note. Now, remember how there are artificial harmonics closer to the nut, like at the 3rd fret or at 2.3 or whatever. Those same harmonics are mirrored at the 12th fret on the other side of the string but that mirror moves every time you fret a note. If you pluck the 6th string 1st fret (F note) the 12th string harmonic would now be at the 13th fret & so on. That's why the pinch harmonic is elusive as the sweet spot moves depending on where you are fretting. I think the confusion in the name is that you are somehow pinching the string but really what you're doing is sorta pinching the tip of the pick to get your thumb close enough to get that sweet ass squeal.

[@quvicojones]

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

[@Povilaz]

Hell yeah! Love this man.

[@jayr7890]

Whoa wasn't expecting this

[@NotACutie]

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

[@rileyrenger2795]

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

[@jaredreynolds9541]

Him or Brady riggenbach

[@vvoof2601]

*Dooo

[@ytormentory2369]

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

[@xxxviper4172]

His version of sweet dreams was so crisp 🔥🔥🔥

[@ChicanerDiMarty]

This is an awesome crossover

[@TonyTwoNukes]

Skeletor makes an appearance

[@truewantsaband]

What kills me is that his band is actually shit hot

[@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.

[@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

[@legacyShredder1]

Pinch harmonics: Pluck the string with your pick while letting your thumb touch the string. It shortens the string from the fretted note to the note you plucked causing an artificial harmonic..

[@bertall1ca]

This is the best description so far.

[@superfardman4332]

Loudwire is not scared of anything, his introduction line proves it.

[@DBG-fh7io]

Did you buy the poop guitar?

[@VIMELY6]

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

[@justsomegirlwithoutamustache]

Omg Whang!

[@juliansabo]

Legendary video

[@nedaj_1]

Damn whang! And loudwire didn’t see that

[@nagoogle8542]

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

[@kitsune7919]

Why is the audio mainly comming out of the left channel in the vid lol. And no its not my headphones

[@patrickpomeroy2772]

Thanks

[@Daggerfall40]

I see Whang, I click Like.

[@CosmoSocks]

😂I love his shirt

[@TheFlygonproductions]

Jynx are one of the best modern nu metal bands.

[@callofjeep2862]

Oh my God didn’t expect to see him here

[@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

[@paulamontoya4942]

Here for Whang! 🤘

[@napalmsanctuaryx4129]

I see them Fishman Fluence pickups. I need those Tosin Abasi sigs for both my guitars

[@alexhartman6144]

Love his ECW knowledge

[@Bluntula]

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

[@MrFacio85]

He definitely knows how to Whang the guitar