Mayones Duvell - John Browne Monuments - I, The Destroyer playthrough

Mayones Duvell Elite is available as a 6 and 7 string instrument.
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SPECIFICATION:
Body
- Eye Poplar top
- Profiled Mahogany back
Construction
- Special slick bolt-on neck joint with a 6-screw mounted on ferrules
Neck
- 5-ply / Wenge-Bubinga
Fingerboard
- Ebony
Markers & inlays
- Luminlay side dots, 2 mm, Blue
Headstock
- Angled
Tuners
Hipshot Grip-Lock Locking Tuners
Bridge
Hipshot Fixed Guitar Bridge
Pickups / Electronics
- H-H / Seymour Duncan Distortion 6 (bridge) + Jazz 6 (neck) - 6 string version
- H-H / Seymour Duncan Nazgul 7 (bridge) + Sentient 7 (neck) - 7 string version
Body finish (front)
- Transparent Black / Matt finish (T-BLK-M)
Body finish (back)
- Natural wood / Matt finish (T-NAT-M)
Neck finish
- Natural wood / Matt finish (T-NAT-M)
Headstock finish
- Monolith Black / Matt finish (M-BLK-M)

[@excessionnot]

Has anyone ever watched a video of someone playing guitar and thought, "man, I wish the camera would go all shakey and / or zoom in and out real quick!" ?

[@andrewk7199]

All the time. I only consume media shot in that style. Its called refined taste -- look it up.

[@GonnaGetYouBoi]

its one of the things I'm most thankful for every time i see it happen. its like.. what, 90% of the time.. someone plays a really intricate solo live.. it cuts to the bass player.. or like the singer walking around?.. LOL.

[@a-gnosis]

it's just so artsy and keEeEeEeEeEewwwwl. and original also.

[@TheIceholeCanadian]

His picking technique is phenomenal. Holy shit my wrist hurts just watching it.

[@jonamross188]

I thought all guitarists into niche market prog metal music developed a strong picking hand wrist through their adolescent years? Or was that just me...? XP

[@raynracer]

Jonam Ross hue

[@jonamross188]

hue?

[@raynracer]

hue.

[@jonamross188]

Not on a guitar (yet), but in certain contexts yes...

[@TheChrispablo]

John "downstrokes" Browne

[@k_bsh]

+Chris Meier John Brownstroke. -- yikes.

[@StricklandAssistantManager]

I would give John Browne some downstrokes to get as good as him.

[@jordanmiller3532]

+Kyle Bishop Djohn Brownstrokes

[@dustyrhea99]

Lmao

[@fffffffffffff1]

yes

[@dooganchode9447]

IS mayonnaise an instrument? Yes Patrick. Mayonnaise is an instrument.

[@skullbane535696]

+Mike Hart THANK GOD, I wasn't the only one thinking this!

[@derekofbass]

FFS.. did you hire the guy who worked on the Bourne movies to shoot and edit this eye gouging mess?

[@kayde1749]

hahaha i know right. Its like Just use one shot so us nerds can geek out and get sweaty at this!

[@genustinca5565]

Makes me nauseous

[@ladicius]

Stop it with the choppy zoom in zoom out stuff. It's not cool.

[@mickanon5607]

For the first time I said "ok" for the next 399 times I said "fuck this". And please camera operator: if you are going to do wanky focus pulls a) make sure you have the focus stops set so it's 100% sharp on the rebound, and b) think twice about your aperture settings. My eyes hurt....

[@jmbakermusic]

Hate to jump on the bandwagon, but I agree. John's playthroughs are always a real pleasure to watch. He looks so comfortable and in control...but the 'artistic camera' attempt killed this video for me. I actually minimized it and listened instead. Stunning guitar, great video quality, great audio quality...just lose the artistic camera fuckery, please.

[@Spiritcrusher86]

Whoever filmed this video, please find another job. Thank you.

[@SlaughteredInside]

The fuck's wrong with how it was filmed?

[@apple_with_a_human_butt]

all the shakes, out of focuses and zoom-in's are making me nauseous

[@5urg3x]

Sándor Laczkó It’s the editor who did all those jump cuts not the person who filmed it.... the out of focus thing is an effect.

[@5urg3x]

tohtorigyro Those are all after effects man. That wasn’t done in filming haha.

[@bradleyjferrell]

Agreed, nothing worse than trying to watch someone play guitar and they keep making it go out of focus and quick zooming. Leave that to basic bands with no Technicality

[@sundeflector2402]

The song title should be "I, the destroyer of guitars".

[@came_leo_n3836]

Why

[@sundeflector2402]

@@came_leo_n3836 for that answer you have to have a hand like him

[@ZRisyad]

Or I the destroyer of my own hand

[@timmurrayy]

An absolute guitar idol of mine. Such inspirational technique, timing and composition.

[@alkatorsh07]

Man, I love you. I have never been so obsessed over a band and for as long as i have with you guys before. Such an inspiration and privilege to be in a position to admire such awesome songwriting from you guys

[@alkatorsh07]

I love you man. Amazing, guitar and playing man

[@Marol2137]

good thing I'm not the only one

[@LordAvgasror]

It's because Monuments is basically LSD coming out of your speakers.

[@alkatorsh07]

3:57.. that FFFFFFriff, them supporting Karnivool next year is the best thing to ever happen in modern day prog metal.

[@MayoneRajan]

Glad to hear from you.

[@adammorin8197]

the instrumental versions are just as magical as the final ones with vocals. phenomenal work. .

[@MayoneRajan]

Thank you, it means a lot.

[@Waltzhybrid92]

Mayonaise?

[@ashleyhoward14]

I can't tell if he's making a joke. Can anyone confirm the pronunciation? Mayonnaise or May-yones?

[@TheGearFiles]

***** May-yones I think his british accent doesn't help lol

[@svtcobra666]

It's pronounced "Mai-o-nez."

[@MrDeniskrut]

Майоне́з "Провансаль"! Ммм

[@qrcodmacke9864]

like you never ate one...

[@jamesregan4805]

yeah this guy... I mean, 1. you gotta be talented (check) and 2. you gotta relentlessly spend hours, days and years with your guitar (check). This guy really has it all. So many poor mans versions of what is commonly referred to as Djent. With all his gifts and hard work combined he manages to separate himself from the legions of douche bags "coming up" in this paradigm. Way to steer clear of the shit tsunami John Brown, shit yeah buddy. I truly appreciate your music. (not that it matters)

[@shellderp]

sounds like he's playing a bazooka

[@Crazy3189]

1:34 - When John gives you that look, You know you're grooving home with him tonight.

[@thordiesel6.7]

Sean Conway Or the "get ready for hot sex" nod at 2:01

[@chrishullphoto]

Cody Woodsmanson 6:20 The look when receiving "Hot Sex" : P

[@soysauce9296]

This entire song (and album) owns, but I can't get enough of that riff at 4:32. This is why Monuments is "progressive metal," and I refuse to group them into the bag of dicks genre now referred to as "djent." Browne's a groove machine, but his compositions/riffs are so much more than just "cool sounding". He always keeps things interesting and technical by incorporating displacement, polyrhythms, syncopation, metric modulation, and other rhythmic themes.

[@2Side2Side2]

Amen, djent is an overused butchered term and John Browne is the fucking man.

[@Ghost17110]

I find that people who call a whole genre of music a "bag of dicks" more of a "bag of dicks" than the genre that they mention. I personally consider Monuments to be a mix of progressive metal *AND* djent. Other bands that I include into what I believe is a prog metal/djent mix are Periphery, Polyphia (Albeit moving into prog metal than djent nowadays), and Intervals. They all feature elements popular in both djent and progressive metal, so much so that I believe they should be considered either a mix of both genres. But hey, it's just my opinion.

[@mickstrait6951]

Si senor

[@boobymiles7513]

Mason Stanley I get that "bag of dicks" may be a bit extreme, but it was probably just meant to just accentuate a point. Considering that most of the "genre" does consist of bandwagon hoppers that don't do very innovative work, I can't entirely disagree. Guys like Browne and Misha were doing the whole "djent" thing before it was even considered a genre, so I too find it kinda hard to categorize them with what generally includes simplistic riffs/compositions. Nonetheless, I think we can all agree that this rules.

[@devinmadren1819]

Booby Miles Meshuggah started it all, when Browne and Misha were still wee little tikes in metal.

[@Praisethemoonx]

probably one of their most genius/groovy songs they've made! john's such a beast

[@CRaul87]

Stop the out of focus shait !

[@NickGrivellMusic]

0.30 the toPPPP

[@krinkedsurface]

If Stevie T watched this, he would say: "this camera man SUCKS!!"

[@Strider1313]

It probably was stevie t

[@offshot1st]

people watch play thoughs so you can see it being "played through" 😅😨 the fuck is that zooming for the wall isnt that interesting

[@Mister47Gaming]

Emm Rouse hahaha! Exactly, I would actually like to see the guitarist playing that I came to watch haha

[@DarkBlackReaper]

Its EMG not Nazguls! Awesome video and even better guitar!

[@Guitarman-tarou]

I've watched this thousand times and like this instrument version better than the original one

[@manuxmusic]

dat 'P' pronunciation of the toP! 0:30

[@stanislawrybinski]

and it is stained blaCK.

[@fffffffffffff1]

Bubinga neCK

[@M4NA5]

...duvelle eliTE model

[@uluckaymak]

He's practicing his Drumkit skills.

[@seananderson8739]

🤣🤣

[@jwspitz35]

Seeing him alternate pick is weird

[@crazybadcuber]

Why doe the description say the pickups are Seymour Duncan when we can clearly see in the video that they are EMG?

[@AliceKaneWolf]

CrazyBadCuber The description seems to simply list the standard specs for the guitars. Since John is both a Mayones and an EMG artist it makes sense for this guitar to have (or have had) EMG 57/66's in it. His newer customs have Bare Knuckles in them though, so I dunno what's going on with that.

[@parkermowery6784]

Wow I didn’t expect to find you here, 3 years ago or not.

[@jasonday8334]

0:51 you know your a big deal when Mayones and Mayonnaise endorse you. 🔥🤘

[@DonaldRecord]

5:44 - I need to add that little trick to my arsenal, sounds so cool!!!

[@sacestar836]

i always wonder why people feel the need to do the quick zoom in and out effect on these guitar demos, its nauseating when trying to watch the minute details. i could see it having a place in a band/live performance format, but no more on things like these please

[@jhar9022]

This is in A#, right? His tone is so gutsy, it sounds lower. Sick down-picking, though. You get to times where you feel like you're getting a grip on guitar, then you watch something like this guy's down-picking and realize you have a long way to go.

[@StormChasersofOhio]

Ummmm it's in F#...

[@bookydave8797]

J Har F# D# G# C# D# G# C# your welcome :)

[@jonathanwilde170]

leon taylor Is that tuning some sort of variation on DADGAD?

[@bookydave8797]

Wilde Jono yeah it is and its amazing i play in the exact same tuning as him and its great

[@jhar9022]

+leon taylor Thanks man. Appreciated.

[@H1tman47]

Is camera man having a seizure with his hand on zoom control?

[@smartbob351]

Mayonnaise? I didn't know Hellmans make guitars :p

[@kyatzz]

Is it just me or does this sound miles better without vocals?

[@Seemooreth]

Is Mayones an instrument?

[@scottseitz1107]

+Seemooreth Condiment.

[@alexw.8046]

this is my fave

[@173118804]

Yea it is, you should also check out Mustard drums

[@maddhouse5324]

I don't always take amphetamines, but when I do, I'm this guys video editor!

[@MrBluman999]

I guess Mayones is an instrument.

[@jm_hav]

I say this everytime I see John play, live or otherwise. Right hand of an absolute God. Pleasure to watch.

[@PUNKYMEFISTO]

Wtf with his right hand? It moves so weird, he's probably in some type of british sorcery club

[@michaelsonix8578]

blast this song on 10! @ 2 in the morning so your neighbors appreciate you more. give back to the community, motherfucking mwuahahahahahahahahahahahhhhhhhhh

[@WhaddupImJohn]

1:38 this part coupled with Chris’ scream is heavenly

[@andykaos9426]

5:44 THAT SHIT made me fuckin LOSE IT at the gym when I heard it. Such a nasty sound WOO

[@HajtoTimaSek]

Am i the only one who thinks this song sound better without vocals?

[@ShaneDizzin]

Monuments music without lyrics is good no matter what lol

[@ins4n1t1]

concentrate.....the riff is telling you a story....and when a musician conquers that....uffffff, nothing more to say

[@diabolicwaste]

these riffs groove so hard john browne is a killer player and writer

[@skmetalhead16]

"I'm very excited to finally be endorsed by mayonnaise" you giggled

[@TheBlackcloud2012]

His technique is crazy good, his picking hand looks as if in fast forward...I've been playing 15 years and I'm nowhere close to this type of level. Well done sir...love the band just heard it first time from Nothing More takeover on Sirius Octane....lifelong fan here now!!!

[@merlinzest]

+Tr1ppy b3ard Practiced it for a good 2/3 years till it got solid. And then once you write songs utilizing it and play them all year around live, its even more practice. And proper warmups would help.

[@wingsoficarus1139]

Theres this song I'm trying to cover, Makeshift Harmony. I dont get how he can control the strings so perfectly.

[@VvVGuitar]

Wow at the part at 2:12, what a beast sounding section.

[@darkaquatus]

Awesome song, terrible, terrible, terrible camera work.

[@alejandrosevillano8068]

His face: When you play and realize you created one of the heaviest Fuck You riffs on planet Earth.

[@michaelduk4182]

THIS RIFF IS AWESOME!

[@vincentrose9114]

Wow I didn't realize Post Malone was so awesome at guitar. Looks like he got rid of the tats too

[@vincentrose9114]

In all seriousness, this dude is incredible

[@bluwng]

This is the first time I have heard this guy, he is awesome.

[@torcher78]

check out his band they kick ass

[@LF_Sean]

Is Mayonnaise an instrument?

[@RonMarshallrone]

Wish I could buy that now. Awesome guitar looking guitar and I already have a Setius and it's the best guitar I've ever played so I know the outstanding workmanship Mayones provides. Killer song to.

[@nw_9999_gege]

Tell me the music in the intro video from 0:01. I really liked the music

[@allenzimmerman6148]

Brother I wish I knew BUT remember listening to the guys music on KZbin all the time years ago. It still drives me crazy I can’t remember his channel

[@DomSchu]

I wish I could downstroke as fast as he does at 3:57 and 6:40. That shit's god damn amazing. I think that's a huge advantage of having smaller hands as a guitarist. When I palm mute my pick rests over the neck pickup and there's just so much more distance I have to move my hand to accomplish a fast down pick while palm muting.

[@nimagarthe]

I wish amputating a hand would be as easy as amputating an eye in Naruto.

[@pierresimonetti2689]

Haha, that rinnehand is too powerful, it has to be nerfed

[@nimagarthe]

@@pierresimonetti2689 😂😂😂finally someone understands me

[@geodorff]

he downpicks that whole line at 5:10 so seamlessly god damn

[@BlastEpics]

whats the name of the intro?

[@muodymusic]

tripture - lines

[@markdoubleabrown]

I don't care about the filming. This sound of art is whats got me going!!!!

[@DefOfDopeProductions]

5000 dollar guitar with EMG pickups. The fuck>

[@fromthenorth2]

I can't handle the amount of perfectness in this video. Amazing and 100 % air-tight playing! And that guitar seems really great too.

[@soysauce9296]

Tuning: Gb Eb Ab Db Eb Ab Db You're welcome

[@chickenpermission1656]

pretty sure it's F# and not Gb. It's unbelievable how many people like you don't know theory. Gosh

[@damonwalsh3182]

Absolutely love his playing, but I despise this fucking asinine camera work. Emgtv knows how to operate a camera way more proficiently lmfao

[@Beggars.]

Great performance by Mr Browne, but this video gave me an epileptic fit.

[@Morbidfilthz]

I like his riffs and Guitar tone! Very interesting and groovy.

[@thordiesel6.7]

Whomever said you can't down pick every note has clearly never seen you play. lol

[@HF-dw6nx]

3:56 Fuck yeah dude 🤘🏻

[@onkel44lekno]

these guitars costs as much a car, but they look and sound amazing. amazing song, amazing riff and sick playing! really tired of all the guys copying periphery and what not, the tosin-clones. i really like AAL but guys stop ripping off and do something original. this guy is a real original and i have nothing but respect for him.

[@kyatzz]

I like the guitar and the playing. But seriously who's fucking stupid idea was it to name their guitar company mayonaise?

[@rocketronica1652]

Description says seymour duncan, but I believe I see emg 57-66s

[@jamesmelton5245]

Rocketronica Dellaroma you are correct probably the only thing I would change about guitar. very nice

[@jamesmelton5245]

the guitar probably comes when Duncans in production he probably asked for emgs in his.

[@EmperorSamoth666]

The body looks like an Ibanez RG... just saying.

[@TheGeekosDen]

Fun fact: DOOM soundtrack (Mick Gordon) was recorded on Mayones guitars.

[@adamkahn8645]

blows me away how flat the tops are, God that cant be very comfortable lool

[@Johncraig819]

It definitely can’t be lmao but that’s just personal preference. I could see why he uses the flat top maybe it’s just a comfortable resting position for his arm considering he’s just going nuts on the downpicking. I’d like to try one of these one day

[@TheGeekosDen]

This vid is from 9yr ago. Today the Duvells have a palm rest at an angle for chugging. Feels really nice I own a 2023 Duvell 7.

[@thiagolichfett3911]

Man, absolute great music, but very bad edition. It makes the video unwatchable.

[@100010055128]

Fucking hell, the filming is horrendous!!!! Got motion sickness from that!

[@chrisrockyou]

Anybody know what is the tuning of this song? I know some of their songs are in open tuning

[@andreygagarin3301]

Man, sorry but why do you always miss the drum bit ? Is it so hard to be a bit behind the drums? Is there any reason you push the guitar ahead of drums ? At some point it sounds like a diarrhea.

[@recommendednamelol]

Whip, Whap, Mayones.

[@mudzera]

Killer ❤

[@DROWXXI]

JESUS THAT DOWN PICKING!

[@Marol2137]

Man, give me your right hand please, payin with cash

[@milanstojilovix]

Okay but has anyone ever seen motion blur on a guitarist's picking hand before?

[@redwolf3sireband592]

Where can I get that shirt?

[@FurkanBahadr]

Worst camerashots in a video. My eyes hurt please do not shot another fucking video.

[@boomerriffs]

This is sooooooooooooooooo boring...much like any djent artist/band.

[@miki_the_little198]

3:21 wow great stuff

[@LSlava]

Oh my god! My eyes! Make me unsee it! Clip maker is dumb.

[@GameHauntings]

hi there just came aboad found you from Naomi Hunters Live chat... Hit the bell and left a like

[@_antwalls]

the guitar tone is amazing, but the bass in this one is evil

[@TheCyrax87]

Omg focus the fucking camera, this isn't an Instagram video

[@imaybereptar]

Why does he even need a 7 string if he's gonna keep his pinky on the 7th string the whole time? :P

[@AugieSubsJrock]

Mayones makes up for in their guitar making what they lack in Camera operating and video editing. Like 4:54, what's the focus there? John's chest? 5:22, nice attempt at giving us a rundown of the neck and the head, too bad it was out of focus

[@tomcooney183]

Fuck yea Johns playthroughs always sound so fucking boss, I wish the album was mixed more like this. The guitars on the album are so fucking quiet compared to the vocals

[@GraveFeeder]

I didn't read through the previous comments but in the description it states the pickups are Duncans but in the video they really look like they say EMG. If they what kind are they?

[@deathmetalglenn]

I fucking love this track!!! One of my favorites off the album ,it grooves so fucking hard!! That guitar is beautiful, the tone gives me a groove boner

[@UneditedClown]

I always have a debate with my friend on how to correctly pronounce Mayones... And now Browne's accent got me all confused again fuck

[@thordiesel6.7]

Your picking hand is the return of Jesus.

[@braddavis4377]

I'm glad that I heard this version before I heard the vocals! I don't like the vocals. I think they got that wrong on this one. To be honest the rift sounds more sexy than anything, so perhaps they should have gone for fem-fatal on the vocals? But yes that is a cool rift.

[@CtJoey1]

Does anyone know what emg's he's using? I know in the video discrtiption it says that it has seymore duncan nazgul and sentient pickups but they have emgs in the video

[@alexkazhdan]

These are EMG 55-7 and a 66-7.

[@boobymiles7513]

57/66. Pretty sure I read that Browne actually preferred the Nazgul/Sentient set tho.