Per Nilsson! from Scar Symmetry and Meshuggah, five watt live

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This was so long coming! Per is one of my favorite improvisers in any genre, and I've been wanting to try to get him on the live...and here we go!
Guitarist, composer, and producer Per Nilsson has been on the metal scene for a decade or more. We're going to talk about Scar Symmetry, playing w Meshuggah, his influences and musical background and not least of which, his incredible Strandberg Signature NX True Temperment guitars.
Go to Instagram to load your questions for the stream and join in live. This is going to be great.

[@mbmbmbmbmbmbmbmbmbmbmb]

This is an INCREDIBLE crossover. I love this channel for all of the classic gear talk, but I do love me some modern/extreme metal. Hell yeah \m/

[@srh361]

WOW! Never figured you to be a metal guy of any sorts! Love it.

[@just.some.dud3]

Per is an absolute legend. I love that man.

[@moonelfcosmo]

Thanks to all involved this was very cool and informative collaboration.

[@Lensman864]

I own a Strandberg Boden 8 TT (purple, original with the ebony fingerboard) and a Boden 6 TT - I LOVE the true-temperament frets ... I just hope I never need a refret because that's not happening. By the way, for TT tuning I highly recommend The Turbo Tuner - True Strobe Tuner from Sonic Research.

[@johnny.musician]

Thanks again, Keith. Man, I have to play a Strandberg multi scale/fanned fret guitar. I think my ageing hands and wrists will help me, but the Strandbergs are as rare as hen’s teeth here in Australia. I’ll keep saving for one, I guess.

[@mikedamisch]

Love this, Per is a legend and an insanely good guitar player.

[@Imfreehowaboutu]

Per is the best kept secret in the guitar sphere. His phrasing, note choice, dynamics, virtuosity and use of melody are incredible. He brings a level of musicality to metal that is rarely seen/heard. A lot of guitarists make me wish I could play as fast or tight as them but what I really envy about Per is the way he thinks about music and understands the relations between chords and the notes he plays over them.

[@thomasmcgill6918]

Wow, this is surprising! Great!

[@tatters72]

That was a wonderful hour. Thoroughly enjoyable as always.

[@tommycato6368]

Very nice interview with a fellow swede, thanks!

[@aminahmed2220]

I enjoy the video stream very much have a good weekend

[@limpindug]

Enjoyed the show fellas very interesting thanks, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍👍👍🥃Respect to you fellas

[@pierheadjump]

😎 Thanks Keith ⚓️

[@fivewattworld]

Thank you Keith!

[@thisperfectworld]

En route to me are some true temperament necks; I'm very excited for them to arrive!

[@BrianRussell37]

Such an inspirational video. Thanks Keith and Per. Got to get my hands on a True Temperament guitar. (aka BrianYesh)

[@izzyrhoads1313]

Grettings from Montana,,,,

[@GNARGNARHEAD]

that was way too much fun.. but, I don't think I grasped any of the music theory 🤣

[@thesmellycatjazz]

I thought I was going to have to wait a month

[@fivewattworld]

Sigh. I’ll be fixing the thumbnail

[@davidjonkassan]

ugh i thought the same.

[@Bbbbad724]

Lee Ritenour?

[@fivewattworld]

Yeah, I really dig all his jazz background. Metal is generally way deeper than people give credit for.

[@Bbbbad724]

@@fivewattworld I kind of miss the 70s mix of all the music and I am willing to bet that you’ll find Return to Forever, Lee Ritenour, and Jean luc Ponty albums in many metal band members closets. Fusion was what non-disconians were listening to in their youth because it was about all the virtuoso music on FM, and most of our 60s heroes had died from speedballs(Lowell George) RIP or laid out because “Disco Inferno “ was playing somewhere on the radio at any given moment… lol No airtime left for anything else.

[@damienhelmold6978]

I would love a video on the orgins of the extended range guitar.

[@andymelendez9757]

👍!

[@matekerek1039]

HI Keith, any chance for the Cordy inspired Salen review video? I have a salen nx6, and want to explore some strat-ish possibilities. Cheers

[@fivewattworld]

I actually just sold that guitar to a friend of five watt world. As I’ve said before I’m really not a Strat guy and I just keep trying different possibilities for the tones. Currently I’m using PRS Silver Sky SE and a modern Eagle V.

[@andycasile]

@@fivewattworld Not a piece of news I was expecting to hear! Are the other Salens still your daily drivers?

[@myshow667]

yer goin full Bunyon still I see...heh

[@podfuk]

What a legend!