Pro Guitarists React to Guthrie Govan - Blues Jam - Technical Breakdown - Mind Blowing Guitar Solo

[@sebbenilsson860]

All these videos are also done in one session, one take and everything is pure improvisation. It's easy to forget about that. Guthrie's so amazing it's ridiculous!❤

[@JackJenningsGuitarist]

Yes just another day at the office for this guy ;)

[@robertnshine]

There are a number of uber-fantastic guitar players on the planet. And then there’s Guthrie Govan!

[@JackJenningsGuitarist]

Yes he is a cut above

[@KBJ58]

First off, his surname sounds like 'Govern', not Go-van. I was lucky enough to live in the same town and grew up watching him play from the 90s onward. The man has no ego, and will talk to anyone, especially if you buy him beer.

[@subsonicyouth288]

you from chelmsford too ?

[@KBJ58]

@@subsonicyouth288 Yup. Boarded Barnes Estate. Opposite the County High School for Girls :)

[@vvoof2601]

*Guhven

[@avantijazz]

Oi oi saveloy

[@tymanngruter1808]

It looks like nobody wants to talk about Guthrie, i think he is to spooky for the most guitarists...... but its my hero, i am playing for about 40 years now and he is an inspiration for me! Lets hear this again boys? You know whats music is about! 👏👏👏

[@bartvandenheuvel1974]

It's not that he's spooky, it's just to much. Yeah, he's got great technique and plays 30.000 notes in 1 second, but.. I'm not feeling it..

[@Jester1411]

improvisation god...just mindblowing...a true master of the instrument

[@calliope83]

the man seemingly plays at will, without hesitation or doubt, as if he's discovering the phrasing and melodic ideas in the moment over and over...endlessly creative and inspired...a bit like what Ollie Halsall was also able to demonstrate throughout his playing career

[@krebros5845]

I suggest showing him his solo om the Larry Carlton style backing track. The phrasing is so insane for an improvisation

[@briumphbimbles]

Its just an onslaught of great music. Every bar is a new incredible lick or phrase you need to learn.

[@JackJenningsGuitarist]

@@briumphbimbles yes absolutely, he's constantly producing magic

[@brianomoli4]

Guthrie is my favorite. Just took my daughter to see him with the Aristocrats. It was FUCKING AMAZING!!!

[@ricmotta2495]

Very good for seeing what things he can do or how creative, but for pure feel, I'd suggest something more like his solo at the end of Regret #9 (full name Home Invasion/Regret #9 by Steven Wilson) for example.

[@andersgranstrom7128]

This man is totally unreal!! GOSH!!!😍😍😍

[@JackJenningsGuitarist]

Yes

[@joedamore7653]

Absolutely mental is the best way to describe it lol. I crack up and tear up at the same time when Guthrie goes off on one of his musical journeys.

[@JackJenningsGuitarist]

Yes he is really special

[@tobe1359]

Best of the world!

[@TM-jo4wz]

He can all the styles. I like the way he plays in this vid. Check out his band. Watch some other videos. He plays all the classics.

[@Crema59]

I'm not sure we could find a guitarist this great in the next century. He shouldn't have given up his Suhr guitar, as it has significantly altered his playing style. By the way, where have you guys been? This video has been out for over a decade..lol.. but I'm so thankful someone's just made a video about Guthrie again!

[@garethholmes]

Guthrie is a new category of guitarist.

[@garethholmes]

That level beyond "pro" when you realise it all improv.

[@JackJenningsGuitarist]

Yes absolutely

[@larseikind666]

This is improvisation without any kinds of technical boundaries. If he hears it in his mind, his hands can play it. He does have a very distinctive style, however. I think I recognise him best by his use of chromatic runs. There aren't many other guitar players that do those kind of runs. But yeah, it's lovely seeing how relaxed he is and hearing how smooth everything is. 11/10 from Finland/Norway.

[@Tonysmithmusic]

mind boggling 😮all improvised 😳

[@martyrey8063]

we were in a Musical instrument store when Erotic Cakes and waves were conceived in conversation! we laughed, Guthrie had bought some Celebratory cakes after getting some good news ,it was a great day!

[@Tonysmithmusic]

mind boggling 😮

[@GuitarDiddlerJP15]

PLEASE DO MORE GUTHRIE! EVERY SONG, EVERY VIDEO! THANK YOU... lol

[@JackJenningsGuitarist]

Ok thank you

[@GuitarDiddlerJP15]

@@JackJenningsGuitarist guthrie is so much fun to watch... I'm working on uncle skunk and fives right now but the solo to fives is above my skill level lol... I have uncle skunk down though! Solo is my favorite of all time

[@Drinckx2]

And it's improvised!

[@JackJenningsGuitarist]

Yes exactly

[@thedave5748]

What scales is he using?

[@YtuserSumone-rl6sw]

It's the Just play fast enough then anything goes -scale. Very familiar to jazz musicians. Strictly speaking maybe 2 notes are too noticeably off in that scale, but it depends on the order of playing and it will become intuitive with time.

[@snappy_.]

Not certain but my guess is: Minor Pentatonic skeleton (or Aeolian) but changes through what is possibly Lydian/Mixolydian (for the 4 and 5) depending on the chord progression.

[@gerarddabda6223]

He's amazing to be sure, but this insane soloing doesn't sound AT ALL like Albert King. 😳

[@gregholwell8518]

The best alive? Maybe now that Allan Holdsworth and Shawn Lane have passed on.

[@marLamaDeo]

They were FAR more one dimensional than Guthrie though they were both inhuman in their lanes no pun intended

[@gregholwell8518]

​ @marLamaDeo I'd love to hear you play "Non-Brewed Condiment".

[@onsesejoo2605]

Please, search & react The Aristocrats - Bad Asteroid live. This is great player wasted on another run of the mill blues funk junk.

[@brianomoli4]

Fair but these vids are the reason I even know who Guthrie is. Rick Beato did a reaction to this series of vids and talked about it being all improvised. Blew me away and now I am a fan for life.

[@DVDFRMN]

I grew up in Guthrie's hometown Chelmsford ... He pronounces it "Govern", but only fair that people mispronounce his name as he refuses to say Lee Ritenour's name properly.... Lee says "written hour" but Guthrie can't stop saying "Rittan orr" even after recording with the Man😃I had 2 Bass Guitar lessons with Guthrie's brother Seth around 1990, they were both still working at McDonalds ... i recall they shared a bedroom in a very small council house, they had nothing except their Guitars and Guthrie had an Fostex R-8 reel to reel that he wrote his 1st album on, he had all that stuff written in 1990, Waves, 7s, etc ... Guthrie is a true genius, even back in 1990 he was like an 'ascended master' , not only as a Musician, but as a Man, as a human Soul, as devoid of ego or pretension as a Man can get ... Guthrie is nicest Man i ever met, 100% honest in his interactions with everyone (very rare) ... Guthrie never talked down to anyone or tried to assert 'status' or 'rank' ...... Guthrie is the exact opposite of a narcissist ...... Guthrie went to the same Grammar school as my Brother .... everyone was scared of my violent psychopath brother and knew to avoid him .... when i met Guthrie the 1st thing he said was "you're Peter Harrad's brother aren't you? What's THAT like?" .... it was the first time anyone had ever expressed sympathy or even acknowledged that it was a really bad card to be dealt, being the younger brother of such a notorious and violent psychopath ... i will always love Guthrie for that, it meant a lot to me that one of the few people i can respect, one of the most accomplished and able and decent Men says "hey dude, i see your burden" when nobody was trying to help me ..... Don't want to offend anyone but Guthrie IS cooler than Jesus Christ, i would say he is on a par in terms of moral integrity plus Guthrie can play Guitar!

[@JackJenningsGuitarist]

Wow that is an amazing comment 👌

[@michael1]

Why would he pronounce Chelmsford as 'Govern' ?

[@DVDFRMN]

@@michael1 probably something to do with your mother...

[@michael1]

I think he had more sympathy for your brother

[@DVDFRMN]

@@michael1 Oh, you are telling me your thoughts now? that's very generous of you. tell me more about your life of lack and envy...

[@franmanley1635]

A whole channel riding on the back if other people's skills...well done.

[@JackJenningsGuitarist]

@franmanley1635 bro take it easy there's nothing demeaning about doing a reaction video. This old channel is full of tons of in-depth lessons and I've got a thriving guitar Academy full of people that find me on KZbin. All good vibes here so if you want to check out the other videos then you'll see there's a lot decent stuff. Most of it is about Indian classical music adapted to the guitar. That's probably something that you've never thought about but either way thanks for checking out the reaction video and that's got you on my channel so job done.🙈

[@brianomoli4]

@@JackJenningsGuitaristgreat response. No negativity

[@CSBourne]

Well, If you have to worship a guitar god, why would you choose anyone else.

[@JackJenningsGuitarist]

Nice

[@DaveMcDonald-ok2pj]

And Guthrie doesn’t even really like blues. He rarely plays it, but he sure can if he needs to.

[@vazon69]

Just flurry of notes after flurry of notes - any of the three Kings could say more (and with much more melody) in 3 notes than his 30! I can admire his technique, but I just don’t think he is a “Great” guitarist. Only my opinion (and probably mine alone)

[@martiendegraaf6418]

My vote goes to SRV

[@terjerendalsvik5461]

is it great? I am the fast ! whats so cool?

[@Teatowelman-u7c]

It’s objectively great obviously and you’re maybe a bit slow..?

[@phutureproof]

hellos and welcome to a video where two nobodies cash in on someone elses talent, basically the 2000's in full force wicked cant wait zzZZZzzzz

[@JackJenningsGuitarist]

@phutureproof thanks it's really wonderful to have such praise from someone who's also in the nobodies category 👍. By the way we don't make money from these reaction videos, it's just something we do for fun between making our other content.

[@michaelhansen7516]

So this is Govan ... keep hearing his name but hadn't heard him. Sure he's technical, but he's just stringing together cliches. Yawn.

[@misterknightowlandco]

Starts off good but halfway through it just goes into Yngwie plays the blues and it lost all the musicality. He’s obviously insanely talented but he needs to quit the scale running and actually play.

[@onsesejoo2605]

Please search the live video for The Aristocrats - Waves

[@Teatowelman-u7c]

Lmao what a brain dead opinion

[@mysticalpotato86]

As much as I love GG I have to agree - though remembering that its improv still makes it mind blowing tbh. Anyone who's seen a lot of his vids will be able to tell there's a run about 4 and a half minutes into the track that is copy pasted in a lot of the vids I've seen of his.

[@misterknightowlandco]

Look I’m not a shred fan. It’s entertaining for 30 seconds then it goes straight to just play a f’n song already. It gets booooooring real quick. Shred died for a reason. People wants songs not just flashing technical ability. Even Beethoven went dun dun duuuuuuun duuuuuuuuuun (Beethoven’s 5th). And no I’m not a brain dead pop or classic rock fan, 90% of the time I’m listening to classical music which is quite honestly much more impressive than what shred guitarists do musically speaking.

[@idontwanttousemynameyoutub7538]

This is just awful playing honestly.