Famous Riffs Played Backwards On A Backwards Guitar | The World's Weirdest Guitars #2

[@sock5941]

Alternative title: How to avoid copyright claims

[@nigel7779]

are you James Catfield

[@boseifrit5480]

Are you kird wahmmet

[@a_belugawhale6687]

I’m Trebor trueheelow

[@wokeupinapanic]

I’m Lars Ulrich and I hate all of you and will sue you

[@alexgarcia8365]

nyeah nyeah 😂😂

[@seandaniel23]

I feel like I just had a stroke.

[@bekahn.4762]

Plot twist: you actually did, that's a normal Strat.

[@WilhelmWilder]

@@bekahn.4762 BECAUSE JOKE

[@bekahn.4762]

@@WilhelmWilder yes

[@WilhelmWilder]

@@bekahn.4762 BECAUSE JOKE ARE FUNNY?

[@shitmultiverse1404]

poo poo pee pee

[@jamieandrews3944]

If you play “smoke on the water” backwards does Deep Purple get the copyright strike?

[@BertGrink]

best comment :D

[@sohamsengupta6470]

Umg should get it

[@kimikimonnn]

Vape on the fire

[@samueljett7807]

**reverse card**

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

I dont get it

[@generalwasabi548]

!!!!!!HUGE DISCLAIMER!!!!!! HE PLAYED STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN BACKWARDS AND I HEARD SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES !!!OMG!!!! THIS IS THE WORK OF THE DEVIL!!!

[@hypa64]

Stairwell to hell

[@brianwalendy3735]

@@hypa64 hellevator....

[@spiderprint]

Hail Staten

[@nehemiahzo_]

Hypa Highway to Hell*

[@Trex2486productions]

Elevator to hell

[@DannyGesko]

Backwards Layla sounds like Santana

[@johndelgadillo2815]

Peace Sells oh my god so true

[@demezzerate6769]

lol i thought it was santana for like 3 seconds

[@nigel7779]

but who's buying

[@geoxfilipe]

@@nigel7779 I see what you did there

[@nigel7779]

@@geoxfilipe ayyyyyyyyyyyy

[@DreamTravelerZenddrex]

The reverse sound actually works really well with Stairway to Heaven’s aesthetic.

[@oakleythescreamo3299]

That guitar is quite the mindfuck

[@Shull140]

Playing Snow backwards is the ultimate flex

[@okthen1256]

Wons

[@Shull140]

@@okthen1256 (ho yeh)

[@drdankmemes4827]

Nah play castles made of sand backwards

[@crieverytim]

nah

[@Dom-kp6ur]

@@drdankmemes4827 if I could have an audience and good recording equipment I would for the meme 😭

[@ddb1842]

I created this guitar back in 2003 and released in 2004, after a mad and determined year trying my best to understand manufacturing and importing out of Korea. I was a musician out of Brooklyn playing my original FlipOut at CBGBs and other NYC clubs with my band Dewey Decibel. This review/demo is by far my favorite ever - totally tickled by the backward classic hooks! Thanks you! Did you really get saved from drowning by a backward body man? That didn't slip by me - had me laughing out loud.

[@yeowo]

My dumbass had the audacity to think for a split second that the riff’s would be played backwards because of the guitar Edit: On second thought nevermind I was correct

[@anuvette]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@divinegrunt0375]

Try it with a reverse pedal it would probably sound better when reversed

[@coolguyproductionstm1526]

Ikr

[@kakouhai7162]

Decoy jack be like "Fool, you fell victim to one of the classic blunders!"

[@jazzram_]

how to loook crazy: buy a fender, put an epiphone sticker

[@BreakerBeat]

Samuraiguitarist: Which may seem like any old stratocaster... Me: What a great looking normal strat. Samuraiguitarist: ...but look a little bit closer and you'll see that the body is actually backwards. Me: WHAAAA!

[@FrozenFrost]

@4:24 Smoke on the water played backwards sounds like Money for nothing by Dire Straights

[@rarestheshooter]

Aww dang, I just wrote the same thing :)) Glad it's not just me.

[@Punttipate62]

*Straits Also sounds more like Heavy Fuel

[@larscarpay8321]

@@Punttipate62 true

[@heartsthekitteh6239]

The original song is like if Kirby had a beach-themed boss fight.

[@manualex16]

Feels like we are going backwards baby

[@jere1991]

Every part of me says go again

[@jackterrywhite8767]

I got my hopes up again, no, no, not again

[@ambs9564]

Jack White feels like we only go backwards darling!

[@MvsG18]

@@ambs9564 the seed of all this indecision isn't me, oh no

[@angiemd11]

Cause I decided long ago

[@krisskinner6946]

Admit it, you made this so you could play smoke on the water without copyright claims

[@Crazelord91]

Goddamn, the skill to play those so well backwards that they sound damn near perfect reversed is impressive

[@boseifrit5480]

"I spent an extensive 3 minute period googling"

[@wepe92]

Those 3 minutes were totally intense dude

[@ericwilson-musicandcovers8576]

I am a simple man. I see backwards captions in the corner, and I read them

[@chriswitek9455]

Makes two of us.

[@ibonekibo]

At least three...

[@mischiefthedegenerateratto7464]

meht sdaer eh dna renroc, eht ni snoitpac sdrawkcab ees eH .nam elpmis a si eh

[@brianzamkotowicz1107]

simple is not spelled like that backwards. smh

[@mischiefthedegenerateratto7464]

@@brianzamkotowicz1107at least I tried unlike you who is just complaining

[@tyolmedo1127]

Snow (Hey Oh) sounded more normal backwards

[@DavidNwokoye]

4:24 That's all I wanted to see ɹǝʇɐʍ uo ǝʞoɯS

[@samuraiguitarist]

5 3 0

[@DavidNwokoye]

@@samuraiguitarist ϛ Ɛ 0

[@moflanagan922]

@@samuraiguitarist5 6 3 0

[@alexlazarescu3869]

Bro youre everywhere😂

[@muffbit8735]

smok on winter

[@Fidozo15]

'Colour: Use your eyes' Lol

[@FrozenFrost]

oh shit u can play snow hey oh backwards and i cant even play it normally

[@joe8124]

Same

[@Ryuzakii10]

@@joe8124 practise alternate picking its easy

[@caprianders]

ho yeh ;(

[@Maikvds_]

@@Ryuzakii10 for me it isn't the picking, its the chord shapes

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

I just tried learning it now and it seems easy, learned it in under like a minute xD

[@elsupernico]

This video must be the most original video you ever made. Genius!!!

[@chris_outh]

Neck radius: C/2 pi Good one

[@snatchygoblin2789]

honestly, enourmous props to you for playing snow hey oh backwards, thats difficult enough as it is playing it the right way

[@xhooliganx7297]

Your vibrato on "Layla" was super soothing. Not usually into gimmicky stuff but, this was pretty awesome man.

[@haarisarain5048]

should have played the Tomorrow Never Knows backwards guitar solo FORWARDS

[@eliyahfranson]

5:50 Sammy G has an identity crisis. You good fam?

[@samuraiguitarist]

I pulled it back from the deepend. I'm good

[@iceman_3825]

It was a blast from the past

[@Plepler]

@Eric Viethzer Alvez patreon

[@Corbynyt]

Eric Viethzer Alvez his comment was 20 hours ago, so no the vid was not released 1 minute before he commented

[@Lordcamilli]

The sriptwriting for this episode is gold. And the musical chops were cool as fudge, nice cool surf track and the backwards shit was a complete flex. Right on, Sammy G!

[@eliyahfranson]

(I read all the captions)

[@maximilien_4382]

you mean the snoitpac ?

[@felixkane1319]

Snoitpac eht lla daer I

[@felipegomes810]

!oot eM

[@isaacpearson1634]

em dna

[@faye8078]

Samurai Guitarist: Colour: Use your eyes Colorblind people like me: Am I a joke to you?

[@ladymilliejean4166]

play the tomorrow never knows solo forwards

[@MayonnaiseVenusaur]

Those were surprisingly easy to identify. The only one I missed was Snow, a song I've never heard.

[@samueljett7807]

**plays riffs backwards** KZbin copyright: wAit thAt's IlLEgAl

[@ΒαγγέληςΚυρτάτος]

Or maybe: lagelli staht tiaw

[@zerronyx1362]

Yo snow backwards was great too, whether you play that riff slow or fast or backwards it sounds great Wtf frusciante

[@RC32Smiths01]

Also oh my gosh, Snow is already an annoying and tricky riff to play as it is. Mad props to you for playing it backwards man!

[@michaelheath3062]

Many of these classic riffs have sort of a circular nature to them so there's a recognizability to them backwards (for me anyway)

[@locrianico6843]

Guitar solo from Chain Lighting by Rush was recorded and played backwards on the album

[@freshtea228]

Backwards Layla sound really amazing. In a way better than original. Btw Layla is my favourite Song.

[@iceman_3825]

Feels like a shred master Scott video "how would bach play (insert band)"

[@han1bal104]

5:02 welp that sounds like a seal that is dying

[@hangloose3508]

Ho Yeh

[@leifb2530]

Wons

[@geoxfilipe]

I'm very glad i wasn't the only one to find this extremely amusing

[@999012341]

What ia the real name😢

[@leifb2530]

@@999012341 Snow (Hey Ho) by Red Hot Chilli Peppers

[@dzaesonp8599]

Ho chi minh

[@NightBazaar]

The tune you played near the end of the vid sounded like Surfin' music from the early 1960's, right down to the drum beat. Well played.

[@MarcoBMark-rt6ke]

0-3-5 *THIS COMMENT HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR COPYRIGHT ISSUES*

[@TheHerrDoktorr]

5-3-0

[@nehemiahzo_]

5-3-0, 6-5-3-0, 5-3-0, 0-3-0

[@jd9438]

Ya spelled for rong

[@EJ-ci6gp]

J D you spelled wrong wrong

[@pettersoderlund7953]

@@EJ-ci6gp woooosh

[@generalkenobi6869]

That solo on the surf bit was killer. Loved the weird whammy stuff

[@josephgoforth9722]

find someone that can somehow sing the lyrics to these songs backwards live w/o digital manip and you'll have yourself a superpower gimmick band

[@sagame6945]

It took me so much time to understand the titles are backwards

[@guitarandstuff]

Damn, that surf tune was just amazing!!!

[@mykhedelic6471]

Endlessly coming up with groovy ideas and some of the most tasteful and tasty guitar. One the most special channels on the 'tube. Always a thumbs up.

[@KB-kc7ou]

If it plays like it's gooched, you should send it to Dave's World of Fun Stuff for a setup. His comments would be golden!

[@amritanshusingh3785]

Yo bro you are awesome. It is so hard to play those songs backwards and getting it right. Awesome!!!

[@andrewlyon8924]

Jimi Hendrix played an upside-down strat though so does it really makes sense to play purple haze backwards? 🤔

[@gabrielbennett9376]

Upside down isn't the same thing as backwards m8

[@hyde4004]

@Ben Hackett If you want the music upside down, just turn your headphones upside down! Easy enough...

[@andrewlyon8924]

@@gabrielbennett9376 It was a joke but okay

[@gabrielbennett9376]

@@andrewlyon8924 I know that. The joke didnt make sense though. It was a bad joke.

[@andrewlyon8924]

@@gabrielbennett9376 that was part of the joke

[@_aaron.ojeda_]

You rock man, really like your approach in this channel, we learn, it's fun, keep rockin!! 🤘🤘🤘

[@gymkena]

4:25 sounds like ac/dc tnt lol

[@scottdebruyn7038]

Fascinating! The attack and decay of played notes when played sdrawkcab (in reverse). Kind of like the way 'backwards' when the word is spelled sdrawkcab, but the letters aren't mirrored changes the difficulty of reading a 'backwards' word. Try this, read a word in a mirror. With the letters mirrored, it is simpler to interpret the word compared to the word simply spelled backwards... At least, I find it so... :)

[@tavicotavio]

Fun fact: guitar spelled backwards is guitar

[@bowhello9647]

You gave me a stroke

[@tavicotavio]

@@bowhello9647 you are welcome

[@cookiespy7027]

Oh wow this is so weird

[@mattschuman263]

Brain attack!

[@cf1586]

no, guitar spelled backwards is backwards???

[@ytsemind]

The most amazing thing about this video is how quickly I got comfortable reading backwards.

[@de7io407]

smoke on the water or “retaw eth no ekoms” sounds like tnt (dynamite) 4:25

[@gaomola]

eht *

[@ozboomer_au]

Another fun video.. and it was only 'Purple Haze' that I missed identifying when reversed... I'm all over the surf-style tune as well -- enjoyed it a lot... Whiz-bang, mannnn...

[@KR0NIC]

My mind hurts but I can read backwards

[@sebass337]

that original song is actually great! it’s amazing how you can come up with such stuff so easily.

[@thebeatlesreversed1960]

Now this is what I like to see

[@gavinb144]

This video is the peak of your humor and musical skill. 10/10 I want one now.

[@ernestfoss1968]

Didn't the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix record solos backwards, They experimented with reel to reels and put the tape backwards? I think I understand and remember right?

[@johnathanrhoades7751]

Yup. I know of at least one each.

[@Kittensandpuppies123]

It's crazy how recognizable the riffs are even though they're backwards!

[@TheRealReTox]

"I can't play Giant Steps" I don't think anyone knows how to play Giant Steps, it's more a force of nature than an exercise in futility.

[@gigatesla]

Coltrane unleashed it on the world solely to terrify other musicians.

[@MarcCoteMusic]

You did surprisingly well playing those riffs backward.

[@darksunrise957]

"Nevaeh Ot Yawriats" Hmm. Never heard of that. Me, one second later: D'OH!

[@geetarislife2843]

No way you found one of those Samurai, I've never seen ANYTHING like it... a fender with a reverse headstock, thats insane man

[@thett3167]

color: use your eyes. color blind people: say sike right now

[@johnrose8145]

Sorry I'm about 4 years late (only just found the video), but wow - those backward riffs were amazing - it's something I tried to do in some of my own recordings, but when played back reversed there were always some flaws which meant I never used them. Awesome!

[@matheus86871]

Am I the only one who tought Layla sounded cooler backwards?

[@shaunw9270]

Lol 😊👍 Makes me GAS for an EHX Attack/Decay !

[@cronos6890]

Sounds like sunshine of your love haha

[@dualityofsoul3841]

I agree!!

[@bruh-di4ku]

Yes

[@3lullabies]

Love that surf sound...drenched in verb and trem,so fun to noodle around with.

[@cirava]

Alternate Title: How to make a righty guitar into a lefty.

[@gabrielbennett9376]

It's still a right handed guitar

[@mannyboricua2051]

@@gabrielbennett9376 smh imagine the strings were flipped then

[@gabrielbennett9376]

@@mannyboricua2051 That's kinda redundant. You can do that to any guitar. Nothing about the guitar itself is left handed.

[@mermetalbard]

"it probably would have helped my teachers not realize that I couldn't play giant steps to save my life" ...why must you attack me in this way xD

[@hanreality.7266]

Yep, I read all the captions - what a crappy guitar! 😂

[@hotrodbreck]

That last demo sounded like a mix between surfs up and the wild west

[@mjmazur19]

I think that the person who made this has dyslexia

[@kimonogryphon3770]

Wow, on your ability to play backwards on the fly is amazing. Subscribed just for that. New guitarist at 53, and I have a Jackson JS11 and I am trying to play songs from Rocksmith, thankfully not reversed. ^^

[@mememan1001]

7:22 1 Cheap Gimmich 2 Get what you pay for 3 This hurts my brain 4 Comment if you read all these

[@nehemiahzo_]

name of mistakes your pfp is a dead meme

[@Madvizion]

After watching you play... I now have a new found respect for the guitar. Thank you.

[@EeekItsSnek]

Purple Haze was spot on! Loved the whole thing though :) fun concept.

[@JazzinBlues]

Just ran across this. I bought mine to add to my collection (which leans that way) but I did play it a few times. I was actually quite pleased with the neck on mine... which I never expected!

[@ShallieDragon]

Real talk- you should do more backwards songs, they sounds really really cool!

[@maddoxmoody6625]

I was expecting him to play some surf rock, but I got a western shootout while riding the waves

[@bowhello9647]

😂😂😂, I really want the song name for that one

[@jeffreyfancyman9067]

I watched the first episode yesterday and was thinking wow I wish he would post the second episode already and boom. Here it is the next day. SammyG you are a mind reader sir.

[@TheCanadianImp]

Always a pleasure to listen to ya play!

[@ittbpbit6361]

I dig the rewinded versions for some reason. Sounds awesome

[@wheezyjefferson9136]

Mad props for being able to play backwards better than I do forward, lol. I can say one thing about that guitar, it's a pretty color.

[@shinobi-wan3332]

Hey, Sammy G. I just started watching your channel. Good stuff, sir. I read all the captions!

[@sacalius_papalagius]

lol, some licks in the surfy jam sounded exactly like a ST from one Crypt of the Necrodancer Levels

[@dariusl2111]

Really nice content, love the new approach!!!

[@JV-rx3ov]

I have one of these. I've got the sunburst model. It didn't take a lot of effort to make it play & sound pretty good. They've actually increased slightly in value over the years. They're worth a whopping $400-500 on the used market.

[@kilroy2517]

Hey man, that riff you played on Nevaeh Ot Yawriats was written by me in an obscure song called Suruat I played in 1968 with my band Tirips. Pay up.

[@shaggycanshred]

Loved the Jimi Hendrix cover, but I wish you did the songs he played in reverse, Basically you'd play them forwards and then when they'd get reversed they'd sound like the song played forwards. Sorry I'm wording this so badly, idk how else to describe it. Awesome video mate

[@dedballoons]

Samuraiguitarist-sama; I love your videos and am fortunate enough that I don't immediately require tuition in theory or practice :) Something I would love to learn about from you down the road would be your experiences of trying to create a KZbin presence, what effect this had on your musical directions, what you would have done differently or conversely things you would not have done at all differently. I love watching your channel because it's fun (I. FOUND. THE BEEP.) and you're clearly good at what you do musically. I would love to also hear your thoughts on being a rising KZbin personsonality (not squanching your schwifty, just like credit where credit is due lol).

[@Metal_Scott]

I actually like it. Snow was immediately recognizable. Layla sounded really cool. I dig it but mostly it's your playing that makes it sound good