Yngwie Checking Out Philip Sayce @ Fender_NAMM 2009

[@ObeseModetoBeastMode]

Sayce is incredibly talented. One of the best modern blues guys out there today.

[@SoulForty5Music]

Why is this guy not more famous!! Make it happen!

[@juancarlos-dx1or]

Comparing people like govan or petrucci to sayce is absurd, philip didn't base his career around shredding, he's a songwriter who can play fantastic blues with a great tone and attitude, i also think his singing voice is great.

[@hutcheffect]

wait a minute though LOL...Govan and Petrucci are great song writers too! I mean Petrucci writes deep lyrics and plays more than just blues pentatonic scales or common blues progressions. Does that make him a souless player? NO. This guy is good, he's amazing and I love his tone, but just because other players are a lot more advanced or technical doesnt mean they dont play with feel. to be fair, there are players who just sound like typewriters and have no good tone whatsoever. Ian Moore is another modern blues player who never really got noticed and he is a superb player/singer/songwriter who did more than just the common blues thang...

[@lou7572]

shredders can not play like this guy... I mean to produce nice sound in that field, with this tone and attitude... people are confused about what technical skills are, It is not only scale patterns and fast arpeggios.

[@91sandman19]

You need great skills to play this kind of music, i'm new in to the blues and is a different world. I was used to to play metal, hardcore and shrdng solos.

[@StratOnFire]

Philip Sayce shreds a lot on his solos. Govan and Petrucci are great songwriters, and both are very melodic and soulful.

[@MattFoleysGhost]

Petrucci sounds like a typewriter to me, the best of the typewriter guitarists, but even then I'd rather hear Paul Gilbert do that. Or Shawn Lane who could do it all. Or we can just put this tired 90's debate over Soul vs Shred to bed... Because Eric 'fucking' Gales is the one true king of guitar playing on this planet right now. And I defy anyone to listen to and afternoon of live footage on here and come away disagreeing.

[@bluesoddity2094]

Yngwie with his usual " 8 Michelobs and a bacon sandwich on my mind" stare...

[@gordongate]

harsh, funny but harsh.

[@trowerz]

LMFAO

[@juliusschwencke142]

..I'd love to have the fame and talent that goes with it, though! Maybe not so much the boooze! Hahaha

[@luthiervandros]

You don’t want to go on after Sayce. While the majority of the dudes backstage are masterful technicians. Phillip is that and an amazing entertainer.

[@Fraeg]

Yngwei is a huge hendrix fan so he probably dug this

[@guitpizz]

This dude is just a sick player.

[@cleverclover7]

100%

[@phildale8451]

One of the greatest players on the planet.

[@carlstigaxel]

The best blues guitar player today

[@MannishBoy1983]

He might sound a bit much like his influences, but you have to love the passion he plays with. You can't fake that.

[@ericboehmer147]

Perfectly said!

[@sifender56]

Philip is THE man! He does his thing really well and to the max!

[@becca1858]

I remember when Philip showed up at Rumors in Arcadia CA over a decade ago. He was doin' his magic back then too. AWESOME!

[@IronLordFitness]

This is the only performance I saw in my whole life that can equals the ones of Jimi. He really understood how to play and sound like him, even if I guess he does his own thing. Awesome!

[@ez1dog2]

No Way In Hell! Sorry !

[@riffeo01]

agreed!

[@ubdejones1]

yea. no way in hell. he's way better than jimmy :b

[@johnlemon874]

@@ubdejones1As proven by Sayce’s irrelevancy till this day… right?

[@PainInTheS]

Pre-ordered straight away after I got the mail this new album was coming out! Everything this lady does is just great. In recent months I ordered some last missing cd's and got a few signed things from Carline. She's a beautiful person making beautiful music. Can't wait to immerse myself in the new album.

[@robertiola88]

Cool to see John Cruz from Fender's Custom Shop standing next to Yngwie.

[@bunzmaster23]

this guy is an extension of stevie and jimmy

[@dezionlion]

What does that even mean? No, he’s an extension of phillip

[@tammyrogne1471]

Perfectly said.

[@ronjames3414]

Jimi*

[@dazblade]

Some haters on here. This guys own it... simple.

[@cclark7454]

He reps strait blues. its not metal its not fusion its not neoclassical. Uninhibited by any other style and its beautiful to see someone just play blues everything he needs is right there!!!!!

[@rolandlemus203]

Spanking the guitar strings with his chord, is original, and now stained in my memory forever:) I enjoyed this performance, I love the atmosphere the song gets in the middle after the peak of the chorus, some bluesy stuff! :)

[@rickwieczorek9375]

Amazing

[@beachcomber4141]

Though he harkens back to SRV and Jimi, he freakin' RIPS IT UP!!! Exciting to watch and hear!!

[@cheechnchong4347]

Yep ........."Jimi and Stevie"!!! ...together at last!

[@jontecaster]

This guy is an absolute killer.Emotion,tone,guts and balls.COMPLAINS Dont think so

[@jhonylovatoguitar]

The best insane vibrato in The word.

[@aliray1165]

Jesus Christ I can’t believe I’ve never heard of this guy until this moment

[@DaDynamite]

n ill be real with everyone, im also a die hard jimi n srv fan, but just listening to sayce n the things the guy can do on the guitar n also as a fellow guitarist myself, i have to admit this guy has gotten to the point where his skill probably surpasses them both, the man takes what they gave him n continues where they left off, only the true musicians will understand what im talking about.

[@loganpearson9206]

His light does not shine brighter then srv or jimi. It's notes it's passion technique all of it. Musicians have conveyed this before jimi srv sayce. Phil can flat out bring it all. No better,no less then other caliber players. Phil is awesome! Coltrane brought it just as hard, fast, dynamically. I don't care blues,country , classical. Whatever. These types have the musical capacity to give you everything they have leaning on every note. Again Phil is in this class. There's no way he recreated this level of playing . Added his flavor to the musical soup sure. It's welcomed . Beautiful,free players. Blah blah blah. Be well brother! Keep bringing your soul to the mix!

[@yjmsrv]

Philip saved up and bought "Mother" , that guitar, while just out of high school while he was on tour with the late, great Jeff Healey. It's been with him and on tour ever since. That's a real relic, 1963 Strat and all the wear is from him. You can see it in his early days with Jeff still in good shape. In person the wood is actually scooped away from his aggressive playing above the pickguard. He sweats a lot too, so a nitro finish will quickly wear away like Rory Gallagers did.

[@NaradaC]

his excellent shredding & awesome singing cannot distract me from staring at his chest...

[@timbutlerwinnipeg]

Great playing Phillip..Lots of Soul..Yngwie Loves it..Hes Being his Cool Regular self,,Be Nice To Here You Guys jam together..Peace

[@jimnewearthblues1672]

Awesome!

[@DaDynamite]

i dont know y everyone gets all pissed off because he sounds like hendrix or srv, im also a musician myself n one thing u cannot avoid is sounding like ur influences, they will ALWAYS pour out in ur playing, so y doesnt everyone just enjoy the music n the fact that he also loves hendrix n srv n keeps em alive in todays music.

[@timbutlerwinnipeg]

love it man ..see you with jeff years ago.

[@brentmann]

This guys is OBVIOUSLY a great player. Guitar riffs are all stolen from everybody else, guaranteed SRV even Hendrix got riffs from some poor unknown guitarist somwhere. Why can u people jsut appreciate the skills instead of doggin the man. Like someone else said ther not much more you can do!

[@benmols]

this is awesome

[@cornamentamx7396]

That face of yngwie looks like ''' I miss my bacon hamburger and my Budwaiser beer'' xD

[@grinchmonkey]

I wonder if that sweater comes in men's?

[@SteveKrantz]

This comment did not age well ever.

[@chemyalvarez]

Yngwie is... there.. in the shadows.. checking.. Love he

[@irmasil3]

Lets go with Guthrie Govan's wise words: there are guitarists who are amazing players (like Philip Sayce), there are guitarists that are so amazing and unique they change the way of music ( like SRV, EVH, Jimi and yes...Yngwie) , and then there are these guitarists that push the instrument so damn far nobody gets em (i.e. Bumblefoot).

[@Stereostupid]

irmasil3 this dude shits on bumblefoots head dude are u kidding 😂

[@KingKull1971]

Sure

[@miensteen]

How many times he tried to burn his guitar?

[@hhdacount]

Philip rocks! I love his records and live performances. And stop comparing with Hendrix and SRV. He is so totally different. Style of his own. And Yngwie.... nah, he had his time.

[@countroshculla]

That was just fucking awesome

[@LANATORDI57]

Greaaat music,,,

[@jasonlee8497]

Of all the guys and gals copping SRV tone…Sayce is doing it the best…and he’s still young. Lots of room to expand and I’m sure there’s more to his playing. But let’s face it, the shadow of SRV looms large for many players. Stevie inspired and still inspires people to play with passsion and soul.

[@adaptiveagile]

First time seeing this guy. Off the hook good. Love the tone. He's got it.

[@kappadkappa]

super!!!

[@joeylodes]

very good player, always like finding new guys on this there KZbin

[@inertiallychallenged]

Anybody know if those amps are reissue models or vintage?

[@andrewjeff]

philip is awesome..but he uses big jumbo frets??

[@otborgen]

Yes. Better for bending and the guitars sounds a little different.

[@MedalionDS9]

Holy shit, energetic performance! It's like Blues rock on speed... no wonder Yngie took notice.

Great..........

[@ravenblanketful]

great great great!!!!!!

[@woodyhayman]

Holyshit Man...AMAZING!!!

[@ecinaz]

Wow

[@MarkoMarkovina]

STEVIE STIL LIVES IN KWS AND PHILIP... salute my man... where ever u are...

[@ryano50]

@Wiseman501 That strat is actually a '63 with '58 pickups. Its not a relic job

[@charlesalexander4577]

Force of Nature! Amazing!

[@douglasstaggs6796]

Two of my favorite virtuosos, but Sayce has soul & affects me emotionally...

[@davidparkes7977]

Dont be decieved he can play anything he wants he just prefers the blues greatest guitarist in th world i think at the moment

[@crypticy]

Yngwie : "Nah, too slow" 😁

[@jactorrance]

What's the song he sings at the end called?

[@solemnsovereign9]

Cool...the dude in the red shirt next to Yngwie is Woody Weatherman from COC.

[@edfederoff2679]

That's one NAMM I'm damn sorry I missed!

[@MrCalifornia0]

Never heard of him, but I like it. Does all his stuff sound like Stevie?

[@Gblduarte]

Yeah

[@zues2013]

MrCalifornia0 no a lot of his playing is around jimi and his songs have a lot of similarities with Lenny kravitz The only time he somewhat sounds like srv is when he plays some laid back blues when he lays into it he sounds like himself nobody else

[@BJJandBS]

i wish he would leave a little more space between the notes!!!!!!! He's good though.

[@speedmaxr1]

Just another one...is there anything new there???

[@Lisa0529]

perfect tea etiquette -- love that extended pinky!

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

Sayce shines!

[@mean71cuda]

man i love phillips guitar work.. i remember i saw him a while back and got the chance to sit and talk to him.. i remember i could barely mumble cause just being around him is like "whoa" seeing as how he's 6'3 an amazing guitarist and unimaginably nice.. its one of those weird occasions where you have to punch your self in the chest to make sure your not goin gay like when jamie fox met prince.. if youve ever met phillip and your male you'll know what i mean..

[@simonc1uk]

Ha ha ha. I concur!

[@3rdtonefromthesun]

I honestly don't think Philip is 6'3" man

[@Johnylancaster]

What song is he playing here?

[@larrygoodman610]

My question is Did Yngwie speak to him afterwards?

[@YeraYGuitar]

Yes, you´re right.

[@Blackwolfsbane]

fuckin great guitar playing

[@bernhardtsen74]

Fucking great energy! I am now smitten with Sayce!

[@DenDrengDK]

Philip is a monster!!!!!!!!!!!

[@duankoboi]

world of his own :)

[@rasmus2606]

Could anyone tell me what scale he uses at 1:17 to 1:19?

[@rsdsfk]

It's very quick and very hard to accurately point out what he is playing, but it's probably just the minor pentatonic

[@YtheMathGuy]

that looks like the 3rd position of the eminor pentatonic

[@Riighhe]

i think is the 4 position of the e minor pentatonic.. the position meets the E on the fifth string

[@1949-j2h]

Only Two second

[@ejoey64]

Yngwie just interested on those vintage strat 😂

[@JesuitFarmer]

hendrix would literally push this guy off the stage rather than totally embarrass him and play HIS music like HE made it

[@MichaelTortorella]

Yngwie taking notes 😏

[@DannyPeel]

Yngwie would probably love this man, what on earth are you talking about ?.

[@LPcustom76]

is that an ebony board?

[@b.rodclark7349]

'63 rosewood

[@zicobonafonte8327]

I don't see any Yngwie here..Maybe you got something wrong ?!

[@Blackwolfsbane]

yes my friend,you are right,his skill/technique is maybe sharper,tho stevie fans would probably disagree, like comparing purple with turquoise iv`e been playing guitar bout 35 years,so i respect where they at,and where you coming from,,what you talking about peace to us all

[@defeatingdefeaters]

He’s so sic!

[@gerggbergr8976]

What kind of neck is that?

[@bikerpeavey]

+Gergg Bergr I'm pretty sure it's a guitar neck.

[@LostPlectrum]

It's the neck original to the guitar. The back is so worn out that it has faded colour to black due to the sweat... It looks like a rosewood neck with a maple headstock.

[@andrewjeff]

Gergg Bergr the neck on his guitar is an early '60 strat neck with jumbo frets

[@cman211000]

what song is he playing at 0:32?

[@funkyfrog420]

cman211000 Posted six years ago, but it’s called Slip Away. Lol

[@yjmsrv]

Cloning Hendrix??? Wouldn't he have to play Hendrix covers to be cloning Hendrix? I guess you're just so original that you don't sound like any of your influences, which is what you hear here, INFLUENCE, not cloning. Philip doesn't try to hide his influences, he stands firmly on their shoulders and continues on a great tradition, expanding it and creating his own influence. Which is now heavy on me. Too bad we all can't be as original as you must be. Oh yeah, where are your KZbin clips? Eh?

[@PeteLayburn]

We can always make jokes about Yngwie (sometimes I like to as well), but I think it wouldn't be untrue to say that Philip Sayce reminds Yngwie of himself in his younger years... They're both incredible players in their own territories.

[@michaelsievers8476]

Yngwie was and is a great great showman and player...he changed the game. Wish he would have gotten in a better band for his talent than Alcatraz...phillip is cool i like him. But he will never move the needle like Yngwie

[@miENChannel123]

Hendrix + Blacmore = Philip Sayce 👍

[@cgravier]

that V neck is REALLY low

[@PIlotrcm]

He got it out of his girlfriends closet

[@superdriver777]

That's not even a girl's shirt....that's like " the prince in a Disney movie" low 😂

[@aladinin]

Great player....! Roots style music is here to stay. Yngwie`s style of Neo-classical shredding at lightening speed is no doubt clever,,,, but just a phase music went through for a period.... just like all fads.

[@JWH91969]

Ywgwie's playing is technical but it's also soulful. His approach to his tone is similar to Philip's. He was vary much influenced by Hendrix & his version of Spanish Castle Magic is a vary good one. He sounds more like Jimi than he does like players like Vai or Satriani. Music shouldn't be fads & all of it should be appreciated. I love Classical, country, & fusion, but gravitate towards more bluesy styles. I dislike the modern heavy stuff, cause it just sounds sterile to me. But that's me & if someone else likes it, who am I to judge?

[@strav12]

As a 'true musician' how would you rate him next to Richie Kotzen?

[@carakenio]

This guy is a good player , he does not bring new tricks to the gtr world but he's really good like a thousand more...

[@boabglen]

He's a great player but he ain't no SRV. He doesn't give the guitar time to breath. He's wicked but he needs to chill a bit more. Only my opinion though

[@bluesoddity2094]

+Robert Glen Well said my friend. Gotta let those notes kill slowly....

[@cheechnchong4347]

+Robert Glen He's young! Give him time, he will chill and only get better!

[@boabglen]

+Cheech Chong I wouldn't call a 39 year old guitar player young

[@cheechnchong4347]

Ok, I thought he was younger but, I can still call him young 'cause i'm ancient!!

[@themayor6836]

NO need to compare great players Robert!. SRV came from the Texas Blues scene where dynamics are a must and slowing down and play less can be more. PS is a different player with a different vibe and different soul and mind. IM so thankful he "aint no SRV" . SRV needs to be left alone and players need to do there own thing. Keep on Playin Philip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@torydehaan9609]

Lol, Yngwie

[@pentatonicburst2753]

yingvey isnt moved.

[@johndlugosz201]

I want to see Sayce and JoBo jam together 🎉😮

[@kojam1]

Not enough Yngwie! 😂 I jest.....

[@yjmsrv]

Even Yngwie stood up and listened to Philip here. I out.