Talking Shred w/ Nuno Bettencourt - Nuno's Tone Secrets REVEALED!

[@colinforsecs3393]

Him and Vito Bratta were 2 of the best melodic soloists I've ever heard

[@paulmayon8821]

I would add Jake E Lee to that

[@bilarion]

I would add warren Demartini too.

[@KickflipGnasty]

Marty Friedman

[@ArtGuitarLTX]

@@KickflipGnasty Marty has always been killing it 😎

[@KickflipGnasty]

@@ArtGuitarLTX he’s amazing 😎🤘🏼

[@evrataylor2050]

NUNO, the fact that he did this when he must have been in a lot of pain from a serious and complicated knee injury the day before. So much respect for him as a human being, apart from his guitar playing. Awesome man.

[@MoreMeRecording]

The Song Within The Song...That's old school that only people that grew up with music from the era that he's talking about, and his peers reaching out to him came from and know all too well. So happy for Nuno and Extreme. They deserve all the accolades and attnention they're getting.

[@pickman7]

Nuno is beyond awesome. Great musician, songwriter and a super cool human being to bott. Love his playing!

[@MichaelFeravolo]

Got my Extreme concert tickets... Can't wait to see them again!

[@bluematrix5001]

Finally somebody that ask good questions from a Guitar Player Perspective, love that includes technical aspects of guitar playing, gear, personal and musical ..plus casual and funny stuff...etc great job Masters of Shred

[@MastersofShred]

Thanks so much for the kind words! That means a lot to me! 🙏 Happy you enjoyed the episode! We have a lot more coming up soon😬👍🎸

[@seagullpoet]

So insightful and intimate. He’s very well spoke, almost scientific ! Boston’s finest.

[@danielstryhanyn7278]

His philosophy on music, being true to yourself and working with your band is important.

[@BaconIsNotBiceps]

Regardless of players that can play more technical, what separates them from players like Nuno is substance, context, playing for the music/song and not simply to prove how many scales you can blast through in a millisecond. Nuno plays so tastefully and emotionally geared toward the entirety of each song that he manages to make good songs great. If you don't resonate with listeners, then who are you playing for but yourself and your ego. Nuno is cream of the crop in terms of intuition and musicality. Love this cat.

[@NancyRodriguez-ip5rj]

Nuno, Gary, Pat, and Kevin have blown us all away with the three releases. I can’t wait for the album to arrive in June. I’ve been a fan since 1989.

[@seagullpoet]

Pat was a few years ahead of me in H.S. Even then - his band was good. In Boston rehearsal - where 20 bands practiced - he was n a band called PINK. He invited my band into this small practice room - wowza.

[@NancyRodriguez-ip5rj]

@@seagullpoet He and Kevin also play in an Eagles Tribute band, I believe. That is cool that you went to the same high school.

[@NancyRodriguez-ip5rj]

@Mike Davis I am so jealous of your luck to hear it early!!! I can’t wait for June 9th!!!

[@AlanScottBand]

Nuno has the rare ability Eddie had to inspire people who have never played because of his marriage of melody and feel while looking like a rock star. There are amazing players out there, but Nuno is able to go beyond a mere curiosity because his virtuosity is somehow relatable to more than guitarists. He always plays to the song like a hard rock Elliot Easton.

[@AljonGo]

Another great interview! Nuno and Extreme are BACK and inspiring a new generation of guitarists and bands not to mention lighting a fire for guitarists like me who are passionate about guitar-based music and ROCK!!!

[@MastersofShred]

Thanks so much brother! 🙏I’m happy you enjoyed it and I couldn’t agree with you more!🎸🎸🎸

[@lonelydwightfrye]

I always say that Derek is so prepared with his interviews. He asks the questions we want asked as if we were sitting there part of the conversation.

[@MastersofShred]

OMG! That means so much to me! Thank you so much for all of your support and positive feedback! 🙏🙌🎸🎸

[@docevans5971]

All I can say is "III sides to every story". It will blow you away. Peacemaker die, cupids dead. The whole album is a journey.

[@rallumonslefeu3451]

I remember an interview 20 years ago (already !) when Nuno said that *III Sides* would someday get the recognition it deserves... and I believe this is now gonna happen, inevitably.

[@docevans5971]

@@rallumonslefeu3451 So true. It is three albums in one. Classical (Queen), Mellow (Pink Floyd) and of course Heavy Rock (VH). I always promote it.

[@KickflipGnasty]

One of the most eclectic albums of its generation

[@ShpookyMetal]

ya funkiness mixed with technical n some groovy riffs he always likes to throw in pornografitti

[@douglassnodgrass5808]

Very humble. If you ain't humble nothing matters

[@mattc.883]

I FINALLY just saw extreme in Glenside PA. They’re every bit of what I expected live and more. The talent level is unimaginable. But Nuno has that swagger reminiscent of VH and the inflection, muting, funkiness that grooves. I could watch him play all day. A true virtuoso.

[@gravity4fun364]

Awesome! That's exactly what was missing for these last several years, solos working for the songs! Rise was asking for a solo like that and Nuno made a master piece! There's a lot of great young guitar players out there in their bedrooms playing amazing things but this is going back to what a rock song should be and sound like!

[@ontherocks1026]

Sick interview 🤘🏼 I’m still blown away at the fact that you get to interview these legends 😱😱😱. I was blasting RISE for my co workers at work TODAY!! It’s 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@MastersofShred]

Happy you dig it bro! 🙏🎸 It’s been a wild ride! It seems like just yesterday we were tearing it up in Bautista’s class 😜🎸🎸

[@guitarlife6190]

Thanks for the great interview. What a great all around musician.

[@johnnyprovidence8414]

Great job with this interview. Cool as hell

[@LuisMorales-xr1gm]

Nuno is just an amazing person . I hope to meet him one day. I've heard he's very genuine and just down to earth and very grounded

[@michaellnbnj]

Great interview! Been a Nuno fan since I first heard "Mutha Don't Wanna Go to School Today" on the radio in September 1989. I instantly knew that this was a special guitar player that I was hearing.

[@TheCjbowman]

Nuno just doing what Nuno does - great riffs and kick ass solos! I think people are hungry for, and appreciative of, good guitar solos as part of a rock song again. Solos constructed over key changes, breaks, syncopated parts with the rhythm section, and a crescendo are just an integral part of an awesome song in my humble opinion. 🤘😎

[@Bangkokguitar]

That was a great interview in so many ways! Bravo! Nuno really summed it up so welll as did the comment that Steve Lukather made to him , because I believe that is just about how all us old timers felt.

[@PaulT08]

Awesome interview, Derek. Thanks for keeping the shred alive in IG too. I always look forward to your posts!

[@ninarosebarber]

Great interview! Always a pleasure to see/hear Nuno talk… The new album is receiving much deserved fanfare and it’s super seeing new interviews in support of its release. Can’t wait for June and hope a UK tour is eventually on the cards.

[@chrislestermusic]

Fantastic interview. There is a fine art to conducting an interview with space for answer and also leading for more information if the interviewee is hesitant. You did an outstanding job!

[@MastersofShred]

Thank you so much for your positive feedback! I’m so happy you enjoyed it as much as we did shooting it! 🙏🙌🎸🎸🎸

[@cc_1983]

Awesome interview dude! Cheers What a guy and player Nuno is - also pretty funny too! Early on the notes about sitting in your bedroom or online playing guitar it’s so true! Been a long time since someone’s got up as a band and writing a song and blown the roof off!

[@davidpramaggiore9281]

Write a book! Idk why but I just never was exposed to a lot of extremes Music and so am new to being a fan of the band and Nunos playing. The Rise solo is sooo amazing. But all the playing hits! But what I’ve really been drawn to is the way Nuno talks about music and his stories. His humility and the way he explains everything is so cool and draws you in. Would definitely be cool to see a book happen!

[@sinwildman]

Kudos to Nuno for Keeping it Real about "Rise" and the Solo... Honest and Humble, ...Bravo! 🤘

[@gw2031]

Great interview with Nuno 100% relaxed,,I agree Banshee and its video are what the world has needed for an age,,outstanding rock track, love it ❤

[@OniHasan]

Just discovered your channel brother 🤘good to be here

[@michellegiardinobast7471]

Great Interview. Nuno is amazingly talented. He brought old school rock back There are not many songs out with great old school guitar solos. ❤️🤟

[@russellward4624]

Welcome back. Good to see you're looking good. Great interview as usual.

[@playalot86]

Nuno’s jacket was great during this interview. 😂

[@ncanales1797]

Thanks masterofshred for selecting my question. 🙌

[@tdz69]

It’s time for a resurgence of 80s!! 🤟🏻

[@paulbingham_Creative]

I think he’s absolutely right about playing guitar solos that are melodic and fast! There are great players like Nuno, Satriani, Guthrie Govan, Steve Morse and Steve Vai that are all perfect examples of this! 🎸 🔥 🔥

[@theonlyredspecial]

Great interview. So many good points he makes. In fairness he has been making them for 30 years. Saw them live in belfast eons ago. Still kicking ass.

[@VanillaGorilla_808]

Great interview 🤘

[@HerrPapa]

I hope, Nuno revives solos in gemeral! He is the Eddie of our time!

[@t.j.fuller9531]

Fantastic interview !! Love it when interviewer lets the artist talk ! Perfect ! Great great interview - extreme and Nuno giving rock music great boost with recent tunes 👍

[@rockinchippy]

Amazing interview Derek! Awesome 👏🏻

[@sweetpain67]

Wow. Love everything about this. ❤

[@Emilie_synthesis]

Omg Stiff!!!!!!!! That was my favorite from the Pop1 album. Would love to see it live!

[@stonerdemon]

If you guys like guitarists who play with technique from their hands and soul, like Nuno, allow me to recommend you the work from Big Wreck's Ian Thornley. Great, great guitarist. His solos on the song "You Caught My Eye" is pure ear candy.

[@TheCjbowman]

He kind of reminds me of vintage Pat Travers' blues phrasing, with some extra flair occasionally thrown in. Tasty 💪

[@MoreMeRecording]

When the distorted guitars hit in "That Song" that has to be some of the most epic heavy sounds ever caught. I mean, I think they're quad tracked but that tone is like a benchmark for me.

[@stonerdemon]

@@MoreMeRecording Yeah I get your point! The song is easy and melodic, but the guitars are so crunchy. And the low tuning just adds to the heaviness. It became the benchmark Big Wreck guitar sound, as you say, specially on their first two records..

[@chrislestermusic]

And Ian sings his ass off on top of the guitar playing. Ian can do it all. Slide, Steve Morse style ripping solos and more. Big Wreck is amazing. Not to change the subject from Extreme. They deserve the attention.

[@stonerdemon]

@@chrislestermusic Many years ago, a friend of mine told me "Big Wreck has its own genre; it's elite rock. You need some musical knowledge to appreciate how good they are". Well, considering how underrated they are, I think he was kinda right! I hate the term, but in this case they're really underrated. Song writjng, production, vocals... Awesome band. And yes, I deviated from the topic, Extreme is back and they sound great! These songs scream for big venues. I just learned that Play With Me was featured on Stranger Things.

[@laloutre9106]

Great interview! Thanks Derek! Your interviews are always very interesting and original. And you picked up my question about the Nele (I'm lili.coloring;), it's very cool! I just wanted to confirm to Nuno that, us Extreme fans, got the job done 😂: we said exactly what he was talking about telling people that what he does on Rise is what he has always done. And we named "Peacemaker die" for example. You can see these kind of comments everywhere. We are a big family 🤘😁 Get well soon Nuno, take care of your knee and I hope to see you on tour in Europe very soon too 🤘 Love you!

[@MastersofShred]

Thank you so much for submitting that fantastic question and for watching the episode! It’s supporters like you who keep the MOS wheels on the track! 🙏🎸🎸🎸

[@KiriakosGP]

This is a jem interview! Thanks Derek!

[@Jedizen07]

FABULOUS episode! Thank you for this video, made my day. Now, I need to go practice!

[@jeffreymonroe153]

Hell yeah, Nuno. Serve the song. Truth.

[@majesticpbjcat7707]

Nuno's mic rubbing the whole time is just killing me

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

You get the best interviews man.. Love it.. Nuno is a class act for sure and a great player.. I love it that he said the solo should serve the song. I think many shredders today forget that.. They are all about showing their talent which is great, but I want to tap my foot and hear an anthem like we had back in the day.. Like what Nuno's band is doing! Great stuff man.. Thanks so much man for this interview.. Very, very, very cool.. I also play guitar and have since 78.. Great stuff.. Tim (Southern Central Indiana. USA)

[@basildog007]

A great example of a purely melodic solo that REALLY serves the song perfectly is Joe Perry's Living On The Edge... Those 2 first lines, simple major to minor... Just perfection.

[@BoomerBends]

Novel guitar techniques are veritable Unicorns in this day and age. The Rise solo was one of those WTF moments in my listening/playing history to go along with Eruption, Cathedral, Yngwie, Nuno V1, Shawn Lane...and now Nuno again.

[@edmundcrowley2518]

Love extreme. much deserved notice. Real rock. 4 real musicians

[@s.wilson5199]

It was the melodic nature of Nuno's guitar playing on the early Extreme albums that set the band apart from the very beginning.

[@jonnydubai]

Great interview. Subscribed!

[@ddguitars1969]

Extreme have realised that with the glut of music, its very easy for an album to get lost in the mire. In the old days, there was less music being released, and when a band like extreme released a new album, it was a big event. Fans followed the release news excitedly, and had to have to the album on release day. I for one , recall the excitement of dropping the needle for the first time, and pouring over the liner notes and lyrics. They have clearly tried to create that with "6" and its definitely something i would love the music world to get back to... There was nothing like it! Streaming threw the baby out with the bathwater on that one...

[@muleblues71]

Will catch these guys on tour for sure.

[@slappywag7210]

Can’t wait to see Nuno and the guys when they come back to Massachusetts!🤘Hope you feel better Nuno!!!

[@christopherm.6991]

Banshee got that classic Aerosmith vibe.

[@thierryc5544]

Thanks for that interview. Nuno's tone = Soul + Left hand Fingers + Right Hand Rythm ! Thats' all. That's why he's unique !

[@orionasgardzero7793]

Next week my students will play Get the Funk Out at musical essay 🤘🤘 Thanks Nino for all the good stuff

[@mykneeshurt8393]

Levy's Leathers Right Height Guitar Strap with RipChord Quick Adjustment Technology is the (or one of them) adjustable strap. It's pretty neat...

[@mikevisconti975]

Awesome!!! ✅🙏🏼

[@Skinny_Karlos]

Nuno IS the greatest guitarist as of now. He really has no peer though maybe there're some that are close to him. He's a genius. In both composition and performance.

[@freddylive4181]

Great interview .. Thank You.

Nuno é o cara! 🎸🔥

[@weedyguitarstudio1715]

Rock On Nuno😎💯🎸🔥🤘

[@nerdhalen]

Great job!

[@flatlander92]

The song Other Side of the Rainbow is great song. I pre ordered álbum on iTunes and it was added to my library a couple weeks ago. Very Queen ish in the bridge. Fantastic solo that “murns”. Can’t wait for the whole album.

[@shorerocks]

He talks like he plays. All in. I love it.

[@basildog007]

Also... Nuno is just the best dude. You gotta give it to him. 👍 👍 👍

[@craigswensen434]

Love Nuno...love the new songs.

[@terrymunoztrujillo483]

Numero Nuno! For you new Nuno fans, check out all of III sides to every story, which is Extreme's finest hour and one of the greatest albums of all time. Every second of that album is awesome!

[@clausm2203]

Great interview

[@danriley5848]

Great interview, I also love using a Marshall dsl 2000 and can always get a great sound. 🤘🏻

[@chrisbarclay]

Cool amp settings…so organic sounding. Seen him use that set up nice and close. Nice and tight 🤌🏼

[@nuttavut2528]

❤

[@tahirb4518]

As he says it is all about the song 🎵

[@MikefromOutrage-hb7rf]

Great interview but who was checking the Mic for Noise lol

[@TheMasonator777]

I think what the Rise solo sparked was that thing where you not only aren’t sure if you could play it… It’s that you aren’t even sure what it is at all. That’s rare nowadays.

[@garyjinks7482]

I use my Rat the same way low gain to tighten bass and bring in some highs running into The Dude (usually on, edge of breakup). Eveyone tells me am using it wrong., until they hear it.

[@chrislestermusic]

The Dude is a great pedal too.

[@Xxm3njxx]

super talented...

[@brendanhartnett8201]

I appreciate Nuno emphasizing that a solo has to service the song, i.e. IT NEEDS TO (ought to) EXIST WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE SONG IT IS A PART OF. Such a solid example/tribute to his musical sense; we can all cite tunes having a "cool" solo but comes across as ego-driven and results in a disjointed product. Can't wait for June 9!

[@chrisbarclay]

Love nuno ✊

[@kcaruso2588]

Sad that a great interview is ruined by bad audio. Whoever 🎤 up Nuno should be sent home with no lunch.

[@TheCjbowman]

Yeah, they tried to hide the mic and got all the fabric movement sandwiched between his shirt and jacket - just a bonehead sound guy.

[@steviebeavie1]

@Vincent Junio er, perhaps you should. bad audio doesn't mean you can't hear something 'fine'.

[@sambroxguitar]

Could be fixed in a matter of a minute with Izotope RX. Derek, hit me up! 😂

[@byronh77]

They’re talking, they weren’t recording a track. You can hear the fabric because he’s moving and not sitting still. It’s adequate for a conversation.

[@roderickgful]

Needed a Neumann U87 with pop screen doubled through a Neve console panned L & R with noise gate & Rat pedal….😳😂 Actually, it is a bit distracting, the Beato interview was awesome! Beato had an easy interview! Nuno was very talkative!

[@lewisjones4158]

A solo used to be a "song within a song" as he says. It makes an instrumental break or solo even more influencial in my opinion.

[@TehSyneS]

I use the dirty rat in a similar way its not just a filter, its a compressor. Really great interview, thanks!!

[@edwardskol1812]

Great interview, but that was not the 5150 guitar that was recently auctioned for $4 million. That was the Hot For Teacher guitar, which was just a back up guitar used rarely on tour and was featured in the Hot For Teacher video (but not used to record the song- that was a 58 Flying V). The 5150 guitar belongs to Wolfgang now and would never be put up for auction. If a back up guitar that EVH gave away to Alex’s drum tech got $4 million then imagine how much the 5150 guitar could fetch at auction since it was his primary guitar from 1984 to 1990.

[@olanowak482]

❤❤❤

[@VernonLaskey]

Extreme and Winery Dogs world tour 👍🙏🤘

[@the_a_miller]

Hey Derek, thanks for this great interview! Not sure if you answer Qs over here, but I gotta know. Where did they get their outfits for the Banshee video? :)

[@jeffreyscottthomas2516]

Nuno gets it. That is why he is great.

[@suzicastanheira]

👏👏👏 despite the bad sound

[@youropionmattersnot]

Nice to hear a regular 6 string tuned standard playing hard rock.....

[@John_Doe657]

A guitar player that service the song but could still play leads well is Jerry Cantrell of AIC.

[@theAxehound]

Never was an Extreme fan because they played "More Than Words" a billion fn times on MTV. What's a couple shred songs I should check out?

[@TheMasonator777]

I use my Boss ST-2 Powerstack as a boost/filter.

[@Emilie_synthesis]

Oh yeah I agree Banshee sounds like old Extreme. It would have fit perfectly on Extreme 1 besides their music is so much more mature now. So rich!