I Got Paul Reed Smith to Play THE FORBIDDEN RIFF
08/05/21 • 57 min
Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the guitar luthier Paul Reed Smith.
Thanks to American Musical Supply for sponsoring the show. Use code Tyler10 for a great deal: https://bit.ly/ShopAMERICANMUSICALdotCOM
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Part of ticket proceeds go to Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.
Guitars given away to random students 8/9, international included.
0:00 - Introduction
4:15 - Paul’s supervillain alter-ego
11:20 - Burning Questions
14:30 - The YouTube effect
16:25 - “Guitars are the violins of our day”
18:06 - Paul’s thoughts on THE FORBIDDEN RIFF
24:17 - The Paul Reed Smith Music School
32:07 - Unfiltered Q&A
33:50 - Single cut or Double cut?
38:35 - How to build a truly beautiful guitar
41:01 - Paul’s opinion on other popular guitar brands
46:21 - The PRS Artist roster
51:20 - Paul screamed at Eric Johnson
52:23 - Paul’s supervillain advice
Join Guitar Super System today: http://guitarsupersystem.com
Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the guitar luthier Paul Reed Smith.
Thanks to American Musical Supply for sponsoring the show. Use code Tyler10 for a great deal: https://bit.ly/ShopAMERICANMUSICALdotCOM
Sign up for the PRS Music School
Part of ticket proceeds go to Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.
Guitars given away to random students 8/9, international included.
0:00 - Introduction
4:15 - Paul’s supervillain alter-ego
11:20 - Burning Questions
14:30 - The YouTube effect
16:25 - “Guitars are the violins of our day”
18:06 - Paul’s thoughts on THE FORBIDDEN RIFF
24:17 - The Paul Reed Smith Music School
32:07 - Unfiltered Q&A
33:50 - Single cut or Double cut?
38:35 - How to build a truly beautiful guitar
41:01 - Paul’s opinion on other popular guitar brands
46:21 - The PRS Artist roster
51:20 - Paul screamed at Eric Johnson
52:23 - Paul’s supervillain advice
Join Guitar Super System today: http://guitarsupersystem.com
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St. Vincent Doesn't Need a Berklee Degree to Win Grammys or Shred Guitar
Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the St. Vincent guitar sorceress, Annie Clark.
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0:00 - Introduction
1:40 - Annie's opinion about Berklee and music college in general
4:15 - The REAL origin of the name ‘St. Vincent’
7:10 - Annie’s supervillain alter-ego
11:18 - Burning Questions
17”07 - Name Those Notes
17:40 - Perfect pitch versus relative pitch
19:50 - Annie’s manual whammy bar effect
21:00 - Led Zeppelin’s influence on St. Vincent
23:36 - Annie’s favorite guitar riff she wrote
27:10 - Annie talks about the brilliance of Metallica rhythm guitar parts
30:38 - The new St. Vincent guitar approach
35:08 - “I don’t love it when the guitar sounds like a guitar”
38:36 - St. Vincent’s influence on my guitar playing
39:30 - The MusicMan St. Vincent signature guitar
45:18 - The art of improvisation on guitar
47:53 - Songwriting tips from a Grammy-winning songwriter
51:50 - Annie’s supervillain advice
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