CHRIS POLAND (ex-MEGADETH) Guitar Lesson for PlayThisRiff.com
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- CHRIS POLAND (ex-MEGADETH) Guitar Lesson for PlayThisRiff.com
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"I'm not a jazz guy.."
*makes guitar sing like a flaming saxophone*
He's SUCH A JAZZ GUY! Wtf hahah
says the jazz guy himself XD
He’s not a jazz guy
Saxophone is really apt when describing Chris' playing 👍
Yeah, he definitely is.
I have yet to hear someone bend a string like Chris Poland does.
Gary Moore
actually the man he mentioned as an influence, John Mclaughlin, sounded a bit like this, esp on Birds of Fire.. sorry, I know this comment is 4 years old!
Zak wyld
Stevie Ray Vaughn lol
@@aocplusme5676 Kurk Combain
"Ok...So....it goes like this....just speed it up a little." (Posting all gear on Craigslist in the morning)
So this peaceful-looking man was the main guitarist of Peace Sells, damn!
Xeno and Killing is my business and the system has failed.
And some demos on rust in piece
@@donjurga really?
@@Zeynep-xq4yr Holy Wars, Polaris and the Take no prisoners demo
@@donjurga marty said 'i wrote solos in rust in peace and Dave wrote riffs'
Chris Poland is an amazing guitarist. The more amazing fact is that he is so humble with all of that skill.
Plays like nobody on earth. Mindblowing. "I just kinda have to arrive at it". Translation; you have to be him or you can't do it.
The Dave,Dave,Chris, and Gar lineup was and always will be the best Megadeth lineup
Nellson Stout true that
True that
True That.
depends
Poland is one of the most original guitar players I have ever seen!
His style is so recognizable, as soon as you hear him play you just know that's the guy who played on Peace Sells even though he looks so different now, 2:33 love those bends.
I'll never understand how can the way he put his left hand on the neck produce such a fluid sound like that. It seems such inflexible, mechanical and in complete contrast with the fluidity of his music. Despite that, if you close your eyes... Magic.
I absolutely love Mustaine, Friedman, Broderick and also Young. Everyone who has ever played guitar in Megadeth is indeed a very good musician, but Poland is just on a whole nother level. His style is incredibly recognizable and enjoyable, and Dave even said that Poland could play circles around him.
he holds his pick even more strange than Marty..hmm..seems to be a "join-Magedeth" requirement
+Slears +
Slears yeah,. thats right, check Glen Drover picking technique as well XD
Slears Yeah he can't bend his finger right so he has to play like that
@@maxdurk4624 You are confusing left and right hand. Chris got the injury on his fretting hand. You can even see how fucked up his left index finger is.
kkarx Ah
"I'm not a Jazz guy..." you can DEFINITELY hear those jazzy melodies and notes in that lick he just played :P
yeah I think he's just being humble
How is this guy not the most famous guitar player ever? Watching him play always blows my mind
Wow you can really see his severed tendon on the index finger in action. I love how guys like him, Tony Iommi, Django, Charlie Christian, etc all overcome their handicap and come out with a totally unique style. Amazing... go Chris!!
So true
Apparently Rust in Peace was pretty much ready to go when he left and Friedman adapted his solos from demos. It's my favourite Megadeth album and I didn't know Poland had such an influence on it also. Have to admire the guy. His solos are brilliant without a doubt.
Poland rules! We need to get another round of lessons from him.
i dont think thats true. all of the solos in there are very friedman like. if you are familiar with his body of work ull know what im talking about.
Budokid I understand what you are saying as I've quite a few of Marty's solo albums and many of the solos on Rust In Peace are very much his. However, when Poland left Megadeth Rust In Peace was pretty much completed and he had laid down quite a few solos in the studio. He later sued Megadeth for including those demos on the re-released version of Rust In Peace and Mustaine himself admits that Marty was influenced by Poland's work on those demos www.blabbermouth.net/news/chris-poland-settles-lawsuit-against-dave-mustaine/
Stephen Catherwood
If you've heard those demos, you'll hear that Chris' solos sound completely different from Marty's. You can say he was influenced by the initial solos all you want, but all you really gotta do is listen to the demos and the finished songs to hear the massive difference in style between Chris and Marty. He's still an amazing guitarist though, many of my favorite Megadeth solos are on The System Has Failed.
Stephen Catherwood Huh? So did Chris rejoin Megadeth after Jeff Young? Jeff Young was on So Far So Good So What, which was the album before RIP.
I got to meet him in a concert in new york :D He was SO nice, he even invited me and a few friends backstage, signed a few cds, and let my friend use his guitar. Go see him in concert guys! UNFORGETTABLE
Initially, I wasn't taken with his playing on Peace Sells, but after I heard the remix & remaster, I realised that what he was doing was far more interesting and difficult than any other Megadeth lead player. I love his playing now, it's so fucking twisted. I got no idea how he does all that stuff at the start of Good Mourning/Black Friday where he seems to be playing with feedback and doing bends with it. Incredible guitaring.
all the ex-megadeth-guitarist (including current one) enjoyed their stay in megadeth, they get great honor, huge money , big gigs , big endorsements and bla bla....all were just great except covering chris poland solos ;)
One of the most unique guitarists you'll ever hear. I cant think of anyone else that sounds like him. Plus the dude's incredibly humble.
I still can't fathom this guys sense of melody. I've been playing 35+ years and Poland's sense of melody is utterly fascinating. He lands on notes I'd never choose in a million years. If he ever incorporates his pinky finger into his playing, he'll reach the stratosphere.
Man with that pinky finger he would be one of the greatest alive.
Poland's the fucking man ! Great player !
How somebody can have that much technical ability with the guitar and be so humble about it is really cool. Makes me wanna sever a tendon in my finger to do those super long stretches. Dave Mustaine's own comments were that Chris was an amazing guitarist that could play circles around him.
Poland's style is just so unique IMO. I love early Megadeth stuff. I can still hear it in his playing just in this vid amazing........
That lick just sounds unholy evil but so fluid, yet so sharp truly a master at his own taste
Chris Poland and Shawn Lane - 2 unique amazing musicians who don't get the credit they deserve: how many times do you see them featured in Guitar World?
This guy is really awesome. His thrilling performance in Good Morning/Black Friday give shivers down the spine and goosebumps.
He hits every note so clean,really stands out on peace sells.
Man - I love that Chris Poland sound.
There have been so many Chris's and Dave's in Megadeth...it's just amazing.
I personally think Marty's style suited Megadeth better... but technically speaking, this guy is in the same league as Allan Holdsworth, Satriani and Steve Vai, above all others guitarists in Megadeth
Finally someone else that gets it.
2:17 He's literally cleanest sounding guitarist of all time, also one of greatest solo writer... and that's just my favorite timestamp
I could listen to this man play all day. I'm never not excited from hearing it.
Chris is such an amazing guitar player. He really set the standard for Megadeth leads.
1:34 reminds me of his devils island solo!
Chris Poland is the best guitarist of megadeth & contributed to the bands success. The band was much better with him & Gar.
No kidding!
I agree, all Megadeth after including Rust In Peace just seemed generic sounding. Rust is good but again, had an element of generic Megadeth. Chris and Gar all the way.
@@nobodysreview6137 you’re talking out of your ass boy. Rust in peace is the best and the most technical record. It had the best Dave solos and riffs too.
@@Qthetar Its good, the drums are bland and its trying to hard, Peace Sells is better because thats the real Megadeth, after Chris and Gar were gone it became Megadave.
I'll never be Chris Poland but seeing him use a similar picking style gives me hope
just practice, he practiced, why don´t you practice?
I am, dude
After years and years, I've finally been able to play some of Poland's solos properly. I love playing Bad Omen's intro solo over and over again now that I can lol.
There is no one on Earth that plays like Chris.
2:33-2:37 I have never heard anythin like that before! It sounds amazin
I’m a drummer but John McLaughlin is my hero,Mahavishnu Orchestra,mindblowing.
always loved his off kilter take on shredding, absolutely loved his blues fills on 'aint superstitious' too
Real sick and good tones he got and a perfect influence still.
Man his bends sound so friken smooth and clean
I think that Marty may be more innovative in a lot of ways, but Chris is and always will be my favorite guitarist. It's so smooth, jazzy in all the right ways and really brought me into jazz.
I love chris style. from japan
Man...he and James Murphy are definitely two of the more standout guitarists I've heard--ones that don't sound like they've gone to school their whole lives.
Man, this guy is amazing. Such a unique sound
He should rejoin Megadeth now that Broderick left.
Somebody who agrees with me
That would be really cool. I´ve always liked Poland´s aproach to soloing, very unique.
No WAY....I love the guy but it wouldn't make sense. Megadeth needs and infusion of youth if anything. I say Emil Werstler!
l really dont mind how he looks, he is a beast.
Von Dimebag I agree but it basic marketing.
Way to go Chris! You do it so effortlessly and you're an amazingly grounded human being. I only wish we got to see much more of you over the years.
All the best to you!
I LOVE his ending bends, such a definitive Poland touch.
Outstanding control over bend and vibrato pitch at 2:32
After meeting chris @ 2014 Namm talking about the new Stone Tone® Rock Blocks @ the Floyd Rose booth it was great to hear his concerns and quest for the ultimate tone in which he said he has tried everything until now. He tried the Rock blocks and now has full endorsement to use 37mm rock blocks on all his guitars. Welcome to Stonetone® Chris !
love how his guitar tone is still like the Peace Sells tone!!
Even with that frozen pinky Chris is a very unique shredder one of the most interesting guitarists around!!!
I don't see anything wrong with learning some cool licks from guitar players that you consider to be a big influence on your playing. I really enjoy Chris Poland's tone and style, he's the reason why I continue to play guitar to this day.
His playing style combined with his tone is one of the most bizarre yet beautifully unique styles of any guitarist ever.
Peace Sells, I bought it and I am still buying it after all this time. Thanks to Chris Poland.
Chris Poland is better than Broderick and Friedmann at the same place dammit.
nahh... i like more the young friedman
YES HE IS
MadBurner1 Fuck yea
MadBurner1 I agree with the Broderick part but not with Friedman, they have very different styles. So please, sir, don't go jumping to conclusions and shit.
Shinra Kazuya Agree... Friedman is such a unique guitar player just like Poland. They are my top Megadeth guitarists.
I always preferred Friedman to Chris but this might have changed my mind
He does that lick in the outro solo on Devils Island
I could never tire of the soloing of this man. He is my guitar idol, no doubt, and he is god!
Jeesh the way he bends his notes, he makes that guitar scream.
Very creative and unique player!! Crazy picking style man!!
One of the MOST underrated guitarist of our time!!!!
Yeah his bends are so awesome they sound sick.
I love his unique style of playing, nobody sound like Chris Poland!!
@MrUsedBooks He does use his pinky and his index finger is the one that got slices open and that is why his index looks all weird and bends at the very tip but this makes it so his movements are a lot more limited because he can reach so far with that index.
Oh man! I hear so much of Peace sells when he plays! This guy played on one of the best Metal albums ever!!!
megadeth with chris and gar was the best. sorry guys but i enjoyed killing is my business more than rust in peace and peace sells just beats everything else
i like both guitarist cos their playing are unique
agreed
Yeah, Peace Sells is the most unique album in Metal.
Wow, seeing my comment is like "oh fuck, look at that grammar".
Everyone has his opinions, Peace sells has a very jazzy feel to it, I managed to make my father listen to some of Chris' solos and he said there were very jazzy, bluesy and cool. Rust in Peace has a more neo-classical approach, because Friedman is a Neo-classical guitarist, which makes it very different from Peace sells.
Chris is one of the best players, and nicest guys in the business.
Dave & Chris is one of my favorite guitar duos, alongside Glenn & K.K.. Chris' playing is my favorite in all of Megadeth formations, it's so cool! Wake Up Dead, Rattlehead, Bad Omen, Devil's Island, and all the other tracks from the first formation are their greatest, for me.
Very cool lick. Nice pulloff-bend-pick combination.
Hadn't really seen that before Chris.
A friend pointed this out to me: notice how his pivot finger is his middle finger. That makes his playing quite unique.
he is now a member of a trio called OHMs. He's playes schecter guitars (proly going to get a signature soon) so watch his performance at last schecter namm party,it's pretty cool
he has such a smooth sound like wow
Unusual picking technique (holding it)... but insane shredding at the end of the day. Tks for sharing us
Wow.... simply amazing!!!!
His playing is so unique and fluid, with speed and precision. Its hard to tell if he’s using his pinky on some of those licks.🎸
he is so humble and amazing aswell...his contribuition in early megadeth was essential
Best megadeth guitarist by farrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
I still LOVE this guy! Rock On, Chris!
Chris Poland is that neighbor around the building you walk past every day and share a smoke together in the parking lot…until you see him play at a club and you’re like “bro! I never knew you played guitar!!” And he’s like “well, yea kinda, if I have time . How’s your night?”
@DamnedXtians If you're talking about the long legato solo at the start of The Conjuring, that was Dave playing
@DamnedXtians True, it's one of my fav's from that album, some great riffs
That tone is godly!
This dude has definitely got a sound of his own!!!...Great guitarist!!
Yeah! Reminds me the solos on The System Has Failed - that was great! Chris Poland is awesome.
Chris Poland is so unique and so underrated. One of the very best of his generation. Definitely the best guitarist ever played in Megadeth.
So smooth.
What a fantastic guitarist..
Poland is so underrated. He is easily in my top 10 maybe top 5 guitarists. His vibrato and phrasing are unmatched. The only negative thing I can say about the guy is that he repeats himself a little bit with his solos but with a style that is so unique and personal as Poland's, repetition is not such a bad thing. His songs are diverse though, He's not like Malmsteen who writes with no variation whatsoever. Poland should be thought of as one of the greats but you will never see him donning the cover of Guitar Player or any other magazine. Its criminal.
1:38 "And I just kinda have to arrive at it."
Meaning you have to be him or you can't do it.
He is just the definition of a great guitar player.
Fucking amazing , no one plays like him
@Nelladagar It's a Yamaha SBG2000, a hollow version of the Yamaha SG2000.
Chris Poland is the most underrated guitar player I have ever heard. Incredible tone, incredible riffs, and, needless to say, incredible legato. He never ceases to amaze me.
Amazingly original style.
Sick!! Also, never noticed his picking holding technique.
Him and Marty for Megadeth for sure!
Wow he's really something... Awesome guitar player.
Very unorthodox the way he holds the pick. You rule Chris!!
Incredible playing and the unconventional makes it stellar.