TOP 5 Most Eccentric Guitar Virtuosos

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  • čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
  • In this video we look at our personal top 5 most eccentric guitar virtuosos. When we say eccentric we mean those players who play in an unusual way, maybe thier techniques are unique, they use non-musical objects in their playing or they are known primarily for the eccentric behaviour they show.
    We've tried to show clips of these guitar virtuosos when they are at their eccentric best. As the channel has grown it is clear our audience is on the ball when it comes to guitar shred knowledge, so if there are any unusual / eccentric shredders you want people to know about, get them stuck in the comment section.
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Komentáře • 106

  • @Bumblefoot
    @Bumblefoot Před rokem +117

    Honored to be on this list, thank you!! ❤

    • @ChrisBuonoGuitar
      @ChrisBuonoGuitar Před rokem +6

      The first video was from my GP piece. That was a fun day at the Cheese Dome!

    • @facemelters
      @facemelters  Před rokem +21

      Holy smokes ... the pleasure is all ours! 🙏 ❤️

    • @luvyesmusici4886
      @luvyesmusici4886 Před rokem +6

      Most folks have zero idea that when Ron was on a bus in the Philippines a few years back, there was a picture of him on the bus, that stated he was the soft-rock artist of the decade. Obviously a man of many, many talents. :-)

    • @MB-jh8ye
      @MB-jh8ye Před 11 měsíci +5

      Ron, I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who thinks this way, but I put you up there with Guthrie Govan. Your genius and mastery of the guitar is second to none. You’re a living legend my good sir!

    • @sotiristsallis
      @sotiristsallis Před 11 měsíci +2

      To be on this list is trully something..and thats due to your skills and efforts.but you are also in our hearts...and thats not easy for almost every musician..you deserve it...thank you for the inspiration...

  • @isaiahneilguitaristofficia549

    Ron Thal Playing Chopin’s Fantasia in Ab Major is just freaking incredible!!!

    • @surfdigby
      @surfdigby Před rokem +3

      The piece at 5:18 is the Fantaisie Impromptu (in C# minor). It's opus 66, whereas the Fantasia in Ab Major is opus 61.

    • @MrEinSteiger
      @MrEinSteiger Před rokem

      m.czcams.com/video/UyLxujpC59U/video.html

    • @delphi123
      @delphi123 Před rokem

      @@surfdigby opus 61 is the Polonaise-fantaisie. There is no op 61 “fantasia”

    • @jeffreysimeone7763
      @jeffreysimeone7763 Před rokem +1

      It's more incredible when you witness him playing it or something similar on your own guitar in your own house. Or when he uses your acoustic on the first EP he released.

  • @the_lespauley_studio6450
    @the_lespauley_studio6450 Před rokem +21

    Nice to see Alien Master Scott Mishoe, was a great teacher, humble and lovely person!!! Omnidirectional was a great record!!! love him !!

    • @facemelters
      @facemelters  Před rokem +2

      Yeah that guy needs more subscribers on here for sure with those chops!

    • @the_lespauley_studio6450
      @the_lespauley_studio6450 Před rokem +7

      @@facemelters I'm a great friend of Scott!! Right know he's working on His new record "Phoenix Rising"
      Scott deserves more attention from the audience!!

    • @Afurthyclays
      @Afurthyclays Před rokem +1

      @@the_lespauley_studio6450 Yes he does! I saw a video of him when he was about 12 or 13, just KILLING that guitar! He's REALLY good.

    • @AndreyOrochi
      @AndreyOrochi Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@the_lespauley_studio6450can we get a fundraiser for him disguised as album fees or something? Man I was so worried about him. He needs to show these kids how to put it down big time❤

  • @ermataz
    @ermataz Před rokem +13

    Great choices, guys like Scott Mishoe bring me back to the glorious days when discovering such players was mindblowing! I personally would add Ron Jarzombek, still pushing boundaries nowadays

  • @derik4rrstevenson109
    @derik4rrstevenson109 Před rokem +6

    More Buckethead!!

  • @anomymouse5043
    @anomymouse5043 Před rokem +7

    Ron Thal is currently in a band called Sons of Apollo. Check also his solo on his song Turn Around.

  • @Mr-Foad
    @Mr-Foad Před rokem +5

    I remember Matius Eklund played in my local pub in Wishaw, Scotland ... What a night ! there was some others there that night Tom Quale, John Beckx ... it was an event set up by Local guitar teacher Andy Mc Glaughlin ... looking back it seems so random having these guys in my local pub playing amazing stuff... and of course ... we all got drunk !

  • @thestraynetwork
    @thestraynetwork Před rokem +4

    I studied audio engineering with TJ and he'd play guitar for us sometimes, absolutely life-changing guitar influence.

  • @awguitarroom8033
    @awguitarroom8033 Před rokem +5

    I've seen Buckethead twice live and he's one of those guys that you can see and hear exactly what he's playing and you still can't comprehend that it is real. Every live long he went into like a 5 - 10 minute solo and you forget he's in the middle of a certain song and just get entranced. He played like a 15 minute version of Jordan that had some of the craziest licks I've ever heard. Love that guy

    • @PistolsPlayground
      @PistolsPlayground Před 10 měsíci +2

      The first time I saw Buckethead I was 14, and my mind was blown. Been a fan for the last 25 years.

  • @dannyhood7433
    @dannyhood7433 Před rokem +5

    Buckethead is my favorite guitarist. And ichika of course. For me Buckethead and ichika are the most peaceful guitarist I ever heard.

  • @GooseGumlizzard
    @GooseGumlizzard Před rokem +2

    Matthias IA Eklund is one guy who always mystefied me, love watching him play

  • @mrgreen3329
    @mrgreen3329 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Guitar is one of my favorite musical lnstruments...Playing Guitar is, lets say not a very easy task.this is why all those guitar player around the world,they are very lucky and tallented.specially those who live in a place like america.I hope all this guitar player live forever and keep shredding till the end 😊😊

  • @kellywilson8440
    @kellywilson8440 Před rokem +3

    All virtuoso players here but good to see Buckethead on this list he is well deserved and not in the main stream at all , I have seen him live twice and not kidding he could be the best living player alive right now , He had some high profile teachers when he picked up the guitar to the likes of Pebber Brown and Paul Gilbert at a young age , If you have Shawn lane giving you nods your doing it right just my opinion !

  • @visionalert
    @visionalert Před rokem +3

    Great video! I am an old bastard, who has loved shred since the early days, so when I first saw this video title, I thought of three guitarists, Thal, Mishoe, and Buckethead. I was pleased to see that all three made your list, and I was curious who else would be included. I love Mathias, and TJ is a wonderful guitarist. As for adding musicians to this list, well, your criterion makes it interesting. Focusing on to play in an unusual way or to demonstrate unusual technique, I would give honorable mentions to Chris Poland, who has an unusual Jan Hammer pitch bend wheel style approach, I think he also has a finger deformity that affects his playing, I never have heard a guitarist who quite approaches his pitch bend wheel sound. Also, watching Michael Angelo Batio videos of him playing the double neck guitar, with a variety of ambidextrous techniques puts him into the eccentric category for me as well. Thank you for making such videos, keep up the great work! My favorite guitarists are Allan Holdsworth, Uli Roth, Shawn Lane, Jeff Beck, Steve Morse, and Frank Gambale. Add another thousand, maybe more, haha, that I love!

    • @facemelters
      @facemelters  Před rokem

      Thanks for watching! We definitely share some favourites!

  • @jimlamb9766
    @jimlamb9766 Před rokem +4

    Great list. So much talent around, keep it up appreciate what you’re doing. Rare I get introduced to new artists, 2 with this post! NICE!

  • @Sphereal
    @Sphereal Před rokem +2

    Man, I am loving this channel.

  • @Kacey_Lee
    @Kacey_Lee Před 9 měsíci +1

    Scott Mishoe has a new album, Phoenix Rising, coming out October 2023! 😎

  • @MB-jh8ye
    @MB-jh8ye Před 11 měsíci +3

    In my book, I put Ron Thal on top of the guitar pantheon, alongside Guthrie Govan. Their technical wizardry knows no bounds!

  • @Johnnysmithy24
    @Johnnysmithy24 Před rokem

    These dudes are some of my biggest inspirations. I love the thought of playing the instrument in unusual ways and making weird noises that sound from another planet lol

  • @williambennett5299
    @williambennett5299 Před 11 měsíci +1

    8:29 had me rolling, he looks to bored and uninterested while that that thing is moving at the speed of light

  • @walterevans2118
    @walterevans2118 Před rokem +4

    With RON THAL one also needs to emphasize not just his THIMBLE technique but also his work on FRETLESS SURFACES on the instrument...Mattias we all know about. Especially with his Freak Guitar albums apart from Freak Kitchen. The bass slap applied to the guitar guy I hadn't heard before. He's EXTRAORDINARY....Buckethead is more or less just the kill switch & whammy pedals....Mattias & Ron don't need whammy pedals for their high pitch stuff. Or octave devices.

    • @jeffreysimeone7763
      @jeffreysimeone7763 Před rokem +1

      This guy may have been a pioneer in the slap style, but players like Tim Henson (Polyphia) and Tobin Abasi (Animals As Leaders) have taken it to a whole new level.

  • @khalidstetkevych9838
    @khalidstetkevych9838 Před 10 měsíci +1

    TJ Helmrich is a beast of a player and such a cool guy.

  • @shemueltannak4799
    @shemueltannak4799 Před 10 měsíci

    UNBELIEVABLE!!!

  • @sotiristsallis
    @sotiristsallis Před rokem +1

    All are swell.....great..my personal preference is Brian Carroll..very interesting personality..and a nice composer.... another great video...thanks...

  • @Johnnysmithy24
    @Johnnysmithy24 Před rokem +2

    I instantly thought of Buckethead, Bumblefoot, and Mattias Elkhund. I’d assume these could be classified as Avant-garde Shredders

    • @jeffreysimeone7763
      @jeffreysimeone7763 Před rokem +1

      Another that should be on the list is Jeff Loomis (Nevermore, Arch Enemy). His solo stuff is even more amazing than what he did in those bands.

    • @jeffreysimeone7763
      @jeffreysimeone7763 Před rokem +1

      And one more guy that no one would think of because he was really a country music guy (for those of you that old enough to remember him) is Roy Clark. Not a typical shredder by any means, but he could play as fast as anyone mentioned here.

  • @Musika1321
    @Musika1321 Před 4 měsíci

    Roy Marchbank pushing the boundaries beyond the boundaries

  • @danlatulip4953
    @danlatulip4953 Před 11 měsíci

    Actually haven't heard of a couple of these guys
    All are awesome players
    Bumblefoot's stuff is just straight crazy!!!
    Keep ROCKIN everybody!
    💪😎🤘

  • @maximilian7928
    @maximilian7928 Před rokem +1

    My list:
    Steve vai
    Tom morello
    Michael Angelo Batio
    Buckethead
    John 5
    They are the most unique shredders i ve seen

    • @jeffreysimeone7763
      @jeffreysimeone7763 Před rokem +1

      Tom Morello is in no way a shredder. He just knows how to make unique noises on the guitar.

  • @tonebrennan8475
    @tonebrennan8475 Před rokem +2

    Scotty Mishoe is truly touched by God. A huge influence

  • @retroquest3579
    @retroquest3579 Před rokem +2

    13:15 Man I've always wanted to be able to play like this, just never knew where to start or what notes etc etc.

  • @FlecheDeFer
    @FlecheDeFer Před 11 měsíci

    Fly In the Batter alone should get any guitarist interested in Ron Thal. Such a nefarious guitar moment

  • @Jellax75
    @Jellax75 Před rokem

    As a swede Matt-Ias is the best inspiration here :)

  • @istillsuckatguitar
    @istillsuckatguitar Před rokem +1

    Good stuff. Thanks.

  • @AndreyOrochi
    @AndreyOrochi Před 11 měsíci +2

    Buckethead's more eccentric stuff is all over The Needle In the Slunk Stack, give it a listen

  • @GloriousMetaI
    @GloriousMetaI Před 10 měsíci

    I suggest you to do a video about Alexi Laiho ❤

  • @facepalmjesus1608
    @facepalmjesus1608 Před rokem +1

    what type of pick do you use?
    haircomb!

  • @anomymouse5043
    @anomymouse5043 Před rokem +1

    Ron Thal played with Hello Kitty acoustic in one video. I think he played Iron Maiden's Trooper, while combining the bass line and guitar harmonies. (not checking this)
    Everybody: Try that yourself, if you think it is just a joke...

  • @philjones863
    @philjones863 Před rokem +2

    When I think eccentric, I think Richard Benson.

  • @evilevon
    @evilevon Před rokem

    If you do a part 2, check out the kid from Berried Alive

  • @surfdigby
    @surfdigby Před rokem +1

    There's better choices of video for Buckethead to see what else he does than shred. Check out the video of him playing Lebron in Kansas, where he starts doing animatronic/robot dancing during the last section, while still playing.

    • @Johnnysmithy24
      @Johnnysmithy24 Před rokem +1

      The video was trying to show his eccentric way of playing the guitar, which it did very well imo.

  • @blakjack3053
    @blakjack3053 Před 2 měsíci

    All of them are awesome shredders but Shawn Lane is still at the top of the mountain.

  • @HeavyProfessor
    @HeavyProfessor Před rokem +1

    Stanley Jordan...

  • @AQBPlays
    @AQBPlays Před 11 měsíci

    Richie Blackmore -- eccentric!

  • @luvyesmusici4886
    @luvyesmusici4886 Před rokem

    I know MAB/Michael Angelo Batio was missing from the list.

  • @43captrexkramer
    @43captrexkramer Před 10 měsíci +1

    TJ appears to believe a pick is an ancient useless relic.

  • @bukeksiansu2112
    @bukeksiansu2112 Před rokem +1

    They are masters and Ron is god.

  • @pranaakbary9924
    @pranaakbary9924 Před rokem

    1-3 I'm with you
    4-5 I'm not sure

  • @_mysilentblue2227
    @_mysilentblue2227 Před 11 měsíci +2

    BucketHead by far...

  • @andrewbroughton65
    @andrewbroughton65 Před rokem

    Maybe check out 8 finger freaks like Akihiko Onji,Terrance Hansen,William Dotto & an Indonesian cat Balywan (or something like that)also Richard Daude does the thimble thing too & there's a Guy who plays amazingly with His feet.

    • @jeffreysimeone7763
      @jeffreysimeone7763 Před rokem

      Jeff Watson from Night Ranger was the first I ever saw use the 8 finger technique. And Stanley Jordan has made a whole career using all 8 fingers on the neck.

  • @vaanff1942
    @vaanff1942 Před rokem

    where is stanley jordan

  • @denselabat2921
    @denselabat2921 Před rokem

    great musician..with no..title..😣😣

  • @lecokase
    @lecokase Před 7 měsíci

    Looking for an excentric one search Kermheat

  • @mr61sprite
    @mr61sprite Před rokem +3

    Big B ain't from this world 😂

  • @therealmrfishpaste
    @therealmrfishpaste Před rokem

    Greg Koch must surely be no. 1...

  • @thewestfaceofdhaulagiri6697

    You knew buckethead would be one of the choices.

  • @alienguitarabduction
    @alienguitarabduction Před rokem +2

    great choices, but everyone using horrible CG voices in a utube video should be locked in a room and forced to listen to Justin Bieber for a week. ;)

  • @zizhdizzabagus456
    @zizhdizzabagus456 Před rokem +2

    Don't u hear that first guy sounds terrible. Like seriously

  • @johnp.johnson1541
    @johnp.johnson1541 Před rokem +1

    *TJ Hemerich is playing how Emmitt Chapman began playing in 1969. There is nothing innovative by Hemerich.*
    Chapman went on to design and market the Chapman stick by 1974.
    czcams.com/video/PqbS6BLfJpo/video.html
    Hmerich sounds like a smooth jazz radio guitarist who uses fingers for picking on the fretboard rather than on the strings over the pick ups. What is the big deal about that?

    • @treeforged9097
      @treeforged9097 Před rokem

      There is nothing innovative about Chapman. Here is a recording of Jimmie Webster doing the same 8 finger tapping in 1959.
      czcams.com/video/vqLeCXoX_jY/video.html
      All Chapman did was steal Jimmmie's technique and make an instrument that let him do it easier, what is the big deal about that? He is more of an instrument builder then a guitar player.

  • @johncrace911
    @johncrace911 Před rokem +2

    I don't think Satch is too worried. I don't hear any type of melodic composition. Yngwie is also not impressed.

    • @treeforged9097
      @treeforged9097 Před rokem +1

      Both of those guys have literally publicly disagreed with you.

    • @johncrace911
      @johncrace911 Před rokem

      @@treeforged9097 MY opinion dude

  • @greedygringoprospecting6941
    @greedygringoprospecting6941 Před 11 měsíci

    just noise. no shredding.

  • @johnp.johnson1541
    @johnp.johnson1541 Před rokem +1

    That Scott guy at 11:20 is horrible. His fake playing is slop. His playing lacks tone articulation, which you will hear from any slap bassist.

  • @johnp.johnson1541
    @johnp.johnson1541 Před rokem +1

    *Much noise. Zero composition.* This why all of these kinds of guitarists never will best Yngwie.

    • @the_lespauley_studio6450
      @the_lespauley_studio6450 Před rokem +5

      Yngwie was doing the same boring stuff since +30 years
      And look The recently live performance of Rising Force, so Cringe

    • @johnp.johnson1541
      @johnp.johnson1541 Před rokem +2

      @@the_lespauley_studio6450 Says the guy who can not play like Yngwie, who can not write like Yngwie, who has never come up with guitar techniques like Yngwie, who never spawned more than one genre of metal because of his song writing like Yngwie.
      Good luck though!

    • @the_lespauley_studio6450
      @the_lespauley_studio6450 Před rokem +3

      @@johnp.johnson1541 Malmsteen Fanbase are so cringe, you are a great example of that??
      Gonna talk about technique?? Well... After seing that Rising Force Live Performance I'm glad to dont wont to play like him xD

    • @wm-nu1yf
      @wm-nu1yf Před rokem +1

      @@the_lespauley_studio6450 His first few albums weren't bad, but since then it has been the same stuff over and over and faster and faster. About 5 minutes of that is all I can take. People weren't copying his songwriting, they were just trying to copy his speed and we ended up with seemingly thousands of mindless neoclassical shredders. I prefer someone like Vai. He can play absolutely mind blowing difficult stuff, but it has personality. Yngwie just sounds like a robot now.

    • @johnp.johnson1541
      @johnp.johnson1541 Před rokem

      @@the_lespauley_studio6450 Cringe is writing the phrase "fan base" in anything about rock music.
      Good luck Cringster!

  • @thewestfaceofdhaulagiri6697

    Holdsworth could have been on this list.