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I Got Paul Reed Smith to Play THE FORBIDDEN RIFF

Guitar Villains - August 05, 2021 12:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
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 ...

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St. Vincent Doesn't Need a Berklee Degree to Win Grammys or Shred Guitar

Guitar Villains - July 05, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the St. Vincent guitar sorceress, Annie Clark. Thanks to American Musical Supply for sponsoring the show. Use code Tyler9 for a great deal. https://bit.ly/SaveOnGear 0:00 - Introduction 1:40 - Annie's opinion about Berklee and music college in gener...

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Kyle Gass on the Best Tenacious D song, Tom Morello's "gimmick" & if Rock is Dead

Guitar Villains - June 18, 2021 12:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the Tenacious D 6-string maestro, Kyle Gass. Thanks to American Musical Supply for sponsoring the show. Use code Tyler8 for a great deal. http://bit.ly/PickOfSavingsHere 0:00 - Introduction 2:55 - Kyle’s supervillain alter-ego 4:25 - Burning Questio...

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Lari Basilio on Bending the G String the "Wrong" Way and the 'Ibanez Generation'

Guitar Villains - June 10, 2021 15:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the instantly recognizable Lari Basilio. Thanks to American Musical Supply for sponsoring the show. Use code Tyler7 for a great deal on your next purchase! http://bit.ly/GearSavingsStartHere Lari's guest solo on "Reverie" Follow Lari on YouTube Foll...

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Mark Lettieri on the Art of Baritone Guitar and Perfect Rhythm

Guitar Villains - May 28, 2021 13:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the funk master Mark Lettieri. Thanks to American Musical Supply for sponsoring the show. Use code Tyler6 for a great deal. http://bit.ly/SaveOnGearNow 0:00 - Introduction 3:15 - Collecting lanyards is an addiction 4:20 - Mark’s guitar villain alter...

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Zakk Wylde Says Who the Best Guitarist is and the Two Schools of Guitar Soloing

Guitar Villains - May 10, 2021 12:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the almighty Zakk Wylde. Thanks to American Musical Supply for sponsoring the show. Use code Tyler5 to save on your next purchase! http://bit.ly/SaveOnGearHere 0:00 - Introduction 3:00 - Who is the best guitarist? 5:31 - Zakk’s supervillain alter-e...

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Paul Gilbert Rants About Guitar and Melts My Face

Guitar Villains - April 22, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the guitar monster himself, Paul Gilbert. Thanks to American Musical Supply for sponsoring the show. Use code Tyler4 to save on your next purchase! http://bit.ly/AMSdeals​ 0:00 - Introduction 4:40 - Vocal melodies on guitar 7:55 - Paul Gilbert’s ...

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Andy Timmons Grabbed Steve Vai's Guitar From Him mid-Song

Guitar Villains - April 01, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the unmistakable Andy Timmons. Thanks to American Musical Supply for sponsoring the show. Use code Tyler3 to save on your next purchase! http://bit.ly/DealsAtAMS Andy's guitar lessons Follow Andy on Instagram Join Guitar Super System today: http:/...

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Yvette Young: "Guitar is a Horrible Instrument to Start On, and it's Not Good for Songwriting."

Guitar Villains - March 18, 2021 12:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the phenomenal Yvette Young. Thanks to American Musical Supply for sponsoring the show. Use code Tyler2 to save on your next purchase! http://bit.ly/ShopatAmericanMusical Subscribe to Yvette Young on YouTube Follow Yvette Young on Instagram Join ...

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Steve Vai Made Me a VERY Special Promise

Guitar Villains - March 01, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Welcome to Season 2 of Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the incomparable Steve Vai. Thanks to American Musical Supply for sponsoring the show: Use code Tyler1 to save on your next purchase: http://bit.ly/ShopatAmericanMusical Check out everything going on with Steve Vai at https://www.vai.com...

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Herman Li on Women Crying Over DragonForce, S***-Talking Fans, & Mastering Twitch

Guitar Villains - December 16, 2020 14:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Today’s guitar villain is Herman Li. A blistering shred god heading up the Grammy-nomninated metal band Dragonforce, Herman is so good he sometimes sounds like a video game with his extremely creative and acrobatic licks, which makes sense, because THROUGH THE FIRE AND FLAMES might be the most f...

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Rick Graham on Killer Shred Technique, Picking Like the Wind, & Positive Adversity

Guitar Villains - December 09, 2020 18:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Today’s guitar villain is Rick Graham. Rick is easily one of the most humble guitar players on the planet, and you know what that means when the word humble is used to describe a guitarist: that’s right, they’re an absolute monster player. Rick can play things most people would think is impossib...

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Cory Wong on the Best Metallica Solo, What Musicians Overlook and Pick-hand Motors

Guitar Villains - December 02, 2020 13:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Today’s guitar villain is Cory Wong. A groove master with a pocket deeper than Warren Buffet’s, Cory is one of the leading forces in the world of funk and is an equally competent arranger, producer, and tone aficionado. From his awesome playing in the cult band that is Vulfpeck to his solo music...

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Bumblefoot on Fretless Guitar 101, THAT Guns N' Roses Album, and Spooky Guitar Picks

Guitar Villains - November 18, 2020 15:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Today’s guitar villain is Bumblefoot. The unmistakeable wall of sound behind the bands Asia, and Sons of Apollo, Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal is one of the most creative and staggeringly good guitar players you’ll find. With his trusty double neck Vigier, containing both a standard and fretless six str...

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Misha Mansoor on Pioneering Djent, Why Tonewood DOES Matter, and Driving 190MPH

Guitar Villains - November 11, 2020 13:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Today’s guitar villain is Misha Mansoor, a key founder of the beguiling genre of Djent and an overall machine of a guitar player. Misha is the mastermind behind the wall of sound that is the band Periphery, a signature artist of Jackson guitars and BareKnuckle pickups, the founder of the excelle...

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Jason Richardson on Playing Guitar as Fast as Humanly Possible & Dying in Austria

Guitar Villains - November 04, 2020 13:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Today’s guitar villain is Jason Richardson, a technical master of guitar playing and an equally adept composer of complex and interesting music. If you tabbed out his guitar solos, they’d look like barcodes. If someone asks Jason, "Hey Jason, how fast?" Jason simply responds "YES". We’re gonna b...

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Tommy Emmanuel on Tuning Perfection, Playing for 2.85 BILLION people, and Taking a Screwdriver to a Guitar

Guitar Villains - October 28, 2020 12:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Today’s guitar villain is Tommy Emmanuel. One of the most musical guitar players you’ll ever hear, Tommy has been dropping the jaws of audiences for decades with this impeccable acoustic guitar playing that sounds more like an entire band than just one person. With flawless rhythm, unreal techni...

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Tim Henson on Hendrix Inventing Rap, Bad Instagram Guitarists, and Acid Trip Art

Guitar Villains - October 21, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Today’s guitar villain is Tim Henson. An innovator of the guitar and a no-nonsense straight-shooter, Tim has cemented himself in the guitar world as a cutting edge riff-writer, combining elements of tapping, slapping, harmonics, and rhythmic displays second to none. Fronting his instrumental pro...

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Joe Satriani on Telling Stories With Notes, Alien Love, and Being Bitten by Jagger

Guitar Villains - October 14, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Today’s Guitar Villain is Joe Satriani. Known in his truest form as a literal alien, Satriani’s music can certainly transport you to various places in the universe, and after paving the way for so many guitar players after him, Satch is still the master of the six-string sonic highway we’re all ...

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John Petrucci on Crying at Concerts, Perfect Guitar Tone, and His Secret 8-String

Guitar Villains - October 07, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Today’s guitar villain is John Petrucci. A legendary riff-writer, almighty shred-lord, dedicated gym-rat. purveyor of fine bourbon, and all-around nice guy, this bearded phenom who some believe to be a wizard or even God himself is here to spill his guitar secrets. John has recently dropped on u...

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Introducing 'Guitar Villains'

Guitar Villains - September 26, 2020 19:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 166 ratings
Welcome to Guitar Villains! I'm your host, Tyler Larson. Why Guitar Villains? Because villains are cooler than heroes, it’s just a fact. Premiering Wednesday, October 7, 'Guitar Villains' is a podcast by guitar players for guitar players and over the course of this series we’ll talk to some of t...

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