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...

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 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...

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 Tyler6 for a great deal. http://bit.ly/PickOfSavingsHere 0:00 - Introduction 2:55 - Kyle’s supervillain alter-ego 4:25 - Burning Questions 8:50 - Kyle’s thoughts on Tom Morello 13:20 - Name Those Notes 14:16 - Kyle’s recorder-playing prowess 15:45 - The beauty of 3/4 and 6/8 time signatures 17:30 - Kyle’s best songwriting tip 18:35 -...

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 Follow Lari on Instagram 0:00 - Introduction 3:40 - Lari’s supervillain alter-ego 6:40 - Burning Questions 8:34 - Name Those Notes 9:35 - What does it take to be successful in the studio? 13:04 - How does...

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-ego 8:27 - Burning Questions 10:30 - Name Those Notes 11:43 - Gospel moves on guitar 14:20 - Chord solos with melodic development 16:45 - When you know a guitarist by one note 18:45 - The art of...

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-ego 7:35 - Burning Questions 14:45 - How Zakk developed his guitar tone 22:00 - Name Those Notes 22:45 - The sacred history of the No More Tears guitar solo 24:10 - The two schools of guitar...

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 supervillain alter-ego 13:20 - Burning Questions 14:50 - Paul’s DIY Ibanez Roadstar RS-525 21:54 - Name Those Notes 23:17 - The history of Technical Difficulties by Racer X 27:55 - The “Paul Gilbert...

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/DealsAtAMSAndy's guitar lessonsFollow Andy on InstagramJoin...

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/ShopatAmericanMusicalSubscribe to Yvette Young on...

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/ShopatAmericanMusicalCheck out everything going...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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?"...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Introducing the brand new show 'Guitar Villains'.