Guitar Villains

Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the guitar luthier Paul Reed Smith.

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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

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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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Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the Tenacious D 6-string maestro, Kyle Gass.

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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 - The truth about Tenacious D’s “Tribute”
21:44 - Is rock dead?
25:49 - The best Tenacious D song
27:57 - Jack Black’s songwriting style
28: 58 - Kyle Gass is going solo
32:34 - Kyle was a child prodigy… or… he wasn’t
34:44 - Kyle’s guitar approach
36:52 - Jack Black is a vocal savant
39:55 - The knifing at a Tenacious D show
42:12 - Kyle’s supervillain advice

Kyle's brand new song, 'Vaccinated'
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Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the instantly recognizable Lari Basilio.

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Lari's guest solo on "Reverie"
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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 phrasing work?
17:30 - JamTrack Central is the Shrapnel Records of the YouTube era
20:59 - Lari’s unique G bending technique
24:52 - The Ibanez LB1 and its origin
32:50 - The future of social media for guitar players
35:30 - Lari quit being a lawyer to play guitar
37:10 - Lari’s Brazilian roots
39:38 - The effect of the Ibanez generation
44:20 - Lari’s supervillain advice

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Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the funk master Mark Lettieri.

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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 baritone guitar
26:29 - Mark’s songwriting approach
27:50 - The PRS Fiore
33:15 - Tonewood is real
35:30 - The strangest tour moment of Mark’s life
37:49 - Mark likes beer
41:30 - Mark raises monarch butterflies
44:32 - The hardest and easiest thing about guitar
48:50 - Mark’s supervillain advice

Mark and my video on FUNK
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Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the almighty Zakk Wylde.

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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 soloing
26:55 - Zakk’s approach to the recording studio
32:28 - Zakk’s use of music theory
38:25 - The future of Wylde Audio
44:50 - The feeling of playing live music
48:58 - Zakk’s supervillain advice

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Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the guitar monster himself, Paul Gilbert.

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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 Lick”

38:44 - When Paul finally ‘got’ Hendrix

41:10 - Paul’s guitar tone evolution

1:00:31 - Paul played all the instruments on his new album

1:07:44 - Paul’s online guitar school 

1:11:45 - Paul’s supervillain advice (rant)

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Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the unmistakable Andy Timmons.

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Andy's guitar lessons
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00:00 - Introduction
1:45 - Andy grabbed Steve Vai’s guitar from him?!
6:25 - Advice for nerves playing in front of crowds or family and friends
13:34 - The epiphany of blending jazz with rock 
18:02 - Andy’s supervillain alter-ego
19:55 - Burning Questions
21:57 - Name Those Notes
25:00 - Andy’s perfect guitar tone
28:05 - A bending lesson from the best bender in the business
40:50 - Andy live streams gigs every Saturday
47:03 - What makes a great guitar teacher?
57:25 - Andy’s supervillain advice

Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the phenomenal Yvette Young.

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0:00 - Introduction

2:54 - The weirdest tour experience ever

11:01 - Yvette’s supervillain alter-ego

14:53 - Burning Questions

17:20 - Name Those Notes

19:20 - Yvette’s many alternate tunings

27:05 - Yvette loves Emo

30:45 - A big conversation about the term “Instagram Guitarist”

38:50 - The “FACADE” of the music industry and the importance of management

44:37 - Yvette’s dream songwriting camp

47:22 - Yvette’s post-it note songwriting strategy

52:35 - “Guitar is a horrible instrument to start on”

Welcome to Season 2 of Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the incomparable Steve Vai.
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0:00 - Introduction

2:37 - Settling the score on Steve’s “Joint-Shifting” technique

12:36 - Steve’s greatest guitar solo

17:30 - Steve’s supervillain alter-ego

19:55 - Burning Questions

21:21 - Name Those Notes

22:56 - The importance of finger tone

27:00 - Steve’s most technically difficult song to play

31:42 - Music theory versus following your ear

40:24 - Steve made me a very special promise

44:06 - Playing Bohemian Rhapsody perfectly with Generation Axe

49:17 - Steve is teaching music on a giant ship

52:34 - The most important advice I took from Steve

1:03:55 - Steve wrote a song with one hand

1:06:40 - Steve had hand surgery because of a crazy guitar chord

1:10:42 - Steve’s supervillain advice