Guitar Villains
Welcome to Guitar Villains! I'm your host, Tyler Larson. Why Guitar Villains? Because villains are cooler than heroes, it’s just a fact. This is a podcast by guitar players for guitar players and over the course of this series we’ll talk to some of the most creative and innovative minds in the community about how they’ve achieved the things they have on the instrument and how you can become a better player yourself.
Episodes
21 episodes
I Got Paul Reed Smith to Play THE FORBIDDEN RIFF
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://bi...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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57:16
St. Vincent Doesn't Need a Berklee Degree to Win Grammys or Shred Guitar
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.l...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:00:44
Kyle Gass on the Best Tenacious D song, Tom Morello's "gimmick" & if Rock is Dead
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:/...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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44:01
Lari Basilio on Bending the G String the "Wrong" Way and the 'Ibanez Generation'
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!
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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48:53
Mark Lettieri on the Art of Baritone Guitar and Perfect Rhythm
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/SaveOnGear...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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52:36
Zakk Wylde Says Who the Best Guitarist is and the Two Schools of Guitar Soloing
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/S...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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51:31
Paul Gilbert Rants About Guitar and Melts My Face
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!
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:25:24
Andy Timmons Grabbed Steve Vai's Guitar From Him mid-Song
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:02:28
Yvette Young: "Guitar is a Horrible Instrument to Start On, and it's Not Good for Songwriting."
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!htt...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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58:07
Steve Vai Made Me a VERY Special Promise
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: ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:13:23
Herman Li on Women Crying Over DragonForce, S***-Talking Fans, & Mastering Twitch
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, bec...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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59:15
Rick Graham on Killer Shred Technique, Picking Like the Wind, & Positive Adversity
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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50:09
Cory Wong on the Best Metallica Solo, What Musicians Overlook and Pick-hand Motors
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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52:51
Bumblefoot on Fretless Guitar 101, THAT Guns N' Roses Album, and Spooky Guitar Picks
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 Vig...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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57:31
Misha Mansoor on Pioneering Djent, Why Tonewood DOES Matter, and Driving 190MPH
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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54:22
Jason Richardson on Playing Guitar as Fast as Humanly Possible & Dying in Austria
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, h...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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55:41
Tommy Emmanuel on Tuning Perfection, Playing for 2.85 BILLION people, and Taking a Screwdriver to a Guitar
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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45:59
Tim Henson on Hendrix Inventing Rap, Bad Instagram Guitarists, and Acid Trip Art
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 di...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:03:01
Joe Satriani on Telling Stories With Notes, Alien Love, and Being Bitten by Jagger
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 t...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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1:05:48
John Petrucci on Crying at Concerts, Perfect Guitar Tone, and His Secret 8-String
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 spil...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:09:03