Anyone know Guthrie Govan's Wonderful Slippery Thing?

[vaialation1232]

Hey, im trying to learn all that i can of this very difficult song and i was just wondering if any of the great players here knew it and had any advice?

So far heres what i got (all 30 seconds of it!) but i just started last night so hopefully i can get some more...even if it takes a couple years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiYvOEAeq08

Any comments are appreciated!

[Valhalla]

Hey dude, this is also Stringprodigy on Youtube....Funny that you posted that vid at the same time that I've mastered that same part using the same fingering and everything...Great job! I will post up a vid of me playing that on the weekend. I think the thing to focus the most on is maintaining the swing feel, to make sure you really feel it, otherwise the phrasing will sound off-kilter. Another thing is to make sure you roll the treble tone off a good deal for that dark, jazzy sound, and use the neck pickup and a touch of reverb...I think you are probably already doing this though. The only other thing I can suggest would be to keep trying to think ahead of the lick you are playing. I fall into the trap a lot of times where I focus too much on the present note and not what's coming next...Anyways, that's my 2 cents! I'm going to try to master this song as well, so we can help each other out if ya like. BTW, are you working from the Guitar Techniques transcription?

[vaialation1232]

Thanks for the help. Yeah i am working from that tab.

[Valhalla]

Here's my take:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs6BhPXgoOc

Haven't really learned the end few notes so I just improvised them...I'll try and record with the backing track in the next day or two.

[vaialation1232]

Nice! Do you need the backing track link?

[Valhalla]

Thanks! Nah, I've got the BT. I was shocked to learn you're only 16...Pretty impressive considering the stuff you're playing. There's no way I was at that level when I was your age...