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Phil X - The Drills Guitar Lesson - How To Play - Part 1 of 4 - Guitar Licks - Guitar Instruction and Breakdown

YEA-YAHhhhhhhh !!!! (as Phil X would proclaim and quickly bring a smile to everyones face).

We are beyond excited and proud to have Phil X be our first guest artist to share some guitar licks, advice, tips and general guitar knowledge all mixed with a healthy handful of laughter and great energy.

Phil X is by far one of the brightest shining stars of current guitar community. He stands out for more reasons then just his unbelievable mastery of the instrument. This guy has all the qualities you would want in a guitar god. The ladies like him (that's why we all picked up the guitar in the first place isn't it), he owns every note he plays (sometimes he wrestles each note into submission with his aggression. But the notes always sound like they are willing to be slapped in the ass like the secret dirty side of every woman lol ). Add on top of all that, he is somehow void of ego and one of the funniest most generous guys you'll ever meet. I suppose those are just some of the reasons he has toured and recorded with Bon Jovi, Aldo Nova, Triumph, Tommy Lee, Alice Cooper and a bunch of American Idol singers. He has also earned some amazing praise from Steve Lukather, Tommy Lee and Steve Vai.

There are very few guitar players that posses those types of qualities. I can only think of a handful, Paul Gilbert, Guthrie Govan, Jimmy Herring and Phil X. All are masters of the guitar, understand music theory and songwriting and most importantly include fun and laughter throughout everything they are doing be it guitar clinics, lessons, or just rocking out in front of the masses. And not one of those four guys has a hint of an ego.

As for this lesson, this is one of the events we talked about at the end of the year. We are lining up several guest guitarist to do similar lessons in the coming months, so we hope you stick around. In this lesson Phil X will show us the solo to his song "I wish my beer was as cold as your heart" from his band "The Drills" CD called "Kick Your Ass In 17 Minutes". Check out all things The Drills at :

http://www.thedrills.com/

Also Phil has a signature Yamaha guitar that is pretty amazing (which he plays in this lesson). And also check out his Evil Robot amps and signature PX90 and PX100 pickups. All amazing equipment that he talks to us about in a series of interviews that we will upload very soon.

You can find everything at his website, including how to book skype lessons with the man himself:

http://www.philx.tv/

In this lesson Phil will play a bunch and breakdown this solo and some other licks. He'll answer a bunch of questions and then we'll take over and breakdown everything note for note and talk a little theory. And as always we will talk about the concepts used and show you how to get the most out of these ideas so you can use them in your own playing.

Check out the video of him playing this at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uij9bOFzyRA

solo starts at 2:00

Also, If you like this lesson make sure you stick around because we have several more lessons with Phil X coming in the next few weeks/months. We also have an extensive interview series we will be posting soon ... where Phil answers a ton of questions.

And let us know if you like this kind of guest lesson thing by subscribing, liking the video and commenting. If the feedback is positive we will continue trying to make these types of things happen. And help spread the word. The bigger the audience we can get, the easier it is to get great guitar players to do these guest videos.

Also check out Fretted Americana. These guys are awesome! They have been sharing Phil X with the world in hundreds of great videos.

http://www.youtube.com/user/frettedamericana

We want to thank Phil X for giving so generously of his time, his knowledge and his good vibes and great energy. We are looking forward to doing more cool stuff with him in the future.

Also the last few videos I've been using the awesome Wampler Euphoria pedal. I will also be doing a review on this soon. Definitely check out their website ... everything Brian and his crew makes is top notch.

http://www.wamplerpedals.com/

We hope you enjoy this lesson ...

Taught by David Clayton

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