UPDATE: Marty himself emailed me and said that he loved the video. He also said that he laughed a little when I mentioned pinch harmonics because he's only really done them on accident in the past. :) I had to pinch myself I was so excited.

Finally this series again

0:50 3rd Interval Picking 1:23 Chromatic Climb Downs 1:56 Arching Legato Arpeggio Runs 2:31 Reverse 2-String Rake 3:35 Bend Boosting 3:56 Ultra-Wide Vibrato 4:26 Staccato Pre Bend Cry 4:45 Substituting w/bends 5:32 3-String Diminished Arpeggios 6:06 One-String Descending Walk 6:39 Circular Legato Phrasing 7:29 Gallop Slide Climbs 8:01 6-Pattern Walk Downs 8:38 b5 Circular Patterns 9:14 4-Note Multi-Octave Patterns 9:42 4-Note Walkdown Sequence 10:11 Gear Shift Bends 10:42 Circular 3-Note Blitz 11:22 String Jump Pre-Bend 11:52 Octave Slides 12:13 Economy/Legato Runs 12:45 Modifying to Mixolydian 13:26 3-Note Per String Legato Runs 14:01 Unison Bends 14:28 Economy Speed Picking 15:11 Classic Rock Motif w/Up Rake 15:51 Low Scoop Bends 16:21 5-note sequences Great Video! It was cool hearing all these techniques and immediately thinking of parts in songs that I've heard him use them.

He and Mustaine completed each other. Marty would play this exotic shred lines while Mustaine would just play chaotic trash metal licks. Holy Wars is the perfect example.

I always loved Marty's playing and phrasing so much. One thing he does all the time is a semi/microtonal bend from a half step below the note he actually is trying to sound- he also likes to hit a note then slide to a fret right below it and slowly bend back up to it and sounds so cool

I recognize all of this because I'm a huge Marty Friedman nerd. His playing and songwriting gets better and better as time goes by! Thanks for finally making this video!

Holy smokes you frickin NAILED that! Mr. Friedman is easily one of my top favorite musicians. He won me over with his blazing-fast arpeggios and just his accuracy and intensity. You never cease to amaze with how well you do these artists justice. These are my fave vids. 🤘🏻🎸🔥

Marty is easily one of the edgiest and most exciting sounding guitarists ever in my book, those Megadeth albums really spoke to me so cannot WAIT to get stuck into this!

Great job Mike! Marty's style is not easy to emulate, but you have done an excellent job breaking it down into digestible chunks so that we can see what makes Marty so special. Bravo!

Oh sweet! Marty Friedman is one awesome guy! Can't wait to properly watch this! Congrats on 821k Subscribers! 🤘🏻🔥

I was waiting for another one of these for so long, thank you!!!

This was a great video. I love your artist technique breakdown videos.

Great video brother thank u for the consistency and quality content 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

Really superb lesson. Thank you very much.👍🏻😀

Long awaited video. Marty is one of my favorite players out there.

Man! Best technique and positioning vídeo on Marty’s technique choices! Many thanks!!

That's an absolutely brilliant lesson on Marty's technique. Thank you so much.

Phenomenal vid!

Check Marty’s solo album “Scenes” if you haven’t already. It’s really chill, melodic and has a Japanese feel to it. You must’ve practiced a lot for this. Marty’s stuff is quite challenging.

YES THANK YOU THIS SERIES IS SO GOOD

Awesome video!! Loved this content!!

Love this, Mike. I'm very much an intermediate player, so no sweep picking, but even the first two (circular 3rd intervals and chromatic runs) have already improved my soloing Thanks so much

Awesome video full of awesomness! \m/

Excellent lesson! Thank you ! 🎸

Dude great freaking videos!!

Yes! A Carvin!! Awesome Vid as always Mike!

I believe the phrase you play at 9:20 is the Hirajoshi scale, which Friedman was pivotal in introducing to western music. You hear this a lot in his solo albums as well as in the ninja when he was in cacophony.

Thx for a great video🤘🔥

I kid you not I felt myself get better watching this video there was a lot of techniques that cleaned up my playing like crazy I love these technique videos, thank you Mike.

Watching solely marty friedman instructional videos to help with my improvisation is insanely helpful. His approach to playing is vey different but also makes things uncomplicated

Thank you for these

This is maybe one of the best instructional videos I've ever seen. It really demonstrates how approachable Friedman's style can be with the right perspective going in. Doesn't make his stuff easy but easiER.

Please continue this!!!

my favorite guitarist ever!

Hey man great video! Can you do Chuck Shuldiner of Death next?? A prolific guitar player sadly passed away back in 2001

I thought all about marty friedmans playing all through out basic training. I loved seeing this vid

Great Video Mike!! I love Marty. I would love to see you do a Jeff Waters Technique video one day.

Been practicing the tornado solo for a few weeks, man that is full of technique and nuance all my other playing has benefited from this one solo study

Another great video and display. Hopefully, can you please do one talking about the techniques of Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu from Trivium. They’re my version of Metallica, the band that got me into metal.Would love to see you do some of their stuff in a video. Keep up the great work.

Great video.

Holy shit! This video is so damn good! Its like an ultra condensed ( in a good way) artist instructional video. Major props. This is really incredible.

So glad you chose to do an artist series video on Marty. He's my favorite metal guitarist ever.

Man,u r a beast dude,thank u

Definitely cool seeing this series come back, would love to see a video on Daron Malakian from SOAD or Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top. Also cool guitar, can’t say that I’ve ever seen that model before

AWESOME GUITAR!!!

Love Marty!!!

Hi man i absolutely love this series, any chance you can share some tips on getting the tone too?

Awesome video dude! You should try to do a Chris Poland video next, he's such a unique player and it would be interesting to see some of his techniques.

Yes, a new video

Awesome, now I can vibrato like Marty!!

Wow a carvin V220 cool i have one as well bought it in 85 metallic red Ive been big carvin fan since i bought my first one in 78

YEEEEEEEESSSSSSS FINALLLYYYYY MY FAVORITE GUITARRIST, I LOVE YOU MIKEEE ❤❤❤❤

Nice video Mike 👍One of my favorite concerts was seeing Cacophony live in a small local bar with a stage that was only about a foot high, so I was literally a few feet from Marty & Jason. They both sounded even better then the records. Marty killed it but in my opinion Jason was even better that night 👍

this video is incredible and i only watched it while doing dishes... now i have to grab a guitar and watch it again. you rule!

thank you so much for doing this. when i was younger marty was one of my favourite players. but i always thought all his techniques were beyond me so never really bothered to learn any of his solos. and now im watching this and its blowing my mind because im thinking 'i do that!' omg i do that too!' 'omg i do exactly that!' . seems like i subconsciously copped a lot of his techniques anyway! i definitely dont play like him (who does!?) but i definitely do all if not most of these techniques. you've made a guitar bible here. so good!

Finally my favorite guitarrist being explained!!

Awesome

Awesome work! Chris poland next?!?!😮

Ok, I know I've made a few comments already so this is the last one. I've watched this several times now and I know I'm pretty knowledgable and you even complimented me yourself one time but I have to say Bravo. This one's extra good. I have about 6 of Marty's solo records at least - True Obsessions, Scenes, Introduction, Music for Speeding, Cacophony's Go Off, and of course what I feel is his best - Dragon's Kiss and he really pushed the boundaries with all the different ideas he used for soloing. All of the other Shrapnel guys are excellent but I think he was the most unique.He's the master of playing 'wrong' notes. No need to learn a bunch of new scales, just take the ones you know and add notes that are not in them tastefully at the right time and place and voila - exotic scale. Hope the concert was good. The ionosphere has been exhibiting an unusual amount of ion disintegrations lately resulting in quite a light show and I was wondering why but now I know - Nuno Bettencourt and Vernon Reid solos together in the same place at the same time. That'll do it. Maybe Paul Gilbert and Kerry King could do a tour together.

Nice guitar! I have the same one in red, signed by Steve Vai! Still plays just as good as the first day i bought it, a LONG time ago!

The Excitebike clip lets me know I’m the right place. XD I love hearing guitars “shift gears.”

I'd love to see you go through some Vinnie Moore techniques. He's probably one of the most underrated 80s shredders, with an amazing technique and some very unique phrasing. His debut solo album Mind's Eye has some real gems in it.

Where do you get the designs on your guitars? Also I love your content. You’ve helped a lot with my guitar journey.

Awsome I was waiting for this do you think you could do Dave next ?

Can you do a video on guitar techniques of X Japan? or Hide specifically? alot of great content in there

Fuck yeah! Thanks so much :)

You should do Bradley Nowell from the original sublime he’s awesome

Do Marty Schwartz next

Please make a tutorial of white lion little fighter excellent your channel

you guys should check out Wall of Sound-- Marty's instrumental album from 2017. Miracle in particular has a unique face-melter that's crazy but feels gentle in a way I don't get from other solos.

Marty's the best. So unique, so different. Every note means something ❤

Super duper turbo jealous of that V220 😅 Great video tho! 🤘

pls do same video about chris poland🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

Cacophony is like having two Paganini twins but with electric guitars instead of violins (poor Jason, didn't deserve such a sadistic fate). Marty Friedman is God!

Do guitar collection video.

Marty is God. he has been my favourite player for the last 30+ years. And although I have learned anything he has done and tried to "copy" his techniques and licks, his phrasing and touch is unparalleled to such a degree there has never been anyone who ever sounded like him.

I saw Megadeth for the first time ever last Sunday! They headlined at Bloodstock Open Air Festival in the UK. It was awesome! Unfortunately it wasn't Marty Friedman but Kiko is a badass in his own right

My favorite guitarists Are Kirk and Marty cant wait to learn all these

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holy crap a v220 😮❤

do a review of that guitar

Great lesson! What did you use for the guitar tone?

Do one for Buckethead please! It’s needed

Nice. What rig are you playing through? Tone on this is killer!

I’d love to see a technique breakdown video of Josh Homme from queens of the Stone Age

Dude, you got a Carvin V220. I want one of those so bad. Almost picked one up at my local GC over a year ago, but the frets were trashed and they wouldn't come down on the price to compensate. They wanted way too much given the condition. Oh well.

You are such a great guitar player. You are also right about Marty Friedman and Taylor Swift. Both are awesome in their own way.

This man knows his Friedman. Can you play the Poison was the cure solo at speed?

Check out his stuff from Vixen & Hawaii !

15:32 always been trying to replicate that specific squeal bend that marty always does but its very inconsistent for me

Where do you get the designs on your guitars?

When will we get Sanctus on Spotify?

Should do one of these for Josh Homme (Queens of the Stoneage, Them Crooked Vultures etc)

Do Joe Duplantier next!

No mention of his unusual picking style (joking)? Also, I recall reading in an article, I think it was when he was doing Guitar World lessons that his picking style didn't allow for things like pinch harmonics, but he clearly uses some, any idea on that? I've always been curious if it was just something that happened while he was playing or intentional. Great vid btw, I LOVE Marty!

We need the Chris Poland techniques plsssss

Marty Friedman is my favorite guitarist. Megadeth 🤘 Cacophony 🤘

Enough material to keep me buzzy for one month!

Shawn lane next?

Now we need a Joe satrianis greatest guitar techniques video