Nuno was the only shredder I used to love, because he was so eclectic and musical. His trademark palm muted legato runs and the muted ghost hammer are my favorite techniques. Insanely funky and groovy, sounds like every note weights a ton, no matter how fast he plays.

0:57 skip triplets 1:27 bass walk riff 2:06 alt two string tapping 2:39 two string circular lick 1 3:04 blues double stops 3:44 6th interval double stops 5:09 adjacent string tapping 5:43 selective double picking 6:13 diminished tap climbs 7:02 four note sequences 7:43 subtle bar vibrato pull offs 8:12 staccato violin effect 8:44 phantom trem picking 9:14 two string circular lick 2 9:54 palm muted legato 10:47 dissonant climbs 11:53 cascading four note lick 12:35 chromatic staccato climbs 13:38 string skip tapping 14:40 dotted 8th note delay 15:46 16th note riff triplets 16:21 tribute borrowing 17:05 muted ghost hammer effect 18:13 the Nuno motif 19:13 muted ghost hammer flick 20:02 all natural harmonic riffs 20:43 percussive strumming

Nuno's sense of rhythm, even in his guitar solos always stood out to me. One of my favorites.

I've been amazed by Nuno's playing since I took a chance and bought their debut album on cassette! I was floored by not only his lead playing (which even with my crappy ears, I could hear the heavy EVH influence), but his unique rhythmic ideas as well. I'm happy to see all this new found attention to Extreme since the band has always been on my "most underrated" list. Great job playing Nuno's crazy licks Mike!

Wow you absolutely did this justice! Nuno makes me want to be a better musician. Also, dang what a beautiful guitar! 😍 🖤

I was never a big fan of Extreme, but Nuno is a phantastic guitar-player.

I love seeing Extreme get the respect and attention they deserve! Keep up the great work!

Thanks, love your channel. Superb over view of Nuno's techniques, great to learn and incorporate into playing.

Really great dissection of Nuno's style! You nailed those percussive techniques that make him unique. Nuno's been my fav since Pornograffiti came out. Feel like he's finally getting the spotlight he so deserves!

you’re spot on about the muted legato sounding almost like picked notes on the N4 - the Lawrence pickups aren’t hyped in the mids like a lot of guitar pickups. they’re very flat. but bright and clear. this makes the attack very even and similar from string to string. so it’s like the ‘sonic illusion’ of being evenly picked, even when hammered-pulled.

Excellent breakdown and playing, thanks for sharing!

God bless you, dear Mike. The palm muted legato lick was tremendous.

This one is awesome. Love Nuno's playing, always have!

Yes! Love these types of lessons & videos 😀

🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻 yess Nuno! Congrats on 792K Subscribers!

Nuno is an absolute master of the instrument, the way he plays is something that cant be heard or replicated by anyone, he has this percussive, passive-agressive sound while being insanely clean and percise. The first Extreme album has some of his best guitar work and is criminally underrated. I recommend listening to his song for "Guitar's Practicing Musicians, Vol. 2"; Too Much of a Good Thing (Where's the Hook), in my opinion this song is one of the best examples of how versatile, fast and agile Nuno can be. Great Video Mike!, Loved the little details and the fact you played licks from deep cuts.

These "Artist Guitar Techniques" vids of yours are DEFINITELY my favorites! You choose what are arguably the "best" ones; and you don't waste time with lengthy, detailed - and really, needless - "breakdowns". Regarding this particular vid: I would add that another great example of Nuno's use of "Blues Double Stops" is found on the track "Warheads", from the "Three Sides..." Album. Please, keep up the great work!

Appreciate the time and effort you put in these videos I kno there are alot of others out there that feel the same way ....keep on rocking rockers...All Love One love 🙏 🤘

Learnt a tone of Nuno stuff a while back and there’s so much value

Great video Mike! Nuno's one of my recent fave players, and it was interesting to get some insight on his techniques! Mahalos dude! 🤙🏽

Mike, I absolutely love your content and your video style. You have a real personal touch to your videos that I find isn't seen much in other creators, you have some great insight and wisdom that's personally helped me out a lot, and your experiences have really reinvigorated my dream of playing live with a band. I've never even tried touching a guitar in my life (i'm a drummer!) but I can still appreciate everything about this channel, your musicianship, and what you have to offer, it even has me very tempted to pick up guitar and give it a try! thank you for the channel :) also, you're a fantastic drummer!

Cool video. Thanks. I can’t believe you can play all that stuff so perfect!🤯 Sick!🤘🏻

If I know how to play the guitar, it's only thanks to Nuno. He was the one who gave me the faith and courage to pick up a guitar and start learning to play! He's a HUGE musician to me (not just as a guitarist, he also plays bass, piano, drums, writes lyrics and sings. And he does it all with so so much talent. He's a music alien or demon, I don't know lol)

Glad to see this series back)

My friend had one of those guitars in the early 90s. It was so comfortable to play and sounded so bright - and warm. With fresh strings it was heaven.

Great review of Nuno's style and influence ! Very instructive, rarely seen

I learned a lot from this video! Thank you

Awesome work!

That Stephens Cutaway on those Washburns is so cool. Never played a Nuno sig but I have a Washburn Parallaxe with that same cutaway on it and the upper fret access is unrivaled, at least among bolt-ons

This is really, really good!

Wow! You are a beast on guitar!! Great lesson!!

Great great video mate,been a trip seeing you flourish as a player yourself in addition to being a real pro broadcaster x

Nobody sounds like Nuno..here you can get a taste of that percussive flair..such a beast on any type of playing!

I'm humbled by the way you get into the minds of my favorite players, becoming them even for a brief moment in time. Cool.👍

nice to see a return of this series, I really like the way you present them and will happily watch videos about guitarists I've never heard of as well as old classics. I wld love to see u cover guitarists from different genres, maybe like samba or funk, wld kill for a maggot brain solo breakdown (I know it's not rly a funk song but still). Cos I'm from the UK I feel like some of the bands that people look up to here are quite different, stuff like the stone roses. I wld love to see a video about Johny Marr of the smiths, one of my personal favourite guitarists but obviously that's such a different style. v pie in the sky comment but there are so many great guitarists out there and I want to see a video about every single one!!!

Well done!

Enjoyed this.

Some great breakdowns here. He is such an Innovative player and has always been one of my favorites but without understanding its techniques I never could touch it.

This is so great…great flamenco flick strum at the end, too. (I need to look up what that’s called)

Great video about a great guitar player

you are a good teacher.

Excellent stuff as usual! I would like to add that when Nuno plays the lick at 12:08 (such as in Get the Funk Out among other songs) he starts win an upstroke on the first string, downstroke on the second string, pull off on the second string and finally a hammer-on from nowhere on the third string. This is what makes him able to play it a faster speeds. The same lick or variations of it can be found in the outro solo to It's a Monster and some of the fast runs in Midnight Express and Peacemaker Die. The same picking pattern goes for the last beat of the lick at 18:40 (from Hip Today) and 19:52 (from No Respect). I remember reading in an interview from 1991 that Nuno uses the nail of his index finger the get the artificial harmonics to really squeal. And as a result of it his nail on the finger doesn't grow properly any longer.

Great video!

I will definitely practice some of these

As soon as you started playing that Raul Midon tune I recognized it instantly 🙂

A lot to learn here…. Thanks!

Wow man! Glad I clicked on this!!!!! Great job bro!

Excellent

I love to watch the artist series. The stuffs are so intricate. That's why they are the coolest stuffs that I have ever watched. I have been waiting since ages when I would be lucky enough to see the techniques of Adrian Smith and Dave Murray from Iron Maiden in your style. I am also greedy enough to add to my wishlist the hair metal legends - C C Deville from Poison, Robbin Crosby from Ratt and Rachel Bolan from Skid Row. Keep on your good work man to keep us rocking. ❤

looks like you got a NTX. great guitar. i could only affford entry level 700 but i love it. great vid by the way. going to dust of my 90's cassette collection now 😆

Dam thats a good breakdown, I always found Nunos stuff to be a little tricky. You play very well.

Awesome stuff! Would love to see an Alexi Laiho techniques video someday

Thax for everything..its been awsome to learn some from ya..im a visual learner and sadly play by ear. Its been a blessing and a curse..i lick things up fast but am stuborn and childish about the scooladtic study of music

I like you giving a name all his techniques!

Man is wish you were in Canada i would definitely get lessons from you no matter the cost.

Hey Mike! Not sure if you've done one before, but I'm always in need of amp and tone settings pointers. You have great tone but I only hear you instruct on actual guitar technique. I'm just not much of a gear guy, but you sound great!

Just came across this video, great job on it! Is there a link or anything to download a transcription of the licks?

Thanx man. I just shared it with another guitar player.

8:08 sounds like baker street sax from gerry rafferty aha. very cool lesson !!

Thanks for the video! Is there any chance to see one on Josh Homme?

You have an incredible vocabulary on guitar.

Dude I love your teachings. Great stuff.

Impressive video. Really want to see you do an artist series on Trivium’s Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu, and Linkin Park’s Brad Delson. If you want to, I can send you some videos of them playing, and maybe you could share their techniques with us.

Great Vid! Can you listen to his population one, Drama Gods, and Mourning Widows stuff and revisit this in a part 2 type thing? He definitely changes it up a little bit with these bands from his typical style and approach with extreme. Not as much ripping, funky stuff but really tasty leads and phrasing. Very zeppelin, Prince, Rush, Yes, 70'sish pop vibe...except its Nuno. A must listen. Def think you'll dig it. All of it is here on you tube.

I had a feeling that it was gonna be Nuno so I’m happy I got it and Nuno is just an awesome player in general, and I know I’ve asked this before but I would still love an Artist Series video on Daron Malakian or Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top

We saw GenAxe on opening night years ago, and though I absolutely love the other players...Nuno ended up being my favorite of the night. He's a great composer who just happens to shred relentlessly on guitar.

Bro your dope!!!

You‘re REALLY good😎

Nuno is the one of the master guitar solo techniques ever !!

Awesome! Btw, is the white&chrome finish on the Evh guitar a custom order? Looks killer!!

I love the names that you find for those techniques. Sometimes they seem like they're taken straight out of a shonen manga/anime. You should think about screaming the technique's name as you perform it, though. That's how it works. "Take this ! MUTED GHOST HAMMER !!!!" Also, could you make a "greatest techniques" video for Jeff Waters from Annihilator, please ? You never seem to talk about him in your videos, and that's a real shame !

Honestly I'm pretty glad I guessed the video right

I like these 🎉

If you want to hear all of Nuno's amazing techniques my top five solos are: Play with me, Suzi (wants her all day sucker), Warheads, Decadence Dance and Cupid's Dead FTW! So happy Nuno is having a resurgence and leading the charge of rock n roll's most triumphant return!

@The-Art-of-Guitar can you do a video of 29 George Lynch or Warren Demartini techniques?

Great Video, Is the Guitar A Washburn N2 ?

A good candidate for this series would be Isaac Brock from Modest Mouse, nobody plays guitar like that guy. When I was just learning guitar, I came to a point where I was stuck in the "blues boxes" and needed a new way to approach the instrument, learning MM songs did that for me because it takes good, simplistic foundational elements that you'll see in Nirvana and Weezer and builds on them in imaginative ways, songs like Night on the Sun, Teeth Like God's Shoeshine, Grey Ice Water, Bury Me With It, and Ocean Breaths Salty will be familiar to anyone that came up learning guitar via Nirvana, Black Sabbath, or Pixies but they'll take you out of your comfort zone, which is what I desperately needed. In general Modest Mouse are usually removed from conversations about the 90's (often Washington-based) music environment, which is a shame because they absolutely belong in that context.

This is the one I've been waiting for since I subscribed (no I never mentioned)

That's so interesting the way you played that lick that you said you first discovered in a Metallica solo - starting on the 12 on high E and ending on 13 on B. I always thought it started on the second note - the 15 on high E and ended on the 12 on the high E - so just shifting the whole pattern to start with one 1 note to the right so its 15 12 on high E to 13 12 13 on B back to 12 on high E and end. I'm guessing the Metallica solo was either Breadfan of Master of puppets. I like that unaccompanied solo he did on the first record way more than Wounded Bumblebee. Speaking of that, one of the guitar magazines transcribed Flight of the Wounded Bumble Bee to make it sound like playing it with the delay but without the delay so it has a lot more notes in it but it was so cool because it sounded just like it and was way more technical. I remember when Extreme ended and Nuno went off and did other things that more reflected the music of the times like grunge and more blues based funky rock or whatever that stuff was that he was doing but I thought that was sad that he abandoned who he really was and was capable of for that. But he came back - so cheers! P.S. - I bet a shiny new nickel these guys are watching these videos just to remind themselves what they are doing so they don't forget. Andy Summers famously said he read Guitar Player magazine because they explained himself to himself.

YES FINALLY

I think the biggest thing for me with Nuno is his ability to make something sound way harder than it is, Play With Me's solo is a perfect example of this.

Great stuff Mike!

Oh, it was Nuno! Nice, I was guessing you were talking about a different guitarist with how cryptic you were. It's all coming together now though. Lol

10/10 masterclass

Funny... when you mentioned the double stack shapes using two fingers, it was notoriously used in Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive".

Great video ! I have to ask ... were you able to buy it from your friend that loaned it to you ? People tend to be "very" possessive about those Nuno guitars !

The two string tapping bit reminded me of Vito Bratta

I’m currently side hustling to get me an N4 🎸🤘🏼

Can I know how u set your effects to get Nuno sound.?

The 16th note triplet makes instant boogie, that riff reminds of Billy G on speed for some reason

Can you do a video on Uli Jon Roth?

You should do one on Frank Gambale, Alan Holdsworth and Mateo Mancuso

❤❤😂bro if you 3ver wana help a fellow human..i could use a quick lesson..i hate when its like school but i pick up real faast when i see it ip close or zoom....ypuve helped me pick up some good habits watching ypur vids and you stand out as a good guy ...no joke

I want to buy that guitar!

Another bad@ss episode. Thanks for breaking it down, really awesome stuff. Love the channel

Please do one for George Lynch

Please one for richie kotzen🙏🏼🙏🏼

What year is the Washburn from? I'll never get over letting my 1991 go.

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Can you make an Yngwie Malmsteen episode of this series?