I've been at the first solo phase for 15 years and I expect to stay there for many more!

I'm at the "uses a compressor once and acts like a music producer " phase

Been playing for 10 years but still chasing THE tone

Believe it or not, I actually auditioned for the Graham Dongle Band back in the day, but I could never get the solo to "Granddad Island" quite right. Then one day I stumbled upon your lesson on KZfaq that broke the thing down note for note. It was brilliant. While watching it, I thought to myself, "Wow, this guy has it all figured out, HE should be playing for the Graham Dongle Band!". Fast-forward just 4 months or so, and you've actually been invited by Graham Dongle himself, to shred with the Graham Dongle Band! So happy for your success man!

We love your videos, keep working hard

I'm in the "wondering what would have happened if I haven't gave up learning guitar at the age of 10" phase when I'm 37 already.

Being a flute player for many years, I was always fascinated with the guitar. I once dated a guy who went to school and had many guitars. I simply asked him if he could teach me the basics like chords I didn’t quite understand. He whipped out a notebook and started writing music theory and told me first you need to learn mixolydian chord progression 🤣

I picked up my first guitar in 2003 it was a fender strat. I played she hates me by puddle of Mudd, well my version of it with single notes then I discovered power chords and that's when it clicked for me I was hooked. Well done Mr. Hall

The "only downpicked" solo was the most accurate thing that I have ever seen.

I’m in the “stuck in a rut for several years” phase… thanks for opening my eyes to that! *sobs quietly*

Still learning my first solo. After 25 years of playing.

Love the quote from Albert Lee’s signature tune “Country Boy” Did you hear about the time he jammed with Eddie Van Halen? Even Eddie couldn’t keep up and graciously conceded 😮

Me at 14: decided on a career as an electrician. Me at 15: discovers the electric guitar and decides that becoming a rock star is a much better career choice.

holy shit how is the tone chasing phase so accurate? 😂

What a roller coaster

I sort of skipped the band and solo parts and went right to getting my first decent guitar

Bro i can't believe you got to play for Dongle. Saw them in 06' and they melted my face.

You sir, are a lovely madman who makes genuinely funny and talented videos, thanks for all you do my dudes!

Dude its scary how accurate all these phases are. As a guitarist who started at 11 years old, I deem this worthy.

The best part of this was the KZfaq video of Rock Discipline playing in the background lol. Petrucci probably taught many guitarrists with that.

LOL the music school part was hilarious, by which I mean both the funny walk and the comment when leaving music school 😆 Great video Bradley!

Person: How many times did you watch this? Me: Yes.

The tone chase phase touched me on a spiritual level

Love the "Rock Discipline" reference.

That first bit cut DEEP in my soul.

I went through a big break... Dreams breaking, that is... Whatever, I just left everything behind.

omg this is SO TRUE, all the phases made me roll on the floor

OMG, this is way to true. I'm in the tone-chasing phase yet, starting the technique-grinding phase.

Mate. You manage to combine relatable (kinda musical) comedy with amazing playing. You are a legend and I hope that you keep it up so we can all draw inspiration from your cringe/epic content. Never change

I started playing seriously back in May, haven't learned a solo and haven't done anything with my band but I've been in my tone chasing phase for months

Had my first guitar 28 years ago and still at the 'Learning Your First Solo' phase.

I've just went from tone chasing phase to technique grinding phase tgese psst few weeks lmao

Wait... I know that cap!

Nothing like a long day and some Bradley Hall to sweeten the day.

lmao man you make my day most times with your content thanks brother

The john petrucci guitar vid is so accurate 😂

I'm in the middle of being in a rut for several years (literally went through all previous phases as described in the video) so I hope big break is coming soon

Awesome content!!!!!

I still haven't got my first guitar but am deep in the "play every solo in D-bluesyish scale" in my saxophone journey

shit went from 0 to 100 real fckn quick

Bro, that went from zero to one thousand just like that. He had us in the first half!

Man. My first song was iron man by black sabbath. I feel so attacked

Nice to finally discover your brand of strings. Pick gauge reveal next?

Accurate. Even the falling asleep with guitar and jp rock discipline

The guitar strap failure 🤣😂

just out of the post music school disappointment hiatus, now moving into the i need every type of guitar zone

Freshly new out of a 13-14 year rut and back at the leaning stages of playing the guitar

Currently re-entering the technique-grinding phase after just recently coming out of the rut phase

Omg this so accurate it hurts (apart from the big break and selling out part, never got that far)

IDK why but the Bean Porn thing got me rolling

I'm legit stuck between the "technique-grinding" and "bass" phases, lmao. Scary how accurate your parody vids always are 😅.

Dropping the guitar for the video..that’s commitment

john petrucci's rock discipline is like my bible

I'm in my Bass phase. Shout out to Clay Gober from Polyphia for inspiring me.

you just got a new subscriber cheers!

It hurts how accurate this is.

I gave up on the tone chasing phase and jumped right into acoustic life. Things are much simpler here.

Im on the chasing tone phase everytime im recording a new cover or writing a song. Its like 'man i can made It sound better or different' every single day.

Nailed it. 😆

This is so accurate! 😅

Pretty accurate. Not at the big break yet, though. Still in my pretty ok sometimes stage.

You forgot the downtuning and "how much distortion can I possibly add?" phases.

insteracting with camera is so true, i used to do it as kid , i would talk to my audiance even i had none, and i would say , you are about to wittness a greatist guitarist of all time :D i was like 10 years old :D

I've completed the few years in a rut phase and I'm in a crossover grinding theory/endless tone search phase.

this is SO fckng accurate

I'm in the "realizing I've been playing for 20 years composed largely of tone chasing, assuming all I need is power chords while trying to write long, boring, meandering songs and never finishing anything and should probably actually sit down and practice some scales and other chord shapes so my Prestige Ibanez and American Fender aren't ashamed of me anymore and maybe I can write something actually interesting" phase 🥲

I'm in the "oh, searing pain in my left arm while playing guitar isn't normal, I guess I'm throwing away 10 years and relearning as a lefty to play around my injury" phase

The phrase "bean porn" holds so much pure horror in itself... I can barely sharpen my strings now

You 're a genius!

god i love hearing brad swear

Currently in the first phase(just bought my sg for about 3weeks), been able to do some easy iconic riffs but not any of the solos. Should I try to practice and play the solos or should I focus on perfecting the riffs that I know?

Bonus round between extended range and acoustic: extended range acoustic phase

Bro, Master of Puppets JH's solo was actually my very first solo, this is accurate as hell

It’s been 7 years, still waiting for a decent guitar 🤙🤙

I saw Petrucci on your television... Dude if you see me, what do you think of his method, Rock Discipline ?

What’s he using for the tone chasing phase? Like what app or website?

You should have known that beans would haunt you in the end.

Forever on that technique grinding phase

“Getting stuck in a rut” is how I look and feel when I fail trying to record a song cover for the hundredth time.

That clip from About A Boy really threw me off lol. Been awhile since I've seen it, true classic

0:51 - yep

Brad, other than your musicianship, your vdo's are actually amazing. And they make me laugh. Keep up the good work. 🤟

I guess I passed "Learning my first solo" (which _was,_ in fact, the MoP solo) and now I'm trying to get good enough to be able to play in a band

I stopped at the tone chasing phase, started playing classicalal guitar instead and never looked back since.

I'm at the "tune a baritone uke to GCEA to make it sound kinda like a guitar"-stage...

The unregistered hypercam made the first band section way funnier than it has any right to be 😂

This is quite accurate.

Bro I fucking died when he put on the top hat to play country

Nowhere, I play bass

I haven't managed to learn Tornado Of Souls solo since i was 17 YO and now i'm 27 :c

That fart at the end still gives me the fear.

So all along, Bradley was actually recording the happenings of Rowan Atkinson's bedroom… no wonder he has that big a collection. I received a couple of videos.

Still at tone chasing phase. 25 years and counting.

I’m at a stage where I have a few riffs down and my greatest achievement is cowboys from hell solo. Although I need to be a lil faster. I don’t like the idea of learning a ton of different stuff at once. When I learn something I try to make it to where I will remember how to play it, and 9/10 times it sounds good. And I don’t have enough money to get a tone

Now that you're cancelled, which alt-tech website will you be uploading videos to from now on, and how much is your cameo fee?

😂 awesome, man! 🤘thanks!

I went from all of the first phases to the acoustic-phase, to buying a telecaster and swearing off metal-phass, to the bass phase a few years later to absolutely nothing for 10 years and now to the 'I bought an Ibanez Gio to try and pick it back up-phase'

ive had that same red ernie ball strap for 24 years now

You literally portrayed me with my actual band lmao

THIS IS SO ACCURATE! MY FIRST SONG WAS IRON MAN AND MY FIRST SOLO WAS MASTER OF PUPPETS