Fredrik Åkesson (Opeth) Masterclass - GuitarMessenger.com

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  • @ciresolrac1049
    @ciresolrac1049 10 ปีที่แล้ว +341

    "here it is slow" (still goes extremely fast)
    this degree of awesome cannot be slowed down

    • @simon515
      @simon515 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Haha, reminds me of some old Malmsteen instructional video where the shows his playing "slow".

    • @leogeraldo4872
      @leogeraldo4872 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cire Solrac hahah

    • @SweatLaserXP
      @SweatLaserXP 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      XDDD

  • @Nichaelesv
    @Nichaelesv 11 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    This man needs waaaaaaaay more credit than he gets.

  • @francismcalister7811
    @francismcalister7811 6 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    "Last run is pretty tricky"
    *Proceeds to play it perfectly at double the speed while he's laughing*

  • @IndexFossil1
    @IndexFossil1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    Thats it,I'm turning my guitar into a coffee table.

    • @rustinpeace-tt8gx
      @rustinpeace-tt8gx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      well, I don’t know about guitar but you SHOULD turn your amp into a coffee table, see the example below:
      th-cam.com/video/CsvIciZmD38/w-d-xo.html

    • @marcjohnson5148
      @marcjohnson5148 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😆😂

    • @sanusmotus1696
      @sanusmotus1696 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂😂 I know the feeling

  • @captainflamson
    @captainflamson 9 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    In a world filled with "shredders", Fredrik is more than just a well rehearsed technician, he is one of the few modern era guitarists with true style. So bloody fluid, but his phrasing and composition create solos that are musically important to the whole of the song. He's his own man, but if you crossed Yngwie with Allan Holdsworth and found a young apprentice to drink the potion, he might grow into a Wizard like Fredrik.

    • @protagonistis
      @protagonistis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +captainflamson yeah man this guy is out of this world! agreed on that one

    • @antoniocontreras8229
      @antoniocontreras8229 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i would say that more than yngwei, i see a lot of john norum in his style... specially on the vibrato!

    • @youmothershouldknow4905
      @youmothershouldknow4905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Add Jeff Beck, David Gilmore, and Joe Satriani tone and string bending magic.

    • @Utubesuxmycock
      @Utubesuxmycock 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      dude
      so aptly said! beautiful!

    • @Utubesuxmycock
      @Utubesuxmycock 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hes like a variation of michael romeo

  • @tylerjacobson8012
    @tylerjacobson8012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Put Frederick in a puffy shirt and dye his hair white and he’d look like a classical era composer. What a guitar wizard he is.

  • @fortyeight48able
    @fortyeight48able 10 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Shreddies with taste! So rare.

    • @different2261
      @different2261 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Welcome to Prog........ Pleb

  • @lucagrieman3681
    @lucagrieman3681 10 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    Which is string-skipping, diminished, widdly-woo stuff...

    • @robertwood1689
      @robertwood1689 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Luca Grieman best shit ever

    • @AbhishekSharma-zq5qk
      @AbhishekSharma-zq5qk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is precisely what it is.

    • @FerretFerrari
      @FerretFerrari หลายเดือนก่อน

      Watch me skip all the strings.... 💤

  • @arrestedshrimp
    @arrestedshrimp 9 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I absolutely LOVE his vibrato, so perfect.

  • @ndshreddermn
    @ndshreddermn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Got to hang out with the Opeth band after the show at an Irish bar across the street from the venue. This guy was cool as hell.

  • @pipschannel1222
    @pipschannel1222 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The fluency Frederik has in his playing is beyond this world. Those legato parts are killer! Really one of world's most underestimated players imho.. His melodic style sometimes reminds me of Marty Friedman. Both are focused on melody instead of speed and both of them would be insulted when called "shredders" ;-)
    Also really like his contribution to the new Ghost album. Those solos are kind of "simple" and "poppy" compared to Opeth's proggressive style which is really out there but they hit the nail on the head, awesome 👌

  • @ShantanuDeshmukh88
    @ShantanuDeshmukh88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "i am gonna play it slow now"
    Plays 10x faster than what people can normally do 😁

  • @MegaJiiRo
    @MegaJiiRo 11 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    What i love about Fredrik and Mikael is that they have those 2k€+ PRS guitars and they still tend to use their SE models the most when it comes to playing live. But yea PRS SE guitars are the best guitars in their price range.

  • @stonerdemon
    @stonerdemon 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A true guitar master and yet so humble and low profile attitude. As Mikael said, he's one of the very best swedish guitarists these days.

  • @hchoe741
    @hchoe741 10 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    i really like the fact that his prs se shows a lot of wear. shows that he actually plays it a lot

  • @BozJust
    @BozJust 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    He actually plays that Heir Apparent solo NORMALLY??! No tapping? Un-fucking-believable! Kirk Hammett got nothing on this guy!

    • @RohannvanRensburg
      @RohannvanRensburg 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      As much as I love the Heir Apparent solo, that Nepenthe solo is nuts. Heir Apparent has hard stretches (especially legato that fast) but the string skipping with Nepenthe is ridiculous.

    • @greekfreak1980
      @greekfreak1980 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yup,the guy is a monster guitarist,check out the stuff he did with Talisman,before he joined Opeth,albums like ''Humanimal'',''Life'' or ''Genesis'',of the best melodic hard-rock stuff from the 90's.Specially that synchronised bass/guitar shredding with Marcel Jacob(R.I.P.) is amazing.He was only 19,when Marcel Jacob discovered him and hired him for Talisman.

  • @a1988ditya
    @a1988ditya 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    fucking beast of a player

  • @CoachAdamRuns
    @CoachAdamRuns 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Soft spoken with the roar of a lion. So good.

  • @Bloink
    @Bloink 9 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    4:46 "Jajjemensan!"

  • @HunterRouth
    @HunterRouth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He plays some of the most intense licks on the guitar. I wish he was more famous for his playing. He is killer!

  • @Greenmarin22
    @Greenmarin22 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is absolutley incredible. What a gift!

  • @smitlag
    @smitlag 9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    He is damn good. He reminds me a lot of another great guitarist Michael Romeo of Symphony X. I'd love to see that duo. Opeth and Symphony X in one night.

    • @Mohankeneh
      @Mohankeneh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don Smith 2 of my all time favourite bands! Would be a dream!!

  • @originalsnaky
    @originalsnaky 10 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    did i just see a BEND with his FUCKING PINKY????

    • @originalsnaky
      @originalsnaky 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wessel van den Broek not really? ive seen alot of videos and i have rarely seen that before

    • @GabCampbell
      @GabCampbell 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wessel van den Broek
      omg u so cool but guthrie govan almost never bends with his pinky either

  • @Sticky1254
    @Sticky1254 11 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I like that Fredrik and Mikael have cheap signatures and actually play them live.

  • @jmcsquared18
    @jmcsquared18 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    1:04 Yes! Muting is always the trickiest part when tapping.

  • @guitarjams1008
    @guitarjams1008 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    We need more of this guy

  • @Steveisnothereanymore
    @Steveisnothereanymore 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is an awesome class, it is very inspiring! I'm trying to learn those riff, it's been long that something motivated me like this video did.

  • @DiDi-eu5qe
    @DiDi-eu5qe 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is beautiful!

  • @buska100
    @buska100 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Frederik is one hell of an amazing Guitarist, and such a laid back dude.

  • @ShreddedShredder0
    @ShreddedShredder0 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I saw him live with Arch Enemy and then live with Opeth (twice). Love his blues-influenced style.

  • @brucemitchell8776
    @brucemitchell8776 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I sooooo love this guitar. I have one in my collection

  • @Ylidie
    @Ylidie 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh, that sounds so generous of you.

  • @waylandstrickland1157
    @waylandstrickland1157 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great!! Really great playing and tone!!

  • @alagarswamyingersoll
    @alagarswamyingersoll 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fredrik's,one of the best

  • @fcamiola
    @fcamiola ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Frederik could've easily passed an audition to play in Zappa's band a la Steve Vai and Mike Keneally. He can pretty much play anything and has his own incredibly unique style and tone too. Mikael struck gold with Frederik after Peter left....I hope he stays until the band finally calls it quits. Legend.

  • @svenzia
    @svenzia 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah must agree. I love his playing, and his sig guitar.

  • @danieltourian2115
    @danieltourian2115 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He's my guitar hero.

  • @sanusmotus1696
    @sanusmotus1696 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best guitarist I have ever seen live!!

  • @WybjornVR
    @WybjornVR 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah Mikael has by far some of my favorite vocals. Give it time - I first heard Opeth five years ago and didn't become crazy about them until last year.

  • @rouschno1
    @rouschno1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I must thank you. After reading your reply, I gave Ghost Reveries a serious listen, and it has since become one of my favorite cd's period. It is a total masterpiece imo. Song structures, vocals, feel, good guitar playing, this has it all. After I checked it out, having no expectations, I love it. My wife does as well, so thanks. Do they or anybody else have a cd that is similar in arrangement?

  • @Greenmarin22
    @Greenmarin22 10 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Just to be clear..He is doing bends with his pinky! haha I know I'm an amature, but damn this guy rocks!

    • @Cr8Tron
      @Cr8Tron 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mmm, well... It's not like he's doing it all exclusively with his pinky. And I believe they're all just half bends?

    • @slowpace1984
      @slowpace1984 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Cr8Tron
      Post-Haste answer!

    • @oaspe
      @oaspe 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ive been playing for some time and still cant bend with my pinky because I have weak girl hands. I have no problem bending with my ring finger.

  • @youkaihenge5892
    @youkaihenge5892 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maj7 and 11th tapped arpeggios are sooooo beautiful :)

  • @zorac91
    @zorac91 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Fucking badass! Opeth, best metal band of modern times in my opinion

    • @EricMetalhead
      @EricMetalhead 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +Zadkiel Fontecha BEST BAND OF ALL TIME!

    • @michaelsnyder1492
      @michaelsnyder1492 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zadkiel Fontecha Amen

  • @lordPix3lUK
    @lordPix3lUK 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    He's so good!

  • @dantron7073
    @dantron7073 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wow. I need to learn the Hungarian scale.

  • @Dochtopus
    @Dochtopus 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great stuff as always Fredrik! Hope you use some of that new stuff on the new Opeth album.

  • @Slashhead1
    @Slashhead1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    More than being technical.. He fucking sounds cool, Awesome guy.

  • @Agonystt
    @Agonystt 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Totally indeed, sir !!

  • @cameronpeterson6734
    @cameronpeterson6734 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Why does Fredrik look like Brendon Fraser with a wig?

    • @BP-or2iu
      @BP-or2iu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can’t be sure, but I think it’s because he has a similar looking face. But Fraser has short hair and Akesson has long hair. That’d be my guess.

  • @rouschno1
    @rouschno1 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have his instructional videos and his solo Powers of Ten. The dude could melt faces, that's for sure.

  • @nowthen873
    @nowthen873 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good lord he's unreal! So fluid!

  • @LordSummerIsle73
    @LordSummerIsle73 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    He's just so damn perfect

  • @blackmoon1603
    @blackmoon1603 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing guitarist!

  • @redwolf2635
    @redwolf2635 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    talented indeed!

  • @DanielVerberne
    @DanielVerberne 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a gun of a player this is unreal!

  •  11 ปีที่แล้ว

    he's sooooo amazin'

  • @TheTrueFortress
    @TheTrueFortress 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Geeez, this guy's good. Tasty technique.

  • @johnunderwood3132
    @johnunderwood3132 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fredrik is awesome

  • @MiltonGore
    @MiltonGore 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Diese ist sehr gute! Viel danke für diese Lektion Beitrag!

  • @Druss2012
    @Druss2012 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Holy shit fredrik you are a beast! Absolutely amazing!

  • @guitarjams1008
    @guitarjams1008 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice playing I like that

  • @amialo11
    @amialo11 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    buenísimo !!

  • @matthewmeserve73
    @matthewmeserve73 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fredrik is a beast..

  • @MrBernardoMetal
    @MrBernardoMetal 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn good player from a damn good band.

  • @capnmag
    @capnmag 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good stuff.

  • @GoatOfTheMountains
    @GoatOfTheMountains 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've seen people play that solo in Heir Apparent w/ tapping. Good to know how he actually plays it.

  • @rouschno1
    @rouschno1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks, I will.

  • @sgrouge
    @sgrouge 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    his phrasings are diamonds.

  • @MetalAllDayAllNight
    @MetalAllDayAllNight 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "i'll play it a little slower" still plays it insanely fast

  • @loganressler
    @loganressler 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how little distortion he's using. You can really "hear" his fingers.

  • @connordix1859
    @connordix1859 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I could listen to the heir apparent solo all day

  • @AfroMan5900
    @AfroMan5900 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hes so fucking humble, having been in both Arch Enemy and Opeth. Amazing. Sad about Peter's departure from Opeth, but Fredrik is more than worthy of taking up his post. Plus his shredder repertoire doesn't hurt either

    • @phyein4815
      @phyein4815 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      When Peter left I was at first one of those ZOMG NO ONE CAN REPLACE PETER PETER 4 EVER guys but Fredrik shut me up reaaaaal quick.

  • @alpergoynusen2839
    @alpergoynusen2839 ปีที่แล้ว

    he is combining alternate picking and legato perfectly.

  • @mr.resistance4015
    @mr.resistance4015 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So much control!
    Master of our ages
    Wonder who taught this guy?

  • @canuckz
    @canuckz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    i slowed the video down to 0.5 on the "slow" part and it's still too fast .-.

  • @XDfromspace
    @XDfromspace 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome

  • @verysurvival
    @verysurvival 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    he rocks

  • @1siriuswolf
    @1siriuswolf 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolute monster

  • @illlanoize23
    @illlanoize23 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just wanna hug him

  • @Tyler-nj5dr
    @Tyler-nj5dr 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow. Surprisingly melodic.

  • @kevenford9368
    @kevenford9368 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That’s utterly psychotic ,& scary Both the Taping & solos ridiculous wow

  • @JGGuitarCovers
    @JGGuitarCovers ปีที่แล้ว

    Even him playing the stuff slow is 100 times better than I'll ever be

  • @donniedollarhidejr.2766
    @donniedollarhidejr.2766 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally, we have found a thing fast enough which can escape from a black hole
    A Fred's solo

  • @rickteichroeb2817
    @rickteichroeb2817 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    those inlays...

    • @MaxRideout
      @MaxRideout 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just in case you didn't know, those are the inlays they use in most PRS guitars.

    • @Crometeef
      @Crometeef 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Maximilian Reilly-McDowell but..they're green!! anyways, it's nice to see the SE series getting some attention. pretty underrated guitars imo

  • @MrSahincene
    @MrSahincene 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Heir Apperient's solo like egyptian sounds.

  • @tonytrilex
    @tonytrilex 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would say they are both

  • @dogarnruatdika4155
    @dogarnruatdika4155 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A lotta people don't realize the trick behind arppegiated tapping is muting the strings perfectly... And it ain't easy.... You will always think you've nailed it... It takes a lot of time mate!

  • @yo-kt6ng
    @yo-kt6ng 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Genio

  • @user-rd5ps8xy8ss
    @user-rd5ps8xy8ss 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    聲音非常乾淨顆粒鮮明

  • @kevincarpenter3428
    @kevincarpenter3428 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm still waiting for the slow part fredrik.

  • @habshivandroiy
    @habshivandroiy 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Teniente Dan!

  • @griiseknoen
    @griiseknoen 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Got it.

  • @Ruben1459
    @Ruben1459 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    7:01

  • @kanis999
    @kanis999 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love that Hungarian stuff, don't hear that scale a lot

  • @ubershredder1989
    @ubershredder1989 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    When doing hammers I do keep my fingers curled and use only the finger tips to strike the string, however, for pull-offs I find it necessary to allow the tip joints to collapse as it seems to allow the fingers to be more relaxed, especially the ring and the pinky which share a tendon. Not sure if this is technically correct, but if I play pull-offs with perfectly curled fingers and keep the tip joints tensed so they don’t collapse, my hand feels stiff and I have difficulty playing legato passages, especially those which involve ring and pinky… any ideas?

  • @Likeaforest
    @Likeaforest ปีที่แล้ว

    MOST BELOVEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

  • @Thrasher_Abbatoir
    @Thrasher_Abbatoir 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    fucking badass on guitar.. fredrik is too damn good

  • @tarquinshred
    @tarquinshred 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    yeh he was

  • @Bricklinsv1970
    @Bricklinsv1970 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hes bad ass!

  • @theeuglyduckling9476
    @theeuglyduckling9476 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bwoah!