Over the years Chick Corea has had some of the greatest guitarists in his bands from Bill Connors to Al Di Meola to Scott Henderson to Mike Miller to Charles Altura but for me Frank Gambale is the most complete guitar player to ever play with him, he can play any style from latin, rock, flamenco to jazz to full on fusion, he can do it all. In my opinion Frank helped shape the sound of the Elektric Band and is hands down the classic guitarist, when you hear them play, you know straight away who it is.
Simply breathtaking! So rare that you get beyond belief technique coupled with soul... Frank is, in my opinion, one of the best fusion players of all time. Wonderful guitarist.
Frank's solos somehow perfectly relate with chick's outside playing style.. BTW has anyone heard cobham's Stratus with Gambale on guitar.. man does he play..!!!
Frank never ceases to amaze. That fret system is called Fret Wave. Frank is the only top player that Ive seen using it. I would love to see Frank and Chick together again in RTF. Wonderful.
Indeed. Many upcoming guitar players should always look to the older players for their inspirations. Gambale is ridiculously excellent, knows music notation like nobodies business and knows how to shred with the best of em.
Frank does what I've dreamt of doing. I just never thought that fluent sound could come out like that. Beautiful and over my favorite beat as well! I guess that's Dave Weckl on drums. This band needs to just stay together and tour. Frank is my favorite guitar player Chick Corea ever played with.
I've seen a few live versions of this number by Chic Corea, and Gambale's solo is always the one that has the crowd on its feet. At 2:13 to 2:43 , even without the shredding, the runs are jaw dropping.
@guitarbr0 I own this guitar, it rips. It's called a Fret Wave for intonation The guitar is versatile It took 3 years to find one on E-bay looking for this item. It's unique, the neck goes through the body and the two single coils are attached to the neck for sustain. the Wilkenson tremolo springs are attached to the neck. The last pickup is attached to the body. there are no springs for the pickups, they are bolted straight to the wood for sustain. everything about the guitar is totally custom
hey, yeah, they definitely look like the true temperament frets, but only the first two frets. On my guitars at least, the first frets tend to be the ones with most intonation problems, I notice it everytime I grab an F-barre chord, not a huge problem, and back when my ears weren't as sharp I didn't notice it, but I guess the true temperament helps
i don't understand this guy and those chromatic fingers, is just chromatic for chromatic or are there some armonic bass which he is guiding the notes? someone with a jazz and experimented guitarris could contest my answer? thanks
Cristóbal Vergara There is always an internal balance in every work of art and this is no different. What Gambale plays here, if broken down will reveal complex and contextual patterns created by a juxtaposition of different scales which could go over the backing chords and bass. Now if you listen to the solo carefully you will find that each note is in its place because of the notes or group of notes before and after it and altogether makes some patterns which are like words in a sentence.
Cristóbal Vergara If broken down you can find every chord is being outlined by the soloist along with a bunch of other notes creating the patterns which are so beautiful and interesting
Frank's inhuman playing aside, I defy someone to come up with a better example of ensemble playing... Return to Forever's "Song To The Pharoah Kings" from their 2008 reuinon tour is the only thing that touches this, in my opinion.
The only one that I seen who can match Frank is John Mclaughlin. I actually have seen John play Gambale solos so yes he can. I'm thinking that Frank must have been inspired by John.
@@guitarttimman you dont think? I think in terms of melody hes far ahead of them in my opinion, his live performances of Get You Back, Tri 75, Gray Pianos Flying, Epilogue for Lisa etc. I think if you like Gambale and McLaughlin youd like Shanws stuff with Hellborg and Sipe, listen to the song Space Time Continuum or the album Temporal Analogues of Paradise (which is complete improv yet still amazing). Shawn was influenced by them both though so I understand your view
@@fourtyseven47572 I'm referring to speed picking and arpeggios. Don't get me wrong, Lane had some chops and he was great, but for precise arpeggio speed, it's John and Frank. Frank played more arpeggios but John could do it just as good when he wanted to. John had more picking speed.
@@guitarttimman maybe im bias cause ive seen more Lane than Frank and John but all ill say is Shawn was pretty damn fast🤣 i personally havent seen anyone play faster, including Frank or John but again I havent seen a ton of them so it could be out there
....everything is about understanding the music... and if you can't understand it you can't appreciate it...but don't blame us for your lack of knowledge Alex!
Frank ripped a couple of sweeping modal passes off from Edgar winter's Frankenstein, almost note for note, so not original although definitely was when Edgar pulled em out on that strapped keyboard clavinet synth he used to carry around
@guitarbr0 steve vai have one of his guitars with all the frets like this and he explains in one of his vids here on youtube... its ugly as hell for sure
Nothing against guitarist's like Grissom,Landau,Johnson..their ok.. they got all this tone..blah.blah,blah... but Frank Gambale SMOKES all those dudes !!!! Sorry.just sayin..
rubbish I hate solo with no melody eg.JAZZ so boring to watch and listen to its only for really advanced players who played for like 30years 5hours a day
Over the years Chick Corea has had some of the greatest guitarists in his bands from Bill Connors to Al Di Meola to Scott Henderson to Mike Miller to Charles Altura but for me Frank Gambale is the most complete guitar player to ever play with him, he can play any style from latin, rock, flamenco to jazz to full on fusion, he can do it all. In my opinion Frank helped shape the sound of the Elektric Band and is hands down the classic guitarist, when you hear them play, you know straight away who it is.
Simply breathtaking! So rare that you get beyond belief technique coupled with soul... Frank is, in my opinion, one of the best fusion players of all time. Wonderful guitarist.
1:15
Props to Corea wanting Gambale to resolve on that fucked up chord for about 10 seconds straight lol
one of my favorite frank solos of all time!
I've seen these guys live and it's an amazing experience to see them shred in person. The best of the best. Thanks for posting this video.
Fantastic balance of technical playing, while maintaining that out-of-the-box style that Chick embodies.
Frank's solos somehow perfectly relate with chick's outside playing style..
BTW has anyone heard cobham's Stratus with Gambale on guitar.. man does he play..!!!
Man those sweeps are insane!
hi
all excellent musicians teachers
good video
Adriani.
frank is insane, extreme and for sure the best guitar player in the world
Holy S’nikes!!! Gambale takes NO prisoners on this one! Those sweeps! …who says metal players have all the fun???
Frank never ceases to amaze. That fret system is called Fret Wave. Frank is the only top player that Ive seen using it. I would love to see Frank and Chick together again in RTF. Wonderful.
FG is my "Guitar Hero"
Amazing solo by Frank!!!
Holy cow , a thirteen year old comment ! 😮
Frank Gambale can play ANYTHING. 😎
After 27 years I am still playing along to the cassette version of ‘sweep pick in’’ by Frank! Gor bless ‘im!
oh Frank . MAESTRO !!!!!
1:42 amazing..
His playing always makes me go ' Whaaaaaaaat !!' Outta this world stuff ! ^_^
Gambale just schooled everyone. This man 0wns. A master.
this guy surely kicks satriani up in the ass
Indeed. Many upcoming guitar players should always look to the older players for their inspirations. Gambale is ridiculously excellent, knows music notation like nobodies business and knows how to shred with the best of em.
That tone...
FG pretty much revolutionized sweep picking as an entire system
Frank does what I've dreamt of doing. I just never thought that fluent sound could come out like that. Beautiful and over my favorite beat as well! I guess that's Dave Weckl on drums. This band needs to just stay together and tour. Frank is my favorite guitar player Chick Corea ever played with.
I've seen a few live versions of this number by Chic Corea, and Gambale's solo is always the one that has the crowd on its feet. At 2:13 to 2:43 , even without the shredding, the runs are jaw dropping.
frank is the best guitar in the world
I love the way men always equate guitarist to warriors shredding each and killing each other. There is competition but really. And it is mostly guys.
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
His guitar is like the 120 box of Crayola crayons
When Frank isn't playing guitar he is working for a drug king pin who owns a chicken restaurant franchise 😅
Frank Ehrmantraut? :)
Dear lord this is unbelievable
Weckl is possessed, too. I caught a drum clinic of his a year or two ago. WOW!!! Frank's the man.
Champions League of music hands down 💪
INSANE
it's a
perfect temperamented guitar
Simply "BEYOND"
Wow....all i can say!
I like his face expression, his irony, because the solo begins quite slow
Quite entertaining, he thinks he needs to humble himself to Chick and then at some point just lets it rip! Man what an excellent show!
Amazing
Frank Is a beast
@guitarbr0
I own this guitar, it rips. It's called a Fret Wave for intonation The guitar is versatile It took 3 years to find one on E-bay looking for this item. It's unique, the neck goes through the body and the two single coils are attached to the neck for sustain. the Wilkenson tremolo springs are attached to the neck. The last pickup is attached to the body. there are no springs for the pickups, they are bolted straight to the wood for sustain. everything about the guitar is totally custom
the king
He is the best in the world. He kills all rock guitar players.
Killer solo BTW - Is that Weckl on drums?
How does one even begin to practice this way LOL!!!
Insane
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Roger Federer is great on bass!!!
timchu17 haha that’s Christopher from the Sopranos!
True Temperament frets!
1:43 - FOR THE WIN!!!!!!!
This is the elite squad.
hey, yeah, they definitely look like the true temperament frets, but only the first two frets. On my guitars at least, the first frets tend to be the ones with most intonation problems, I notice it everytime I grab an F-barre chord, not a huge problem, and back when my ears weren't as sharp I didn't notice it, but I guess the true temperament helps
@henrix29
I wouldn't say that. A machine would play something without any feeling at all. A human plays with emotion.
2:32 were shit hits the fan!!!!!!!!!! woooooooooooooo even if you dont like this music how can you not like that amazingness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
💯
His frets.... like G or B string right around 3rd and 4th... What the hell!?
WOOOOOOOOOOO DOGGGGGGYYY
i don't understand this guy and those chromatic fingers, is just chromatic for chromatic or are there some armonic bass which he is guiding the notes? someone with a jazz and experimented guitarris could contest my answer? thanks
Cristóbal Vergara There is always an internal balance in every work of art and this is no different. What Gambale plays here, if broken down will reveal complex and contextual patterns created by a juxtaposition of different scales which could go over the backing chords and bass. Now if you listen to the solo carefully you will find that each note is in its place because of the notes or group of notes before and after it and altogether makes some patterns which are like words in a sentence.
Cristóbal Vergara If broken down you can find every chord is being outlined by the soloist along with a bunch of other notes creating the patterns which are so beautiful and interesting
that fucking bassist
Frank's inhuman playing aside, I defy someone to come up with a better example of ensemble playing...
Return to Forever's "Song To The Pharoah Kings" from their 2008 reuinon tour is the only thing that touches this, in my opinion.
1:43 -..... MONSTER lines
Nobody:
Pattitucci: 🕺
Gentleman
"Frightening!"
just checking, is that Jimmy Earl on Bass?
John Patitucci.
Holy shit Batman!
Just noticed the first two frets on his guitar look like those new true tempered frets, wonder why he doesn't have his whole fretboard like that?
2:30 Broken chords like crazy! 😀
@DrummerRF Yes, poor him.
Compensated fret intonation. Compensating the equal temperament's inherent flaws, that is.
The only one that I seen who can match Frank is John Mclaughlin. I actually have seen John play Gambale solos so yes he can. I'm thinking that Frank must have been inspired by John.
Shawn Lane?
@@fourtyseven47572 Lane was good but no Gambale or Mclaughlin.
@@guitarttimman you dont think? I think in terms of melody hes far ahead of them in my opinion, his live performances of Get You Back, Tri 75, Gray Pianos Flying, Epilogue for Lisa etc. I think if you like Gambale and McLaughlin youd like Shanws stuff with Hellborg and Sipe, listen to the song Space Time Continuum or the album Temporal Analogues of Paradise (which is complete improv yet still amazing). Shawn was influenced by them both though so I understand your view
@@fourtyseven47572 I'm referring to speed picking and arpeggios. Don't get me wrong, Lane had some chops and he was great, but for precise arpeggio speed, it's John and Frank. Frank played more arpeggios but John could do it just as good when he wanted to. John had more picking speed.
@@guitarttimman maybe im bias cause ive seen more Lane than Frank and John but all ill say is Shawn was pretty damn fast🤣 i personally havent seen anyone play faster, including Frank or John but again I havent seen a ton of them so it could be out there
....everything is about understanding the music... and if you can't understand it you can't appreciate it...but don't blame us for your lack of knowledge Alex!
cool stuff! but look at the base player in 0:55 it looks as if he thinks he´s playing at a rock konsert, haha hillarious!!
No damn fast metal-freak can even DREAM about beating this!!!
i think he must have signed a pact with the devil in order to become that good
back in the days he had hair:P
Frank ripped a couple of sweeping modal passes off from Edgar winter's Frankenstein, almost note for note, so not original although definitely was when Edgar pulled em out on that strapped keyboard clavinet synth he used to carry around
what?
Wath guitar scale Is that?
lot of scales
He looks like Benito Mussolini !!!
LOL!
Thats cold holmez, but he does look a little thin...your eviel man.
hi, what song is this?
"Got A Match?" by the Chick Corea Elektric band :)
@Basstard22
Intonation
@Basstard22 intonation
eehhh it seems not so easy to repeat that solo, ah?
not enough frets
What's so bad about 22 frets?
Jesse Martin lol nothing...just that hes moving so fast he is running out of space.
@fanqueen Hahahahahha
cant they just both do it...
Jerry Lewis on Keyboard
Cinderfella !!! Hahahaha
ALittleAintEnough
Totally !!! Hahahahahaha
eddie van halen tears this gyuy apart11111111111 lololol just kidding
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@guitarbr0 steve vai have one of his guitars with all the frets like this and he explains in one of his vids here on youtube... its ugly as hell for sure
this solo sounds like its played by a robot
Nothing against guitarist's like Grissom,Landau,Johnson..their ok.. they got all this tone..blah.blah,blah... but Frank Gambale SMOKES all those dudes !!!! Sorry.just sayin..
@OIFD Justin Beaver is more funny kid
I can barely hear a thing man... Terrible upload
Music for zombies... Go back to primary school! Only the drummer can stay, the rest is garbage as usual. Abysmal!
rubbish I hate solo with no melody eg.JAZZ so boring to watch and listen to its only for really advanced players who played for like 30years 5hours a day
BORING!!!!!!
@Basstard22
intonation