In 1988/89, i took lessons from Joe when he taught at Cambridge music in Porter Square. I was about 17, very much into stuff like Racer X, but had never ever seen someone do that style in person. I'll tell you, he was just as good then, as he is here. He had a bit more of a Gary Moore vibe then, but man could he play the guitar. He had EVERYTHING down, just an extremely gifted & hard working dude. Joe was also very laid back & nice. Back then he had a BC Rich Gunslinger & an awesome yellow ESP strat. He let me play the ESP & BC Rich, like it was no big deal (here, take my guitar!)
Absolute shred master. My dad (lead guitarist in local bands for over 30 years) saw him live and he said it was an absolute spectacle. "I couldn't believe my eyes." He said.
I'm a Berklee student and I had Joe in my second semester. He really is an incredible player. He's still into Gary Moore (and Yngwie, of course), but he taught me a lot of Blackmore stuff. Very nice guy, too. Only Berklee Private Instructor I know of that lets you play with dirty distortion during a lesson.
I just rediscovered Neo classical metal and I love it. Cascading Arpeggio and speed riffing are not dead. It’s not noise, it’s heavenly. When I see young players like Max Ostro showing up and playing Yng effortlessly at an early age. Bravo is all I can say.
Wow it's amazing how many put this down. I would almost sell my soul to play like this, and you guys (that probably just picked up the guitar and discovered Yngwie) have a long way to go. Joe Stump isn't just some guy that picked up the guitar and said i'm going to copy Malmsteen. He is a professor and a true neo-classical guitarist.
haha wouldnt it be awesome if you could just pick up a guitar and be like " im just gonna copy yngwie" ? i sure wish i could do that. people who put this down have yet to realise how hard it is to play like that. years of dedication and practice, training your ears your fingers, it takes time, time most people arent willing to invest in stuff they would classify as important to them. just enjoy this good man doing his thing, its amazing.
Joe actually began to play like this after hearing Uli Jon Roth in the 70's, pre-Yngwie. Yngwie also credits Uli with inspiring his own playing. We are all inspired by someone.
Yngwie this and Yngwie that. This is Joe Stump, a flat out talented guitarist. His shows are outstanding. Go check out Black Knight's Castle. Joe is a master! I saw him a few weeks ago and am headed to BKC this weekend to see him again. Rock on, Joe!
Joe rules, I studied under him for a minute. A great teacher who was always kind and realistic, despite his own really amazing talents. I'm in a band now that plays large venues and tours regularly (i've toured all over the US and Europe), but I owe a lot to this guy and his enthusiasm, his technique, and his overall willingness to pretty much say, "hey anyone can shred if they work hard enough."
Being listening to both Malmsteen and Joe Stump for years, yes, he does play a lot like yngwie- but he doesn't sound the same- still has his own identity and some of his early stuff is really amazing and melodic,,
Just listen to Where No men dare shred, the Dominance factor, Je t'aime, lost soul, the dark gift, Pharaoh's delight and of course End of an Era which is for me his most amazing masterpiece, just to name a few, there's no rock guitar player who has ever created songs as good as these ones, unbeatable! absolutely the best! He outperformed other players such as Ynwie a long time ago, he has his own style and even some thrash influence which I like a lot. JOE you are my favorite guitar player!!!!!
Kills me, all these comparisons to Yngwie.. It's called the Harmonic Minor scale, it's called Neo-Classical, it's called studying the Masters of Classical music, Joe is great and he's one of the finest Neo-Classical musicians out there.. I bought all of his CDs and they're grand.. I very much like Yngwie Malmsteen as he crushed me with first solo album, it had an incredible impact on all who'd play the genre.. Yngwie isn't Joe and Joe isn't Yngwie and I'm so glad because I can listen to more Harmonic Minor compositions, the "Thinking Mans" scale.. I'd take this genre over any other music, Neo-Classical Melodic Fusion Shred RULZ!!! Regardless of who is playing and with no comparisons as who's better, it's about the music.. Neo-Classical MUSIC!!!
+TheShredfester I agree with what you say... but the reality is Yngwie wrote the book for this kind of playing. He took things to a new level. He is Joe Stump's main influence. I love Joe Stump, he's a great player and a great person.The neo-classical genre is my favorite too. If you get a chance checkout George Bellas, Kelly Simonz, and Katsu Ohta they're brilliant players. Cheers
+epic103 Got all of George Bellas' CDs and his guitar study course, he's a very sophisticated player and his compositions are futuristic and at the same time well rooted in the classical time period as well.. I certainly enjoy his playing and his tone is wicked.. I'm down with all the players you've mentioned, Kelly and Katsu are stellar.. The Japanese understand great musicianship and the beauty of incendiary fretboard wizardry melodic fusion shred!!! They get "it"!!! Yokozeki, Shima, Marco Ferrigno and Vinnie Moore, Chris Impellitteri, the Neo-Classical isn't leaving anytime soon.. Takayoshi Ohmura is a samurai as well..
He sounds better on crappy equipment than most guitarists on a $10,000 rig. It just goes to show that guitar lessons are a better investment than high end gear until you get to where your playing deserves the expensive stuff.
Thanx for this wonderful upload... I love Joe,he is a GREAT musician/player...and wonderful person... Met him in person in Holland 2 years ago..a great guy.. All my best to you Joe,rock on bro.. JimiBax68
I have been reading all of the comments and I have to say yours cut to the chase, yes you can see he loves to play guitar and that deserves respect.,I have heard him play stuff that sounds nothing like Yngwie and it was quite brilliant
This guy was my teacher one semester at Berklee. I was super into John McLaughlin and was hoping to get tips on picking technique. I remember he would start the metronome, and then start picking patterns that were completely irrelevant to what the metronome was doing. One time I busted out a little Sixteenth Century Greensleeves, and he asked me to show him how to play it. Good times.
He definitely does. Tbh I hear very little Malmsteen in his playing. A lot of the "Malmsteen licks" are simple Vivaldi/Paganini runs that Yngwie made his own, so all the idiots who hear these say "these are Malmsteen licks". Joe does these very signature slow bends which IMHO are super Blackmore influenced, which after you've listened to Joe a few times make him instantly recognizable.@@spotsthecat7913
man, this guy plays Yngwie stuff better than Yngwie does haha I've noticed a lot of people getting upset because people compare him to Yngwie but how can you not? their bends, scale choices, phrasing, everything is so similar. I will say that Joe's technique seems to be a good bit better. I would also bet that Joe is faster as well. Not super crazy about all his music but I am learning from it and he's a super nice guy. I've exchanged a few emails with him. Very down to earth and cool person. I found out we have the same picking technique where the movement is based only in the thumb and index finger, no wrist movement for the speedy shred runs.
damn,i love those players who got some classical influences,play hard rock at same time,and influenced directy by ritchie blackmore such as yngwie malmsteen,walter giardino,and of course,this guy! they really got that magical "touch" when i hear it
In terms of playing technique, it's pretty much identical to yngwie's - the way he picks and everything. If i couldn't see Joe's head, i'd probably say "Wow, Yngwie's really been stepping it up lately."
I studied with Joe, in Boston, way back in '89-90. He was very much into Gary Moore, back at that time, and played a lot of Gary's 80's stuff note for note. I remember asking him to teach me a Zakk Wylde solo (Fire in the sky), and he listened to the tape, then mastered it within one minute. He was like, "It's very basic, just pentatonic picked stuff." I remember Joe was a really nice guy & pretty laid back.
All you's sayin Joe's any sort of yngvie clone, etc, listen to "Texas Chainsaw Boogie" please, preferably before you shoot your mouth off. It's the first song I ever heard from him, and I went, whoa, wait, who's that, and how have I not heard him before? His playing does have a 'derivative' quality, but I would not be too quick to judge based on that.
In 1988/89, i took lessons from Joe when he taught at Cambridge music in Porter Square.
I was about 17, very much into stuff like Racer X, but had never ever seen someone do that
style in person.
I'll tell you, he was just as good then, as he is here.
He had a bit more of a Gary Moore vibe then, but man could he play the guitar.
He had EVERYTHING down, just an extremely gifted & hard working dude.
Joe was also very laid back & nice.
Back then he had a BC Rich Gunslinger & an awesome yellow ESP strat.
He let me play the ESP & BC Rich, like it was no big deal (here, take my guitar!)
just curious to know, did you have to pay higher rates to learn from him?
@@mrmac3971 ipay 300$ per session for about 3hours
Absolute shred master. My dad (lead guitarist in local bands for over 30 years) saw him live and he said it was an absolute spectacle. "I couldn't believe my eyes." He said.
I'm a Berklee student and I had Joe in my second semester. He really is an incredible player. He's still into Gary Moore (and Yngwie, of course), but he taught me a lot of Blackmore stuff. Very nice guy, too. Only Berklee Private Instructor I know of that lets you play with dirty distortion during a lesson.
He’s the goat. Loved my time with him at berklee
Joe's a great guy. I'm taking lessons from him at Berklee right now. He's a great teacher on top of being a world class player.
I had classes from him at a Berklee summer program and he is amazing he makes everything look so easy.
I love Joe Stump. He's like all the good parts of Yngwie and none of the bad.
I like ynwie too but you are for sure correct. I like joes playing better . I bet he just had a shitty agent who was always drunk and coked outb
I think he likes donuts too.
Yeah, he probably likes donuts, unlike Yngwie
@@poopityscoopity2042 donuts suck. so does dimebag
If it wasn't for yngwie mate.
I like how at the end he asks, "How was that? Was that good?"
Umm, Hell yeah Joe! That was friggin' AWESOME!
Congratulations. You're a sheep.
WildBillJP Congratulations, you're a punk ass little bitch.
What are you on about mate? Joe is a world class player, just because somebody enjoys their playing...makes them a sheep? Gtfoh
Who cares who influenced him, the man can play! Cheers from Texas!
I just rediscovered Neo classical metal and I love it. Cascading Arpeggio and speed riffing are not dead. It’s not noise, it’s heavenly. When I see young players like Max Ostro showing up and playing Yng effortlessly at an early age. Bravo is all I can say.
Amazing technique and command of the instrument. Very inspiring player and seems like a great guy also. Keep rocking Joe.
Wow it's amazing how many put this down. I would almost sell my soul to play like this, and you guys (that probably just picked up the guitar and discovered Yngwie) have a long way to go. Joe Stump isn't just some guy that picked up the guitar and said i'm going to copy Malmsteen. He is a professor and a true neo-classical guitarist.
haha wouldnt it be awesome if you could just pick up a guitar and be like " im just gonna copy yngwie" ? i sure wish i could do that. people who put this down have yet to realise how hard it is to play like that. years of dedication and practice, training your ears your fingers, it takes time, time most people arent willing to invest in stuff they would classify as important to them. just enjoy this good man doing his thing, its amazing.
Joe is amazing, to say the least! He is one of the most fiery, passionate guitar players with runs that send shivers up one's spine!
Joe actually began to play like this after hearing Uli Jon Roth in the 70's, pre-Yngwie. Yngwie also credits Uli with inspiring his own playing. We are all inspired by someone.
Yngwie this and Yngwie that. This is Joe Stump, a flat out talented guitarist. His shows are outstanding. Go check out Black Knight's Castle. Joe is a master! I saw him a few weeks ago and am headed to BKC this weekend to see him again. Rock on, Joe!
Total BEAST MODE! WOW! So awesome.
No doubting his talent. I like his playing a lot, just as I also like Yngwie's. I don't see why someone can't be a fan of BOTH.
Joe rules, I studied under him for a minute. A great teacher who was always kind and realistic, despite his own really amazing talents. I'm in a band now that plays large venues and tours regularly (i've toured all over the US and Europe), but I owe a lot to this guy and his enthusiasm, his technique, and his overall willingness to pretty much say, "hey anyone can shred if they work hard enough."
3:15 thru 3:20! Five seconds proves he's not from this world! Absolutely love watching him play
😢
Joe keep doing what your doing and the world will be a better place to live in
I watched Joe play live at the bar in Indiana a few years ago. He was fantastic, flawless and fast.
I cant even understand how I mist this guy. my new best, all his albums are perfection. just wowwww
Very inspired 😃😃😃 I love joe's neoclassical shreds
Damn, he makes it look easy.
Never bored hear him...so much talented player 👍🎸
He just played 8,774,859,345,00.6 notes.I counted every one.
How?
David Heller Protip: He lied.
Jajajaja
I counted 3 more, I need to recount!
Met him several times. Super guy, very humble
One of the greatest neo classical guitarist ever.
I counted , he played a million notes in this song.
Being listening to both Malmsteen and Joe Stump for years, yes, he does play a lot like yngwie- but he doesn't sound the same- still has his own identity and some of his early stuff is really amazing and melodic,,
Just because one person creates a style doesn't mean someone else can't play it much, Much better. Perfect example right here. Rock on Maestro Joe!
23 thumbs down???? Come on, one can NOT deny his talent. Rock on Joe!!!
Thanx Joe✌️
Fa king incredible!
I'm 74 and still practicing this stuff...!!! 😱😂
Shred til you're dead...😇🙏💓
Rock on!😀😀
Stumpies one of the very best Neo-Classical rock guitarist's out there and he's got soul too.:-).
Just listen to Where No men dare shred, the Dominance factor, Je t'aime, lost soul, the dark gift, Pharaoh's delight and of course End of an Era which is for me his most amazing masterpiece, just to name a few, there's no rock guitar player who has ever created songs as good as these ones, unbeatable! absolutely the best! He outperformed other players such as Ynwie a long time ago, he has his own style and even some thrash influence which I like a lot. JOE you are my favorite guitar player!!!!!
Kills me, all these comparisons to Yngwie.. It's called the Harmonic Minor scale, it's called Neo-Classical, it's called studying the Masters of Classical music, Joe is great and he's one of the finest Neo-Classical musicians out there.. I bought all of his CDs and they're grand.. I very much like Yngwie Malmsteen as he crushed me with first solo album, it had an incredible impact on all who'd play the genre.. Yngwie isn't Joe and Joe isn't Yngwie and I'm so glad because I can listen to more Harmonic Minor compositions, the "Thinking Mans" scale.. I'd take this genre over any other music, Neo-Classical Melodic Fusion Shred RULZ!!! Regardless of who is playing and with no comparisons as who's better, it's about the music.. Neo-Classical MUSIC!!!
+TheShredfester No the comparisons are because they're both fat and play vintage white strats.
+9unslin9er And they're both brilliant players.
+TheShredfester I agree with what you say... but the reality is Yngwie wrote the book for this kind of playing. He took things to a new level. He is Joe Stump's main influence. I love Joe Stump, he's a great player and a great person.The neo-classical genre is my favorite too. If you get a chance checkout George Bellas, Kelly Simonz, and Katsu Ohta they're brilliant players. Cheers
+epic103 Got all of George Bellas' CDs and his guitar study course, he's a very sophisticated player and his compositions are futuristic and at the same time well rooted in the classical time period as well.. I certainly enjoy his playing and his tone is wicked.. I'm down with all the players you've mentioned, Kelly and Katsu are stellar.. The Japanese understand great musicianship and the beauty of incendiary fretboard wizardry melodic fusion shred!!! They get "it"!!! Yokozeki, Shima, Marco Ferrigno and Vinnie Moore, Chris Impellitteri, the Neo-Classical isn't leaving anytime soon.. Takayoshi Ohmura is a samurai as well..
TheShredfester
Excellent... you know your stuff. All the best to you my friend. Peace and safe journey.
Killer playing One of the Best
This talent is just other worldly.
You haven't changed a bit Joe! Rock ON!!
He sounds better on crappy equipment than most guitarists on a $10,000 rig. It just goes to show that guitar lessons are a better investment than high end gear until you get to where your playing deserves the expensive stuff.
Thanx for this wonderful upload...
I love Joe,he is a GREAT musician/player...and wonderful person...
Met him in person in Holland 2 years ago..a great guy..
All my best to you Joe,rock on bro..
JimiBax68
Amazing guitar carnage ...........
This was SiCKKK! Joe shreds like a dark night slaying dragons.
You have to admit that this guy loves to play guitar. RESPECT !!!! I like it.
I have been reading all of the comments and I have to say yours cut to the chase, yes you can see he loves to play guitar and that deserves respect.,I have heard him play stuff that sounds nothing like Yngwie and it was quite brilliant
No problem! I learned how to sweep pick from Joe, when I was at Berklee.
Amazing player!!!
His economy picking is so unbelievably tight. I'd kill to be able to be that accurate.
This guy was my teacher one semester at Berklee. I was super into John McLaughlin and was hoping to get tips on picking technique. I remember he would start the metronome, and then start picking patterns that were completely irrelevant to what the metronome was doing. One time I busted out a little Sixteenth Century Greensleeves, and he asked me to show him how to play it. Good times.
Of course he will ask you that, he's a big blackmore geek 😂 some of his song convinces me that he holds Blackmore more than Yngwie tbh
He definitely does. Tbh I hear very little Malmsteen in his playing. A lot of the "Malmsteen licks" are simple Vivaldi/Paganini runs that Yngwie made his own, so all the idiots who hear these say "these are Malmsteen licks". Joe does these very signature slow bends which IMHO are super Blackmore influenced, which after you've listened to Joe a few times make him instantly recognizable.@@spotsthecat7913
u r sooooooo gd..better n better .... salute u ..one of the best...keep it up Joe S
Inspirational performance, fantastic playing!
The song is called 'Bullet Train'. Thanks for the comments! Joe is AMAZING and an incredibly cool and nice guy!
there is nothing worse than the comments sections on musicians. the snobbery is far too real.
He sucks
+Jimmy Landa that's an understatement
Yeah, too many "experts" from idiots who are probably envious of his playing, so they feel the need to pick him apart
@@landajimmy lol...
man, this guy plays Yngwie stuff better than Yngwie does haha I've noticed a lot of people getting upset because people compare him to Yngwie but how can you not? their bends, scale choices, phrasing, everything is so similar. I will say that Joe's technique seems to be a good bit better. I would also bet that Joe is faster as well. Not super crazy about all his music but I am learning from it and he's a super nice guy. I've exchanged a few emails with him. Very down to earth and cool person. I found out we have the same picking technique where the movement is based only in the thumb and index finger, no wrist movement for the speedy shred runs.
Less.predictable than y😊
Damn- 1:01 that run up and down the neck is pretty damn impressive
That look of pure bliss on his face while he shreds, reminds me of Dick Dale's performances :D
Bad ass! Thank you. I like looking at picking hand. I am learning your guitar book.
@@bradejensen yes of course.
The most bestest player ever
the most bestest comment ever
Man, where have I been, first time hearing this guy, crap, back to practice!!!
He is like if Yngwie wasn’t repetitive (no hate towards yngwie, I love yngwie, but I love Joe stump more as a player)
Great Guy!! Great Player!!
amazing!!!!!!!!! ultra clean picking!!
Flawless as usual!
awesome improvise followed by an amazing composition.
amazing picking
wow - great playing 😬👍
He sure is! Thanks for the comment!
damn,i love those players who got some classical influences,play hard rock at same time,and influenced directy by ritchie blackmore such as yngwie malmsteen,walter giardino,and of course,this guy! they really got that magical "touch" when i hear it
Luv the way you tremolo WITHOUT touching your whammy bar!
I had lessons with this guy, great instructor.
That Line 6 kidney is legendary xD
He did the same for me, he is the best guitar player and I love his music.
Super Joe's on fire 🔥love it frm start till finished.....
superduperawesone
YJM is my icon and legend, but Joe Stump is a beast!
this solo alone ahs more ambience and eprsonality than those i hear of today
@jfutach YES! Joe Stump is freaking great. Such tasteful and melodic chops. I can hear a little bit of Paul Gilbert in his playing style, too.
Nikki six plays guitar as well as bass,pretty dam good ;)
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In terms of playing technique, it's pretty much identical to yngwie's - the way he picks and everything. If i couldn't see Joe's head, i'd probably say "Wow, Yngwie's really been stepping it up lately."
Stepping it up being the key there. Joe Stump has actually improved over the years. One thing that distinguishes him is his vibrato. Very different.
Nothing I've heard Yngwie play, and I've heard it all, gave me this amount of goose bumps. This is pure adrenaline!
I studied with Joe, in Boston, way back in '89-90.
He was very much into Gary Moore, back at that time, and played a lot of Gary's 80's
stuff note for note.
I remember asking him to teach me a Zakk Wylde solo (Fire in the sky), and he listened to
the tape, then mastered it within one minute.
He was like, "It's very basic, just pentatonic picked stuff."
I remember Joe was a really nice guy & pretty laid back.
OMFG... THANK SO MUCH 4 sharing this vid
lol what's funny is that at the end he says how was that?... FUCKING AWESOME THAT'S WHAT IT WAS!
not just best guitar player but also the best guitar song writer...JOE STUMP....
AWESOME! Joe rocks!!
Браво, СТАМПИЩЕ!!!!!
beautiful control!
Holy feck. My mind has just been blown into bits.
+Mini Forklift Ⓥ holy feck ?heehehe
Just out of the camera's eye... there is a guy on each side with a fire extinguisher just in case the guitar's neck catches on fire!
@spider62able oh no, someone else plays in A harmonic minor other than yngwie.
wow, Joe is an amazing player, his style is very aggressive , i totally dig it.
One hell of a nice guy rock on
He's the best! 😀😀
Monster Player!!
...brilliant technik!!!
Awesome !!! What's the name of this song ?
I love it, but didn't find it in spotify !
I think it's called Bullet Train.
AWESOME
Pretty quick fingers there, might give Paul Gilbert a run for his money
it is really awesome he is the best
Master …. Alone…. The best…❤
well its cool. i like them both!!!
Awesome guitarplayer!!!
All you's sayin Joe's any sort of yngvie clone, etc, listen to "Texas Chainsaw Boogie" please, preferably before you shoot your mouth off. It's the first song I ever heard from him, and I went, whoa, wait, who's that, and how have I not heard him before? His playing does have a 'derivative' quality, but I would not be too quick to judge based on that.
And he's a great guitar teacher/instructor.