Reacting to Justin Hombach's response to my Universal Technique video

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  • @justin.hombach
    @justin.hombach 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

    I'm honored by your reaction to my reaction. :D
    Thank you very much for this. I had a lot of fun watching and learning from this video. I'll spin my head around a few things you said, but you definitely made some really good points.
    Cheers :)

    • @AntonOparinENG
      @AntonOparinENG  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Thank you so much, man! Really appreciate it! Cheers!

    • @AR-qn9mq
      @AR-qn9mq 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Why don't you react to this reaction and see if Anton reacts to that ?

    • @AntonOparinENG
      @AntonOparinENG  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      @@AR-qn9mq we'll do something together soon

    • @cris_horizons
      @cris_horizons 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂❤

  • @moustache-metal
    @moustache-metal 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    Playing at the beginning is insane! Would LOVE to see a part 2 to your universal technique looking at John Petrucci, Michael Romeo, Jeff Loomis, Rusty Cooley... so many players with amazing picking styles who could use the Anton analysis

    • @brianbutterworth6107
      @brianbutterworth6107 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If I only have to pick one, I take Vinnie Moore!

    • @xfu1993
      @xfu1993 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Yep Michael Romeo under Anton microscope would be awesome!

    • @jfo3000
      @jfo3000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Takayoshi Ohmura

    • @_____8106
      @_____8106 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Please include kiko loureiro and teemu mäntysaari on part 2 of universal picking video 😊

  • @RunFool
    @RunFool 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    It's ridiculous how good this guy is. Do give us more content of you just playing. Your ability is fascinating.

  • @douglasnisbet1189
    @douglasnisbet1189 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Difficult to disagree with anything Anton says when the reality is that no other guitar player on earth has come close to his level of alternate picking.

  • @joacodef1
    @joacodef1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Yes!! This is what we need!! Dialogue is so important in order for everyone to learn!! I hope more of this videos are made, involving also other teachers like Troy Grady, maybe doing a collaboration video or a live conversation, that would be awesome!!

  • @mmr1483
    @mmr1483 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    my dream is to see a new video everyday from anton

  • @MaxRodFTW
    @MaxRodFTW 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I joined your academy several months ago thanks to Justin's video !

  • @KSherwoodOps
    @KSherwoodOps 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I love discussions like these

    • @AntonOparinENG
      @AntonOparinENG  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Maaaaan, what an honor! Thanks:)

    • @KEEBLER_NATION
      @KEEBLER_NATION 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice seeing you here

    • @infinitesimotel
      @infinitesimotel 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Some people do actually know better, you can't say it like that but it's true. Especially people who have studied the Phys.

  • @yonatanc25
    @yonatanc25 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Anton is the best teacher I have had in 30 years.

  • @vincevolpeiv2946
    @vincevolpeiv2946 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I can't wait to see Justin's response in a year

    • @AntonOparinENG
      @AntonOparinENG  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      LMAO

    • @AR-qn9mq
      @AR-qn9mq 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Days since Justin said he'd be right back....

  • @tobiasbales
    @tobiasbales 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The combination of the two of you is brilliant!

  • @lukasgraesslin
    @lukasgraesslin 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is incredibly valuable content, I never thought I'd say this about a reaction-reaction video 😄Let's continue this!

  • @OlivvYeah
    @OlivvYeah 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I really enjoy following this video exchanges, thank you Anton and Justin! For a long time, it seems to me that successful electric guitar players made up their technical skills based on their intuitions and luck, they basically invented them without having any reference of the past to lean on.
    I think that in general classical musicians are much closer to the scientific approach, also thanks to hundreds of years of evolution, compared to the relative short lifespan of electric guitar.
    Unfortunately, I can't afford Anton's course for the moment, but I'm looking forward to follow this channel to grab all the information I can, to have a reliable source to help me understand how pick technique can be rationalized to make it possible to more people to be efficient with it

    • @Sijilos
      @Sijilos 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I Agree also with this

  • @andrebuenevides
    @andrebuenevides 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Responsabilidade hei ANTON!!!Parabéns show!!!

  • @TheMisanthropist432
    @TheMisanthropist432 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Changed my way of playing and approach since i started following his guitar academy. He's the G.O.A.T.

  • @angularfloor
    @angularfloor 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Антон, надо бы таких видео и на основной канал на русском. Очень крутое видео с правильными пояснениями для начинающих музыкантов, или вообще начинающих где бы то ни было (раздел про технику), ну и для опытных тоже много полезного. Спасибо за видео, мастер!)

  • @Johncete
    @Johncete 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What do you think of gypsy jazz picking technique, with a flexed wrist and forearm motion?

  • @Vebigl
    @Vebigl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Funny how Justin is using the Bossa Dorado Gypsy Jazz backing track from TH-cam. He should credit the maker

  • @karolkucharski5404
    @karolkucharski5404 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi Anton, i have to say that you are the only person from internet, that really made my technique progressing after many years of stucking and bad habits of playing. Finally what i do is repetitive, even the things you say in videos on your channel or with DimaHudojnik interview are enough to understand so many things. You said, that the purpose of this 2 hour long video wasn't to criticism other players technique, but to show, that playing things they play is possible without effort, and it's now an accessible knowledge. But i understand Justin too, because if you say things like 'except for Jason, Jason is brave' or 'Martin is affraid of outside picking so much' it may sound like criticism 🤔

    • @AntonOparinENG
      @AntonOparinENG  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks for kind words, but regarding the last part I disagree with that. There are people who're never afraid of doing certain mistakes and people who are really afraid to do even a single one and it's just a different psychological character, that's it

  • @ionasguitar
    @ionasguitar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Anton it is a great opportunity for you 2 to collaborate :)

  • @CompleteProducer84
    @CompleteProducer84 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    20:28 Thank you for illuminating this. Guthrie has confused a lot of people. In many interviews, when asked about how he used to practice, he always says "I just put on a record and played along with it, trying to play what I hear in my head." And he claims that he didn't do exercises. I get his intent - he is trying to get people away from being mindless shredders. But at the same time he hasn't been honest about his practice regimen

    • @xfu1993
      @xfu1993 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think like Yngwie, Guthrie used to practice things that sounded musical to him and not the typical 123 123 123
      They also come from a time where guitar players used to work on vibrato and phrasing

  • @fmarin87
    @fmarin87 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1:14 He bent his right thumb! :O I trusted his universal technique!

    • @AntonOparinENG
      @AntonOparinENG  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It can be bent whenever you need to change the attack and the time the pick is passing through the string. it will make a bit of a shuffling kind of sound which might increase the clarity of each note on a certain guitar tone. It's bad to not control it, change it on separate notes instead of full parts of solo and have it in a picking motion while practicing. Yeah, that might be dangerous for a sync if done wrong

    • @fmarin87
      @fmarin87 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AntonOparinENG That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the answer

  • @justinn5357
    @justinn5357 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh how I wish I could afford a few lessons with you. One day though! You freakin' rock man so glad I found your content.
    Really trying to mimic your right hand when I play, as I find my right hand is the issue more than my left. Tough though because your hand seems soooo relaxed it's hard to copy.

    • @infinitesimotel
      @infinitesimotel 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Its not that unaffordable.

  • @brianbutterworth6107
    @brianbutterworth6107 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love Anton's take on Paul Gilbert. I've heard that backstory many times regarding different players that are just "natural talents" or "blessed with technique" but obviously these guys all spent countless hours practicing to get to that level. Using his analogy from the last few minutes of the video, maybe it's true with football players or gymnasts that are born with certain physical advantages, but guitarists actually have to practice technique to be able to pull them off at such a high level. Those stories are fun, but not realistic. Reality is what Weezer's guitarist/vocalist said in a guitar interview many years ago about Yngwie: "Sure I practice Yngwie licks for hours every day in hopes that I can play like that one day, but it sounds like shit when I try to do it full speed, so that's why I never try to play like that on our records." Anton has that kind of honesty in describing the world of guitar. Thank you Anton, you are a treasure to the guitar community.

    • @AntonOparinENG
      @AntonOparinENG  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I wouldn't say it's true with football players and gymnasts, I have no doubt Ronaldo and Messi spent their entire life developing all the qualities that they have. Strategy, technique, traps for rival players, experience. In some way probably amount of F and S motor units really matters for speed, but it's not always about speed. Messi isn't the fastest player in the world, but combination of strategy and technique makes him better (mostly like speed in guitar playing. There're players who are faster than PG, but he's a lot cleaner, which makes him so special).
      The same thing with Gymnasts I guess. It's still pure sport, just like guitar technique.

    • @brianbutterworth6107
      @brianbutterworth6107 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AntonOparinENG I agree. I should've used different examples. I was referring to, for example, how Shaquille O'Neal dominated the NBA for years almost exclusively based on his natural height and strength advantage, or how Bo Jackson dominated the NFL and college football (not soccer) simply by being faster and stronger than everyone around him (he claims he never practiced or worked out either!). Of course all of these athletes have some level of skill they acquired through training, but certain physical advantages can be found throughout most great players it seems. The real question is, how many hours of practice have you put in to be able to play Paganini pieces with such clarity, and without looking at your guitar?! You're the best Anton...keep up the great work.

  • @gitarmats
    @gitarmats 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Always super interesting to hear you talking about these topics.

  • @jeremygomez7924
    @jeremygomez7924 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I watched the original 2 hours long video (after Justin's reaction) and definitely got to re watch it again. Missed a lot of stuff in the first watch , it's a long and detailed analysis and is too much to digest. I'm a crappy guitarist myself and im desperately looking for ways to "work smart". Btw i agree Anton is a crazy good player. Cheers from Argentine

  • @PedroEvil12
    @PedroEvil12 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Even though I can't apply everything that you teach ( because a Don't how to work and the correct movement ) . I'm having some kind of evolution ! Hope one day I can become your student !

  • @CharlesRoss2007
    @CharlesRoss2007 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thx for this Anton, I was wondering if you had seen Justin's reaction video and what your thoughts were towards what he said!

  • @chocomalk
    @chocomalk 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    If you two guys got Roy Marchbank together in the same room to jam....

    • @Andreorsel
      @Andreorsel 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Marchbank can do realy, realy fast tremelo picking, but it is not controled at all when playing lines. The super fast lines he plays are all chromatic or simple scaler stuff and those are often not in sync.
      I realy like his melodic slower stuff, but his super fast stuff is more a gimmick then controled picking and melodicaly not very interesting to me.
      Anton is on a whole different level.
      Super controled very fast picking, even with those big stringskips. There are no resctrictions in what he can play in whatever tempo.

  • @BOER1717
    @BOER1717 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey Anton, awesome video as always. Random question, but have you ever had any injuries from playing guitar? I assume not, but I know a lot people who have, and it could be a factor of poor technique or simply just doing a particular for too long causing the tendons to give in.

  • @rockinvegan1765
    @rockinvegan1765 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Watching while practicing the wrist dance...

    • @AR-qn9mq
      @AR-qn9mq 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      With the boner?

  • @cris_horizons
    @cris_horizons 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Noo need that, I mean you are the best picking out there we rest all just normal people that try study 8 hours at day to do some yngwie solos...

  • @patrickmckay6621
    @patrickmckay6621 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great that you guys got in contact in the name of a scientific approach to guitar technique - not ego. None of you two really has to prove anything anymore. .Yeah, nice. More please, my playing absolutely became better watching both of you.
    Thanks!

  • @ProSpeedflying
    @ProSpeedflying 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello Anton!
    Thanks a lot for your amazing work and sharing your experience with us!
    What do you think about making a review on the Buckethead music and techniques? Looks like they are friends with Paul Gilbert in terms of technique but his music is something very different from everything I've listened before.
    My recommendation is to check his little 2 shows tour in 2023. For example this song:
    Maskarton Roper day of the robot
    San Francisco 2023
    th-cam.com/video/Oa2A4HaCzvI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=f4hh9wfFOD31mPti
    Or "Flare" from the same show.
    This year versions of the songs sounds especially nice and modern!
    I'm not a big fan of his crazy shredding stuff but his riffs, melodies, soul touching dissonant chords, progressions, alternate pickings style, crazy slides - ahh, they are amazing!
    Thanks again and keep rocking 🤟

  • @Alex19II
    @Alex19II 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It’s strange that people never mention that these rockstars probably use cocaine or other stimulants and it gives them a huge boost in focus, endurance and speed.

  • @musicafteroldage
    @musicafteroldage 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am really glad you are getting the views man, but there is really no issue here: the players mentioned did the best they could with what they had. But now information is so easily obtainable that you see a new and very young generation with very high technical skills (musicality is another subject lol) some at the level of those established players. And I do think that those that decide to learn from you will achieve and surpass their goals even faster, since they will be learning in a scientifically proven way. I think frustration is getting in the way of some LOL If I wasn't so old, I'd be devouring your courses! Keep it up!

  • @AkosKovacs.Author.Musician
    @AkosKovacs.Author.Musician 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So, two hour left hand video on the way, I presume.

    • @AntonOparinENG
      @AntonOparinENG  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AkosKovacs.Author.Musician no:) everything only in the academy

  • @jessicamckinney7508
    @jessicamckinney7508 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How do I get in touch with u about lessons?

    • @AntonOparinENG
      @AntonOparinENG  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In the description you can find all the info about it

    • @jessicamckinney7508
      @jessicamckinney7508 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me and several others have tried that and it's not working, I'll try again

    • @AntonOparinENG
      @AntonOparinENG  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jessicamckinney7508 send me a message in telegram. My username is @antonoparin1995

    • @AntonOparinENG
      @AntonOparinENG  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jessicamckinney7508 tried telegram?

  • @Feverdream7777
    @Feverdream7777 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I wonder if you've watched the new breed of players... like Bastian Martinez, or Stephen Taranto. Their techniques seem to yield a very specific sounding result...and it's a different approach to yours.

    • @gabimeredith1
      @gabimeredith1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They’re another level man

    • @Andreorsel
      @Andreorsel 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Have you even watched what Anton can do?
      It's a complete different level man!

    • @gabimeredith1
      @gabimeredith1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Andreorsel Anton is also insanely good, but so are those guys, not mutually exclusive lol

    • @Andreorsel
      @Andreorsel 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@gabimeredith1, they are good players for sure, but still technically not on Anton's level; but who is...?

    • @gabimeredith1
      @gabimeredith1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Andreorsel this is debatable to me, I would have to see Anton covering some of the complex Stephen taranto lines. Most of what I’ve seen from Anton is linear scalar stuff, not a lot of large interval leaps and non linear lines. Not saying he can’t, just saying I haven’t seen it.

  • @karlosed
    @karlosed 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's great to watch new video from you, maestro Oparin. I hope Troy Grady wake up and invite you. You are the precise example of the virtuoso that is yet about to be discovered. You always talks about technique but what about talk 'bout composition? I even would like you to analyze the technique of legato players like Holsdworth, or hibryd or SWYBRYD players like Marshall Harrison, talk about he rhythm guitar, and about acoustic masters like Paco de Lucía and Django Reinhardt, and classical guitar like Antonio Lauro. Cheers maestro.

  • @sergeymekhonoshin1861
    @sergeymekhonoshin1861 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    22:31 Yngwie Malmsteen такие же сказки рассказывает в интервью, типа я никогда не задумывался как держать медиатор.

  • @vitorcarvalho5716
    @vitorcarvalho5716 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video, i really like and see the points both of them make, glad to have these two to pass some knowledge unto us. I would like to ask you guys a question, its about the classical x blues position discussion: i watched Anton's video on the subject and it bugged me a little, i usually play technical stuff such as necrophagist, obscura and so on. I have to tap arpeggios very often and i find it hard to do the string huge tappping skipping arpeggio runs properly, the same with sweep/tapping arpeggios, while in blues position, when im on classical position i feel i have more accuracy, strength, stamina and reach. What you guys think?

  • @macbruce7562
    @macbruce7562 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do you sell individual lectures or courses?

    • @AntonOparinENG
      @AntonOparinENG  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not anymore. Only full bundle, cause my technical approach is like a chain. If one part is off, everything else won't work the way it should. Full thing works great, but single parts are almost pointless

  • @rbk000
    @rbk000 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You said you're not doing pickslanting but... You're rotating your forearm to do string switches... Naturally, given that your fingers are static, as you rotate the forearm, the slant of the pick follows. So you're doing "pickslanting", even if you don't name it as such :P
    That said, the slant of the pick is probably the wrong thing to focus on when learning, what we should focus on is the motion, i.e. rotating the forearm at the correct moment to do a string switch. And in Troy's newer materials in the last few years the motions are the main focus, not the pickslant, which is just a side effect.

    • @AntonOparinENG
      @AntonOparinENG  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I didn't say I don't do any slanting, i said I don't do it Troy's way and he calls it "pick-slanting", I just said it that way so that people wouldn't think that I'm doing what Troy's calling "pick-slanting". My approach is different and that's why I don't use that term.

    • @sigiligus
      @sigiligus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@AntonOparinENGEven Troy Grady says he regrets popularising the idea of “pickslanting” because it is a red herring that doesn’t actually teach people how to use proper motions.

  • @Squeeky42069
    @Squeeky42069 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I watched that same video having already learned from your "classical" grip vid (game changer) and when you started shit talking Guthrie I was like... pft yeah okay. But then you played it better. So here I am lol

  • @DemianValdevenito
    @DemianValdevenito 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Quiero llegar a tu nivel.

  • @sommerssamantha
    @sommerssamantha 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What can I say? If the first letter from Anton family name to add to the print on Justin T-shirt, it will describe true Justin reaction on Anton guitar technique in Russian 😜🤗🤭
    BTW Anton, try to find glasses in Justin style - in your joint stream You'll be looking very funny together lool 🤣

  • @Andreorsel
    @Andreorsel 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Realy good response to the reaction vid of Justin!
    Why should there be any doubts on the things you are saying?
    If there would be someone who could pick at your extraordinary level and achieved such with a different approach and disagree with some of the things you are saying, then yes. But the fact is, there isn't anyone!
    You are the king and therefore there should be no doubts about anything you are saying!

    • @KyleL-t6z
      @KyleL-t6z 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Andreorsel what is your opinion on Yo Onityan’s techniques, if you don’t mind?

  • @amerikajindesu
    @amerikajindesu 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Didn't know elon musk had a son with Mr beast

  • @MsDavo123
    @MsDavo123 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anton as an armenian guitar player who leaves in singapore(which is irrelevant 😅) i want to ask why John Petrucci playing has not been analysed ?

    • @AntonOparinENG
      @AntonOparinENG  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MsDavo123 Armenian? Singapore? Lol what?

    • @MsDavo123
      @MsDavo123 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AntonOparinENGstay on the point, kind sir , why John Petrucci did not make it to the list of technical guitar players , he also has hand synchronisation issues ?

    • @AntonOparinENG
      @AntonOparinENG  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MsDavo123 he does, he's awesome musician, but he never concentrated on technique like some other guys

    • @MsDavo123
      @MsDavo123 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AntonOparinENG then why his alternate picking is soooooo praised ?

    • @AntonOparinENG
      @AntonOparinENG  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MsDavo123 because most people don't hear details as pros, plus cognitive errors. They live in black and white world where more famous = better technique or good music with fast playing = better technique. In reality it's not like that, the world is more complicated)

  • @SZUKI80
    @SZUKI80 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A boring response to a boring reaction of a boring video. Why I cannot stop watching it though?

  • @Argentuza
    @Argentuza 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If your concept of "universal guitar technique" exists then SpiroDussias should play the same way you do, it would even look the same, like an Anton Oparin carbon copy, am I right?

  • @Sirtmen
    @Sirtmen 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    А на русском языке будет?

    • @AntonOparinENG
      @AntonOparinENG  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Зачем нашим ребятам реакция на англоязычное видео, которое говорится на английском языке? Не думаю

    • @Sirtmen
      @Sirtmen 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AntonOparinENG потому что не все владеют английским, а нашим ребятам тоже интересно что там происходит!

    • @tew_m
      @tew_m 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@Sirtmen надо было учить английский уж за столько лет.
      Мне кажется что уже все его понимают, тем более пользователи интернета

  • @buythedip1214
    @buythedip1214 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    First

    • @AR-qn9mq
      @AR-qn9mq 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's the main thing to take away from all this.

    • @sommerssamantha
      @sommerssamantha 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hmm ... the next challenge is to be the Last! 😜