Watch John 5 tear it up in this "wacky, weird" I Want It All playthrough
The guitarist stopped by the GW studios for this exclusive performance and mini lesson
John 5 recently stopped by the Guitar World studios to play through his song I Want It All, from his recent album, Invasion.
As the electric guitar player explains, there’s “a lot of wacky, weird stuff,” in the instrumental tune. Which means it’s, yes, a John 5 song.
If watching John pull off the song’s arpeggios, string skipping, “crazy noises,” squeals, trills, behind-the-nut string bends and other tricky moves feel intimidating, have no fear – he also spends a few minutes after the playthrough going over some of the licks at slower speeds.
Once you have it mastered, you can check out his GW playthrough of another Invasion song, Zoinks!
Take a look at the clip above, and good luck.
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Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.
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