Paul Gilbert and Brian May are sick influences I'm glad he digs them Brandon Small is becoming a sick influence in his own right Dethklok Rules!

His lead and rhythm guitars blend quite nicely on his albums.So yes, it does blend.

He is such a great musician, I would LOVE to meet him one day :)

I met him, and he's the nicest famous person I've ever met. He gave me amplifier advice I will use forever.

I read an article by a man who interviewed Small, he said he was the nicest, most down to earth person he had ever interviewed. This video is definitely proof of that. One of the best people to hit the creative scene in decades.

There are sooo many reasons why I love this guy, this is just one of them..... "GATTACA!!!"

god he talks like his character in home movies so much. i LOVE IT !

yeah! Sweet guitar! Its awsome how he compares playing in the style of different players to comedians doing impressions!

Guitar looks PERFECT!

@HurricaneTBag usually the 81 goes in the bridge, but when the 85 or 89 is in the bridge, it gives more bite, sounds fatter and delivers a more "organic" sound which is cool when you're using low tunnings.

when you put emg 81/85 on a broomstick it will sound the same as on a PRS custom 24. your point is made very clear and i totally agree.

ive known about this vid and the others for a long time. i cant believe someone actually put it on youtube.

@jakerulez11 The 85 and 60 are commonly seen in the Neck position, but they sound great in the bridge. The 89 is a coil tapped version of the 85. They have an Alnico magnet which makes them fatter and warmer. The 81 is a ceramic magnet which is sharper and thinner. Personally, I like either 2 85s or an 85 Bridge and 81 Neck

@Sulfur81 That is a pretty cool guitiar. BUT WILL IT BLEND?

IT'S GETTIN NICE AND HEAVY

You can definitely hear the Brian May influence in his leads.

When this was shot yes, but according to the EMG website, he is using 81-X and 85-X

brendan u got theee sweetest most best guitars in the whole worldddd .. nd ur sickkk

@thomasring67 the only time i dont play with my amp is when im practicing sweeps so i can hear my mistakes easier. how many hours you practice daily? i normally do 5-6 hours but half of it is just jamming around.

@xlxfinaldeathwishxlx Stock Gibson Explorers have Gibson pickups. So to answer your question yes. Unless you buy it used and its already modded.

I want that guitar so badly!

The thing is though, EMGs are active pickups so they sound exactly the same, no matter what guitar you put them in (assuming they're the same pickup configuration and you're playing it through the same amp).

yeah I am a Brendon Small fan. that guy just amazes me so much ^_^

@Megatallica12 Oh yea I do to. I'm just interested in exactly what hes playing or if he's just messing around and his fingers always happen to be in the same spot with the same sounds.

yeah he does, look around on youtube with him in the studio remixin "thunderhorse"

He's a genius, thanks for uploading

@madmax18840 The Epiphone or the one in the video?

@lkkjhg45 how do you get to the extras on season one? ive been trying for days!!

i use an 85 in the bridge which isnt very typical and it sounds amazing. i like it better because the output is a little lower.

Brendon Small Is My Favriote Guitarist.

i want one just like that

Funny enough I just got an old 97 black Gibson Explorer and made it just like this one to a T, the pickups, Truss rod cover/ pick guard. Only thing is I use 12s for my strings. Light to heavy set is nice but for C standard I feel like I would have to tune way too much because my bridge wasn't setup for it.

yes...this is the guy who does the voice in the show and hes also the one with the super amazingly awesome double ninja kick ass growl

if you want to meet him go to namm in LA , i met him once there and he signed my shirt and a poster for me, and then i saw him at the airport when i was flying once. awesome guy though

Brendon Small is a creative genius =D

Nice EMG's and lovely metallic pickguard :) FULL METAL GUITAR

@tcbshaded39 It seems like he is always picking apart the same scale or arpeggio, but sometimes when he is talking while playing, I think he changes to suit what he is saying.

@D1vid3By0 You can't have active and passive pickups in the same guitar. Well you can, but it takes a hell of a lot of work and there's hardly ever enough room inside the control cavity.

@tcbshaded39 I noticed in season1 episode 4 Dethtroll, in the tour van at the beginning he's playing the solo to hatredy

lucky you. i never met brendon small before in my whole life :( and i want to go meet him at this dethklok tour that there about to have.

whoa. very much so. just realized it because of you.

ugh i want that classic custom.....

@nsnBORN2KILL Actually, each EMG model has its own distinct sound. I can still understand that you think that since most "metal" guitars come equipped with an 81 in the bridge, which has a razor-sharp treble attack, and tend to sound very harsh.

Will it blend...that is the question

Nice guitar, but the question is Will it blend?

Whoa? 81 in neck and 89 in bridge? Ive never seen that before

As I'm to young (No, I ain't a kid, I'm a teen) to get a real good job, I'm saving up for an epiphone explorer. But god, do I want that guitar..

@BrandonDCS nah. theres 5 in the show but in real life it's this guy in the vid on vocals and lead guitar. another guitarist. bassist, and drummer. 5 in show 4 live

@Cerbera2022 Thats a Bass guitar, right?

i had no idea he used an 89 in the bridge kinda weird but unique i guess now we know where his different sound comes from

@Pantera4Ever1 Ibanez RG370DX with seymour duncan blackouts and original floyd rose? hell yeah

@geeksicle but will they blend?

kind of makes you wonder, if its Skwisgaar's guitar that came first, or Brendon's guitar?

@linzemol Just a standard Gibson one, I don't know about Epiphone ones. I have one with gold hardware and a wood finish. You can check it out on my page but I just play metal so I can't show you it's full range.

@thernuocker2 epiphone has had one in the works for almost 3 years now. it looks pretty badass. just search it on google

is there any way i can get an Explorer W/ EMG's? or am i going to have to personally mod it

I find them on different websites. i was looking for brendon small photos but instead i found videos of him.

i like the blue les paul in the back

i just got my explorer gothic 2 i could not be happier

Black and Gold.

@thernuocker2 Gibson needs to release a Brendon Small signature Explorer!

@HurricaneTBag Actually m8, usually the 81 is in the neck position. 90% of the guitars you see which had an EMG 80 series set will have the 81 up top :)

i have a bc rich warlock metal master should i sell it and buy a gibson explorer ?

@XIntoxicationalX Yes!

i thought that the EMG 81 was a bridge pickup and the 85 and 60 were neck pickups?

@PANICBLADE No in Home Movies it's still Brendon Small. There's actually a bunch of times in the show where people call him Brandon and he corrects them and says "Brendon". IMDB that shit

@Sulfur81 On the ESP ones... YES YOU CAN

He points at his neck and says its an EMG 81, and an 89 in the bridge? Isnt the 81 usually more of a bridge pickup?

81 in the neck and 89 in the bridge? Isn't it usually the reverse? In my guitar it is.

ummm im kinda confused is their five people in this band?(didnt really see them live yet)

When do we get to HEAR the guitar?

@thernuocker2 i agree fully they really should have done it already for how much he sponsor them

its a show on youtube its called "will it blend"

@headed4thebottom I think we can all agree on that!

what kind of explorer is that (the year?) if any one knows please tell me thanks

Where you buy this Pickguard ?

@ItIshMehXD hell yeah, the explorer is my all time favorite guitar

brendon small is my hero

nice guitars on the wall

Bring back Home Movies !!! The greatest cartoon EVER !!!

@Megatallica12 Yea I have a tendency to do that too and just sweep a few notes over and over while talking and stuff like that. It's addictive.

does he still use/have this guitar?

@HGScovers Gibson Thunderbird Studio 5-string.

@MarilynMansonsVagina i've seen it at sam ash before, maybe you can find it on there website

He is a Music Genius.

@ItIshMehXD if it had a satin neck and easier access to the upper frets, it would be

that's the exact reason why i didn't buy the active ones, I wanted more staccato on my metal chops than the uber crappy gibon burstbucker pickup, not a metallica/killswitch engage sound. I think that EMG's only sound really good on ESP guitars. It's pretty amazing how you get a creamy jazzy sound out of a p90 pickup and with one switch you go crazy metal. gives the guitar a real lot of versatality

@MetalOperations I know all my scales and modes in all keys ect...but nothing really fits lol.

To say that he's the one doing the guitar in Dethklok, just that makes him a fucking badass guitarist!!

i have an ibanez iceman and i honestly think there both equaly great! it feels like an explorer! but thats just me.

I want that pickguard!

fucking beautiful.

does anyone know what year that gibson explorer is?

i have that les paul and man it has the most beautiful tone !

@cars812 how do you know skwigscar didnt create brendon small

i like the blue guitar! :D

i love dethklok :P it one of my favorites ;P i like hes gibson :D

Yes it will probably blend BUT...can you stand on it?

Some 1 plz tell me where i can buy, og how i can make that pickguard!

wait doesnt brendon use a 81 and 85 x series?