Glenn Tipton is one of the most under rated guitar players of all time. Some of the music this man has written and performed is the basis for all heavy metal and rock guitarists of this time.

@Walamonga1313

6 жыл бұрын

gregg4164 Agree. When people talk about the best guitar players they never mention him but he has been creating incredible music from the start. He's got technique, he's got feeling, he's got speed, he's got creativity...one of the most solid players ever.

@bt6135

5 жыл бұрын

All those gold and platinum albums on the wall beg to differ.

@oz_medias

3 жыл бұрын

@Lily Govi It was a response to how people say he's underrated. implying he's not underrated by the industry, judging by the achievements on the wall. Nothing for you to attack there,

@UGuyU_

3 жыл бұрын

one more stupid underrated comment.

@Frip36

2 жыл бұрын

Tipton is the best melodic metal guitarist ever. And he crafts songs and solos better than anyone in the genre. Which is mainly why Priest has way more good songs than the next metal band (along with Sabbath). Maiden is a full step down.

I saw Priest back in 79 as an opener for AC/DC and stood right infront of Glenn - It was so addictive to watch him play because i never had seen such a terrific guitarist like him before - He was a real monster on the stage playing the SG back then. Watching this shows another humble part of him and i really appreciate watching this over and over again. I`m saddened to hear he`s now ill. To me he was the best next to Blackmore.

Glenn is my favorite guitar player greatly underrated truly a guitar god Glenn and KK Downing were the best guitar duo in metal that i ever saw. There is no other heavy metal band purer than Judas Priest.

@blackfender100

6 жыл бұрын

Totally agree Carlos.I saw priest Many Many times going back to the 70's The duo of Glenn and KK is hard to beat.

@GuitarsAndSynths

6 жыл бұрын

agree and the only other power bands that had duo guitar masters are Metallica (Kirk Hammett/James Hetfield) and Iron Maiden (Dave Murray/Adrian Smith) so these three power bands are the masters of the metal universe in the beginning.

@alxjetson8157

6 жыл бұрын

Definitely a master technician of metal.

@GuitarsAndSynths

6 жыл бұрын

agree! We have a few rare cases of power duos and trios in metal/rock history with bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth. They had talented musicians who really rocked hard!

@linnrice3481

6 жыл бұрын

Carlos Rodriguez Don't forget MAIDEN

The best “Nigel Tufnel” cover I’ve ever seen. So sorry to hear about the Parkinson’s trouble. Best wishes to you Glenn.

Glen has always been one of my favorite guitarists. Such a humble and classy guy and an amazing player.

Legend. Judas Priest has made such a impact in Heavy Metal.Prayers for him in his battle with Parkinson’s. Guitar God!

I'm a 50 year old man.every time I see Priest or any interviews I turn into a 6 year old at a wiggles concert 😂😂Thanks for the sneak peak Glenn.love you brother 🤘🤘

Every body always says, Clapton, Page, Beck, We’ll meet Mr. GlennTipton. The worlds most underrated Guitar 🎸 Player.

Damn! Look at all those gold and platinum albums!

@jamesk.2195

8 жыл бұрын

Glenn and the rest of Judas Priest deserve every one of them.

@GuitarsAndSynths

6 жыл бұрын

yup probably some of the most talented guitarists to have ever lived!

@uplaywithfire7564

6 жыл бұрын

Renaissance Man incredible guitar players no doubt!

@raechelyndawn2580

4 жыл бұрын

Derek Diedricksen He earned every one of them. Gave it his all at every performance.

@CJM-rg5rt

3 жыл бұрын

@@GuitarsAndSynths oh yeah man! KK was the bestial heart going ham, Glenn and Richie are the cerebral violators.

Glenn Tipton and K.K.Downing are one of the BEST prolífic duos of all times.Incredible composers,amazing guitarists,Their legacy is priceless

Amazing the scope and breadth of music Judas Priest made from 1969 through the 90's into the new century. The way they have progressed and defined the times is as influential as anyone ever. Long live Glenn Tipton. All the best!! Keep rockin Metal Godz!!!

priest fan since I picked up screaming for vengence when I was just 13 in 1982.Tipton is a surgeon on guitar, truly a legend. All the members are so laid back and professional. You can tell in this video how much his old guitars mean to him. I like the fact that some are scratched from use gives them character. Great video thanks

@psuengineer84

10 жыл бұрын

I really like your analogy of a "surgeon". His precision is wonderful.

Why give a thumbs down??? do you know who this guy is?????....Rock God..

@user-ut3hj4mf8m

4 жыл бұрын

:D

Glenn is a fisherman as well as guitar wizard. what a great way to relax when off the road. very cool !

@dkyoung9345

3 жыл бұрын

And a golfer 🏌️

@norms3913

3 жыл бұрын

Glenn and Adrian Smith of iron maiden need to hook up cause cause Adrian does some serious fishing he makes some fishing videos

@Kgio-2112

3 жыл бұрын

@@norms3913 ha! You beat me to the punch. Imagine seeing them two fishing? I d have a heart attack

@dinorocker8647

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, two of my favorite outdoor things to do, one you'd absolutely shit your pants if I told you, and the other, FISHIN', YEAH, there is nothin' like tossin' a line into the lake, pond whatever, and landin' a prize bass or trout, wonder if Ian Hill would love bass fishin' cause he already plays one, HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA.

Glenn Tipton was/is my favorite guitarist, funny coincidence him and me have the same first name and birthday. But of course it ends there, he's one of the greats, and i saw him live twice in '86 and 88. Sorry about your diagnosis, keep going Glenn.

I wish Glen the best. He seems one of the nicest, together and down to earth rock stars around. He is also a great guitar player who is fully underrated

@trillrifaxegrindor4411

2 жыл бұрын

the confusion some people feel when they say one of the most revered,respected and talented guitarists of all time is "underrated"......you dont win grammies and be the first name on metal guitar players lips when you are "underrated"........glen is one of the most coveted,musical,melodic, brilliant,gentlemanly guitar players on earth

Glenn Tipton, one of my favorite Guitarist of all time.

I've worshiped him since I was 12 years old when British Steel came out. He is as much a reason that I play guitar as anyone. I really enjoy that he's so sentimental and good natured. I also like that he's interested in how he thinks they sound, and not models and dates, etc. He seems like he might be an exception to the "never meet your heroes" rule. Great video.

@pacoalvarez5261

4 жыл бұрын

Gracias Judas por darnos tantas satisfaciones alo largó dé los años HEAVY metallllll!!!!!!!

@LukaszKomala

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnkk7863 When they played in Poland he was the only member of the band that wouldn't come up to fans waiting a few hours after the show. I wanted to meet him badly, so when I saw him going straight to their tourbus, I ran to the restricted zone, bodyguard after me. I was first at him, and told him there are people waiting for him, so we had a minute of chat. He is my biggest guitar hero, but I've got to admit, that you're right. On the other hand - it's just a part of his image. He wasn't rude though. Hugged me, we took a photo, high five and that's it.

@johnkk7863

3 жыл бұрын

@@LukaszKomala Hey dude it’s cool you got a photo a hi 5 and a hug !! But yea I think you’re right it’s just his image in a way , you had to work very hard to get to him though , respect ✊

@cameronbaldwin5690

Жыл бұрын

I wish i could find a guitarist that idolized jp/Tipton- Downing. Im from a small town, ive played drums to every heavy metal album that ever was in the 80's-90's, but any guitarists around here that might have been what im looking for have already hung it up for good, it seems.

from the early 60's inventing heavy metal to the 90's top of the top metal shredders. what a guitar player.

Such a down to earth gentleman Glen is. Really enjoyed this one. Thanks a ton for sharing. Roby

Glenn is such an amazing player and really doesn’t get the credit he truly deserves

Monster Musician! I heard somewhere that Glenn uses 8 gauge strings, which is rare with metal. Never the less, G.Tipton is Legendary.

@danacoleman4007

Жыл бұрын

Are those heavy or light?

Legend riffs and solo. The pure Heavy Metal guitar player. In my top 3 favorites guit player all time, all style. I hope your feel good Glenn... Take care. Cheers from Québec

I love how those are just SOME of his guitars! :-) Glenn is an amazing guitarist - I've seen Priest in concert a number of times (including 3rd row a couple of months ago) and they are truly one of the best live bands I've ever seen. They don't have a lot of pyrotechnics, or fancy sets, or any of that nonsense - they just go out and play AMAZING music.

@trillrifaxegrindor4411

2 жыл бұрын

you missed the defenders,turbo,ram it down,pain killer concerts i see............

Happy Birthday Glenn Tipton and many more.

Well said man. I've always admired that about Glenn for taking metal in a new and fresh direction, making every album unique and with its own characteristics.

Love Glenn and KK! Wish they would reconcile!

Glen Rules.. The Keith Richards of Heavy Metal guitar playing !!

That black Strat with the dual humbuckers and chrome pickguard is the legendary Tipton axe. Awesome guitar.

Such a legend 🤟🏼🇬🇧

This would have been so much cooler if the image quality was better.

@oz_medias

3 жыл бұрын

I've seen another copy here that is excellent quality.

@alkandor

3 жыл бұрын

@@oz_medias im searching for that!

Glenn FOREVER!!!!!!

The Master Soloist

I love these guys. I met them in '82 and they are awesome guys.

I never would have guessed that Tipton owned and worked with a 7 string and a Telecaster. I remember seeing this video back in 2000 from the Priest site and I want to thank you for uploading it.

Great relaxed quality to this video. Liked that he showed these various axes and described the love and respect for the iconic ones like the SG and the black Strat. What i liked the most was the Epi 12 string being there and him saying it could almost write a song by itself. Made me think of an interview i read with Alex Lifeson 5 or 10 years ago where he mentioned his white ES 345 or 55 inspiring him to write a song just by looking at it. Then Glenn unveils his favorite axe,, a white ES!!! Pretty great.

Great find! I have been learning Judas Priest songs and this is great in learning how they get their unique tones!

I seen Judas priest in the 80s, there the foundation for Slayer, but also known for a lot of innovations and guitar licks on solos preferably beyond the realms of death when you pull off on a string and you tap on it, it gives you that sustained harmonic sound that be all love he did a lot of things that no other guitar player did. You'll be sorely missed!

The guitar master himself unveils to us his huge collection! I think Tipton is too humble of a guy, really, he is so much better of a guitarist than what everyone else perceives. He is the most versatile guitar player I've ever heard, think about it, he grew up listening to Elmore James and Freddie King, the blues had a major impact on him! If Tipton performed just once at Crossroad Guitar Festival, he'd give Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, and B.B. King a run for their money!

@Frip36

2 жыл бұрын

I love Tipton. But the word humble really doesn't apply to him. He's more the fierce leader.

Thank you Glen! You have kept it REAL!

My first Priest show,Atl GA,early 80s. I was maybe 17,did what most teens did before a rock concert to get "in the mood".... The lights went down,everyone went batshit crazy,it got so loud I could feel my guts vibrate.Then the noise stopped,the lights came on and then a policeman woke me up and told me I could not sleep on the concrete in the parking lot. The End.....

@PunkinPistolero

3 жыл бұрын

Wasnt that show at The Omni?

That's a legendary Roland guitar synth, used on Turbo Lover, etc.

i jumped to the front of a gig after it had finished because, Glen Tipton was shaking people`s hands, i was fortunate to be one of those people, i own a genuine Guitar Pic from the man himself, he`s a legendary Judas Priest guitarist 🤘

I didn't know Minecraft had a camera! lol Glenn is such a badass musician. Him and KK raised me from just a wee chap into a full metal beast. Thanks Glenn.

The gentleman's metal guitarist. Vastly underrated.

Talented and modest. A true rock legend!

Back in the mid 80's my room was all PRIEST...i still have my 1980 JP Live in San Antonio shirt...back says "get down on your knees and repent if you please"..METAL GODS!!

What i think is cool about Glenn is his evolution of playing. In the early years he was bluesy. By the time you get to Screaming for vengeance he was tapping and then low and behold ripping arpeggios on Painkiller. That just goes to show you dont have to be an yngwie when you start out. you can learn as you get older.

@tomfredrickson7711

3 жыл бұрын

You don't have to be old to be wise.

havent seen this clip in many years.. thanks for posting :)

Glenn TIPTON, the MAESTRO, is one of the most talented musicians and gifted soloists in rock history. Glenn's playing and songwriting are a testament to his amazing abilities. I wonder if there is a high definition copy of this video. This video is pure gold. Long live the LEGENDARY Glenn TIPTON.

So awesome, be great to see a video of Glen , KK , Rob , hanging out

I just LOVE him. The perfect guitarist!!! 💙

Wow his got lots of great guitars and great gold vinyl discs on the wall.

Thank U Glenn for showing your guitars.....I'm 1 of your biggest fans.... Love U & God bless forever.......

Gonna miss seeing this cat onstage. Saw him front row 1984 in The Capital Centre outside of DC Defenders tour. Amazing show

@0:27 I play the same Hamer guitars. The body of his is a Phantom body. I play a couple earlier models same as Andy Summers played in 1983.

Absolutely Amazing Glenn ❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧

Reallly enjoyed this saw Priest early 70s in west hollywood at the Starwood , one of my first concerts...GLENN is so cool ..

The 12 string with only 6 strings on it is set up in "Nashville tuning", where you replace the four wound strings with plain strings tuned an octave higher than normal. It's called Nashville tuning because the idea originated with studio guitarists working in Nashville, as a means of making two guitar parts stand out from each other on a recording. One of the things that's great about that set up is it's easy to play chords with tone clusters in them, because the low E, A, D and G strings are tuned an octave higher, so playing something like an open Cadd9th chord, you get the C, D and E notes all in the same octave, a little bit like what pianists can do.

He's so awesome. Like Malcolm and Angus young rolled into one. I love the hourglass hammer.. Reminds me of the red markings on a blackwidow spider when he wears those cool red leather pants. All his guitars are so unique! Love ya glen ! 🤘

and this folks is why he is a metal God \\m// \\m//

Ok - I see why that weird guitar shape came about! Actually really functional rather than cosmetic. Very interesting!!!!

One of my all time favorite guitarists and a strong candidate for the best rock metal guitar player ever .

Man, Glenn is such a cool guy but then again all Judas Priest members are all about looking untouchable on stage but being really nice and well-spoken off-stage.

glenn i heard the news about your ilness brother love you bro

the confusion some people feel when they say one of the most revered,respected and talented guitarists of all time is "underrated"......you dont win grammies and be the first name on metal guitar players lips when you are "underrated"........glen is one of the most coveted,musical,melodic, brilliant,gentlemanly guitar players on earth

Thanks for this...it's awesome!

Glenn tipton and K.K. Downing the best guitars Attack 👍⚡🎸🎸⚡👍. My humble opinion.

I wish someone would redo these videos again, I remember seeing them on Judas Priest's website years ago and the quality was much better.

Wow! The realms beyond of stage!! Amazing guitar player, musician, and other things. God bless you, Glen! We are with you againts the parkinson. Glads for all metal maniac in the world from Mérida Yucatán México 🇲🇽

GLENN is one of my fav guitar player ever. I think he is a very underrated guitar player. He is amazing.

I started listening to you guys at 1979 when I was 15 unleashed in the East thank you

Glenn Tipton is a highly underrated guitarist. Speaking of the blues, he had been playing that for many years as he was highly influenced by Freddie and Albert King, the Spencer Davis Group, and Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac. From everything he has done with Priest, a lot of people are stumbled upon the fact that all he can play is metal and nothing but metal. From what I've heard from him, he's among one of the greatest I've ever heard. I wish he'd perform solo sometime.

you're welcome! he used the mirrored SG in the 2009 british steel 30th anniversary tour after a lot of years! this video was filmed during the "ripper era" during the demolition or jugulator sudio sessions!

Such a cool guy and a seriously underrated player!

Inside Joke: They're so cool that they know this was a Spinal Tap scene in the film where Nigel Tuffnel is showing his guitar collection off to the documentary.

@GruntUltra

6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Point at the Stratocaster: "Don't point at it! Don't even look at it!"

@SweetPablo972

6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking to myself that there was an uncanny similarity between this interview and that scene from Spinal Tap.

@daves4645

6 жыл бұрын

This one cannot be played. - NT

@addigi5598

6 жыл бұрын

GruntUltra.. That one has still got the price label... Can you hear the sustain... Aaaaaaahhhhhh

@kmustacal

3 жыл бұрын

And this goes to 11....

I finally got to see them live in 04 was a dream come true. Every member(except Dave R.I.P.) back in the 80's i was too young then, (and when halford left, i didnt care to see them)but in 04 they were as awesome as ever. Such a shame that the heavy metal scene is practically dead now( or maybe im just old ),but the newer versions of metal just dont have the raw talent of these Hard Rock Royals like JP.

One of the Greatest Rock/Metal Guitar players of All Time - A Living Legend-An Absolute Icon - Glenn Tipton FOREVER 🤘🤘🤘🤘

Love Glen man,big part of my life growing up.

Get Well Mister Glenn 🤟 We needs you on stage 🤘🌎

Guitars he bought for display turned out to sound really good. I'm glad he was curious and plugged them in.

My favorite thing about this epic piece of video history is that someone had the foresight to film it with a potato when the iPhone 5 was easily accessible by everyone.

Increíble guitarra Sr Tipton

TOOO DAY IS FRIDAY MARCH 4 th 2022 SAN ANTONIO TX 428 am. CST THANK U MR GLEN GLENN

I do the same thing with one of my acoustics, set up the 12 string with only 6 strings. The beefy build will NEVER go out of tune. Solid.

His body of work is just fantastic

Glenn is one of the absolute greatest and very underrated guitarist in metal. Him and KK made the ultimate duo. I was so sad to see KK leave, but Ritchie is holding his own I suppose, but we all know it's Glenn that keeps it going.

Stay positive Mr Tipton. The parkinsons may slow your playing down but nothing can take away the genre changing, hall of fame worthy music you played with the Priest. Your great grandchildren's friends will be listening to Judas Priest like it is the Mozart of Metal.

Tipton is a very fluent guitarist, his runs are stellar. Also one only originator, duel guitar theatrics. Being much fuller sound, with versitile rythym, alao lead breaks shared amongst both guitarists. Very first group to patent this double excursion. Attended 1986, and glenn beyond expectations within entire arena. My favorite within his collection guitars, the white strat, second favorite the hamer sfrat body.

Absolutely one of the true giants of the instrument!🤘🏻

KickAss....a lot of insight here.

awesome video ! I bet he owns em ALL! all the beauties !!!

Am I the only one who kept seeing Nigel Tufnel here?

@j_freed

6 жыл бұрын

Except that one with the ol tagger on it. It can never be played. Never!

@trillrifaxegrindor4411

6 жыл бұрын

yes,yes you are and your an idiot

It's from the Demolition studio sessions. He sold his mirror pickguard SG for charity a few years ago - The SG he tours with now is a new Gibson custom shop copy of the old SG

My idol .....

Glenn Tipton is my fav guitar player. Is a real Metal God.

Thanks for sharing

Really LOVE that Hamer he played in the 80s. I'd love to own one!

dude u have one of the best stage presence of all time!

I am impressed how he managed to not lose his stage guitars.