Kinda strange not to know who is Jeff Waters. But he was so humble, he wasn't upset for not knowing who he was. You were lucky to meet him.

Such a likeable fellow! Jeff is really one of a kind. There are zero dislikes in this video for a reason.

"keep practising, have fun"

He totally caught me by surprise while I was walking the show floor and heard him play. I am so happy I got to talk with him and he is the kind of musician that has the ability to endear himself by HIS love of the instrument and the enjoyment he gets from playing. Thank you for your nice comments. If Jeff is your inspiration, I'm sure you'll be as great a guitarist! Don't lose the FUN of playing and keep up the good work Speed!

A coolest guy on metal scene.

Great player! The interview is so eager to ask as much as possible, I love it. And Jeff is lying about his 'school': his sound is quite crisp and accurate.

I love so much this guy. My best inspiration.

@whipcrackeraus Honestly I had no idea how big Jeff was because he was having so much fun while he was playing plus he was fantastic! Finding Jeff and having him be so sweet enough to be interviewed was the highlight of NAMM for me. Such a great player and sweet as well as humble.

what a nice guy

Thank you all for all the great comments!! I hope Jeff is back in Anaheim next week for the NAMM Show where I filmed this. I'll let him know that 20,000 fans loved the mini clinic! You all are terrific!!!!! Happy New Year!

he has a canadian accent, awesome, Jeff waters is one of the most talented musician's in history.

Thank you for posting this video! :) Jeff is definitely my biggest idol and influence on guitar. I've learned so many things about the guitar just from learning his songs. In fact, in 6 years I've played guitar, his style has taught me more than any other player's style for sure. Glad you got to meet him and that he took the time to answer your questions. I hope to meet him someday myself. :)

I just love this guy

Jeff Waters' Canadian awesomeness gives him super powers.

who are you? I'm batman... or my name is waters, jeff waters aka canadian krafdiner lover he's such a great guy can't wait to meet him next month guitar clinics\m/

Jeff makes me smile with his smile... AND HIS AWESOME SHRED!!!

I have been meaning to add this video to my favorites for a long time

Really great that you put up this. Annihilator is sort of a "hidden" gem i think.

What a nice guy and superb musician!

Really cool. Good questions! He's a cool guy. I've been a fan of his for about 20 years.

i saw jeff yesterday in spain sonisphere. Great guitar player!! i love annihilator!

I like this guy's honesty!

Jeff is AWESOME guy, very talented and a great guy. FF

what a cool nice guy and answering your questions :-)

I was so thankful he gave me his time! I thought asking him lower leveled questions so our students could benefit from a pro be would encouraging .

awesome guy !

Great Guitarist and nice guy !

jeff is amazing, wish I could talk to him too

Great guy!!!

they just came out wih a new album!!

Jeff is a very approachable and sweet guy!

I love his Canadian accent! Also, really likeable guy. Seems to have that true rock'n'roll vibe, not to mention he has fingers of gold that can cause a guitar to spontaneously combust from sheer ubershred!

Jeff Waters is definitely a god of Metal in my book! Just look at the talent that he's influenced. And if you really want to get down to it, Dave Mustaine asked him to join Megadeth in 1989 (Rust In Peace period anyone!!?) and 2004. So other than his amazing playing and composing skills, that should show you something right there!

I found it hilarious that you didn't know you were talking to arguably one of the best metal guitar players around. Fantastic that you know your stuff about guitars, but yeah, such a different world when it comes to metal :) He's one of the nicest guys in the industry too, just like Gene Hoglan (arguably one of the best metal drummers too)

nice!

hes a fucking demon!!!!! GAH!!!!!!! really humble dude too!! i want to have a beer with this guy!

@whipcrackeraus Thanks Whip. I met Slash a while back and he was another real sweetheart. I yelled at him because I couldn't beat him in Hard on Guitar Hero. LOL! You should've seen the look on his face! Then he asks me;"You play in Hard?" HA!! I never really got into metal at all until the game and now I play guitar & bass and having a blast!

gotta love jeff! had the honor to speak with him on a clinic last year. that beard makes him look like a bum :D

@MFMOMX You'll find a lot of metal musicians are really nice people. I'd suggest to check him out on Roadrunner United 25th Anniversary Concert with Jeff in it :) The amount of praise that he gets from fellow musicians in the same field just goes to show how great he is. I really do envy you lol :P

@SoundOfAShark AC/DC -Hell's Bells.

remember something you forgot! your ,your own style,as you said in the start :)

Yeah! LOL, it was for my guitar students. LOL!

@TheErnestoVidales any song from metallica's first 4 albums. same goes for megadeth, but dave's rhythms are a lot more technical, but that just means more practice to get better.

Fuck, he's so nice and kind Oo

@TheErnestoVidales Pretty much any of the early Metallica as Jeff said. Early Anthrax is good too. Anthrax Caught In A Most is a good one. Halford - Resurrection is really good too!

what song was the guy talking about in the beginning

shiiit hes an awesome guy xD

If you wanna rhytm picking---try jon schaffer or rolf kasparek from iced earth and running wild !

WHAT IS THE SONG OF THE SOLO AT 1:02?

@meffcio thats cause hes canadian

i use 3mm

Any other song besides creeping death to practice down picking? I do good leads but very poor rythyms

@JaskoOjciec Why should they? I think Annihilator stands alone in what they do.

what's the song at 4:50?

you really didnt know how jeff waters was at first?

thumbs up for ZERO dislikes!

Creeping Death!:D

Jeff says "Bla bla bla" squeeze in some random riffs and goes "bla bla bla" Hahahaha Great guy!

hes looks like a normal guy who can go out and drink some beers :D

1 MM dunlop! Same thing.....work great......

Clearly the Metal scene wouldn't be that good without him.

i think Metallica should support Annihilator ;-)

@MFMOMX i mean Annihilator is so much better than Metallica. Metallica is so comercial band and i dont like it. and Jeff is much better guitarman than Kirk. Sorry for my weak english ;/