These guys are always taking their Squire Strats to the streets proving that you don't need expensive guitars to kick ass.

Been in Rome last week and saw this man too in Piazza Navona! He was playing some Dire Straits medley. Rome is an incredible place for street musicians. I think I listened to the whole Pink Floyd discography.

I love this guy, I love how he is so relaxed while playing.

He probably heard this song for almost 30 years now.. and he doesnt really seem to give a damn about people.. he's just doing what he loves and delivering a masterpiece cover

The name of the player is Ricky Mastantuono, you can listen at him almost every day in Rome , Piazza Navona or in front of the Pantheon!

@rickymastantuono

8 жыл бұрын

Yes! Thank you!

@ericwrenn9624

7 жыл бұрын

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@michealscott3217

7 жыл бұрын

Ricc ardo Mastantuono

@donnacao312

4 жыл бұрын

I went to Italy a few years ago and heard him play and wished I could’ve stayed and listens all night! Thank you for sharing his name

@imgaming2393

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickymastantuono absolute legend he is

You know some ones good when they don't even have to look at the fret board. Nice version of a classic!

@DeadDogSanders

8 жыл бұрын

+Steve Williams OR EVEN BETTER CAN SING ,NOT LOOK @ THE FRETS AND PLAY LIKE AN ace!?!?!!

Lovely. Could listen to this all day.

Proof to the positive that gear, recording equipment, has nothing on talent. Guy plays a cheap guitar, through a cheap amplifier, recorded on a mobile phone, and does a better job than some of the KZreadrs playing 4k Les Pauls through Axe FX II's, through high-end interfaces. Kudos.

@Silverjerk

9 жыл бұрын

Nemes 49 I'm sorry, but I'm not sure I understand this reply?

@Silverjerk

8 жыл бұрын

***** Back when I used to gig full time, I played an old biker bar that, while ramshackle and rundown, was quite the local spot in my area. I'll never forget walking in there one night, high-end PRS in the case I was carrying, brand new 4x12 and Triple Rec in tow, beautiful peddle board with a few thousand dollars of peddles laced up with overpriced cabling, and here's this local guy playing a shitty, beat up SG on stage, through an old classic Fender amp. He played with his fingers and kept a slide in between his clenched knees; he was a dried up prune of a man, but when his hands hit the strings, it sent shivers up my spine. I'm a "good" guitarist, never been a great one, by any stretch, and I have a studio filled with gear. And here is this man with his eyes closed, playing "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" through equipment that wasn't as good as the shit I had when I was a teenager playing in garage bands, and he's nearly bringing me to tears.

@Silverjerk

8 жыл бұрын

***** Same story man. I've got an American Custom 24, and an S2 Custom 22 hanging on the wall, among some other pretty nice guitars; the 24 was nearly 4k, barely gets touched. I've got an Axe FX Ultra, and some beautiful studio gear that collects dust as well. Granted I played in a popular band for a few years when I was young, so I can hang on to that at least, but I look around at this shit and it feels like a waste at times. To be fair, my career is the main thing that gets in the way, but that's not even a good excuse when I can find the time to play 20 minutes a day. I bet that 22 sounded killer through that VHT.

@Silverjerk

8 жыл бұрын

***** The S2's are fantastic. My S2 24 feels nearly as good as the American 24, minus the refinements with the rounded edges of the fretboard. The tone of the 24 is just a pinch nicer on the clean channels, but seriously, for less than $1500 bucks the S2's are a great value. And I have been there man. Most of my band's music was written in Dropped C; right around the time of nu-metal, although without sounding egotistical I would go out on a limb and say our stuff was much more thoughtful. But during those days I was playing the usual blend of Jackson, Ibanez, Schecter, and the occasional baratone from Fender if it had the right pickups. All of that gear just masked the problems in my playing. I had no finesse, and hadn't yet learned the nuance of really meaningful picking and strumming.

@Howardtripper

8 жыл бұрын

+Silverjerk its all in the fingers

Amazing. It kills me that this video doesn't have more views, but more so that nobody (aside from those whose heads weren't displayed) was smiling or even acknowledging such great musical talent. You inspire me.

Amazing talent. If I saw him on the street id drop everything and just stop and listen.

This guy is definitely a teacher who just rocks it on the weekends.. Checkout the perfect form.

I bought his CDs there nearly 10 years ago and everytime I play them I can imagine him in Piazza Navonna.

Awesome guitar cover of one of best (if not the best) songs of the legendary Led Zeppelin band, KUDOS to you Sir! God bless and keep uploading videos like this -

Piazza Navona is always full of surprises!!

great songs live on forever. Travel the world you will hear and see this again and again. WRITE a great song and leave your legacy !

this man plays so beautifully, it's soothing of how he's playing stairway to heaven 😍

Saw him live last week. he was just brilliant.

Pretty darn good. Wish we could've heard the whole thing.

Hey he's an old guitarists that's been playing for 40 years. All you young guys keep practicing maybe you'll be this good if you practice every f in day because that's what it takes. I know because I'm one of those old fs that has been playing for the last 40 years.

@eddyvideostar

5 жыл бұрын

Glenn: Well done regarding your longevity. Where are you playing, your projects, hook-ups, main objectives now?

@siddharthsingh5195

4 жыл бұрын

okay boomer

@georgetown2180

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh

@minibuns5397

3 жыл бұрын

Yoo the salt is real with you boomer. I've been playing for three months and can already shred this song with power chords and Rat distortion 100%

If Mark Knopfler covered this song, it would sound like this...

@dale3858

8 жыл бұрын

+Niccolò Mineo Agree!

@nemesys6

8 жыл бұрын

+Niccolò Mineo I was thinking the exact same thing!

@mssaif8091

6 жыл бұрын

I was just about to write that.

@eddyvideostar

5 жыл бұрын

@@mssaif8091 Mohammad Shahriar Saif: Do they have Dire Straights in Pakistan?

@hugohmfgd283

3 жыл бұрын

Finguer pickin srry

Art is in the streets!

i saw him last september at the same place,its a guitar maste!!!r,i bought two of his cd's.his feeling and his techniqe are awesome.thanks man.

That tone out of a squire? Woah..

@IDiggPattyMayonnaise

6 жыл бұрын

Alex Hooi Not the guitar, its the guitar player

@eddyvideostar

5 жыл бұрын

Alex Hooi: So, what are the better guitars above a Squire?

@millionairesplendor2751

3 жыл бұрын

@@eddyvideostar a real stratocaster

Thank you for sharing your gift - it made my day! God bless.

1:50 here we go,,,

Great, loved it! Beautiful sound!!

Love from Greece ♥️♥️♥️♥️

omg, I love his music. I was visiting Rome in 2019, and heard his music - still listening to his music right now from my recording. I wish I asked if he has records to sell. Glad i found him here!

I saw this guy when I went to Rome two years ago, he was playing Let it Be (there's a video in my channel) :) I wish I had bought his CD

Magnifico chitarrista ,le sue espressioni musicali partono dal profondo del suo animo e dove la sua inseparabile compagna che e' la chitarra nell'insieme creano all'unisono un atmosfera magica dove e' impossibile stancarsi ad ascoltare.Ho avuto la fortuna in passato di suonare con lui e per questo il mio commento e' come una garanzia anche se non ha bisogno di presentazioni perche' come le sue dita iniziano a sfiorare le corde della chitarra il resto e' magia.

Awesome! Thank's for sharing. (Marco, Brasil)

salute n respect to u Ricky..munco gracias..

Phantastic!

Beautiful.

soooooo good

Lovely playing.

very Nice Solo.... Keep it up Man !!!!!!! You Rock!!!

Just pure excellence!

very clean crisp, well done

Such a good song!

Bravo!!!!!!!

cool!

Dire Straits playing Stairway To Heaven

Inspiring! Keep it up!

Grande bravo

what an absolute beast!

Bravissimo!!!

jimmy page should get him to perform in their concerts

🎶🎶🎤🎵🎸🎸COOOOL🎵🎵🎶🎸

Bravo¡¡¡¡

veramente bravissimo, visto nel 2014 vicino il pantheon a Roma, merita veramente!!!

Stephen King playing a strat lol

What a talent

excelente ejecución impecable!

Very good.

He is superb

Awesome :)

this guys good wow man

Wow! Great work and your style is pretty damn cool brother. If I make it to Rome I'll come see you jammin.

this guy is the def of skilled

I have that amp! The Roland Cubes are some of the best solid state amps ever made.

squier forever!

bravissimo e pulitissimo nel sound e nel tocco

Cool

Nice.

Genio!!!

Super music Big Man player!

bravo

inspiring me.

bellisimo

He's good! Omg

Damn Good

Led Zeppelin in Italian traditional music.

I saw this guy playing on Navona when I was in Rome

Stairway to Heaven country style. (or a touch anyway). Excellent guitarist!

that guy deserves attention

@alexrivers5898

8 жыл бұрын

Nah boring

nice playin

good

I was in Rome by Ponte Sisto and a guy was playing. I asked if he knew Hendrix. He played and sang Hey Joe! A real good version too!

Another video of this man?

LO§2VE

Philip schofield rocking out on his guitar.

People around him like, meh, I see talent like this regularly

YAWN!!!

Greetings earthling!... Your work is very nice!... We would like to share with you some intergalactical and musical experiences!... I see you soon

2:49 what going thru the little girls mind right now is OMG OMG i wanna play guitar like him

hay đấy

That was the first guitar I ever had a red fender squire, just like that

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wow sounds like a Stivie Ray!!!

I'll came back to Rome to see him for sure! fortunately I threw a coin in Trevi's Fountain :P

Makes a cheap guitar sound great!

Pretty sure I saw this guy when I was in Rome

Executer c'est bien, personnaliser est bien meilleur, bravo

Just shows that it's not the guitar it's the person behind the guitar

@Andf-kc4xx

7 жыл бұрын

Honestly it's more like 40% the player and 60% the guitar.

Brilliant guitarist. Inspired me to pick a guitar up. Nho.

and not a single person that day there knew what song that was

@chucks1255

8 жыл бұрын

+clammerify Stairway to heaven is one of the most famous songs of all time dude, of course they know they just dont love music

@clammerify

8 жыл бұрын

you'd be surprised

@alexrivers5898

8 жыл бұрын

Who cares, it sohnds boring as hell and guitar is lame everyone can play it

@chucks1255

7 жыл бұрын

Alex Rivers Found the moron who loves commercial generic trash music

This is my I chose a different profession. The guy is a master and still unemployed.

What is his name?

Ovviamente l assolo lo ha cambiato Per gusto mio a me piace di più quello originale comunque bravo!!!!