Watch John 5 placed on a shred clinic in blistering new Strung Out playthrough video

Electric guitar hero John 5 is presently busy preparing to hit the road with hard-rock titans Mötley Crüe. 

Even within the midst of these rehearsals – the primary of which was described by Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx as “fucking epic” – and preparations, the guitarist has nonetheless discovered time to work on solo materials, as evidenced by at the moment’s premiere of a hard-hitting new solo tune known as Strung Out.

The tune, the guitarist says, was impressed by his insatiable have to create on the guitar, and, as such, it options wild two-hand tapping – together with an extremely tasty part with unison guitar and bass guitar tapping – loopy kill swap antics… you identify it. You’ll be able to watch its playthrough video under.

“This tune known as Strung Out as a result of I’m so obsessive about taking part in guitar that once I don’t play and create new music for some time, I begin to go somewhat insane,” the guitarist mentioned in a press launch. 

“There’ll be extra Creatures [John 5’s solo band] exhibits someday within the close to future and I actually stay up for taking part in this tune dwell.”

For the video, John 5 makes use of one in every of his favourite Telecasters, a hardtail mannequin outfitted with only a single quantity knob, a pair of humbuckers, and the aforementioned killswitch.

Although the guitar in query will not function the guitarist’s primary six-string for the Mötley Crüe dates – a task, John 5 revealed in a recent rig tour, that has been awarded to his Floyd Rose-equipped gold customized Tele – it’s going to nearly actually make not less than just a few onstage appearances within the coming weeks.

John 5 was recruited to Mötley Crüe’s ranks following the retirement of the band’s longtime guitarist, Mick Mars, final October. The band will set out on a world tour with Def Leppard this month, which is able to start with a pair of exhibits on the Mark G Etess Area in Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey on February 10 and 11.

For a full listing of Mötley Crüe’s tour dates, go to the band’s website (opens in new tab).