78 - Tosin Abasi

No Guitar Is Safe

Jude Gold

Music

4.8 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2018

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

In the music of TOSIN ABASI, prog, djent, shred, funk, fusion, and other guitar styles coexist with spectacular results. This episode finds host JUDE GOLD plugging in with Tosin at Tosin's Los Angeles home studio, where the Animals As Leaders founder takes time to demonstrate his favorite riffs, favorite approaches, favorite gear (including his new line of custom Abasi guitars), and creative process. This episode is presented by Guitar Player magazine and guitarplayer.com.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 78 of No Guitar Is Safe, the podcast where players plug in.
0:12.9	Today we're going to plug in with the astounding Tosin Abasi.
0:17.9	And today's show is brought to you by guitar player magazine and guitar player.com
0:21.8	guitar player play better sound better all right let's fire up the jolly copter and head across town
0:28.7	to toson's house
0:29.6	no guitar is safe.
0:43.3	What's up everybody? Jude Gold here. I am so excited to be with Tosin Abassia.
0:56.0	I'll tell you, if there is one place where Prague, Shred, Gent, Neoclassical, all meat. It's in this guy's fingertips.
1:15.6	Animals is leaders.
1:17.6	He's probably the leader of that.
1:19.6	Of course he has Javier Reyes on guitar with him in that band, but man, that's him.
1:24.6	It's a trio.
1:25.6	We're listening to Tempting Time by Animals as Leaders right now from the first album.
1:33.3	Self-titled album Animals as Leaders. No need for bass.
1:37.3	Tosin and Javier play extended range guitars. They do have another album in the works coming up. I'm so psyched to be hanging out here with Tosen. We're going to get into all kinds of stuff.
1:50.0	Everything from guitar techniques, which he's very generous about showing you, and I love that about Tozen, to what it's like sharing a tour bus with Invei Malmsteen, Nuno Bedincourt, Zach Wilde, Steve I, and a bunch of other nuts for 30 shows across the country and Asia.
2:18.3	There's a lot to get into you, man.
2:38.1	Tosa, thanks for meeting today.
2:39.6	I really appreciate it.
2:40.5	How are you?
2:41.3	Good, man.
2:41.9	Good, man.
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