In The Room with Mateus Asato and Matteo Mancuso

In today’s episode I sat down with Mateus Asato and Matteo Mancuso. Two of my favorite up-and-coming guitarists.

My Beato Club supporters:
Justin Scott
Terence Mark
Farren Mahjoor
Jason Murray
Lucienne Kilpatrick
Alexander Young
Jason Wagner
Todd Ladner
Rob Kline
Nicholas Long
Tim Benson
Leonardo Martins da Costa Rodrigues
Eddie Perez
David Solomon
MICHAEL JOYCE
Stephen Stubbs
colin stead
Jonathan Wentworth-Linton
Patrick Payne
MATTHEW KARIS
Matthew Barouch
Shaun Samuels
Danny Kurywchak
Gregory Reedy
Sean Coleman
Alexander Verbitskiy
CL Turner
Jason Pappafotis
John Fulford
Margaret Carno
Robert C
David M Combs
Eric Flatt
Reto Spoerli
Herr Moritz Adam
Monte St. Johns
Jon Beezley
Peter DeVault
Eric Nabstedt
Eric Beggs
Rich Germano
Brian Bloom
Peter Pillitteri

[MateusAsato]

that was such an amazing time! with such great company!
thank you for having me, Rick. ❤️Matteo is my new hero! 🫂⚡️

[MatteoMancusoofficial]

Thank you for having me Rick! It was a nice talk as always ❤, Mateus is just phenomenal 🔥

[zzzaaannnn]

rick, you're on fire, i'm about to say ur doing better than mtv in its golden years

[williamjenkins]

I’m 73 And was signed to straight records reprise frank zappa in 1969 and 1970. We had Melbays guitar method at 13 when I started playing. Todays kids have 1000’s of examples of technique. These guys are monsters and now I’m inspired by them.
Rick I live in your town and know some of your friends.
Even bought your arpeggios instuction video.

[chrissommers]

Two of the finest, nicest, musically-educated, verbally articulate, up-and-coming players of our times. I've been so fortunate to meet them both at guitar camps. I stumbled on both of them years ago online, before they were so famous, and recognized something special in both of them. We're so lucky that their hard work, and favorable circumstances, have enabled them to become so well-known, and allowed us all to enjoy their gift to the world.

[theprodest]

Two modern guitar giants in one room, so magical.
Amazing video Rick.

[KikoDittert]

Thank you, Mateus and Matteo. After watching both of you play, I can finally give up on the guitar and focus on my job. 🙏

[raoulv]

For dudes having astounding guitar skills, these two are truly down to earth. Kudos to the Mateos!

[jTreaks]

I have not one ounce of musical ability and find myself in total awe of the immense talent that share on your channel Rick. Thank you.

[DaniloMarrone]

Young masters bowing down to Eddie Van Halen brought an eruption of tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing, Rick!

[OuterGalaxyLounge]

I love that Rick is documenting the old guard but also showing us the new guard at the beginning of their mastery, which establishes a baseline. This will be an essential library of musicians.

[gr]

I am amazed at the high level of musical and mental maturity that these two young guitarists display.

[Alice-the-seal]

Asato just melts my brain with his proficiency. His sense for melody melts my heart.

[kusanagisteve]

Mateus playing is so beautiful and heavenly that it brings tears to my eyes. And Matteo is just unreal. I may suck at guitar for now, but i'm so proud to have picked up the instrument and call myself a guitar player like these two.

Thank you Rick, for being that connection point between old and new generations of guitar players, that safe place where the guitar is living its best life and proving it will still be around for a long, very long time.

[kylebuckles]

Rick I don’t know how you can keep doing this. You are producing one of the greatest repositories of amazing musical content to ever exist. 😮🎉😅

[sorenahlback]

Those two guys are so lovely. Not only the amazing technique, but that they have their own music voice and are so nice and humble.

[themacleansband]

Matteo is so wise beyond his years and such a sweetheart

[edwardscissorhands]

I think Rick's channel is the best guitar channel at the moment. Thanks for inviting these two incredible young guitarists. You're truly a legend, Rick!

[Compassiron]

As a middle age dude i just realised something… i’m always paranoid that young musos will see me as ‘an old dude’ then i realised… i never see / saw Rick as ‘old’ and this video kind reinforces it. Cool music dudes are just cool music dudes and its somewhat transcendent of age. Particularly as the wisdom these young men have shows that younger guys also have no barriers the other way. Really wholesome video. Love it

[vali_odinsson]

Great interview, and thank you for that homage to EVH, hearing how Mateus reacted to 'the news' and then hearing EVH ripping Eruption off in one take, got me emotional too.