Yvette Young on tapping technique, Covet & classical | On The Record

Yvette Young has skyrocketed to guitar stardom in the last few years, not only as the lead for math rockers Covet, but also through touring her electrifying solo shows. Young's stunning melodic riffs — inspired by emo, indie and post-rock — are the rare guitar part you can sing along to at the gig.

In this new On The Record interview, Yvette shares her thoughts on what makes the best solo and best guitar, her iconic tapping technique, why guitarists should all learn piano, and why she's obsessed with making a guitar not sound like a guitar!

Dive into the whole interview and discover guitar tabs to your favorite Yvette Young songs on the Ultimate Guitar site.

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▬▬▬▬▬▬ Contents ▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 — Intro
0:58 — On being a self-taught guitarist
2:21 — First bands: The Darkness to post-rock
3:23 — On new Covet album 'catharsis'
4:17 — On album highlight 'firebird'
5:17 — Evolving sonically with solo material
6:47 — Why guitarists should learn piano
7:44 — On reworking parts
8:27 — On gear, inc. DigiTech pedals & Boss OC-5
9:49 — On her Ibanez signature guitars
12:17 — Composing by ear rather than music theory
13:09 — Classical music recommendations
15:05 — What makes a great solo
17:58 — Fave solos: Guthrie Govan, Pinegrove
18:24 — First songs: Creed, folk music
19:01 — First acoustic guitar
19:48 — Swapping guitars with Nita Strauss
20:45 — What makes a good guitar
22:31 — Advice for new guitarists
24:47 — On tapping
25:40 — Japanese tour
26:10 — Outro

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[FarewellApollo]

The fact that she doesn't count is mindblowing considering how many crazy time signature changes are in her songs 🤯 next level player and writer!

[imxarah]

truly one of the most inspiring music artists out there, to me the most inspiring. it’s been nothing but an absolute pleasure knowing about her projects and even meeting some of the band members. definitely top on the list of things that make me happy :) do check both Covet and Yvette’s music out💖✨ don’t wanna miss out on some good music xx

[Tinwhistlemusic]

Her sounds is her own truly unique I have not seen or heard anyone else sounds like her . Her music is her heart speaking and what she's went through and what she overcomes

[cdg-hzg]

Yay! A solo piano record is in the works! 😊

[frayednds]

Love Yvette and the new Covet is just awesome. Very unique and multi talented; she deserves more recognition!

[StuartwasDrinkell]

I want a julian lage and yvette young collab... just putting out there

[Icythot-mi]

hell yeah brother digitech" all the way!!!! *EAGLE SCREECH*