John 5 rips through Les Paul's How High The Moon

John 5 plays Les Paul and Mary Ford's How High The Moon, exclusively at the Guitar World studios in NYC. Watch in wonder. Heavy metal cannot contain him.

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[patrickm.]

John 5 covering Les Paul on a Fender Tele while wearing a KISS button on his jacket is exactly why John 5 is a monster guitar player.

[thelastperfectman]

This demonstrates how good John 5 is BUT also should remind people how great Les Paul was.

[ChaelaThompson]

I've heard people comment about how he gets a Tele to sound heavy, that's easy, what's amazing is how he gets high gain Dimarzio pickups to sound like a gretsch country gentleman

[therightisright]

I love that John is not trapped in a genre and not afraid to play whatever the F he wants unapologetically and as best as he can play it. Ive known Death metal guitarists who secretly play jazz but will NEVER do it onstage in front of fans, just at sound checks and art is art is art, dont be afraid or ashamed, play it, own it and enjoy!!

[Theslayer]

John 5 is one of the best guitarist ever! A true legend 🤟

[michaelholmes]

This completely floored me. John 5 dabbles in country but is mostly hard rock/metal yet he picked this LP classic up like its nothing. Still its testament to what made Les Paul so famous. He was beyond his time with his melody and technicality.

[bored]

john really is guitar savant. theres a lot of dudes who can shred like van halen.. theres only a handful of dudes with the breadth of talent to span genres seamlessly.. john 5 is one of them

[johnnymossville]

John 5 just keeps impressing. The great Les Paul, and the great John 5 doing it justice.

[james_k_bishop]

I appreciate John 5 passing on Les Paul's legacy with the breakdown after the song. Very cool. Very important.

[bytor]

Blimey. can't wait to hear John 6

[adamschechter]

John5 is a legend. Saw him live and was floored.

[magnanamus]

Best Country Guitarist in all of Metal!

[FastWhls]

Total respect from me to a true shredder, paying total respect to one of the original true shredders. Not many of today's guitar heroes even know how amazingly well LP could play, but they own his signature guitar. J5 respects all his roots. There was so much talent out there way before the days of Youtube and Spotify that too many people have never heard of. What a cool guy J5 is for reminding us.

[MrROTD]

John 5 always blows my mind, the guy can play anything from what I have seen.

[otccreations]

Absolutely fantastic, I love watching John 5 play.

[LD-qjte]

I just saw John5 in Cleveland and he was pure entertainment z but the guy played about every genres and was totally fun and he is a guitar and technique master .

[benavich]

I've been lucky to see John 5 with his Creatures band 3 times....this guy can shred with the best of them....but then he'll whip out a banjo and switch to country mode. John 5 always puts on a great show.

[nikprior]

He's such a brilliant and natural player. That was genuinely fantastic

[robslater]

Not necessarily a fan of nor conversant in "John 5, " but much respect for this! The understanding and work that must have gone into deconstructing "How High..." to put this piece together like this...?! What a musician!

[TheSunMoon]

I never get bored listening to his playing. It's always entertaining and refreshing.