Opeth - Heir Apparent (solo)

[ConnorFGuitar]

Dude, that was fucking ace - you nailed it! The most important thing to me with videos like this is that the bends and vibrato are good (the accuracy of the shred parts comes a close second) and you're awesome at bends and vibrato, so the whole video sounds better as a result. The shred parts were great too.

What scale is that at 0:10 by the way? I'm trying to learn this solo and I can't make it out.

[Mauhadeeb28]

You have a Peavey XXX.

[SymbolicBodom]

Really, I would love to make an interview with the 7 who disliked this video... were they high when they clicked the button ?

[rustedrails]

NICE.

[cladny]

Fredrik Akesson is shit. 

[lymanalpha1216]

nailed it

[cowartm]

That's some goods sweeps picking!

[ourtheharry]

7 dislikes from Fredrik Åkesson because he's afraid Mikael will replace him with you!

[Shinsen88]

Watching this again and it's still just as impressive. Haha!

[jonesy97]

Fucking brilliant, bro. I LOVE my Ibanez, even though the Opeth boys love their PRS's. Seeing them for the first time on Sept 30th. Can't wait! Nice job, bro.

[ElectricTurkey1]

I need an Ibanez to shred on :/

[Frythuz]

Must be the most amazing Opeth-cover I've ever seen.

[Rabje1234]

love the ending of that solo and you played it amazing

[Restayvien]

SICK

[c3043952]

nice job dude! keep it up

[jimbobanalbeats]

Fucking sick man. All the tabs I've seen for this are wrong and my ear is just not fast enough at this point to figure it out. Where did you get this man?

[opethinchains]

u do this song justice. fuckin awesome!!!!!!!

[Soriua]

Do you have the tab for this one? I play this solo but it is wrong.

Thanks a lot and nice job.

[Sagnak91]

i didnt realize the diminished lick was legato

[haubsen]

man u nailed that shit! good job.

[silvergun83]

Dude, this was perfect!!!

[arklowrockz]

fuckin top drawer lad

[jony87878]

anyone know where to get the tabs for this song?

[scythelog]

Hmmm, usually I just troll. But in your case, nailed it man :) keep it up. p.s. thats an ibanez right?

[powerpunkt]

Damn!!! tath was so perfect!!

[powerpunkt]

Damn!!! tath was so perfect!!

[clachtoll88]

Wow, fantastic dude! :-o

[CemeteryLullaby]

I think the tab from 911tabs is wrong at the string skipping part ... Can you make a right one?

[N3V3RMOR3]

Been watching this for over a year and its still amazing! So talented!

[Theseventhknight]

You're sweeping it? dang. When I saw akkeson it looked like he was alternate picking.

[sm0kenmirrhurz92]

@Theseventhknight The tabs I have and the way I play the arpeggios are using legato string skipping. That was a technique I've never really been strong in so needless to say its been a beneficial warmup for me. Been kinda rusty with guitar lately tho, need to get back on it.

[BathedInBlood]

Lmfao I love reading the comments. It's like, scroll down awesome! You're really good! Wow! Holy shit! That was awesome! Then you have that one guy, learn how to play. Haha but seriously, sick solo.

[Pleffa0101]

That was awesome!

[paledaledeath]

Really good playing. Get some more videos up, you're clearly very talented!

[DarthSivius]

awesome!!

[itsmark123]

Holy shit...

[bitey101]

damn that was awesome.

[Enzo49211]

you fuckin rock

[Alexinchains81]

good work man!!!

[PieRRepO]

Fucking perfect.

[AsceticVoidTraveller]

learn how to play

[Mordadigsjalv]

dude! this is fucking insane :|

[wagesOVsin]

BEHEMOTH!

..excellent cover as well

[MikeAsHimself]

Fucking awesome

[railpressureflip]

Fucking amazing!!!

[pandemichalo92]

Insane

[GuitarNarb]

You owned it :)

[solosofsorrow]

That was fucking excellent shredding! what string gauges are u using between? im planning to tune standard but dont know which gauge i should use..

[NapalmNewt]

@solosofsorrow Judging by the tremolo they are probably 9 gauge, max 10

[alexdmc4]

Damn!! fucking awesome dude!!

[teoballesi]

fucking great!

[tomnevati]

Great job, man.

[MoonlapseVertigo666]

awesome job

[rootsraf]

great job dude! thats a mean solo! love watershed, great album!

[darkhymnjim]

That's a great cover dude. You did a very good job. Almost flawless, keep up the good work. :)

[1987TheBadger]

nice legato man! u got ne tips on how o build my chops up so i can do stuff like that? i've bin busting my ass with a metronome for ages but i cnt make ne progress!!

[fmcnally]

nice peavey :)

[KNRIOO]

damn you're good...

[greg1553]

Fuck. Ya. I think I'm gonna try to tackle this baby soon, but not sure. The fucking sweeps are crazy tricky. How did you go about deciphering it?

[AstralOpeth]

that diminished shit is tough

[TheGhostReverie]

holy shit man, you should tab that shit out!

[thedaywerevolt]

Bad ass mother fucker!

[fmcnally]

holy fuck :L

[alkalinetrio751]

oh boy you are great.Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[sidedead92]

Amazing...

You totally nailed it.

Bravo !

[DanielAbbasi07]

A question: Do you have a exact tab-tips for the solo? Can not relly find one that's 100 % correct. Which one did you use? :)

[sudenuni]

Really impressive man. Respect.

[philenzortia]

nice t-shirt and nice solo

[Shishiwakarashi]

Man the best cover of Hair Apparent Solo of You Tube

[justinbontje]

so sick man

[Mistermagoo77]

Bravo!

You nailed it!

[Opranius]

im so angry with this solo. i cant play this solo because my hands are too small, just can try it with tapping  :-(

[3Blindsk8er3]

fucking accurate!! way to go!!

[emmanvries]

you nailed it.

[mugable]

awesome job!

[Kaazt2008]

that was very good respect:)

[fabiolusfabio]

don't think that solo is too tough just moving your fingers to the right spot is the hard part hehe i play bends like shit though

[kaine6128]

mikael akerfeldt is actually an amazing guitarist. he just doesnt know the spoken part of guitar.

[korkkis]

where you get the tabS+

[angus147258]

Great job man. I highly doubt that even Mikael Akerfeldt can play that solo.

[Fooanton]

Mikael is not a technical guitar player. he's got shitloads of emotion in his playing though. He admitted he would never want to be too good at guitar, making it sound like some dragonforce bullshit.

[surgeyX]

Even fred struggles with it in concert, this is a very tough solo!

Mike is still amazing even though he's no malmsteen or petrucci :)

[amitburst]

fucking awesome sweeping

[fabiolusfabio]

don't think that's sweeping seems all legato.

[Vektruscen]

damn, very nice, I'm working on this but can't hope to keep up with the shredding part :(

[F990]

shit nice job man, do you have the tabs for that solo, preferably the string skipping? I've been trying to figure out that stuffs

[KKKAZE]

Good job man, i failed at this solo. That middle part is too quick for me!

[dimerestinpeace]

awesome work on that dude:)

[whatstillremains]

great job greg

[nolanb123456]

is that a prs?

[fr3tburn3r]

It's an older version of the Ibanez S series.

[GuitarFreakzor101]

It's an Ibanez

[KCspiral]

nice:)

[partynaked11]

hey bro! u rekon u could send me some tabs my way? I can't find any tabs for the begining part of the solo, im just findin tabs for the hard part, it sure would be helpful bro.

[theblackblur]

Sweeeet vid, keep it up

[DinkyMax]

Awesome cover

[xpidgeonx]

Nice man I've never seen anybody nail this solo so perfectly! Even the big ranting diminished lick was dead on and that's where everybody else gets a big FAIL haha. Props dude!

[surgeyX]

Holy shit...wow!!!!!!

Fucking insane...I want the tabs

[fmcnally]

holy shit sauce!

[somos999]

fuck yes you ripped it!!!!!

amazing man!!!

immediate subscribtion from me!

[phoenixdown]

Finally, someone posts a webcam video like this where they know what they're doing. THankyou.

[warlockshred]

That was a really excellent cover =O, 5/5. Now excuse the noobish and cliche request but do you have any tabs for this? It's difficult to figure out the notes and proper fingering for the diminished triad part :P

[GodinSDXTguitars]

That solo is hard to pull off, well done my good sir!

[Shinsen88]

No matter how many times I watch this my jaw still drops... Freaking perfect.

[donchipocles]

nice man !!!!

[Vektruscen]

nice shirt, nice solo.

[myung7]

reallly reallly nice!!!!

(a little mistake 00:24 to 00:25)

but very good job dude

[SRdrummer]

RIGHT ON FUCKING TARGET! You are the best behind Akerfeldt!

[myung7]

but Akerfeldt does not play this solo

[SRdrummer]

i thought he did??!!? ive seen them three times! i guess i wasnt paying attention then hahah...but Akesson is fuckin sick as fuckk too! I always thought Akerfeldt played it tho haha

[TOOLbassplayer]

Dude it is soooo easy to tell the difference between freddie and Mike's solos. Just listen to the tone and the style. COMPLETELY different. ANy of the super fast solos on the album you can count on them being Freddie.

[SRdrummer]

hmmm i never really noticed, but i always thought it was akerfeldt.

[Fooanton]

yes, and mikaels solos are much more emotional.

[thevisi0naryy]

@myung7 but he does play that freakishly amazing riff underneath

[DinOMammaOPaODif]

really nice! 5/5! can you put upp a vid on the part 0:24 - 0:28 please!

[Jaikkanen]

Really nice, damn near perfect to the album. Good job.

[DeanFromHell1993]

by far fuckin perfect awesome man

[khushalbhadra]

awesome man...cheers from India...

[myung7]

shit dude... very nice

[nimrodh4651]

this is wicked

[hourtax]

the best solo of opeth ! nice job man

[Tehownilator]

your my fucking hero

that solo is so amazing Every opeth solo is. and you smoked itgj

[GBcommander]

Great job dude.

[fuuuuuckyoubuddy]

Perfect score!

[jonesy97]

Totallt, totally nailed it! Fuckin sik, dude. Nicely done.

[Will18iam]

Great playing man!

Also what guitar is that? From the fret inlays it looks like an Ibanez S series but i don't know which one?

[Opeth1818]

Greg...

I just want to let you know.. that your a fake.

Kiddding.

Keep the shredding up.

By the way have you found a new band to play in yet?

[repene1234]

awesomeee omg!! plz tabs!!! plz!!!!

[freaksh86]

Im a big fan of opeth.. I tell you good job, most people miss the vibratos and bends, im sure you can do this great in many other solos

[smoothblazn]

Bad ass bro! Do you have the tabs?!

[kajoshin]

that was cool, good playing mate.

[PyrexBurn]

Well done that was spot on the record.

Opeth tomorrow at Sheppards Bush London......

woo

[richard833]

fucking nailed that solo to the cross and burned it alive then shot it with a...

k that was awesome

[SalandFindles]

fuck....that was badass

[BraydonSzafranski]

That was actually really good. Now try the Phrygian Dominant run on Heir Apparent.

[Ctuluh]

Awesome!!! I've been trying to figure it out.. But I've been constantly failing ^^ Could you tab it for me? or if you already have the tabs for it.. could you send it? :) thanks!

[dirtigroovz]

Filthy. Don't think you bombed the open low E enough though and on that merit i'd give it 7.5/10... Nah, absolute dirt mate

[j4ck4Iz]

Very nice.

5* man.

Opeth, TONIGHT IN ATLANTA!

I'll be there.

[Jestaman12345]

wow dude, inspiration... seriously

[Ravenwoods69]

fark man, i nearly broke my hand trying to learn this aha.

[SRdrummer]

FUCK YEAH BRO!!!!! AMAZING JOB!!!!! Opeth=Best

[Ronixis]

neat!

[Ripper21112]

holy shit

[Jestaman12345]

total inspiration

[ottomanmq]

you're fucking awesome

[octavarium008]

Dude, that was pretty sick. great job man. did you learn it by ear or did you find tabs?

[moddo3xfx]

EXCELENT...

[PFNarek]

That's fucking great dude!

[cemevin]

awesome playing man..you played it perfectly (maybe except last 1-2 seconds of fast part..but that was almost perfect too!)

did you find out the notes by ear or a tab?

[Rockaluniac]

Wow, besides the shitty sound, that was just about perfect.

[Alifietsch]

That's because it's played in midi, with the solo filtered out, so he could cover it without just playing along =)

ontopic: nice work!

[sreynolds1]

nice

[ucantstopmeee]

PERFECT! not a nanosecond out of place!

[xenowang]

Absolutely perfect!

[ZJoeyZ]

GREG RYAN!

[srvrip13]

Just like the album, great job >_>b

[dennys666]

omfg amazing ._.!

[totoisspecial]

oh hai babi

[thehippo]

whoa. perfect.

[richard833]

what kinda guitar?

[ColinH123]

Holeee shit dude, Amazing!, U got a tab? or did u figure it out by ear, Cause all the tabs are wrong for the solo.

[metfa2291]

perfect.

[Aescio]

damn dude.. you nailed it! great job!

[edley24]

sweet! nice job!

[yardley6sic6]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck yeah!!!

rock on brotha!