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  • Smooooooooooth

    

  • just love the face's he's pulling between 0:27 and 0:37

    good job on the cover ;)

  • A7x is one of my favorite bands. Love em. Great job

  • for this guy, playing a7x songs are wayy too easy for him.

    u know when ur playing an easy song on guitar, u fuck around with the song for fun.

  • This sounds great. Everyone look at the butthurt people. Look at them and laugh!

  • why is there so many dislikes

  • funny thing is, any real guitarist knows this is harder to play than the real solo..haha..obviously the haters are dumb.

  • 0:13 yeah i know that here starts the bad part, but i press like, I`m a7x fan ;)

  • yy lo unico que pienso es que como no usa una guitarra con floyd para estos solos!...

  • u haters?

  • why does he keep that band looking thing on the neck of his guitar?

  • @28crazyguy It mutes the strings so if he hits one by accident, it wont make as much of a sound

  • quem nao gosto faz melhor.

  • I bet that even the 366 people who disliked this can't play like that. Just because its not exactly the same doesn't mean he didn't do great.

  • This guy is an amazing guitarist, no reason why the red bar should be showing.

  • Why? Dislike so much

  • syn sure does like squewling alot

  • good performance bro andy james...

  • Honestly he is probably better than syn so people shut it!

  • @ellis0896 hardly lol hes good though

  • Look at his face expresions lol

  • @101DIGITAL010

    That's condradicting; you said you love metal music, but hate metal fans. Loving metal music makes you a metal fan, doesn't it?

  • :O he's wrong :S

  • WTF!! shavo odadjian playing A7X?? hahaha

  • awesome

  • i love metal music, but I hate metal fans. most opinionated, selfish, egotistic know it all kinds of people

  • what type of strings do you use

  • @strateskate he is using d'addario strings

  • I think he's amazing. He's creative and original and its boring see someone play it the same way every time. Even synyster gates doesn't play it the same exact way every time.(and im not hating on him i thibk he's one of the best guitarists out there). I give him props.

  • love it. dude i don't understand the rage quit from these retarded fans,i am one fan,but who gives a fuck if he's playing at his own way? it's exactly perfect and sound the same

  • You guys who are saying this doesn't sound the same as the song are retarded. You see, if you want to listen to the solo played correctly, listen to the song.

    I have no idea why people always try to search for their favorite song played by someone else and expect it to be the same when the flares are what make it worth while. If you want to listen to the song so badly, listen to it! Don't look at other people's versions and criticize them for doing something different.

  • lol fanboy rage

  • Have any of you seen any other Andy James videoes? He is WAY better than Synyster Gates.

  • @xXxglassgowdreamxXx You cant say that, Andy covers songs mostly, syn makes songs and the band "Sacred Mother Tongue"? A7X>>>Sacred Mother Tongue!!!!

  • To be fair, the only thing clearly wrong is the part near the beginning with the painfully clear absence of whammy bar...

    The guy's a shredder, gotta give him that.

    -K

  • For haters: Watch Alexi Laiho style, Dimebag and Paul Gilbert videos with Andy James. Come back later.

  • even a good wrong solo is better than some of the shit versions ive seen people post on youtube

  • If you can't sweep without that gayass thing on your guitar then your not ready for the solo fail.

  • @teamvibralux

    he's using that so you get the most cleanest sound possible. This guy's a teacher so he wants his students to be able to hear it as clean as possible. I'm sure that when he's on stage he doesn't use it

  • a7x is back

  • Actually, hes just playing a different variation. Its just oh what the fuck is the word.. playing it an octave difference with a little different flare thrown into it. I personally liked it. Sure playing the original actual solo wrong but oh well. Good video man. If I had money i'd buy the dvd, lol.

  • Sem ofender você, que é um profissional em guitarra, não ficou bom. Tem muitos eroos, mas valeu mesmo assim

  • too bad this isn't zacky's part at all. If you have listened to the song once, you would know zacky backs the solo with a slight alteration of the main verse...

  • This solo is absolutely left

  • @xxxTheUnnoticedxxx maybe he's playing a lower part of harmony ...zack's part

  • wdf is this bends, holy shit

  • For haters, I believe that this guy knows that he is not playing it exactly the same way as Synyster Gates, but that doesn't make him any bad at all. It only proves that he thinks for himself, and that he makes his own version. In fact, being able to make your own version of the solo makes him a lot better guiar player than someone who just follows the tabs he read on Internet.

  • @MadsLoka that's absolutely true. and this is a true avenged sevenfold fan talking.

  • @MadsLoka

    sure hes fucking good at all but fact is, licklibary sells dvds that shows the songs for much money so i think he should at least show us the real solo and not his interpretation.

  • @MadsLoka thats very true, but this is an instructional video, if someone wants to learn how to play the solo, he should play it exactly the same way/

  • @MadsLoka

    Imagine your 1st grade teacher taught you that 2 + 2 = 7, because that's her way, and she can think for herself. Does that make her a better teacher than someone else who just follows what he reads in a text book?

    If something is wrong, it's wrong. If this guy wants to come up with his own version, do that in a separate video, not an instructional video. This guy never gets Avenged Sevenfold songs right.

  • @MadsLoka being able to make your own version does not make him better, because he is saying that this is the solo that Syn plays, so it should be the same.

  • @MadsLoka sure, but he is making this as a tutorial for others to play it. not a cover. if this were a cover you are right, but since he is trying to teach people how to play the solo, he should be as accurate as possible. and this is far from it

  • @MadsLoka He's Andy James dude. That's all.

  • @MadsLoka like he gives a shit? HES FUCKING ANDY JAMES but yes i agree with the words u say right now

  • @MadsLoka if i could "just follow the tabs" for this one i don't think i'd be complaining.

  • a7x fanboys raging.. for christ sake, this is for guitar lovers, not for assholes to pick on this guy for not being syn..

  • @Randoexpress everybody is rageing because he plays every other solo fucking perfect, but this one is just messed up as hell.

  • this solo is right.

  • @xxxTheUnnoticedxxx Who are you to judge that he plays it wrong??

  • It was really only one part that was totally wrong, and it wasn't even the hard part. Other than that it was pretty sick

  • i think 0:15 - 0:18 is something different..

    :)

  • ever though it was wrong. it was still badass, u gotta admit.

  • he may be playing his own interpretation of it but I really hate the way he chose to play it.

  • He didn't play this wrong at all, most of the people commenting on this are idiots -.- The guitar solo, as many solos do, has a lot of harmonies! So unless he were to use a harmonizer then it's obviously going to sound a little bit off is it not?

    As well as that, the same note as previously stated by someone else, can be played in other parts of the neck -.-

    On top of that, Andy James shreds circles around 'Synyster Gates' or however else he spells his god awful stage name -.-

  • remember that this solo has several harmonies, but he can only play one part at a time. dumbasses

  • Everyone complaining that he didn't play it right, you have to remember that a guitar has more than one place to play a particular note. Just because he didn't use the exact positions that Syn used doesn't mean it's not right. I've been an A7X fan for a while, but the fanboys make us look like jackasses.

  • stop saying that wrong, its just at 0:12 just change the 10 on the D for 5 on the G.andy james learn me all song on his dvd. and to play the solo in afterlife with right tabs. thanks to licklibrary! and do you will do another dvd of avenged sevenfold?

  • He looks like he's having trouble coloring in the lines.

  • I'd like all these haters to see "Afterlife" And "almost easy" solo covers, this guy is fucking amazing.

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  • fucking avenged sevenfold fans, they are just a bunch of immature kids, this guy rulez and he is better than your synyster gays he played it BETTER!

  • @lronmaidenRgods hahhaahah no.. :D synyster is much better and avenged sevenfold is the best band ever

  • @lronmaidenRgods get off andy's nuts

  • He played that shit WITH NO WHAMMY BAR. Holy shit. Srsly.

  • it looks so EASY when THEY do it

  • @mymymama132 this solo is acctually pretty easy, i picked up on it in about 2 days

  • hey guys , chill out for a bit.

    I'm pretty sure, that no one of You can play it like he do,

    so shut up, and show some respect .

  • Why Dont They Just Pay Extra Money And Get Gates To Do It

  • wow that phrasing was way off in the beginning...

  • i think nobody would want to pay for something that's not what they thought they paid for. he's very talented but he's not playing it live or for entertainment. he should teach the right way

  • This is probably my favourite solo. After all Pantera solos

  • u're good but try to not do asshole faces this makes u look like steve gay vai

  • Andy James......LEGEND!!!!!

  • he missed to two tapped harmonics and the bends were a little off, but like the top comment guy said, it was his interpretation of the solo.

  • He destroyed that faggot syn so it doesn't matter if he's playing it wrong. LOLOLOL

  • He's playing it wrong......

  • 0:34 "Omg did I just pick faster than the speed of light ?!"

  • 0:31 LOL!

  • why are people dislikeing this he may not play it esacley like syn but its still amazing

  • It makes me laugh how pissy people get because the solo isn't 100% on the money. He's not using a whammy bar so people who don't have one can learn the song. He learns all of these songs by ear, so obviously it's not going to be smack on due to some notes either being missed or off. And if it's all 'completely wrong' why is Andy the one that's making money doing this and the people whining not?

  • tá errado

  • It's a dive-bomb he does before he goes into the bends nit a slide!!! Does guy like to ruin covers

  • @humanclay1000 Dude he does not have a whammy bar so he improvised using what he had. Not everyone uses them so don't act like an idiot because he did one thing very minorly different and it produces almost the same sound

  • @humanclay1000 i can't imagine how could he do a dive bomb if his guitar doesn't even have a whammy bar mmmm....

  • @aridahl dive bombs? i didnt ear any...

  • Actually its pretty much the same as syn plays it, listen closer to the solo and listen to this cover, you'll see

  • I love Andy's playing face

  • it was close enough, shut up people.

  • his must go to toilet

    

  • It doesn't help that he doesn't have a whammy bar.

  • its diferrent only becuase he didnt have a tremolo bar -_______- he does it that way so ppl without one arent fucked out of a lesson. its more accessible when taught this way.

  • i think he plays it diff because of the copywrite laws

  • Who cares if it's right? It's Andy fucking James. Chill out and enjoy it.

  • I usually say that people make it look easy

    But Dude You seriously make it look Tougher o.O !!

  • 104 guitar pro lovers

  • @loidperish hahaha. word :D

  • Synyster may not be the greatest guitarist, but he still is very good and sounds really unique. He's got a style like no one else.

  • nice guitar what guitar is it?

  • @surfthenet1 music man. it's john petrucci's signature

  • No offense, because Andy has great chops, but this is not correct. The small tapping licks in the solo are notoriously absent, and the bends are pretty poor, as in off-key. Nothing against Andy or anyone else, but this is a very poor representation of the quality of your DVD's.

  • MEGA LIKE>>>>>>

  • bend at :00:36

    the guitar cum

  • it is not wrong but better watch the video "Synyster Gates Bat Country Demo/Lesson"

  • Nice face :O

    Lookin like you're jizzin :D

  • even syn change the exact solo live......... it's not wrong it's all in key.. it's key of F

  • your face !! xD lol!!! and you change the start!

  • What strings does he use and what gauge

  • @cptdannys Probably super ultra light. They are like .048 to .008. They are very light; I had some one time, and they bend like \nothing even in standard tuning.

  • @xxxTheUnnoticedxxx Agreed. BTW I learned it and its not too difficult.

  • i agree it not the solo syn plays but still a great interpretation of it

  • He plays it different because he doesn't want to waste time Drop D tuning a floyd rose guitar and therefore plays it on a guitar that can be tuned easily.

  • It reduces unwanted string noise when tapping and stuff like that. Many guitarrists does it when they record to get a cleaner sound =)

  • what is that on the neck of your guitar at 0:29 its like a band or something and what does it do

  • @mickr08 hair band to mute unwanted noise while in studio

  • wow...thats diffrent...but still pretty good man

  • tosco!

  • I don't care if it's right or wrong, it's still fucking awesome. Just enjoy the music and quit bitching.

  • The solo may not be right, but Andy James is a bad ass guitar player and teacher. His DVD's are awesome

  • 00:21 syn uses tapping!

  • im not sure if im right but it seems like he missed some notes at the beginning, but other than that great job.

  • so many idiots bitching that its wrong. Do you really watch cover bands or live bands and make sure that every single note is 100% the same as the original band that played it? no i doubt you do. because if you do your a douchebag. Even bands play there solos slightly different when they preform live from what the did on the record.

    If you want it the EXACT way syn plays it, learn it from syn. because every other tab or lesson will be that players interpretation of it.

  • people, people, why's everyone get upset if its not the way that syn plays it. the idea is to play the solo and make it sound good, not be note for note. theres multiple spots for the same notes on a guitar. you dont gotta play it the same as him. play it how your comfortable playing it.

  • syns' version is much more better, but andy james is an amazing guitarist when he is playing his own stuff!

  • i play in a cover band and very rarely do i play guitar solos exactly like the original guitar player does wen i play live. i find it in bad taste from an entertainment and artistic point of view. in the field of instuctional music wen i give guitar lessons, solos r broken down note by note, rhythm by rhythm, exactly like the original recording. i listened to both solos back to back. this solo is not the bat country solo, but is advertised like it is. in business we call that false advertising

  • i should get extra slinky strings for my guitar.

  • I don't care if this is wrong, i only know it sounds fucking awesome ._.

  • the solo was different but still nice ;)

  • these guys freakin' me out! HE'S NOT SYN! he can play whatever he wants -.-'

    And don't forget, that there are the same notes at different strings in different frets -.-'

    GO AHEAD ANDY THE GOD JAMES :D

  • I think it's a pretty cool interpretation.

  • id buy it if it was syns style of the way hep played but the trivium dvd im buyin that is sick!

  • The notes are correct, but he plays it in an interesting way. If you don't like this, then go and buy the official songbook. It's transcribed the way Syn plays it. But this is a much easier way to play it. I have this DVD and the songbook, too. This is the easier version. Trust me.

  • totally wrong notess

  • drop c is when you tune all the strings down one step from drop D

  • no one can imitate the syn. no one.

  • That's not how syn plays it

  • sounds much different than the original

  • It's only different because he's probably tuned to Drop C or something rather than Drop D.

  • @ErnellTheHavoc Do you have any idea about what you're saying? Syn plays with Drop D which means JUST THE 6TH STRING is tuned down from standard. Drop C would only change the same string, which wouldn't affect the solo at all since it is not even used.

    People think it's different because it is, indeed. I like Syn's version much more because of the harmonics, that weren't played by andy

  • see it may sound wrong to people. but you also got to think about it. he's only playing one side of it.

  • are you using 0.9 strings?

  • dude ur strings r so bendy how do you make em like that? anyone know?

  • @AvengedTimes probably because of down tuning = more slack on strings

  • wrong man srry

  • it may not be like syn but he made it his own way of playing you dont really need to play it like the artist just make it your own way similar to it

  • No-one will ever top syn playing this solo, it's a complete representation of his style of playing

  • it is not wrong..just his interpretation of it.

  • @bry4n3 well this is sopose to be a lesson of the actual song not of his interpretation but don`t take me wrong i am a big fan of andy

  • @bry4n3 you don't interpretate song when you teach how to play tham like the original!

  • @bry4n3

    Then you're learning an interpretation of the real solo ...

  • @bry4n3 um.....no its wrong lol

  • @bry4n3 except its supposed to be something that accurately teaches you how to play the song...

  • @EoinAndHisGuitar theres a video on youtube of syn himself playing the solo riff intro and verse

  • @bry4n3 you are indeed correct. he probably learned it by ear, but he plays it the same

  • @bry4n3

    I thought Licklibrary were supposed to teach how to play songs not the session musicians interpretation of it. DOn't get me wrong these guys are incredibly talented far better than I i'm just questioning the content of the video?

  • @TriggerHappy971 this is a solo performance..they want u to buy it for the whole lesson

  • @bry4n3  I know what you are trying to say, but it is wrong. He is missing notes.

  • @bry4n3 yeah but this isn't supposed to be his interpretation. It's supposed to be how to show people how to play the notes that syn gates plays. Man, this one is a real dissapointment compared to all of his other vids.

  • @bry4n3

    Really, its just less sliding and effects.

  • @bry4n3 in other words its wrong he just imprevised

  • @bry4n3 No, if he's trying to teach someone how to play it, he's wrong

  • @MvJardine but he isn't