Per Nilsson - Scar Symmetry: GuitarMessenger.com Masterclass 1 of 2

[MetaLeague]

Gotta love this guy. Just casually playing guitar with his hood up! XD

[michaelsemps]

Per should do Covers of ScarSymmetry >:D

Destroy everyone else.

[MorganRNReid]

@michaelsemps lol it wouldn't be a cover if he played them though!

[michaelsemps]

@MorganRNReid Yeh i know :D He should disguise himself and do them :D

[Spermwhales93]

I once had a conversation with Per on facebook when he was completely pissed. Absolutely hilarious dude :L

[Splintervention]

Is the neck pickup taken out?

[shiftednl]

@Splintervention yes, so is the switch and the tone control.

[ScarGuitar]

@Splintervention

Yes it was already taken out when I got the guitar (as a gift from Jonas Kjellgren), and since I pretty much NEVER use the neck pup in Scar Symmetry, I never bothered installing a new one

[mrbuddha2026]

@ScarGuitar Do you use the tremolo or is it blocked?

[mrbuddha2026]

@Splintervention Dude! You got a reply form the man himself! :D

[Splintervention]

@mrbuddha2026 I know dude! At first I wasn't sure if it was really him... xD

[maxomilian]

Wow. I hear his phrasing in Marco sfogli's playing.

[papasmurfmikey3]

tasty tone from the bridge pickup

[TheHeraldic]

it pisses me off that people are stealing his style and almost gain more respect for it than he does...

[gameboard1]

god whats the song in the beginning its driving me nuts that I dont remember what it is!

[Lovemetallica93]

@gameboard1 I guess it's "Noumenon and Phenomenon". Awesome solo.

[guitarshredking]

This guy looks like a cross between Andy James and Seth Rogan

[christianmetal17]

@abr7man thanks alot brother! Im goin 2 learn it right now!!!!!

[abr7man]

is it me or really the strings on his guitar looks old ?

[christianmetal17]

Look at his hand on 1:17 what is he doing?! I want 2 learn that!!!!!

[abr7man]

@christianmetal17 you mean hybrid picking ?

[christianmetal17]

@abr7man yea. I really want 2 learn that!!!!! I heard it helps for string skipping!

[abr7man]

@christianmetal17 yeah it does...but it's better to work on your skip picking more...anyways there's a DVD from licklibrary devoted for that technique only...just search "lick library hybrid picking"...or i think if you searched "hybrid picking" here on youtube you will find some informative videos...good luck learning that

[Andrewsonfire]

@ivorwww Its a old rg7620. Pre prestige made in japan 7 string ibanez from the 90's

[antichrist07comrad]

gotta love per's english :D

[hjeb1986]

question, whats w the piece of tape on the neck humbucker, its not the first time i see that, i remember seeing steve vai with that on one of his guitars

[ImaDjentleman]

@hjeb1986 its not a peice of tape, the neck humbucker is just gone, there is no neck pickup.

i guess he never uses it so he figures he should just get rid of it :D

[abr7man]

@ImaDjentleman yeah...and that explains why he removed the pick-up selectro too ..i like how simple he is :)

[abr7man]

@hjeb1986 he's not covering it...it's removed...he only plays with the bridge pick-up i think

[C0bfan666]

its the beard that does it

[DarkFottloch]

more of the two hot gals at 0:08 please

[djentonomicon]

Fucking Per Nilsson, how does he work?

[bojorquez1234]

the name of the first song?

[fragileagain]

i love all of his songs.....with christian alvestam on vocals

[Hellspawn472]

@fragileagainTrue. No one or..two can replace christian

[Qu3ridity]

@Hellspawn472

true that. band feels incomplete, and I consider Holographic Universe as the last good work of these guys. :(

[IncognitoFloyd]

thumbs up for the second girl from the left at 0:08

[flarpingi]

@IncognitoFloyd Doesn't that look an awful lot like Robin from How I Met Your Mother?

[diabeticmonkey]

@IncognitoFloyd I'd fuck em all accept the blonde.

[PillmaniaProduction]

@IncognitoFloyd it looks like that girl from how i met ur mother

[Hellscrap3r]

@IncognitoFloyd I'd do that into next year.

[EntilMattt1990]

@IncognitoFloyd ill give u a thumbs up for the 2 girls in the middle...rawr

[lollipops111]

@IncognitoFloyd and her friend to her left :]

[HugoStrife]

@IncognitoFloyd the third from the left is Robin from How I met your mother!!!!

[nitoelromansa]

i didn't know that Seth Rogen can play guitar. and he's fucking good at it haha

[Goth3m3]

With Christian in the band I always felt like Per was overlooked. Glad to see he's getting what he deserves.

[weeslipknot1]

2:04 wow

[TahaNasserTV]

Can someone tell me which Scar Symmetry song the solo from the very beginning (the intro) to this video is from? Sorry, I'm a scar symmetry n00b but I love that solo

[ArtificialFlavaFTB2]

@TahaNasserTV Noumenon and Phenomenon!

[TahaNasserTV]

@ArtificialFlavaFTB2 thanks dude!

[ArtificialFlavaFTB2]

@TahaNasserTV Np man thats one of my favorite solos by him!

[TahaNasserTV]

@ArtificialFlavaFTB2 yeh its amazing, really really tasty

[ShredLady]

@TahaNasserTV

it's from "Ghost Prototipe I- Measurment of thought"- definitelly.

[TahaNasserTV]

@ShredLady cool someone said its from Noumenon and Phenomenon - awesome song - ridiculous facial expressions in the video aside!

[BradSkynet]

OMG is he picking with his ring finger to @1:20?

[Rockerboy3872]

@BradSkynet It's called hybrid picking, it's a technique

[Bozo2151]

yeah.. that one

[dannybc1987]

i love u this guy

[hugovmonteiro]

This guy is on the "most underrated guitarists" list. One of the best metal guitarists on the metal scene, in my opinion. The approach he makes to solos astonishes me, specially because the type of music the band plays...he can fit melodies and phases that shouldn't work with this kind of music, but he is still able to make it work.

[xTheWorldNeedsAHerox]

@hugovmonteiro Chris Broderick from Megadeth is personally a fan of Per. He always mentions it. Talks about it. Said so in an interview with Guitar World. And in this interview. h t t p : / / w w w . y o u t u b e . c o m / w a t c h ? v = C o 1 3 9 r q j g _ s

[20silentscream]

in the end they said stay tuned, how did they know

[Mauhadeeb28]

This isn't a class. This is just Per showing that he is better than us.

[dreamslayer2011]

1:24 sounds like eradication solo of all shall perish but no matter he is great

[MorganRNReid]

@dreamslayer2011 haha its the same scale.. and the first four notes are the same but it's in a different key... and it's probably been used a million times.. i doubt Per stole anything from Chris!! haha

[dreamslayer2011]

@MorganRNReid i never say that Per stole anything from Chris i just say that sounds like eradication

[AryaBara]

Andy James has a twin

[joppe1222222231]

Sweden has some epic metal bands

[NoVanity1]

who needs neck pickups or tone knobs anyways? lmao

[SHREDDER222X]

@NoVanity1 mortals need knobs and NP D:!!!!!!!!!!

[nullpunk100]

per nilsson = guitar god

[zer0th3her0]

it's funny when u ask them to break it down and they just don't know they just fukin play man \m/

[NitroLovesTurbo4ver]

he is amazing!!

[Carbonkhazi]

Wow, I love that Power Metal style guitar tone :)

[SHREDDER222X]

@Carbonkhazi It's more like a progressive-fusion tone

[nullpunk100]

yes >:D \m/

[3922378742]

how is tuned the guitar!?

[RossWildish]

@3922378742 A standard I believe.

[cowcrusher]

@RossWildish It is standard BEADGBE

[FallenSeraph87]

@DreamTheaterization The song being played at the beginning is "Neumenon and Phenomenon" off of their album Dark Matter Dimensions.

[sampo931]

rg 7420 i got the same one



[sosssth]

this guy looks a bit like andy james.. that brit guy.. a good guitar player too

[JTLmusic1]

Lol if iam not mistaken that is my old guitar, my first 7 strin :) Per if u see this, did u get that guitar from jonas? :)

[Hemorraghe]

i love vikings playing guitar!

[Mithodinable]

I'm in love...

[drumfisch]

i dont even know any guitar magazines - if they ignore one of the most brilliant guitarists of the new century, well ignore them :)

Per Nilsson is the influence itself.

[Rctrilogy]

Thank You Andy James for putting this link on your channel

[kalmahman48]

what guitar is that? an rg7620?

[Fizzwut]

My favorite guitar player.

[chillichomper]

@Fizzwut Me too. First time I heard him play a solo I did a double take and I was like WTF???. That was baaad aassss. This guy is totally unique.

[Shredsomemore]

Finally a video of him explaining shit! He has a lot to explain.

[JarnwidOfficial]

0:08 -> nice sluts :P

[superpinger1]

Per is so good , praise the grim reaper in the black hoodie

[petepachio]

Per is a great player and amazing person as well!

[Xanzan]

Ooooh i love his wonderful swedish accent, i wished that most of us swedes didn't sound like wuzzes when we talk in english

[khakkhanet1]

what's rg7 model

[deathcore1239]

@khakkhanet1 and @TechcorelsSexy its an RG7420. and Tech, that dude said an rg7620 but hes wrong. the 7620 has a lo-pro edge trem, the 7420 has a lo-TRS (which this guitar has, and the TRS is shit, so he wouldnt put it into a lo-pro)

[7SethMurrant7]

What's the intro song?

[TheDigiDrummer]

The track is called "Noumenon And Phenomenon". One bad ass track, with one badass solo! :D Enjoy

[polarbear1110]

0:08 second one from left. Marry me.

[TechcoreIsSexy]

that ibanez isn't a prestige what kind of rg model is it?

[Mormotic]

@TechcoreIsSexy

it is RG 7620 

[AmonadPL]

@TechcoreIsSexy It is RG1527Z

[sm0kenmirrhurz92]

I will never understand why Per Nilsson is not considered among the modern metal elite guitarists. He has such an original style blending neoclassical and fusion influences. It really is ashame that those hacks in Suicide Silence get an entire column in Guitar World and this guy seems to only recently be getting a mild amount of attention.

[chillichomper]

@sm0kenmirrhurz92 Very true. Total ignorant and moronic bias. Goes to show the quality of guitar world reporters and editors

[HavxHHH]

@sm0kenmirrhurz92 I could not agree more. It's a damn shame.

[aaaahahaha]

HE IS SO #"€%#" GOOD

[TheSymmetryDark]

AMAZING!!!!

[SiGhast]

Wow. The Slaves to the Subliminal chorus part... that should have been higher in the mix. Before I saw this, I had never actually heard it. And that's a shame. Absolutely beautiful.

[evilmike]

DUDE Saw some LIVE!!! He is a fucking GOD!

[chillichomper]

@evilmike I saw him in dallas this past fall and Jonas Kjellgren was not with SS 'cause, as per per, he was screwing around on tour and broke his arm. At least that's what per said to the audience. Anyway, SS didn't miss a beat and still sounded great. I can say I doubt it would've been the same had per broken his arm. I don't think jonas would've been able to drive the songs the same way

[leoa48]

Great! want more!!

[drawnacrol]

Awesome!!!!

[LordZeromus]

First solo of Prism and Gate plz!

[gunshow86de]

Awesome video. Never realized how much Per uses hybrid picking. Looking forward to part II.

[Guitarmajster]

empty neck pickup slot

+ 1 badassery

[79lpcustom]

@Guitarmajster Yea that's goot...But also EVH 1976...;-) Ibanez Destroyer with no neck pick up, long long time ago. Per rocks!

[IISmidgetII]

@Guitarmajster It's because the Devil sold his soul to him for the pickup.

[Soulfulshreddify]

Part 2?

[Xiphos68]

Awesomeness!!!!

:D

:D

:D

[MorganRNReid]

LOVE this band right now... holographic universe... best album ever

[MorganRNReid]

@MorganRNReid lol 4 months later still watching this vid... The Unseen Empire is amazing!!!

Check out my 4 Scar Symmetry covers on my channel!!!! \m/,

[PietTheRazzor]

@MorganRNReid but the best guitar solos are on Symmetric in Design ;-)

[jteachey2]

this guy is a badass. Well done

[hobomick]

sweet, i love scar symmetry