THE BEST TAPPING LICK EVER

[TheSonsofHorusx]

PRS!!

[JakeyRhoads]

m.a.b lick

[Ryu12543]

Make variations. Not bad.

[tangypasta]

He works for saruman. Look at the red hand on hist shirt.

[intheshapeofhuman]

@tangypasta I don't know what that means. But my shirt is my band shirt from a few years back. The band was D.N.A. Dead Nor Alive.

[taariqtaariq]

ahhh the tapped arpeggio. It is Not very interesting the 2nd time ......

[winniethepooh1234ful]

100$. He plays bass

[Yourname942]

that guitar is fuckin badass man, nice btw

[bubsadoozy]

Best is a matter of opinion and holy shit would I love to own a high end PRS like this.

[harleytrinder123]

I. WOULD. SHAG . YOUR GUITAR.

[LucasManoloA7x]

Man, cool guitar e_e

[ElementalBlade]

I will say this: your guitar is pretty.

[Neur0n1]

tabs please?

[tdh79]

Nice, would be awesome if you could evolve it a little into another mode after 2 times or so:) You`ll have to excuse my poor english, i think you get my point:)

[Drullmetal]

Esta genial lo pondré en practica saludos lml

[lucaskblow11]

it aint nice.. its hard... thats all...

[momentum20]

@guitarshredking I just listed the guitarrists off the top of my head, i have not forgotten :P

[1976oswald]

i have seen better, a lot 

[guitarshredking]

That sounds awesome dude great job, is that a Lydian pattern? it's got that floaty sound

[manticorepilgrims]

amateur my ass, this riff is badass

[925metalhead]

um, no.

[cjsinister6]

lol amateur, don't kid yourself

[momentum20]

Also to all you faggots MAB is shit compared to the likes of jason becker, michael romeo, Shawn lane, guthrie govan, alex hutchings, seriously get off the band wagon and discover some real fucking talent!

[guitarshredking]

@momentum20 Don't forget guys like Jeff Loomis and Vinnie Moore

[momentum20]

Sick dude, check out michael romeo from symphony x his sweep tapping is insane! keep up the good work :)

[GuitarProtege]

Hey do you have tabs of this? I've been trying to get better at tapping and I think this would be good for me.

[Nextripers666]

MAB

[CloudotTKD]

Why does it sound like faceless?

[melkerri]

@zerodahero, yeah you're very right about that!

[gutarjunky]

...is that a paul allender in lime green? O_o

[i8psilocybin]

Lol calling it the best ever is his opinion and he obviousley hasn't heard animals as leaders.

[zer0dahero]

Thats prettty good. You should know better than to call that tapping tho. Not ur fault, too many people this days don't know the difference between hammer-on/pull-off (two handed apireggio) and tapping. "Tapping" is what you hear on the intro to songs like "women in love" where natural harmonics are tapped. what ur doing is hammering on and pulling off. Who knows who was the first guy to call that tapping and then nobody else knew any better.

[marc0sdead]

@zer0dahero makes sense. 

[KaslarProductions]

Three words... Less is more... if you found a tasty lick, play it only rarely. It will become more impactful the less you hear it.

[Skateoftheunion]

Wait, I don't think I heard it...could you put up a vid of you playing it for 3 or 4 minutes? Over and over?

[alidan]

best, no

good, yea, probably better than average. 

[IonutPk]

Hey, do you have a PRS, what guitar is that?:) thank you

[tHeOwner667]

its actually pretty good...but little modesty could help

haha..i see everyone else offended by that

[X66ChildOfBodom]

I seen this and immediately thought about being a dick, but it does sound majestic.

[alpaltunel]

sounds like a 1980's video game

[riprandy318]

Thats not even his thats a Vai lick

[TheWisemanP]

this is nice and all. but. change keys. or something. its a bit boring.

[djc345]

im sure i heard this on a porn film

[mickmos]

What a douchey title to call your video

[Testaneticaband]

@mickmos it was good enough to catch YOUR attention :)

[MultiTR1]

False the best tapping lick ever is totally hands down the betcha can't play this with Chris Broderick! Eight fingers suckers!

[nixonmendeed]

have you heard sea of lies?? amazing !!

[EviLinaCloset91]

crap

[RITUALTORTURE666]

Hey man...Theres a thing called tabs...You should check it out...now:)

[BeeGreeen]

omg nobady told me chuck norris had a youtube account!

[leothedrawer3]

i wouldnt say that is the 'best tapping lick ever' of course, but its beautiful, well played ; )

[TheGage38]

I absolutely hate using the word "lick" when talking about guitar. But it was pretty sweet. You probably shouldn't have that title though because people will freak about how it's not the best and that you're an idiot or something.

[GoodMetalFTW]

one of the best, but i think the sea of lies tapping lick is still the best tapping lick ever.

[Northernmight]

Nice man. Would do really good for a sudden break in a song, that lick comes in, and weird fucking noises in the background. Bucketheady style! It could work! Try eeeeeet!

[TheGrayRevolution]

Man...

That was sweet.

[slaydz765]

Yawn

[DLyngthe1]

:O

[Deathxcore18]

Nice tapping coordination, but boring lick since you just kept repeating the same thing.

[ryanchatfield1313]

thats the power of PRS

[acolytes777]

its no the best but its good. Keep it up man

[rebornmaster9]

damn, that was awsome

[swisscheesepotatochi]

oh the hubris in the title.

[intheshapeofhuman]

@swisscheesepotatochi Sorry it could not be as good as your guitar videos.

[swisscheesepotatochi]

@intheshapeofhuman No, no, keep working, maybe one day your guitar playing will have a shred of competence.

[Sunderlanding]

@intheshapeofhuman No offense, but the tittle is a little over the top arrogant, and really "better than your videos" come on you sound like a 12 year old. Why does he need videos to critisize yours? Are they going to start making every movie critic make a movie before he gets to critique one?

[laratheheavy]

@Sunderlanding read the "top comment" section! seriouslly man, ide be stoked if i cam up with something like this and i have been playing for quite a while....why bother getting down and bringing negative shit when you could have easily said something better and positive like "hey man good job, should have been longer but still rockin" or something....are you the critic nazi here or what? give the man a break and some props! BTW did you post your video thats better than his?

[laratheheavy]

@Sunderlanding do you also hassle places that have stuff like "best burgers in town" on there windows or "#1 dad" on a shirt or any of that stuff? who gives a f... its just a title of a video, get over it critic nazi

[anotherguyonthepc5]

@intheshapeofhuman funny, because he doesnt have 'em

[cacaman100oo]

@swisscheesepotatochi I'll take a guitar pick AND EAT IT!!!

[levijones79]

if u dont mind me asking how much was ur guitar, ive always wanted one, and how is the feel on it, i bet its heavy

[ragerpez]

mab is gay

[intheshapeofhuman]

@ragerpez Yeah for the most part.

[EspGuitars1337]

@ragerpez MAB is the greatest guitarist to walk the earth. Shut up.

[ragerpez]

@EspGuitars1337 what??? do you even know who guthrie govan is? or michael romeo? or jason becker? or ron thal? all of these guys would put mab to shame with one finger

[EspGuitars1337]

@ragerpez It is a matter of opinion.. Of course I know who these guys are. I think Avenged Sevenfold is the greatest band of all time and I get hated a lot. Maybe I have a weird taste in music. But that's where my heart is.

[ragerpez]

@EspGuitars1337 no im not talking in terms of opinion, none of those guys i mentioned are my favorite guitarists or anything, i enjoy their music and shit but i dont think theyre the in the greatest bands of all time (i listen to all kinds of stuff), i was pointing out that theyre are players with much higher technical ability. and thats a matter of fact. if you dont believe me watch some of their videos

[EspGuitars1337]

@ragerpez I'm definitely talking in terms of opinion.. I respect yours and you respect mine.

[ragerpez]

@EspGuitars1337 seriously though listen to those four if you think mab is the greatest guitarist youll shit yourself when you hear perpetual burn

[guitarshredking]

@EspGuitars1337 Yeah they have good rifts bud dude take a look around, soon enough you will look back at AX7 and realise how un-interesting and reproduced there music is. Listen to Death, the band which ax7 stole half there rifts from

[EspGuitars1337]

@guitarshredking Send a song to me that has a7x riffs in it..

[MADEINMAIDEN]

GOOD LICK. GOOD LUCK.

[ifluxion]

I liked it. don't really understand the negative comments

[guitardude671]

nice prs guitar

[kamilm122]

great :D

[schecterman123]

the thumbs down isnt cos its bad taping, its great, im just upset to see a scratch on a PRS

[matvarn]

sick. you're better than me

[guitarfreak52903]

Why all the negative comments? I'm sure this guys knows he's not the best but he was obviously very proud of himself for coming up with this. There's nothing wrong with a guitarist acknowledging their talent. Yea I know; there's the whole ego thing and all the people with the huge heads but the title doesn't really portray such a person. To the dude in the video: Nice job mate!!! It was nice, clean, and had somewhat of a surreal quality to it if I may add! ROCK ON!!! :D

[intheshapeofhuman]

@guitarfreak52903 Thank you! The lick is not mine but from a guitarist named Michael or M.A.B.

[MorganRNReid]

@guitarfreak52903 dude ... the title CLEARLY portrays this man as some sort of god for inventing.. the quote "best tapping lick ever" ... and repeating a string skipping arpeggio is not a "lick". the whole video is just misleading lol.

[guitarfreak52903]

@MorganRNReid

Sounds like a legit "lick" to me. Did you notice how he said that he got this from someone else? If you think about that, the title will make sense.

[BOOBYBROS]

@guitarfreak52903 i know it was cool jezzzzzzzz

people r mean

[JakeyRhoads]

m.a.b lick

[nycbassist76]

an arpeggio played sloppy over and over again in the same chord? you could have at least made it a 2 chord progression...if you're going to come on here and be egotistical at least back it up with something original and musical not some two handed excercise

[intheshapeofhuman]

@nycbassist76 Thanks for watching! I liked all of your guitar videos too.

[SuperSmash191]

@nycbassist76 He didn't make it up, douche bag.

[hugnrn]

@nycbassist76 Your ignorance is astounding. Learn how to read. Nowhere does it say "I am the best"

[intheshapeofhuman]

@hugnrn :)

[guitarnub3]

very nice lick.also very clean.

[RGBLackson]

worddddddd can i get a tab of this??

[jonman29]

it's not bad But far from the best.

[ShadowDante58]

Best tapping I've ever heard is either One - Metallica, Overthrown - Arsis or Eruption - Van Halen. My opinion.

[mikeskate995]

that wasnt even near the "greates tapping lick." it was pretty impressive put not a main lick that id like to hear in a song

[evanderguitarist]

How about tabs ? :D

[danecook321]

Stop stealing from MAB!

[gangtwanger]

I want to start a series of weekly online guitar lessons, except I'll use really-crappy guitar-licks instead of good ones. I'll call it, "Betcha' Can Play This".

[SkiNNyLight1]

Cooool Guitar \m/

[heMANshred]

this is a michael angelo batio lick, i have the dvd with it. good lick

[intheshapeofhuman]

@heMANshred If there is anything else on the vid thats as cool as this lick you should make a video and add it to this one as a video response.

[sixxteddy]

@heMANshred also kind of sounds like the intro to unearths song "my will be done"

[Atomicsonic1]

@heMANshred I would like to have some tab for this or what dvd is it and I can look on ebay? thanks

[heMANshred]

@Atomicsonic1 Yes, It's called Michael Angelo Batio: Learn Shred Guitar

[intheshapeofhuman]

@guitardude1000000000 Its a PRS

[sinceibeenlovingyou]

relax xD best tapping ever?? xDDD

[Almost34556789]

what kinda guitar ..ibanez. shecter?

[redrum427]

sounds good

[Shun101010]

I personaly like the riff from "Sea of Lies" by Symphony X better

[ronkask8]

is tapping seewp :)

[rockexpert]

ok cool i guesss

[sa9so]

i've seen better

[sakenem]

@sa9so But you haven't played better.

[jontopgarn]

man it's a very normal tapping lick..good..but..u know..quite normal..when i see "best ever" i think to something like..i dont know..SERRANA ARPEGGIOS? dont u think? am i wrong?

[LuixmyDarkness]

michael angelo batio - speed kills 3 :P

[ison011]

is this Ibanez SZ520 QM?

[RIFFSUAREZ]

so you have been watching Metal Method By Michael Angelo Batio. Great series. never bought it though!

[MixTheMetal]

that is pretty sick, but its not "THE BEST" but its sweet, and your strings look black.

[ShatteredSystems]

is it a michaell angelo batio tapping riff?

[Satch21Freak]

how are you gonna name your video like that and do a weak ass tap like that

[Sk8ingGuitarplayer]

do you have a head band at the top of the neck?

[intheshapeofhuman]

@Sk8ingGuitarplayer - no

[Sk8ingGuitarplayer]

@intheshapeofhuman awesome

[redghost105]

@intheshapeofhuman dude this sounds so familier to me

is it from a song?

if so what song is it?

[MapleLeafAce]

@Sk8ingGuitarplayer he's using his palm to mute the strings. it's a basic technique that goes hand in hand with tapping.

[SoulshatterEvolution]

@Sk8ingGuitarplayer whats the purpose of that?

[Sk8ingGuitarplayer]

@SoulshatterEvolution some people do it for clarity when they are doing tapping licks like this.

[SoulshatterEvolution]

@Sk8ingGuitarplayer i just bought an used bass guitar with a band on the neck, and im still practicing finger picking, so there's no pint at all for now?

[Sk8ingGuitarplayer]

@SoulshatterEvolution well for electric guitar for when your doing things like this with distortion and stuff, its alot more usefull

[dannyhood66]

I got it down finally! Thanks for showing that guitar riff.. Its like Mattel hot wheels,''and cartoon commercials with tricks is for kids skate board riffs.,That like to hang out at the mall in front of hot topics,'' And check out the Chic's hanging out with the bands from other misguided crusty death metals trendy clicks..And they don't know shit about bucketheads licks.!aH. They make their bed and it is made of shit, what a bunch of douchebags..ILL bet they all have clits! !aH..Kidding man!

[pablok1mirko]

batio ;D

[MrPWguitar]

I love that guitar, PRS is in my top 3 faves, and that color is sick.

[GostBoo]

i tried some tapping too but i'm so new that i couldn't get it right i think it is cuz of the amp settings can u give a heads up about amp setting for tapping.it gets better when i turn up the gain.is it right to all up the gain?

[machinehead891]

tell you what would be a amazing idea, is to take that same pattern but create a chord sequence with it. and turn the whole thing into a little tapping exercise for yourself, moving all around the neck sorta thing

[Matthiasknorke]

how do keep the sound so clean?

[CORNP00]

kinda sounds like animals as leaders

[Sk8ingGuitarplayer]

DUDE THAT WAS AWESOME. PLEASE CAN YOU GIVE ME THE TABS FOR IT, I VE BEN LOOKING FOR A LICK JUST LIKE THIS. PLZ CAN U GIVE ME THE TABS.

[intheshapeofhuman]

@Sk8ingGuitarplayer A string 17 10 14, G string 16 11 12 E string 15 10 14 15 14 10 and back down G string 16 12 11 A string 17 14 10.

[Sk8ingGuitarplayer]

@intheshapeofhuman thnak you very much sie

[PFCBall]

@intheshapeofhuman you got this from michael angelo batio 

[dpapaioannow]

ever?...EVER?ROFL on a scale of 0-10 difficulty technique wise this is a 2 at best,fucking retard ROFL

[AlxMiNeR]

did u ever think about changing at leawst 1 arpegios

[slumberingsam]

cool exepct it was same thing over and over , take the time to change it up and you got your self a mega sick one.

[SstalkerS]

You make it look easier than the real thing....

[Toddstikels]

Fuckin Love PRS's

[Stinkygengar]

that guitar looks amazing

[Ty2052]

sweet. i have the same prs no birds tho

[joperrot]

Stop arguing opinions as if they're based in fact... Everyone's taking a you tube shit on this kid because he used a word like 'best'. It's good, clean, and played through a killer setup. Even if it is "the best", there's no way to really gauge it...

Signed: the BEST you tube commenter ever. Prove me wrong.

[loopyrider]

THE BEST TAPPING LICK EVER hmm.....The ...best .........tapping .....lick - i see nothing wrong with the title at all mistersusan + nezmaster u sir's are an arse feotus between you feel free to leave this kid alone and go stand upto your own bullys rather than become one.

[Alkoholwioslaidziwki]

Sexy PRS mate ;)

[reyesdelexceso]

pal pal pal its great really but best tapping ever man the title and your playing are NO match for sure

[SwedishHeadbanger]

That's a Michael Angelo Batio lick...

[Delpifo]

You sure know how to advertise, i'll give you that much!

[ironwolg]

not the best but very cool. try a C9(#11) arpeggio next time you come up wiht one, that chord is awesome

[crackasnowflake]

good to know someone reads guitar world...

[panteraman44]

cool, i seen that on a batio vid, nice job

[bonakid22222]

hahah! lol at the pokemon comment XD

[brandon5pennies]

that sounds kinda like the tapped arpeggios that mab does in his instructional dvd they're pretty sweet i prefer michael romeos tapping however

[nezmaster1]

woooo maj7, not like ive heard that everyday since i was conceived.... Get more creative

[emosucks89]

That has to be the funniest comeback I've heard in a long time! It's so out of place, and so awesome : D

[aCloudConnected]

@nezmaster1 Suggestions?

[nezmaster1]

@aCloudConnected Lydian shapes (In major of course), leaving out obvious notes like the 5th and replacing it with an interesting tension.

[aCloudConnected]

@nezmaster1 It's still going to sound like a Major 7 unless you get that sharp four in there.

[nezmaster1]

@aCloudConnected That's what I said.