Master Sweep Picking - Learn How to Shred

[Dreamdancer11]

I think this video clearly shows why so many folks have trouble learning sweeping or..anything for that matter.They are more concerned about the sustain of his guitar, his pickups etc etc than learning how to actually do it or at least wonder how to...

[yxrkt2]

What tuning is this?

[TriptoMoon]

@yxrkt2 standard tuning eadgbe

[yxrkt2]

What tuning is this?

[yxrkt2]

What tuning is this?

[CalebBewley]

Hey guys tell me what guitars you have and what you play I Have three us strats a schecter hellraiser and a schecter blackhawk with emgs my fave is definitely my black hawk

[CalebBewley]

Hey guys tell me what guitars you have and what you play I Have three us strats a schecter hellraiser and a schecter blackhawk with emgs my fave is definitely my black hawk

[XxzombieslovemexX]

I've got a Carvin V220 Also! I love it!



[ninjabeesh1]

ok....why is Rob Halford teaching us how to sweep?

[metalero690]

welcome to rhapsody of fire fellow

[theshifty04]

are you a half step down

[theshifty04]

are you a half step down

[xxxmetalgamerxxx]

do you do beginner lessons ?

[DeakonLekrossMusic]

damn clean playing!! love the tone you get!!

[RicardoPieper1]

What an amazing sustain! The notes can sound for a whole day....

[Miniarteseros]

Virtuoso power, ^_^

[hellothere640]

*to show

[nbcviper]

Now thats a lesson.

[ricardoriechel]

Amazing guitar sustain. Perfect.

[mjdutsar]

chicks dig guys that have guitars with endless sustain.

[MatKiller1197]

can someone tell me what sustainer mean?

[refinedfriend]

My favorite part was the fingering :P

[FrontlineGuitar]

GUYS he's using a sustainiac pickup that basically means unlimited sustain.. Look it up. You can tell by the switches next to the pickup switch. trust me look it up that's why he has unlimited sustain.

[guitarphil11]

The sustain is the fact the guitars a Carvin. Carvin ftw!

[SupersonicDale]

Just watch him switch the button when he shows stuff

[rainbowreich]

He looks like Rob Halford

[nbarra101]

Holy sustainer batman!!!!

[nanotek2711]

is ur guitar tuned 1/2 step down?

[nanotek2711]

is ur guitar tuned 1/2 step down?

[Tstrat42]

Yeah dude that is some awsome sustain. WOOOO

[ncripzx]

what is sustainer

[666MetallicaRocks666]

You sir, are awesome.

[iSMASHYERHEAD]

Hi Thomas!

nono, Tom Hess!

[cast390]

I didn't know Rob Halford played guitar.

[GuitarHero911911]

Whut guitar is this ?

[will15960]

Now personally, this is pretty difficult. Would you suggest learning arpeggios before attempting this? I really think this is my problem.

[arnabstrat92]

what guitar is dat actually?

[majav15mg]

he has the same last name as my fiance wewt

[Jay2426]

Rob Halford?!?!?!?! I didnt know he played guitar lol

[Buyakaasha]

my fernandez has a sustainer just like that. it even has setting that sustains it at a higher octave.  way higher octave

[indrasitinjak]

Hey dudes,what was your gear's name??

any particular item on set?

[leegattenbymusic]

@bigsiqc and @slasherz03 - His guitar doesn't have a sustainer on it (I have been up close to his v220). One, the pickups are really HOT (like 12.5v on the OHM meter) and secondly the vibrato he uses increases sustain. Lastly, his set up is not what you would expect...the strings are actually pretty high off the fretboard, which increases the sustain even more.

[VinCeXMS]

Thanks man!!

[fercortex]

PICKUPS + REVERB

[hatecrewsix2]

when i saw the video thumbernail i saw rob halford in the guitar lol

[JustSomeRandomNewb]

I think he uses active pick-ups mounted very close to the string, so the magnetic field is very low, pretty much doubling his sustain.

[ScumMonkey227]

Who cares if he has a sustainer?

[chubster159]

rob halford?



[tabotabojayar]

are you tuned to Eb?

[2NBI]

idk i started playing guitar 5 months ago never even touched one ,have been looking up videos on the internet since then and have made tremendous progress by practising every day

[PanoramaOfDestruct]

fuckin awsome sustain

[Beholder505]

Cool guitar

[theblackdots]

very good video thank you.

[saikenchasofito]

Look back through the comments and you'll notice he said his guitar doesn't have a sustainer in it. He's just got good technique.

[slayerT75]

the only challenge that i hate about guitar....sweepp picking.....i love it but i cant do it....

[SLIPKNOT666MAGGOT9]

what guitar type is that ?

[stopwarstartmetal]

hes right.free stuffs make u wander n wander.

[TheStanterion]

this is awesome buddy.............like it

[WoWintosh]

How to achieve sustain:

Get a neck-through guitar with a nice, solid , preferably fixed bridge, ooh kinda like this awesome Carvin V220, raise the action, use heavier strings, use a ton of gain, and some more volume would help to.

Bitchasses, it's not that hard

[jegsimmonsproduction]

what type of guitar, amp and or pedal are you useing.

[PunkisthenewBlack]

T.T beautiful sustain

[slasherz03]

His guitar has a built in sustainer just like steve vai's guitar...

[Jerrysway]

@slasherz03 Nope, Carvins are just sweet guitars. They dont put sustainers in their guitars. They dont have to.

[themanduran59]

I thought my speaker lagged up on me then i realized it was just his beastly sustain..

[luluffy9]

is it a sustainer system?

[Barticis]

amazing sustain man



[VisualVEN0M]

i wish he was my guitar teacher (:

[edvhalen5150]

His guitar has a built in sustainer hahaha

[furiousfarias]

holy shit

[furiousfarias]

nice guitar

[Ortizsensei]

What kind of pickups are those?! The sustain is Godly!

[Morenumbers123456789]

@Ortizsensei

Probably a built in sustainer.

[mycahman]

to get sustain you can get heavier strings or raise the strings or even get an octafuzz pedal also a tube amp can help.

[RoxasAaron]

@zander742 it's a sustain pick up that he's using. that's why he keeps messing with that switch. john petrucci's music man guitar has the same set up.

[coutinhojon]

Is your guitar stoc standard? or have you changed pickups or anythng? you have crazy sustain!!!

[quainhankid14]

OMG, the best  guitar sustain I have ever heard !

[Bulletfret88]

rob halford!

[adix64]

Hey! You look like Rob Halford :D!

[adix64]

Hey! You look like Rob Halford :D!!

[MrRocker989]

what guitar is that

[nemtall]

Are you in HOLY HELL

[mrmerino101]

The sustain! Bow to the sustain!

[grazy9000]

HE IS NEW MEMBER OF RHAPSODY OF FIRE!

[egemenCB1]

its because of emg pickups i guess ..

[wakeandbakelol]

SUSTAINED!

[imakazero]

thats one small ass guitar

[MrMandms4life]

congrats on joining Rhapsody of Fire!

[thecoolmateo1]

I know everyones saying it but..... hoollyyy suuussstaaaiiinnnn. But good guitarist and good lesson :)

[MrTal1988]

that doesn't sound like sustain guys, sounds like some line 6 effect.

[MrMockst]

sustain :)

[joshmcrock94]

cool man sounds good



[SeizeTheDayfoREVer]

You make stuff like that look unbeleivable easy :|

[ThaThing1337x]

I had to pick the string 3 times to make the the note last as long as you did here >__>

[pmanderson]

Nice Carvin. I've some guitarists say that these things are great guitars for the money.

[ZebraFaka]

HOW CAN I GET THE SOUND TO LAST THAT LONG??????

[kenny46802]

how the hell do you keep your sustain

[TheOfficialComokanu]

That is godly sustain. Is that using pedals or is it just pure godliness?

[MstChief117]

that's the most extreme motherfuckin' sustain i've ever heard on a motherfuckin' guitar

[00BERSC00L89]

You explain this better than anybody else on the internet.

[SKAuthenticDank]

SUSTAIN FOREVEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[nornc]

he is using a sustainer its on the guitar see all the switches lol

[ricardorevueltas]

Nice carvin, nice video, thanx

[luckyfingers1213]

How is it that the sustain don't slop?

[JohanDVanderbal]

Thats a sustainer I'm guessing, but it also sounds like theres way too much gain going on there.

[TheKobybryant24]

Ahaha he talk in the same time he do a fucking sweeping....juste crazy man !!!! xD

[sharliddick7]

Omg! The sustain on this guitar is WICKED!

[FallingGrey]

I think there must be a sustainiac pickup used here - that's what the extra controls are for :P Steve Vai and Synyster Gates used them :)

[ronaldmoracastillo]

Sweet sustain, nice tips but seriously sweep picking is really hard to master and takes time, there's no magic trick, just practice and practice...

[zander742]

at 3:32 how do you make the sound stay like that

[wurtisbon4]

@zander742 hold on to it

[NewKingston160]

@zander742 There called EMG active pickups they hold sustain forever

[rickyvangooberblat]

@NewKingston160 I wish my 707's don't hold longer than his hour long sustain.

[jeanseb36]

@zander742  God do everything he ant . stupid question

[Jeker127]

@zander742 it a guitar affect with a bigger pickup or u can you a two effect peddle

[djstevej]

@zander742

just some epic sustain

[KNRIOO]

@zander742 It's probably the active pickups, plus the amp. He's not doing any special technique or something

[bigsiqc]

@zander742 He has a sustainer in his guitar "Fernandes" or something I think Those two little black switches lol, Matt Bellamy from Muse has them in his Mansons :P

[rampage222555]

@bigsiqc not a fernandez sustainer, those are like single coil pickups and dont work with H/H guitars. Thats probably an emg booster thingy, and hes probably using a compressor. Boosted livewire/emg81 + neckthru guitar + string thru body + compression pedal = mad sustain

[schrammscythe]

@bigsiqc sweeeeeet



[BaktolKillWithGuitar]

@zander742 really long sustain

[aaron8989]

@zander742 thats called a pinched harmonic

[bastardsofnazareth]

@zander742 A lot of sustain, his amp most likely has this ability, but you can get it with a pedal.

[zander742]

at 3:32 how do you make the sound stay like that

[666aldohaa666]

@zander742 it's a Fernandez Sustainer, pretty cool!

[Deathraiser92]

@zander742 I think it depends on the pick ups.

[Eguitarist93]

@zander742 Fernandez sustainer kit, it replaces the neck humbucker with a sustainer and then you can hit a note and play it forever basically. The two small switches on the guitar right next to each other turn it on and off and have a harmonizer on it.

[IcechickenSr]

@zander742 He's using a compressor

[motorxtp199]

@zander742 he is using a sustain switch on his guitar to make the notes stay out for a long time

[tenhundredkills]

@zander742 His guitar has a massive amount of sustain and/or a compression pedal.

[GuitarBill13]

@zander742 it's not something that he does...the good guitar has good sustain and the sound stays for a long time like this one...it's not a technique :)

[RECodeVeronicaDC]

@zander742 Sustainer...

[RECodeVeronicaDC]

@zander742 Sustainer.

[RECodeVeronicaDC]

@zander742 Sustainer



[JoaoAntonioCardoso]

@zander742 compressor + good guitar.

[metalrulez907]

@zander742 those two little switchs below his pickup switch are part of the fernandes sustainer system if im correct thats how

[djrocketfingers]

@zander742 simply by having an amazing set of pickups and a incredibly well made guitar,

[pusiii18]

@zander742 i think he uses a compressor pedal

[pusiii18]

@zander742 i think he uses a compressor pedal



[kx85Jacko]

@zander742 a sustainer mate 

[TreyarchIsGay]

@zander742 neck pickup, distortion and sustain

[TreyarchIsGay]

@zander742 neck pickup distortion and sustain

[TreyarchIsGay]

@zander742 use the neck pickup distortion and sustain

[olipickrockgod]

@zander742 he has a fernandes sustainer kit built into his guitar

[himattthisistyler]

JESUS HAS GIFTED YOUR GUITAR WITH HEAVENLY SUSTAIN

[stringwhore]

@himattthisistyler nah... its an infinite sustane pick up they cost a lil over 500 bucks

[omgomglame]

@himattthisistyler sustainer pickup does wonders

[TXGxTheChosenX]

@himattthisistyler ...or a sustain switch lol

[robbyo1201]

ur good but y ur guitar look so small

[12345jamie54321]

@robbyo1201 its because hes a giant

[hydralisk3313]

wonderfully set up guitar...

not a trace of fret buzz anywhere.

[BANGERS68]

just listen to the sustain on that.you could go take a bite.come back and that thing still be going.lol

[sethandmattPWN]

@BANGERS68 SPINAL TAPP!!!!! "whay cant you just make ten be the top and make that louder and that be the top?...... These go to eleven...."

[sethandmattPWN]

@BANGERS68 SPINAL TAPP!!!!! "whay cant you just make ten be the top and make that louder and that be the top?..... These go to eleven...."

[blackfire053]

he is an amazing guitarist, but the shape of his guitar body makes me angry. lol

[TheSynfulGuitarist]

@blackfire053 Agreed lol. Can't stand those. This guy's amazing though.. makes up for it

[FoReIgnMoLe]

that is some massive sustain dangggg 

[Hucksterzz]

can i have your guitar?

[dragonmastersteve]

Holy crap!!! Infinite sustain!!!!!

[Fallenangelrock1]

I'm happy because he's really teaching and he isn't saying this is a pice of cake and shred like a mad as zakk and yngwie

[dragonmastersteve]

Infinite sustain!!!!!!!

[MrBertStone]

wow awesome sustain

[59Hellfire]

nice

[OTATre]

thanks for upping the vid!

I know the arpeggio, but i gotta get my fingers catching up.

[emilio124567]

u look like anton lavey xD

[LeviJacksonGuitarist]

...thats some monster level of sustain

[ThePKeisari]

Awesome job man!

What gear are you using? Do you use tube or transistor amp? I, myself have a Randall, wich is tube amp and I really love the sound, when I play riffs or some shredding stuff, but se sound is kinda too hard for sweeping. You know what I mean. Theres kinda too much attack. When sweeping, I mysef prefer that kind of sound that you have wich is "softer". Sorry my primitive english. :D

[ThePKeisari]

Awesome job man!

What gear are you using? Do you use tube or transistor amp? I, myself have a Randall, wich is tube amp and I really love the sound, when I play riffs or some shredding stuff, but se sound is kinda too hard for sweeping. You know what I mean. Theres kinda too much attack. When sweeping, I mysef prefer that kind of sound that you have wich is "softer". Sorry my primitive english. :D

[yoimer06]

What model of Seymour Duncans do you use?

[tommy12397]

your goood



[brand0nn11]

this guy is the awesome sauce

[guitarfreakeddd]

HOLY SHIT, INFINITE SUSTAIN!!

[Pluss18]

Thanks for the help man \m/

[fattirevsbud]

I've seen tons of video on sweeping I still can't play it :(

it's hard i can do it on 3 strings though Im talking about 6 strings

[kalapoka666]

thats a carvin star!!! :) love carvins!

[Melobione1]

Thanks!!! Youre an awesome teacher!!!

[Raunoland]

this tutorial is much better than expertvillage ones

[Nerefurian]

Dude...his pinky! That's insane!

[DB73093]

what amp do you use. Amps play a huge roll into shredding. The more wetness the gain the easier to play.

[TheArmin666]

what the sustain is amazing

[Glitchmore]

Now could you please explain to me and probably many others, the difference between using the neck pick-up and bridge pick-up? I believe that if you "mastered" the technique on the bridge pick-up your sweeps on the neck pick-up sound much more beautiful. The neck pick-up doesn't pick up as much of your picking and hides many mistakes from what I have noticed.

[thelovelysookie]

This guy is very SPECIFIC.

[thisismyname1920]

THat is one sexy guitar

[Botdra]

How do you get that sustain? I can get super long sustain with a little compression and a tube screamer before my distortion box or amp distortion, but not like that!

[guitardude671]

nice carvin

[brossej07]

Love that guitar <3