MasterThatRiff 23!- Bon Jovi 'Wanted Dead Or Alive

[mitchdawson1]

I don't play lead stuff, so it took me about 3 weeks to master that at track tempo using alternate picking. Thanks again for the lesson, u rock!!!

[mastertheguitar]

@mitchdawson1 Glad to hear you nailed it :D

[mitchdawson1]

Awesome lesson!!!! Thanx.

[diazv17]

POPOPOPOMPOMPOM! dude ur great!

[Earthlinked]

The opening riff is basically a D run - and if you change the picking order - and slow it down a bit - you basically have John Denver's "My Sweet Lady" from mid 1970's!!!!!!!!! The ONLY difference is that "My Sweet Lady" ends with Dsus4 - then to G and C!!!!!!!

GREAT finger positions!!!!!!

[bone68753]

great ,, fantastic to learn, thank you,,,

[cafm1973]

Tks man... great lesson... greetings from Brazil!!!!

[AbsolutleyHD]

good sound

[80hamza80]

thank you

[gazoo10]

simply superb!!!!!!!!!!1

[teamhex]

Theres tons of riffs I just cant get, but for some reason I got this one in few minutes.

[ARVNpistola313]

Ahh I remember this video. This was the first thing i've learned to play about two years ago. Thanks for the lessons. and thanks for teaching me my first blues lick hahas.

[Californian2012]

GREATEST TEACHER EVER WOOT WOOOT !!!!!!!! thnx

[karstentopp]

Best lesson I've seen for that song so far. Was able to nail it within 12 minutes after watching your lessen. Great teacher.

What about cutting in some close-ups of l/r-hand?

[lukenolanrocks]

wow

[Abandonfire84]

You know your stuff, but the important thing is you thought it very well!

Ive subscribed to you, cos you seem like a nice guy and i no ill learn off you! :)

[Wastel2000]

Thank you very much . Im so happy that people like you tell me in Youtube the rhight way.

[Nick0Kyuubi0Narion]

Awesome m8, but when i play it on my guitar it sounds kinda wrong, however when i play the high E twice and the G once, so the riff sequence would be D-E-G-E-D....., it sounds better, maybe im wrong cuz my guitar is a 6 steel string? everytime i listen to the song this sounds right, or probably i need to change my old D'adario strings :P please check and reply :D

[mastertheguitar]

It's the 12 string sound that almost makes it sound like you play D string then E string due to the extra octave string on the G string but picking wise it follows D G E G.

If you have a go on a 12 string you'll hear it match :) alas I don't have a 12 string so it's a close as I can get with a 6 string ;)

[Nick0Kyuubi0Narion]

Thank you very much m8, that was useful, one last note if i may, the Dsus2 part sounds like its played from low E to D, here u play it high E to D, 12 string effect again?

[mastertheguitar]

yeah, iirc it's the wound strings on a 12 string that have the octave above string whilst the B and top E are doubled

[MusicMotivator]

Blinkin' brilliant. Come hang at Guitar Insight.

[rdonatoiop]

Thanks for the great lesson. Wonderfully taught and practical. I Tried here and in couple moments I nailed it. Keep up the good work, man.

[christycansing]

Well done. Accurate and taught very well. Keep up the good work.

[longhair563]

Finally! Thanks a lot. I have been searching for a couple days to find someone that is teaching this song the correct way. My hats off to you for actually doing correct. I cant stand learning something if its not going to sound right.

Great job and great teaching video! Keep it up!

[GiovaN1908]

simplemente FANTASTIC... Man, I am Peruvian, I'm Following your all Videos Tutorials, I don't speak and write fine the english,sorry, I says that ERES LO MAXIMO,,, YOU ARE THE GREATFULL MAN...sorry si invento palabras jeje--- xD . . . thank you...gracias

[coxfox1]

are those colored strings..it really looks like it..whered u get them

[mastertheguitar]

Think that's just an artefact of the video :). Strings are just usual colour, made by Newtone.

[Waddleeee]

Thanks!

Nice work.

[kendeb12]

Great video, audio is very good add this with a great lesson... awesome

[foxcarmelox]

te pasaste man... eso es lo q me faltaba osea todo... jajaj... grtacias amigo...

[RickardoMute]

Hey tahnx dude thats cool

[fumlich]

hy,vielen dank aus deutschland.best teacher ever.

[mandrocks]

nice one i can play this but i can play it even better now thanks for posting!!!

[rangerbass519]

Excellent excellent excellent

[dudeofthedead274]

nice

[telkim37]

Great lesson as always. I've got a new Gibson Acoustic but it seems difficult to play smoothly, what strings/weight would you reccomend? Keep up the good work!

[mastertheguitar]

Thanks man!

On acoustic I like to use 12s or 11s by Newtone ( great strings ) Currently back to 11s at the moment for some acoustic flat picking fun.

[telkim37]

Thankyou, i'll give 'em a go!

[SMDmx543]

ur awesome ur guitar sounds so goood

[Daniel51085]

woah great lesson dude. i got the patterns down now i just gotta speed it up

[mark812]

Best Teacher Ever !!!  Thanks for the help !!

[Daemonfury1]

Great Job.

-I'm not drunk, I'm Scottish!!! :P

[buckbuck666]

thx for this and for your patience excellent lesson and well taught.

[nigelrocks]

Hey if you know how to play Rebel Yell on acoustic can you please post a video, its one of my fav billy idol songs thanks!!!!

[mattreeves437]

your guitar looks like a vinyl string guitar but it doesn't quite sound like it...what are you playing exactly?

[mastertheguitar]

The guitar is a Fylde Magician. Steel Strung.

[mattreeves437]

very very nice man thnx!

[nigelrocks]

I love the way you teach great job thanks i learned a lot from you!!!

[alvind1]

Absolutely complete lesson. Thanks.

[longie350]

u r an excellent teacher keep going

[carlosestevam]

fine. very clear.

[wozziebigboy]

you rule

[boltaction17]

Great lesson! you rock dood!

[jedijurist]

Dude, you are an incredible teacher! Your methods and the way you explain and break everthing down is awesome - so easy to pick it up! I wish you were here stateside!

I have a couple requests: Rock You Like a Hurricane and Enter Sandman (maybe Alive, too). Keep up the great work!

[jackassesgalore]

dude your awesome!

[B0RNfree]

thanks for the lesson :)

[kagome313]

wow o.o

amazing! xD

[telindius2]

u are the best!!:D

[kellermath]

If I ever get to be 1/10th as good as you, I will gladly quit, and consider myself a star.

You are very talented indeed. I on the other hand...well I need another 40 years or so of practice.

[theratfarmer]

i prefer alternate picking because it helps with timing in the rest of the song.

[theratfarmer]

that's good stuff dude. my nephew want's me to play this song over the holidays. i haven't played in over 15 years. i remember the intro now, but i can't remember the lead.  thanks a lot.

[ARVNpistola313]

i just started playing the guitar... a day ago... i'm 15. any tips?

[mastertheguitar]

Be patient and ... have fun! It should always be an enjoyable thing to do :).

[ARVNpistola313]

Thanks. I started to learn some chords but it's to diffucult so I went back to the basics. I used to play piano but the only motivation i had was to save my skin and i couldnt read notes. Now, i'm back to the basics.

[SlashMayHendrix]

I have played 2 years and few months ago i just snapped and started learn ALOT songs so be patient that will be the key and chords, i use alot of barre chords theyr useful but pretty hard for starters so start learning them soon :) have a nice time with your guitar

[jbenz12]

i feel yah.. i picked up about 6 months ago in the summer.. Have fun all the time its the best way to motivate ur self to keep learning and always try new things =)

[youngguns29]

great job.

[michaelt132]

great vid

thanks for taking your time in making this

[vaibhavarora22]

thats sooo costly..

:()

[vaibhavarora22]

awesome..

which guitar is that?

Please let me know :)

[mastertheguitar]

It's a Fylde 'Magician'

[wastrel1066]

thankyou for posting, I thought I had it nailed--- until I watched this.

[Questluv24]

awesome.

[dibber63]

Great lesson! thanks

[hscob]

Thank you so so much!

I've wanted to learn this song but it has never worked, I've always had some problems but you solved them now! =D

THANK YOU.

[paulfxbox360]

Great tutorial very easy steps couldn't help but notice are you scottish? lol just asking.

So am I :D

[CassiusPlaymore]

you are the best teacher on youtube please do the whole song!

[JimAndersson]

very nice work ty dude

[acoustic24]

Thanks for taking the time to do this. Really, really appreciated.

Regards

Mark

[HECTORXTREME]

you are AWESOME dude

[09132646]

man thankz a bunch ur a great teacher

[butimacreep20]

Yeah i Agree

[transformer1fan]

your a great teacher nice vid

[andrewgdo]

Thanks, dude. I moved to the big city and had to leave the drum set at home. I've always wanted to play the guitar so I bought one last week. It just so happens that you've taught me my first song right here. Thanks, dude!

[Blacktaco07]

Is that an Olsen guitar??

[mastertheguitar]

It's a Fylde Magician :).

[Guitarmaster2710]

Thats perfect! -_- good job!!

[Rudysa2]

Dude you are the man. I just got my guitar less than a week ago and your videos are so helpful. Do you have any other acoustic songs on here? All the others I checked on here were on electric.

[Pyr0Maniac01]

I need a lil help, after the begining riff is played. Right after the you bend D string, what is the little riff played there? i dont get it :(

[mastertheguitar]

From about 05:43 in the video covers that part. You're picking a Dsus2 chord xx0230 starting on the high e string picking once, then picking the B string twice, the G string then the D string and back to the G string again. HTH

[Pyr0Maniac01]

thanks man, i checked out the tabs on ur website and i can play it pretty good, anychance a lesson for the rest? keep up the awsome lessons!

[Lilsam4242]

thanks dude ur one of the est online techers ive ever used!

[psycoman999]

thanks dude. i really needed this. sucks it will be a lot harder for me cuz my guitar isnt a cutaway, so the first notes of the riff will be hard to pull off.

[Gardipy05]

Dude u fuking rock man!!

[rang55sss]

Thanks for all the video's,you are a fantastic teacher.

[Trvr330]

thanks for the finger placements at the beginning, thats exactly what i needed to learn this song

[thom8448]

fantastic thanks, i'm off out to buy a cowboy hat. Top tutor.

[jimlmcleod]

Thanks alot bud. Great lesson, its really helped me.

[angelmusa11]

Thanks dude!

[coopermano9]

Thanks for that. your a great teacher, cheers Carl.

[Yichvorthemighty]

This was an awesome guide. My biggest problem is the fingering, and I think it is awesome that you showed--slowly I might add (=D)-- the proper fingering for this song.

[58LP]

there are many great players, but few are able to play well AND be an imformative tutor of the guitar!,this guy does both really well!, well done.

[shawnheal]

I have Learnt a Number of songs thats I always Loved and wanted to play, from this guy. His explanations work perfect and I cannot get enough of his lessons. Thanks.

[Trvr330]

yeah he's awesome

[Transmach]

I've been working on this song and couldn't quite get the riff to work out. Thanks for the explanation. What a great video. I'm off to check out your others. Keep em coming.

[LPMatautia]

shot bro pick it up in two nights keep it up.

[AvianSuicide]

I play bass, but I'm finding myself watching your videos because they're absolutely excellent. Even though I won't necessarily play the songs, the explainations of how you're playing them will be of benefit to my bass practicing.

So, to echo the rest of the crowd -- keep it up!

Great song, btw.

[runningmarcus]

good work! finally i got the intro ! Thankx, Marcus

[rabitdelux]

i'm learning the song but i coulnt get the first harmaonics thanx for showing me how

[KalebIsLegend]

awesome lesson, im not a big fan of bon jovi but ive always liked richie's playing.

[ice9001]

Thats one big ass guitar but sounds beutiful . Great lessn thanks .

[no66y666]

Excellent.

[24jl24]

wow dude

[mastertheguitar]

'Fylde' even...

[mastertheguitar]

That's my lovely Flyde Magician :)

[NokturnalRedEyes]

How much did that cost ya?

[mastertheguitar]

Many pounds ;)

Check out Fylde's website fyldeguitarsDOTcom

[NokturnalRedEyes]

I'll do that, thanks

[NokturnalRedEyes]

That guitar is beautiful, what model is it?

[WolfCoalition]

brillant

[i450]

I love this song =D

[jernov]

That riff rocks =) I'm definately going to try that. especially that string bending riff =)