Zakk Wylde - Fast Shred Guitar Lesson

[groovebrew]

That double-down picking pattern across 2 strings is a complete whore to get down, the only way to nail it is to lock yourself in the your bedroom for years like Zakk did as a teenager and do it over and over.

[921musicman]

zakk is like the viking shredding out the tunes while the others are rowing to the next piece of land mfao

[shredmaster100]

this man makes joe bonamassa look like an amateur lol

[Ctuluh]

Well, guess I'll settle with playing the intro riff to Smoke on the water

[JBL8863]

Excellent

[hyperaznfisherman]

So I guess this is where he got No More Tears from

[leadbasedpain1]

"Pentatonic...,Pentatonic...,P­entatonic...,Pentatonic...,Pen­tatonic...,Pentatonic...,Penta­tonic..."

-Zakk Wylde

[faeidz7]

fuck...

[SatanLovesMetal]

.....Once you get it going, yes...

[BBOZ83]

just connect the dots and after 9 years, youll get it goin like this...

[moronslave]

what video series is this? very similar to some of Paul Gilbert's & Marty Friedman video (with Japanese translation at bottom)

[HazeSkates]

do you think ZW EMGS would sound good in a Gibson SG? Or a Jackson Warrior

[you4rayman]

triple h?

[CosmicSPC]

any violin virtuoso would vomit ! ! !

[28power68]

Totally get it in theory, but my hands/brain combo are like o_0 WTF??

[1bol1]

that was shit, turd gay man

[Monster4rmda559]

@1bol1 Learn to speak in complete sentences.

[1bol1]

@Monster4rmda559 I was trolling. Watch Burnt Face Man and you will get it.

[stringslayer97]

haha it just sounds difficult because of wha and distortion :D

[BBOZ83]

@stringslayer97 even though he hit every note perfectly clean before the effects...

[stringslayer97]

@BBOZ83 of course dont understand me wrong im no hater or sth like that :D

[53thetruth]

i need his pick of destiny because i cant do that

[YellowFender]

sounds like TV static

[megaterra69]

@YellowFender lol Old Man.

[SchecterDimondSeries]

i just pissed myself lol

[Alejandro4891]

he must really like that lick, he's used it a bunch of times

[suthers122]

i doesnt look right him playing an SG :/

[msw812]

@suthers122 He popped into a bar in my town in 1996 and got on stage with some unknown live band to play a couple tunes. Of course the guitarist let Zakk play his teal colored Fender Stratocaster. That was bizarre to see!! I took a couple 35mm pictures of that rarity.

[MattHewCzech1]

0:42 WAHGASM

:-D

[2hamboigahs]

Once i get it goin! LOL come see me in 30 yrs!

[MrTommySullivan]

That's what I call "getting schooled" - AYE DIOS MIO!!!

[billybumbler69]

Killas

[StevenStormTrooper]

Hot damn

[roman14032]

this guy has really taken his frank marino lessons

[Alecmiester]

his vibrato's are insane

[DAMNgraffiti]

i can barely see his fingers

[kakan147]

i can play that signature lick

[DimebagVision]

Triple H used to play guitar!!

[bhoward129]

look at how young he looks lol but he fuckin rips!

[Megatallica25]

okay...no can you do that last part, but just a little slower please.

[BlackholedudemanG]

He needed to add last part in.

[Georg5555]

ROFLMAO ! till 0:40 i was like .. hm.. ok I can play that .. but then came 0:44 + WTF ! o.o

[geeupson]

What will happen when you get it going is more like this... your playing becomes way sloppier?

[OnlyF2P]

at first im like "meh not too hard"

but then "WHAT THE FUUUUUU"

[TheDoobad1]

he said when you get it all togeather it will sound like this.. Blaow diddy blaow diiddy blaowwow wow but it still sounds like plinka plink..i need some practice.

[screwthistheresnone]

who else came at 0:42 ???



[LiquorWreckedEmGood]

yeah zakk. really great lesson. glad i didn't fork over $50 for THAT.

[shredurguitar]

He looks so young here!

[cromaticas]

lol triple h

[cjalmighty]

This isn't Zakk Wylde. This is Thor. With a guitar.

[MrJacksley]

@cjalmighty What's the difference?!

[TheWilsonSeven]

check out Zakk Wylde Epic Challenge

[westjt17]

this part is the pentatonic on the b and e string, i bet the rest of the lesson was the pentatonic on the g and the d and then last was the pentatonic on the a and the e string.....oh!! and lets not forget add 30 pinch harmonics in 10 seconds of playing!!

[donottawaguitar]

nice

[jvetter713]

When he said "When you get it going it's like this" I just shook my head and started laughing. He's just too good.

[donottawaguitar]

nice

[DiatonicSoul]

sucks

[anderson5908]

yeh just like that.....

[Q8yGodfather]

This is the lesson ? LOL

[shamanlama8]

tabs for this?

[attu89]

show off :P



[0pteryx]

Fuck.

[Mikael45831]

I have exzakkly the same SG... Gibson...

[GlobStaBlon]

Yyyyyyyyyyyep. that's an SG.

[cromaticas]

and now he disses hammet for his wah?lol.still cool solo.

[DARRINCONNOR1]

Once I "Get it going" it's not going to sound like that, so your wrong Mr. Zakk why the fuck does he half 2-B so good??

[MrStinkerstain]

Seriously!!? I can't even play the slow version.

[ThrashBagDarrell]

wheres the beard?



[hobosunited247]

How come all the guitar videos I see, they all have Japanese subtitles...

[Slayerkid16]

@hobosunited247 Because this was a japanese release.

[rfcbeach]

Who the hell is he kidding? Minor pentatonic is the only friggin' scale he plays xD.

[jenetik0]

once you get it going, it will sound like this...

[Psysan]

At first I was like "Well... I can do that". And then I was all like "Fuck no".

[Aoloso]

@Psysan same here :D:D:D

[zagkalidor]

Yes no, for shure bro....

[zagkalidor]

Bet I can't play this

[nikolaishrederguy]

@zagkalidor bet i did play this :) *not as fast but close*

[metalehead95]

@zagkalidor it isnt dificult.why you say you cant play this?its an easy thing.anyway zakk rocks

[LOKOLOKO52]

@zagkalidor bet i can!

[FSAnimal61]

"yea then once you get it goin it'll be more like this..." can you guys tell me what happened after that cuz i blacked out?

[AriM]

would love to hear that played totally clean, distortion has a way of hiding the beauty of the individual notes..... wink wink*

[Teupek1]

yeah i'm zakk wylde and i use a wahwah because i play wrong note too fast...

[Wolf15r]

@Teupek1 you're a fucking bitch.

[Teupek1]

@Wolf15r suck my cock

[Wolf15r]

@Teupek1 you're such a tough guy on the internet.

[TUGAmetallica000]

zakk has the same pick style as marty friedman

[JediStamos]

0:40 HOLY FAWCK IS HE OK?!

[heroboy22]

You can shred 100 notes in a second, but you will always be beaten by a bend played by Slash

[jfunkfinger69]

@heroboy22 And Slash will always be beaten by a bend by Peter Green !

[RockinguitardudeSG]

@jfunkfinger69 And Peter Green will always be beaaten by Steve Vai's whammy bar!

[heroboy22]

@RockinguitardudeSG And all those guys will always be beaten by a bend by SLASH!

[TravisSimpson]

@heroboy22 SLASH SUCKS DICK



[heroboy22]

@TravisSimpson That fucking hurt! He owns every fuckin' guitarist in the world. No one beats him. NO ONE!

[1bol1]

@heroboy22 dave mustain, marty friedman, kirk hammett, james hetfield and chris broderick>slash

[heroboy22]

@1bol1 Slash owns them all....

[TheGator2000]

@heroboy22 LOLOL

slash sucks bad man

[heroboy22]

@TheGator2000 screw you haters!

[heroboy22]

@1bol1 Please tell me guys.... Why does slash sucks?

[666ilikepie]

@1bol1 your forgeting jimmy page and jimmy hendrix they kinda started it all

[Fluffypopcicle]

@1bol1

NOT KIRK HAMMETT!!! my gosh, it never ceases to amaze how ignorant kirk hammett fans are. he hardly does anything for metallica, is VERY sloppy, his vibrato is horrible, he is incredibly sterile, he abuses the wah-wah (in a bad way), and all his retarded fans thinks he writes all the songs in metallica. kirk hammet writes solos and a couple riffs. slash writes amazing songs, solos, knows how to use the wah-wah, and isn't sterile in the least.

[1bol1]

@Fluffypopcicle kirk hammett contributes alot.see how many songs he has writing credit in he actually wrote the main riff to enter sandman and intro too creeping death.Slash is fucking boring and overrated,ok i admit kirk is pretty overrated too.his vibratos are not horrible,slash abuses the wah just as much,and i never thought he've written all the metallica songs.Kirk writes good solos and bad solos,he writes good riffs too.slash is a boring fuck,and writes gay songs with the faggot axl

[Fluffypopcicle]

@1bol1

you're ignorance is painful. boring is a matter of opinion. no exceptions. he wrote one riff and an intro, wow! slash writes 90% of every guitar piece he plays. kirk's vibrato is horrible, even yngwie malmsteen (the god of vibrato) said so. slash doesn't write with axl anymore, and if you listen to his solo album you would realize that he can blend with pretty much any singer. slash uses the wah-wah a lot, but he doesn't abuse it anywhere near as much and he is much more diverse with it.

[1bol1]

@Fluffypopcicle You are the ignorant one. Ofcourse Kirk have written more than that, and when did Yngwie say that? they are actually friends, they toured together in '86. slash solo album is boring and velvet revolver is just crap. And he does abuse the wah too. slash is more overrated than dragonforce (who can't play their own songs live) PERIOD.

BTW you wrote ''you're ignorance is painful.''

so, i am IGNORANCE? haha stupid fuckhead

[Fluffypopcicle]

@1bol1

first of all, i started off by typing "you're ignorant" but then i decided to type that and didn't pay attention to the you're. second of all, in an interview (which i can link you to) yngwie specifically said "i love metallica, but i don't like their lead guitar player. he has a horrible vibrato." velvet revolver kicks ass, you're retarded. also, dragonforce can play their own stuff... if their lucky. they're still incapable of playing some songs.

[1bol1]

@Fluffypopcicle link me the interview then. and velvet revolver and dragonforce still suck

[Fluffypopcicle]

@1bol1

say what you want about dragonforce, they aren't a band i care to defend in this argument, but velvet revolver has made some kick-ass tunes.

[Kioooi]

@1bol1 Jeff Loomis, Greg Howe, Michael Romeo, Jason Becker, Chris Broderick>All the guitarists you mentioned :)

[ivegotabfmv]

lmao he makes it look so easy, legend.

[GoHardOrGoToHell]

how does he get that sound?

it kinda sounds like hes using a wah but he isnt pedaling it

maybe hes using a synth wah or just stupidly thick distortion lolol

does anyone know?

[1MrJack1]

@GoHardOrGoToHell You were right the first time, he get a lot of his shred sound from kicking on the wah and not really rocking it all that much.

[chickabuka]

Never seen him play an SG, thats awesome, and yes i agree one of the best ever, I purchased a real 1976 les paul 21 years ago, and put EMG's in it, because I wanted his tone, now with his chorus pedal, it sounds SICK!!!!! Pinch harmonics brother man.

[433tool]

zakk is one of the greatest guitar players ever fuck rollings stones bull shit list of the top 100 they left off so many greats ......

[revoluketion]

HA...@:43 sec...........an what will happen now is my face melts off due to the speed so im not worried about learning it so much now.lol

how many people spontaniously cubust while learning zakk shred???lol

[aspensubi28]

that sounded like nothing

[zer0dahero]

LOL "what will happen when you get it going will be like this..." not when i try it, when i get it going, it sounds like shit.

[crue917]

he kinda looks like Triple H

[ledzeprulz1234]

who the fuck is yngwie malmsteen? no seriously, who the fuck is he? I haven't the slightest idea whatsoever XD

[skeeptar]

@ledzeprulz1234 a shit head

[ledzeprulz1234]

@skeeptar agreed

[shia120]

wedfghjhfdcvbnmertyujkghjksdfg­hj. sorry, just pissed my self i was so jelous and was cleaning my key board.:):):)

[xsited1]

If you give this video a thumbs down, Zakk will kick your ass.

[EmGwYLdE]

Thats not just shredding, thats really playing the guitar.

[emixolydian]

@EmGwYLdE its not good enough to be shredding its just pentawank

[Wolf15r]

@emixolydian fuck yourself and your fucking modes. You're not smart just because you know them. They're fuckin easy and they are simple as fuck once you mastered the basic minor or major. So fuck you, and you emo bullshit. Go listen to AS I LAY DYING you hardcore pusssy. You don't know shit.

[emixolydian]

@Wolf15r I don't recall ever saying I was smart because I understand modes, but I bet you don't! And yes, they aren't complex at all! And I guess I don't know shit when I have a degree is Jazz performance and could teach university music theory classes! You're right!

[Wolf15r]

@emixolydian degree? oh, this is not the 90's anymore. I know how the modes work, and i also know how to change the moods of a song going from minor then to major and blah blah. Honestly you just have a problem cause no cares about your jazz music and jealous that this guy, the almighty "Zakk Wylde" can blow up the pentatonic scale, with blues notes and chromatics. Seriously, you can underestimate me, but deep down you just have problems. Oh also the library is another source of information.

[emixolydian]

@Wolf15r lol, you clearly know nothing about modes, but keep going.

[Wolf15r]

@emixolydian the root notes are different. SO in your stupid fuckin face.

[MrUsedBooks]

@Wolf15r Do you know how to apply modes to play over chord changes?

[Wolf15r]

@MrUsedBooks ya, and i know for a fact that your stupid ass probably never used a chromatic note. Fuck yourself man. People can play what the fuck they want. Tell the chinese to stop playing pentatonic scales, and see how they take it. Phrygian is used in a lot of metal as well or rock like Rob Zombie. Dorian remind me of the Roman times, and blah blah. You on the other hand, you're just jealous that Zakk Wylde is more popular then your wanna be "wealth of knowledge".

[MrUsedBooks]

@Wolf15r I like how you completely avoided the question.

[CloudiHoe]

...Shit son...Tried playing this...Then looked at my Screen to see Zakk shredding away...

I think it's time I hung up my guitar, lmfao... I kid, fuck that ;D

[Mirshahia]

Probably the best lesson to sound fricken good

[back2thefutre]

sg

[BugLegss]

ok?

[MrJonnyrice]

WHAT JUST HAPPENED. FUCK MY LIFE AND THE REST OF US..

[DOSunix]

te odio maldito!!!eres el mejor!

[TheGuitarrox12]

im sorry...did you say "once you get it going"?

[calumsivyer]

i think i just cumed myself

[tortoisecrap]

A more appropriate lesson title for this would be: "What I can do with ease and you can't."

[DrunKid]

0:41 is like him saying "keep dreaming n00bz"

[Sangrys1]

After all these videos he must be yelling like - DAMN IM GOOD!!!=))

[RafaelHLogrado]

The only thing i don't like about him is that he always uses the wah pedal! That added to ''fast playing'' gives a sensation of really really fast playing so i don't like...i mean i like wah but not always!

[RockSignProductions]

@RafaelHLogrado hmm sorta, true, but he can still rip heads with out it!

[minazmorgul]

Crazy solo:)

[deathmetalriffer]

one word.  fuckininspirational

[Stophocles]

God he's got such a sweet tone. I wonder what kind of wah that is.

[9Nick2]

@Stophocles maybe his signature one?.. i really don't know, but i'm quite sure it won't suck anyway.

[yngwieisking]

Zakk is one of the BEST guitarists ever. I also really like to watch him playing...he's got such an awesome style. He never looks like he's concerntrating at all!

[pidotsdidots]

i can do that.. just not that fast.. maybe a thousand times slower but i can do that..

[ShredFever92]

@pidotsdidots i can do it full speed. just by a metrenome. aim to just go up a couple bpm a day. itll be easy! :D

[9Nick2]

@ShredFever92 go fuck you liar

[ShredFever92]

@9Nick2 no really. not that hard.. just aim to go up a couple beats a day. not that unbelievable..... if you cant, then you dont practice enough. simple as that. so,,,, fuck you

[9Nick2]

@ShredFever92 vid or stfu

[Wolf15r]

@ShredFever92 go play your phrgian mode or something and play to someone that cares.

[ShredFever92]

@Wolf15r the phrygian is the third mode of the major scale.. and this isnt hard like wow wtf!

[Wolf15r]

@ShredFever92 the seven modes are not that hard either. So I see no reason why the hell you post your nonsense. Zakk is liked all over the world, and same for his music. What have you done that is better than him? Oh wait, trying to belittle people because you live such a negative life.

[ShredFever92]

@Wolf15r youre the one who brought up the modes... and im not belittling zakk. i said this isnt hard. zakk does MUCH harder stuff than this. im just saying anyone can learn (and anything for that matter) if they sit down with a metrenome and work at it slowly and steadily. (unless ofcourse someones trying to reach shawn lane's speed... then it just cant be done.) if you wanna see the fast and one of the best guitarist of all time, *watch shawn lane do it again* and then watch guthrie govan vids.

[Wolf15r]

@ShredFever92 you clearly like someone else, so go to that place and save your bullshit. "Shawn lane oh wow he sweeps, he's the best end of story." Just save it, Zakk Wylde worked hard at getting buff, playing the guitar, filling randy's shoes, plays the piano, and sing and plays. Also the fuckin man is married. More passionate about life then your stupid fat Shawn Lane. I don't give a fuck about sweeps. Yngiwe showed me that already. Everyone has a preference and mine is Zakk Wylde DOT DOT DOT

[ShredFever92]

@Wolf15r shawn lane doesnt sweep..... lol he plays jazz fusion. and guitar playing ha snothing to do with being buff. if you wanna argue stupidly like that, then chris broderick is better AND buffer than zakk wylde so....

[Wolf15r]

@ShredFever92 you so have your head up your ass.

[mackeyf4L]

hysterryes, it doesn't matter what kind of axe you have bro, i mean i could give a beginner a les paul but that wouldnt make em badass

[Drandon]

Yeah, that's exactly what happens when I link it up... :-|

[cody4cooper]

from 0-to-45 i was like ya that shits easy 10 seconds was all it took to change my mind

[1badsteed]

@cody4cooper ROFL I agree there. Zack is under-rated, the man has skills for sure

[m1234n1234]

@cody4cooper the wah pedal plays a big part in making it sound harder, better, faster...and stronger :P

[Olhor10]

@m1234n1234 So let's celebreate. Yeah. Ummm. Celebration. Tonight! Celebrate. Dont wait too late!

[felphero]

@m1234n1234 true that, i mean sure it's a hard and fast stuff, but when you actually play it you see it's not so crazy how it looks, the wah, the tone, the picking, and the freaking crazy way zakk plays makes it look a shit harder than it actually is, but don't get me wrong it's still hard, but no rusty cooley or jeff loomis territory here

[DerEchteMulucke]

@m1234n1234 Harder , better , faster , stronger?? Daft Punk lol

[dempsey981]

@m1234n1234 so does being GOOD,and miles of PRACTICE.That plays an bigger part..betcha alot more than the wah

[guy2j]

i wanna do the last part

[Flyboy711672005]

yea.... can learn a WHOLE HELL of a lot in 56 seconds.... douche waffle. chok on a shlong and die