Fast and Easy Kirk Hammett and Steve Vai Style Tapping "Lick Of The Week" Rock - Metal

[TheSteves88]

lol these guys comment about Vai and Hammett being in the same sentence...lol they both shared lessons from another guitar virtuoso from California, duh

[MarkBarronHimself]

@TheSteves88 YOU WILL CALL JOE SATRIANI BY NAME!! ...sorry, I get really defensive about my religion sometimes.

[metzepp]

i like both guitarists....

[oZiinCx]

thanks ! its very easy , its been 1 month that I started playing guitar , I played it to my friend and they think I'm virtuoso coz its look hard as hell when your only watching it ;) hahaha

[chickabuka]

MORE COWBELL!!! cool lesson ..thanks

[SevenisNine]

@Thedarkcountry Ha ha........

[BeefSupreme288]

as slow as hammets solos are: hes still a respectable guitarist ;)

[TheTheravadaBand]

@BeefSupreme288 Speed doesn't make a good guitarist. Creativity does.

[huntersingle]

@TheTheravadaBand i never heard a great guitarist that wasnt able to play quick parts. its also creativity to find different notes played faster

[villamonteboy]

What gadget do you use to have this clear sound? I'm planning to buy something basic. I would really appreciate it if you could tell me.

Thanks.

[jeanounou]

Hi, you asked a very interesting question! Did you find a gadget that can help reduce the noise a little bit? If yes, would you share with me, please? Thank you. Jean

[stevenfaustuk]

@Thedarkcountry Ha.............

[ItachiUchiha953]

don't you mean Satriani style?

[thesugarbuzzproject]

"...and Steve Vai uses it all over the place, too..."

[gatorgreco]

as far as lessons go Id like to see a good sweep picking video cause I really want to learn how to I cant seem to get the rythm in my hands any tips????????

[THENIGHTWATCHMAN08]

What are the amp settings being used?

[nyqa]

What the FUCK is wrong with you people? Kirk Hammet have written some awesome guitarriffs and solos and so have Steve Vai. Both in their own way. Get a freaking life retards.

[MrShredtilldead]

@nyqa We'll get a life if you learn the English language. It's "Kirk Hammett HAS written some....AND...so HAS Steve Vai.". And I am pretty sure that guitarriffs is not a real word. Case in point, you suck at English, and Hammett sucks. These two things are facts and cannot be disputed.

[nyqa]

@MrShredtilldead haha.. So you have nothing more to add to it then I suck at English? That's fine for me. :)

[ajfratt]

@MrShredtilldead *cough* DICK

[jAngo583]

@MrShredtilldead its u who suck_NOT KIRK HAMMETT

[Waltriani]

Excellent Carl! Congrats.

[TommittajaFIN]

YOU DO NOT PUT VAI AND HAMMET IN THE SAME VIDEO!

[nirdlaremag]

"And then you kinda just mess around", tell that to Steve and Kirk.

[esraretin]

kirk hammet and steve vai.........kirk hammet and steve vai..........kirk hammet and steve vai

[RichardGriffith10]

Vai is a better guitarist in terms of technical ability, but his music is shit.

[metalliholic]

Hammett and vai should not be in the same sentence.

[latvietissssss]

@metalliholic you just wrote one.

[metalliholic]

@latvietissssss NOOOOOO!!!!

[jsthere2watchvideos]

@metalliholic werent kirk hammet and steve vai both students of joe satriani?

so in that case they can be put in the same sentence right?

[esraretin]

@jsthere2watchvideos they re just jelous...

[theaveragekidsTAK]

@jsthere2watchvideos exactly

[benedictguerrero]

@metalliholic Why not? Their common denominator is their teacher Joe Satriani and it just implies the branching out of techniques from their common root concept from Joe. The difference is that Joe and Kirk sometimes use the edge of the pick to rapidly tap while maintaining a stagnant left hand position, while Vai rapidly changes left hand position and diverts to other strings or even right hand tapping frets.

[JgHaverty]

@metalliholic Unless the question is "who did joe satriani teach", I agree :)

[metalliholic]

@JgHaverty Hahaha finally someone agres with me.

I like Hammett but he cannot compare to vai.

[Jeremyvp]

@metalliholic you just named them in the same sentence xD

[TheMrLuisC]

@metalliholic true

[arshavinbalstad]

@metalliholic why not??

[TommittajaFIN]

@arshavinbalstad

because steve vai is a melodic genius and...

hammet is a crappy trash shredder.

with no creativity.

[tudhvl]

@TommittajaFIN

by the time he was 20 kirk had already written a top 30 all-time guitar solo, while you are off trolling on youtube. do you idiots even play the guitar?

[TommittajaFIN]

@tudhvl

yes we probably do.

all kirk's solos sound excacty the same.

ratings mean nothing.

[shadzzz441791]

@TommittajaFIN Compared to Steve Vai, Kirk probably is crappy, but you can't deny that Kirk is far more talented than the average guitarist today, and that he has been and still is a huge metal influence since the 80's and the early years of Metallica.

[TommittajaFIN]

@shadzzz441791

he does have some talent. a bit monotonic is the problem tho.

i'd take soulfulness over speed tho.

but since you can have both with practise, why the hell not? ;D

[shadzzz441791]

@TommittajaFIN Ah, monotony. The everyday musician's greatest enemy.

And as Myles Kennedy once said, "People respond more to emotion than technicality." Indeed, that remains true to today... somewhat... except for those fanboys that don't know shit about guitar and take speed over slow soulful riffing anyday >:O

[TommittajaFIN]

@shadzzz441791

malmsteen? ;D MAB? ...

fast can be soulful too.

well, atleast to SOME extent.

[shadzzz441791]

@TommittajaFIN Vai is probably the best at PROPERLY blending technicality and soul, in my opinion

[TommittajaFIN]

@shadzzz441791

cool..

listen to the song "light of the moon" by him. it's my favourite song all time. (atm) and you'll see some fast legato for a second in the solo...

oh god that song is so good..

and we'll dance in the silvery light of the moon...

[shadzzz441791]

@TommittajaFIN Indeed, that song is beauty in its purest form.

[FeedMeForiAmATroll]

@shadzzz441791

"people respond more to emotion than technicality" and people respond even more to those who blend the 2. emotion is subjective anyways and MAB discovered at an early age that blazing fast speeds are a good way of getting attention. he admitted himself that speed is used for attention just as much as it is the music, or something along the lines of that.

[shadzzz441791]

@FeedMeForiAmATroll I know THAT, obviously your first statement is true, and I 100% agree that speed alone can be a good attention grabber. However, to MAINTAIN everyone's attention with speed, you need to at least incorporate some sort of interesting melody in it, or else EVERY listener will become bored. It's HOW the guitarist uses his speed.

[FeedMeForiAmATroll]

@shadzzz441791

it depends on how fast you are. shawn lane could solo non-stop speed for 10 minutes and keep people's attention, he was just that crazy. you could have been more specific though, i agree.

[kabustard]

@metalliholic They both took lessons from Satriani.

[AgnayeOchani]

@kabustard The lick SOUNDS like a lesson from Satriani LOL

[shadzzz441791]

@metalliholic NOOOO you included both of them in the same sentence you penis! It's:

Vai.

Hammett.

Not the same sentence.

Vai's name deserves to be ABOVE the other guy's name. Other guy is Hammett :P

[metalliholic]

@shadzzz441791 hahaha thanks for clearing that up, I fail!

[l0lercaust]

@metalliholic why? Hammet took lessons from Joe Satriani, who is very close with Steve Vai and has played with him at g3 a few times. There I used them in a sentence that makes perfect sense and shows an admittedly loose connection between the two.

[FeedMeForiAmATroll]

@l0lercaust

sorry, but taking lessons from the same guy doesn't mean much. it means there are going to be vague similarities, but in reality, kirk doesn't even remotely sound like steve vai.

[PSZenPS]

@metalliholic so why you've put both in the same sentence again? lol

[metalliholic]

@PSZenPS T_T lol i know well atleast I said, "should not"

[PSZenPS]

@metalliholic Yeah you're right ^^

[TheKassicRock]

@metalliholic Vai is better

[annolenno]

Isn't this more Van Halen? Nice Eric Johnson signatur guitar btw. I love him!

[vibhutesagar]

I always heard these kinda passages in songs and thought no way I can play that! Thanks for breaking it down and making it simple. I'm gonna try this asap :)

[eransmoler]

is that a Eric Johnson signature model??

[GuitarLessons365]

@eransmoler Yes it is.. It's great!!

[raulzv17]

@eransmoler fender stratocaster

[Wiseman501]

@GuitarLessons365 Did you know that both Steve Vai and Kirk Hammett were taught by Joe Satriani? :) If you haven't already, go take a look at that guy.

[LarryDias]

I think your doing a great job! Especially with putting your self out there trying to everyone,even some dumb a**e*.Keep up the good work.

[smdachilles]

ur fingers r long, really long

[TrajektorieLogik]

@smdachilles check buckethead's! lol

[thomascompton800]

can you give me some advice as how to stop getting feedback on the other strings

[VinceTarrance]

@thomascompton800 use a little less distortion or use your right hand's palm to mute the low strings while tapping.

[IDEALOCCISO18]

hablas muchooooooooooooo

[flyinfingers07]

Are you seriously fucking insulting kirk hammet he is the most copied guitarist to this day Vai is a badass yes, but so is Hammet so I don't think you can compare two legends

[Wiseman501]

@flyinfingers07 True, yes, but he may only be copied more because he plays simpler passages. lol. For example, I play like ten of Kirk's songs, and three of Vai's. Steve's songs take FOREVER to replicate and most of Kirk's can be played in a matter of a day or two. Not knocking Kirk, because I love the music, but he is the lesser student of Satriani. Steve and Kirk both learned from Satch.

[jsem94]

Idk how one would dare to have Kirk Hammett's name next to a legend like Vai. Great lesson though and a pretty sweet lick.

[whitelotus808]

@jsem94 Im not too sure. maybe because they both use a form of E in their playing styles. kirk almost exclusivley uses the Em/E pentatonic scale in a blues style and Vai really likes the E lydian which is a E/B something chord for the key. theyre somewhat similar but their playing styles are far apart in sound and skill. Vai can kill almost anybody on the guitar (except Tosin abasi) and kirk, well....hes not too bad; but I dont think anybody with a working brain would say kirks better

[TheEarl96]

@jsem94 kirk started before vai got popular and they are about the same in skill anyway so chill.

[jagjaghuh]

@TheEarl96 Kirk Hammet and Steve Vai is same skilled?

Are you fucking stupid? Kirk Hammet is as sloppy as it gets. Steve is the most skilled guitarplayer alive. You might not like him (I don't) but fuck. Steve is 100 times more skilled than kirk.. beyond that even..

[TheEarl96]

@jagjaghuh dude if you think kirk is sloppy then you should try to play some of his solos cause alot of his solos are very complex

[jagjaghuh]

@TheEarl96 Yeah, some are kind of complex, maybe thats why he plays them so fucking badly.. Jesshe, grow some ears

[TheEarl96]

@jagjaghuh he only plays his solos sloppy live, if you listen to his studio recording they sound great, and plus back in the 80's kirk would play good at live shows now when he plays live they are a not as good as they were in the 80's but not as sloppy as your making it sound, people only like vai because his music is melodic and nice sounding but i listen to alot of metal so what you think is slop i think is good, but i still have respect for vai he is a great guitarist dont get me wrong.

[jagjaghuh]

@TheEarl96 Sure, his style is to play sloppy. I like his style, he is cool. But saying he is the same skill level as Steve vai is outrageus

[thecoldnovrain89]

@TheEarl96 Sorry but Steve Vai live is better than Kirk in the studio. His technique, phrasing, speed and control over all of those variables are on a much higher level

[TheEarl96]

@thecoldnovrain89 with kirks music it's hard to play it live, vai is a little slower so easier to play clean yea whatever kirk is a little sloppy but i dont really care

[decembrie92]

nice lesson:)

[bluesBro18]

subbed

[rendros88]

Thanks for the PM, I LOVE your channel.

[DrummerChickxx]

what the fluff is the point of a guitar video if i cant even see if the guitarest is sexy or not<3333

haha, justkiddinggg. awesome lesson though, thanks man. :]

[dimlight2]

Excelent!!!

[GuitarLessons365]

@dimlight2 Thanks a lot!!

[moomooo1007]

Hey thanks for sending this vid to my channel and I have one question will it work with accoustic guitar?

[GuitarLessons365]

@moomooo1007 It should work with any guitar but the string tension of an acoustic will make this kind of lick a bit more difficult. GOOD LUCK!! Carl..

[moomooo1007]

@GuitarLessons365 what does carl mean?

[GuitarLessons365]

@moomooo1007 LOL, i have no idea!! Hehe.. :)

[Efforts1]

did you alread do a slash lesson???

[GuitarLessons365]

@Efforts1 Yeah I have a couple of slash lessons. I think you can find them in my advanced guitar lessons playlist. :)

[Efforts1]

@GuitarLessons365 thnx

[skatebboard]

awesome :)

[JDrockerDUDE]

i use my nail when i tap, not the pad of my finger.

[900cheese900]

Great great lesson

[UnstoppableChaos]

Dude I must say u r 1 of the greatest guitar players and teachers of all time. Sure the theory does get kinda complicated 4rm time 2 time cuz I havent had much lessons on theory however ur vids make my playing sound fuckin awesome so 4 that I thank u. Also thanks 4 finding me on Youtube I probably wouldnt have ever discover ur amazing lessons u make everything sound really easy and alot of it is but after a long day of practice lol.

[GuitarLessons365]

@UnstoppableChaos Hey thanks a lot for the kind comment. I love to hear when my lessons are helping someone. I hope you continue to watch all of my new lessons and feel free to ask any questions you may have. I am only here to help! Cheers!! Carl..

[Rocrrr]

Great video lessons - What type of gear are using, I like your sound.

[GuitarLessons365]

@Rocrrr Hey thanks for watching, I use my EJ Signature Strat through a Line 6 POD X3 Live for all of my video lessons. Its a pretty nice sounding pedalboard. I use it live as well. :) Carl..

[tweedmusic]

excellent tapping technique lesson , maintaining tonal centre of the mode and havin fun ..great guitar lesson an inspiration to practice thanks

[mantovannni]

steve vai doesnt just do tapping all over the place, HE is all over the place, what an awesome guitarist.

[mantovannni]

hey dude great stuff, ive subscribed to keep updated on your new videos

[SpankIEkzs]

BRAVO !! Thnx man ;)

[kjpdqpb]

B major or B ionian will work well here as they are basically just different interpretations of the mode. Is there actually any physical difference (scale structure) Between the 4th mode and the Ionian mode? Not just theoretical interpretation?

Besides all that; great vid! I haven't tackled tapping yet and this is cake thanks to you. XD I still suck bad at squealies though.

[GuitarLessons365]

@kjpdqpb B Major is the parent key of E Lydian so yes they share the same seven notes if that is what you mean by physical difference. :)

[maskedmillionaire]

odd to mention steve vai and kirk hammett in the same vein, but it turns out to be a good vid. thanks!

[billmeedog]

@maskedmillionaire I agree, but they did both share a pretty good teacher though - LOL!

Vai is WAY more accomplished/better IMO, but Kirk is from a legendary band (thanks to James Hetfield's genius!) so we gotta give Kirk some credit!

BTW, if you never heard it, go check out Vai's solo in "Wire And Wood" from Alcatrazz's - Disturbing The Peace - LP. It's AMAZING! Vai rips-it-up , and he does a very cool segment of what is being taught here in this video (I call it

"Pedal-Tone-Tapping!")

[mikefarrelljr67]

@maskedmillionaire Vai is fantastic but theres a non metallica side of kirk thats very rock n roll, and very hendrixy, but the lick sounds more like vai though.

[loveguitars]

5 Stars

[VanishaGlamChick6]

Sounds a lot like EVH!!

VERY GOOD TAPPING!!

[IRas261I]

awesome

[9b5as]

I've always been looking for that Vai'ish sound. Thanks, Carl!

[psychodelicdragon]

sounds and looks excellenT!!

[miguelangelv7]

what do you guys consider a good amp cuase i need a diffent one cause i dislike mine

[mean0machine0]

@miguelangelv7 the Blackstar HT Range is AMAZING!!

i have a HT-20

[kjpdqpb]

@miguelangelv7 Line 6 Spider series is really awesome if you want to play to a drummer all the time and don't usually have one.

[SIRONEDRAGON]

Good job ..Carl : )

[dddddmmm777]

sounded like steve vai/ and yngwie malmsteen

[steveo27545]

Dunlop Strap locks work fine had one break,I still use them on one guitar .

Carl uses a pod A3 live no amp I play the same thing get ask the same question.

I used too have a old pig nose and I would point to it LOL

I think EVH when I hear tapping too.

Rock on

[MeanGreenMovies]

do those dunlop strap locks work?

[rockpwnsu]

what amp u using ?

[codyjt5150]

sounds kinda like EVH's eruption live style riff.

[Bigtombowski]

Love this lesson and will use it lots! Really good, thanks :D