Jeff Loomis - The Merchant of Menace #3

[stop350]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mortemdrummer]

lol he's ugly

[IloveRillettes]

@mortemdrummer lol we don't care.

[mortemdrummer]

@IloveRillettes

i know brutal

[xXxH4L0PHR33KxXx]

@mortemdrummer Well, he's a dinosaur.

[TheBeastS1ayer]

I love how his "a little faster" is still retardedly quick. Even his slowed down shit is fucking fast.

[heavymetaldude1234]

0:31 so brutal

[KillSwitch66627]

boring

[Thardus616]

@KillSwitch66627 You're named after a band which does not even deserve to be referenced in the presence of Sir Loomis. These are just demonstrations of parts in the song, mainly for people who are looking into learning the song on guitar rather than for entertainment, or both.

[KillSwitch66627]

@Thardus616 cool

[ThexXURIELXx]

is this regular tuning?

[Thardus616]

@ThexXURIELXx Yeah

[FinalFight323]

@ThexXURIELXx Half-step down on a seven-string, A# D# G# C# F# A# D#

[TolisGkas666]

freeze at 4:28....he has the demon hand!!!!

[jokestep]

jeff loomis is living prove of god

[Womb27]

@jokestep Fag

[JonasBGuitar]

0:46

what did he say!?

For this next bitch? O:

[EnemyXofXreality666]

Anyone attempting the diminished string skipping part, don't do it. You'll stretch your hand too much and turn it into a flattened pancake or something. That technique fucks up your hand and it's only something Jeff can do. I don't know how he does it but he just does.

[zoraliciousful]

@EnemyXofXreality666 I can do it...Don't tell people to not try something.

[SHREDDER222X]

@EnemyXofXreality666 if you can't strecth just learn tapping and you're done

[Spermwhales93]

@EnemyXofXreality666 Shawn Lane used to do it as well

[KellerDude4]

@adiobam643

Dude you're a nigger i bet. Fuck you learn who your dad is.

[25jonathan]

not having a 7-string is not an excuse for not learning this solo. the only time he uses the 6th and the 7th string is in the end of the phrygian run and in the minor sweep. just improvise or figure something out based on the same scales! shut up and PLAY!

[sartaajhussain]

@25jonathan You're absolutely correct! Jeff Loomis's solos are by far the most fun solos to play.

[JonasBGuitar]

@25jonathan

Well said, but it's not exactly phrygian :p

It's Phrygian Dominant, which is a mode of harmonic minor.

[insidegoodoutsidebad]

am i the only one who tried to play this

[YggdrasilEtLeCruxis]

@insidegoodoutsidebad Guitarist with a 7-strings guitar are pretty rare you know...

[insidegoodoutsidebad]

@YggdrasilEtLeCruxis i have a six string you can still play 90% of the solo you know

[YggdrasilEtLeCruxis]

@insidegoodoutsidebad Yeah that's true... I'm gonna learn it (:

[genud0414]

@Lentax probably b flat standard

Bb,eb,ab,db,gb,bb,eb-low to high

[HeavyMetalVagabond]

@genud0414 i think it was a joke....

[ChrisBroderickFan27]

@Lentax Actually Its just standard B that what every 7 string is first tuned to.

[prevomg]

Great lead tone does anyone know how to make that tone??

[FearlessSpinner]

@gdbangrenbehemoth666 Lucky you! My hands are rather small so its almost impossible for me

[ILoveallguitars]

@Lentax Standard Tuning down one Half Step O.o

[kharhazify]

Ugh, people suggesting he plays in a screamo band... No.! death metal, sure, melodic, ect. Anything except for the genre of "screamo" Keep in mind just because they scream doesn't make it screamo.

[ursolame666]

no death metal screamo vocals......ever........

[metalmandan9]

@ursolame666

death metal screamo?? two different things buddy.... VERY different.

[15viceandvirtues]

@ursolame666 Screamo and death metal are too different things.

[SLIPKNOT4747]

he should try a band with some death metal screamo vocals, it would sound really good

[42littlebit]

@Lentax Just seven string down a half-step, Bb

[FearlessSpinner]

4:08 ARE YOU SHITTIN ME?

[Rrrrobbo]

@FearlessSpinner haha i wondered what you meant but now i know, that stretch is impossible, bollocks!

[FearlessSpinner]

@Rrrrobbo A dimished string skip lick like this is painful even on frets above 12

[jeskidoss]

This guy is heavier than a rain of axes! once you have enden to listen his solo album your personality changes (into heavier of course)

[tmm10811]

skring stripping? i wish

[relzric]

1:30 + What big hands you have.

[simpleben09]

His amazing technique is something every guitarist should aspire to, weather they play blue, metalcore, jazz, or whatever. That dude plays fucking CLEAN

[25jonathan]

he is a long-haired guitar playing vampire!

[TeeJayC93]

1.37 the smile on his face = PRICELESS (yeah i nailed that solo ROFL!)

[EnemyXofXreality666]

JEFF?????? How come you had to quit Nevermore????? Hope the solo record sounds good. Dont leave your fans behind!!!!

[gnrcr]

@EnemyXofXreality666 Hahahahahaha... what ?

[grievous56]

@gnrcr

Dude, Jeff quit Nevermore along with their drummer Van Williams. =[[

[gnrcr]

@grievous56 I found out, right after reading your comment. </3

[brendanollie]

@Lentax standard 7 string tuning

[FinalFight323]

@brendanollie ...down a half step

[brendanollie]

@FinalFight323 rly ? thanks man :)

[proguitargamer]

What's the song in the beginning?

[Santaslave666]

@proguitargamer The Termination Proclamation, by Nevermore of course.

[zajac1661]

All the young music listeners theese days, thinks they are experts on putting bands in genres. Its really funny and stupid. I see every band different, besides the one who try put themself in a genre on purpose. You should write music on behalf of your inspirations and personal playstyle. Bashing Jeff Loomis is without any purpose. None of the trolls on that behalf can do better than him, both on guitar and at musical success

[R1ronin]

a big finger stretch (at 3:54)? that's a bit beyond big... I have a hell of a time just barely making that on a 25.5" scale neck, never mind on 26.5" :(

[MrNeosantana]

@R1ronin You've obviously never watched Brendan Small or Paul Gilbert play, then you'd be scared

[R1ronin]

@MrNeosantana because my hands are too small to comfortably make a 7 fret stretch you assume that I've 'obviously never watched Brendan Small or Paul Gilbert play'?? ...give me some of what you're smokin

[MrNeosantana]

@R1ronin I'm just saying "If this is wide stretching for you, then you'd be scared if you saw X"

I'm not insulting you in any way, dude

[R1ronin]

@MrNeosantana no insult taken... i've seen paul gilbert play many MANY times, and i've never noticed him do stretches larger then 7 frets (near the nut end of the neck)(not saying he hasn't, but i'd love to see it, if u can provide a link) in fact, i'd love for you to show me a vid of anyone doing 8 fret stretches (again from the 4th fret or up)... Jeff Loomis is a pretty big guy, and such has pretty big hands and from this video, it looks like he'd be struggling to make an 8 fret stretch...

[MrNeosantana]

@R1ronin Well, about Gilbert, he just has a really long pinky, and Brendan can stretch too.

Look for Technical Difficulties (He plays a red Ibanez with a fixed bridge, so you can recognize the vid"

And for Small, watch his "Betcha Can't Play This"

[Namnrax]

@R1ronin

Yeah man also take into account that those Schecter 7 stringers have pretty big frets, i own the hellraiser and damien. That makes stretches even bigger =O

[R1ronin]

@Namnrax if you're meaning the distance bewteen them (via scale length) then I know what u mean... the neck is an inch longer overall then most guits (26.5" vs 25.5" scale) 

[Namnrax]

@R1ronin Yeah dude, too me a while to get used to them, but now when i play regular guitars they feel small. lol

[freminick123]

everything he does sounds like Jeff Loomis (Jeff Loomis = God if you didn't know the truth...)

[synchroflip123]

did u guys look at his fingers where he stretched them out! fuck that

[santanaincubus]

Sounds like he's playing the gypsy scale, one of my favorite scales.

[MrNeosantana]

This guy really knows how to incorporate Middle Eastern flavors into his playing

[Ningirsutyr]

@MrNeosantana What many call Middle Eastern flavor since Blackmore brought them on the spotlight is nothing but a Phrygian scale most of the time. It would be foolish to think that all these guys listened to any Middle Eastern music or melody during their lives ;-/ I wonder how he came up with that big stretch idea though ;) Nobody in his right mind would say "Yeah, let's just try that" :)

[MrNeosantana]

@Ningirsutyr I know that he probably never even heard a not from a Middle Eastern track, but nevertheless it sounds familiar to the Oud or Qanoon.

But Randy Rhoads for example played the entire solo in "Diary Of A Madman" in the Algerian Scale, But if you go to something like Maiden, It's sometimes the Augmented 5th

[Ningirsutyr]

@MrNeosantana :O I didn't know that about Diary of a Madman! What is exactly the Algerian scale actually? :/ In any case, it's hard to translate a real Middle Eastern melody to the standard Western notation system since there is no substitution for the 2nd minors between two notes ;)

[MrNeosantana]

@Ningirsutyr I'm not sure. that's at least what Guitar Pro 5 scale finder told me.

[rarmagno]

anybody know the name of the song in the intro of the video? that riffs disgusting.

[juiceabuser]

@rarmagno "Termination Proclamation" It's the 1st track on their CD Obsidian Conspiracy.

[dadudeguy2vlog]

@Lentax lol sorry bro, knew you were joking about the Z but i thought you really wanted to know lol

[HuberttXXX17]

for all haters watch?v=g61L7coW-aw

[sndgarden]

Killer Tone!

[Navarre1994]

1:20 Wow, he must be highly influenced by Marty Friedman. Sounds exactly like something he would play.

[zajac1661]

@Navarre1994 he said he is hugely inspired by Friedman and early shredders. That was one of his main drives to make his solo guitar album.

[MrNeosantana]

@Navarre1994 He IS highly influenced by Friedman, and Jason Becker

[Ghostman7777]

Jeff Loomis eats haters for breakfast.

[TheFigueroa007]

HIS PLAYING IS CLEANER THAN A NUN'S CUNT.

[manancikkt]

@TheFigueroa007 nuns are not as clean as they seem...

[Mo7Vsta]

ehh i could kinda plat this.....1:31 ehhh no im not

[metalvocalistwanted]

fuck the haters he is the man \\m// (>_<) \\m//

[GWDPREZ07]

Slow kinda sounds like Symphony of destruction...lol

[SHADOWCLONE177]

that is a beautiful guitar

[ICBM07006]

Okay I'm sorry, Jeff Loomis is okay, but the background track for the solo sounds like absolute white noise. Just, terrible.

[HuberttXXX17]

@ICBM07006 this is thrash metal it should sound like that

[wakeandbakelol]

@HuberttXXX17 LOL THIS IS THRASH METAL? HAHAHAH

GET A GRIP MATE HAHAH

[HuberttXXX17]

@wakeandbakelol so what is Nevermore?? Progressive Thrash Metal. They defined newer thrash

[wakeandbakelol]

@HuberttXXX17 Honestly mate, nothing thrash about nevermore and they didnt define shit, new wave thrash like evile decapitator warpath gama bomb municiple waste are defined by the old school stuff, nevermore has nothing in common with thrash or new wave thrash WHATSOEVER, id be amazed if youd even know what thrash metal is apart from metallica..

[HuberttXXX17]

@wakeandbakelol so what genre Nevermore is? This is Progressive Metal with thrashing. Have you ever listened to Termination Proclamation, Seed Awakening, Born, Enemies Of Reality or Obsidian Conspiracy? I don't like metallica and I don't want to talk about that. If Nevermore ain't thrash metal you know more then all the people on this planet. Tell me your secret...

[wakeandbakelol]

@HuberttXXX17 I have no idea what genre this is and I wouldn't want to know either. You say progrssive metal with "thrashing"? you are also not adding reference points to thrashing for me to easily understand what you are talking about as I can perceive it in many ways, also I am unable to find any evidence of thrashing going on. I have listened a few times through Obsidian Conspiracy and felt it was not to my liking. and Nevermore aint thrash metal.... not now not in a million years mate.

[HuberttXXX17]

@wakeandbakelol watch?v=M0ozGC95N6Y

[HuberttXXX17]

@wakeandbakelol thrashing riffs of course sry

[wakeandbakelol]

@HuberttXXX17 Alright, and theres no need to apologize as you did nothing wrong, I was just asking for a reference :).

Further note, I still disagree...

[FinalFreedomEclipse]

If i had to pick one man to teach me guitar, Id pick Jeff Loomis. Because the way he explains his riffs and what hes playing makes it so shit easy to understand. the second guy id pick would probably be John Petrucci -- and im bigger fan of Patucci then Loomis. but Loomis is still the daddy

[nugma]

C# Phrygian Dominant. Sounds scary.

[RtasVadumeeKostas]

0:47 ''so for this next bitch, which is the solo rythm.. " lol

[ReXShunji]

4:06 i was like, what happened to his pinky?! Where is it? Than i realised that he was using his pinky.

[dadudeguy2vlog]

@Lentax If I'm not mistaken he's tuned down a half step so its Bb standard.

[denerpunkrock]

justim bieber is better

[MetalInstrumentals]

@denerpunkrock who the fuck is JUSTIM BEIBER!?

[guitarfiend797]

what model schecter is that. it looks sick nasty. must be a signiture model

[Aryend]

@guitarfiend797 yeah, Jeff Loomis signature model

[rarmagno]

what is the song in the intro of the video? that riff is nasty

[kitsune10000]

All I can hear is klunka-klunka klunka klunk ect.

[cruiser277777]

nice guitar

[powersoftritone]

Today kids we learn how to jerk our guitar off good...sorry, well jerk it off well.

[jakepenttila]

0:47 ''for this next bitch...''

[6project6nightmare6]

it sounds the same? every player has there favourite musical qualitys.

Loomis likes Diminished and whole tone licks, and mixes them up frequently. He also likes going up in Minor thirds for alot of his riffs like the verse riff in "Born"

[JURGMANDR]

still sick

[DueniGuitar]

skills.. yeah of course hes an awesome guitarist

sounds it good? i dont think so.. others do like it. i dont like it..

[HardyBoyz99]

i miss the hair string mute

[RandomGuitarist96]

gahh i hate his tone

[Goth3m3]

@RandomGuitarist96 I love his tone, I hate that he uses 2mm sharp tortex picks, they sound so scratchy and heavy.

[BaphometStudios]

@Goth3m3 2mm?! I use 1.44mm and I think thats a little heavy ._.

[Goth3m3]

@BaphometStudios I use the Jazz III's which I think are 1.3mm which I usually don't like, but they are so small, that if they weren't thick, they wouldn't move the string at all. I wish they made a XL Jazz III that was thinner. But hey we can't all get what we want...

[reaghan55metallica]

@Goth3m3 they actually do have jazz III XL, i dont think they are thin tho, just pointy like a jazz III

[AnOddMusician]

@BaphometStudios i use 3mm :D 

[Death66reaper6]

@BaphometStudios i use 1.5 and its perfect for me

[Marioguitar]

you can express some feelings through playing blues or ballads, but you can also express anger and evilness through this kind of song. So the discussion about feeling is pointless. as long as you play it right and honestly there is always a feeling being expressed. This guy is awesome

[matyasd88]

very good.

[chez117]

EVH FTW.

[Haydeosmith]

It looks like his hair is Deep fried.

[RamsesCairoC]

Hey guitar players, check out my video:World's fastest guitar player, NOT.

[kaboose111]

too many players now copy this technical style, and it gets really boring. that's why i love listening to alexi and roope of COB. they have style and don't overdue the technical things

[Niallphillips]

@kaboose111 if you're looking for true masters try greg howe and guthrie govan

[Flash447]

whaat d fuck his hand is like something big and stretchy that cant come to my mind at the moment

[sonicgeetar]

I like how some of you folks say negative comments, yet im sure most of you aren't musicians and not touring. Instead your probably at home living with your parents and try to play guitar. When I see out on the road & actually have been in the business for a decade like Jeff then you can say something. Till then practice and write some decent music

[Adrain30]

@sonicgeetar to blow a whole through your point..Milli vanilli Toured....so shows what that logic means

[fc3603]

is that a wig?

[annihilator007]

Awesome! , more Jeff Loomis videos Plz

[MrAdammassacre]

1:32 check that fuckin stretch :0 jeez \m/

[hellion786]

Is it just me or does his hands make that neck look really narrow, or is it a narrow neck to begin with?

[Magiffin]

@hellion786 It is a narrow neck, especially for a 7-string.

[MrNeosantana]

@hellion786 He does have big hands

[Nameless164]

"everything he does sounds the same"

Let me reveal a very true phrase to you guys - "jack of all trades, master of none".

I'd much rather have Jeff make 1 awesome style of music than a bunch of medicore styles.

[Niallphillips]

@Nameless164 I just hate to see the hundreds of kids on here who spend years running scales and at the end realize they forgot to learn how to compose a piece of music, if you dont get it thats fine, im not here to argue with people

[Nameless164]

@Niallphillips Thats a fair point but this is a piece of music, not mindless fretwanking.

[OfficialHollow]

@Nameless164 Wouldn't be badass if there was a master of all >.>?

[Niallphillips]

@OfficialHollow there is his name is guthrie govan...

[vheadfacelegs]

@Nameless164 guthrie govan is master of all styles...

[jpjdo1212]

@Nameless164 isnt it " a jack of all traits, is a master of nothing"

[Nameless164]

@jpjdo1212 No, a trait is like a part of your personality.

[ColorIce09]

lovely, i love u jeff!!!

[promotingdetails]

✧(✪ω✪)

[Niallphillips]

jesus, everything he does sounds the same

[martijnvanloffelt]

@Niallphillips

it all sounds awesome

[klummster88]

@martijnvanloffelt It's awesome, no question, but it really does sound the same as everything else he does.

[VegetativePropaganda]

@Niallphillips lulz.

[kashguitar]

@Niallphillips His solo album disagrees strongly.

[TheWeedbullet]

@Niallphillips Can you do what he does?

[Niallphillips]

@TheWeedbullet i wasn't trying to be disrespectful, i can play some neo-classical stuff but i haven't been practicing it for ten years so the quick answer is no..not that it has anything to do with me..i'm just commenting on the lack of variety, jeff is one of the best in the business, he'll go down in history as a great player and rightly so but he'll be remembered for his speed not his songs...music isn't about technical facility, its not a physical exercise..music is art

[TheWeedbullet]

@Niallphillips Indeed it is and every artist has his or her own style. None of which are right nor are they wrong. Look at all the great painters. you can tell a their work apart because of the style they use just like you can identify a song Loomis has written compared to any other artist. When someone says that a composers compositions sound the same then that tells me that that composer has achieved mastery over what he does.

[Niallphillips]

@TheWeedbullet mastery of one style yes but is the goal not to master the instrument?? also its not like its an inivitive original style, Malmsteen and countless others did it to death in the 80's and they copied the style from classical composers, the only difference is the drummer has a double bass pedal. wheres the creativity? wheres the experimentation? to me it just sounds like the same thing over and over, you listen to DT, you know what i mean, THATS how you write music

[metalwillhatecrew]

@Niallphillips Sorry but Dream Theater are a terrible band. Great musicians, but they can't write music to save their lives.

And I'm sorry that you're so butthurt that Jeff Loomis is a greater musician and a greater songwriter than you.

[Niallphillips]

@metalwillhatecrew

If you got the impression that I think im better than Jeff Loomis you need to re-read my comments. I don't he's a fucking guitar god...Dream theater?! Hahaha, I was talking about devin townsend moron. as for the personal stuff, you've never heard any of my songs and you play like a 10 year old girl with no sense of time and no pinky...your argument is invalid

[SomethingWild9608]

@Niallphillips I kind of agree. He's a good guitarist, but his leads are pretty uncreative and his riffs (at least his older ones) are generic metal/nu-metal. "This Godless Endeavor" is among one of my favorite songs of the past decade though.

[RythemGuitarist]

nice

[Firestorm686]

One of the best guitar players ever, great lesson.

[Farout5150]

Very kewl stuff!!

[Punisheryo]

Jeff is the man!!