Avenged Sevenfold-Almost Easy Intro Tutorial

[pieterbal1]

hey, what is tuned to DROP 1/2?

is that a sound from a pedal ore something?

im new, so i dont know so much.

[ItzSynx]

yeah you know almost easy is in drop d flat right

[xxmattuckxx]

wtf? how do you make it go higher with the wammy bar 0.o?

[A7XHellBlaze]

@xxmattuckxx Bend the string upwards or downwards, depending on where you are on the fret.

[xxmattuckxx]

@A7XHellBlaze  thanks :)

[brandonguitar24]

@xxmattuckxx you use a floyd rose wammy bar, they go both ways

[kieranguitarman1]

is that a shecter?

[A7XHellBlaze]

@kieranguitarman1 Yes it is, a Schecter Hellraiser C1-FR.

[AvengedSevenfold378]

what guitar do you have?

[inCYDable]

@AvengedSevenfold378 he has a schecter helllraiser

[elloumon]

any special effects/pedals?

[A7XHellBlaze]

@elloumon On this video? No, but thanks for the comment!

[casscasss]

great, thanks!! :)

[spazman46]

gd tutorial, easy and understandable

do you know nightmare? cos if so post that pleese it would really help

[ramiabuhamra1]

thank you so much !

[pivotsreborn]

oh thank god for you awesumz :D

[Leonoptrix]

man that was sick.but Syn is sicker

[Syn0203]

i see trees

[RoCkWORLDsg]

thanks yous!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wrestlelover7]

So this is how to play it in Drop C?

[th3echelon89]

It's drop C#

[A7XHellBlaze]

@wrestlelover7 This is how to play it on STANDARD or DROP D, NOT Drop C# (which is how it is supposed to be played)

[wrestlelover7]

Oh..but I thought this was recorded in Drop D 1/2 but Thnx...

[A7XHellBlaze]

@wrestlelover7 Yea, Drop Db is the same thing as Drop C #

[n00bTuber87]

@A7XHellBlaze You should definitely tutorial the entire song. Or at least everything but the solo if that's too time consuming. Amazing tutorial. Keep up the good work.

[Peglol96]

Oh FUCK.

I thought this was some other videos tutorial so I was like "WTF is this?? This doesn't sound the song that I was listening!"

[A7XHellBlaze]

@Peglol96 Haha well I'm sorry to hear that, I hope you find the video that you are looking for.

[chino122s]

thankz dude

[DFlynn666]

also, any chance of a possible almost easy solo lesson slowed down? pleeeese :D

[DFlynn666]

maybe thats because I live in the UK, and the stuff on itunes is different from stuff on itunes outside the uk

and kool kool :)

[DFlynn666]

Hey, im just wondering, have you got a recording of almost easy recorded in drop d? I was listening to my live version that was released with the downloadable ep of almost easy which also came with "walk", and realised, its not in drop C# but in drop d :O they must have changed ti before they recorded it for the album lol

[A7XHellBlaze]

This song was recorded in Drop Db, which is C#. You can always play it in Drop D, but it sounds out of tune if you play it with the music. But sorry, I don't have a recording of this song in Drop D and this tutorial is the slowest its going to get. What you can do is just pause it at certain points :) Good luck.

[DFlynn666]

yeah, album version is recorded in drop c# (db) I have the album, but i also have a live track that was played by avenged sevenfold in drop d at warped tour 2007 i think, before they released the album. its on iTunes if you want to check it out. its under "almost easy - ep"

Its weird at first, but its pretty good. Not many people seem to know about this for some reason :S

and it wasnt the intro i was meaning, it was the solo part i was talking about if you would make a video of that.

[A7XHellBlaze]

Oh, the warped tour, maybe they played Almost Easy in Drop D because Syn and Zacky didn't have back-up guitars that were tuned to Db. But I can't find it on Itunes, they all are the same. And I don't know if I can do the solo of this song yet because I'm not good at sweep picking yet, when I do, then I'll think of putting up the tutorial :)

[nfsbmwm3gtr]

thanks for this tutorial :)

[TheGoodDevil7]

k what does it mean Drop D 1/2 step down?

[A7XHellBlaze]

Drop C

[TheGoodDevil7]

so low E is C?

[A7XHellBlaze]

My bad, I meant Drop C# :)

[TheGoodDevil7]

ohk

[sergantblade268]

what guitar have you got dude?

[A7XHellBlaze]

2008 Schecter Hellraiser C-1 FR

[sergantblade268]

cool i like it does it come with a floyd rose?

[A7XHellBlaze]

Yes, it comes with an original Floyd Rose. I changed the pickups though, they are no longer EMG's.

[sergantblade268]

i went yesterday to get my new guitar and im stuck on wether to get an ibanez grg270b or 170 dx

[cachaner]

cool dude! :D ur video is always the best

[JaKe1694]

Hey, I see you have switched from EMGs to Seymour Duncan Blackouts; I am wanting new pickups but I'm stuck between the Active EMGs and the Active Seymour Duncan Blackouts what do you suggest me get?

Good tutorial by the way. :D

[A7XHellBlaze]

Yea I switched because I wanted more of an organic tone from actives. It depends on you what you want, EMG's are clearer and brighter, Blackouts are heavy on all lows, mids, and highs. EMG's are very sterile, but Blackouts are extremely sensitive. I don't know which has better sounding harmonics, they are about even. A lot of metal players use EMG's, only a few use Blackouts. Hope that helps a bit in your decision.

[itsallgood239]

Dumb question but what is tremolo?

[A7XHellBlaze]

It's not a dumb question. The term "tremolo" is a wave effect in musical tone and the tremolo bar is also known as the whammy bar. For this intro, you sort of need the tremolo bar to make the sound dive either lower or make it higher pitched. You might be able to see it better in some other videos of mine.

[itsallgood239]

Oh so let me get this straight. Tremolo is the same as whammy?

[A7XHellBlaze]

Yea, basically. The tremolo bar is the actual piece of hardware, whammy is just name for what your doing with the bar.

[itsallgood239]

Oh, I never even knew that.

Thanks man.

[A7XHellBlaze]

Well you know what they say, you learn a new thing each day :)

[TheGoodDevil7]

yeah but everyone calls it a whammy bar

[MMLDSM4E]

wow man ur awsome.thank 4 the help :p

[A7XHellBlaze]

No problem, I'm glad it helped you :)

[ggddrr26]

Oh god, thanks! I love this tutorial! =D

[A7XHellBlaze]

You are very welcome :)

[DeysiCruz1]

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[uzumakinaruto5678]

lol at :24 did you get a message in your 360?

[A7XHellBlaze]

Please explain, I don't really understand.

[uzumakinaruto5678]

like the sound you hear when you get an acheivment

[hittingmarc19halo3]

thx man i lerned it from u

[06taker]

thx m8 5* what guitar is it, it look really nice :)

[A7XHellBlaze]

You're welcome :) It's a Schecter Hellraiser C-1 FR, if you check out my recent videos, it looks even nicer because it's better quality :) But the EMG's you see in this video have been replaced.

[adiilovesa7x]

wooo i can play this now

[LPGDICP]

thats killer but u dont need that slide at the end like that slide too 16th or 21st

[A7XHellBlaze]

Thanks! Well the 16th was from the tab book, but the 21st was from one of A7X's concerts :)

[LPGDICP]

haha no im not saying the 16th wrong

its just not a slide its just -16- not /16

[A7XHellBlaze]

Oh yea haha, just did the slide for kicks because if you don't have a delay pedal, it sounds sort of funny :)

[smjx216]

thanks for the vid but when i slide theres not much sound unless my fingers bleed

i got a crate xt15r what can i do with it to get that sound?

[A7XHellBlaze]

Well first you have to take time off and heal your fingers. Second, to fix the bleeding problem, you can switch your strings to Ernie Ball skinny top heavy bottom strings which are just a little thicker on the high e string. Third, you have to make sure you are on a solo setting with volume turned up high and that you have enough gain for that extra sustain when sliding. Hope that helps a bit :)

[Rocket1771]

AMP

try maxing the gain, bass/low, and treble/high, Put you mid at about half. A little reverb would help

GUITAR

Neck pickup on for the solo, Tone at about half.

I have a Crate GX-15, Crates are nice

[smjx216]

i was exaggerating about the bleeding

thanks tho xD

[popesweetjesus253]

this is the coolest part of my fav song ever, thanks

[Mikefreak1]

Thanks, That helped a lot. and to help you, I favored this video and rated it 5/5

[A7XHellBlaze]

Why thank you very much! I don't know why, but so many people want to learn this intro. I don't blame them though, it's an awesome song and I am happy to help! If only I was good enough to play the solo too...