Jon Schaffer Visit to RS Guitarworks - Part 1

[ruudiee2]

roland cube :o awsome

[ThatKrookedVulture]

THE RIFF GOD.

[piratebri]

You rock Jon! Don't ever let IE die brother

I look forward to every single album you release, and play it until it skips in my player and I'm forced to buy another one.

Your music got me through my teenage and college years. I probably wouldn't have made it through in one piece without being able to rock out to some IE everyday

[kazaakas]

Hah, his riffs actually sound way cooler without all the album production fanciness around it.

Might also be the fact I've heard every album at least 30 times from front to back though :D

[deathmetal925]

Shit, I'm glad others came back to this video same as me noticing this riff ended up in "Boiling Point". Dystopia is a great album. I miss Barlow though lol

[katevenwanifores]

0:16 Boling Point :):) (DYSTOPIA) \m/

[AnthonyRF1996]

@katevenwanifores I noticed that! probably a riff he had in his head for a while, and finally found a use for it.

[633sen]

he put the riff he plays after 0:15 in boiling point a new song from dystopia

[LordSixty]

So who knew that that little riff at the end would be in an album two years later and with a completely different singer. :DD I'm glad it got used because it's a bad ass riff! \m/

[kokorozz]

i used to play galloping like him.. well he is my 'teacher' i was listening IcedEarth so much!

[randynelson1]

Even on a little Roland amp he still sounds killer.

[TheWickedChild10]

@SurturRising666

yeah totally agree i can't place it either he's just playing something

[joniiboy]

Where is that riff from that he plays from 0:15 ? i really wanna know :P

[ogumusss]

@joniiboy its new song from the new album Dystopia and the song name Boiling Point

[shidolutero]

@ogumusss YEAH, MAN !!! *ooooooooo*

[steveharrismetalgod]

I swear what he plays from 0:15 onwards is not human!!!-if THAT's an improvisation,then this guy is from another planet!!!...

[Drakares]

DIOS! \m/

[piratebri]

I own every IE album and I couldn't place that riff he did there.. anyone know what it is? Or was it purely spontaneous?

[IronGlint]

@piratebri the beginning of the video is from Wolf, after he says "I don't know what to say" he changes to something else that I can't identify

[mickmetallico]

@IronGlint "I don't know what to play"

[johnnyarvik]

"I don't know what to play" hahaha

[TheTrueFortress]

Geeeeeez. Jon truly is a riffing monster, ain't he? One of metal's best. Hails.

[KyleJPie10]

He should change his last name to Riffer

[Metal89Head]

@Stormrider9 james hetfielt (metallica), marcus siepen (blind guardian), malcome young (acd/dc), rudolf schenker (scorpions)

[Stormrider9]

@Metal89Head All great players too! Off the top of my head I'd add perhaps Christopher Jonson from Therion and Michael Romeo from Symphony X to the list.

[Metal89Head]

jon is the BEST rythim guitarist ever

[icedone08]

@Metal89Head So true....no one does it better!!!!

[adiller77]

jon schaffer kicks ass.. one of the baddest metal guitarist ever :))

[shidolutero]

desert rain and stormrider

[oldvhlover]

Dam cool shit! more more more!

[6672rock]

One of the tightest rhythm guitarists I've heard in a long time.

[Rabbitys]

This riff is the Desert Rain song!!!!

[Belicus666]

@Rabbitys no xD

[GuardianThatCantSee]

what song is the riff that starts at 0:15 from?

[Stormrider9]

@GuardianThatCantSee -I'm pretty sure he's just improvising that one, which is all the more impressive considering the how elaborate it is, the riff from 0:25 onwards though is from the second half of "The Revealing".

[newtechmortem]

oh god i love this video

[yomangr]

By the way, anyone knows from what song is the first riff 0:00-0:04

[Kride]

Stormrider, i think

[yomangr]

hey thanx man;D

[ironlarbi]

stormrider

[yomangr]

oh my sweet god

[rex3453]

Oh man galloping riffs, I haven't heard this before!

[IronPriest31]

The best guitar player ive ever heard :)

[Skullpainting]

He is GOD!!!!!!!

[hershman91]

Im trying to think where that last riff is from but shit its Jon Schaffer i wouldn't doubt for a second that he just jammed that out in 10 seconds. FUCK YEA

[F1st4lpha]

I'm not sure but it could be from Terror Train.

[riderofcydonia]

Perfect struming

[samaaelhansen]

The God Playing like a kid with his new toy

Amazing

[GRIMOIRE2000]

yes! badass

[GuardianThatCantSee]

AWSM, schaffer is a god. lol, my dad never got why i thought schaffer was so good, cause he likes blues. then i showed him this XD. his thoughts about schaffer r now VERY different.

[Chuloloc]

Awesome. Hail Iced Earth.

[Solidsidious]

I love the "I don't know what to play!"

[blableblu07]

Rifflord!!!!

[icemilitia]

I cant believe mustain won Rifflord, Scheffer is WAYYY better

[Stormrider9]

Awesome playing! But then, what else would you expect from one of the best rhythm guitarists out there...? \m/

[marhoppy1]

god of metal

[Histenchist]

Woha!

Look at the fucking god :O