Psalm of lydia sweeps (nevermore)

[xMtysx02]

whats the tuning bro? D?

[MetalMark9]

nice shirt

nice playing

[stix471]

Alexi Laiho before he got his tatts?

[givemeajackson]

@stix471 alexi playing loomis? i dont think so...

[stix471]

@givemeajackson why? alexi is an incredible player, along with loomis, just because he doesnt compose his songs entirely of arpeggios, doesn't mean he cant play them, he is more than capable of it..

[givemeajackson]

@stix471 he's good, and he wrote some good songs and solos on older cob stuff, but he could never play loomis! he's not so god how everyone says. technically he's not even close to loomis. btw: listen to shouting fire at a funeral by jeff, he doesn't just sweep all the time. and the solos on newer stuff by alexi are mostly whammy-sweep-scale-another floyd action. since he's drunk all the time he lost a lot of skill!

[stix471]

@givemeajackson no, i disagree, just because alexi doesnt play like loomis does, doesn't mean he isnt capable, alexi has been playing for easily over a decade now, and is a proffessional and a VERY well renowned musician for a reason, people dont get sponsered by ESP if they're not good, Alexi is technically capable of playing all this stuff..

[givemeajackson]

@stix471 people get sponsored by companies if they are very well known and have a big fat fanbase! the jonas brothers got a signature gibson, and you're not gonna tell me that they are good!

[stix471]

@givemeajackson shit, ok ill admit you got me there haha :P lol

[givemeajackson]

@stix471 THE killer argument :D

[stix471]

@givemeajackson yep lol XD 

[MonsterMetalMusic]

im jealous of your long ass fingers haha great job tho

[xD0NKEYx]

@MonsterMetalMusic

His fingers are normal size, they just look huge when doing sweeping. This goes for anyone.

[MonsterMetalMusic]

@xD0NKEYx no i can tell that theyre bigger than usual. Just looking at them when theyre still and comparing them to the fretboard i can see that theyre longer than usual, not a lot but theyre noticeably bigger than mine haha

[xD0NKEYx]

@MonsterMetalMusic

What if his fretboard has a small width? I had a flying V that had the strings really close together and made my fingers look freakishly huge when they weren't.

[MonsterMetalMusic]

@xD0NKEYx that could be, but comparing the size of his pickups to the size of his fingers makes me think otherwise

[xD0NKEYx]

@MonsterMetalMusic

Pickups can (and do) vary in size. Unless you have a ruler... O_o

[MonsterMetalMusic]

@xD0NKEYx well, this guy is using EMGs and as far as i know they're all the same size. But, i also have a ruler here with me and judging by the size of the pickups compared to the bridge compared to his finger, he has longer fingers than me.

im just kidding about that last part haha im not gonna go that far but i just think that he has larger fingers than me based on the size of them compared to his guitar

[xD0NKEYx]

@MonsterMetalMusic

Sometimes I do wish that I measured my fingers when I started playing guitar and now after all the sweep practicing/crap I've done over the past half+ decade... just to see if people get longer fingers by practice.

[MonsterMetalMusic]

@xD0NKEYx fingers probably grow a little bit by practicing but i doubt they grow all that much. I think that people are stuck with the fingers they have for the most part and people with shorter fingers just have to stretch a bit farther and adjust their technique a bit.

[givemeajackson]

@MonsterMetalMusic or they buy shorter scales like 24 3/4 instead of 25 1/2. i didn't notice that mine grow, but now i can move them pretty much independent from each other. and they've got skinnier.

[GreekGuitarMaster]

the sweep that starts on the 19 fret goes:e-19-15,b-15,g-16,d-17,a-­19(not 18)-15(not 14) and up again....and the last sweep goes:e-(T)24-20-17,b-18,g-17,d­-19,a-20-15 and up again...if you slow down the vid that loomis plays it you'l see...:)

[serdar213]

Is it a little more difficult to sweep in this guitar comparing to Jackson ?

[xD0NKEYx]

@serdar213

Helpful advice:

Sweeping on any instrument will be pretty much the same. The only thing affecting sweeping ability is string thickness, pick type, and possibly weird parts of the guitar getting in your way.

Other than that, sweeping = 95% technique, 5% other.

Unless you're playing on something worth less than 250$..., what you sound like on a 500$ guitar will sound pretty similar (if not identical) to a 1500$ guitar except for possibly more clarity due to the better guitar.

[Justic3h]

awesome :)

[kaoskazin]

So I hear Nevermore need a new guitarist.

[hateling666]

bro, that was, jsut, freakin amazing. i give it 100 stars out of 5

[1286038423]

very nice man, sick V also, check out my version if you want.

[dantinez]

line 6 amps kick ass for when your playing at home or maybe small gig. i know cuz i have one. i dont think i would ever use it live for a big gig tho.

[G27dude]

@dantinez Hell no. This guy I know used a line 6 for a gig at school. The thing made an annoying high pitched screeching noise every time you turned it up. Ruined the night for those boys. haha

[metallica5252]

@G27dude that's what every amp does..all you need is a noise gate.

[G27dude]

@metallica5252 No... It was that bad. When you played you could still hear it through the guitar. lol

[metallica5252]

@G27dude oh well that in that case, yea that's pretty bad

[emonikko]

the reminds me. i needa practice.

[KellerDude4]

What clean sweeps holy shit. Normally when people descend on sweeps you can just barely get the notes but yours sounded perfect and I heard every note perfectly. Great job.

[txtmsg4]

one word

subbed

lmao

[usmarineoorah2]

@txtmsg4 if you knew what that meant youd realize how stupid you just sounded.

[txtmsg4]

@usmarineoorah2 bc i subbed to good playing? yeah. good thing to know there are so many intelligent youtubers out here.

[SonOfEidolons]

great job bro.also you play it slow so other people can see it and try it out and you dont go full speed from the beginning like posers would:P. keep on rocking

[sk8boarder125]

How i wish i could sweep as clean as you

[sh4d0wsn1p3r]

I wish I had this skill man. I'm barely good enough to play it super slow, and my fingers hurt like hell.

[Whit3King]

nice i got the same t-shirt :)

[13eyondBirthday]

and the best part is, theres a GTA poster in the background!!!!!

[TobbeCrazy]

Woah, I first thought that you would only play it slow, but damn I got served ;o

That's a pretty kick ass job, man

[MagnustheCyclopsLord]

you are god only second to Jari and Alexi

[tnt420tnt]

man that was way good but it seamed like it mighta been a lil slower. but i could be wrong

[IcoTheBest]

awesome playing, man.

Sweeps are so clean

[MetalMangini]

nice ensiferum shirt!

[guitarwailer7]

It looks sped up to me.

[crazypeoples24686]

what kind of guitar is that?

[XionComrade]

@crazypeoples24686 ESP sv Standard

[crazypeoples24686]

@XionComrade thanks man, it looks super sweet.

[XionComrade]

@crazypeoples24686 Anytime man :D Thats the guitar I want to get, I thought about getting the Jackson RR1, but this guitar seems to be far superior, and about that much harder to get here in the states :/

[NokturnalMortom]

Pretty clean

[meatsnax03]

sick... :D

[MrKellii]

Fucking amazing playing man.

[sonitusdeus]

@pyrodude8

I never said blues and pentatonics are the be all and end all of guitar, and your fan boy comments are unnecessary (i.e. this guy is better than I'll ever be *rolls eyes).

If youve watched any of this guys videos which I trust you have, clearly the only thing lacking in his playing is his vibrato. Blues and pentatonics are a great way to work on that; it serves as a great foundation to build on.

I suggest checking out some Frank Gambale, Tosin Abasi, Loomis or Paul Waggoner.

[sonitusdeus]

Technically you're great, but your vibrato needs work, in fact I'd be willing to bet that you'd have more difficulty learning and duplicating a solo by SRV or Slash than you would Jari Maenpaa.

Technical playing is great, but even Jari would tell ya to learn some basic blues, and at the very least work on your vibrato.

Nevertheless, excellent playing! Keep it up, you got the technical side down, now, work on your vibrato and conveying emotion in your playing. Once you have that your set!!

[pyrodude8]

@sonitusdeus

Blues and pentatonics are not the be all end all of guitar. This guy is a better player overall than you will probably ever be.

[VolatusSomnium]

Ohh look at me.... im awsome and can play impossibly well....im a god, lalalala.....

jokes, awsome vid man.

[Lymesloop]

I don't know why but this reminds me of Resident Evil 4 :o

[hammlars]

any helpful tips for how to sweep fast? i can do fast 3 string sweeps but not anymore really...

[matineesuxxx]

practise them with a metronome at slow speeds. like starting at 50 bpm and slowly increase the tempo as you find it easier to play at that beat (i suggest 16th notes)

[rokarollaph]

very nice man!

[salaatti69]

Ei perkele sä olet hyvä :D

[jonathanbenaroche]

realy nice!!

[y00unes]

Great

Nice Playing

[Veepee666]

That is crazy.Your a god.your the best dude.

[Norther219]

line 6? this man deserves an engl or something

[DavisCrescendo]

well it's not like hes performing live. So he doesn't need to crank his amp for a youtube video. BTW whats wrong with Line 6?

[asianaxeman]

get this man an INVADER 150, NOW!...and some bareknuckle pickups, just shows how sterile EMGS are when he plays that final bend. What a dude!

[Toompernator]

@Norther219 Indeed!

SOMEONE GET THIS GUY AN INVADER

[usmarineoorah2]

@Norther219 lmao ive had a line 6 amp for 6 years and have played on max volume with it multiple times and its still going strong..line 6 is one of the top brand amps out there.

[James0543]

@usmarineoorah2 Line 6 amps are not even close to being the top brand amps out there, that's just a typical ignorant response from a novice. The best amps are Orange, Mesa, Engl, Soldano, Peavey and Line 6 can't touch any of those amps.

[SilverbackGorillaman]

god that is crazy!!!!!

[breadfan87]

Dude, honestly, You are very capable of being an amazing guitarist. write your own materiel, get it copyrighted, and inspire kids to shred it up! seriously, you the chops to do it!

[fullmetalfunk]

I can't play sweeps for shit. I am horrible at them haha. I didn't play alot of metal when I started out playing guitar so now I pretty much suck at stuff like this. I would really like to get my metal chops up but man stuff like that just really ties my fingers in knots.

[keysofanxiety]

You know, it's nice to finally see someone with a nice guitar who can actually play it!

Great job, seriously! 5 Star =D

[maliceformycallus]

my jesus! you have my dream guitar, the SV!!.. i cant afford one :p

[bastardsofdecent92]

Amazing :) great playing

[dimelivesforever777]

oh my god i love you

[JackMcGuitar]

Are you sure your not Jeff Loomis?

[MakzTard]

Löydä ittelles bändi ja tienaa rahaa, jätkä o saatana kitaran kans.

[StereoDeth]

Could you drop a guitar pro or tab file in your video info?

[DragonForcebest]

yeah! Ensiferum!

[BTBAM14]

Holy mother fuck. Perfect.

[tatsoman]

oh you;re really good :|

Is this an ensiferum t-shirt? ;)

[MerchantOfDeath69]

wow thats amazing

[stenchofcorpse]

you rock

[lalojhogez]

insane

[xiozthunderplums]

you play it better fast.

[Zankotsu]

As the original guitarist that plays it lol

[CheeseCakeee]

you're a god.

[Saithroll]

Man that was realy sick...And i love this ensiferum t-shirt...xD

[BloodRelic101]

sick! clean as

[Frostadevil]

You're wearing the same shirt as i do right now! Too bad the skills doesn't come with the shirt haha xD You're awesome!!

[SiiKIZ3ROI]

that was perfect. i wish i could learn that sweep. i can sweep but i dont know this won but ive wanted to for a long time

[hahawzz]

I LOVE UR SWEEEPS!!!!!!!!!!

FUCK

[Azria032]

Isnt that the SV, not the Alexi model? Haha. Some people confuse the two.

[stillbornone666]

yeah. one easy way to tell the two apart is the fact that this one has a neck pickup, while the Alexi does not

[Azria032]

also, the Inlays. I know that some SV's come with the arrow inlays, but (like in your situation) you have the standard Dot Inlays, so yea. If the SV came with Arrow Inlays, I would prefer it over the Alexi model. However, Its always good to have that second pickup in case you need it.

[TheSlaughter13]

stfu!

[Azria032]

k? dont know who pissed in your cheerios, but dont take it out on me, man.

[Ajax2220]

lol i have that shirt

[juliantazora]

i got that too xD

[315MetalHead]

nicely done ... awesome Laiho Signature Guitar

[fraknak]

its not a signature model. its an sv standard. i have a laiho and it doesn't have a neck pick up.

[315MetalHead]

o yea ... they're similar to an extent but you're right ... btw how does the Laiho sound?

[fraknak]

its pretty fuckin sweet. i have the version with the seymour duncan blackout. fucking amazing pick up. so metal hahaha

[mofonofo]

too bad you're missing out on a neck pickup, which can provide a warmer tone when you need it on the fly.

[gaara224]

it has a neck pickup and a bridge...

[mofonofo]

Too bad you didn't pick up on the fact that we're talking about the laiho signature, and NOT the sv standard you see this guy playing.

[BlooddrunkKitten]

playing metal if there are two guitars available the lead may not need a warm or calm tone, the rythm can often use it, and with sig models like the alexi god and whatnot they have only the back pick up because its an active pick up and the tone is great with only the one

[mofonofo]

Petrucci would bitch-slap you for saying that.

[ShadowsScreamAgain]

id rather have the one with the emg hz, but thats just me

[fraknak]

its all personal preference but active's have a warmer sound and crack to them. the hz's are passive and i do not much care for them but you can get a sweet crunch out of them in certain guitars with chunkier bodies.

[SilenceXCore]

did you hit every note or you hammer on somes?

[MRpoopsniff]

i can hear some hammer ons

[yngvaibucketrucci]

fuckin amazing man, also is that an ensiferum shirt? rock on

[ville670]

yo nazguluzan, just sweep the pick over the strings...like iunno man it sais it all on the style "sweep picking"

[Jarlesworth]

Keep making videos :) You amaze me. Much better than me. Do you have a band or anything? I would like to hear some thngs from it if you did :)

[blindyoureyes]

nice playeeeedd!<3

[fitzlee522]

you can play it cleaner than jeff loomis. no joke

[pickleboy1219]

i agree

[nazguluzan]

Could some1 quite explain me how to play like that, i know it's a playing style but i can't find anywhere how to actually start with training it... and what's actually been done.

[mesaric5]

There has been player every third note of the scale.

[jaycedog005]

its called sweep picking.... sweeping arpeggios =] just look up a few tutorials in youtube "sweep picking tutorial"

[thatswhatshesaid13]

Wow dude this is great

[mamamelo2]

amazingg perfect !!! OMG .. tabb please !!

[majcica]

look it up on google OMG!

[MAG00GLER]

EXactly !!

[LaneyHead]

where did you get the tabs???

ultimate guitar??

[Sammakkounit]

Just find a tab from ultimate guitar, go to youtube and see someone playing that song, check if hes playing it like it is in the tab

[SgtSquidy]

that sounds beautiful slow

[NejiHyuuga777]

Wow, incredible speed.  Very well played :).

[xxTriviumFreakxx]

Fail...

[L4sho]

I think that anybody who can play psalm of lydia sweeps with that speed won't get any challenge from canon rock.

[Atharg]

lol yea...

[Tb0neZ5]

FAG

[n00bje]

Someone is jealous..

[guitarmetal1]

Nice work!!!

[majcica]

did u watch it till the end or only first 5 seconds?

[otherrandomhero]

Even when he plays it fast he's around 15bmp short of the song itself. Still impressive, but not perfect.

[SaphirreDragon]

Nah its more like 14.8 bpm slower. -.-

Nice playing there.

[yngvaibucketrucci]

apart from a slight 'dur' string at 0:34 it is perfect, which is probably why hes playing it at that speed instead of playing it full speed but slightly messy, and if he did that I doubt you'd even notice anyway

[gtyouhg]

shit man thats good

[ShredmastaZ]

Christ, that is very clean. Props, dude.

[15viceandvirtues]

i could only sweep that cleanly in my DREAMS!!!!

very nice man, this is one of my favorite songs!

[A7X969]

PORCO DIO!!!!!The Sweep Master

[truepiece]

You are AMAZINGLY CLEAN. Well done.

[oddclown]

that was fucking beast dude. nice

[rmtimmer]

sick shirt man,

[JasonNeymeyer]

Nice, dude! What pickups are you using, and what amp?

[dooomedking]

he plays very clean

i like that

[ctjoao]

i will die if i see one more dude sweep the shit out of me.........

[Thalanna]

Now, I hope I'll get Sylar's ability, so I could come to your home and steal your skill by cutting your skull and examining your brains xD Seriously.

[virgincollector69]

fuck you!!!!!....naw ur fucking sick. a lot better than me

[MosherMike]

What I would give for even half your talent. Wow

[guitarplayeraustin]

Nice job dude! what tuning is this in?

[Dreamtheater0008]

it was aight

[spottytroll]

You are my new favorite YouTube Guitar player.

[supprize]

hey all i found another good version of this solo. type in John Philbrick psalm of lydia. its probably the only one that compares to this one

[MCE071]

i cant stop watching this. its effing amazing.

[7MetalGuitar7]

wow!! nice and very clean notes..

[spencedaddy11]

y r u doing it on a 6string

[FinalCountdown2008]

Because the solo doesnt require a seventh string...duh?

[Sharvalthegreat]

and because 7 strings are expensive... duh.

[VertigoSqueal90]

Your an asshole lol. I hate that you rock at sweeping.

[eddyguitar94]

omgwtfbbq u r amzing

[stunnadro]

ur a fag...not u guitar player. the bbq sauce idiot

[eddyguitar94]

what im quoting a funny video i saw and yes i am a guitar player and i think tht saying im retadred for saying omgwtfbbq and then saying he is amzing is stupid what is ur problem man

[SaTurNPL]

LOOOOOOOOOOL

[BobbyTischler]

I think he is petri lindroos

[MCE071]

that was fucking redonkyalous!

[rohanbali]

wow..that was amazing

[skmetalhead16]

he's wearing an Ensiferum shirt! check em out there amazing. Lai lai hei and tale of revenge are masterpeices.

[metal1324]

thankyou for playing your solo videos slow too it really helps

[ProgressiveBand09]

perfect