Dan Jacobs - Metal lead riff lesson

[xascitiesburnx]

@Overture2152 I hope your kidding.. first of all Atreyu is a metal band from America, not japan or whatever you think.. so i already know you know nothing about the guy. Dan Jacobs is one of the most technical melodic guitarists out there today, with a unique sound and creativity in his music. He's also one of the only guitarists I know that expiriments with new sounds, and makes it work. He doesnt focus on speed, but sound. Not to mention the guy fucking shreds. Open your mind dumbass

[SpawntheFuries]

@xascitiesburnx I wouldn't exactly say he's one of the most technical or melodic, but I agree that he's definitely one of the more unique. Atreyu gets a lot of undeserved crap, and while I myself am not a huge Atreyu fan, some of their songs are among my top favorites, this song being one of them.

[vorpalspaz]

hey everybody. Does anybody know the riff to 'heavy metal sausage' by the band Hunchback? cant find it anywhere. Its a really weird but cool riff

[Overture2152]

Everything here has either been done by melodic death memtalers from Scandinavia, or Jrock/Jmetal bands over in japan. And this idiot is popular why?

[MriLoveA7X]

I Love This Riff...Even THough he isnt my fave guitarist...this is one good riff!!

[oXistence]

which song is the riff from?

[robertheskater]

what tuning is this?



[plopi567]

@robertheskater drop C

[TheMal5]

@robertheskater Drop C (CGCFAD)

[tyjed]

i like psychically thought that was the riff at the beginning

[iNinjaChris]

I'm curently learning this song, it's called My Fork in the Road(Your Knife in my Back)

[biggel05]

i played this guitar V-style on a full tube ENGL and i must say it's the badassest guitar i've played to date!

[VALKRYE2009]

i fuckin love how he put the numbers on the frets

[kane916]

im not joking i know a guy called dan jacobs 

[offspring787]

atreyu is possibly one of the best metal bands out there. they dont scream all the time but when they do i think it sounds better than almost any band. they can be fuckking heavy when they want to.

[lpfan555]

this almost sounds like something bfmv would play. its a great riff though he is a great muscian

[yvesttt]

tabs please I can't see it

[elekay1]

Love this riffs and this band! :-)

[reddracken]

what song is this?

[meateatingvegans]

@reddracken my fork in the road (your knife in my back)

[aditsetan]

a young guitarist with a beautiful talent . atreyu is a lucky band to have a guitarist like dan .

[ThiagoSaiz]

which song is he playing? PLEASE!!

[frankenfields]

@ThiagoSaiz my fork in the road

[vanhalenshredder]

Tiny stubby hands. . . . . .

[BehindTheWallOfDoom]

hate to break it to ya atreyucunt sucks.if u listen to them u got a bad taste in music.

[CRUSHEM42]

@BehindTheWallOfDoom Excuse me kid? You probably listen to fairy butterfly princess you fag nugget. Get a life, Go fuck yourself, and grow a penis.

[Dapee09]

@BehindTheWallOfDoom

and why sir are you watching this?????

[Kiee5777]

what song is that? 1 - 54?

[Foxsloth]

@Kiee5777 my fork in the road - Atreyu

[Kiee5777]

@Foxsloth Sweet, thank youu much appreciated

[thegrouchboy]

I´ve heard this riff before. wich band made it?

[TitsMcAssh0le]

where's the headband dan? come on!

[shams2k]

cool riff..quite catchy

[sonobecube]

not bad , the riff sounds cool.. but i wouldn't say that he one of the best metal guitarists . he has talent but he is not a virtouso. hes young so maybe he will improve . he needs to expand his sound...its to 80's generic

[plopi567]

@sonobecube but this is how he always plays and thats what he says :D i know you posted this a year ago but awell

[motleycrue24]

@sonobecube nothing wrong with 80s generic

[LPDXDX]

@sonobecube bla bla bla dude.

[poplepo3]

can anyone tell me what song this is from?

[IbanezUchiha0]

@poplepo3 My Fork In The Road Your Knife In My Back

[jackass311]

so whats the difference between part 1 and part 2 on the dan jacobs dvd?

[poplepo3]

@jackass311 i own part two and my freind owns part one the difference is first and foremost difficuly part two is mostly bout there solos and things like sweep arpegios and there harder riffs and part one is just simple riffs and progressions with riffs like falling down which are more at a begainer-itermediate level

[jackass311]

@poplepo3 awesome man, thanks a lot! i was kinda thinking along those lines but now i actually know instead of just guessing... now i have to buy both!! nooooooo! hahaha

[poplepo3]

@jackass311 be careful man if you get part 2 be ready to shred and sweep cause thats mostly it

[jackass311]

@poplepo3 hahaha, yeah dude. i think i might get it still, cause i do need to learn sweeping n shi. im gonna be getting a couple of the rockhouse method dvds too, like this one for just exercising your hands to get up endurance, strength, etc. then some other ones

[Xl3p3rm3ss1ahx]

lolololol wannabeserpento99 is right and wrong at the same. Yes, hes not the greatest (not even fucking close) but hes pretty good. we cant deny that. hes very talented and atreyu is definetely not a bad band. they have made great song AND they have also made some shitty one. just like any other band

[IXIGrimIXI]

This fag?!?! That is one of metals most famous and greatest guitarists. Shut the fuck up you talentless lowlife bitch. Id love to see you do better.

[wannabeserpento99]

@IXIGrimIXI OH MY FUCKING GOooooood. METALS MOST FAMOUS AND GREATEST GUITARIST. THIS GUY????? HAHAHAHAHHAH first of all this isnt metal. NO1 knows him. i heard about atreyu from my friend who has a shitty music taste. and no legendary guitarist have never spoken about this useless fagg. u know that many utube guitarists r 10 times better than this. seriously god of metal will kill ur parents if u say something like that again.

[wannabeserpento99]

rockhouse throw this fag away

[danjacobsfan95]

anybody have the real tabs for this??

[metalmaza]

I still can't see why Atreyu didn't make that a single, that's one of Atreyu's best songs. Oh and Dan is a wicked guitarist

[CypherThanatos]

I love his tone.. ^^

[AviatorAndyK]

whats that guitar????

[guky667]

@AviatorAndyK

That's his signiture model by ESP

[maximilianramsl]

does anyone know the name of the whole song

[Koalaofdarkness]

my fork in the road (your knife in my back)

hope I helped

[maximilianramsl]

thx! you really did :)

[kmg606]

dan looks so much like urijah faber.. there voices even kinda sound alike

[heutebackichbrot]

Bullet for my Valentine - Hearts burst into Fire

[negropants23]

what guitar does he use

[Areelex]

Dan Jacobs is epic. And what riff is this?

[barfsonyou99]

yes he is! and this is the opening riff to their song "My fork in the road (your knife in my back)" awesome song :)

[Gutishine]

Check out my Right Side Of The Bed Solo cover!

[FuzzyOctaves]

lol its like u see him in full screen

then it zooms at his hand

BUT there not his there some little fat stubby migets XDDDDDDD

[tygolf11]

he is very short. prob shorter than most people think. maybe like 5'5, 5'6, 5'7. so ya its kinda natural to have short or stubly fingers. He is so good though. very underrated and extremely talented. im also about 5'6/5'7, so he inspires me

[Ghost098]

@tygolf11

even shorter. 5'1

[tygolf11]

dude thats crazy. he is such a stud

[Ghost098]

@tygolf11

Yes. many good looking/famous people are short!

I want to see a photo of Dan and Angus Young standing next to each other (Cuz Angus Young is around the same height)

[tygolf11]

ya i just read on an article that he is like 5'3 or 5'2. ive been trying to master this riff thats why i looked this up in the first place

[Shyuum]

@tygolf11

Short is 5'5 not 5'7

[tygolf11]

@Shyuum ya you're right

[entwurfdreizehn]

Yeah he does, but it means nothing, Jimi Hendrix's guitar teacher told him his fingers were to short and stubby fro him to ever play guitar.

but yeah hes definitely underrated IMO.

[yekshemesh4alig]

that's one smokin' guitar!!

[poplepo3]

what song was this from?

[IbanezUchiha0]

The song's called My Fork In The Road,Your Knife In My Back from the album A Death-Grip On Yesterday.

[PaintBallCanada]

i would like to see you play better fag

[PaintBallCanada]

haha homo he is and always be better than you. go choke on a dick and die

[forgetus0n]

@Ghaeis666 fuck you man dan jacobs is a beast and that riff is the shit

[TheKitKatKid95]

what tune?

[johnnylgr11]

thats the gayest riff ive ever heard

[iLoveOlivaMunn]

thats the gayest riff ive ever heard too

[MetalOmgz]

wow i want that guitar

[DarkDragonPL]

@MetalOmgz samez... its pretty awesome..

[xxxNightstalker1xxx]

My Fork In The Road (Your Knife In My Back)

one of my favorites from Atreyu

[shorty41094]

Does anyone know of a complete list of pedal effects that dan uses?

[MetalMad90]

ibanez tube screamer, boss overdrive, i think it was a boss noise suppressor and i cant remember what else =S

[icolossali]

boss overdrive, digitech chorus, digitech digital delay, boss wah, boss noise suppressor.

[daydreamer92ify]

this riff is from my fave Atreyu ablum =]

[LPDXDX]

yea me too :D

[atreyustillremains]

why do you need tabs ! :L:L

[Ravenheart182]

tabs are always good!!

[chainedangel18]

I adore dan jacobs <3

he inspired me to pick up a guitar

LOOOOOOOOOVE HIM

[IpwnUa11]

gotta love those inlays ^_^. This guy is a freaking genus he's one of my favorite guitarists of all time

[metalcorefan911]

this is one of the best riffs ever written, the emotion and feeling put into it is incredible. great guitarist, song, album, and band.

[UberShadow666]

@metalcorefan911

i love your name

just says a lot about the comment

[metalcorefan911]

@UberShadow666

thnx, the first time i heard this it gave me chills. the bends and even the scale its played it give a feeling of deep deep emotion, music like that is untouchable. the intangibles of music, ideas, feelings, meaning etc., thats wat makes music great. the ability to relate to people.

[card6654]

sounds beater slow

[malayneum666]

is dat drop c?

i guess..

[ViralSicknessX6]

drop C it is

[BreakdownzRuled00dz]

i like the way his guitar sounds on this vid, sounds a bit different than on the actual cd. it has more feeling to it.

[mitchellacruz]

wat song is this??

[Bass7X]

Song is

 "My fork in the road (your knife in my back)"

[yroslav]

He sounds like a homo :P

[jmiskinis]

Great riff, and played amazingly well. I found a tab, and

it starts on the 6th fret of the A, then 8th fret of D. When

I look at his fingering, he appears to be fretting a whole

step farther up the neck. Is this due to an alternate tuning?

Sorry to sound ignorant, I only use standard tuning.

[zmanrc1]

he uses drop c.

[bobmarleyfan246]

damn this riff makes me feel sad

[MattHyonmaru]

Any have tabs for this lesson? :D

[Incantro2]

hey! isnt this a sound track in racing lagoon?

a ps1 game..

or some games i played yeah ryt!..

anyone?

[xAfroMetalHead1990x]

This riff is sick like a mad cow.

[D0w0rkS0nn]

what song is this from?

[yankeeass99]

my fork in your road--atreyu

[zmanrc1]

techniquely, its called my for in the road (your knife in my back)

great song XD

[didorox2011x3]

its so beautiful tho. its wierd saying that about an atreyu song lol

[LPDXDX]

lol most of ther songs are beautiful.

[sk8monster112]

sounds like something BFMV would play sort of

[Judoking96]

what song is this from

[jmfrechay]

my fork in the road your knife in my back

[Gutishine]

Cool! I always wanted to play that but didn't find any good tabs.....check out my Atreyu Solo covers!

[galenmikef]

how does he tune to drop c on his floyd rose? Does he use a specific gauge of strings?

[DonTomDerErste]

7string set?!

[CyrilNailo]

you don´t need thicker strings but it´s better if you use 10th or 11th...when you´ve got a floyd rose you need to set your steel fork in the back of your guitar to the right strength

[deathmetaliscool]

just put Tens or Elevens, tune to D and drop the 6th string...

[StrongerThanHell]

he is only 5 feet tall

but a monster on stage

my personal hero

[AbbyMac1]

That's an absolutely amazing riff! Those two guys together write some of the greatest stuff ever! i love it!

[GibsonRocker14]

learned it in 2 minutes.

thanx Dan

[Quiggie89]

You should def post a link to a tab for this; it'd be much easier for the noob-ier generation, such as myself. :)

[therockhouse]

All the tab is avaiabe with the product. When you get his Rock House DVD there are full tab books with each lesson fully tabbed out. You can even put the video on your iPod

[LPDXDX]

that song is so awesome!

[Daver869]

doesn't it look like he has short fingers?

[nblax41]

hes a pretty small guy from what Ive seen of him, his hands can't be very big

[Dimebag08RIP]

atreyu just plane suck man that fucker has stolen so many in flames riffs its not even subtle. Metal leads my ass.

[WachaDrop]

he's more talented than you either way fuckface, do something about it... and i like in flames... atreyu is just better

[41184140]

I don't like much Atreyu and I'm not flamming noob, learn to have some ethics...

[41184140]

Bloody ESP.

[ElvenLord3]

whats wrongg wiv ESPs? best fuckin guitars, with gibsons

[DangerousMusicProd]

the first riff is beautiful :O

[YoureMyNextAddiction]

does anyone know what song it is, if its a song?

[DangerousMusicProd]

yes i do

[YoureMyNextAddiction]

pleasee?? tell me?

[icp40506]

My Fork In The Road (Your Knife In My Back)...From the album A Death-Grip On Yesterday

[Kaasflipje2]

He kinda looks like TDWP's vocalist.

[sTUPIfy308]

no, he looks like John Travolta

[mastergiovanni321]

what song is this from

[imaslut0123]

Its, Atreyu - Fork In The Road.

[xxanarchychild616xx]

acutally the full name is: my fork in the road(your knife in my back)

[Assb0y]

oh so sorry...

[joey1364]

is his guitar a ltd?

[metalmaster300]

no its a esp custom made

[kamikazeespleen]

but its an ltd

[KillswitchGuy2005]

no it's not lol. It's an ESP custom. Ltd is the sub-model. That would be like saying Zakk Wylde uses epiphone instead of Gibson.

[kamikazeespleen]

yes it is! if you look in the ESP site, (he has a V signature instead of the EX now) but there is only an LTD because he wanted everyone to have exactly the same guitar as him and not fork out £3000 for an ESP version. Dunno why but thats what he said

[espltd12]

His just has the ESP name on it though

[mastergiovanni321]

he uses both but mostly gibson so does slash

[Assb0y]

thats by children of bodem

[decoversed]

Why All Always write (Bodem) ITS (Bodom)?

[sxeDANIsxe]

it´s by Atreyu and its called "My Fork In The Road (Your Knife In My Back)"

[PaulyProductions]

sounds like bfmv

[liveandlet1]

its not da crimson its my fork in the road

[Taskada666]

i want a tab lol it will be easier

[GuitarHero55598]

what song is that, the crimson or something else?

[wildebeest22product]

nahh,

it sounds like something

BFMV would play though.

[SixStringSublime]

the muted bits when he plays it slow reminds me of forever and always

[stephldp]

ITS THE CRIMSON

[LPDXDX]

NO way!! It's this "My Fork in the Road". check it out and you'll see..

[stephldp]

you're right when i was done writing the comment i realized it was fork in the road and i couldn't delete it

[eugekawk]

when he play it slow he forget some notes lol..

[5176324]

atreyu is terrible not heavy anymore at least and not metal..... dan jacobs on the other hand is awesome. 80;s hair metal soloing shit is the bees knees. if you want metal listen to something else

[archenemy2242]

My fork in the Road

[vampyricmantra63]

anyone know what size strings he uses?

[555imperio555]

he uses dean markley medium strings (0.11 0.13 0.20 0.30 0.42 0.52)