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  • He definetly just doesn't want to be there

  • he doesn't suck, but god damnit! clean up your damn sweeps!

  • First off u cant really say that syn sucks... sure there are faster guitar players but playing fast isnt everything. Syn plays with so much feeling and melody and that does take talent.. in my opinion more talent than just fast scale runs. and if u think he sucks then why watch fucking videos of him playing guitar?

  • Pathetic excuse for a guitar player. Paul Gilbert wipes his ass with this tool.

  • @MlKEPORNTOY your pathetic, i see you on almost every video, fuck off dude

  • @MlKEPORNTOY Dude hes boring. Go hear Joe Satriani. And if you think Paul Gilbert is good. Michaelangelo Batio will sick with it mop the floor with Paul at speed.

  • So "You know"? no i dont know, slow down!

  • this dude is the entire reson i play guitar.i always watched their concerts and shit.now when i try to learn an A7X song i say "WTF was this dude smoking when he wrote this

  • Sloppy sweeping is sloppy.

  • Well what do you know,another fake ass shredder! people that rate this fag obviously have never heard rusty cooley!

  • @jonrg77 I don't really think of him as a shredder so much as just a great musician and a really good guitarist. Everyone knows there's better death metal players who can out shred him, but in terms of musicality and musicianship Gates is one of the best.

  • @jonrg77 or paul gilbert

  • @jonrg77 i dont think anyone knows rusty cooley, and syn gates is a good player you fag

  • People need to learn how to practice standing up, if you really got something down but you don't have an acoustic, practice it standing up and see how you can tackle something like that.

    That helps alot too.

  • TOSIN ABASI.

  • Love Syn!

  • so u go like.....(plays real fast)...........and then u go like *plays fast again* and basically its just uhh csus2 on bottom lol he makes it sound so fucking easy lol

  • @ramiabuhamra1 Gotta love Syn for confusing us xD He's great at doing thaat xP x Ahahaa

  • @CrazyHorse1997 Yea isn't it great lol haha when i watched this i was like i think im gonna quit guitar he's too good.

  • @ramiabuhamra1 Hahaa, my new electric guitar came yesterday, and I was listning to the music and 'attempting' to try and do something, but then i watched this and I was like :O I'll never do it D:! :D x

  • where's the "deathbat" inlay? O:

  • @royariyosirami this is his first signature guitar. The letters SYN are also different from the new one as well as the new one has an ebony fingerboard and the one you see in the video has rosewood.

  • Anyone who names their user name LesPaulGibson is a fail

  • he almost always plays on that guitar :P ^^

  • @Ela2351 it's because it's his signature guitar :P

  • @DAX1122 I know -.- :P

  • Fail sweeps.

  • noob. what about cleanlines.. okay you can play it but you can't do it... it was noisy as hell... jason becker would laugh at this trying.

  • dime is tons better than syn.. no offense.. i do like syn but dime is totally on a different level.. he could be a god now if he didnt die

  • He has the hands of a women!

  • if only he could play 1/4 as dimebag darrell played,he would be the best young guitarist now

  • @XxSuPaMaNxX101 emm sorry,i don't know what that means,please let me know

  • @reallyguitarhero it means ur dumb for saying he can only play 1/4 as good as dime

  • @XxSuPaMaNxX101 I didn't say that,I said that he would be the best guitarist in the actual world IF HE COULD 1/4 AS DIMEBAG DARRELL,R.I.P. DIMEBAG

  • one of my favourite of all time.. ahahaha

  • Sounds like the Wicked End. AWAWAWAWAWESOME!!!!!!!!!

  • Sloppy as fuck. Lots of people say he's the cleanest guitarist in the world. Bullshit. Only 5 string sweeps as well, those are piss easy for the most part, check out Jeff Loomis' sweep lesson, 7 string sweeps clean as fuck. Synyster is overrated, can only play clean sometimes because most of his solos are easy (whatever you lot think), and is just a Dimebag/Slash wannabe. You idolise a wannabe, who frankly isn't worth any of the credit he's given.

  • @bastardsofdecent92 didn't realise having influences makes you a wannabe

  • @neverscared92 It doesn't. Compare for example the Seize the Day solo (music video) to the final solo in November Rain. Slash imitating much? And guitar tone/soloing scales are VERY Dimebag/Slash. All he does is rip off other guitarists originality, and retard A7X fans think he's an original guitar player, and make him their God :S

  • @bastardsofdecent92 thats like saying slash is a rip off of joe perry and jimmy page. you must be just one of these metalheads that think a7x are fags coz they don't play music like machinehead. i can see what you mean with the soloing in a way but he has a different approach to those scales. every guitarist is different

  • @neverscared92 It's NOTHING like saying that. Slash has a pretty unique style of playing, as far as guitarists go. Considering that Syn is trying to make A7X equivalents of GNR solos for example, that is ripping it off. However, Slash may be a rock guitarist, but that doesn't mean that he's imitating other rock gutiarists, purely because he plays the same genre of music as them. And I think they're fags because they're sellout. But I don't care much for MH either tbh.

  • @neverscared92 Oh, and another thing, the theory behind the solos is near identical to Pantera/GNR. Slash basically copies the fusion between the pentatonic and chromatic scales in the same way as Dimebag did, and the chosen rhythms at certain times for the solo backing modulates in the way was as GNR. For example, in Don't Cry but GNR, the chords are F flat, G flat, A flat minor, yet it plays an E flat at 1 point, to give the solo a build up sense.

  • @bastardsofdecent92 the sellout argument kinda gets boring and hypocritical after a while, because lets face it, if anyone was given the chance to make a shit load more money with the job they do, they would take it. even slash admits he knows little theory behind playing, but syn knows which notes can work with which scales, whereas slash is amazing because what he does is all about feel rather than technical ability. dime was just raw talent

  • @neverscared92 I disagree with that. I wouldn't betray my music beliefs and routes just to make a "radio-friendly" piece of music to make me millions. And Slash doesn't know that much theory, you're right there, yet he has had helped write masterpieces with the old GNR. And Syn doesn't know much theory, "but syn knows which notes can work with which scales", check out most of his solos- chromatic shredding? That contradicts your statement. And Dimebag was the original guitarist of his kind.

  • @bastardsofdecent92 i can't really remember why i bothered commenting in the first place tbh. iys just hit me that i don't care anymore. so now you can go tell all your friends you won an argument over the internet. have a nice day

  • @neverscared92 I'm glad I've proved my point. Good day.

  • @bastardsofdecent92 and by iys i clearly mean its

  • @bastardsofdecent92 lol i hope ur not saying syn doesnt know theory...the guy went to a music college and got a degree...he knows everything there is to know about music...if ur not syaing that then disregard lol....and as for the sellout talk....if you dont do what you can to get as much money as you can while you can you sir are dumb...money is power in todays world..

  • @XxSuPaMaNxX101 If he knew everything there is to know, as you said, then surely he would know the theoretical flaws often seen in Avenged's music? And there you go - you've just contradicted yourself by saying that Syn is going it for the money. That lacks all music principle for starters, I HATE that some people treat music like a means to get money, rather than what it should be - an art. Bands like these are like cancer to the musical world.

  • @bastardsofdecent92 If you think making music and selling it is anything more than business, then you're quite misinformed. And if you've believed anyone who's told you otherwise, then you're gullible.

    These musicians are good enough to write music and sell it. It's what they do. Are you going to criticize a lawyer for doing their job?

    And anyone who's actually played Avenged's music knows that they may be flawed musically, but it's done deliberately.

    It's called thinking outside the box. Try it

  • @bastardsofdecent92 Everybodys ripping off Chet Atkins ... he starts using overdubs and wah wah, now everybodys using effects! There all fags. All but Chet ...

  • hahaha sweeps like a noob

  • can you do better mothefucker?

  • What he's doing is from The Wicked End

  • damn, i don't mean to be insulting or anything, but people are right, this video had him playing a llittle sloppy, just on the lower strings though, they kinda were ringing out. i'm not hating on him or anything, he's a badass, just not one of his better days

  • @SYNcustomWILLbeMINE 1) he really didnt wanna be there

    2) odds r he was probs a little tipsy or drunk

    3) he always is trying to finish off but the camera people are making him continue... he hates it there

  • i agree, he's too good for the human eye lol

  • listen to him he is da man

  • lol...i bought a DBZ Bird of Prey and put Seymour Duncan SH-8 Invaders in it. Sounds exactly the same...

    if you just want his sound get a Random guitar (Mahogany Wood Recomended) and put the Pickups in it

  • Synyster is the Man who makes me wanna Play guitar,

    But still makes me wanna quit playing

  • agreeddddd

  • @bodafors1 lol xD

  • @bodafors1 LOOOL

  • @bodafors1 you heard that from dand donegan... :D

  • @bodafors1 well i would wanna quit to he is amazing like that

  • i love the way it says SYN on the fretboard.

  • ok ok ok 4 every1

    the standard and custom are the same except for the standard has a rosewood fretboard, licensed floyd, detonators (hb-108), and i think the body has a difrent wood than the custom

    the custom has original floyd, invader pickups, ebony fretboard and other difrences in the wood. they both have same inlays with the syn, crosses, and deathbat. idk what version he is playin but r u guys really gonna fight over sumthing so stupid

  • for the people that think he's drunk, he's just too fast to go slow ;P

  • HAHAHAH! =)

  • Well if its got his name on it I'd say its fairly much custom made for him lol

  • Your a fucking idiot, therese the standard, and theres the custom. Both are for sale to the public.

  • do u know if theres any difference on them??..

  • Yes there are differences. The custom: seymore duncan invader pickups, set neck, solid mahogany body, ebony fingerboard... Standard: Duncan Designed detonators, bolt on neck, i think basswood body, and a rosewood fingerboard.

  • ok am saving up money to a synyster gates guitar..

    so wich 1 do you think I should go for??

  • It depends on you. Do you play alot? In a band? Just a hobby? It also depends on your income. Overall I would get the custom because I think its only about $300 more than the standard and it's alot better.

  • ok thanks :D well I kinda can't play guitar yet but I really want to so am saving up money for a syn guitar and then I'll start learning. And I'll continue with music and I hope that it's also my future job :)

  • Woah woah woah, since you've never played you need to get a beginner guitar to start out and learn on, just incase you decide you don't like playing guitar. It's not a good idea to go out and spend $1000 on something you might not even end up using.

  • yeah I know but it's just like I'm pretty sure that I will continue with it too when I have one. Of course that's a smart idea but I really want it.. :) but I'll just wait and see how much money I'm able to save up

  • Ok well if your sure you'll stick with it then go ahead i guess.

  • ok :) nah I'll be thinking of it 4 a while first thanks :)

  • Go for the white version of that Synyster Custom.

  • thats a joke..? i love ax7 but thats sloppy idk how the fuck syn made a video teaching sweep picking if he cant play it clean

  • probably he was super drunk... we can see how clean when he plays live..

  • He didn't make the video. They asked him for an interview with the guitar and one of the questions happened to be about sweep picking.

    It's pretty obvious that he was nervous too.

  • There are two versions. The standard, and the custom. Look it up.

  • whats the gutiar??

  • its a schecter synyster gates custom

  • what is this called,the main thing he teach in this video?

  • that, my friend, is sweep picking

  • Sweep Picking. I learned to do it from this video. If you check out my second seize the day cover, i do one of the sweeps he showed at the end.

  • Someone know if this guitar is the custom or the standard?

    I saw that the pickups are black just like the standard, but this guitar doesn´t have the deathbat in the 12 fret.

    This is the same guitar that syn uses in seyze the day music video.

  • It is the custom. The standard doesn't have the whammy bar.

  • The standard also have the whammy bar.

    This guitar must be a special guitar that they made for the music video seyze the day.

    I never saw in nowhere else

  • Yeah i was wrong about the whammy bar. If you you go the the musiciansfriend website, type in synyster, and you'll so both guitars.  One is 700, the other is 1000.

  • yeah casue this guitar doesnt have the deathbat on the fretboard

  • standard does have a whammy bar, but it doesnt have the semour duncan invader pick up they are some lesser pickups

  • it has a licensed floyd and i think duncan designed pickups. everything else is the same.

  • what kinda pick does he use?

  • the pick of destiny

  • Seriously............

  • epic fail

  • dunlop gator picks

  • im sorry but did that idiot say this video was around during stst.. lol fail

    if u didnt notice he definitely didnt have that guitar back then that the biggest clue

  • im 14 we play in a cover band and i play all of ozzys hit songs on the guitar mr.crowley is my favorite

  • hey dum0s not to contradict or anything but this is definetly not sounding of the seventh trumpet he didnt have his custom schecter then this is definetly at earliest city of evil he is alot better than this video tho

  • everyone who says hes shit - this was around the time of sounding the seventh trumpet - that was god knows how many years ago.

    so get a life and watch him record the afterlife solo - he's improved for godsake all u fags

  • PRO

  • god, i understand syn is your favorite guitarist and all, but there is no denying that this is very sloppy sweeping

  • This is guy is very sloppy, no offense to his fans, he is a very likable person but he is EXTREMELY sloppy and his pick technique is ineffective to the orthodox . This is not my type of music, please don't take offense anyone.

  • this is true, but this is an old ass video hes better now

  • sloppy

  • o cmon.... paul ryan anyone?

  • Probably 'shite' to one who has a sincere lack of style. And as for critisising his guitar playing, why the hell are you watching this video in the first place to learn what you think is bad guitar???

    i love syn =]

  • like to see you do better mate

  • Fucking* Shit*

  • RyanJamesCarleton... put a vid up then and we'll compare?

  • WHY ARE HIS ARMS SO FUCKIN" BIG!!!!

  • he looked kinda mad i wounder who he's teaching this to maybe kids like young like 7 8 year olds that would b funny wat would there parents think of that

  • talking about sweeping? there is only one answer: Michael Angelo Batio

  • and Yngwie Malmsteen

  • My friend. Jeff loomis(solo/nevermore), michael keene(the faceless). check em out

  • Any 13 year old guitarist these days....

    Kids are scary these days.

  • Lmao i'm 14 and played guitar for 7 years

    Fear me ;)

  • hehehe 17 year old guitarist and played for 11 years fear me :D

  • poser

  • the best metal sweeper is alexi lihao

    check out alexi lihao sweep and tap

  • alexi is not as half as good as syn this vid is old check out some new boy!!!

  • alexi is sloppy as fuck

  • There must be something with him in this video, I've seen better too, I'm not a fan of Avenged Sevenfold, I even dislike them xD but I don't write hate comments for that. This is really bad, and the rhythm in the beginning sounds kinda punk-ish, which I dno how good it fits together with sweeps... Anyways I know that he can sweep because I've heard recordings and seen live clips so I can't deny that he can sweep.

  • why is this almost 5 stars

  • coz is gates

    lol

  • ignore my atrocious typing as well; I was drunk at the time of posting this lol

  • he's a great composetr but some of his techniqyues could be better. The correct way to sweep is to mute each note you sweep into immediately after your pick it with your palm and follow that pattern throughout the entire arpeggio. Normally your fretting finger is muting one string above it but for sweeping you have to insert your palm earlier.

  • he was just off that day lol nut hes still the shit

  • hes always gonna be the shit aha but this is when he like wasn't as good at sweep picking. hes much better now.

  • to be honest syn doesn't sweep correctly because you can hear some of the notes in his arpeggio ringing out which would make it sound like a chord and sweeping is supposed to be cleaner.

  • I find that, for me , its the most challenging thing in sweep picking, any tips??? (btw, I would like to avoid chaging picking style.)

  • Horrible, sloppy, shit.

  • ya im not going to lie even though i love syn

  • you think thats bad?

    check out dragonforce's "betcha can't play this" THAT is really sad

  • Yeah I've seen that.

    Fucking horrible.

  • yup

  • 0:22 sounds like the solo from the duncan hills coffee jingle by dethklok

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  • yo some one tell me wat song this is pleas

    go on my acount ant coment plzzz

  • its not a song..its just sweeps.

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  • synster gates is the guitarist :P

  • lol I dont know their names

  • Synyster gates=Brian Haner Lead guitarist

    M. Shadows= Matt Sanders Vocalist

    Zacky Vengeance= Zackary Baker Rhythm Guitarist

    The Rev= Jimmy Sullivan Drums

    Johnny Christ= Dont remember last name but he is the bassist

  • sweeping is getting stupid

  • what do u mean?

  • its getting over used. it used to b artistic now everyone uses it. its like tapping. eddy van halen made it amazing. randy rhodes made it godly. but now EVERYONE has to use it. everyone sweeps now and its just not special or artistic to me anymore

  • im sorry but people have to get over this "over using" bullshit it dun matter how much ppl do it listen to wot u like n get over it cus u shuldnt be listening to music to find flaws u shuld be enjoying it... lifes to short

  • Tapping is not even close to being as hard as sweeping. Anyone can tap, not much people can sweep.

  • I +1 this, it's much easier to tap than sweep, tapping does however, make the notes play faster but sweeping is played by a sweep motion through string by string and that creates a "circle" sort of sound, tapping sounds like a bunch of beeps and making them sound good can be difficult for an inexperienced musician (not guitarist, musician).

  • well your statement is 50/50 true and false. Anyone can tap you are correct with that piece of knowledge but a basic tapper with fast fingers can make it sound insanely cool or if you can do a cheater van halen style tapping you can make it blistering fast. Sweeping requires a bit of finger position getting-used-to kinda thing. Slide sweeping however is very hard for a beginning sweeper. I remember back in the day trying for hours to get the hang of slide sweeping without losin my finger spots

  • i enjoy youtube fights btw :P

  • well said.

  • ARMADINI14FART

    U are a FUCKING DICKHEAD go suck on someones cock cuz u know u suck and cant play better than synyster gates cuz u suck cock and u enjoy it

    fucking cock sucker

  • Anyone that calls Avenged Sevenfold or Syns emo is just stupid thats tottally wrong. Synyster Gates is freaking amazing. And hes funny if you ever see them live, him and Shadows joke a lot lol.

  • yeah when they played in indianapolis 09

    syn was doing a solo and was like "Give me mo' beer, mo' beer for me means better solo for you!!!!!" it was hilarious the voice he did

  • Obviously not noticing that he isn't sat in a studio trying to make it perfect everytime.

    You try playing like that then see how you do.

  • i like the syn on the neck of the guitar