Living Dead Beat

[agrosheep]

There's some rediculous comments on here. If people want to hear something more like the original why don't they listen to it? Anyone who plays guitar would just respect that he's having fun and doing a bit of improvisation :)

[leito16xD]

esta buena la cover pero la verdad prefiero la parte original

[jbohler33]

BTW I'm referring to the notes you play in the alternation, not the bend that you're doing.

[jbohler33]

No offense man but either you play shit wrong on purpose or you are tone deaf. I think it's cool when people put their own flavour into their covers but sometimes you play shit that's just plain wrong. Like in this case the melodic lead at 0:24.

[usmarineoorah2]

i couldnt help but notice that you love to pinch like i do :D, and you bend your pinches for squealing, might i suggest a tremolo?

[RedSGShredder]

@usmarineoorah2 Thanks man. I have a guitar with one.

[usmarineoorah2]

@RedSGShredder np lol i wasnt trying to be a smartass i was just saying it might tickle your fancy. :P

[RedSGShredder]

@usmarineoorah2 Hahah no problem dude no offense taken or anything.

[LOKOLOKO52]

man i love your playein cos of your improvise thats a real guitarist man good job :D

[bradziben]

you´r good but couldbe a best cover if you played the real son you play how a 60% of real song

[TheLightme]

ouch dude i cant do that opiner like that yet.. >,< good cover

[alazar981]

fuck yes!!!

[Kaoscontrol]

Damn. I've only jsut stumbled across this. and i have to say good sir..its awesome!

I demand a tab for this! because theres plenty of people jsut like me that....suck at doing things by ear :P

[RetroBasement]

vafa did you die, we need more vids from you :( plz upload sometime soonish :)

[hshugos1]

....nop

[dthe0dor]

man although you got it,i really don't like your amp's sound!!!!(soooory!)i have the same guitar;)...nice choice!!

[btown346]

you should get a guitar with floyd rose man

[swiftyb1]

When can we expect to see your original music launch?

[RedSGShredder]

Thanks for asking dude. I have a ton of plans to release my stuff soon. I want to update my website first. So once that is done, I will put up my newest song and a video. I have no idea when that will be though. Stay tuned!

[onionblaster]

Hey nice playing... don't wait to much for a website or you won't do anything...

[Sany789]

I've seen so many Guitarists on Youtube, and im self playin now 2 Years Guitar. But ive seen no one how can create so many and prefectly (Pinch) Harmonics.

Respect Vafa!

[jounes1995]

you must try Waking the demon from Bullet for my Valentine thats a cool song:P

[ThexMetalxWithin]

where have you been???? no vids in a while cmon man

[RedSGShredder]

Heh well dude I have been busy. I have decided to focus on originals, so I have been writing music. I have it ready to go but I am working on updating my website first. I want to launch my new website with my new music. That's what is taking so long.

[ThexMetalxWithin]

understood man. i know how that can be

[MennacetoSociety]

dude...wat bridge pick up u usin?

love the way it catches those harmonix

[RedSGShredder]

Thanks man it is a Seymour Duncan Screamin' Demon.

[MennacetoSociety]

how much it cost u?

[RedSGShredder]

I think it was about $90. I got it a long time ago though so prices have probably changed.

[JRVDL]

good job

[mendozaflores]

damn thats awesome!

[AGreen112990]

Is there any way you can send me the tab for the fill (1:40) right before the chorus??I can't seem to find the correct tab anywhere...i have basically the whole song down but THAT part. I'd really appreciate it!

[RedSGShredder]

Sorry man, I don't make tabs. I usually figure out stuff by ear.

[gundamnitpete]

@AGreen112990

it's in alexi's rockhouse DVD's, you could buy them, or search for the video here on youtube....

[RoarytheGuit88]

Your technique is excellent!

[Lanarchyste58]

wow well well

[sighisoaraa]

you F***** rock dude !!! \m/

[punkgothrocker]

Niceee

[Robonroe]

good job and everything, just less improv.

[YoNiAtZmi]

pretty gr8 man

[jos12111993]

Nice job man!

[Emblemz]

I LOVE how you make those awesome mixes that really suits the song!!! :D

[whitebloss0m]

This is the main reason why i love electric guitars.

[Alex25CoB]

5 stars for your awesome pinch harmonics =)

[dragonforce123987]

idk if you did on purpose for a different unique sound but to get the cool slide at the start ... slide the pick on its edge down the top string in open

only advice, you dont have to try its just an option for better sound

[MrRobbieXREAPERX]

I aprove of this

[jounes1995]

@

PeikkoKuningas95

he's right you must buy a heavy guitar like a dean orsomthing

thenit wil sound and look great^^

[Hawkon33]

even though the solos is sloppy, it's the best cover I've heard of this song! There's just something really lovable with this guy ^^ in a straight way ofc! :p

[PeikkoKuningas95]

buy a havier guitar -.-' gibson is SO not for heavy like that :)

[jhim767]

no tremolo.

umm....

not bad.,

but not kind of good either.

[xxmax01xx]

some part are sloppy but some part are freaking AWESOME

[yared94]

Yes, it is sloppy but it's always fun watching you play Vafa ;)

[juanitothrash]

what pedal you use?

[RedSGShredder]

Check out my channel page for a list of my gear.

[Tuscopa]

Do the guys from COB play the melody line at second 21 on the guitars or have you just adapted it from the keyboard line? Insane line :) Did you get the track by ear or have you used tabs? Anyway, cool playing man. keep rocking!

P.S: Some more Kalmah covers would be cool to. Those guys are also insanely good :)

[RedSGShredder]

Thanks dude. I am not sure if they do. I usually learn songs by ears but I use tabs to figure out parts that I can't figure out on my own.

[Tuscopa]

Ok, thanks. probably you´ve seen the melody line tabed somewhere or figured it out from the original song. I believe they don´t play it on the guitar (at least on the record version), only on keyboards, but on the six strings that melody line suits the song perfectly :).

[bestia920]

its awesome..but hes fat..so not cool!!! jk XD

[CrusherDestroyer69]

lol, insanely crazy. thats serious crazyness.

[XplorerThrasher]

your the best rofl, one day I hope to be as good as you :D

[AlexiBodom25]

It was sloppy overall. Seriously you're so overrated. Been playing for like 12 years and i've seen people who have been playing for like 1 month play better!

[kpr94777]

hahahaha ya right, fanboy

[DUY1337GUITAR]

how do you do 1:42?  do you downstroke each string for every note at that one point?

[RedSGShredder]

It's just alternate picking and then some small three string sweeps.

[DUY1337GUITAR]

that's a lot different than the tabs I found. Thanks, I'll try to solve it from here

[o0disturbed0o]

oh mann your harmonics are so fucking awsome ich want too play them as you do :D

[freewaffles666]

5 for you.

[Sezkmetal]

PLEASE THE TAAB TT

[ImpossiblePunk]

O.O

bäm.. great

how long are you playing the guitarr?

[RedSGShredder]

Thanks man. I think about 12 years.

[SemphasNecros]

is this drop c tuning or d tuning?

[alextrando]

Drop C. Everything on the Are You Dead Yet album is in Drop C.

[SatyriCOB9693]

except for Next In Line, that's in D Standard =D

[RSCSupergut]

great job dude

5*

the song is also awesome

[InkedOutNailClippers]

NOOOOOO! you didnt do my favorite part,its around 3:04

[Phantheman90]

i totally agree with you.. i watched this clip for that part of the song

[staind2523]

Yeah...I'm kind of curious as to why he didn't do that part, too...it's not that hard. Sounds hard, but there's a lot of open string notes that make it really easy.

[COBHC963]

wow nice accuracy on the natrual harmonic at 2:16

[downaguinnessbarrel]

OMFG!

the control on those pinches!

i wish i had your hands!!!!

[darioradic]

this is hard one to play dude, needs skill. and u got it !

great job

5/5

[zika405]

fucci02 is soooo much better

[tooljello]

Hey man you know what really kicks ass that I just did? I played the track at the exact time as this vid so I can hear the real song and you playing over it. Its WAAAY better that way cause you can see how your playing actually complements the rest of the song really nicely. I like how you extend the solo by about 8 counts so it blends right into the keyboard solo. THAT was sick.

[CoBhatecrew5]

oh by the way, where u get the solo tabs? i cant find one that sounds right..

[RedSGShredder]

Thanks dude. There are some instructional videos out there. Also you can get tabs at ultimate guitar.

[CoBhatecrew5]

verrrrrry nice job really good pinch harmonics, that song is very technical indeed, id say 5/5 to say the least! lol

[rock5011]

damn!,not only is that song as hard as shit,he ads shit to it..

[Klaheto]

Damn, jeez that was good. This song is so hard!

[caeleo1]

awsum solo =p

[slipknot6102]

it was good

[avellinesevolante]

solo is amazing O_O

[hynesa02]

wow im impressed! ive been playing for a long time but i still cant do what im sure are harmonics you do between like frets 1 - 5 on the lower strings i find it like nearly impossible! any tips?!

[NoStarPower]

Just practice on the higher strings on the easiest harmonics to hit like D and E (7th and 9th frets) on the G string. Once you've mastered those, make your way down the other strings. If you don't change your strings often they will rust and the dirt will interfere with you trying to produce the harmonic. Just practice.

[wershasherma]

shit yes dude awesome

[sealpt03]

f**king awesome!!! keep it up dude

[scienceboy2007]

Bloody awesome vid mat :D 5 *

[COBHC963]

i think youre tuned a step down cuz youre playing the chorus riff too far up, but its still clean as shit good job bro

[szolid11]

whoaaa.. nice .. when will I reach this level?! ..(amazed).. keep it ip .) 5*

[RedSGShredder]

Thanks! Just play a lot and eventually you will be better than me!

[19876dan]

im gunna be different and say i dont like this vid. The tone is horrible and he throws to much other stuff in and it sounds messy.

[Rage0811]

Yeah I agree but that's just his style although it's a bit too much sometimes.

[BenPrime53]

Great job dude. Especially without a whammy bar.

[Rirrban]

ah shit man this is just perfectly done, love it, awesome squeals, im fcking jealous how you nail every single one of them! its like youve been tutored by zakk fcking wylde

[bjn1290]

damn 1:40-2:00, u make it even more epic then it already is!

[soccerpwnz]

Have you ever seen the movie Beowulf?.. its a good movie

[RedSGShredder]

Heh yes I did. I didn't really like it too much though.

[jesusincocytus]

what on earth does that have to do with anything? haha

anyway, great cover dude

[HDWMusic]

lol

[BhustaBladez]

lol, dat movie was shit. It was just a short story. when it finished i was like: "dat's it?"

And yeah, what does Beowulf have to do with anything?

btw great cover dude :)

[sykosick2]

that pretty good man, but touch up on the solo a little bit man, but i did like how u kinda threw in a little bit of ur own shit on top of it, i do that alot too, its wut i like to do man, u know? so its not exactly the same, good job tho

i give it 4 starz

[greenmouse2000]

dude you playing well but you should change your amp or effects sound kinda suck~

[drumaking101]

woah great job dude, 00:35 was my favorite part. rock on

[tomysixxvince]

Hahaha yea happen's to me everytime

[tomysixxvince]

Nice job bro!! the only thing i noticed there in teh intro you whammy bar scream as i call it i think and this is jsut a matter of opinion i think you played with it a little much there in the start after the intro thigns got solid nice job bro keep it up

[iownjoo]

yeah, he doesn't have a whammy bar though, so i think what he did worked pretty well considering.

great cover man!

[tomysixxvince]

oh no doubt just sayin tht was the only flaw i still think it's sick tho sorry lol tend to crtisize im my own worst enmy as well when it come's to writeing for my band ect and writeing riff's i tend to be liek oh man this f uckign suck's then my vocalist and rythem guitarist get's pissed lol cause i tossed out soem good idea's tht i thought were bad lol never trust yourself when it come's to tht shit lol

[iownjoo]

yea man that's how i am too. i'll write something and it'll be like "ughhh man this sucks" and everyone else will be like "what're you kidding? that shit sounds great" lol

[OsMinOsM]

aw why didnt you do the guitar lead solo at 3:05 i'm pretty sure you could do it

[RedSGShredder]

Well dude I didn't know it was a guitar solo until I saw Alexi play it on a video or something. I thought it was a keyboard only solo when I first heard it.

[Wertic]

Heya Vafa!

I've seen alot of your Children of Bodom cover shows and I just have to comment to tell you what an insane guitar player you really is. Man, as I am a guitarist myself I must say you're a guy I admire more than Alexi himself, and I hope that one day, maybe I will play almost as good as you do.

ROCK ON!

[Arariusomg]

I'm totally stumped on the main riff in this Vafa, at 0:35. What did you do to learn this? All the tabs I go through don't sound fully right and where I am playing doesn't look remotely close to what you are.

[RedSGShredder]

There is a video lesson out there where Alexi shows how to play the main riff. I think that's the best source to learn it from.

[bigjakey1]

how did you do that thing a 2:16...its just a tap harmonick right?

[RedSGShredder]

Yes, I think the proper term is touch harmonic though.

[GavinStudios]

That was amazing, 5 stars everytime!

how come you didn't cover the solo that was around 3 minutes 5 seconds?

[RedSGShredder]

Thanks! I didn't realize it was a guitar solo until later, I thought it was just straight up keyboards.

[thegodfather109]

man ur too good at those pitch harmonic things haha got any advice on how to make them sound really clean and sustain longer like urs are

[RedSGShredder]

Heheh thanks dude. I am going to make a video lesson on them in a while. For sustain and things like that, check out my equipment lessons.

[thegodfather109]

i didnt see that u did lessons cheers and i look forward to that pitch harmoinc lesson

[MedusasTheoryFilms]

Hey dude great cover!

Btw how did you do in the contest?

[RedSGShredder]

Thanks man, unfortunately I lost.

[MedusasTheoryFilms]

BAH!

I definatly wanna see the guy you lost to, must be right up next to alexi, cause your fucking insane!

[afrokidguitarist]

thats what i thought....the guy's name is Noga

just search Noga Blooddrunk.......to me its absolutly horrible compared to Vafa =/

he should've won....people dont know what talent is these days ='(

but trust me if they had a "who can cover the most COB songs contest" RedSGShredder would kick everyone's ass =]

i can only cover...6 songs if that much =/

[ALANFISHERCHEATS]

Dude that was sick, any tips for beginners i'm just starting. That was very impressive!

[GavinEliot]

another beast cover by this guy!!! :D how long have you been playing?

[RedSGShredder]

Thanks man. I have been playing for about 11 years.

[LarsJackson]

Oh my god, you're awsome! Where do you get the tabs?

[RedSGShredder]

Heh thanks dude. I get tabs from ultimate guitar.

[hrappstead]

fuckin AAAA

[PIECEOFMIND93]

great song

[SECONER1]

I LIKE THIS MAN YEAH YEAH

[nicksridin]

Freakin Sweeeet.

But you played the waqmmy part in the begining wrong but still freakin awesome

[Stevemcsteve]

thats because he doesn;t have a whammy bar.

[Luddekuddekudde]

to bad you can't pull the part around 3:00 out, thats the best :P

[ialreadyloveu]

naaaijs

[Wendigo619]

Very good! Just like your other videos!

[grmo18]

Wow. very well rehearsed and performed. good job.

[FinCorn]

yeah!!!

[miltis123]

Great job indeed but m8 Put volume higher cause now we are listening your strings Screw the Neighbors who cares:P

Great job Keep Rocking COB rulz

[rizla1410]

MAGIC!

[MetalZeroMistakes]

living dead beat is a very difficult song too do grats

[xryanx5263]

"not exactly a motherfuckin' role model!"

keep rockin!

[Techno4spirit]

Dude You rock keep practicing ur a pro man FUCKING METAL FOR EVER CoB rock dude love ur choice of music!!

[ElizabethVampire]

you're crazy man !!! fantastic !!!!!

[COBHC963]

good but too much harmonics

[jparis99]

yea, but it makes it more intresting seeing how he could still pull it off, but true, too much harmonics

[hajones10]

thats true but i guess it gives it more of a live feel to it like something that might happen in a concert

[W0rk1ngClassH3r0]

Best cover I've ever seen. Also, what amp are you using? cause it sounds amazing!!

[RedSGShredder]

Heh thanks dude. My amp is a Marshall VS100 combo. Marshall has since discontinued this particular model but it's a 100 watt combo amp. You can read all about my equipment on my channel page.

[FantaFreakftw]

That solo was P S Y C H O

[brunslidrhcp]

Hey man, nice job on the cover, big up. Can you post the tabs, i cant find the correct intro tabs on ultimate guitar :))

[RedSGShredder]

Thanks dude. But I actually don't make tabs. There is a good video lesson out there for this song though.

[Guitarplayer610]

pretty good but you went a little to crazy with the pinch harmonics.

[0oo00oo000ooo]

there is no such think as to many or to crazy pinch harmonics!!! rock on redSGshredder

[HJ300]

how long have you being playing?*O*

[RedSGShredder]

Thanks dude. It's been about 10 years or so.

[lambofgod1693]

dude u play COB songs so well..i mean im seriously lost for words man good job!

[arios211]

the song is played in D standard right. How do you play the part at 0:35. You play it very clean.

[RedSGShredder]

Well thanks dude. It's just a bit of palm muting. And actually this on is in drop C.

[bdominationx]

Dude you are sick. How long have you been playing guitar all together. i just started to lear that song. it's one of my faves

[RedSGShredder]

Thanks man. I think around 10 years.

[weirdscene2]

ok.....

[weirdscene2]

great!

have you tabs maybe?

[RedSGShredder]

Thanks, I got tabs from ultimate guitar. There is also a video lesson of this song out there.

[Gablarrgle]

Before the solo is all guitar I thought?

Alexi made a video of how to play it, it's on here somewhere.

[Alexilaiho0990]

entire intro is wrong you can't do anything right you suck

[DEPPYRIPOLL]

awesome job! make some lessons...you rock man!