Eric Peterson: Practice What You Preach #2 Guitar Lesson

[sweetgyy]

cool dude

[guitarsehole]

Nice little tip. I was playing these inversions back in 1989 in White Trash(youtu.be/syo-AThtol4), but they didn't really sound as heavy then. Must be the pointy guitar he's using...:P

[MrSslam]

Can't stop fucking smiling, when watching this. Does he have his shit together or what?

[donSparda]

The tune is so fat i bet he`s running it through a hamburger..

[mortalcrashguitar]

Megadeth holy wars has the same technique

[Ashadowtotheworld]

That's a huge sound! What is he running it through? 

[SomeYoungGuy1993]

Dude that's an awesome idea for rhythm playing! definitely an underrated guitarist.

[Chuloloc]

Awesome. Eric is amazing. Hail Testament. 

[missinglink27]

such a good heavy metal tone/sound...love it! love testament music!

[woodchuk123]

Interesting how he talks about inverted power chords here. Sabbath did this all the time, and Eric shows how it can be very effective by using the chorus riff to The Persecuted Won't Forget from 1:20 to 1:35. When I first heard the song, I thought that part almost had a diminished feel to it. It definitely makes it sound creepier when played with distortion.

[TrEnDkiLLgr]

0:20 SONG ???

[MorneRage]

way better than hammett

[MetalShredder50001]

how do you get a tone like that? I keep on trying to switch my amplifier setting to sound somewhat like that...

[johnyeszkonis171]

i want that guitar

[KissMeImPunk]

What the fuck amp does he use!?

[jfkdjfd]

I's not his head, it's not as awesome as the Marshall Mode Four's that Testament is famous for.

[KissMeImPunk]

@jfkdjfd Mode Four?

[jfkdjfd]

Yeah, Testament, or Alex Skolnick had used Marshall Mode Four Heads, you know 100 Watt head and cabinets. That's the Testament Sound. the video sound and the head Eric is using isn't a Marshall head.

[aryinc]

@jfkdjfd

what is it? mesa think not engl ritchie blacmore i think,or maybe a 5152.it's a really wett sound you got to love this or not,i can't dislike this but i prefer this wihtout delay and with reverb but that's just taste, i think the delay makes it more wett in this case.

[jfkdjfd]

I'm thinking that it might be a Peavy, but, yeah man it's a good nasty wicked sound he gots going there.

[aryinc]

@jfkdjfd yeah indeed you could be right.now that i'm hearing it with ear plugs it sound allot nicer.i also think it's a peavey.this is his tone,i don't get his switch to emg,but since hes a rythm guitarist it wouldn't break his stuff emg's are good for rythm i can't stand them in leads.

[jfkdjfd]

he switched to EMG back in '88 on The New Order. but yeah, awesome tone.

[aryinc]

@jfkdjfd

yeah you could hear that on that album,i prefer duncans,overall better for solo they're awesome and rythm also while emg is to sharp in the solo and to much overtones while duncans are just awesome for bleusy stuff and everything else,try playing blues with emg's you'le end up sounding like zack wylde.

[jfkdjfd]

yeah man, Duncans are great, but i prefer EMG's and not to play blues.

[aryinc]

@jfkdjfd talking bout emg's those are mostly active.i understand active but i prefer passive due to the wider sound,active cuts it off in quitness emg's not nececarly do that but without pedals it sound i bit thin in the solos,a tube screamer is handy.i tryd out a jackson neck trought today with duncans awww damn hot really megdeth alike,and megadeth i like.i also love the emg tallica tone.

[jfkdjfd]

true true, the do have a wider sound, i have always been partial to the SH2-N's myself.

[aryinc]

@jfkdjfd

yeah me to i don't have much money but i'm trying to save some for a jackson desphite what people say i love them jacksons.i played trought sh8 for some time.i love them duncan but i'm okay with people that prefer emg's i don't cause i want a bleusy and melodic solo sound and less metall,but for those about to rock with emg's i salute you(cliche acdc song :p)

[sergiykrynytsky]

OMFG!! I love this sound!!!

[RealRock993]

what issue is this

[schwarg]

great rhythm player

[paraglidermx]

Mustaine does that shit all the time also!!!Thrash rules!!!

[XiCeDBabyX]

Lol at the beginning, Rise against intro from Re-Education.

[666ThrasheR999]

@XiCeDBabyX hahahahah this song is made in 1989 and you mean that is from rise? hahaha

[5tartawar]

i didnt know you could get a dean to sound this good i'm impressed

[anthony619fu]

@5tartawar hell yeah man deans got quality guitars. they have the best tone if you ask me i mean everyone has an opinion

[ironz18]

And the winner for the most useless comment on YouTube is sakowihe75! Congrats dude!

[MikeyGee001]

HIS FUCKEN TONE IS STELLAR !!

[XxHarounXx]

what guitar?

[ironz18]

1:22 Hey Mustaine called,he want his inverted chords back.

[ferociouspokemachine]

@ironz18 lol

[sakowihe75]

@ironz18 hey mustaine called, he wants your nose out of his ass now

[KATZMANISGOD]

Eric is extremely under rated...

[razor86thrasher]

@KATZMANISGOD THASH METAL IN GENERAL is UNDERATED because of STUPID HIP HOP AND TRENDS

[b44styreraug]

@razor86thrasher

I would say Thrash metal is underrated because of crap like power metal

[PullThePlug88]

@b44styreraug

Power metal isn't crap. Blind Guardian/Gamma Ray etc own your face.

[Shyuum]

@b44styreraug

Underrated? LOL

Megadeth, Metallica and Slayer are a great example of Overrated "Thrash" Metal bands, you stupid fuck.

[kutuluu]

@Shyuum I think the guy meant that today the best thrash bands like Testament or Exodus are underrated certainly not that well known today. I know a lot of younger metal heads that have hardly heard of Testament cause thrash just doesn't get played even in metal / rock radio. Whereas even the crappiest power metal bands are well known. That's the case in Finland at least.

[c4bb4g3]

@kutuluu I'd rather have crappy power metal be popular in my area (U.S.) than deathcore. that stuff's just gross.

[IlijaNekrofilija]

@KATZMANISGOD True Metalheads know who Eric is and are respecting him to very very very much. In my opinion one of the best rhythm guitar players and also a song writer out there!!!

[woodchuk123]

@KATZMANISGOD Yes! Without a doubt, Eric is as good at rhythm as Alex is on lead...and Eric isn't half bad at leads either. But AFA rhythm goes, yeah, he's damn near flawless - right up there with Hetfield, Hanneman, and Mustaine. His right hand is a fucking machine!

[y4utalktome]

@woodchuk123

I agree bro, he;s awesome!! SOOOOOOO underated its not even funny. Way too much injustice in the music world.

Autotune bitches are taking over.

[TheSlayerfan84]

@woodchuk123 Kerry King is a better rhythm player than Hanneman these days. If you watch Hanneman he will not plam mute the really fast Slayer songs anymore and King will. King is just simply better than Hanneman.

[molomono]

@KATZMANISGOD Not under rated, merely overlooked.

[Gu1tar4l1fe]

u suck

[najtrows]

nice! this is in the direction that i want!

[86Blessed86]

can anyone help me out, i just started teaching myself to play guitar and i'm learning single finger notes at the moment, do you slowly progress to using more fingers for the very same notes, whats the difference?

[butterknucklez]

@86Blessed86

your fucked

[rickyjshiznit]

okay im gonna save you a bunch of confusion. the notes on each fret are always the same, no matter what finger your using to play them. chords get theyr name from the notes used in them. for example an E5(or e power chord) is made up of an E(open e string) a B(A string 2nd fret) and a 2nd E(D string 2nd fret) the name e5 comes from the root note(e) and the B which is 5 notes above the root note. hopefully that makes sense pm if you have a question

[2346]

even though eric peterson got a lil big over the years he still one of the best rhythm guitarist

[beer4life101]

@2346 do you like your men thin or summut

[2346]

@beer4life101 dude i was saying that cause a shit load of people call him fat

[121jigawatts]

Testament!

[Cache069]

he's explaining some simple yet important metal "spice ups" one could add to his sound/riffs and that's great... But what happens when you have to solo over a progression where theory counts... (are you trying those shapes then? do you know when to put such a "shape"? What's the theory behind that....) Questions are adressed to the people commenting

[amaranthinagony]

this guy is a tool and knows nothing. such a waste of a video. seriously get Periphery on here or Animals As Leaders, you had Scale The Summit. I think it's about time to step it up. I could play all this guys shit the day I picked up a guitar.

[TrashMojo]

@amaranthinagony you know what this video is about right

this is a video on rhythm guitar not leads and sweep picking its not really for the advanced player its for people looking to learn more about and get used to rhythm guitar in metal

[amaranthinagony]

@TrashMojo

I realize this isn't a shred video. however they could at least get a guy that understands basic music theory enough to explain it better than (inverted power chords) which by any meaning should be perfect 4ths not fifths with the fifth in the bass.

[SantomPh]

@amaranthinagony the chords kind of speak for themselves, the theory isn't really that important. His co-guitarist Alex Skolnick would have been better at explaining that (jazz degree and all) but the column is for Eric. It was the same with Dave Mustaine and even paul Gilbert.

[washbender95]

This makes me feel guilty to use power chords hahaha.

[SteveBrownOfficial]

Sounds great.

[alvarez1284]

YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[n1ll3r]

i've been playing the "reversed powerchords" he showed for years - great to see someone putting words on it.

[Zuberzuber]

ooo

thats awesome riff

[metfilmguy2009]

Good work and nice guitar tone!

[Ramones1234100]

I'm no shred guy, but cool lesson.

[mariovansp]

Best 2 minutes from guitarworld yet ....

[Eyeless1295]

i play evactly like him except the solos would kick my ass

[jdbodom]

this guy knows his shit.

[mantac0re1]

sounds awesome man and i love the guiatar

[arnaud360]

1st (:

[ArchieIsted]

@arnaud360 gay

[arnaud360]

@ArchieIsted Jealous much?