Iron Maiden - Alexander the Great (Solo)

[vidartom]

like your sound..great job:)

[MrNovokmet]

2:25 very interesting :D

[CROGrof]

How can you play with fingers? xD But nice cover :)

[Grottgreta]

great job man

[colonialduck]

I am begging you to post a tab, not a pro tab, just a regular tab for everyone

[SixStringJoe]

@colonialduck - I feel bad every time someone asks for a tab. I happen to be self taught and honestly don't know how I can go about tabbing a song :(

[TheJector]

ha you got guitar pro too. You can hear the other instruments

[TheTrooper80]

thats joke :D:D playing maiden without pick

[donminino777]

u playin an ibanez guitar??? and are u usin a guitar pick?? cause i dont see it, love the song, maiden boy i think will never play this masterpiece live ;o(

[metaldo0d]

great job mate \m/

[maxthunder1991]

try this with a pick

tente com uma palheta

[cyberwaffles]

good job if playing by ear. still needs some refinement, but you're not far off. most of it has to do with your timing and pacing.

[gonzalomaidenfan666]

teni los dedos como guatones jajaja

no sirves xD

[Cikuteljarnik]

Bad.....very slow...

[adoniscrush]

ummmm great job dude and of course keep practicing. whatever richyn2. say joe doe you have tabs for the solo? I cant find any. You said it was your version so I assume its by ear?

[neuregel]

awsome job wish i could play it just half as well

[richyn2]

mm not so good dude.. keep practicing !

[shizzelhead]

oi u prick...playing an instrument aint like tht....i ply guitar aswell and its a nice feeling to be able to play something descent.........>>>>great job btw :P

[freeforfreebogus]

Awesome! A pleasure to watch and listen to!

[kennycarini]

um dos solos mais fantasticos de toda a discografia do Iron Maiden!!!!!

[STAPLMAN]

have u tabbed this???? its my fav solo!!!

[SixStringJoe]

have not tabbed this one. i just play by ear

[bakbak654]

@STAPLMAN I think it's the fav solo of millions of persons (or it should) :)

[Gin132456]

i have same strap

pretty quality strap

[kennycarini]

janick gears playing?? very bad guy....

[kenfuscious]

What's the point. Thank God Maiden didn't sit at home and copy other musicians.

[SixStringJoe]

What's the point? Well, it gives me a sort of satisfaction being able to do a cover. Nothing beyond that.

[kenfuscious]

okay bro! Actually you did a great job and it's better than rap crap. Anyways UP THE HAMMERS!

[nelsoncards]

@kenfuscious ur a fucking dork. dont watch it if ur just gonna complain.

nice cover man up the irons!!!

[walkdaddy6]

Great Job man! Hey, how do you plug directly into your computer to record like that? I have a floor POD and can't plug in.

[GassyBastard]

Damn, dis nigga is good.

[jousimies1]

Nice, u play with fingers?

[pliktrasgr]

perfect perfomance man!!!Congratulations!!And very beautiful guitar xD

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[gar992000]

this is like one of my favorite maiden songs i think somewhere in time was like there most underated album.... nice job UP THE IRONS!! \_/

[LordCarney]

DANG, playing without picks xD, great cover

[yo25o]

Maybe the next time you should use a pick. But i still think it is a good version of the solo

[maiden910802]

It's very cool that you dont use a pick.

Rock on"!

[andYridesIndy]

how do you do iron maiden font????

[Tessckio]

oh yeah!

[Baconboy926]

one word. metal.

[jaimelovesnatalie]

that was perfect. how do you play like that, thats awesome.

[grubbiss]

great job man 5 stars!!

[pacoelfeo]

good job, mate

[ELmiaxD]

sounds great ;)

[drpasse]

You need the pick. Sounds weak without it.

[marcelot12]

Hey man...it seems like you lost the pick...where is it??? ahhh...ok...you have it in your asshole

[SixStringJoe]

ha ha ha....very funny. tell me, is that where you keep your pick? I don't use a pick ;)

[bengativo6]

i dont use picks too i think im not used to them .but i must say you did a great job right here.if there was place for 6 stars i would give the sixth star.great job.you just proved it no pick is necesary sometimes

[metallicagarymoore]

that is awsome. but you should try using a pick:P

[rebel2276]

Great job, Joe!!

[mige82]

Ok. That's pro becouse you played it without a pick and I have to say form me it's pretty hard :D

[tratarara]

hard? nah if you play often without pick it's not; it also can be faster sometimes, but generally is not very useful and common - it's just unprofessional in shred

looks funny, i also play sometimes without pick maybe remainders of my bassplaying era :)

[BillyVax]

Without a pick?!Well,it's not forbidden...It was really good though.Well played!Up the Irons!

[karakitsaras]

very nice!!

[kasasakis]

we want maiden not you....************** ******

[SixStringJoe]

hey, that's easy. just type iron maiden in the search box and you'll get loads of them :) don't wast your time watching guys like us

[karakitsaras]

man if don't to see it why did u clic on it? this guy wants to see comments about his playing and not about what u want. dickhead!

[doc5446]

HELL YEAH!!!

[Redgallier]

Nice job!!!

[killBillFromTH]

that's not exactly iron maiden...

and of course this song cannot be played with fingers...

U dont know how to play with pick???

[SixStringJoe]

unfortunately, I cannot play with a pick. i only use my fingers for all my videos on youtube.

[swervmerv1]

nice job love the solo

[fittdrakenkuk]

pretty good, and without pick ,impressive

[Stonekrum]

Nice try, but i can see that electric guitar is not ur instrument. You are using acoustic guitar technique to play an electric guitar, and it doesn't work. And this is noticeable both on the vibrato and the finger picking (and of course, ur nails!)

[HaboNoRemorse]

what is on your fingers??

[DragonSines]

Great solo!

[TheShield04]

don't your nails get destroyed on electric strings??? that's only for nylon...

[teliarab]

man , what is the ampifire , size name and type , are u using distortion or overdrive ?

[SixStringJoe]

it's a Zoom Fire-30 amp with a simple Zoom 505ii effects pedal

[freakboy73]

good job man!!! u rocks

[Schecter210]

whatt this kid doesnt suck hes good.... good job man

btw what kida guitar is that?

[ale15pcxxx]

men you suck,,, iron maiden will be sad if see this video,, you must practice,, its horrible,, the solo is totaly different for the version original... if you really love iron maiden ,, edit this video because ,, you dont play the guitar

[maidenicarus06]

are u stupid u peice of shit of course it doesnt sound like the real solo HE SAID ITS HIS VERSION DIPSHIT how stupid and man this guy rocks u probably fucking suck urself u dont know iron maiden u fucking poser

[edwardgreat]

And you don't play stupid

[a2nk3n]

umm where did you get the sheet music? b/c in some parts of the solo, your playing too low. and your suppose to tap in some parts of the song and not just hammer/pull off. but great job though. by the way i use my fingers too!!!!

[clunky00]

why you useing your fingers

[SixStringJoe]

because i never learned to play with a pick. It'd be a disaster if i tried using a pick :)

[MAIDEN6664LIFE]

I dont use it a pick :) but learning to sweep without 1 is a bit difficult :)

[EgleEye95]

damn i must say you can play as the best if i can play soo.. then i has play every where i can man thats rocks

:D

[acouti]

Nada a acrescentar, és musico, está tudo dito!

Parabéns está excelente a tua preformance!

Parabéns!

[afonso85]

Yeah! Good times! Janick Gers SUCKS!

[teliarrab]

man i like you effect ..and the new way u play the solo ,diffrent from iron maiden but better

and where r u from

[SixStringJoe]

hi, i'm working in Oman. not really a professional guitarist but enjoying 'trying' to play. thanks for looking me up and the comment. Up the Irons mate :)

[brunez90]

respect man! very nice! is yout guitar an ibanez?

[SixStringJoe]

thanks :-) The guitar is a Hendrix Guitar (made by Fender) One day I'll get myself an Ibanez JS series. they rock!!

[bobnar42]

I just wanted to konow, 'cause acoustic snare suonds shitty like in guitar pro

[bobnar42]

Is background music made in guitar pro?

[SixStringJoe]

the background music is the original track (mp3)

[karatekween33]

to the guy below me, harmonics are TOO EASY without picks. cheers,

[SSabaku]

holy shit,how the hell can you do harmonics without pick??

well congratulations,great job

[Komnene777]

Wow!!!... My respect (-_-)

[11Chaos76]

Nice bedroom!!

[Th3Cl4n5m4n8]

sani1989 sad : Janick Gers wasn't even in the band at that time you idiot

Sry, for the last word, I am just translating ;)

[kilic20]

sani i can't understand what you're saying...english please...

[kilic20]

janick gers RULES!!!!!!

[sani1989]

hahah janick gers tad nije ni bio idiote!!!

[naamheen420]

you can easily earn few quid if you do that in any underground tube station. seriously. i would definitely pay at least 1 quid just cuz you are attempting to play this.

[jacobwolf11]

wow nice guitar what is it?im getting a v tone

[crackulator]

what is with the nails?

[SixStringJoe]

that's my pick :-)

[cart123948]

Not exact but, damn good! I like it a lot. We connected through it and that is cool!

[fauzimnoor]

good... see my video again,..and yours at least better and complete than our band did. err.. its only the problem of not using pick to pick the strings.

and for those who wish to see maiden play this song live, forget it.

[ianw517]

this song is off the album (somewhere in time)the best song iron maiden ever done to date

[Ropertius]

I want to see video, were Maiden is playing this song, this is great.

[SixStringJoe]

Haven't seen one myself Ropertius. I wish Maiden would make a video of every single song they did :)

[TOUMBAAAA]

why iron maiden don t play this fantastic song live???I mean this is one of their best!!

[nightwizard15]

really good for not using a pick, nut you should use it at lesat for the songs that need it, otherwise you'll never get the exact tone or feeling of it.

[jryan123]

The solo may not be "exact" but you got the feel for that whole song down perfect. Way to go! rock on ^^

[ballkula]

Hmm.. Well, since I've played Maiden songs since 1980, I'm a bit picky, and you're not playing the solo or other parts correctly, but it's ok. I love this song though, the first song I learned to play from this very album.

[velvetvenom]

Never seemed to bother janick gers not playing solo's correctly did it.

[SixStringJoe]

I admit my playing isn't perfect (or near perfect) but what the hell, I enjoy attempting to play a maiden track.

@velvetvenom - :-)

[borizh]

hahahahahha, that was funny. i hate janick gers

[proximity2006]

I just wished Maiden actually played this song live!!

[SixStringJoe]

True, but come to think of it, there are a lot of other good numbers they've played at concerts. Wonder why :-/

[airbop]

the lastest concert they didnt play any of the most popular songs they played only like 5 old ones...not including number of the beast run to the hills flight of icarus and others.

[airbop]

latest***

[IFreemanI]

no pick? very good man

[wajkner]

even doe it dosn't sound exactly like the original solo, you do a great job. it's beautiful. 5 stars

[RippinSkullz]

no pick? pretty damn good

[corosian]

Ya well it was ok but tehres a lot more tapping in Smiths solo..

[Matholi]

ILL SEE THEM IN 6 DAYS !!! haha go france mdr

[6stringbreaker]

Well enjoy them pal!!! cause they haven't come to mexico since 2000.... :(

[6stringbreaker]

Congrats dude, keep on like that, you play really fuckin good!!!! congrats again....

[SixStringJoe]

Thanks pal. That's a nice nick you've got ;-)

[jorgecesar78]

fantastic man!!! keep going...

[willymt]

I need a soloist like you, with high technic and that loves this album, somewhere in time makes me dream. cheers bro

[SixStringJoe]

I salute Maiden lovers like you all over the world :)