Stratovarius "It's A Mystery" solo

[coolmega33]

nice vid man, do you ever feel dinky's are too small?

[MultiRaiha]

excellent man ? and i dont even know this band LOL

[morthyr]

Hi man, I really want to learn this song but I can't learn it by ear. Do you have a tab for this? I've tried searching but only found the rhythm part.

[ma5t3r0f5h1t]

este wuey tiene un pacto con el diablo

[grytoria]

i just came!

[saliaris12]

Chuck Norris can play this with his dick! xD

[morthyr]

@saliaris12 that's not even funny

[tiburaygoza]

WTF man :) cool!



[Wellingtomlol55]

holy FUCK!!!! OMG

[virgoptrex]

I have Ibanez grg170dx -> not the best guitar but still good.....my jewel blue axe looks similar to build of your guitar but if i put whammy bar then it will set guitar out of tune,

[simpleben09]

Holy shit, you fucking intonate perfect dude. Bends, vibrato, etc.... It's the little things that do it

[Xx0Mystic0xX]

Does this guitar have good sustain? Or should I get the DK2S?

[lizardless12]

u think its harder to learn that song or a milion lightyears away?

[g0dl1k388]

Gr8 job!!!

[lotrringereras]

dude... 4 me you are an official youtube guitar god, can u tell me how many years have you been playing?

[555skom]

Ur great I'm gonna subscribe

[natetheinadequate]

that was awesome dude!

[2010eleazar]

Hi ... a question, that band play? .. otherwise I could spend the tab of this solo? is that I can not get xD

[mgslover1]

wonderfull congratulations ^^

[tolik1802]

5+ cool solo on the end)!

[SeijiroCdz]

El. Maldito. Amo.

[JulianFStyle]

very good solo man.very very good.

excellent technique

[XxdragongokuxX]

el pelucon sabee

[ronyjalilmacias]

@XxdragongokuxX jajaja no es pelucon este hueyyy es escandinvo

[XxdragongokuxX]

@ronyjalilmacias :D qe es escandinvo?

[ronyjalilmacias]

@XxdragongokuxX escandinavo se les llama a los habitantes del norte de europa finlandia noruega dinamarca y SUECIA como ESTE HUEY(rubios altos ojos verdes o azules ),esq alla no hai pelucones porq todos son con plata no pobres jajaja.............

[janppi]

Nice video ! You are very fast and talented.

[drummerkid3344]

Wow, awsome job and i love the added solo at the end, sounds amazing.

[toulis19]

brilliant!!! nice playing great guitar

[UndeadSon]

Sweet! Great job dude. :)

[w0rmrth]

Yeeaaaah you're really good ;)

I found you searching for videos about the solo of my land that i have to do (well.. trying to do xD).

I think you're very good. You are so fast but you also know how to do vibratos, i found that no every shredders do it right ;)

Forgive for my english =] rock on!!

[crave136]

awesome!

and you look like bam margera rofl

[Lirmu1]

lol first i was like "lol fucked up anyways" then i was like " o_O' " unbeliveable cover!

[GPbabe09]

thats cool

[tolik1802]

very COOL!!!!!

5!!!

[BodomBeachKiller]

Amazing! and you can tell you really FEEL it! thats the best part. ;)

[33caglar33]

You're not ok. Go to Doctor!!!

[onewingedangelhli]

It should be YOU in Strat!

Not Mathias Kupianen!

Andi Kravlijaca ftw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheyShallFeast]

5 stars man awesome! thats some badass Vibrato

[guyusm]

you are awesome one of the best on youtube i think. whats the jackson dk2 like? im thinkin of getting one.

[frkmybrain]

/watch?v=MTpaNZu1H3s&feature=r­elated

[FearlessSpinner]

Everytime i listen to the original strato song i miss your improvised part!

I bow to the awesome Dr. Shred!

[vectorcr21]

i know EXACTLY what your talkin about. after listning to Andi Kravljacas videos over and over agian, and worshiped him, its hard to listen to regular old Timmo Tolki

[zogdor]

you are the greatest man i love you

[R0CKG0D0013]

WOW!

Man.. im 16 now and have been playing guitar for 7 years and still suck.. You are just awesome.. Ive watched all vids at least 10 times.. i wish i could play as well as you!!!!!!

[SatanKreator]

dude teach me to do vibratos like these

[drummerkid3344]

Your awsome man

0:25 sounds so amazing

[racerspeederx]

you mentioned on a video of your hand not turning into 'the claw' :O ??? can you tell me what this is so i can avoid it lol...

[Krankenstein25]

I would assume, by "the claw", he means your hand cramping, and binding up.

Its happened to me many a time before.

[StratoLucas]

OMG You Is The Best.........i watched all your videos and i really liked.......You are great on guitar

[splinterino]

i really liked it..... what pickup are u using there? and what position? neck right? and which model of pickup? thanks

[tjsolid]

thats some good advice....how did you develop your speed pick cause to me...its almost flawless

[GryphonGuitar]

Hi!

Ha! Flawless it ISN'T. But I did develop it by taking it SLOOOOOOW. Metronome practice, slowly working up speed, never letting tension turn Your hand into "the claw". And also, trying to speed pick in time - as in 8ths, 12ths, 16ths and so on, not just full speed ahead. Sounds faster that way because it fits the BPM of the song.

[Winterhe4rt]

as said before your awesome man! =)

which pickup do u mainly use for your soloing? i saw many people soloing with there neck pups, but for me it doesnt sound that smooth - so which are u using? =)

[GryphonGuitar]

Hi!

I mostly do use my neck pickup, which is a Seymour Duncan HR-101b "Scorcher" - it's most similar to a SHR-1b Hot Rails for bridge, and has slightly souped up output. Lovely muddy low down tone. Speed picking, in my universe, should sound like two fat people mudwrestling in a well... Occasionally I will use the bridge pickup for longer notes, because it's easier to induce harmonics and make the overtones go crazy...

[mrchucknorris]

Man. You have an excellent wide vibrato. I have noticed, however, that you rarely go for faster, narrower vibrato. Is this merely tonal preference? understandable-your wide vibrato is quite incredible, but a little variety never hurts.

In any case, fabulous playing

[GryphonGuitar]

Hi!

Thanks so much for Your compliment! VIbrato is such a huge part of identifying a player based on sound alone, and it's important to spend a lot of time developing Your own. Personally, I've always really had a dislike for fast vibrato (Kirk Hammet ruined it for me with some really bad vibrato on Binge And Purge), and instead wanted to get a cello-like tone in my vibrato, so forceful, deep vibrato, but musically slow instead of stressed. It's just a personal preference...

[steveharrismetalgod]

man I love your sound so much!!!-do you use the custom pickups(I mean the initial ones that the guitar had)or did you change them?

[GryphonGuitar]

Hi!

I switched out all of my pickups - the bridge pickup is now a Parallel Axis Distortion Trembucker, and a Hot Rails in the middle, and an HR-101b in the neck position. Had to have that "rails" tone instead of the stock single coil...

[georgebushy]

@GryphonGuitar Are the stock pickups bad?

[tjsolid]

how da you make sure that your the rest of your guitar strings dont make the rining noise while soloing and btw

thats some shit man! good job!

[GryphonGuitar]

That's a VERY good question - this is probably the biggest critique people have of other guitarists, and beginners in particular. You have to understand that a string won't sound by itself - You have to put it into action. So very precise left hand control, along with a right hand that rarely leaves the muting position of the inactive strings, along with lower gain on the amp will, in time and with practice, get You there.

[goodguy721]

wow very sweet bro, amazing job :)

by the way, my guitar is a jackson js 90 and its very similar to yours =D

[crankitupG]

awesome clean playing, i love how smooth you are with it

[GryphonGuitar]

Smooth > Fast in my book.

[akirayuugi]

yeah!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!

COOL!!!!!!!!!

[daneiul]

I really love your tone, so clear. Absolutely amazing playing, if there is one thing that could be improved I would say its your tapping, but even that was pretty damn great.

[GryphonGuitar]

Yeah, tapping is really not something I do very often and I'm afraid it shows in my videos, it does look sort of amateur-esque, You're right.

[1NikkisFan]

AWESOME !!! and the face u do are funny :)

[morthyr]

if u like faces and guitar solo's, check out achokarlos.

[Thunderreira]

your look its like marco hietala

[zebaxtiantd]

better than original

[GryphonGuitar]

Thank You so much! You're dead wrong of course, but thanks anyway :)

[jfar1989]

Awsome job man!! What kind of Picks do you use?

[Randomheid]

Check out his gear video. :)

[GryphonGuitar]

awesomely big triangular picks, about 1.5mm.

[kelb89]

I can't even count how much times I've watched this video. I like how you did the solo better than in the actual song, this sounds much cleaner, and the ending is sick which you added in.

[shingo1996]

IDOLO!!!!!

[shadowmaroxx]

exelente...sin duda eres un maestro en guitarra te manejas con esos punteos como si fuera tan facil q pareciera q cualquiera lo pudiera hacer...encerio sigue asi comadre eres exelente con la guitarra muy bueno tu video sigue asi =)

[megasloth08]

Just curious, do you always use the bridge pickup? Do you have a JB / Hot Rails / Hot Rails setup?

[Gmoldur]

Wow, great job! Excellent sound and awesome improing in the end!

[0prasatko]

I got the same guitar. But I can play half that fast. =)

[SpeedDemon661]

woah all I gotta say is HOLY SHIT! :O! nice playing broo

[TOMMYQWERTYUIOP]

is this guitar worhth the buy?

[0prasatko]

It definitely is!

[Zulco]

OMG!!!!! very beautiful..... where we found the tab??? because I can't find it.....^^

[GryphonGuitar]

Hi! Sorry, no tabs... I figured this out by ear, and just play it as close to the original as I can, while still mking it my own. So I couldn't tell You where to get a tab for this. Sorry!

[rockstar500X]

I have a jackson dingy ... similar to the one he has and I love it. Oh ya by the way you are a fuckin awesome.

[TOMMYQWERTYUIOP]

is dat guitar worth getting

[Randomheid]

Haha, don't question the Dinkies!

[GryphonGuitar]

Yes it is. In three words - yes it is.

[ammicconicco]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooooooow

[kelb89]

I can't stop watching this!

[kelb89]

i cant fucking believe this

[Randomheid]

asxdfghjk

[Antoniolooo]

good

[TodayAt420]

are those jackson/floyds pretty stable? with the right care of course...?

[GryphonGuitar]

Can't say generally, but I've never hated mine...

[dark17death]

grande, complimenti bel video!

[checkoss]

elle me fait delire ta gueule quand tu jou toi en tout cas joli

[rickmaniacbride]

you've got some mad guitar skills!!! love the way you play!

[felipe913]

zakk cover

auhsuasa

nice cover!

[taxo]

*______*

[zin521]

that was sick

[hurstshifter]

Question for you:

I notice that your middle and neck pickups seem to be SD hotrails. I know the DK2 does not come stock with these, did you mod this guitar? I ask because I plan on buying it very soon but was also skeptical of the single coils.

Also, your tremolo is chrome? Is this an older model dk2? I think that the solid black is all that comes in chrome nowadays. Rest are black steel. Either that or you dropped an OFR in it. :-)

OH! and sick playing!

[GryphonGuitar]

Hi!

yeah, I modded in Hot Rails as soon as I got it, because I love playing with the neck setting and I wanted something nice and meaty there. Good Neck tone = two fat people mudwrestling in a well :)

And the model's a 2002, they came with chrome hardware. I never did change the tremolo.

[nfafdd]

You got it- check out nfafdd-mj

[gustavoaccornero]

Saw your video, and play the song and I left impressed, very good job, I bs as Argentina! I love the themes of stratovarius ...

[capsaicinrain]

that was amazing!!!!!

i love stratovarious!!!

half iron maiden, half dragonforce!

[same45max]

Que-bien-hecho-está-ese-solo..­. O_O Perfect!!!

[dumdum9999]

Hey, I'm thinking about getting a similar guitar (the dk2 series). But I am a bit worried of how good the floyd rose is. Does it get out of tune a lot?

[GryphonGuitar]

Hi!

Good choice. I've never had any problems with the Floyd Rose. I say go ahead, and if it gives You grief, just replace it with an OFR. If not, You're good to go.

[xh4D3Zx]

OMG!!!!! Fantastic :O

[HerrSvin]

fan snyggt gjort :D själv har jag spelat i ett år ugnefär. börjat med lite sweep övningar. har ud några tips ?? tack i förhand och mycket bra spelat :D

[Lili0000007]

sorry...i was in my sister's session but i put " i like sweeden metal..or finlad ..jeje sorry bout that

[anakit1234]

y like the sweeden metal...or finland metal...the POWER METAL...

[Lili0000007]

where are u from...i like eagleheart!!

[GryphonGuitar]

I'm from Sweden :)

[fireguye4]

like i said before. send this to the band, and tell timo to gets to stepping. excellent playing my friend

[baqxaxeqqe]

Cheap guitar

[GryphonGuitar]

Yeah - but good guitar ;)

[butaperut]

anyway ur playing is better than me sam.....

[Athlon93]

Cheap guitar? interesting? he plays much better than some other guys who have a billion Dollar / euro guitars

[fabiohly]

can you tell me the full name of the guitar's model?I saw some of them and they are not so cheap

[Athlon93]

here is link from Jacksons's homepages.. I think it might be this one but just a different color Floyd rose and different volume nob..

[AlmightyShredder]

this guy rocks!!

[arrow1990]

fan vad bra du är! coolt att du spelar så många låtar av mina favoritband! stratovarius och sonata arctica! :) hej

[GryphonGuitar]

Tackar :) Ja, det är svårt att inte gilla det finnarna gör därborta!

[blazer551]

solid job dude! :D

[l3l4cksito]

nice :D

[Metalgtr2]

Awsome job!

5stars

[Saendrae]

Fan va bra du är.. Snygg som fan äru också!

[GryphonGuitar]

Why thank You ;)

[blazer551]

i think something related to fans?

LOL

[GryphonGuitar]

Actually, it's "You're hot as hell" in Swedish :)

[purebreed264]

Astigin ayus ah!!

[GryphonGuitar]

Which means? :)

[CrusTeek]

Nice melody in the improvisation part (at the end, not in the original version)...

[raffiguccini]

yeah !!!

[ski2rocks]

ha, sick

[MetalDrakeMord]

that was pretty fucking awesome dude

[GallienBack100]

i really liked this, especially the part around 34 sec.

[socomonkey24]

Awsome job man =)

[doomood]

wow very good.the solo is not very nice at start(i prefer more neo-classical)but anyway you play it perfectly 5/5!

[pu2to3]

i wish i can someday play like that!!! and the song fucking rocks!! ur fucking insane!! GO YOU!

[voga]

wow, how old are you?

[GryphonGuitar]

I'm 26! :)

[Stratomemo]

yeah men!!! |,,/

[sergio19871]

Beautiful soul man.

To play songs like this, Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica are just amazing bands, and your the first I've ever heard to fill me with emotion like they do, good job man!

I'm learning guitar at the minute, you just push me on.

Good job again!

x

[GryphonGuitar]

Thanks man! Many 'shredders' forget this, that the emotion is what it's all about, and that skill is only a tool, it's what You create with the help of that tool that counts. Keep pushing both heart and hands and You'll be there!

[Bjarnijohannes]

Insporational just beauty full! Well played. So how long you´v been playing?

[GryphonGuitar]

Been playing for ten and a half years now :) For the first years it was six hours a day, alas I have a life these days, but I still try to find the time.

[zobole]

Goddamn it, man, you awake in me the guitar spirit, so, next year i'll start to practice. Well, i never played before and i'am sux in musical instruments, but do you have any idea of how much time do i need to play some sonata arctica and stratovarius solos?

Damn that bands rox a lot!

Gratz pal!

[GryphonGuitar]

That's some of the kindest words I've ever heard. Thank You so much for taking the time to write that. If You send me Your email address I'd be happy to share some tips on shredding, and give You a few solos to start with...

[GryphonGuitar]

Been playing for about ten and a half years now :)

[Prick777]

omg how long have you been playing guitar?

[pettrucciisgod]

awesome. very clean. Great job!

[laurentcliff]

cool job, man! :)

[xperimetal]

Pretty fast and well played man friend!!!Keep Rocking!!!

[gibsinator]

very good, i can see that u feel it!!! very nice!!!

[GryphonGuitar]

Geartip - hands? Definitely :)

Stiff pick (yes, that's a p), loud humbucking neck pickup, Japanese animation dosage of distortion. Basically.

[jem10th]

Great Man!!!!

Any Geartip?

Best wishes :)

[333the6half6evil6]

all of your vids are great!

[jamespollard1992]

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love the tone, what pups?

[GryphonGuitar]

Thanks man :) The pups are as follows:

Bridge: Seymour Duncan PA/TB-2b (Parallel Axis Distortion Trembucker)

Middle: Seymour Duncan Hot Rails

Neck: Seymour Duncan HR-101b (like Hot Rails but with extreme output)

HOpe it helps!

[xdavepriestx]

hahah yeah!!!!!!! a good guitarist!!!long hair....play power metal your the best guitarist on youtube !!!sorry for my english!

[GryphonGuitar]

Love You back dude :) And thanks for the praise :)

[followthehatecrewild]

wow you have just amazing tone, best vibrato ive heard in a while, very focused. keep shredding!!!!

[GuerrieroNero87]

Man let me compliment you,I just started playing guitar but if I'll be able to play like you in 20 years I'll die a happy man LOL. Keep on updating videos 'cause you're one of the best musicians i saw in here. I'd love to hear more from you.

[GryphonGuitar]

Thanks man, inspiring words like that keep me going :) Thank YoU!

[GryphonGuitar]

Well thank You! But pray tell, what's MAB?

[Kojitsu]

MAB is michael angelo batio, if you can learn to play the solo of "freight train" by Nitro, his old band, I shall bow before you and consider you god, it has the fastest picking i've ever heard in a solo, while still sounding kewl =P beware though, it's a kinda crappy song, but listen through to the solo, lol

[GryphonGuitar]

Ooooh, that n00b :P Check out "Time Traveller" for some absolutely insane picking - with no distortion! That takes real skill. But, sure, compositions could be better :) I'll see if I can upload some of his stuff, although mind You I think he's a bit out of my league ;)

[streetballer4rel]

Nigga ma nigga 5/5 nice shit man... put some MAB cover on :D

[shredguitarmanifesto]

that was a great attempt

man u are amazing keep up the insane playing