Guitar Lesson: Hybrid Picking - Riff Of The Week - 12/9/09: "My Hybrid Style" (S5:E3)

[Slave2Strat]

Love the lessons!

[j2009180]

@StopRunningKid-

You're the antonym to me... I think personally find Gibson to be too "common" , everyone needs variety, and authenticity..

[StopRunningKid]

I hate Telecasters. They are ugly, annoying to play, and the sound gets to me. I hate them so much. I never liked Fender guitars though, I'm a Gibson and ESP kinda guy.

[RATSKCOR12]

does the telecaster has something special¿¿ or is the sound diferent from other guitars¿¿

[ibanez737519]

ha. "punch yourself in the face." i think the best playing guitar i've touched was a tele. who agrees? it's not my favorite at all? but the action was perrrfect.

[MetalicBluz]

hi dave

can u write what models of strat ans tele u have?

[riffoftheweek]

American Deluxe Ash strat and Hotrod Vintage 52 Tele

[MetalicBluz]

thanks :)

[Pain0nRye]

Jez Dave why must you play so smooothhhhh...gotta say was never really a fender guy...but I get weak at the knees looking  at and listening to blondie over there. Take care and thanks for the videos once again.

[pistache7]

You're right about the telecaster.But, i'm still right about nutella! Ya ever eat a whole jar at once ?

[GretschGod]

My mates got a tele.. he love it so much he wont let me touch it lol

[ralvarezm]

Dig the Tele, but I really love that strat of yours... is she an american deluxe ash? custom shop? stock pickup's? You CAN'T EXPOSE THAT TONE AND LEAVE US THIS WAY :P

[nateandguitar]

Love the lesson, love the tele, and love the intro/outro song. I'm assuming that's another one of yours... very very cool stuff, I dig the super wide stereo image with the delay, harmonics and piano, just beautiful.

[treflips360flips]

you`re crazy !!!

this is really cool

[Sammy05]

These lessons are awesome

[Starsmuse]

I've been really enjoying these lessons with hybrid picking, I've found lately its really great for string skipping arpeggios, and breaking out of the three note per string. Keep rockin!

[AlanMcKennaVideos]

That neck is soo shiney, ima sucker for a nice maple neck, i bet it plays as good as it looks!

[BatDroppings]

I'm also going to get me a tele this xmas. What do you think about the S-1 switch in am deluxe model?

[riffoftheweek]

I never use it, but it's actually usable tones.

[Ghop7577]

i really dig the delay/reverb effect you got going on. what is that?? it sounds nice!

[riffoftheweek]

It's a preset I created in Amplitube. If you have Amplitube, I can send the preset.

[kleydj13]

Love the props for the Tele in the beginning!

[lukatme2]

Dave, let me say first that I like that Riff a lot, and I most always get something from these videos.

I guess I dont understand how this is not scale like? Rather than moving the riff towards the first fret, couldnt you find the same notes just going up and down, like a traditional scale?

I really like the idea of playing the licks in rythem and that has been helping me a lot in the past few weeks

Thanks

Adam

[riffoftheweek]

b/c the notes are not sequential... ok some is. some isn't. But that's what I aim for.

[geeksterz]

what audio interface do you use to connect your guitar into amplitube?

[riffoftheweek]

Right now a Digi 002R.  But that pile of crap is being sold as soon as my record is done.

[StuGibson]

*punches self in face*

[whammybarfreak]

NOOOO!!! why did you leave ibanez????

[blackhawk1788]

cause the ibanez hype is setteling down since like a year or so... i also find the good old strats les paul etc more appealing in the last time i must say... its wierd

[hoffercolby]

Ibanez can not compare to a Tele!

[whammybarfreak]

what about seven string in the vai band?!?!?!

[riffoftheweek]

I will keep a few 7s for use in my music and on tour with Vai. But where I am now as a musician, the Strats and Teles and LPs provide the feel and sound that Iby couldn't.

[whammybarfreak]

thats awesome man, loved the riff

[shopalopa]

very nice yet again, dave

[jrock313]

so up my alley! great lesson!

[GreySugizo]

thanks a lot for these riffs. i really appreciate them so much!!! and especially when you add hybrid picking riffs, thats my favorite! thanks dave ;)

[riffoftheweek]

my pleasure

[element1988]

hybrid picking looks a lot easier when you have nails XD i should stop biting mine :P

[SatchJimmy]

i dont have a tele

:(

i have a strat at least

[GuillermoSmyser]

haha, same here. It's the only basic electric guitar style I need ( i got a les paul, strat, Jazz-hollow, and an ibanez egen)

[KurdishRockstar1]

my friend , god bless you and the way you play (i mean the molidic way to play) cause all we hear these days are trash and trashs no music ....

[iamrichlol]

Ibanez promotion at its finest :p

[riffoftheweek]

I left Ibanez

[iamrichlol]

oh awesome, so you could play these beautiful guitars some more?

[GuillermoSmyser]

I wanted to make some joke using a metaphor for breaking up with a girlfriend and how you might want some make-up shredding just so it would be like the good ol days. But then I thought that would be inappropriate.

[edward892]

I agree....Tele's have a tone of their own Dave.

[freddie2199]

Dave, did you develop a taste for Lydian playing with Steve so much or were you a fan of it before? I've heard him play so much Lydian that it always reminds me of him.

[riffoftheweek]

I actually don't use it too much for that reason.

[boaterderek]

Perfect Dave! Thanks man..thanks for the multiple views.

[buscobanda]

Hahaha, you're very funny, i like that. Dave, do you use the Fender pickups that were with the tele? Or do you use dimarzio ones?

[riffoftheweek]

That guitar is stock but I have a couple of noiseless Dimarzio Tele pups I'll be trying out.

[cwuel028]

Hi Dave - you prob already answered this before but what kind of camera do you use and do you use some sort of work lights or anything when filming? Thanks!

[riffoftheweek]

Canon HV20 and yes.

[eli4s]

yeah awesome ... i really started to get that hybrid picking into my playing and it really feels great and natural ....

do you only/mainly plug with your middle finger or can you use the other two also??

and if its f lydian arent we in the key of c then? not in the key of f?

[riffoftheweek]

Yes you can and should use all your fingers when applicable.

[Joshpy27]

Dave so got laid the night before ;) hahaha.

[Sjusovaren]

I think riffs can be more than just the typical Metallica-style rhytm-riffs. I like the "repeated theme" interpretation which is a definition that includes leads. :)

Uh, anyway.. Nice riff Dave and Blondie looks way sweet!

[nemogre]

so why do you use an ibanez as your main guitar?

[riffoftheweek]

I don't.

[eli4s]

i think he always used it in public cause he was endorsed by ibanez and now he is nomore so he can now use the tele or strat or whatever he likes all the time ;)

[krakou9]

Great as always !!

I've got a Tele for a couple of days now, so I don't need to punch my noose ;o)

[nomik]

nice licks! i love the explanations you give in the start of every lesson =]

[archipelligo]

very very nice vid man, i like the way you turned the camera sideways, that gave me a real idea of how hybrid picking works :)

[riffoftheweek]

my pleasure. Thanks for tuning in .