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  • Why does everyone hate on sweep picking? I mean seriously it's one of the hardest guitar techniques to perform(correctly) and most people just bash people who can do it. Am I missing something?

  • @jimifriedman18 Cause it really isn't that hard. Alternate picking is WAY harder to do fast. Sweeping is only difficult when you first start out because it's a completely different feel. Once you have sweeping down though, it's more economical and easier to do than most other techniques.

  • @BloodReverence I don't know. I guess it's just all up to the player. Because for me I'm good at sweeps(my favorite technique) and alternate picking. If anything my worst skill is legato. But alternate picking came alot easier to me than sweeping.

  • @jimifriedman18 alternate picking comes easier as it's basically what guitarists do since day one but it's a lot harder to co-ordinate fast alternate picking than it is for fast sweeping. the motion of sweep picking is just so relaxed and easy compared to it.

  • @BloodReverence Most agreed!!!!

  • @bendthatstring What is this ? I don't even? lol

  • What are these pathetic comments about Dimebag? His style was completely different... different being the word. Are you all saying 'why didn't dimebag sound exactly like every other guitarist?' Your answer is because he was Dimebag, no-one else had that sound and no-one ever will. He played with the most genuine style I've ever heard. Dimebag had no music theory, which meant (as corny as it sounds) it all came from the heart. Music is about expression and he had his own way of doing it.

  • amazing sweeps and one of my favorite songs from BtBAM besides prequel to the sequel :) i still wanna see em live

  • lol everyone gets a boner over sweeps, go learn how to play backwards marathon..

  • @podunkest Sweeps are wanky and gay but the way paul plays them is like Jason becker, there actually musical!

  • @BZG07 oh I agree, but I'm just saying, the emphasis people give solos is kind of irritating considering how insane some of their other rhythm sections are, which is really what sets btbam apart imo. there's 90 videos of people covering the selkies sweeps but like 1 of someone attempting backwards marathon lol

  • Damn this solo is so sick!

  • a blues guitar solo after this much Prog u have listen to are u fucking me? u guys are retarded go listen to more Prog.. true blues solo ? fuckin retard

  • if u seriously bring dimebag in this video ur a fuckin shithead... he was a great player but seriously, there is a FUCKIN abyss between one of the greatest prog metal guitarists and dimebag...

  • Everyone just ignore that bigmonkeyman44. All he does is troll guitar videos on youtube and say that guitarists that he does not like suck.

  • i dont understand why people think playing guitar is a competition. you really think all the great guitarists would even care if they were better then who ever, you guys are fucking lame fighting your own battles over some one who wouldn't give two shits of what you had to say.

  • ... ... WOW... Bigmonkeyman44 is INCREDIBLY foolish...

  • What did he say? his comment was deleted

  • Oh no I agree, dimebag is very influential, but he is also very overrated due to his death. A lot of artists are. Doesn't mean they aren't good, but there are much better guitarists in general than dimebag darrel and people make him sound like the greatest.

  • Now... I wouldn't stretch it as far as to say he's the greatest... However I would hang the flag that he's ONE of the greatest... For one, Paul and Dime are 2 great guitarist whom blossomed their talents in completely different musical time frames. It is that which stops me from saying that either is better than the other. Credit to the both of them for originallity but I will not lower myself to starting an arguement over who is better... that subject is completely opinionated anyways.

  • is he playin a 5150?!?!?!?!?!?!?!=0

  • i love dimebag but i'm not gunna lie he is very overrated because of his death (rip)

    Paul waggoner is a much better musician and anyone that says he isn't knows absolutely nothing about music.

  • Dimebag was actually influential to alot of guitarist before his death. He was also really good, and his music came from the soul. I agree Paul is the better musician and very underated. But they were to different musicians, if you listen to each band you can tell that both styles are different.

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  • So big monkeyman44. here we cross paths again. I di agree this solo is overrated. It's not shitty. Dimebag darrel and rich ward are shitty.

  • do agree**

  • lol dimebag and rich ward can write real blues....paul gilbert did a whole album to try to prove he can play blues and it's fake shit not from the heart. lol

  • Where did I say anything about paul gilbert? Feeling is nothing but phrasing. Some people find feeling in other things besides blues. I personally find feeling in some shred stuff. Dimebag and Rich Ward are just not good.

  • nope feeling is what the musician felt with the technique they know.

    lol rich ward's music is the reason i play guitar.

    so if rich ward isnt good then what's paul gilbert if he didnt make me want to play like rich ward?

  • Since I've talked to last I have been going to Berkley here in California. I had a whole semesters worth of musical phrasing and feeling relationships. Their are also people out there who think rich ward sucks but paul gilbert made them want to play guitar. Rich Ward must be the sound you going for. It in no way makes it better than paul gilbert. Where are rich wards instructional videos? Why is everybody in love with paul gilberts music? It's because he's extremely talented.

  • guitar lessons is for faggots.

    all u need to know is a chromatic scale.

    rich ward plays what he feels.

    PAUL GILBERT TOOK ALOT OF LESSONS...HE'S JUST A LESSON GUITARIST HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT PLAYING FROM THE HEART.

  • paul gilbert sucks his guitar playing was too shitty to make me pick up a guitar compared to rich ward.

    now shut the fuck up.

  • Does the world revolve around your stupid ass? I think not. Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold made me pick up the guitar 5 years ago. Does that make him the best? I don't think so. The way you rationalize is absurd,

  • @PaulGilbertIsGod2 synyster gates is better than paul gilbert and paul waggoner

  • @bigmonkeyman44 I agree about paul waggoner. But Paul Gilbert? Now your just talking out of your ass.

  • @bigmonkeyman44 i dont think so

  • @wrokjon u know paul waggoner cant fuck with rich ward or dimebag...he would tell you himself.

  • @PaulGilbertIsGod2 rich ward can write a true heartfelt blues guitar solo.

    the guitarist you listen to cant.

    they fail plus rich ward taught himself.

  • @bigmonkeyman44 shawn lane taught himself technique, he could have writen a heartfelt blues solo. he could write stuff that interacts with the soul. Kiko can play heartfelt sounding stuff aswell. your just creaming over you idol.

  • @PaulGilbertIsGod2 you gotta be born a blues guitarist lol.

    paul gilbert is from california he cant write real blues or shawn lane...they can still write some shred though.

  • The best part about these sweeps are that they aren't even that hard...but it harder to make something simple sound so difficult, and beautiful at the same time.

  • Perfect execution, even live.

  • WHat freakin scale does he play>?? ive been trying to find out for soo loong lol

  • I hate it when people like you ask what questions like this. He's not playing a single scale, he's playing over a change of a bunch of different chord.

  • hey, why teh attitude bro? its just a question, thats how people learn, asking, finding out what music is all about. Thanks for the answer though, couldve done without the attitude.

  • Oh, sorry bout that then. I see stuff like that so often it gets kinda annoying.

  • dude but seriously

    if u know what a scale is you can hear that its way more then one just by looking at his hands its alot of different scales and most of them are custom

    if u wanna learn them tho search up the guitar tabs

  • you mean chord progression? lol

  • Look at the tab.

  • If it sounds good to your ears, listen to it. If it doesn't, then don't listen to it.

    "Paul absolutely slays Dimebag in terms of technical ability."

    Once you get to the level both of these guys are/were at, those statements do not hold much validity because they can both play what comes to mind. I think people just get a boner to quickly over sweep picking. I'm sure if Dime wanted to, he could have. It is way easier than straight up alternate picking.

  • I would have given this a thumbs up, had you used correct grammar through the entire comment.

    Regardless, I agree with you haha.

  • the only reason sweep pickings hard is cause its hard to learn..once you get that basic movement down..which takes about a month its all the exact same and easy as shit...lol

  • thats pretty general ....these sweeps and some other sweeps are extremely hard ...... but yah i agree some people are to easily impressed by some easy sweep paterns

  • . . . But sweeping and alternate picking is easy.

  • But throwing together and epic song, epic album, and having a perfect performance, with people like this right in front of you, is nowhere near easy.

  • ??...

  • What?

  • @scott7d some great southern trendkill obsessed geek

  • massive youtube arguement is massive

  • most of these comments must be from little kids. If Dimebag didnt do what he did, there would be no paul. Dime influenced the entire metal genre. and black sabbath created it all. its disconcerting to see these youngsters not appreciate where the music came from

  • I'm pretty sure they appreciate him, but they'd just rather see Paul. Its not a matter of respect, so much as preference. If they don't have respect for Dimebag, THEN they're just stupid.

  • Dimebag is awesome. Paul is awesome. Dimebag is awesome because he made shred and squeal a part of metal in a big way, Paul is awesome because he is a technical monster on guitar, and consistantly puts out unbelievable performances. But if I were to choose, it's definitely Paul.

  • I for one don't know anything about Dimebag's playing outside of the studio albums, but if that's what we're comparing with Paul (on studio albums) then Paul absolutely slays Dimebag in terms of technical ability. But that doesn't mean that Dimebag isn't good, I just haven't heard anything outside of the Pantera and Damageplan albums.

  • Is that a fucking PINK S series? That's fucking awesome.

  • Why are people debating Dimebag's efforts with this guy's efforts? Pantera pushed the envelope in a HUGE way - name another metal band that has the same power grooves that Pantera had, and/or that influenced as many bands as they did. Dimebag was a great rhythm player, and great lead player also - more based on the EVH old school style. This is not to detract from this guy's skill here - but, they are chalk and cheese, and therfore, cant or shouldnt be compared...

  • I love people that argue on youtube.

    Dime and Paul both kick major ass. Both kick ass in different ways as well...but the point still stands.

  • youre lucky man this vid is sick. and is paul seriously being compared with dimebag?? give me a break, there should be no debate, dimebag has nothing on paul

  • I'm just saying. Everything he does sounds the same. dime never had a single song or album that sounded the same. every riff, every chorus, every solo was different. and he rocked the solos in one take half the time (legend has it). And for your information. I can improvise like a mother fucker. AND. this shit isn't that hard to play.

  • are you serious? every pantera song sounds the same. not saying they were bad, but deff not as technical as BTBAM.

    plus nobody gave a shit about dime til he died, then everyone thought he was a guitar god.

  • you're obviously a kid. cause anybody that knows anything about guitar knows that dime was a king before this guy was out of fuckin elementary school.

  • no, you obviously know nothing about musical theory if you think dime was a guitar god.

  • Actually I got an A- in University for Music Theory. Paul still lacks creativity and differentiation from the rest of the "prog-metal" shit that's going on out there. Dime was a trail-blazer for half of these bands out there, and you little scenester punks think you're above everything that started this whole wave. get your shit straight. Dime<Paul.

  • and i got an A+

    BTBAM's songs transcend various genrers. you're talking about creativity? Every pantera song follows the EXACT formula. i'm not saying they suck, but dime couldn't light a match to pauls technique.

    i never claimed to be above anything. ive listened to shit dime has made and i don't know how you could say that he is better.

  • Amen. :)

  • Shut up kiddo you are just a Four chord nobody, feeling jelous of the magnificent guitar work Paul brings to this world.

  • You sound like a fucking moron, you're obviously a close minded douche bag that's too much of a bigot to actually go listen to more than one BTBAM song before acting like a complete twat. I don't care if you have different tastes in music, but btbam have basically incorporated more genres than Dimebag could ever imagine. Oh, and you got an A- in music theory? Then you should know how Dimebag only used several recycled blues scales over an exaggerated amount of distortion. Get fucked.

  • Anyone who has barely listened to a certain artist is going to say that all their songs sound the same. That's complete bullshit. Paul has written MUCH more creative and complex riffs than Dime has. Paul is known for his dead on performance, and even if he doesn't nail his solo's in one take, that's probably because his shit is a lot harder to play than Dime's is.

    And if this music isn't hard to play, then I would LOVE to see you put up a cover of White Walls, then tell me it's easy to play.

  • ibanez?

  • extremely talented band I love them. I think Laser Speed is my fav song by them.

  • I love Dimebag but he's not as technically sound as Paul Waggoner, Dimebag had no formal music education whatsoever. And I can tell from the variety of BTBAM's music that they are capable of more styles than Dimebag. I love Pantera but their shit all sounds the same, honestly

  • @PrisonerInGlass simply they played only 1 musical genre

  • @PrisonerInGlass dimebag had no formal music training but I hear alot more feeling than this guys... and to say all panteras shit sound the same is IGNORANCE BREH. listen how much heavier they got from power metal to cowboys then cowboys to vulgar... then vulgar to far beyond driven was an extreme change. BTBAM is a one hit wonder with this song. sorry

  • @A7XsUxOrZ lol one hit wonder? yeah right. Pretty much every single song by BTBAM is amazing. I don't even really listen to them by songs, but by albums. Colors and TGM are amazing as whole albums

  • @PrisonerInGlass I agree with you, but you gotta admit, he's a damn good player for someone who has taught himself

  • @ZaKkRaDiCaL123 That is true. It's funny people think I'm bashing Dimebag but I said in the comment "I love Pantera". It's just apples and oranges man, I like both, and they both taste good.

  • @PrisonerInGlass naw dude I knew you wern't bashing him, I agree with your last comment, I was just saying that he did damn good just teaching himself

  • @PrisonerInGlass Wrong.

  • fuck off, argonPOS.

  • I agree with PrisonerInGlass, Pantera is great, but hardly as technical or as difficult as BTBAM. And also BTBAM do a cover of Cemetary Gates. Obviously its vocally different but musically spot on. Paul doesn't even break a sweat playing it, and for STFUdude24, he did what first? play guitar? uhh no shit he's older. Tom Petty played before Dimebag..and? your point is meaningless, completely different styles.

  • Do you realize how much of a faggot you sound like, fucking mus is art you dumbshit. Who cares if he visions things out in his head, that's what pink floyd did so fuck you. Not to mention Guitar playing isn't about banging chicks and drinking all the time for some people, so shut the fuck up and open your arrogant close minded brain

  • Your an idiot! Please never reproduce

    Thank you :)

  • you cant improvise everything, and this is awesome. if you went into any sports game without a plan youd probably lose.

  • Seriously this is like the most uplifting fucking solo I've ever heard. Its raw talent and emotion built up to its peak

  • Cool, but I've heard far better.

  • heard better what?

  • guitar players

  • ah. well i mean... so have most people.

    but this is still really good. and the way the guitar blends with the music is amazing. but of course there are better guitar players.

  • for sure. Agreed 100%

  • like who

  • Um, some examples I would say are Mike McCready, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Kim Thayil, Jimi Hendrix (obviously), Dimebag Darrell, Adam Jones, Trevor de Brauw, Munaf Rayani, and Jim Martin, for starters.

  • most of them r just good soloists and paul plays all kinds of music unlike these guys that u chose

  • Not true at all, all those guys are great songwriters as well, and they all play many different styles as well. McCready for example is also an avid jazz musician, as is Thayil. They are some of the most diverse musicians in the last 50 years, I don't know what you're talking about.

  • yeah but they just play jazz paul  plays all sorts of music and it is way more complex.

  • No, they don't just play jazz. That was just an example. If you REALLY want to know what they play you'd pick up some albums and hear lots of jazz, blues, folk, metal, rockabilly, ragtime, classical, hell even reggae and some bluegrass if you dig deep enough. That's only for starters. The only ones who I'd say only play very limited styles are Dimebag Darrell and Adam Jones. Not saying anything against Wagoner, cause he's very talented, but it gets faaaaar better. More soulful too.

  • ok i see what u r saying i just thought u were saying that this solo just completely sucks. but ya this solo is very good and i love it alot but they're solos that are kinda better than this solo.

  • Oh no, not at all, I don't think this sucks in the least bit. If I gave you the wrong impression I apologize. I'm simply stating other guitarists whom I happen to like better is all. Paul is quite talented.

  • why would u put dimebag darrell and adam jones. jimi hendrix probably cuz he is amazing and stevie to. but that is about it.

  • dimebag can write some crazy good solos... and SRV.... and i would even say better then Jimi... uh oh here come the thumbs down

  • dude u dont even know what we r talking about

  • Guitar Players better than paul waggoner.... but i was replying to what you said.... about why did he choose dimebag... and i said dimebag could write some good solos.... u deuche

  • alright then cool just dont fucking get pissed bro and the reason i said why would u put dimebag is because he is not better than paul.

  • oh yea paul is better than dimebag... no question... but the floods solo and outro are prolly better than Selkies solo... just more raw and emotion on the outro too

  • dude i fucking love floods man i like the solo and outro alot , but i say its as good as the selkies solo. but its my opinion

  • i accually agree with you. and jimi is by far my fav. guitarist. and everyone know that dimebag can shred a good one too. but this guy... hes the 1st guitarest in a long time that just made my jaw drop with his live stuff, just so clean and dead on. the whole frikken band is just simply amazingy talented. sorry for the spelling.... wake n bake you know...

  • hahahaha thumbs up for calling the thumbs down

  • I don't care if anyone cares; I am simply here to comment, which is what this section is for in case you've forgotten.

  • i love you

  • how sweet of you

  • so effin clean!! what a badass!

  • f**king epic.

    What guitars does he use?

  • ibanez s series, i think he customized it with emg pickups, not sure what model s series it is tho.

  • its an S prestige with emg pickups. They use PRS guitars also

  • what model emg?

  • probly 85/81. that seems to be popular

  • thakyou

    but ive gotten a 7string ibanez s and i still have no idea what humbuckers to use xD

  • EMG 707s

  • i thought it was 81/85s

  • talkin to dawnofhell. he's got a 7 string

  • my bad

  • i was at this gig :)

  • oh he's serious... it makes be cry too

  • flawless

  • from about 0:45,

    the sweeps are endless.. ahaha

  • Nice pun dude!

  • thanks, brothaaa

  • Haha wow :P

    Quite funny but true lol

  • Awesome shot. It looks like he backs off for a second, then comes right up to you afterwards.

    Such a beautiful sound.

  • this makes me cry

  • ...in a good way?

  • Kickass footage, I wish I was you...

  • oh

    My

    GOD!

  • what's the name of the song they're performing?

  • This is bed of razors :)

  • huhhhhhhhhhhh? lmao.. epic fail

  • stupid fuck

  • Selkies: the endless obsession

  • uhhhh.... selkies.... duh...

  • Selkies: The Endless Obsession

  • hmmm,i wonder what it feels like playing this with hardly any effort...

    ...probably fucking heaven?

  • you can take ANY video of paul playing this solo live, and it will still be better than any cover that exists on youtube

  • stop going around talking shit about selkies videos. seriously.

  • this is what all music needs to be like. im sick and tired of all music being about the looks. for example: the jonas brothers. they suck at music and theyre only in it for the popularity.

  • not to mention the Jonas brothers aren't even attractive

    ha

    i mean seriously, wtf

  • not to mention you just compared the Jonas Brothers to BTBAM =/

  • no, i didnt, i was just bitching about the jonas brothers

  • and for having thousands of 5 year old girl fans

  • i dont know if i am more more amazed by his skill or the fact that he is playing just an everyday ibanez s series guitar... i love seeing stuff like that because you always hear/ see your heroes playing on stuff that unless you got to their point of success you couldnt afford it. it still had the factory pickups...even though all of his stuff is probably adjusted and modified to his exact standards its still cool though.

  • I highly doubt EMG 81/85 Actives are factory pickups for that Ibanez.

  • I think the stock ones are QM1's and QM2's

  • thats really funny lol where was this show played?

  • Sweeps are just arpeggios, it's pretty easy to get the stuff down, just hard to syncronize your hands to do sweeps really fast.