To End All Wars

[Cellars1978]

Great sound and energy love it :)

Thumbs up

[highintel]

ARRRGGG!! I cannot even afford one of those!!! I am borrowing my bassists amp because the amp I was borrowing from my singer blew up.

[andrewkadar]

This deserves more views!!!!!!!

[450kaos450]

Well this one was more then excellent I am loving it : )

[scotty688]

That acoustic part was a nice touch! I think I've found a new love for SG's haha!

[andrewkadar]

best song in the world

[futebalmakedonia]

are you a youtube partner? i thought you were once

[fulivius]

dude i really appreciate you're playing, sounds a bit like malmsteen but whatever, i just love this track

[marty051892]

yngwie!!!

[vinta9e]

gosh i dig that!!

[viddelt]

For fun sake... You should enter guitar idol 2010 with this track!! :D

[xlespaulgothicx]

ok!!!! i would definitly vote for him i love this song very well written

[ENEMENCIO123VISION]

Awesome!!!

[whudspath]

Another great song, you're bad ass moves made me lol a little though haha.

Well done.

[Telebiters]

it sounds, a little like malmsteen, but just a little....

well, actually, it sounds really the same, exept the acoustic part

[bazworld]

excellent

[LineAkarlsson]

you suck on guitar.... NO i am just kidding you are fucking great at guitar! :O :D

[anoniemsecret]

funny

[1Zielona1]

Yeah!!

[matrags]

Very original...doesn't sound at all like Malmsteen.

[mr252307]

@matrags True!! He has that Malmsteen vibrato tho lol.. Which is BEAUTIFUL!!!!

[NoiseFieldBand]

ehm... sure???

[NoiseFieldBand]

do u use an attenuator or earplugs? lol

[riffguy]

No.

[bellybuttoncheesewiz]

dude thats no period lol

[NoiseFieldBand]

dude go get a life

[bellybuttoncheesewiz]

dude same

[jog55]

wat scales do you use to improvise

[stuckinthe80s4ever]

That's a lot of marshalls........ it sounds amazing!!!

[ChuckMullis]

I hail the Marshall gods !!!!!

[sniffy45]

damn, early yngwie tone all the way with an SG, get out......

[axewuf]

yeah you are very fast with your fingers but your music is a load of crap....

[n2motocross]

I heard a little George Lynch at 00:35 - 00:38

[RaabBlog]

you can definatly hear the yngwie influence in this one. great song cheers.

[1Zielona1]

Virtuoz!!

[ChuckMullis]

I'm thinking CD my friend to go along with the killer Excess-1 riffbuckers !!!!!

[Soldano88]

Killer! I want the demo.Itunes??Shrapnel?Guitar9?­LionMusic?CDbaby?

[Nofuture91]

this is my favorite original of yours. great playing, and great tone

[casperfren]

so awsome..

[pambilia]

Very good song.

You are an excellent player.

I like a lot your videos,keep rocking like that.

And good SG.

[Ptisinge69]

lol, so you only pay yngwie style !!! i didn't know yo could play yngwie on a SG guitar ... lol

[ChuckMullis]

Look at his playlist dumbass !!!!!

[itzgitzg]

That is so Yngwie. Great Job

[LauryWard]

Nice SG. Also, I notice, one hiwatt cab? Any particular reason for that?

[riffguy]

Damn....you noticed. I pretty much pieced these stacks together whenever I could find a good deal on head or cabinet. Unfortunately, I haven't found another Marshall bottom cab.

[BenWGray]

Hey riffguy nice vid. And maybe you could help me out with regards to a scalloped fretboard.

I have clubbed fingers, do you think a scalloped fretboard might help me to play with a bit more ease?

[riffguy]

I'm really not sure if it would help or not. A scalloped fretboard might make it more difficult for you to play. I guess you'd need to try one out sometime.

[aksgamewiz]

i think the laggy camera makes the fretting look sweet.

nice vid Riffguy

[MoFo2127]

epiphone sg??

[riffguy]

Nope, Gibson.

[GMS0623]

MARSHALLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAAAYY

[riffguy]

My vibrato comes mostly from rocking my wrist rather than finger movement.

I think the most important tip for developing a good vibrato is to remember that you need to apply it accordingly. From an early age I noticed some players had a vibrato that was always the same speed regardless of the tempo of the song, which in my mind just sounded wrong.

My goal was to achieve a wide, smooth & even vibrato which was in time with the music.

[riffguy]

There lots of guitar parts suppliers online.

[riffguy]

You should be able to get them from any Gibson dealer (if you want original ones) or there are different manufacturers that make ones that will fit.

[riffguy]

I use Ernie Ball Regular Slinky RPS 10-46. This guitar has the stock 57 Classic humbucker in the bridge position and a Riffbucker at the neck. It also has a scalloped fretboard, which wouldn't really affect the tone.

One little trick I do to my Gibsons is swap the 300k volume pots for 500k, this gets rid of some of the muddiness...it's a very worthwhile mod.

[MST2k]

Whoa! Who do you trust to scallop your fretboards? I always enjoy your vids, keep posting!

[riffguy]

I scallop them myself.

[riffguy]

I just plugged it in and played it.

[justinjonesypoo]

is this just based off of an f# phrygian?

[riffguy]

F# Phrygian Dominant for the heavy part and B Minor for the acoustic section.

[beast6228]

Like any other musician, he has collected them over the years.

[SRVYJM]

It really, really, really sounds like your playing a Strat, not this SG. Doesn't even sort of sound like an SG. That's probably a good thing as the Strat tone your seeming to get here (Yngwie anyone?) is awesome, but sure doesn't normally come from a humbucker eequipetd SG.

[Perfectpuddles]

Damn fine, love the song.

[BRADHblackdragon]

fantastic...

[n2motocross]

Has alot of George Lynch type ending notes!! Absolutely kick ass!!

[metalfiend124]

Great playing, great tone, and great video presentation. Thanks for sharing and please add more.

[johancomstedt]

what a great piece of music. You are really great!!

[justinjonesypoo]

dude get a real drummer. this would be so rad if the drums didnt sound so fake.

[riffguy]

I real drummer would be great, but the drummer I used on this song works cheap, doesn't do drugs or raid my fridge, shows up for rehearsals and best of all....doesn't ask to borrow money.

[justinjonesypoo]

hahahaha greatest comment ever. yeah i completely agree. you should learn to play some simple beats then. thats what i do on my recordings and with some minor eq and cutting and shit to perfect, it sounds great.

[Smokeater68]

And takes up little space LOL.

Great work Paul!

[Agtronic]

Sick sick sick playing. In this particular clip, your playing reminds me of Marty Friedman, but much cleaner.

[enuxs]

One thing is to be technically perfect, which you are from my point of view. But the most important thing is: It really sounds beautiful.

[sonofkikkoman]

umm do you really have so huge marshall stacks?

[GGGGGGuitar]

I would pay to see him play live no doubt

[truedoom]

Hey Riffguy, just out of curiosity (because it sounds so amazing) you do a downward run between 0.06 and 0.10, what kinda run is it? is there any yngwie song with something similar so i can get a tab? what key or mode?

[riffguy]

It's a very simple descending sequence using the B harmonic minor scale. You should be able to figure it out by ear from this video. The only trick about it is that you have to do a lot of position shifts. This is something I came up with on my own, but I'm sure Yngwie has done something similar before.

[truedoom]

awesome stuff. thanks man! you'll hear from me again no doubt, next time i wanna copy one of your awesome descending runs :D cheers!

[TyranasorusSex]

man, do i ever miss dime.....well at least i get a nice feel from this with the vibrato that i hear in your junk in the trunk. haha

[LostMuffin03]

Beautiful man, I loved it.

Are the drums a drum machine, or do you have the tracks on your computer? Or something else perhaps?

[riffguy]

The drums are loops which I use in conjunction with Cubase recording software.

[RobinStrower]

Yeah epic song. Wow.

Robin :o)

[metalbeast45]

I like the song name. Its epic

[InVaZi0n]

That was crazy man, good job!!

[Zofar]

Very nice! any chance I could get an Mp3 to download?

[rico19677]

Paul your best video yet, in my eyes!

we have come a long way since the early days, both you and I.

Bob Scalise

[Ramadan546]

Nice!!

[FkinHologram]

Hell ya RiffGuy!

Hell YA!!!

[moomoomoo7]

nice sound its very clear

[firebird116]

that was killer, i like when you turned green!

[nate9522]

Awesome and of course your computer can't keep up with you, because your Riffguy!!

[THESARGE994]

Awsome As Usual :-)

[drolsinatas]

dude i love, in a none gay way. I want to party with you

[coulsonsam87]

riffguy you are the fucking king of youtube! i love this tune, i often listen to it on myspace. crazy speed, mega vibrato and balls of steel! that SG sounds alot like a strat mindyou ;)

[GGGGGGuitar]

it sounds like malmsteen

[MiLoMac06]

Yup sure does :)

[angelfaced1]

love everything you play on that Ovation!

[mjd775]

...thats awesome playing!! That Blackmore/Malmsteen style you have nailed it, with your own subtle style!! I really dont get why you are not making a living as a top rock guitarist? There are so many players out there that are not a patch on the Riffguy!!!

[FenderBender93]

awesome. other than that, i am speechless.

[SIXSTRING63]

Had to add this one Brother,Great tone and great chops. Mike

[PDXguitarlegend]

WOW. Adding that to the fave's. Reminded me of early Yngwie.

[mraggrovator]

Fantastic Riffguy has the knack of making everything he plays sound fresh

[RockAndLoadJM]

Youve left me speechless... hot dang

[presario3200]

that was too awesome!

[metlguitar02]

This is the definition of Youtube royalty. Hell yeah, Riffguy. Thanks for the awesome song.

[saberacro]

wow heavy malmsteen influenced material there,

great work

[danophile07]

the best music video setting ever

lotsa amps behind teh lead guitarist!

its has a baddas sence of its own haha

all acompanied by genius playing

[wintershadows]

Nice music video! Great playing

[lol5150lol]

Yngwie killer!

[mikem1030]

amazing song!!! did you play all the other intruments too and not show it in the vid or is it a backing track?

[riffguy]

I played all the parts except for the drums with are loops. The entire soundtrack was recorded a few months ago.

[Dreadlord67]

Nice. I liked the bass.

[BFahz]

Keep it up Riffguy and you just might end up with a record deal...

[justplayman]

Very nice origional Riff. Very inspiring.

Yea, the idea is what counts.

I like the idea....To end all wars....

My personal agenda,...End the Jesuit wars while I'm alive.

[Zoltar567]

Yngwie? Who's Yngwie?

[atvsteve]

*smacks the genier from the movie BIG*

Yngwie MALMSTEEM MUTHA FUCKA!!!

[Lahed92801]

YEAHHH!!! NICE!

[gibshall]

woah I just put this on my myspace and then there you go making a video

[Swannie72]

Awesome, love the stacks too!!

[amarr1]

badassed