Bernie Rico Jr. 30 Seconds of Fame Entry - Ben Mesick (2nd place)

[impsychosocial1]

your'e vibrato is sick.

[xdistorxion]

that's just awesome shredding man, great tune too! what kind of guitar are u using in this vid ... looks like a custom Ibanez 7 String almost like what Chris Broderick used before he switched to Jackson

[TheEndlessOcean]

@xdistorxion That's actually a custom guitar built for me by Mammoth Guitars, I really like Chris Broderick's Ibanez guitars so I modeled it after that.

[iExisttt]

This is my favorite entry. I love your compositions man.

[Orbsee]

GREAT PLAYING and great composition! I use the same method as u, composing in guitar pro then export the midi into the daw~_~

[HillaryHitler]

This reminds me of a track on Tony MacAlpine's Evolution release VERY nice!

[linesteeze]

This was better than the first place one for sure!

[MitRay32]

This was definitely my favorite entry, it has such a fantastic feel to it throughout. Is there any chance you have tabs for the backing track? I'd love to know how something so epic is composed.

[TheEndlessOcean]

@MitRay32 Thanks very much! I actually compose everything in Guitar Pro before I sit down and figure out how to play it, so if you (or anyone else) wants to message me your e-mail address or something I'd be happy to send you the file (if you don't have Guitar Pro I think you can open it in Tux Guitar, which is free).

[epicguitars]

Awesome playing Ben

[czeckoslovakia]

This sounds absolutely amazing, awesome job

[alexdinn]

AMAZING!!!

Can you explain me how you record and do the drums track please ; )

[TheEndlessOcean]

@alexdinn Sure thing, I use the direct out of my Axe FX into a Yamaha mixer which hooks up to my computer via USB. I use Reaper for editing and mixing. Pretty much all the guitar parts except the solo are double-tracked. I program the drums in Guitar Pro, then export it to Reaper and replace them with Steven Slate Drum samples.

[alexdinn]

@TheEndlessOcean Thanks!

[vdjn55]

Wow man I love that solo.... is it part of a song you made? Or did you just come up with it? Btw I thought you should have won the contest :D

[vdjn55]

@vdjn55 with it meaning did you create just a solo?

[TheEndlessOcean]

@vdjn55 Thanks man :) I wrote everything you hear in this video, and it is part of a song, although it's only about 2 minutes long at this point, lol. Once I finish writing it I'll make a video of the whole thing.

[TheEndlessOcean]

Thanks for the comments everyone!

The guitar is a custom built by Mammoth Guitars in California, it's more or less a copy of Broderick's LACS but with a string-thru and a thicker neck.

[HillaryHitler]

NICE

Had a real morbid twist to it, BUT good ear candy

[FenixBG]

great one dude!!!!

[petepachio]

Killer phrasing and execution of ideas

[tongarr]

Nice one! What guitar is that btw?

[BenWillWinThis]

congrats dude!

[doublel4z]

he deserves more than 188 views... freaking awesome playing man!!! 

[BenWillWinThis]

since when are there so many amazing guitar players like you around? :P

awesome entry

[aloudi666]

epic solo man