Alexi laiho- Sweep picking lesson

[hohnermode11]

One of the techniques he likes to use is sweep picking? U dont mute the strings with your palm while sweep picking. No wonder cob sucks donkey balls with this fag whining like a french ho

[apalmalarrain]

0:15 was he really feeling that bad? Look at his fingers..

[RockRifle]

This video is fucking retarded.

[BoondockSaint10175]

You guys cry about Petrucci too much. Wahhhh, Wambulance. He doesn't give a FUCK. He apologized for it anyway, so quit lapping up JP's ball sweat.

[kostij10]

@Karlquist, yes i believe that you should be, i would take it as an insult

[darkerfate8]

@Hellinmybackyard this video isnt a lesson but the entire dvd is a lesson. they just took a part and made a small bit about sweeps.

[guitarlonextreme]

lol 0:05 swaaeeppp picking

[kostij10]

Lol, just watched Jeff Loomis before this, there's nothing to be said

[NigromanteMaldito]

@kostij10 Haha me too

[Karlquist]

@kostij10 same here, somehow this shit got recommended for me. Should I be offended?

[BoondockSaint10175]

@kostij10 No one gives a fuck.

[Raittarian]

Swip picking.

That's what we call it.

[talc89a]

"i like to use swip picking alot. i swip pick with arpeggios." lol finnish accents. alexis great

\m/

[andrewizz]

I hate when people criticize me for listening to CoB, when I've listened to all kind of heavy metal genres since I was a child.

I'm fed up of reading comparisions between guitarists, when this has never been a battle.

I don't care about who's better, simply cause noone is better, only your musical taste should decide it, not your stupid influences from "true" metalheads.

I don't give a fuck about what's "gay" and what's "true metal".

I care about what sounds nice for me, I just enjoy music.

[BoondockSaint10175]

@andrewizz Dude I think I love you.

[andrewizz]

@BoondockSaint10175 ahahah

[Cerberuselite]

@andrewizz Basically, you're fed up of the internet. me too.

[lpgamer2]

@andrewizz just punch the fuckers, or use a paradox, they say non real metal is gay, but judas priest is real metal and rob halford is gay, trust me man, their heads will blow up, if theyre stoners though they'll tell you the secrets of the universe because you unlocked the secret code

[liamwhite95]

Tabss???? anyone?

[crisDAwog]

i must say his tone is so dry and ugggh he should learn too dial a tone

[dontcare441]

it looked/sounded like his arm had a spasm lol fail

[Ajayw1991]

@crisDAwog and thats why he is the world famous guitarists and your the guy watching him on youtube

[KillPiggiesForSatan]

Hai, Im Alex Laiho and Im frum Children Of Budum and I like to Swuup puuk

[wowisuckatmath]

do metal guitarists do the thing where u bar the strings?

[VIZZICKS]

@wowisuckatmath when sweeping it's more of a finger roll when you have consecutive srings on the same fret but basicaly the same idea the roll is just for note seperation

[MANBATCOW]

@wowisuckatmath in metal, not nearly as often as power chords, but yes bar chords are used sometimes.

[destinyrider22]

i saw this and immediaely said "im probly gonna burn my guitar after this"

[KillPiggiesForSatan]

@destinyrider22 watch jeff loomis....you will cry...

[MANBATCOW]

@destinyrider22 yeah definitely go take a peek at some of jeff loomis' playing, you will shit bricks...

... youtubeDOTcomSLASHwatch?v=ANrO­y5woLBE would be a good example.

[arshinerising]

@MANBATCOW if something made me shit bricks. I wouldn't wanna watch it.

[Razorkid666]

ohhhh i lov ethis riff from "children of bodom"... masterpiece of sweep riffs^^

[cheese0tron]

you guys are fucking stupid yngwie plays with feel and soul

to even play classical guitar you play with feel and soul

[kashguitar]

@cheese0tron IE: Brothers, or Blue

and many other fantastic pieces of his work.

[ostroskimusic]

I got this DVD. I finally am starting to figure out sweeping!! Thanks Alexi!

[vjr1113]

fuck dude

[BillXHETASXCook]

Alexi's tone = Poop.

[PanchoGuitar01]

this doesn't sound really good..

[Blitzzkreigg]

@PanchoGuitar01 it doesnt sound good because hes not cheating with putting a hair tie at the 1st fret so he has to use his palm

[PanchoGuitar01]

@Blitzzkreigg yeah, but you don't have to use those cheap tricks to do a good sweeping xd

[BloodXSweatXGuitars]

i mean y in COB does he seem to have better riffs? its just like hes so...average on these videos and i know hes better

[dragonman86]

@BloodXSweatXGuitars well he did say "here are some 'examples'... " he didnt say "imma give you an eargasm."

[Blitzzkreigg]

@BloodXSweatXGuitars People are always less better than what they really always when they're put on the spot.

[serpentinessarecute]

Oooooo! His nails are pretty!!!!

[Shyuum]

@serpentinessarecute

Are you making fun of his nails?

Ozzy Osbourne also has black nails.

[serpentinessarecute]

@Shyuum Yes, I am indeed making fun of his nails.

So what if Ozzy also has black nails? Is that supposed to suddenly make it alright for all guys to have black nails?

[xwolbx]

@serpentinessarecute why the fuck do you care about a dudes nails? What a fag for caring so much...

[serpentinessarecute]

@xwolbx By that logic, fool, Alexia is a queeer for caring enough about his nails to paint them black...

[xwolbx]

@serpentinessarecute That's himself. You can't be gay with yourself can you? I'm sure he'd give a fuck less about another dudes nails, and I'm sure he'd give a fuck less what any of you motherfuckers think about his nails. Fuckin childish and QUEER. He's a bad ass guitarist and you notice his NAILS of all things. For fuck's sake, have a nice tall glass of shut the fuck up.

[serpentinessarecute]

@xwolbx Well, forgive me for finding guys painting their nails as homo. It must be a view very few people share with me (Czar Chasm).

Anyways; I must confess: I had no real problem with Alexia - until he decided to speak ill of Petrucci in an interview. Wrong move.

[xwolbx]

@serpentinessarecute Petrucci is an amazing guitarist. Hands down.

[serpentinessarecute]

@xwolbx I agree :)

[ifearthedark666]

@serpentinessarecute hahahah too true.. .fuck alexi for that. people really glorify him...his skills can never match petrucci . petrucci is a god.

[alexijunior13]

@ifearthedark666 petruccis good cuz hes been playing MUCH longer dude.....

[ifearthedark666]

@alexijunior13 but still ..to speak ill of PETRUCCI.. well thats just plain wrong.. even a rumour of such a thing is enough for me not to like him already .. :/

[ChristinaDarkRose]

@ifearthedark666 I don't know who this Petrucci guy is,but I know that Alexi is awesome.I am a quite big fan of his.I don't know how to play guitar at all,but Alexi is my favourite guitarist.

[ifearthedark666]

@ChristinaDarkRose no doubt that he is a good guitarist, but if you dont know petrucci, please enlighten yourself by looking him up, as you would alexi. he is one of the worlds greatest guitarists ,being the 17th fastest guitarist in the world and one of the most respected musicians of our time.

[circleofpit]

@ifearthedark666 petrucci is good but titles like 17th fastest guitarist are totally bullshit

[FaxMachineDx39]

@circleofpit yea when u talk about people like vai petrucci satriani and all those guys u cant really determine their talent by speed

[BloodDawnSWE]

@ifearthedark666 Dont know how the comparison between Alexi and Petrucci started, but thats like comparing Britney Spears with Kalmah, its two completly different types of music, and different types of musicans! Anyway, in my opinion no guitarist will ever beat Hendrix, the fact that the biggest studios in the world have tried and failed to understand and recreate some of the sounds hendrix invented back in the 60´s, shows what a geniues he were.

[lumaric01]

@BloodDawnSWE Dude I agree Hendrix was good especially with feel and emotion but his sounds were mostly cretaed by randomness.But with respect to the dead guitar god I really think there are bands that are topping him over and over again

[BloodDawnSWE]

@lumaric01 I disagree with you there, his sound was not random, he created a whole lot of the sounds with planning and with his extreme knowledge. When you get awards for being the best guitar player in the world at age 15, you know what youre doing ;). But yes, ofc there is bands / guitar players who can create better music, but just think if Hendrix were alive today, with todays technology, what he could do..

[lumaric01]

@BloodDawnSWE Well I have some very old hendrix books Ive been readin that say his sounds was mostly random.But w/e im not here to argue.And well he isnt so why say that?And even if he was there are bands like Chickenfoot who wipe the floor with hendrix

[BloodDawnSWE]

@lumaric01 Well it all depends on how you define a good guitar player I suppose. For me its all about how you build your music, and how much "feeling" and "soul" you can put down in it. Like Yngwie Malmsten for instance, I find most of his songs to be meere speed, brainless sweeping that dosnt come close to Hendrixs feeling and soul, therefor I see him as less of a guitar player, even though technicly his alot better.

[lumaric01]

@BloodDawnSWE Oh dude im not disagreeing.And yeah I dont really like malmsten either.

[Izisal]

@BloodDawnSWE

well u should probably slow malmsteens songs down with a music software and then listen to it to enjoy it. It takes some training for our ears to cope with faster music but when we finally have we can enjoy it that's what i think

[lumaric01]

@Izisal No Yngwie has no feel its garbage its pretty much look at all the scales an arpeggios I can play

[Shyuum]

@serpentinessarecute

Yes, indeed.

[walshy0001]

@Ellinarkkari

how does using a neck pickup make you a pussy? your an idiot dude, that's all part of tone, which is all just a preference. shit, I'll take Chris Polands Jazzy Neck tone over Alexi's tone anyday. when it all comes down to it, isn't guitar playing about how it sounds?

[LJMONEY21]

its also probably because he had the stomach flu when they filmed this. rock method had that out in a statement

[christl2206]

do someone know what strings he has?

[hyperion134]

@christl2206 DR

[christl2206]

@hyperion134 and wich strength. i dont know wich strength i should take for drop c tuning.

[vnalder1234]

@christl2206 DR 10-56

[smagmauder]

@christl2206

Couldnt see if anyone answered this yet, but:

He uses DR strings, 10 for the high E and 56 for the low E.

I think DR actually has an Alexi signature pack, should you be interested.

[ryankuisti]

@smagmauder he does have a signature set, and i used to put them on my alexi 200, but after trying the dimbag signatures i like them much more. same size, but last longer, and sound better

[smagmauder]

@ryankuisti

Are you sure they are the same size? I couldnt find 10 high 56 low (what Alexi uses)

on the DR site at Dimebag Sig strings.

[deathonics]

what guitar is the orange one in the back

[Agnes135]

@deathonics

It's actually yellow, It's his other signature guitar.

[deathonics]

@Agnes135 the one back there is orange not yellow

[Agnes135]

@deathonics

it's the lighting....he uses the guitar later on in the video....

[Ir0nB0x]

why pink stripes and inlays ? is there anyone who likes them ?

[DH31701]

@Ir0nB0x Yeah Alexi does

[rolandruulib]

@Ir0nB0x this guitar looks kick-ass, i mean atleast when you're holdin' it...

[borednessislife]

@Ir0nB0x me

[deathonics]

@Ir0nB0x is there anyone who doest like them

[higain2]

where the fuck is the lesson?

[replica07]

i used to think it was wrong to actually mute the strings while downstroking in sweeping picking. but after watching this i actually feel a little better lol.

[nerzulos]

this pink guitar is quite awful....

[jeffuary]

I didn't know Avril Lavigne played lead.

[BodomChildBreeder]

@jeffuary u need ur head stamping on

[BodomChildBreeder]

@jeffuary u need ur head stamping on

[colosalguitarist]

love the way he sez swaeep picking,lol

[BELLIEMAN14]

if any one thinks this player is underrated just go and listen to the entire Hatebreeder and Follow The Reaper albums fucking idiots

[MrsHolliValo]

@BELLIEMAN14 -- KIITOS! :) you know it!!!

[BELLIEMAN14]

@MrsHolliValo oh yes Kissing the Shadows is beyond the workings of mere mortal men

[MrsHolliValo]

@BELLIEMAN14 When people rip on Aleksi I want to handcuff them to a chair and forcefeed them COB until they start screaming COBHC FUCKING FOREVERRRRRR!! lol... xxx RAKW!

[vikingshred]

Alexi is not a shred-based player like Gus G or Rusty Cooley. Just because he CAN to sweeps, and he CAN do crazy wammy bar dives and shit doesn't make his music emotionless and pretentious. BTW, good luck to all of you retards who don't know ow to put old news down. I'm talking about you fucks who are still raving about Marty Freidman and Paul Gilbert like they're still reinventing the wheel. Old news guys, they're still great players, but they've long since been surpassed by fellow youtubers.

[varulv234]

By the way, anger, as these faster more chaotic solos imply, is an emotion too.

[vikingshred]

@varulv234 yeah... you don't get it. Just because he's playing fast doesn't mean he's angry. You obviously put fast playing on a pedestal, rather than just noticing when it happens. Yes, it may make the song sound more "aggressive", but thats not in the form of "emotion", but rather "tempo".

Also, I don't know why you felt the need to tell me this considering that I just said that the music is not emotionless. I'm "Implying" that you don't pay attention.

[varulv234]

Oh, fuck, i didn't really read it properly, my bad.

[jewelfewel]

swaeeppp picking lol

[dannysolo88]

nice technique, but i'm not too sure if i like the tone, sounds ok...but well thats just my opinion, but cool sweeping lol..

[AlexDeMars123]

THIS GUY'S SO BR00TAL D00D!!! \m/ \m/ \m/ METALL!!! THAT GUITAR IS BR00TIFUL.

Just kidding, he sucks large testes and is the embodiment of everything wrong with the vast majority of guitar players today.

[0Erazoender0]

How? Alexi is really good.... and lots of really good solos and songs.

[Robxbox360]

alxi laiho i one of best guitarist out there you should not be taling because you obviously don't know a dam thing about guitars or how to play them ur prob fat ugly little pinner that can't bench the bar

[AlexDeMars123]

Yes, so because I don't like some generic shred guitarist I must be fat and ugly, and have no knowledge of guitar. That is probably the most rational thing I've ever heard. Congratulations, Robxbox360, you have won an award in sheer idiocy.

[Robxbox360]

your talking about my sheer idiocy and about my rationalism mean while you just go ahead and say that alexi is shit is everything quot un quot wrong with the vast majority of guitar players today... I don't recall you talking about generic shred guitarist you just went ahead and said he is the problem in today's metal but the truth is it's pinner bitches like you that don't respect the player even if you don't like the style they play

[ZomgMetalRules1989]

LOL fuck off homo, i bet you're one of those faggots who likes slash and kirk hammett, if you are a fan of either of these guitarists you need to get your ears checked for "unabletohearsuckyplayerssyndr­ome" slash is a poser, just who does he think he is with that top had and the cigarette that hes not even smoking?

[Masterscotts1]

@ZomgMetalRules1989 ...slash and hammett are both amazing, try playing like they can, then I wont laugh at your retarded answer ever again, I promise. With credit to Alexi, however, he is one of the fastest guitarists I have seen, and he has many years ahead of him, whereas slash + hammett are veterans. And on top of that, they are different subgenres.

[Steve128967]

@Masterscotts1 oh boy... if you think Laiho is anywhere near the fastest... XD

[Masterscotts1]

@Steve128967 Michael Angelo Batio is all I will say. XD

You cannot deny Laiho's talent, though.

[Steve128967]

@Masterscotts1 MAB isn't the fastest, more like 2nd fastest if you want to be technical, only when sweeping though...

And I don't really think Alexi is very good at all, especially when Rock House has Oli Herbert, Rusty Cooley and Jeff Loomis doing DVDs for them

[ZomgMetalRules1989]

also, alexi shits on slash, so dont even bother

[AlexDeMars123]

@ZomgMetalRules1989 Hahaha, I'm not sure we understand eachother. Kirk Hammet is terrible, and Slash is great. There's a lot of soul in his playing, same with Page. There is no soul in this kind of metal, this music is comprised of pissed off pussies who cry about their made up problems. Sweep picking is an easy technique, I accidentally learned how by making fun of it with my friends. Oh, and I'd take you a little more seriously if "zomg" wasn't in your name.

[bigdummysanford]

kirk hammett isnt terrible first of all. sorry to burst your bubble full of bullshit but slash plays the same blues scale shit over and over again. OLD kirk hammett in the 80's was a boss so dont go sayin hes terrible because he's not. hes in the biggest metal band on the planet and the BEST metal band on the planet and your name is AlexDeMars123. i cant take you seriously. and yeah alexi does shit on slash ive listened to pretty much everything by both of em. so suck it

[varulv234]

Oh, so because he's in a popular band, he's instantly extreme good? That makes a lot of sense, like Lady Gaga, she's so popular, she must be extremely talented! And your opinions about him being in the ''best'' ''Metal'' band, don't count here.

[Killer9299]

@varulv234 he's not just considered insanely good b/c he is in a really popular band he is considered insanely good b/c he is really really good

[varulv234]

That's kinda funny, i don't think he's all that good, he's hugerly overrated.

[BodomChildBreeder]

@AlexDeMars123 u need to sort ur head out.... the only embodyment alexi is is of god himself

[austyn1234567891]

nice

[bortier]

Swip Picking

[prodigyofsin333]

Those sweeps were sloppy as hell

[Shreddur666]

man, those sweeps were clean shit, check out some synister gates, theres sloppw sweeping for ya

[HuberttXXX17]

listen to Jeff Loomis, Michael Romeo and of course Jason Becker you will hear fucking clena sweeps

[djanged]

all them cock heads use neck pickups

[HuberttXXX17]

Jeff Loomis is using neck pickups?? you should listen to him before you comment. Of course he can play however he want and sometimes he plays using neck pickup but seriously it doesn't make his playing easier. Jason and Michael usually play with bridge pickups. The truth is that if you want to play alternate picking you can give it more power with neck pickup. Bridge pickup is better for legato. You can play guitar so I don't understand your thinking.

[skygzrdude]

i still have problems sweeping arrrrggg

[Wheelio]

@tastefulphrasing Whaaaaaaat? His sweeping was pretty damn clean.

[fuckneworldorder]

@tastefulphrasing

agree

[venkutu92]

post of a video of something better

[Shreddur666]

fuck you, you got a problem with gays? you should go grow up you little bitch

[Shreddur666]

you know, for one, if you hate gays you're obviously rebelin against your inner self, which is in turn attracted to the same sex, which ever you may be, second, you need to grow up, what you hate people because of something they have no control over what so ever?, you think your all smart and tough and cool don't you, little pansy ass bitch

[Shreddur666]

just liek homaphobes should be in mental hospitals, and 99.9% of teh world should be, so you should just shut up and let life be how it is, if the shits not right then why is it happening? answer that

[HuberttXXX17]

it's happening because there are a lot of deviations on this world like people fucking animals or dead corpses and homosexuality is the same thing and as well as all the others shouldn't be tolerated. Why do you protecting them? The world is ill because of this fucking tolerance for strange and weird deviations. gay people should heal themselves from their own choice. Are you explaining to yourself your weird dissidence?

[Shreddur666]

homosexuals can't help it any more then you can help the wether, what i think is that since you're so disgusted by it, you're only trying to hide the fact that you feel atrtracted towards the same sex and want to battle it, if i was christian i'd pray for your soul not to burn my friend

[BMTHization]

i think ur the kewlest person ever for saying that. like, no sarcasm whatsoever

[Shreddur666]

lol, only tellin the truth man

[supapuffy2007]

the singer from Judas Priest

[HuberttXXX17]

JP singer is gay but he did say it after 30 years of his great career. If he would not, Im sure that you would never think about his homosexuality. And I bet he fucked in his life more chicks than we all

[HuberttXXX17]

truth.

[Willbartonrg550]

Rob Halford...... you pussy

[BMTHization]

u are the biggest ass hole ever to step on this earth

[wannabeserpento99]

says some guitar hero dude he whines on every guitar video...WOW

[Learninsomegeetar]

oops. i mean 0:05 to 0:07

[Jagguar20]

hahaha "I has musicks disklexia" XD

[Learninsomegeetar]

haha. 0:06 to 0:08 sounds like skwisgaar.

[SeeThroughDreams]

Alexi needs to lay off the partying some. He used to be really good, but it's obviously starting to affect his technique.

[Killer9299]

@SeeThroughDreams its not really the partying its the lack of it b/c if you watch Stockholm Live Knockout (and i just recently found this out) he was high on heroin the entire show and since he kicked he started to get worse

[oxtoxes]

@Killer9299 And where did you find this out?

[Kole777]

@SeeThroughDreams Remember hes only using a single pickup now. Doesn't sound as clean

[lawlz01]

@Kole777 lulz. What does one pickup have to do with anything at all?

[Kole777]

@lawlz01 Um, if he were to have an 85 in there as well he would use that and it would sound alot more clean.

[Shyuum]

@lawlz01

If his guitar had a NECK pickup, his arpeggios would definitely sound cleaner.

[Shink5]

@SeeThroughDreams

Honestly , I find that his tone has been Weaker ever since he switched to ESP -_-

[thestonejar]

@SeeThroughDreams who are you to judge alexi

[SeeThroughDreams]

@thestonejar I'm just a fellow Bodom fan stating the plainly obvious. It's no different than saying that Jeff Loomis of Nevermore is a better guitar player, because it is simple fact.

[Violencedefined666]

@SeeThroughDreams I agree, when the partying starts affecting how you make a living, maybe it's time to take it easy for a while.

[radonPSP]

he is the real life swissgar from dethklok

[metalmaniac9498]

loomis shits on this guy :D

[metalkid777]

Yeah. But come on...that guy shits on pretty much everybody except Jason Becker.

He shits on Becker as well