Scale the Summit: "The Great Plains" Guitar Lesson

[AW415T4D]

4:58 camera man blacks out....cant handle all the riffage

[vladmandingo]

I've never heard of these guys before. Looking at the guitars, I kept waiting for distortion. lol.

[JeremiahLozada]

The sign that says women

[roytek444]

this is poetry...

[DavidButtz]

I wish i didnt have to pay $20 just to learn one song by you guys...

[gwath42]

@DavidButtz For $20, you get to learn all the songs on Carving Desert Canyons! Totally worth it.

[cw71017]

LOL and I thought the first part was hard...jesus man how the hell do I find a metronome that changes timings so much?

[metallica04100]

@MrPantaloons91 im learning this on an acoustic...just sayin

[magician10001]

anyone else notice the intro is in 7/8 but they count it off in 6/8?

[ElijahTheRiffer]

the fucking old spice advertisement is so gay

[bassmasteraek]

Is that a 7 string?

[NeverLandQM]

@bassmasteraek Travis is using a 7string, and Chris is using an 8 string.

[johnathonkuhn]

@NeverLandQM i think he has since taken that 8 string and put a new nut on it, i saw a video of him using that guitar the other day with 8 tuning keys but only 7 strings and there was no empty slot in the nut, i paused it and counted, it had me fucking confused as fuck for a minute.

[NeverLandQM]

@johnathonkuhn Well this guitar definitely has 8 strings. and as of lately I believe Chris moved to using 7 string guitars more, but he said they still used the 8 string Artinger he has on the new album.

Oh how I wish I could have half of his awesome collection D:

[johnathonkuhn]

@NeverLandQM i hear that. dudes got some nice guitars. makes me wonder why the other guy is using an ernie ball.

[NeverLandQM]

@johnathonkuhn Well as far as I remember Travis also has a Sherman in the works. But anyway, Music Man are just great guitars.

[ohdeargodwhatisthat]

@guitarshop40

he means pounds as in the English currency

[samrooks123]

OMG i love those musicman guitars xD id buy one right now if it wasnt like 2000 pounds...

[153Braeden351]

@samrooks123 I doubt that they weight that much... hahahah ;)

[samrooks123]

@153Braeden351 xD you know what i mean....Amazing guitar tho :P the guitarists from born of osiris use the same one as he does :P

[guitarshop40]

@samrooks123 i hav a 6 string music man axis and its one of the lightest guitars i've ever played

[mdvo5]

these guys are great kinda scared me sounded alot like my band but not as synth driven, cant wait till there older they will kick ass for sure if there not yet lol

[vermillioneffect]

At 1:15, at first I thought they messed up. Then I realized it was completely intentional as a delay duet. Then, I started tripping hard and saw math and theory flash before my eyes

[MyLOLPwny]

@vermillioneffect yea man, thought they had delay on or something

[locallistener]

Hi I'm Christ Letchfors from skill the stomach.

[isildor14]

your hands kinda block the frets. try posting tabs instead of a video. much more straightforward

[arcanumi]

so much freaking talent at a very young age!!

[unbiasedsumo]

hey do you think you guys could make a video demonstrating your warm up techniques? i think that'd be pretty interesting =)

[ShadowBrave21]

Mine blacks out near the end

[rock0god]

these are so much better live than their recorded stuff

[spastikxchild13]

just saw these guys last night. they are just as good live!

[SomeProGamer]

Anywhere I can get the tabs for this part?

[kamikaz1k]

@SomeProGamer they sell a tab book

[SomeProGamer]

@kamikaz1k Yeah I know, but having just moved across country, I'm pretty broke at the moment/: I was wondering if anyone knew anywhere online I could get them, all the ones on UltimateGuitar got taken down for a Copyright claim.

[kamikaz1k]

@SomeProGamer check your channel posts

[sochoii]

eargasm 

[xXWESTLAKEXx]

holy shit

[DrEviscerator666]

Damn they look like they are 15!

[TehNevs]

this has been my favorite song ever since I first heard it.

[RyanEnvy]

E standard tuning, right? (minus the 7th and 8th string)

[FinalFight323]

@RyanEnvy They play in standard, but Chris's 8-string is tuned to BEADGbeg (one extra high and one extra low string as opposed to two extra low strings)

[RyanEnvy]

@FinalFight323 Oh, didn't know that. Cool. I ordered the tab book so I could learn some of their songs. I only have a six string, but I'm sure I'll manage.

[FinalFight323]

@RyanEnvy It's tabbed out for sevens and they say that it's mostly playable on sixes.

[RyanEnvy]

@FinalFight323 Yea, there's just a few odd notes on the low B string, but I can transcribe the note one string higher or just fake it lol.

[mensendike]

@FinalFight323

everything is on 6 strings except for the last note of the song

[TranslucentPlenum]

Scale the summit Rhymes with pale ass butt lick.

[GHReaper1996]

@TranslucentPlenum congratulations.....

[FamGuitarist]

ris this tosin abasis brother

[MikaelAvsky666]

I really wish I could learn how to do tapping.... Without it sounding like crap. haha

[nikooxmaster]

@MikaelAvsky666 It's just practice and practice dude !

[jajajah86]

I'm broke and I can't afford an electric guitar and on my acoustic guitar with a crapy neck the tapping parts are really demanding...I hope I will be able to get a job after I finish my university studies and buy a proper instrument. Some said that money doesn't make you happy. It'sa lie :)

[jump4h]

awesome band. cool lesson.

I got to see them open for DT at Prog Nation.

[TehNevs]

few songs have moved me like this one has, this might be the best song of all time.

[GuitarCrazy87]

they need to get their hands on a chapman stick

[ibanez12468]

how old is the kid on the right?

[painless651]

@ibanez12468 not a kid at all. he graduated from an instrumental college, and even learned to build his own guitars. And now tours with sts and from what i hear teaches lessons...? probably online? i'm not sure. Hey chris! do you teach lessons? if so are they online? i heard this somewhere i think.

[scalethesummit]

@painless651 yes, I teach online lessons and in Houston when not on tour. I have slim openings right now, but if you are interested feel free to hit me up and we'll get something set up.

p.s. Im 26. I know I look young as hell, still get carded for rated R movies. They look at my I.D. and then they go "oh". haha.

[painless651]

@scalethesummit Thats funny man. My buddies brother in law is the same age and got stopped in a grocery store and carded because he had beer in his cart. They said they were sorry for the inconvenience, and that he looked twelve. Anyway, thanks for the comment return, i know sts has got to be busy, and if not, teaching lessons must keep you busy. It's great to see you still show some respect for fans and actually answer their comments, unlike so many sellouts.

[AQganon]

amazing. best prog band out there as of now.

[killerxzero]

the more strings the better!

[IrishRocker7710]

do you need a 7 string to play this???

[scalethesummit]

@IrishRocker7710 not on this song. there is only one note at the every every end "D" thats on the 3rd fret of the low B string, but you'll be good with out it. We have a tab book for this song as well as the entire album if you need tabs. Im sure someone has this section on PDF though, it came with the magazine. good luck. -chris

[hunterW1134]

haha that lisp is hilarious

[scalethesummit]

@hunterW1134 i dont actually have a lisp. its the mic attached to my shirt, still funny though. I was excited to see the finished video and now I can't listen to it because of the lisp ha. -chris

[MistahhB]

@hunterW1134 it's not a lisp, it's guitarworld who can't mic propperly and just use a noisegate to fuck everything up even worse. Listen to the jeff loomis interview. He doesn't lisp, but it sounds like it because of the fucked up gate.

[EricVera539]

hey great job, man one question here, and its for the STS guys, i have a band, and we were thinking about playing this song on a few weeks, do u mind if we playit? yeah i mean, im the one who talks on the stage and im gonna say who composed this song, is that ok for u guys? please let me know what u think.

[shuffleman12]

gotta love all the arguements in video comments :P

[blackseeds666]

this guys are great musicians, and all those narrow minded fags that think they're better because they use 6 string can fuck off, this is too good for you :D

[vbdude006]

The nicest thing in this vid is the John Petrucci 7 String.

The tapping thingy is cool but a 7 string...really? They better have some chucky riffs in there :3

[scalethesummit]

yeah man, we use all 7 strings. check out the album if you interested, this is really only 5% of our sound. just what GW requested we do for the lesson.

[Kaoskadosk]

@vbdude006

7-strings are also very popular in Jazz for it's extended range and variety. You don't have to chug just because you're sitting with a 7-string.

[TheJazzyFrenchman]

Between their big 7-string guitars and the fact that they are both just plain small dudes, they look like children here.

[scalethesummit]

granted I look young, like a child.

im 6'4"

-chris

[TheJazzyFrenchman]

oooh... awkward... sorry!

[scalethesummit]

no worries dude

[12LOG12]

these guys r fags lol

[awesomeman]

@12LOG12 ur a fag

[Itsbloodforsure]

@12LOG12 Obvious troll is obvious

[TranslucentPlenum]

@Itsbloodforsure Stupid moron is redundant.

[blogtvpunk]

Just when you thought the 7 string guitar couldn't get any lamer.

[drrojogochu]

My Chemical Romance has much better riffs.

[adenmcr]

serious?

[drrojogochu]

No, I was just trolling.

[0mgh4xftw]

He makes a mistake at 0:46

[D8mien13]

you two have been at it for a while. STFU. we dont care about your back and fourth wining.

[XxSconeManxX]

Then don't read it if you don't care. Seems like a pretty simple solution to me.

[n1ll3r]

great musicians - but I just love to watch these kids play these 8 string guitars - the neck is fucking huge!

[nebbo13]

awesome! didnt expect Scale the Summit on guitarworld

[sk8alot82]

not my style of music but thats cool! sounds kinda like the mario theme song!

[rofflesmini]

Sounds a little like Guthrie Govan's Waves.

[chadewatson]

i think just from what i hear;they are an amazing set of guitarist.

they have good,clean talent

[FenderrMann]

these guys are amazing, but they could be putting their skills into something better.

[onofregarcia88]

i want an 8

[scorpia616]

Pretty boring.

[oookitties]

I wish I could play like that.

[skippy7865]

that was freakin amazing

[thesplage]

I can't believe there is so much hate going on in a video with such a relaxing sound. LIGHTEN U... sorry... i mean... *shhhh* *lighten up* :)

[xXNitramGtaXx]

i saw them live with DT and zappa

[chidorikakashi]

how long did it take them to write this song xDD

[swisskicks]

i thought prostetic records was a metal label?

[w35m4n]

It is, and this is a metal band. I haven't really listened to them a lot but this is one of their quieter songs.

[XxSconeManxX]

This IS metal...why don't you actually go listen to their music before you make deranged comments like that.

[swisskicks]

i know this band kinda of well, some of my band mates listen to them, but its pussy shit, not real metal, talented, i guess, but i dont care about talent alone in my music, i find these guys extremely boring, thats my opinion, i could see why people like this stuff, but its not for me

[XxSconeManxX]

You obviously don't then. You /A. haven't really listened to this band at all, or /B. You're a shallow douche who can't listen to anything that isn't 'br00tal AZ FUKK'. There's almost always more to music than what you think there is at a point in time. Calling this band "Pussy shit" is basically a way of saying "I am completely retarded in the musical context" in this context. Additionally, the vast majority of their music doesn't revolve around clean interludes such as this one.

[swisskicks]

i respect them as musicans, i just dont relly like their music that much, i do like some brutal stuff, i know some music theory, i dont like any of their stuff, ive heard their whole album, i like some calm music like animals as leaders, but i just dont like this band, i dont like the whole attitude ot this band and its not all about talent and theory, as much as i look for that in music, its not the most important thing.

[XxSconeManxX]

I'm well aware of that. I'm well aware of the fact that someone can like one band, and then dislike another, but to start cutting down a band simply because you personally dislike them, and not because of valid musical/originality oriented reasons, just seems kind of unreasonable to me.

By the way, what "whole attitude of this band" are you referring to?

[swisskicks]

the same one as btbam, like arty and fruity, and like they seem like they completly disrespect metal like thrash, and one reason i strongly dislike them is cuz every one tries to push me into liking them

[XxSconeManxX]

So dislike a band because people who aren't even affiliated with them try to get you to like them. That's real fucking logical.

The only one who decides to interpret something as "arty and fruity" is you, that doesn't mean that their music, or anyone else's actually is, it just means that you can't seem to get over your unreasonable preconceived misconceptions, of music you never even actually gave a chance.

[swisskicks]

i listened to the album, got REALLY bored, it didnt sound metal at all, i can hate a band for whatever reason i want, its not killing any one, its not giving anyone cancer, its no big deal that a kid hates a band for any reason, by arty and fruity i mean all clean and nice sounding and that they use music as an art and only art, music is an art, but it is also a form of entertainment, its not all about technicallity, dont get me wrong i love technicallity but there are more sides to music.

[XxSconeManxX]

You pretty much contradicted yourself, by saying that StS is using music as art, and then essentially saying that art in music is now about technicality. That makes no sense at all, if anything, the 'art' aspect of the music, is the part of expression, the aspect of entertainment in music is pretty much irrelevant either way, because music is about the stylistic and technical approach, as well as artistic and musical expression, entertainment only has to do with how you want to perceive it...

[swisskicks]

i dont give a fuck if you cant understand my views i dont have to explain my self, i hate this band and i can, what you says means absolutely noting to me you might say im an ignorant prick, and i dont care, i am so what, im an ignotart piece of shit, and i dont care, im a waste of an opinion, oh well

[XxSconeManxX]

Very mature, so if you don't care, then don't bother responding. Hating a band for the fuck of it makes no sense to me, I was merely trying to understand.

[swisskicks]

i explained my reasoning, you didnt understand it

[XxSconeManxX]

Yeah, "it's boring wah wah wah" is about all I got out of your 'reasoning'. Once again, very mature.

[swisskicks]

thats not what i said when i was explaining my reasoning, and so what if im not mature, at least i can admit it, just drop it kid

[XxSconeManxX]

Well, then if that isn't what you said, then your 'reasoning' consisted of 'I don't have a reason', which is pretty much just as piss poor of a reason as "they're boring".

It's also amusing how I'm somehow the 'kid', yet you're the one who can't even come up with a legitimate argument as to why he doesn't care for something. How ironic. I'll "drop it" as soon as you decide to stop responding to me, which frankly shouldn't be too difficult according to you, since you supposedly "don't care".

[swisskicks]

cool

[XxSconeManxX]

Mmhmm, isn't it? I guess reasoning isn't your forte though, so feel free to add meaningless one dimensional adjectives in for no apparent reason.

[swisskicks]

im over it

[XxSconeManxX]

"Cool". Funny how you still insist on responding though.

[expressionmaze]

Sounds like you are a jealous guitar player. Lets hate on dudes that got into GW and are great guitar players!

Saying that you "hate" a band is just immature, it doesn't stop them from having a career doing what they love to do. Hell, Im jealous.

You didn't explain yourself good. You said they "treat music as art" and that "music is art". haha, you are either 12 or mentally retarded. I feel bad for you. Live shows are the "entertainment", this is not a video of them playing a show.

[XxSconeManxX]

...What the hell are you even talking about. When did I EVER say that I had anything against this band, disliked them or otherwise?

Maybe you should try reading the fucking comments section before you completely misinterpret everything, and if you're going to call someone 'mentally retarded', then try not to make yourself look like a complete moron yourself by not being able to even respond to the right person on a video, let alone actually read a comment exchange and try to understand.

[expressionmaze]

that was clearly directed to the swiss guy.

suck a cock.

[XxSconeManxX]

Haha, I'll leave that up to you bud, and it obviously wasn't 'clearly directed' if the response WAS IN MY MESSAGE BOX.

Fucking idiot. Look who you're responding to before you make even more deranged comments to follow up your other completely retarded ones.

[Da0wN3R]

OH SHUT THE FUCK UP

[Xiphos68]

No there is one 8 string and one 7 string.

[skinnyjeans987]

are those 7 or 8 strings?

[hobbesismycat]

Yes :)

[varulv234]

8 strings.

[XxSconeManxX]

Travis (Left) has a Petrucci Signature series 7 string, Chris (Right) has an 8 string Custom Sherman series.

[MetalMonsterGuitar]

bitchslapper never has anything nice to say. This is a fantastic song

[bitchslapper12]

@MetalMonsterGuitar Ok, what does my sexual taste have to do with that your covers sucks balls and your fucking body and voice sounds like a fucking 8 year old. Shut up you piece of shit kid and get off my Internet.

[bitchslapper12]

@MetalMonsterGuitar And what the fuck are you on about? You do upload covers and suck major dick. So get the fuck off my Internet you little 12 year old piece of shit.

[bitchslapper12]

@MetalMonsterGuitar Damn you are a cool fucking kid. Now go and an hero you piece of shit and have sex with your mother.

[NICKROCKSHARD15]

I absolutly love this it's serious incredible

[abysslord16]

re upload?

[bitchslapper12]

What the fuck is these guys like 17 years old?

[ibanezxiphos700]

@bitchslapper12

why does it matter? they're much better then you no matter what their age

[MistahhB]

Spoiled dicks? Just because you have expensive gear doesn't mean you're spoiled. Ever heard of hard work? Or maybe they're "spoiled" because they are really solid players.

Spoiled with talent i guess.

[Emceetem]

I can't tap like that, i just don't know how he does it, i tap really hard and the notes still come very low and if i crank it up even higher i only hear them slightly high, not in even volume.

[washburn7x]

@Emceetem maybe hes using a compressor of some sort.

[RevisedTV]

when you tap pull-off on the dtring with the tapping finger

[MistahhB]

Chris has been playing for 12 years and has practiced his tapping forever. It's hard but not impossible.

[ZenabyRG]

is a jp musicman ?

[RaidenNoKishi]

Yeah, it's a Ball Family Reserve JP7.

[JoeGuitarGuy]

Wow that tapping was amazing, Reminded me of "A Day At The Beach" by Joe Satriani lol but even his tapping in that song wasn't this melodic, very very very nice, either them are some powerful fingers or you have a paper thin action on those guitars lol.

[pini16893]

Very good tapping.

[illederi]

it reminds me of FF

[Dreamscapevirus]

ya it deff has a balamb garden quality to it lol

[arandomname666]

Wow, it's like playing piano but on a guitar! 5*

[nirvana613]

how old are these guys ?

[dobby240]

they look about 17 O.o bet they'r much older though. some great playing right there

[nirvana613]

@dobby240 you're right about that

[MistahhB]

At the moment 25 and 24 i think. This was recorded over a year ago though, It's been up on their youtube-page forever.

[pattikillem666]

stanley jordan tosin abasi erik mongrain and the rpoland ppl chris broderick these guys..and other ppl ..the whole barely using your pick thing is picking up(better learn it)

loved this though finally something good

[CadillacL]

Awesome vid. Great to see a clip of more then just fast notes.

[cbpk1996]

awsome

i thought it would be just some lifeless bastereds playing fast but it was 10000 times better =D

[XxSconeManxX]

Wow, GW finally gets an original and incredibly talented Metal band up on their channel, and it instantly gets 4 stars. Hurr durr.

Awesome band, first decent modern metal band I've seen up for GW in months.

[TheMetallkylling]

Love the style :D

[sbhsbh100]

good video