Ronnie - Metallica - Cover - Load Album - By; David William Reid (DRSV)

Guitar: Epiphone Les Paul Custom
Tuning: Eb
Bridge Pickup Only
Learned this song: Today! 07.20.2009


Ya I just learned this song today so be easy on me! I stayed up until around 5:00am getting this song and video done to put up for you. haha!.... I was a bit worn out! I had been working on it all day to my own little style with in Kirk Hammett's re writing it a bit here and there. Guitar 1 in the book is the parts I am playing. Although I had to cut Guitar 1 intro to come in in the video because of the effect it has in the mp3/ I am the louder of all the guitars in this video so it had to be done that way to make it sound like I was busting in at 0:28 seconds. On the making of Ronnie James is playing the intro? lol! So I guess it really does not matter who plays the intro as long as you keep the main guitar parts after 0:28 seconds. That is when you must lock in the parts you will be playing.

If you listen to the cd version of this song you will hear many differences in this and theirs! I just felt it needed a little more of a boost in a few parts then what KH gives it. One part I also have added a small double of the lead part at 4:27 that is not in the song. The lead there doesn't really start until 4:39. SO I doubled the bars for that lead to repeat before coming in normally. It does not disrupt the main song at any time and can be played live this way also! I love re writing songs a little to make them more interesting if I can? But without changing the main structure of the original ways they are written! It still is basically the same out of the book also.

I do like the Load album, I feel it has a bit more melodic style then their other albums do. Also it doesn't get enough credit. Don't get me wrong I do like allot of the older stuff as well and played them for many years!. I am just burnt out on the old Metallica. (Someday I will do some older Metallica for you.) But there is enough people who already do it on here now. Its just that they showed me they can actually play different styles with this album, and allot of these songs on this album just rock when you learn to play them. Not only that, I haven't seen not one full cover of this song on You Tube being done with leads. I have seen allot of tutorials that were very short, or very wrongly played! (Please before teaching a song to people, know how to play it correctly. There is no need for the blind teaching the blind) lol! Need help on a song? Write me and I will see what I can do to help you. I know allot of songs I do not post but know how to play. Chances are I can help you if its within the last 30 years and its RNR based. If not, I can help you get the correct tabs or maybe a book very very cheap to learn it correctly!

Hope you like the cover version of my own as well as the original of this song from the Load album. - (Ronnie)

I will post on my website the details and the Line 6 Tone of this song of what I used for amps, cabs and effects.

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[GnRAiCfreak13]

That's awesome! I love that song so much. Metallica, hell yeah!

[DreidMusicalX]

@GnRAiCfreak13 Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it! And YES! Its is a great song!

[GnRAiCfreak13]

@DreidMusicalX

Haha, I'm a chick, not a dude :) But wow, never realized that song was tuned a half step down... no wonder why it never worked out right when I tried to play along with the record!

[DreidMusicalX]

@GnRAiCfreak13 Ah hell! lol! Sorry about that... Ya its Eb, but now you can play along with it.

[GnRAiCfreak13]

@DreidMusicalX

Yeah, I gave the song a try today and it worked out pretty well for the first time. BTW, I like the rest of the stuff on your channel. Nice work! Wish I could play like that. haha

[DreidMusicalX]

@GnRAiCfreak13 Thats cool! Glad it worked out better for you! And thanks glad you like my playing! If you get the chance, check out my second channel (DreidMusicalX2) if you have not already? They are my originals that I have been posting on there with drums, rhythm and lead, and split screen video on most of them. If you like Metallica then you should like those, they are a bit more technical on some of them then this. I am about to post another original vid here very soon on that channel.

[GfCommando]

damn great.ahem...i mean DAMN GREAT!

[MajasWolf]

Great work on this! This is such a great song, it definitely deserves more credit. :)

[JamesHetfieldIsGod]

ah u look like a proper bad ass metal head! great cover man!

[sikisenses12]

Hey Bobby Singer :O

[DreidMusicalX]

@BeasterBarry Sure man! I will send you a message directly.

[Jammsbro1]

Nice man. Such an underrated song.

[LarsUlrich33]

Hell yea, sweet cover. Excellent choice of guitar as well.

[kpwinters82]

beautiful guitar! nice work too!

[iRockESPs]

what a freaking awesome cover. hands down best available. how about some other Load/ReLoad covers!?

[moimoiac]

Its sound is better than metalica eheheh...

[GnRAiCfreak13]

@DreidMusicalX

Okay cool, I'll check it out :)