Megadeth - Lucretia (cover)

Another really cool song from Rust In Peace. I'm not terribly familiar with this solo aside from a few key licks. Mostly winged it. Enjoy :)

Same set up as usual. Jackson Custom KV and a crappy Line 6 practice amp.

Hobbes the Metal cat can be seen walking around in the background if you keep your eyes peeled ;).

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Music

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• Megadeth
• Rust
• In
• Peace
• Lucretia
• Jackson
• King
• Guitar

[7Saburo]

Hands down dude. Hey, are you 'slight palm-muting' the intro and the solo riff? I'm stuck at that part

[bdamotta]

@7Saburo I may be. If I recall there's a bit of muting between both the left and right hands to keep the strings from ringing out too much.

[hardrok69]

I can recognize that Line 6 sound anywhere and like you I think it's crappy. So what else do you use for better tone? Just got me a Peavey Vypyr which I'm not so sure about...btw nice cover

[bdamotta]

@hardrok69 On these videos, nothing really. The main thing with the Line 6 stuff is not to saturate the tone with drive/gain. Only use enough to get a nice crunch/bite/attack, nothing more. There are other factors too; the original track playing in the background, YouTube compression, etc... all shaping how the audio sounds on the final uploaded video.

Picking, fretting, & muting techniques also play a part in overall tone. But that's mostly trial and error till you find what sounds "Correct".

[delt01]

Nice job on the whole song -- and an awesomely nice KV you got there!!! (though the control layout looks a bit weird) is that vol.neck/vol.bridge/tone + 3way? ....or some contorted, deeply disturbed electronic scheme even i (or neal moser) wouldn't even think of :3

0:56 mettälz kätz atäkz!!

[bdamotta]

@delt01 Thanks! The control layout is bridge volume (closest knob to bridge pickup), under that is neck pickup volume, tone and the 3 way switch. It's a bit strange, and not practical if you're trying to switch pickups on the fly in the middle of a fast run. It's what Dave has used on his guitars for years. Not sure if he came up with it or if it's just what Jackson did on his first KV and he stuck with it.

[MrsWeena]

Thumbs up for Hobbes the Metal cat! :D

[bdamotta]

@LAYUCHEBI Easiest place to start developing your alternate picking is slowly practice a basic scale (pentatonic for example) and alternate pick each note going up and down the scale. Play with a metronome so you're on time and work up your speed as your accuracy improves. Don't start at a tempo that's too fast as you don't want to spend 15 minutes practicing sloppy. If you do you'll just train yourself to be sloppy and it will get worse as you speed things up.

Be patient and stick to it! :)

[MetallicaFTW1981]

How much did that guitar cost??? All I got is a beginner Fender Strat I got for Christmas. I think it was $250... :D

[wlchambers]

fuckin bad ass for wingin it dude! hell you should try out for megadeth!

[superhappyfuntime714]

i dont like line six either, you cant get the strings to "pop" its a plasticy fake sound, but great cover.

[Afirocksmetal]

Oh God, you are a skilled guitarist

[danielgarciacdz]

dave? its you?

[theseattlepro]

Nicely done! Really good song off a perfect metal album.

[sanders2261]

Awesome cover, now i feel like learning how to play this.

Good job man!

[helmerke94]

would you recommend this guitar? It´s the js32 king , right?