Ben Eller Teaches Pantera’s Trickiest Riffs with Nick Bowcott
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In this lesson, Sweetwater‘s resident metal maniac Nick Bowcott is joined by KZfaqr “Uncle” Ben Eller to run through some of Dimebag Darrell’s trickiest Pantera riffs. What are some of your favorite Pantera licks? Let us know in the comments below!
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0:00 - Play In
0:30 - Intro
1:35 - The Innate Rhythmicality of Dime and EVH
2:27 - Swing and the “Power Groove”
3:07 - Thinking in 3s
3:28 - “Revolution Is My Name” and Triplets
4:08 - “Psycho Holiday” Intro
4:23 - Metrics of 4 vs. Metrics of 3
5:16 - Accenting with an Upstroke
6:59 - Dime’s Upstroke-heavy Riffs
8:04 - Dime’s Influences: Rock and Texan Blues
9:16 - “The Great Southern Trendkill” PH-heavy Riff
10:04 - Hick Bends
10:40 - The “Neutral 3rd”
11:07 - Putting the Eyebrows on a Riff
12:00 - Hick Bends and the “Revolution Is My Name” Intro
12:58 - Dime’s Diabolical Dyads
13:30 - “This Love” Chorus and Minor Dyads
13:55 - “Regular People” and Major Dyads
14:25 - Making “the Happy Shape” Evil
14:33 - “Shedding Skin” and Outlining “Happy” Dyads
15:11 - “CFH” “Under Solo” Dyads
15:44 - Music Theory vs. “This Sounds Cool”
16:40 - Arts vs. Science
17:11 - Symmetrical Lead Lines: “Falling Down the Stairs and Landing on Your Feet”
18:35 - Dime’s “the Only Scale You Need to Know” Rule!
19:19 - “Happy Accidents” and Being an Artful Thief
21:08 - When Being “Wrong” Is Actually Right!
22:24 - Stealing the Vernacular (©Greg Koch)
22:40 - Sign-off: Use Your Ears. To Be Continued . . .
24:05 - Play-out
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@sweetwater 2 жыл бұрын
RIFF! 🤘 What's your favorite Dimebag Darrell lick? 🎸
@MyBichSustained 2 жыл бұрын
Shedding skin!
@LeeJoRo 2 жыл бұрын
I'm Broken. So simple, but so effective. Tuning is lower than 440hz can add a lot
@MrAanixon 2 жыл бұрын
For rhythm, the riff at the end of 25 years, lead would be the Sleep.
@johnpruett6980 2 жыл бұрын
Couldn't possibly pick a fav, but the main riff from "Where You Come From" is as groovy as it gets
@juanmavargas9014 2 жыл бұрын
Medecine man 🤘🎸
@TheArtofGuitar 2 жыл бұрын
There are only 2 people I trust in life, my mom and Ben Eller teaching riffs.
@howardgillingham4763 Жыл бұрын
That's great
@JDUBB2399 Жыл бұрын
You're a great teacher yourself. Taught me pinches and a lot of other stuff. Learned how to play a lot of Dimes stuff based on your techniques video.
@mindofmatter071 Жыл бұрын
❤
@kirbythecomputerguy7610 Жыл бұрын
Honestly ... there's 3 of you ..Ben , Matt Wheeler and of course YOU !
@kellc1347 Жыл бұрын
Ahahah nice! Cant argue with that!
@BenEller 2 жыл бұрын
What a pleasure to be a part of this hang!
@zenistermister9695 2 жыл бұрын
You rock Ben. Such a humble guy. Rock on brother 🤘
@nickbowcott8822 2 жыл бұрын
Ditto, my friend!
@donaldmccoy49 2 жыл бұрын
Uncle Ben, you NAILED it!!! King EVH and Dime are so unique, that I likewise never tried to "nail" the stuff... so that I can be continuously blown away the swing and fury they brought over and over again.
@sweetwater 2 жыл бұрын
🤘
@actionpotato 2 жыл бұрын
I went looking for your video on changing strings on a floyd rose and found this. Great video!
@AllergicToMyself 2 жыл бұрын
Hey guys, fun fact - that was actually Rex playing guitar underneath Dimes solo on the CFH song. He wrote that line. There's a vid on KZfaq recently where he talks about he did a lot of writing for Pantera. They were awesome together
@showerjedi9627 2 жыл бұрын
thats fukin awesome! and your name is cool my dude.
@pitthefrit6292 Жыл бұрын
Rex said so, and it is true. Besides, Dime was lucky to have such a great musician as a bass player on his side, because most bass players tend to ruin the tightness in such guitar riffs.
@DomicidalCovers 2 жыл бұрын
Almost 2 decades on and the man is still schooling everyone! R.I.P
@jsullivan2112 2 жыл бұрын
People often forget that he and Vinnie were also HUGE Rush fans, and Dime was no slouch, he paid attention to everyone. I think he got his love of those sorts of pinch harmonics from Alex honestly.
@axelki5748 2 жыл бұрын
Guys, this show is absolute GOLD. I can't read music, DEFINITELY cannot read tablature. You prove that does not matter. Such great insights. More please!
@benjaminbaggins7590 2 жыл бұрын
This put a smile on my face. You really explained why Dime(and Eddie) was unique guitar player who stood out far from the others of his genre. Ironically, everyone wanted to sound like Eddie but no one payed tribute to him like Dime because he was original and knew what he wanted to hear.
@yurimodin7333 2 жыл бұрын
"who stood out far from the others of his genre" they both created a genre. EVH basically created the shredder /virtuoso, Dime invented(and still defines) groove metal.
@boots_33 2 жыл бұрын
This is such a good conversation about the things that people miss about Dime's playing. I've always LOVED how bluesy and almost jazzy his playing would get. You'd hear those odd tonalities in his riffs and at first, you'd be shocked by how he even thought it up, and after a couple playbacks, you just took it as his gospel. The man was blessed with a gift that most of us will never understand, and I will love his work until the end of time.
@psychoshredder4139 2 жыл бұрын
We need more dime related videos... Hes a god. A legand. And most of all a great person. So sad he's gone.
@paulv2141 2 жыл бұрын
Really loved that you guys touched on Dime not being a technically trained player, he played what sounded good to him. And that's art. That's what created the masterpiece of Pantera, and Dime's legend. It was pure art.
@konradfraczek6482 2 жыл бұрын
I think it's worth mentioning that Rex recorded these 3rds underneath Dime's solo on Cowboys, I read about it recently. Great chat.
@WCGaming18228 2 жыл бұрын
I do like the Uncle Ben and Nick Bowcott combo. Two metalheads geeking out and teaching us some stuff in the process.
@chewybang 2 жыл бұрын
More with Ben, please! This was such a treat to watch. And love that last riff, ha! \m/
@BenEller 2 жыл бұрын
The pleasure was all mine! Such a blast.
@ThreeBeingOne 2 жыл бұрын
This needs to be a 5 part series.
@swervature 2 жыл бұрын
A good example of the pinch harmonic bends is the solo from "La Grange".
@crhoads1024 2 жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic fanboy riff discussion, love it…
@Crowbar11115 2 жыл бұрын
MORE OF THIS DUO!!!
@Apocryphone 2 жыл бұрын
More videos like this please! Love the tips. R.I.P. Dime, EVH, and Vinnie Paul
@calviopus 2 жыл бұрын
Man, some of the best times of my life were seeing Pantera locally at the clubs here in Texas pre-Cowboys. The triplet thing is part of the blues influence they had, which is hard to escape here. Not that anyone would want to. They may have been metal, but they had a huge blues thing to them, which added to their magic. And they were all cool dudes. It was always great running into them at random locations. They always had the time.
@Seanomatic57 2 жыл бұрын
I've always said this. VH and Pantera are my favorite bands of all time. It's the brother connection.
@KaineSpawnX 2 жыл бұрын
Lots of fun seeing these two sharing their love for Dimebag's playing and making it educational along the way. Thanks to Nick for all the classic Riffer Madness stuff with Dime, and to Ben for all the in-depth lessons in shredsmanship.
@thatsameenergy 2 жыл бұрын
It’s so cool to see uncle Ben the recognition he deserves!
@sixpenske1940 2 жыл бұрын
I love the Heavy riff in Drag the Waters , also love that you guys joined forces thank you both!!
@andthebeatgoeson69 2 жыл бұрын
Had to comment twice. Nick and Ben are MAGIC together
@klutch4198 2 жыл бұрын
Long live Bowcott and Uncle Ben!!! You guys always make my day.. thanks, time to go shred!
@deckert618 2 жыл бұрын
I've been watching Sweetwater vids for a few years, seen Nick a hundred times, but had no idea he could shred like this.
@allenallen1256 Жыл бұрын
Use to be guitarist for grim reaper in the 80s
@Datimdavis2900 2 жыл бұрын
I would LOVE to see Uncle Ben become a regular contributor- he is Phenomenal!
@fireball676 2 жыл бұрын
im really digging the videos with these two. Its philosophical and its the part of playing none of us sit down and talk about more than 5 minutes at a time. its nice to hear again
@zenistermister9695 2 жыл бұрын
This is badass. You guys rock. Thank you for honoring Dime🤘
@BobbyCulpepper.srv3fender 2 жыл бұрын
Ben I'm the same way, I wanna keep dime's riffs sacred and special. I only listen to his music on special occasions. It was just too good
@halfindy 2 жыл бұрын
You two are really a match made in heaven. I could hear you ramble on for hours... days maybe! :)
@MyTubeFeed 2 жыл бұрын
God it’s so amazing to watch you guys discussing and putting into words the way I’ve always felt about the Dime’s work. That old philosophy of ‘if it SOUNDS good, it IS good’ couldn’t ring more true. Such beautiful music.
@djabthrash 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video so far. They couldn't have chosen better hosts for this (besides maybe Zakk Wylde, Wes Hauch, Vogg (Decapitated) and Marzi Montazeri).
@BenEller 2 жыл бұрын
I 10000000% agree!!!! Those are excellent choices. Vogg is THE most underrated extreme metal guitarist on earth.
@13guitard00d 2 жыл бұрын
Wes Hauch is another ridiculous guitar player who can mimic Dime's feel: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hbpnp9WllraXiXk.html
@CH-ml4rz 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, please, continue this. Make it a series!
@nickcormier 2 жыл бұрын
Ben is such a good teacher.. well done video!
@Breakrite 2 жыл бұрын
How cool of a conversation. That was awesome.
@fessfikkle 2 жыл бұрын
This was absolutely Brilliant. Thanks to you Both
@shotgunrebels 2 жыл бұрын
Nick is my favorite guitar guy on KZfaq. Legend.
@meteor09 2 жыл бұрын
That was awesome. Going to watch it again tomorrow. Would love to see these guys keep chatting guitars and Dime.
@gbirdo4718 2 жыл бұрын
I was with my friend at Sweetwater and he was riffing Regular People really loud through a EVH iii with a Marshall 4x12. Nick walked up and gave my buddy the thumps up and showed us his Dime tattoo. My buddy didn’t even know that Nick was the guy from their online videos. I was like “OMG THT WAS THE DUDE!”
@1badsteed 2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha that's a cool story
@riffsandwich9541 2 жыл бұрын
Ben’s comment about not learning all of Dime’s stuff rings so true. I often feel like when I learn a song or solo it does lose some of the magic. The records I loved in high school are only fun when I am playing along to them now. Great insight uncle Ben.
@cs9667 2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, Rex Brown is responsible for the dyads breakdown under the solo in Cowboys From Hell, Dime most likely kept using that idea from thence forth.
@metalhed6t7 2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite Dime solos is from “it makes them disappear “. So fkn bluesy and shreddy at the same time…🤘💀🤘
@NEUWRIGHT 2 жыл бұрын
The player that has gotten the closest in my opinion to Dime's sound, is a 17 year old girl named Kayla Kent. She is eerily accurate and plays his leads with seemingly very little effort. Definitely swing by her channel and check her out!
@BBYERS27 2 жыл бұрын
This video was amazing!!!! Please we would love for y’all to continue this conversation.
@TheCyberMantis 2 жыл бұрын
Nick and Ben are great. They really know their metal music history and culture. Nick has been there done that, he's a legend. And Ben has been teaching this stuff on his channel for a long time now. Two amazing players, who take the time to share their talent and knowledge with us. Thanks guys! Great video. Dime and Eddie will be with us forever, as long as future generations continue to study their music.
@astmagrooved 2 жыл бұрын
This is actually an incredibly valuable and essential guitar lesson on 'groove', in metal and hard rock. Often overlooked but absolutely essential. Also on the scale-lesson; there is a KZfaq video out there that explains the notes don't matter at all; it's all about the rhythm, even in jazz. It's everywhere the same; it's all about rhythm and groove. Essential video, this one. Well done, lads!
@TheRealCeeJai 2 жыл бұрын
God, these Ben Eller/Nick Bowcott crossover vids are SO GOOD. KEEP THEM COMING!
@robsmith2927 2 жыл бұрын
Great video, could watch you guys talk about Dime all day. What I would say, although Dime admitted he only knew major and minor. His dad was a country music producer and was shown a lot by him and those that recorded with him. There's his musical education.
@BenderMohawk 2 жыл бұрын
Great video, fellas. Another similarity between Dime and EVH was that they both were raised by fathers who were professional musicians. Jan Van Halen was a bad ass jazz player - clarinet/sax . Dime’s father, Jerry Abbott, was a country player/songwriter/producer, owned Pantego Sound where he produced the early/pre-CFH Pantera records.
@lathomas9139 10 ай бұрын
You both speak of Dime's playing with marvel, joy and love, you could go on for 10 hours and I would cherish every moment! He was a treasure
@monoideal3592 2 жыл бұрын
Such a pleasure to hear your insights on those Dimebag finesses. The upstroke part was amazing. Need to check some Cowboys live videos next to see how Dime played.
@BigboyRoy100 2 жыл бұрын
Search "Dime Clinic" and you'll hear it from the man himself, I often revisit that upload and reminisce, Darrell was such a good guy all-round.
@williambrooks276 2 жыл бұрын
REALLY loved this tribute to Dimebag from you both Nick and Uncle Ben ( you both are absolutely SICK guitarists! ) Dime was just a total feel guy as much as he was technically amazing!
@jamesnorton7601 2 жыл бұрын
I've heard a million players version of I'm Broken . Including my own. None of us are truly getting the slide tonality that he did. He had a cool touch for sure
@brianwicks5263 2 жыл бұрын
So happy to see you guys together again, I can't get enough of your vibe!
@jamiem7114 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another installment of the Nick & Ben show. I really hope you have some more of these in the can. Love it!
@michaelnugent9758 2 жыл бұрын
Uncle Ben! This was awesome! Please do more of these!
@scottanderson4175 2 жыл бұрын
Great job Nick 🤘 thank you
@dfnymusic3396 2 жыл бұрын
This is one of the coolest videos EVER
@sweetwater 2 жыл бұрын
🤘
@lucamoqi 2 жыл бұрын
I think Wes Hauch would have been a great addition to this. That fella knows everything about Dime's playing. Plus, if I'm not mistaken, he's pals with Uncle Ben
@BenEller 2 жыл бұрын
Wes is indeed a good pal, and the KING!!!! Insane player.
@chrisloud1976 2 жыл бұрын
Great show! I love stuff like this and hope to see more.
@commonsensecatholics 2 жыл бұрын
Love the chemistry with these guys. Great forthright video.
@blak1lyte 2 жыл бұрын
Just awesome. The best take away... as EVH said.. and it says it all... for all us musicians guitarists..."IF IT SOUNDS GOOD, IT IS GOOD! " PERIOD. And that's how I write... for me.. my ears...my grooves...I only look at the neck when I need to see what I did that made me go...WHAT WAS THAT I JUST PLAYED OR CAME UP WITH
@peppergrand1072 2 жыл бұрын
Ben hit the nail on the head when it comes to learning everything or anything from your top dog guitar hero or idol. I personally haven't learned much from EVH maybe ain't talking bout love the beginning part. Just because it's intimidating and fun just to still air guitar Mr Halens' genius and not have any idea where it starts and ends. I'm a huge Randy Rhodes prophet and learned many of his songs sjd solos note for note, then didn't play them for a good amount of time and did my best to relearn them by ear and memory. Which is a great way of finding your own voice within the artist you mimicked and complemented their juice and phrasing and evolved it into your own translation and voice .long live both EVH DBD
@XxSypherxX91 2 жыл бұрын
This video is more validation that #1 Dime’s tone and style are literally impossible to replicate. And #2 He was truly one of a kind.
@mortimermouse 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, such chemistry and clarity between you guys. Brilliant, a pleasure to watch 👏👏👏
@woodchuk1 2 жыл бұрын
What a treat to see two passionate and knowledgeable musicians dissecting Dime’s stuff. Shame he isn’t still here to sit in with them.
@arustydodge2111 2 жыл бұрын
AWESOME!!!! You know when NICK breaks out the “Union Jack” it’s gonna be insane!
@carlmeiner 2 жыл бұрын
Nick with the Dimebag autograph tattoo! awesome
@jesseyasaitis9036 2 жыл бұрын
My favorite lick is the closing arpeggios on Floods. So simple, yet so much said in just a little bit of time.
@jbellflower83 2 жыл бұрын
Yup. I play that one quite a bit. So much emotion coming through. Same shape as the main riff of message in a bottle by the police but Dimebag takes in a more interesting direction
@metalboy5150 2 жыл бұрын
Seems like I read somewhere that he wrote that for Rita. Made a recording of it looping over and over for her to fall asleep to, or something like that. But yeah, whatever the reason, it's one of my very favorite pieces by Dime. Not as complex as some of his stuff, but just so...beautiful.
@JO3B1Shinobi 2 жыл бұрын
@@metalboy5150 on piano too! She posted it on Instagram. Wish we could've seen that other side of Dime had he not been taken so soon. Great stuff!
@metalboy5150 2 жыл бұрын
@@JO3B1Shinobi Do you by any chance have a link to that? Or is it easy to find? I don't follow her, is it just Rita Haney?
@JO3B1Shinobi 2 жыл бұрын
@@metalboy5150 it's on her Instagram, I looked for a bit and got busy. If I find it I will come back and post!
@NoCantsAllowed 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic & insightful rapping, fellas. Loved the conversation & it contained tons of cool tips & tricks. Thanks, dudes!
@mikemercer5808 2 жыл бұрын
Great video gents. Love the conversations you guys have. Keep 'em coming! Thanks!
@dragon7590 2 жыл бұрын
I love that you guys put this video together. All the thanks for the work you two put into this. Dime fans get obsessed with the gear,tone and nailing the big solos to impress people but its the basics and giant wall of rythem Dime makes that should be the beginning of the Dime journey.
@jimp000 2 жыл бұрын
You two are such a great match...great chemistry as others already said. More of this with uncle ben please!
@nickx1754 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy the videos of Nick and Ben. I love hearing Nick's anecdotes about Dime (or whoever he may be talking about in any given video).
@WillyWylde1919 Жыл бұрын
This video is full of great quotes and information. Thanks for this!
@metalman75 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a Dime fan and always will be. I don't know how to play many Pantera songs. I can play them but its more out for my respect for Dime and like was said not to over analyze it. great video Nick & Ben.
@jesseclaborn749 2 жыл бұрын
Not only are yall hands down the best music store around, then yall go and do great videos like this. Keep up the great work, love seeing these guys geek out on stuff die hard guitarist think about often.
@sweetwater 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Jesse! 🤘
@sheriewart8100 2 жыл бұрын
You 2 should do this full time, another great video, I will watch it at least a couple times.
@jimcreee3299 2 жыл бұрын
very nice video. great chemistry between these two. more please
@502deth 2 жыл бұрын
i could watch these 2 talk shop for hours and not get bored. perfection.
@TexasSmoking 2 жыл бұрын
One thing to mention, the pick gouge on dimes DFH guitar is all from up strokes. Brutal. And also rex played the rhythm for the CFH solo
@jasonverg8005 Жыл бұрын
YUSSS! More insight into Dime technique. Love this stuff, really appreciate this guys thank you.
@jeffreybonaventure6981 2 жыл бұрын
This was the best, I wish it was longer. You guy’s definitely need to get back together for a part two.
@aftertheendtimes 2 жыл бұрын
Just love you guys 😀🎸🤘so much experience in your souls and yet soooo humble, that's a sign of a spiritual soul, keep doin it, big thanks from my 💖👍☯️
@guitaroholic4365 2 жыл бұрын
I had a great friend I could sit and geek out with about songs and musicians. For hours we would trade licks and learn parts of songs we had forgotten about and how awesome they were. The conversation and playing would inject such inspiration for the guitar and music. This reminds me of those great times. Awesome to watch. Please keep making videos like this.
@pleasedie1979 2 жыл бұрын
Favorite riff? Ben played one, Shedding Skin is and was so mind blowingly cool of a riff. That stuck with me for a while. Another is of course Cowboys from Hell. Last would be Avoid the Light. I love the bridge slide riff! Just classic Dime!
@rickycompton2610 2 жыл бұрын
Nick and Uncle Ben please do more of these videos
@gibson7289 2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear there will be more.great vid
@matthewfreeman33 2 жыл бұрын
Great video guys. 2 great players that know they can't play like Dime and explaining why Dime was unique and in my opinion more unique than just about any metal guitar player we've seen in over 20 years.
@erinharding7659 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. So many great insights
@bryannichols7843 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, guys! Great video! Loved the geeking out!
@johnperkins6432 2 жыл бұрын
Man it was so cool to hear about something I've been telling my son's for years from 2 guys I respect. Just because you are playing a cover , you don't have to pay it note for note. I've made a lot of great sounding riff from making mistakes.
@leedoucette8522 2 жыл бұрын
Definitely my favorite 2 guitar players of all time. DimeBag & EVH
@jsk8et Жыл бұрын
You guys are great together! Ben is one of the GOAT collaborators!
@drunyon08 2 жыл бұрын
Great video defiantly need more of this fellas!
@luisownerbr 2 жыл бұрын
I didn't know Uncle Ben was allowed out of his room. Great video, lots of fun to watch.
@JackMcLeodJr 2 жыл бұрын
Uncle Ben & Papa Nick have fast became the Adrian Smith and Dave Murray (OR the Glenn Tipton & KK Downing - Either duo is acceptable in this example 😉 🎸) of KZfaq Rock/Metal Guitar content! 👍🏻 When the chemistry is right the chemistry is right, and you're both in your element here, brilliant! Please keep uploading more of these, Gents 👍🏻 also I couldn't agree more regarding Darrell and King Edward - both have that unique flowing rhythmic right hand style going on, that old-school 'percussive minded' type players. Eddie in Mean Streets comes to mind always, actually all those rhythmn tracks going on throughout the Fair Warning album Eddie laid down are stellar.
@matthewford5206 2 жыл бұрын
My mind is officially blown !!!!!! You two have just opened up a new world in my guitar journey!!!!