"It's like a four-finger diminished thingy..." This is why I watch these videos; to gain professional insight.

karl sanders looks like he was parodying the whole betcha you cant play this shit, just listen to him

"BETCHA CAN'T PLAY THIS!" *Hands them a Nile cd"

These solos sound like the overdubs when they make parody guitar solo videos or some shit like that.

"It's like a 4 finger diminished thingy." Hahahaha that made me laugh

How ridiculously stoned is Karl? What an absolute hero that man is, fair play for even giving it a good go.

Press 5 over and over again. You will not be disappointed. GOOO!!!!

It's a close call, but this one might even be funnier than the one with just Karl. But seriously, I've been revisiting these videos every year for nearly a decade, and I've yet to watch without laughter. Shit's timeless. Just two drunken old death metal guitarists shredding, air-drumming, and saying things like "clicky click." Fucking classic. And yes, I love Nile and these two goofballs. ❤️ By the way, I made a KZfaq poop of this! Check it out on my channel if you like that kind of thing.

I always remember to have my clicky click going so I know when to add flat five bendies on top.

I bet you also couldn't play that... LOL

I don't listen to Nile at all, but they are pretty damn technical. And this is what they play.

drop a "the nile chord"

Odd note groupings, rythmic accents, huge bends and most importantly a sense of humour.....gotta love em :)

It's amazing that they really have no idea what in the hell they're doing.

omg the face he Dallas has at :18 is amazing

I play nile like all the time that's all I ever play and let me fucking tell you this shit is not easy I mean after you play it about 10,000 times okay you're almost there keep practicing and maybe one day you'll be able to play along with one of their tracks . . . they're just that brutal

Damn, Karl told in az interview that they were overhang, then these "Betcha-cant-play-this" guys suddenly appeared for a video and the guys from Nile barely knew what's going on, so they did this, joking around and stuff. Dallas is heavy as fuck :D

For fuck's sake, those were my good ears!

It's not that I can't play it, it's just that I don't want to. Also, these guys are absolutely hammered.

its not even that the notes or the playing is bad, its literally just the crazy amount of gain and the scooped out mids that make the tone sound awful when not in the mix of the whole band. Nile is great, and if you pay attention to the notes when slow, its actually pretty cool. just sounds like mud with the tone as it is.

It was soo funny when Karl Sanders finished his riff and just goes "it's like a 4 finger diminshed thingy"

HAHAHA I never knew guitar world had a joke section in their dvd's!

"This is Dallas Toller-Wade from Nile and I betcha won't ever want to play this in your life"

I haven’t really seen anyone in this series that seems to care that much about it. I know better. Say what you want about Karl, but he’s got his own style and just has fun with it. Great writer. Dallas, on the other hand, is freaking amazing. I’ve seen him play impromptu many times and he operates like a surgeon with ultra-killer tone that a lot of people have never truly heard or seen because they take these funny videos so seriously. Also a great writer/vocalist and still to this day is a true leader of the underground metal community. Either way, they don’t have to prove themselves to anyone.

2:39 those few notes there make me laugh for some reason haha

Nile is awesome..

I love how Karl is looking at Dallas just like "excuse me wtf r u doin"

1:46 what you all came for

I love Nile, I really do. I want to like what they do here, but they look like your uncle from the trailer park who could never quite get his band working. This sucks, I'm sorry.

Dont look this video and laugh you clever men... go listen to nile riffs and songs and if you ever manage to play any of them IN THE RIGHT WAY come and make fun of them (Becha cant play ''Enduring the eternal molestation of flame'')

betcha I dont wanna play that

doesnt sound good by itself, but in the context of the song its amazing. Listen to execration text to hear dallas's part.

"its kind of a PATTERIN"

Haha! I love the way he says "Okay, this is Karl from Nile". And his playing made me laugh even more. I don't know if Nile is a good band or not, maybe they are. But damn, they shouldn't shred!

karl really likes his "diminished thingys." lol

I could be wrong, but the head of his Dean seems to be bigger than the head of normal Dean V79s.. could that be?

Sloppy. What's up with Dean players?

the greatest talents in that room were the tech guys that managed to keep their laugh

I can't believe people actually take these videos so seriously. They're drunk. This video is funny. Lighten up people. These guys are still awesome.

Its so funny watching Dallas headbang. Those bald spots are just so funny.

This really is just awful.

"It's like a four finger diminished thingy." What the hell! XD

You win, Karl. You win.

@Gigadrane right, but he said "the song" implying execration text. 32nd notes on the snare and craches on a and e constitutes a fill because its not a beat. if you cant tell that he's playing the end of execration text on his lap at 1:40 you really can't pay attention

I'd like to see you even come close to playing any of that dude.

"Its like a four fingered diminished thingy". There I quoted the video now give me my thumbs up!

they should change karls lick to "Betcha Wouldn't Want to Play This with Karl Sanders"

People act like these are solos or sections tailormade for a “shred video”. These are actual base Nile riffs. The part Dallas plays at the start is the end of their song Execration Text which he also does lead vocals for. Anyone laughing at this should attempt to learn any Nile song first

"these are 10's" LOL!!!!!!

"Hi were Nile, and we bet you don't wanna play this"

I agree But I wasnt ripping on him I was just trying to tell the people who have never seen these two to look at some of their Nile solos Karl Sanders is incredible

One thing about Karl, he does do epic middle eastern bends.

@monkeyman2812 I'm not positive but I think they use baritone guitars. If you didn't know, Baritones have a longer neck scale and are meant to be tuned a fifth below a standard six string (BEADF#B), so tuning them to drop A is like tuning a standard guitar to drop D.

Haha, "it's like a four finger diminished thingy" EPIC

i got your point.its just that everyone expects technical perfection all of the time and the first time a guitar player doesnt deliver a perfect exhibition of skill everyone rips on them

At first I was like, that karl sanders lick was awful. But now i can see how it would work in a song. This shit shouldnt be played on its own.

No. He meant the scale bro. "Harmonic Minor" is a mode of minor... Usually written in conjunction with minor scale for the same root, used to right the harmony part. It is often confused with Diminished because they have a somewhat similar pattern.

This is Dallas Toller-Wade from Nile's, and I bet you I can't play this myself...

Well apparently you didnt notice i was talking about his tone not the quality. I will agree though they couldnt play to save there lives in this video.

"It's like a four fingered diminished thingy"-Karl

all jokes aside , you're cool for having KamenRider in your name. A really awesome show!

2:09 i catually laughed out loud xD for this video it's not a matter of Betcha Cant Play this, its more like "Betcha won't want to play like this"

wow. people who bash on karl and dallas probably don't have the balls to tell that to their faces. nile rules and these 2 guys are amazing.

Death metal is not so much about technical skill or knowledge as it is about feeling above all. What these guys may lack in technical wizardry they make up for with feeling and energy and passion, which is more than I can say for most metalcore bands out there. I've been supporting Nile for 9 years now and will keep doing so cos Karl and Dallas are well into what they're doing and are dead serious about it, and are great guys, too, while they're at it.

Nope Dallas idk what you mean and I thought it was "betcha can't play this" not betcha can't play this and then I show you how to play this in specific direction, but Dallas is amazing and Nile is amazing so hell he can play that all he wants

Oh, I get it! The Nile River is muddy. Just like the band's playing. Now it makes sense.

Dallas Toller-Wades tone is so fucking godly!!!

i think they made a typo this ones suppose to be called " Betchya CAN play this"

I showed this to my guitar teacher and he said,"How fucking stoned are they?"

"It's like a 4 finger diminished thingy." Gotta love Karl.

That is absolutely not a harmonic minor scale, and that is absolutely not a diminished scale. They just Kerry Kinged it.

I don't know about anybody else, and I'm not defending their performance in any way, but I took their view of scales and how the diminished can be used in different ways into account and improved my playing because of it. I'm guessing most of you didn't take anything into account from this video because you're too bust jumping on the band wagon.

This is Dallas Toller-Wade an I bet I cant even play this myself...

i don't understand all the hating, i don't know much about playing guitar..i think they're awesome.

this shows ur nvr too old to play metal

Nile goddamn wins. Seriously, Karl is hilarious. "It's a four finger diminished thingy!"

2:17 How do you even achieve that low note and super high bend??

It's a bit of fun to watch and a challenge to play but it really shoots down all those Nile fans who claim they are the most technical guitarists going around.

at 0:35 it looks like he's about to collapse or start drooling lol

The point is to play something technically challenging.

Its like a four finger diminished thingy with the flat five bendy thing on top, and then i get the clicky-clicky thingy on top. FINALLY someone who can speak guitar like me!

ROFL! "it's like a... 4 finger diminished thingy" hahahah! LEGEND!

I love the way Dallas talks LOL

"It's like a four-fingered diminished thingy... *Herman Ree Guitar Soro*"

Dallas said "harmonic minor scale" but it was closer to a diminished from what I could tell.

I love ALL the guitarists in betcha can't play this. After they're done, they look like "Okay.... what now... Smile, be angry or just still look stupid and confused?

In a more recent video, Karl said that they were exhausted in this video and that's why it turned out the way it did. He expressed his dissatisfaction with the video and explained that they had been touring relentlessly.

the big Nile chord for the win

"it's a paterin"

that scalloped fret guitar almost gets the note you achieve when pulling a whammy bar

'' its like a four-finger diminished-thingy...'' oh yeah, Karl is AWESOME!!!!!

"it's like a four finger diminished thingy" i don't care if they are taking the piss or not, they are great musicians and all their work goes to show for that. but i still find it a little funny.

you don't have to shred to be awesome.and they seem like two awesome guys

Hi I'm Karl from Nile, and I betcha can't drink as much as me

karl is like he's drunk a hundred bottles of beer this day the video was recorded!!He's so red!!!

2 of my new favorite guitarists.

That last lick that Sanders does at the end is fvckin' sick! These guys do rule when they're not hammered lol.

The “these are 10’s” before Karl slows his shit down is a dead giveaway that they’re fucked up to some degree. Love these guys.

0:33 That is the face I make when I choke my chicken.

@BMTHization Dude, you might not like their guitar tone or whatever but they both have skills to pay the bills, no doubt.