Jeff Loomis - The Merchant of Menace #2

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Jeff Loomis returns to Guitar World with a whole new series of lessons for his column The Merchant of Menace!!! In this lesson Jeff shows you how to play the new Nevermore hit "Obsidian Conspiracy" (Part 2).

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@petesgrl420 12 жыл бұрын

he is playing with emotion. Have u ever seen him play live? I have many times..and trust me...there is plenty of emotion. You can feel what he plays. He is truely one of the greats!!

@Wrathofkala 13 жыл бұрын

Jeff makes every note sound EPIC...........

@themaggot8 13 жыл бұрын

Usually guitarworld's videos sounds like shit, but when Loomis appears it sounds like heaven.

@ESP4thaWin 13 жыл бұрын

I LOVE these lessons with Loomis! I just play them in standard tuning (the parts that I can). MOOOORE!!!!!

@Agonizer666 11 жыл бұрын

Jeff's 'slow' is my 'fast'..There goes my guitar

@preston2636 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully you've gotten better. Remember, with shredding, the faster you play the more economical your technique and movements must be. Its less about having fast fingers and more about timing and efficiency. Focus on only lifting your finger from and pressing on the string as little as it possible takes to get a clear note. Same with the pick. Don't move any further from the string then absolutely needed. Same goes for velocity. Less is more with shredding. Less movement equals faster notes. Don't quit though. I never thought I'd be able to play Jeff's material even after my first decade of playing and I thought I had reached my ceiling but I just kept playing and trying to do what he does here and there and eventually i got it. Master picking and study Paul Gilbert lessons on picking. And ifnyou haven't already, incorporate economy picking as well instead of strictly alternate picking

@JaydenMcNeill 13 жыл бұрын

@GuitardedMark thats because these are active pups, also not alot of companies make 7 string pups and even after that i dont see anything wrong with his tone

@jonpguitar 13 жыл бұрын

iv'e been waiting for this for the last week, it is a great day.

@ColorIce09 13 жыл бұрын

:) LOVE Mr. Loomis!!

@cris931609 13 жыл бұрын

Jeff Loomis is even more awesome when you can hear him play at full speed, but can just see him with computer lag

@Nragemachine 12 жыл бұрын

This riff looks like a fun exercise.

@ImTheMetalGuy 13 жыл бұрын

I envy Jeff Loomis's precision when he plays.

@ChrisFreddo 13 жыл бұрын

i love that sound.... that gutiar kick ass

@maidenrules13 12 жыл бұрын

the necklace he is wearing gives him his ability to write and play dark/evil sounding riffs.

@Za1n69 13 жыл бұрын

Met him at Best Buy guitar place! lol. back then i didn't even know who he was! And like had a conversation me and shit. i didn't even know!!!! he plays for me and i play infront of him. he gives me tips and compliments. he said play to play what u love, and never give up. and also to play scales, cause i played sloppy back then

@VegetativePropaganda 13 жыл бұрын

@hahawzz don't worry about the size of the neck. it's extremely comfortable. i was worried about it even after i bought it, but after playing it for 10 minutes i knew it was the best guitar i've ever played.

@truly11967 13 жыл бұрын

you rock jeff

@givemeajackson 12 жыл бұрын

@molomono that is right and i know that. but when you augment the second in A phrygian you get a key change from F major/ D minor to C major/ A minor and play in the aeolian mode of those. when it should become harmonic minor as you said, you need a major third and not an augmented second. cause when you augment the second you have nowhere a major 7th.

@givemeajackson 12 жыл бұрын

@molomono just a little theory lesson: phrygian isnt a scale, it's a mode of the ionian system (also known as "church scales") there is no such thing as phrygian major. all 8 modes contain the same 8 notes, and it all depends on where you root it if it's major or minor. and jason becker did. sadly not anymore though.

@thojyout23 13 жыл бұрын

sweet tone and playing

@JaydenMcNeill 13 жыл бұрын

@allfu93 yeah i have the axe fx ultra. best innovation since the guitar pickup

@molomono 12 жыл бұрын

@givemeajackson The Phrygian scale i'm talking about is the same scale as the Harmonic minor 5th position. Also no Aeolian is the 6th mode of the diatonic scale you shift the whole mode 3 full full tones from phrygian to get Aeolian, The way i see it is the Diatonic scale is all white key's on the piano. However the Phrygian Major is when you augment the distance between the second and third note of the scale, IE G becomes G# in the key of E.

@matyasd88 13 жыл бұрын

great lesson

@givemeajackson 12 жыл бұрын

@molomono yes, phrygian dominant is right, but it has a major third and not an augmented second. it is 100% the same as harmonic minor. it's called dominant cause when you have A minor, the dominant chord is E minor. when you have a major 3rd tough, the dominant chord is E major. you hear that change often in flamenco and classical music, it's a very distinct chord progression. augmented second just results in a key change and aeolian.

@givemeajackson 12 жыл бұрын

@molomono then you have a major 3rd and not an augmented second, and then it's just A harmonic minor. when you augment the second when playing A phrygian the result is A aeolian. i dont see how a mode can be major. btw, the piano thing is right as long as you're in A minor or C major. but if you play in like Db major you'll get a problem just using the white keys. you can shift the diatonic scale to whatever root you want, it remains the same shape (just some frets higher or lower on guitar).

@MrMethadrine 12 жыл бұрын

@15viceandvirtues Agree.But i went to one of his clinics and his sound was like shaving without water.Anyway still one of my favorites.

@asashesrain 13 жыл бұрын

2:37 is the best riff iv heard in atleast forever

@givemeajackson 12 жыл бұрын

@A7XfoREVer578 so phrygian dominant, harmonic minor and phrygian major are all the same? thx for clearing that up then.

@mondongoflores3870 11 жыл бұрын

those riffs....O M G

@DropdaLTDtoB 11 жыл бұрын

Such a killer guitar

@TobyKBTY 12 жыл бұрын

@MrMethadrine Well it IS for a magazine. I doubt these featured artists use their actual rigs for these columns.

@rumpledavidas8653 12 жыл бұрын

Jeff has tons of emotion. Who the fuck was saying that he didn't????

@allfu93 13 жыл бұрын

@ottozing yea ive seen an ibanez baritone and of course they make six strings! and about the tone well im not a big fan of nevermore so ive never hearnd theyre music but his tone doesnt sound bad at all in fact his tone is pretty difficult to reproduce because he uses an Axe Fractal guitar rack effects

@molomono 12 жыл бұрын

@givemeajackson You might want to relearn the Diatonic scale. It's basicly just A B C D E F G Now depending on which note you start you get Iolian, dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian or locrian. When you augment anything in the diatonic scale you CAN"T have another mode, what you get is a new scale. By coincidence the Harmonic Minor's 5th shape is the same as Phrygian Major 1st. And yes i know the modes remain the same shape, full full half full full half full.

@herecomesjossy 12 жыл бұрын

whats the song in the intro ?? is it the same song as he's showing here?

@molomono 12 жыл бұрын

@givemeajackson I have no clue haha, i just learn the modes/scales etc. Phrygian Major was part of the list i learned. Is it possible that it was mislabeled, what if it was Phyrgian dominant? Would that be possible?

@wintershadows 13 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@sebita4 12 жыл бұрын

That guitar is gorgeous, can anyone tell me what model his using?

@wyattcupp 13 жыл бұрын

what song is in the beginning?

@molomono 12 жыл бұрын

@givemeajackson From all i can see Phrygian Major is the same as the dominant because in the harmonic minor scales it is the 5th and that is the dominant. It supposably has "a distinctive augmented second interval" but whatever, when i play it it's not aeolian that's for sure.

@A7XfoREVer578 12 жыл бұрын

@A7XfoREVer578 No phrygian dominant is phrygian with a major 3rd, Harmonic minor is a minor scale with a major 7th. They are relative though, D phrygian dominant is G harmonic minor.

@StuartHetzler 13 жыл бұрын

I'm playing with him in april :)

@megaluisdeth 13 жыл бұрын

Wow that guitar looks even sexier in black!

@kyatzz 12 жыл бұрын

this is a genius riff and its just a lesson

@ESP4thaWin 9 жыл бұрын

love it

@allfu93 13 жыл бұрын

@ottozing how much was it? im really thinkin of buyin it cuz it might be much cheaper than buyin amps that later on u dont like anymore lol

@DarkRaviForDeath 13 жыл бұрын

this is why i want to change from bass to guitar

@AFvcG 13 жыл бұрын

what's the name of the song in the begining?

@givemeajackson 12 жыл бұрын

@A7XfoREVer578 but dominant is harmonic minor?

@proggod876 13 жыл бұрын

@AwesomeGuitarVideos yes...look up theres a very good guitar pro tab of it

@guitarralaraja 13 жыл бұрын

cool phrygian sound man!

@A7XfoREVer578 12 жыл бұрын

No i meant phrygian dominant and phrygian major are the same i think.

@JaydenMcNeill 13 жыл бұрын

@allfu93 i got it for 3 thousand. but its probably cheper now. also its v10

@sebita4 12 жыл бұрын

Can anyone tell me what model his using?

@scootyman10 13 жыл бұрын

@hahawzz DO IT, you WON'T regret it! I own it and its the best guitar I've ever played!

@nevigo5519 13 жыл бұрын

@MrPatrickFallon Wow man,that was deep.

@molomono 12 жыл бұрын

@givemeajackson And yes if you start on Db you get a bit more of a complicated scale note-wise but the principle stays the same. This however is irrelevant from the point that phrygian major is a scale. The Augmented Second Phrygian mode.

@givemeajackson 12 жыл бұрын

@squirlybmx learn klingon then, it helps your playing alot! if you dont find it when searching "klingon", try "music theory".

@givemeajackson 12 жыл бұрын

@molomono i dunno how you call it, i know it as the ionian system. and when you augment the second it becomes nothing but aeolian, nothing major phrygian! and theory reaches waaaaaaaay further than scales, you're right on that one. modes are just different positions of one and the same scale, exactly like in pentatonic.

@allfu93 13 жыл бұрын

@ottozing ive only seen emgs as seven string pickups

@TheStratman707 13 жыл бұрын

..loomis is the fuckin man!!!!

@smacman68 11 жыл бұрын

Finally! Someone who agrees with me! Everytime I mention his goofy, over-the-top faces he makes and the fan blowing his hair back and all the other crap that we must endure, I always get crucified. The guys got talent, no doubt, but he needs to tone it down BIG time and let his fingers do the showboating, not his stupid antics. Thank you for bringing that up. I am right there with you~

@chrisking6695 2 жыл бұрын

And here we are 8 years later and he's career is better than ever. His "antics" are part of how he expresses himself. I hate haters like you who put others down for that. Look at you no name. You're nothing.

@louhazosc 12 жыл бұрын

Where can I buy Jeff's guitar tone? I assume it's just a $50 pedal or something he uses. Yes I am kidding - killer bone crushing muted tone.

@deathbringer0520 13 жыл бұрын

@TheBlackDahlia815 True that man!!

@lackthereof1783 13 жыл бұрын

@GuitardedMark whats wrong with his tone?

@e3axordos 13 жыл бұрын

note that the pentagram on his neck symbolizes the harmony of the five elements of nature and not satan

@RyanMartinIsForYou 13 жыл бұрын

@AwesomeGuitarVideos I got the tabs from a special edition of the CD :)

@brandonpaulofficial 12 жыл бұрын

@MrMethadrine lololol thats one of the funniest things ive heard in a while

@djent12 13 жыл бұрын

0:22-0:34 i shit my self when i herd that riff

@deathcore1239 13 жыл бұрын

@iJafa schecter jeff loomis signature series. only schecter i like and really the only maple fretboard i like. only guitar i like EMG's on too haha

@Dimebag333x 12 жыл бұрын

either you like it or you dont, simple

@NateShredwards 12 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know lol I noticed right after I posted that haha. Just imagine i put "subjective" haha.

@squirlybmx 12 жыл бұрын

@molomono I'm pretty sure I just read Klingon.

@greensp4rk 13 жыл бұрын

@superjokerrr thats the song he's playing here. sorry for the 7 month old reply lol

@Downfall1982 13 жыл бұрын

3:08 That would be 5th fret, 5th string Mr. Loomis

@givemeajackson 12 жыл бұрын

@molomono phrygian dominant is phrygian dominant, i have no idea what phrygian major should be, and i doubt that it exists. the name is completely unlogical, cause a mode cant be major or minor. when you have phrygian like A Bb C D E F G A ( F major/ D minor) and augment the second, you get A B C D E F G A wich is either G ionian or A aeolian. see? when playing dominant, you go from A Bb C D E F G A to A Bb C# (

@IRiseAgainst101 12 жыл бұрын

ok. so this shows me how to play 1/100000000th of what he does...super

@behemothokun 13 жыл бұрын

@appacana Jeff Loomis Signature Model of Awesome Win-ticity :)

@MCERCWARDSON 13 жыл бұрын

@BUFFW The Termination Proclamation- Nevermore, how are u watching this and u dont know?

@seandempsey7663 12 жыл бұрын

I think you mean to use "subjective" in the first sentence rather than "objective". Other than that, yes I agree lol

@RevisedTV 13 жыл бұрын

taht kind of creativity comes for the herb =)

@Progeeks1 13 жыл бұрын

kinda sick.. he does that with ease.. the string skipping at that speed is hard..

@TheBlackDahlia815 12 жыл бұрын

@sebastianDEATHcorpse fuck yeah man

@staynoisi 12 жыл бұрын

jeff lomies got it right he plays killer solos, but also fucking amazing riffs what I find sometimes are guitar players who play somewhat mediocre riffs that are kinda forgettable and on the solos they start wanking their guitars like there's no tomorrow, but the riffs of jeff really stick out and his solos too

@supershred 13 жыл бұрын

This is the kind of stuff I play when I'm high... just not as fast.... hahaa

@Abrahamhamham 12 жыл бұрын

The riff reminds me of Willy Adler`s, from Lamb of god. Kinda.

@Marol2137 13 жыл бұрын

Nice pentagram necklace

@molomono 12 жыл бұрын

@givemeajackson What the fuck is the Ionian system, Last i checked it was called the Diatonic scale. With 7 modes, of which the phrygian is the 3rd mode. The Phrygian major scale is a Phrygian scale with an augmented second. Theory doesn't stop once you learned the modes. Modes are merely guidelines for sticking scales together. IMO

@yossarianXful 12 жыл бұрын

@indicasativafusion arpeggios??lol

@SomeRandomTangent 12 жыл бұрын

Sick as fuck!!!

@SicSociophobiac 13 жыл бұрын

@eddie2812 I'll be sure to. :3

@ProfessorPuffyPants 12 жыл бұрын

@cannibalfan01 so waht your saying is your hellraiser is a double cutaway haha.

@physicalremoval24 13 жыл бұрын

@MrPatrickFallon haha, nice..

@petesgrl420 12 жыл бұрын

All of his songs have feeling. fast or not. not all of his tracks are fast either. ever hear "Precognition"? It's on youtube why dont you check it out. and tell me there is no feeling.

@givemeajackson 12 жыл бұрын

@Gu1tari5t then try to play it. if you think that is basic shit it shouldnt be any problem for you... even if you dont like the music, you have to admit that his technical skill is impressive! and jeff is a very versatile player too.

@Bentonias 13 жыл бұрын

Obsidian Conspiracy? Is there something amiss with the world's volcanic glass?

@megacharlie3976 13 жыл бұрын

@prims777 listen to his solo album and then think about your opinion

@ThorsShadow 12 жыл бұрын

Jeff Loomis has several signature guitars. Manufacturer should be Schecter.

@BrentTheBunny 12 жыл бұрын

Jeff Loomis finds it harder to play his rhythms at a human pace.

@Ranzenkarle 12 жыл бұрын

his lessons would have the same success if he tries to teach dogs eating with cutlery instead of teaching his song xD

@allfu93 13 жыл бұрын

@ottozing woah man three thousand? man but i bet its worth it hmm i think ill stick to my amp for rite now lol i also found this Distortion pedal calles Soundblox Pro Classic Distortion. its really cheap 200 bucks im thinkin about really buyin it