God damn they are sooooo under rated i swear, They were so good live!

2 underrated guitar players. I met both of them. They are both really cool dudes

A lot of these things really don't "explain" much. Love these guys very down to earth and break the stuff down.

when i watch this vid i realise why i fell in love with shadows fall!!!! OMG THEIR AMAZING!!! like my fav band ever!

sweet the video finnaly works! Awesome video too, Good job FPE.

eternity is within from the album "the war within"

OMG...jonathan rocks!i have problems with sweep picking and pinch harmonics...man...he makes it look so easy..

the guitar is simply AMAZING

These guys are just awesome...

These guys are my heroes!

dude those are some sick strings

i love their sound

god! every note sounds so good...

okay i'll buy a pair and try them out thanks for the recommendation

gah i wish i could sweep like they do they are amazing

I'm a HUGE fan of SF! have been since 03... badass! Damn good guitarist. I'm from their local area too!

if anyone was was wondering im pretty sure those sweet higher pinches were on the G string 5th or 7th frets :] love this band.

Oh wow tremolo picking I've never seen that before these guys must be amongst the greatest players in the world -_-

i had a beer with john last night while we rocked out hard with metallica and slayer. awesome dood.

Shadows Fall is AWESOME!!! \m/

Awesome!!!!

that riff is by far the sickest riff ever i heardthese guys arnt ny favirute but coolest riff ever nice

I love some Shadows Fall. Their version of Bark at the Moon is great.

one of the greatest bands ever

@HXCpr0n yeah..it helps to have active pickups and a gnarly tone

@warheart, there actually pretty close in age, shadows fall has been around since 97' unearth didnt get togather untill around 2001

lol they r both really guitar gods.i want to play like them one day. kar is back

@Blader999 i think its a washburn x81 face eraser

yeah, its hard to tell. i have an 81 in the neck and an 85 in teh bridge, seems to work well. (both active)

arn't the DR strings black

I wish I could sweep that easily without even worrying about it like Jon does, I'm still working on it and it's the hardest technique I've tried on guitar. I'll get it one day soon hopefully.

No, it is down 1 whole step on all strings. Shadows Fall songs are in this tuning or drop-C.

awesome

@xxHolyxxWolfsbanexx Yes theyre DR Black Beauties. I use them in my setup as well, very good quality.

Why isnt shadows fall so famouse?They should be huge by now!Jonathan Donais is one of the best guitarrist :S.Shadows fall rule!!

No. I tried using .08 gauge stings before and they were so small they buzzed when I hit them because they were so low they hit the metal strips. those things are impossible to play on.

liked johns pinch harmonics they are quite sick

What model Ibanez is Matt playing on? It looks awesomely set up. I'm in the market for a new Ibanez RG series, so this one looks right up my alley. Is it a signature model, perhaps?

@proggod876 i know the only way i can tell them apart is by the fact one uses a black ibanez. and the other uses a natural flamed maple esp.

yeah no shit dude, ive never seen those b4 and now i want some haha

hum... don't really know what to think about that. what string gauge does jon play? it seems to be VERY light strings (or he has a zakk wylde-like vibrato, which i consider improbable).

yup, you can get em in all sorts of colors.

these guys r god on guitar, i would kill to be that good

yea u can get them in black,blue,red,pink,silver and 1 other i forgot

@Blader999 thats a washburn idk which model tho

Those are DR string black beauties. You can get them at music stores that carry DR strings or online.

try moving around on the strings where u do the pinches...i use the edge of my pick when i pinch so for me the pinch its relative to the fret im pinchin on...

yeah specially the one where you use the 3rd fret

The right one's guitar, it has a longer scale, what guitar is that?! Help me out please!

awesome black strings

that is like the only washburn model that i like. i also like this band too.

@chrisrockfan Well most of their songs are in drop c and it definitely sounds lower than drop d but I may be wrong

@Griffithknight123 Yeah it was a cool night. It was cool to say I met Brian and the two guitar players. I got pictures with all of them too.

you need a hot pickup in the bridge position with a high gain setting on your amp to get the best pinch harmonics

I know! D: my acoustic strings gets so freakin rusty. but my DWs on the electric didnt rust yet.

could you tell me what frets your using?...i can't find a good tab anywhere

wouldnt colored string mess with the sound though?

Wow wear ya get those kickass black strings Matt's got

whats the song that matt does for the downpicking excerise at 2:35?

what is that song at the beginning that they play for like 2 seconds

what tuning are they using?? some 1 reply.

amazing, holy shit.

does anyone here know what tuning shadows fall use?

i know about them. i know you get different pitches when you move the spot you do them around. its just the coating on the strings made it so i couldn't do pinch harmonics at all.

Can someone tell me what guitar that black one is?

dude! the guy on the left strings are black!! thats so awesome!!

im like O____O" WTF! so amzing. I hope, i could do samethings someday ;D

I like the strings on that ibanez custom

I could be wrong but does anyone else notice how John has a floyd rose style bridge but no locking nut?

these dudes are sick.

i bought my guitar used and they were already on it. so im not sure where they were bought from. they were bad ass though.

Matts guitar is his ibanez signature...its on the ibanez site : ) The other is a washburn, but i think he changed guitar a while ago.

The light that blinds.

I love how Matt is using an Ibanez! :D

Ah, sweet thanks bro.

If by that you mean better than ever!

WHERE DO YOU GET THOSE BLACK STRINGS AND WHAT BRAND ARE THEY !!! Those are so awesome !!!

yes you are right no more washburn for him but its a washburn in this video why did he switch anyways??

its an ibanez signature edition of his just got to the ibanez home page and look it up

where can i get those black strings matt's wearing?

ive got some but the coating comes off really easily

anyone no where i can find a good The light that blinds tabs anywhere

yeah, DR strings have Red, Black, Silver, Blue and pink i think

what scale is he playing on the legato?

both of them use DR strings. i think the gauge is 11 to 50. in this video, Matt has the Black Beauty strings on his guitar the only crappy thing about those strings is the paint wears off the strings where you pick and leaves residue all over your guitar.

its when u move ur left haand up and down thus creating vibrato

@GutWrench95 lol, true. I got em down in about a day, actually, of starting playing guitar.

anybody know what emg's these guys use?

Its a older model Washburn from a few years ago,idk the model though. They may still make em.

the riff that matt plays at around 2:45-3:00 is sick.

i use those dunlop 2mm picks too :)

what scales on the legato?

loads of people seem to be talking about strings they use :P So my dean at the moment has D'addarios, 9-40 something, its the pack with the purple ring, and my new ESP has Ernie Ball Hybrids :D

thats right, first time seeing the man who is saying thats hes better then someone, but at this time he is better.

i wanna do that pinch harmonics

1:44 Do you think its sloppy?

@Georgenocide Where to get such a black set?

14 years ago.. wow

Does Jon use 9 gauge strings? He bends them so easily, he must. Anyone know for sure?

Jon loves his pinch harmonics