buz mcgrath unearth 8 string wankage

planet of the apes

[@SyqLAWL]

i've never seen someone pick like that before, actually using a finger motion

[@luizcarvalho4245]

Michael Padge from Bullet for my valentine

[@RyanCmetal]

that pinch harmonic was insane

[@matthew56nights]

his picking hand is so tightly controlled. dude has mad skill.

[@chinderr]

Saw them here in reno. Best show of my life. No kiddin'. They neeeeed to come back.

[@truedimebagdarrell]

I've never see someone picking like you. Your picking style is unique and effective.

[@Cestariarts]

Edu Ardanuy from Brazil, he was picking like that when this dude was on diapers

[@C4ndleJ4ck]

whoever says alternate picking is all in the wrist hasnt seen this sheer badassery before!

[@Cestariarts]

Jack Blades sick!

[@Ouclypse]

That harmonic at the end was devastating.

[@progpogs]

Your right hand is so smooth it looks like a fish waving around those strings I love it!

[@JOHNORULES69]

that is some fuckn insane vibrato on that pinch harmonic lol

[@InBlack100]

nice clean playin :P c at the 19/20 sec mark is tht lyke a dimished/ harmonic style run ?? u got tabs for it bi chance ?

[@JELIFISH19]

Same deal in US. Very few companies make production 8-strings. You usually have to go custom. No one wants to buy an expensive guitar to play like their favorite bands

[@SamLamingMusic]

That harmonic on the end was beautiful haha awesome playing!

[@MixTheMetal]

Ibanez, youve created one bad-ass monster.

[@AndysJunkyMusic]

"it's like playing a snowboard"

[@dadsmight]

Damn that harmonic at the end was chilling :O

[@lucknowseven]

I'm pretty sure this is a stock RG2228 so it would be rosewood. A high-quality piece of rosewood without a whole lot of visible grain, if oiled really well, can turn out pretty dark.

[@oskarpajunen]

that pinch harmonic in the end is like nothing I've heard before ;O

[@JEESherazi]

That is one nice pintch harmonic at the end!

[@NickBen11]

I just a video of him in a documentary and he was showing this room in his house and the amp he had in there was a bogner. It looked to be a Bogner Uberschall but im not sure. Either way awesome playing! I know he does use VHT Deliverance amps too!

[@ilovekatiecouric]

oh.my.god. what was that harmonic madness.

[@TobyKBTY]

One of the best picking techniques i've seen!!!

[@Marlowann]

It's like a heavy metal etude.

[@killridemaster]

Dear Buz and Ken, I wish you guys would show us all how to do the sweep for Bloodlust... i'm tired of incorrect tabs. Btw saw you guys in Anchorage in August... thanks for the signature and pic Ken!!

[@JohnBenoit46290]

I was just looking at that guitar today. You rock.

[@bitchbutcher]

impressive! what equipment did you use on this vid? it didn't sound like standard line 6 meshuggahish tone.

[@getsomecola]

i wonder where they get their strings^^ ive been looking through websites of guitar shops in my area and eve online but havent seen any 8-string packages yet XD

[@snapascrew]

dude finally a guy in a known band who actually films his self on youtube, this is sweet!

[@deepsink9]

the pinch at the end was sick..

[@fernheap]

that was great playing Buzz Lightyear

[@kungfuman82]

@Spieleschummler Do you know of any videos that talk about picking with the fingers in this manner on youtube? Neither 1 or 2 have ever felt comfortable to me and I'm interested in trying it out, but all I keep finding are acoustic finger-picking style vids.

[@azzans]

his picking style is sick I have to use my wrist to play any alternate picking im gonna practice with my fingers that looked soo cool

[@goforthanddie7]

that harmonic made zakk wylde shit his pants

[@brandon5pennies]

you'd have to tune a lot lower to get that sound thus removing notes on the top string so in a sense it is essential to have all the strings for what he's playing.

[@Dav2112]

A stock one comes with two lower strings, a low B and a low F# I think it is (someone correct me if I am wrong!) but there is nothing stopping you from stringing it up however you wish, I heard that Steve Vai used to sometimes string up his 7 strings with an extra high string instead of the Low B... so you could easily set it up to have one extra low string and an extra high string, or two extra high strings or the stock way with the two extra low strings...

[@timijai22]

well, this is better than the video dino cazares did

[@nvannorth]

every time i watch this i shit my pants, the fridge explodes and my cat catches on fire. quite dandy

[@esond]

That's interesting. He seems to use his thumb and fingers mostly with his alternate picking. I see guys like M.A. Batio using almost all forearm and wrist.

[@Spieleschummler]

@Stooeybear13 There are 3 ways to Pick: 1. Pick with the whole arm (look at Slayer...) 2. Pick with the wrist, like almost everyone does, because it's balanced in between controle and speed 3. Only pick with the fingers, like him, which gives most contole of what you pick (I heard so..) But it's pretty damn pwnage, after thousand of thousands of guitar videos, I see this the first time, that someone uses the third type \m/

[@BrainDeath89]

Nice. Maybe in a Few Years i can Play Things like that chilled like you!

[@TheDrumminMan08]

@Brayd In the 80s, he was untouchable, agreed... that Ferrari accident he had around 1988 or so screwed him up though.

[@caboose1289]

Is the fretboard made of ebony or did you just oil the rosewood really well?

[@Stubblemuffins]

im not sure about esp's necks but i LOVE the ibanez wizard neck on the rg2228

[@SGTSHOOTnMISS]

@FantasticSkyChariot your right on that one 100%, the tendon in my right arm is very worn down from it, and i found that using a wrist technique really helps with speedpicking. i only use elbow now for stuff like Nirvana or Hendrix, but the wrist really helps with timing and cleaner picking

[@mcchuff]

a shredalicious metal version of naboo from the mighty bush haha.

[@SuperUltra]

Wow... the thickness of the F# string must create some insane buzz if not set up properly.

[@Inkawgneegrow]

It's just range, people... Nothing more, nothing less...

[@quigequige]

they use 8 strings for all of their albums, they really like the low-end that the 8th string provides

[@toemasmeems]

no. they have used 7 strings. maybe recently they use 8's but they were always known for 7s

[@scairyhairy]

nice opening climb BUZ

[@LinkGrayX2]

@Vlaxitov well i see what you mean, i dont see how thats superior but I definitely see how it can get the same job done, but i just think a multi-oriented instrument is a lot more handy. that's really the only point im trying to get across, is that it can do more. anything that a six string cant do, it has to use something external or tune down to emulate the same sound, which i think is a little silly. but i see what you mean, a baritone can emulate an 8 pretty well.

[@LinkGrayX2]

@Vlaxitov that goes back to detuning normal six string guitars to emulate 7 or 8 strings.. its just being lazy or unwilling to adapt to a bigger neck. not to mention you'd be missing out on 2 higher strings. tbh i think people need to just get with the times.

[@gaunten]

rusty cooley, among others... they just have the low B and a high A instead of the low F# also, conklin has built an 8 string with 36 frets with a high A, so that's a pretty high top note you could hit there...

[@morganchavis]

yeah, they only have 7 string packs but I have to get custom sets of strings anyway so it doesn't really matter to me. Which ESP 8 string did you get and what tuning do you play in?

[@Maxpound]

FINALLY someone properly using an 8 string.

[@johnwilkesjerkbooth]

this guitar is currently for sale

[@johnathandk42134]

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO PLAYS AN 8 STRING THAT DOESN'T JUST USE THE 2 TOP STRINGS!! lol

[@xrayman2]

that tone is HENCHHHHHH

[@NipplesMagee]

Buz McGrath, the school yard bully of Guitar.

[@consumingtheeyeballs]

The pinch towards the end was fucking sick

[@SYNDRONE]

lmao, with an 8 string, u can play LONG ascnending and descending licks xD did u try some arpeggios? are there new interesting concepts?

[@Zanadessa]

that pinch harmonic was......an ambulance. :))

[@Starkavious]

actually, to get that low tuning without the floppy strings, simply get thicker gauge strings

[@hate420breed]

buz mcgrath sounds like a high school bully name

[@V8EATR]

soo uhh,, when is Unearth going to release some new heavy badass shit using that 8string?? o_o

[@Nomadpnoys]

Well, check out Sherman from the prog band "Scale The Summit" his 8 string has a low B and a high G. And I think Rusty Cooley also has an 8 string that has an extra high string (saw it from a website that shows his collection of guitars). And some jazz guitarists uses those kind of guitars.

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

omfg that pinch was perfect. Does anyone know what kind of sweeps those were at 0:18

[@brandoncarrier1]

ohh im going to love this guy

[@6project6nightmare6]

kind took the Malmsteen picking to a new level, i like it!! never seen someone use so little wrist and so much thumb movement, if it works, it works!!

[@xxcannibalxchristian]

@LupaShiva true. i prefer the strat shape and x shaped guitar like the Xiphos, RG and ML and Stealth shapes. just more comfortable to me.

[@TheDrumminMan08]

what most people seem to forget is that this is basically the same technique as writing your name out with a pencil. which is nowhere near as precise or fast as just using the wrist. picking from the elbow isn't very good either.

[@SuperUltra]

Neo-classical shredding on an 8 string. I never thought I'd see that.

[@JEESherazi]

@Shyuum Bleed is a pretty hard song, not in a conventional way but it demands a lot of endurance haha.

[@macaframa12]

@Kaoskadosk well of course, its physics. you have to move your elbow in order to get the arm to bend, and i know all about the big chords i play acoustic also, but its still all in the wrist lol. you can strum without movin the elbow, wich wouldnt be the greatest, but youll never be able to strum without bending the wrist, unless your a robot so there for my friend its all in the wrist.

[@beanmongrel]

nice Ottobar shirt Buz!! sick playing too

[@burnsometrashcans]

they did on the recent album

[@Ananthrk]

@JaeSwift87 could you explain why picking only with fingers isn't a good thing?

[@Stooeybear13]

His picking hand.. holy shit. Nice technique.

[@BeaverChaser]

Finally some else who mainly uses their thumb instead of their wrist to pick AND it's Buzz from Unearth. I thought I was the only one who did that shit and I've been trying to use my wrist more but now that I see it's not a problem I'm not gonna fight it. Word

[@brando18guitarplyr]

@theforkisonthetable Yeah, i asked a friend of mine to ask it. pretty hard fail, but, what gauge is he using?

[@snakeweirdo]

Amazing picking.

[@maximushyrule]

thus my dreams are crushed

[@AlucardXIX]

quite thin, that guitar plays incredibly for having that many strings.

[@nandosarkis7802]

shit, that's a fucking giant guitar...

[@WynterSun]

dude you have the same name as my guitar... and that's ass-slappingly awesome.

[@chadsmith5440]

That's sweet buzzz

[@crissthian]

nice alternate picking technique

[@pillarsofserpents]

you make it look so easy.

[@deucemcallister13]

My king.

[@consumingtheeyeballs]

I can't wait to see you for the second time in fucking October, Buz! You guys are going to fucking SLAY with Whitechapel!!

[@paulrose]

How exactly does one tune DOWN to g? G comes after F# so that would be tuning up...cause theres no way that the string would have enough tension to tune down to 11 half steps to g.

[@joelind666]

thats what we call playing an 8 string guitar!!!!!! nice!!!!! \m/

[@settingfiretogiants]

please tell me Unearth isnt going to be using 8 string guitars

[@nemayasleads]

Theres an incredible guitar player out my way who picks like that but he inverts his fingers by popping them inand out of the socket. its absolutly nuts.

[@elliotdeware87]

Nice squealy at the end mate! :D

[@commanderg7650]

i love how some people are bitching at the fact he left ibanez for esp

[@Nyogtha]

Those things play great, but if you have small hands forget about playing them. You have to re-learn everything you have if you get one.

[@infectionsman]

Yeah! this is how you are supposed to pick!

[@Silverado97]

Are you the REAL Buz Mcgrath?

how much did cost these guitar my friend ? :P

[@Schatje79]

Why does there need to be a comparison to a yes/no question?

[@StojoMedia]

he is such a bad ass