‘Clarity’ - Protest The Hero Guitar Playthrough

[@BoabShreddon]

The tone coming from that Telecaster is insane!

[@Nickshreds890]

Holy crap 😳! Congratulations on learning this dude ! :) I love Protest the Hero especially Fortress. I need to listen to more of their music. The chords and time changes are so zany in this song haha 4:45 . I love this sweeping section

[@thewardenduncan]

Sick man! I seriously thought you were Luke for a second at the beginning of the vid, haha. Not a chance that I could play through this whole song, but that section that starts at 3:55 is genuinely one of my favorite things in the world to play, PTH really know when to shred and when to groove, lol. Kudos on nailing the whole fucking song!

[@brunoalves3958]

Holy moly! You nailed it like a boss!

[@mammothaudioengineering]

Dude, that was like, effortless. Great job! It's a pleasure watching covers like this.

[@kennethbelsham2958]

Thanks man! Glad it looked effortless, the hours of metronome practice were not haha!

[@mammothaudioengineering]

@@kennethbelsham2958 I can imagine. You made it work though, for sure!

[@kennethbelsham2958]

@@mammothaudioengineering Cheers! Loads of fun. Must do some Palimpsest stuff!

[@hillcresthc]

Luke, is that you?

[@kennethbelsham2958]

🤣 cheers! An odd number of people have said that…

[@jeuno2]

Love your expression at 3:22! PTH is so damn good man. Love them and love this! I am dabbling through this tab at the moment myself. Just going super slow with each part.

[@eg1s219]

That was sick!!

[@Mushroom_River]

You rocked it, man. When the next section / riff came up I keep saying to myself "Man, this guy is good." It just kept getting better and better.

[@davepatchen]

That was amazing. You crushed more notes in this song than most artists do in a lifetime. Great playing!

[@jellybeen9043]

DUDE, you are incredible!!!!!!

[@aaronballantyne]

Killed it! And on a tele too!

[@kennethbelsham2958]

Thanks man! Hah, it’s a baja tele too, neck like a baseball bat! I practised this on an Ibanez, but tbh liked it on the tele more!

[@jacknottingham6954]

Holy shit! You KILLED IT. Such a fantastic cover.

[@kennethbelsham2958]

Thanks man!

[@ToniLovesSkateboarding]

perfection

[@alexandreb.desaadami9160]

Very cool 😎

[@kennethbelsham2958]

Thanks!

[@Kit-Oni]

Great cover it's nice to hear single coils used for metal in a humbucker dominated market

[@kennethbelsham2958]

Thanks very much! Teles are great for metal, so much attack!

[@boxcpl]

Came for pth, stayed for the shredding hunk. So clean.

[@kennethbelsham2958]

Hahaha

[@Radeckk]

Amazing job!! Congrats !

[@kennethbelsham2958]

Thanks! It was a challenge for sure haha!

[@cubaross2361]

My favorite song ever

[@kennethbelsham2958]

It's a great one!

[@arjunjsatheesh8899]

Butter

[@ohbabar6649]

Amazing playing man!

[@kennethbelsham2958]

Thanks! Need to do some more PtH!

[@duff5000]

Oh fuck, I thought this was Luke playing lmao! Flawless 👌🏻

[@AbhiBass96]

Same!

[@dw732]

I’m trying to learn this song rn and it’s challenging, you make this look crazy easy, amazing job dude

[@kennethbelsham2958]

Thanks! It was definitely super challenging! All the little variations killed me, and I never quite nailed the end of the chorus, but it was really rewarding to learn all the way through.

[@gqfiend]

I’m gonna have to watch again with it straight to my ears. This single coil tele thing defies all tone snobbery logic!

[@kennethbelsham2958]

Hah, thanks! Teles are great for metal, maybe not at stage volume, but they're so direct and defined! I tried this with an Ibanez with SD Nazgul/Sentient set and this just sounded clearer.

[@AbhiBass96]

Luke 2.0? Sick playing!

[@Adrianv1981]

with a single coil is the biggest flex

[@LuizWildchild]

you killed, i thought it was the original guitarrist of PRH playing for a moment ;b

[@kennethbelsham2958]

Thanks!

[@brianbrady1]

Amazing playing and clean. Was wondering how did you shift the key from the backing track up a half step from the recording to avoid having tune down?

[@KingdomKali]

Amazing job. Did you do it all by ear? Your style is very relaxed, you don't waste energy in your movement. Really good control/technique. Great song, truly. Thanks man. You've done it a good bit better than the other attempts I've heard. Keep up the awesome job. But that's probably easy, if music is food for your soul the way it is for me. Take care and best of luck. *boyfriend of the account holder commenting.*

[@kennethbelsham2958]

Thanks! No, I used the official tab (although some of the official tab is actually wrong!). I’m glad it comes across as controlled, it was a lot of work to get to this point. I never quite got the chorus, which is frustrating, but I should pick it back up.

[@KingdomKali]

@@kennethbelsham2958 i heard, but that's way better than anyone I've jammed with. I'm a drummer, and I've followed them a long time. If you've heard of Car Bomb, that's where my heart is.... but I love pretty much all complex heavy music. But anyway, hey... even IF you WERE flying by the seat of your pants on the chorus and some other leads, your technique hides it well. Truly, I wish you lived in Tucson, Arizona. You're significantly better than most guitarists around here. And too many of them are arrogant, while you come off as quite humble. So yeah, amen. Few things feel as good as figuring out and successfully playing along to your favorite songs. Best of luck moving forward. *boyfriend of the account holder commenting.*

[@KingdomKali]

@@kennethbelsham2958 ps. ...REALLY cool choice on the telecaster too, by the way. Unusual, due to the tradtionally thinner sound. Do you kmow what year it is? I personally feel thay aged wopd, vintage gear, cannot be beat in tone quality. Either way, I'm sure the tele helps you stand out among those who play metal. You're literally the first I've seen who has chosen the telecaster.... most metal guys won't even go with a strat..... I'm currently trying to restore a 70s vintage Gibson Explorer. So I'm hoping it does the job as well as my 70s Ludwigs. Have a good one.

[@BookOfSaints]

@@kennethbelsham2958I noticed this too! The outro is tabbed incorrectly, specifically when to play the triplets. I used this video to get that part right haha. Fantastic work!

[@deluxeeeLuxury]

is this a Mexico tele?

[@kennethbelsham2958]

It's a Baja Tele, made in Mexico, custom shop designed. Great guitars!