Electric Wizard Guitar Lesson w/ TAB - Satanic Rites of Drugula - B Standard Tuning

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In this stoner doom guitar lesson I teach you the entire rhythm section and solo concepts from Electric Wizard's Satanic Rites of Drugula from the Witchcult Today album. The song is broken down into its main riffs, each demonstrated and explained in full detail.
The guitar is tuned to B Standard.
String gauge: 11 - 14 - 18 - 28 - 38 - 49
The song is played in the key of C# Minor and it's riffs utilize elements from the C Phrygian Mode (R, b2, b3, p4, p5, b6, b7), the C# Natural Minor Scale (R, M2, b3, p4, p5, b6, b7), and the C# Harmonic Minor Scale (R, M2, b3, p4, p5, b6, M7).
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[@FuzzlordEffects]

Having coffee and watching this badass lesson! Cheers Steve, thank you for providing these awesome videos! ~Jason

[@DoesItDoom]

Fuzzlord Effects thanks, man! Was a fun one to put together. I really appreciate you stopping by to check it out!

[@witeshade]

The thing I love about this kinda music is how simple each riff and each part is yet when all put together it's just .. so.. fucking awesome

[@DoesItDoom]

Daniel G totally agree!!

[@jeroenverbeeck7925]

If you don't hear Jus' vocals screaming in your head when he's playing the riff, you haven't EW'd enough

[@DoesItDoom]

Jeroen Verbeeck I’m taking that as a compliment that I got the riffs close! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@jeroenverbeeck7925]

@@DoesItDoom Well you got my head banging as hard as the first time I heard it, so hell yeah dude!

[@DoesItDoom]

@@jeroenverbeeck7925 thanks, bro. Comments like that make the hours put into these things worth it!!!

[@r.edward5701]

messing around with this tonight..glad to see i was on the right path. that tone makes my tummy warm

[@DoesItDoom]

Hope it was helpful. 🤘🏻

[@r.edward5701]

@@DoesItDoom Always

[@BubbaZanetti_375]

New guitarist at 50 & lifelong headbanger. Almost have this song down...first song on my first SG. Thanks Brother-your lessons are killer & much appreciated.

[@DoesItDoom]

Glad you’re enjoying them John!

[@georgeallison6228]

Coolest hats on KZbin. Always a great tone and riffs coming from you too man..you turned me onto Fuzzlord and Dunwich. Priceless!

[@DoesItDoom]

Awesome, man. Both companies are doing really exciting things.

[@VanWhyDesigns]

Good stuff bro. Really digging the channel. Just kind of recently got into the doom/stoner metal stuff a couple years ago and I really love it. This fills the gap of digging into the genre. Keep em coming

[@DoesItDoom]

Chris VanWhy awesome man. Thanks for checking it out; I appreciate it! Stay tuned for much more to come!!

[@marcus_ohreallyus]

That's what I love about Electric Wizard. Simple but so powerful.

[@Goatgoatgoatgoat]

Duuuuuuude... every time you play a solo at the end of these videos my face gets melted onto the floor

[@DoesItDoom]

Thanks man. I just play the blues. 🤘🏻🐐🤘🏻

[@erichkopp]

This shit is awesome. Love your style of breaking everything down with tidbits of backstory and tone explanations on all your videos.

[@DoesItDoom]

Glad you dig it! Thanks for watching!!

[@mariaeduardagordiano2338]

I don't know if I'm more grateful for understanding english or for your channel. Maybe both. Awesome lesson! Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@DoesItDoom]

Really happy to hear you enjoy the content!

[@pat1938]

Wow, you're such a gem man, thanks for what you do! Could you please cover Supercoven by them one day? I'ts a very underrated song (imo), yet one of my favorites!

[@DoesItDoom]

Would be a great one! Drop the request here so it gets added to the list www.doesitdoom.com/requests

[@pat1938]

@@DoesItDoom Done:)

[@revment]

Your videos are killer, man! This is the best Wizard lesson I've seen on KZbin. Thanks for the work you put into the proliferation of sludgeness.

[@DoesItDoom]

Thanks so much, man! I study a lot of live footage when I put these things together, and do my best to get the riffs as correct to how the band plays them as possible. Really appreciate you checking it out!

[@theworstguitarever1470]

Their blood filled with drugs so High So Dead

[@Stpddmbfck]

How come you have so few subs? Just discovered your channel and I really dig it. I like your approach and genre-wise it hits the nail for me. Will you do anything on soloing in general in the future? Doom riffing is a lot of power chord chunking which is fun but very easy to learn. What im strugglening with is performing tasty, bluesy but still doomy solos. I tend to shred which can be annoying with time but have troubles with groovy, tasty solos. Any help would by higly appreciated! So far keep up the good work and cheers from germany

[@DoesItDoom]

I agree my sub count is far too low ;) Spread the word anywhere you can! I initially learned lead guitar by learning as many of the leads as I could off the first 5 Black Sabbath records--I'm talking a whole lot of them. By ear, reading official tab books, reading online tabs, video lessons, KZbin, etc. You start to recognize quite a few patterns that way. I eventually traced Iommi's playing back to his early blues days in the band Mythology (you can find a poor quality but still worth listening to live performance of the band here on KZbin), which lead me down the road of a 3-4 year deep study of the blues. I spent years learning and analyzing straight Chicago Blues (B.B. King, Freddie King, Albert King, Muddy Waters, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Howlin' Wolf, Magic Sam, etc.) along with some Delta Blues (Son House, Lightnin' Hopkins, Skip James, etc.) and the early British Blues of the mid to late 60's (Peter Green, Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, etc). I think learning the blues taught me a lot about music in general, much of which I am able to take back to doom and understand things in a way I never had in years prior. Really, though, when it comes down to doom leads, in a classic sense, you just have to work that 6-tone blues scale {R, b3, p4, b5, p5, b7} with a blend of slow blues and vibrato along with a healthy share of slides, trills, and various legato techniques. I may teach it at some point, but not sure when.

[@DoesItDoom]

Here is the live Mythology recording featuring Iommi and Ward kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHPRhIeFZdZ7rpI

[@Stpddmbfck]

@@DoesItDoom Hey thank you for your advice! Will dig deeper into that in the close future, I have some Books on Delta Blues and Texas Licks from my old man and currently trying to figure out what these guys did. Playing Guitar for 22 years but learning only by ear can be good yet misleading now and then. Since the rise of YT, information became so accessible but losing track in its vastness is easy. Anyway you got a new subscriber here ;) Cheers

[@DoesItDoom]

@@Stpddmbfck this is an old video of mine that I really sort of need to redo, but maybe it will give you some ideas on my personal approach. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGfMk6Oqjc2mqLM

[@nicolasbassano3697]

Thanks for putting in the time, great channel!!! 🤘

[@DoesItDoom]

My pleasure man! Thanks for watching!!

[@adamr2684]

Killer lesson Steve! Fun and easy! Rock on brother! 🤘

[@DoesItDoom]

Yeah man! The simplicity was a welcome change after learning and teaching High on Fire for a few weeks!!! Appreciate you checkin' it out.

[@karlarschnikov6635]

Awesome dude. We neues More doom songs🤘 I've learned every song with your videos

[@DoesItDoom]

Glad to hear that brother!

[@doomslayer8431]

I love these lessons thanks man! Doom/stoner/sludge is seriously my thing 🤘 🔥

[@DoesItDoom]

Glad to hear that man! Thanks for watching!

[@diaolchen]

Oh man...those riffs.... so fucking badass....every time..I go crazy...hail the wizards

[@DoesItDoom]

Incredible for sure!

[@vincentg7191]

just found this five minutes ago and ive already found my new favorite channel

[@DoesItDoom]

That’s awesome!! Thanks for checking out the channel! I appreciate it!

[@asbridgesburn]

I love this channel! So glad I found it!!!!!

[@DoesItDoom]

Bridges I’m glad you found it, too! Thanks for checking out the content!

[@asbridgesburn]

@@DoesItDoom no prob

[@Defekcija]

This is my favorite tone you've ever had on the channel! Do you by any chance remember the signal chain?

[@Defekcija]

oh I found it, nvm!

[@DoesItDoom]

@@Defekcija couldn’t be simpler!

[@Defekcija]

@@DoesItDoom I just had to use my eyes man.

[@DoesItDoom]

@@Defekcija haha. I meant the rig!

[@Maxdoom777]

That tone!!!!

[@DoesItDoom]

Glad you dig it!

[@TheXfreak98]

I already know how to play most of their albums all the way through but it’s nice to see another EW guitar lesson :^)

[@DoesItDoom]

Cool, man! Thanks for checking it out. Any recommendations on songs you've figured out that would make for good lessons?

[@TheYagimi]

Does It Doom? Dopethrone, Funeralopolis. The absolute classics

[@TheXfreak98]

Demon Lung! I can’t figure it out for the life of me haha

[@LorentzHaugen]

@@DoesItDoom Torquemada 71 is a great one imo.

[@DoesItDoom]

NorProg Lorentz on the list!

[@TheGallery213]

I'd never have guess a small solid state combo could sound so good, I think I like this tone better than the FZ-2 haha.

[@DoesItDoom]

It’s a great little amp for recording!!

[@dronefinger]

Crushing.

[@DoesItDoom]

Larry McDowell thanks man!!!

[@deathmetalmadness4642]

I love watching all these old Wizard lessons, gives someone who's clueless on guitar like myself a real look at what's happening with the finger placement n string bends n all that cool stuff. You heard any Devils Witches Steve? One of Jus Oborns fave bands, Velvet Magic is an amazing album cheers bud

[@craigswensen434]

B standard just sounds right to my ears, been using it for years now with 13 to 56 flat wounds. How do you feel about flat wounds?

[@DoesItDoom]

I’ve not actually tried flat wounds. What brand do you like? I should give them a shot.

[@craigswensen434]

@@DoesItDoom I've always been happy with D'addario. Keep up the good work.

[@aske1892]

And how's about for drop b tuning? Which gauge do you recommend for Cough songs, for example?

[@hirohikonishikawa4851]

Nice one, thank you.

[@DoesItDoom]

Sure thing! Glad you liked it.

[@TheChadPad]

Dude, sick SG

[@DoesItDoom]

Thanks man. Old favorite.

[@Schafudd]

killer man! thanks for the lesson!

[@DoesItDoom]

Scott Schaffer you’re welcome buddy. Thanks for the support man!!

[@jimlong8077]

So nasty...these dope laced riffs show me new highs

[@timetraveler8777]

Great lesson thank you man!

[@DoesItDoom]

My pleasures, man. Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@jkwentzel2772]

Great lesson 2 👍🏼

[@DoesItDoom]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@paracelsus179]

While electric wizard is my favorite, could you try uncle acid and the deadbeats? I'll cut you down is killer.

[@DoesItDoom]

Have had lots of Uncle Acid requests and will definitely get around to them at some point! Thanks for checking out the channel.

[@thewlzr8658]

Sleep dopesmoker solo please!

[@DoesItDoom]

I'll have to check how long it is. Learning solos note-for-note is not something I enjoy these days, but it could be interesting to pick apart and analyze. Probably why Matt improvises much of his soloing live...

[@thewlzr8658]

Does It Doom? Yeah, i'm too not a fan of play-it-like-on-record solos, i just take the base theme and improvise, but the dopesmoker solos are some kind of weird, they sound like indian stuff + Hendrix...

[@DoesItDoom]

@@thewlzr8658 I'm with ya. That could be something I would enjoy. When it comes to leads, I like to try to understand what the underlying scales / ideas are and improvise around those, as I find lead improvisation to be a real freedom of expression. Sounds like you're into the same thing. Could be a fun lesson!

[@naoexistimos777]

Love your hat!

[@DoesItDoom]

Haha. Thanks man.

[@gcf7175]

Holy crap! This fuckin' KILLS.

[@DoesItDoom]

GCF thanks man!! I really appreciate that. Thanks for checkin’ it out.

[@johanascorpsebramble2522]

Siiiick. Just found your channel. Fn awesome!

[@DoesItDoom]

Rastas Bohanan awesome man! Appreciate you checking out the content! How did you find the channel?? 🐐🤘🏻🐐🤘🏻

[@johanascorpsebramble2522]

Was looking for doom pedal setups and one of your videos popped up. Lo and behold, you play tons of music I dig. Will be into your channel for life now, man. Just ordered that Berhinger super fuzz copy of the Boss fz-2 yesterday. Gonna see how it works on bass

[@DoesItDoom]

Rastas Bohanan very cool man. That pedal is awesome. Let me know how it works out on bass!

[@johanascorpsebramble2522]

@@DoesItDoom Very crushing on bass. Works so well that Im gonna try and score one off your man, Jason, at Fuzzlords (fingers crossed) with his next group build, that I found thanks to you and your channel. Stoked. Keep em coming, man. I really dig your videos. Learning a lot and super fun to watch.

[@pissepartout]

Such a great song. And so many thanks for this (very detailed!) lesson, to me these riffs are the best ones from EW. I'm also astonished by your sound, any post prod ? what settings are you using on the Orange Crush ?

[@DoesItDoom]

No post production at all. I can’t recall the settings but typically I have the bass all the way up, the mids at noon. And the treble either at 0 or 3 o clock. Gain channel if I’m not using pedals, clean channel if I am.

[@pissepartout]

@@DoesItDoom Dam ! sound is big but also very audible and precise, such a good job Steve !

[@shigeosakai]

this music is so dope, so high, so dark

[@weedian710]

One Halloween I went to a party as Count Drugula. It was one of the best days of my life.

[@tytantyphlosion2910]

You’ve got that orange cr20 running great! I picked a cr120 I want to record with it

[@DoesItDoom]

Pretty cool amps, I think!

[@reynutz]

Just found your channel thanks to reddit. Do Windhand!

[@DoesItDoom]

BlackFlagAntiFa coming very soon!! Next few weeks. Stay tuned!

[@rockkiall]

First part of this song is very Windhandish. Or I should say Wndhand is amazing and have done a great job emulating EW at times.

[@jonnyparada4569]

Fuck !! you beat me to the request 🐷

[@DoesItDoom]

@@jonnyparada4569 Windhand lesson or two coming very soon.

[@jonnyparada4569]

Does It Doom? 🤘🏻😈🤘🏻

[@DantezMaritu]

Fuck yeah. Thank god mate.

[@DoesItDoom]

Glad you dig it man.

[@logisticagimenez1569]

¡¡¡¡¡¡Excelente amigo!!!!!!

[@achilleslawrence6208]

Another great lesson. My vote goes to Time To Die if ya do another Electric Wizard song!

[@achilleslawrence6208]

Or Vinum Sabbathi!

[@DoesItDoom]

Much more Electric Wizard to come. Both songs are on the list!

[@henrygriffen40]

Love the Iommi hat,i have T-shirt with Iommi in front of some giant amps and it says GOD below the amps

[@DoesItDoom]

I have that shirt as well! 🙌🏻👨🏻

[@maersc]

недавно наткнулся на этот трек, и так он запал в душу❤ еще и совпало, что совсем недавно я купил свою первую гитару (ibanez grg170dx)

[@mentallyradical]

could you do something off of Electric Wizards first album “Electric Wizard”? I taught myself how to play most of the whole thing by ear and i’d love to hear you play some.

[@DoesItDoom]

Likely at some point. 🤘🏻🐐🤘🏻

[@BlackClawDoom]

Dude!! I need that cap in my life lol

[@DoesItDoom]

It’s a good one. From kongocaps on Instagram.

[@BlackClawDoom]

Iommi is god!! And definitely gonna have to check them out.

[@EasyHeat]

I've said this before. You beat me outta the gate on a doom review channel. Peanut butter and jelous. I'm really digging it TBA. If you need drum or bass stems? I can do that for a gentleman nod when I finally launch my own. EQD Acapulco gold & Catalinbread SFT mkII reviews would be my next suggestion. Blast an all mid EQ into the SFT on "stones" mode for Green machine/Songs for the deaf tones. Thank me later. The EQD makes a great sludge pre into my Focusrite going to BiasFx's OR30 with the global pre turned off (Just tone stack, power amp, & cab IR). Cheers!

[@magicaldirt666]

idk if earthless is considered to be in this genre but ive never seen any lessons for their songs, it'd be cool to learn how to play violence of the red sea (the main riffs) i can just jam on the solos!

[@DoesItDoom]

Corey Maranville I’ll Check it out. Thanks.

[@magicaldirt666]

@@DoesItDoom yesss, thank you!

[@KevinBrighton]

Yeah, that tone is "kinda" brutal. Lol. Very wooly and full sounding.

[@DoesItDoom]

Thanks man. Very simple setup on these lessons.

[@gri7]

Any hope for some monolord lessons!??

[@DoesItDoom]

Matt gri definitely planning on it. Let me know what songs you’d like to see and I will add them to the Monolord List. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@gri7]

@@DoesItDoom forgotten lands. & We will burn.

[@DoesItDoom]

Matt gri added! Thanks.

[@adammuzzy2578]

Audhumbla?

[@adammuzzy2578]

@@DoesItDoom thanks brother, subbed and I never sub lol.

[@yoyolbt5831]

What is the setting of the orange crush 20 for this video? ??? You have a very good sound !!!!!

[@DoesItDoom]

From memory: dirty channel, gain at about 3/4 of the way up, treble off, mids at noon, bass full up. Had the tone knob on the guitar rolled off as well.

[@turtleonspeed6673]

Godly

[@UDT116]

Heavy

[@nuevedos7452]

Subtitulos en español, plis!!!!!!

[@cliffmitchell5451]

I know I'm a day late and a dollar short see'ins how this has been up for a while but is there any other tuning you could do it in. My guitar is not set up to go that low LOL.

[@DoesItDoom]

I teach all of my lessons as close to how the band plays the song as possible. Tuning, fretboard positions, etc.

[@miikdaniels1439]

Like to see if you can find the Dopethrone album guitar tones with the Boss Hyper Fuzz, I'd like to find one of those pedals. Love that album!

[@DoesItDoom]

Going to demo that pedal in a few weeks. Will be sure to use riffs from the Dopethrone album and see if we can get there! It does a good job for sure.

[@romain1292]

@@DoesItDoom No the berigher copy does a "good" job the hyperfuzz is the shit

[@Lysergus420]

Yo man awesome vid as always! Any chance of you ever doing some Kyuss lessons?

[@DoesItDoom]

BloodH maybe. They aren’t a band that I really listened to much but I’d still be willing to learn and teach their songs if the demand is there. What songs do you want to see?

[@Lysergus420]

@@DoesItDoomGardenia / Whitewater!

[@DoesItDoom]

BloodH added to the list!

[@user-dj1qd2wb2e]

Good job,hello from Russia

[@DoesItDoom]

Thanks for watching!

[@oyepvokadub6522]

49 on the bottom E for a B standart tuning on a gibson scale guitar? What kind of sorcery is this?

[@DoesItDoom]

I think Jus uses 10-52 on his old SG.

[@GrassFed67]

Oyep Vokadub It's doable when you aren't playing fast. You'd have some serious trouble playing death or thrash metal, but there's so much space between notes that string tension isn't really an issue.

[@francisconunez1120]

Have you got the tabs for this solo by any chance?

[@evansmalley9749]

Anything by Weedeater

[@DoesItDoom]

Evan Smalley on the list. Let me know if you have any you’d like to see first!

[@cdburgess75]

Dude. I wanna play guitar with you.

[@DoesItDoom]

Join in on the KZbin Live Stream tomorrow night at 9PM EST!

[@valeriyblinov1573]

LOVE YOU!!!!!

[@saintluciaofficial2019]

So is most of Electric Wizards stuff in B?

[@DoesItDoom]

Yeah. They have played in B live for a long time as well. Several songs on Dopethrone are Bb/A# but everything thereafter is B.

[@EverettDudgeon138]

Any idea of what wahs they use? Sounds like a fuzz wah.

[@DoesItDoom]

Just a Dunlop Crybaby. Here is a shot of his pedals on my instagram page. instagram.com/p/BvSPMW-lryO/?igshid=1bl8zuaqcl0fq

[@artemkan3040]

which picks do you use?

[@DoesItDoom]

Usually just tortex yellow or green. Or something similar in that range.

[@MisfitTonyX138]

Les Paul head stock/neck on an SG!?!?!? 😎

[@achilleslawrence6208]

Might be a good place to ask as well, anyone know what Jus is using for a wah pedal?

[@DoesItDoom]

Achilles Lawrence looks like a Dunlop Cry Baby in this pic: www.flickr.com/photos/metalchris/16819608370/in/set-72157651851574635

[@achilleslawrence6208]

Oh yeah that’s definitely a Dunlop Wah. I had one just like that but could never get a crazy, wild wah sound that I liked but Jus seems to have found that with this pedal!

[@achilleslawrence6208]

Thanks for sharing the photo, dude!

[@DoesItDoom]

Achilles Lawrence no problem. I feel like photographic evidence is typically the way to go in matters such as this 😂😂😂

[@achilleslawrence6208]

Definitely is! Haha. Most interviews I’ve searched up with them talking about their rigs, they say they don’t use pedals.

[@legendhasitstudio]

Good riff but now u realize why this type of doom ( buzzing ) doesnt sell well !! And i realize there would be drums and bass too 👍👍

[@isaiasalvarez4482]

i looking for the guitar tab

[@DoesItDoom]

Sorry, I don’t use or make tab.

[@yogsothoth4717]

Is this the gain boost mode on the boss fz-2

[@DoesItDoom]

This one is not pedals at all. Just the dirty channel of an Orange Crush 20.

[@adama4791]

Is this just the crush 20?

[@DoesItDoom]

Adam A yeah. Running from the line-out (which has 4x12 cab sim) straight into my audio interface.

[@adama4791]

@@DoesItDoom That makes a lot of sense, it sounded so big, your channel is great, Doom Sabbath Peter Green so much great content!

[@DoesItDoom]

Adam A thanks man. I grew up on Sabbath and Doom which eventually lead me to the blues, which brought me to Peter. Nobody plays the blues like PG.

[@adama4791]

@@DoesItDoom So true, I have pretty much followed the same path, I've Got a Mind to Give up Living by Fleetwood Mac live is gut wrenching, PG plays with complete soul

[@DoesItDoom]

Adam A that’s one of his best. Peter just plays the most heart wrenching Minor blues in general. A Fool No More, Love That Burns, Worried Dream, First Train Home, etc. all just unmatched in terms of minor blues.

[@jorgynes6443]

my question. why not just use a 7-string?

[@DoesItDoom]

You could… but traditionally doom metal hasn’t needed to maintain the higher register. And this stuff was written well before 7-string guitars were really a thing.

[@jorgynes6443]

@@DoesItDoom wasn't drugula released in 2007? 7-strings have been a 'thing' since the mid- late 90s with Nu-Metal and bands like KoRn and Fear Factory and other Nu-Metals made them popular.

[@DoesItDoom]

@@jorgynes6443 yes, but Electric Wizard was formed in 1993. You’ll have to ask Jus Oborn why he doesn’t use a 7-String, but to me it’s pretty clear.

[@jorgynes6443]

@@DoesItDoom I guess its not for me. I play the song with a 7-string and its so much easier and less of a hassle then going through that kind of down tuning. It would be kool to hear from him. but even when it comes to Nu-Metal bands like slipknot that use drastic downtuning on a 6-string. My question always remains the same. why not just use a 7-string.

[@mikeford5636]

Pay court cost or buy a new battle axe! Buy new battle axe

[@mikeford5636]

With the quickness

[@DoesItDoom]

😂😂

[@jackhughes1467]

What!? SHOW ME THE SOLO 😭

[@stevet.4974]

WTF is B standard tuning? Your dropping a standard tuned guitar 5 frets? That sounds real floppy. The riffs are monolithic. In s purely technical finger sense this is like something a beginner would play. But the melodicism and power and vibe.... that has to be earned.

[@DoesItDoom]

Yep, dropping the pitch of each string 2.5 full steps (5 half steps). You can compensate for the reduced string tension by going up in gauge. 12-60 or so is fairly typical for B-standard.