Eric Peterson (Testament) Guitar Lesson - Over The Wall, Into The Pit, Trial By Fire, D.N.R.

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[@dnd820]

He is such an under rated guitar player and song writer. He is one of the greats!

[@IdahoBrotherInChrist]

I totally agree with you, the whole band in general is underrated.

[@user-dz9yx3et9y]

@@IdahoBrotherInChrist Argruably the second best rythm guitar composer next to hetfield... i certainly like his riffs more than mustains

[@richardjones2811]

@@user-dz9yx3et9y Comparing Testament to Megadeth on riffs alone is comparing 2 very different styles.

[@user-dz9yx3et9y]

@@richardjones2811 Not really, they are both in the same exact gendre. Testament's riffs are more entertaining and chuck's voice is easier on the ears than whiny dave's...

[@isansimpson2056]

Definitely. No one was writing riffs like this in the 80s.

[@jasonstewart2590]

Eric Peterson is the Malcolm Young of Testament! The total sound of the band! 🤘🤘

[@slimmmshaney5695]

A seriously underrated guitarist. I feel skolnick is underrated by many but Eric is a whole different level of underrated.

[@nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251]

Testament, the best thrash band out there 🤘🤘🎶

[@bastiaankap6382]

My thrash metal big one!

[@mydayis5]

I love Testament, but I hate fact that Eric is about 5 years older than me and has such amazing hair!!!!!!

[@tankdarla637]

What an amazingly creative and gifted guitarist, Testament is one of the best bands ever.

[@connermckay6105]

So much Love from Seattle!!! Testament is my gold Standard I hold all thrash to. Exodus is neck and neck with you!!

[@frazordelta]

Trial by Fire such a great song. Testament are Legend! Ciao from Bologna, Italy

[@mauryhatcher]

Eric is legitimately one of the absolute greatest metal riff masters _ever_ , his pieces are just legendary on album after album, from Testament’s beginnings in the 80’s through their most recent albums. I frequently warm up with Metallica and similar artists just so I can get my fingers ready to play Eric Peterson riffs the rest of my jam session. As I write this I just spent 2 hours going over Eric’s Testament riffs from a variety of their albums from my collection of Hal Leonard books, adding pieces to various songs I don’t have solid yet. My favorite riffs of his are probably Over the Wall, Disciples of the Watch, and Souls of Black, but I could name 20+ other songs of his that would all be right behind them. Only Dave Mustaine in my opinion writes such amazing blazing riffs to the variety of scale and position use that Eric does.

[@iamgribs]

He is a monster. His right hand has crazy fast, accurate downstrokes and gallops. Not unlike Hetfield, but his work seems even more demanding in that way. I play bass and it is a bitch to keep up with.

[@user-mp8lo1ft5j]

Testament/Eric/Chuck/Alex/Greg/Gene☝️🤘👍💪 Уважаю! С Новым Годом, братья, здоровья и новых творений!

[@vitalygolub9716]

Excellent rhythm player. Should receive a lot more recognition.

[@elvisblade3115]

Some of the best riffs ever heard

[@user-qk2sl1oy2d]

Eric Peterson самого начала в Testament, хорошии́ гитарист.

[@Dunkeldog]

Band of my youth. Always thought Eric was the driving force.

[@sonusworld5357]

One of Thrash Metal’s Greatest 🤘🤘

[@pigxstix]

Alex is such a phenomenal lead player that too often Eric gets overlooked but he is a very solid rhythm player and riff-master. In fact, I think Eric is the heart of the Testament signiture sound.

[@geraldlikens4750]

I absolutely love your style very great and very unique!

[@oskeymccaffrey4667]

His riffs are insane..gggrrrreeatttt

[@virgiliolamaignere5548]

The best of his era! Consitently creative! And very underated! The real big 4: Slayer, Testament, Destruction & Kreator!

[@khgear7160]

Slayer getting stale since 1990. Destruction too raw but their heart is in the right place. Kreator can rip hella fast but never got them, Petrozza kind of has goth pop sensibilities.Testament sound absolutely lethal and Big Bois vocals sound better than ever before?? wtf?? Testament is awesome. Anyways all cool bands, thrash baby \m/ I think Annihilator is the true underrated thrash machine. IMO

[@khgear7160]

Testament can deffo outshine the modern Big 4 100%, though I couldn't get into their DM phase.

[@aureliusthegunsmith7203]

I never knew Peterson (and by extend Testament) used so much single notes riffs for their earlier stuff

[@cristiancuevas9664]

From Chile lo máximo !!!!!

[@LukeCannotSkate]

trial by fire is the heaviest song in the universe

[@user-dz9yx3et9y]

tha video is soo eeerie!!

[@yoteslaya7296]

I feel bad for Eric because he was always in Alex's shadow but he's written some of the most amazing songs in thrash metal history

[@alreadyfuktup672]

Thanks Eric!! How about Dog Faced Gods?

[@victoriarivas523]

Power!!!!

[@recurrencetheorem4264]

Thanks for showing how you play those awesome riffs!

[@jasonstewart2590]

I want that guitar!

[@johnanthony6742]

Those riffs are badass

[@pickboy7]

Killer song writer and riff master!

[@MSGROSE1]

EP is the riff master!

[@amonauftour191]

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[@lucianoroberto9804]

Evil and underrated rhythm guitar player! Eric Peterson fucking rulers!

[@user-jh3vb9vl6x]

Раньше не слушал Testament, но недавно послушал все их альбомы и понял, что группа должна быть в большой четвёрке вместо Anthrax. У Testament гораздо интереснее риффы, музыка и тексты и самое главное они играют крутейший треш.

[@user-yg6kq3xg3t]

Большая четвёрка - фигня. Завет не должен настолько опускаться. TesTamenT - это другой уровень.

[@portuguesebeer5069]

Awesome! Cheers from Portugal 🍺🤘🇵🇹

[@nerminsalkic6360]

Nice --original

[@MP-nz6rs]

🤘🏻

[@bellmeisterful]

Awesome!! But why does he have all that reverb/little bit of delay?

[@linusfotograf]

I know right? Sounds bad

[@TheNaqoyqatZ]

D.N.R. actually sounds sick slow.

[@richardjones2811]

Circular picking sometimes?

[@johnm.4655]

Does anyone know what amps, pedals, settings, etc. Eric and Alex were using on the first and second albums? That tone on the "Legacy" album is prolly the most scooped "hollowed out / metallic" thrash tone I've ever heard. I'd love to know what the trick was to get that sound. In the MTV video, it's showing Marshall heads, but not sure if that's what they were using. Now, albeit, I've seen early footage of their live shows during 1987/88, live in Eindhoven, etc. and it looks like Marshall JCM 900 heads and standard 1960-A/B Lead cabs, but there's just too much gain, hollow, and scoop for it that tone to JUST be a stock JCM900. Anyways, let me know guys! Thanks in advance!

[@knightfall9394]

theres a pic of eric and alex where they are both standing in front of jcm800 stacks (not 900s they didn’t exist at that time) and off to the side you can see a furman parametric eq. You cant make out the settings in the pic and if i had to guess they probably dont have the preamp maxed out at all and were relying on the furman (or at least one of them was) for a lot of it. I can’t comment on the new order so i have no idea what they had

[@kfsservice5879]

@@knightfall9394 That is correct. JCM 800's with Furman PQ3 & Later PQ4 EQ's

[@ivanisens2815]

5:06

[@fpalillero7304]

4:37

[@amphetanine8573]

What pickups he uses here? EMGs?

[@MattPhyz]

81/85

[@amphetanine8573]

@@MattPhyz thx

[@Mr.Goldbar]

tbh DNR in Eb sounds like it was released 15 years before it really did XD

[@crazy92rider]

يونس شلبي heavy metal

[@akakgak]

I watch the "slowed down" version and I can't decide whether to bow or tell him to fuck off. Incredible dexterity and precision. People go on and on about the Big 4, but Testament's consistency is top shelf and Eric's endless bag of riffs is a big part of it.

[@irvinkubat6178]

i wanna do coke and jam with eric

[@r_aguilar68]

Speed would be better.

[@andrewyoussef2267]

He'll have to make the tempo allot faster then.

[@chylelouistarroza6514]

how can i learn guitar from total noob to this?

[@Jimb1264]

Lots of practice, it helps to make a practice routine to do every day. And also learn songs and try to improve each time you play, because playing a whole song with the track is the best feeling ever.

[@metaldad1967]

Practice, don't compare yourself, stay inspired, learn all you can, don't be discouraged, practice and most importantly: DON'T QUIT!

[@humanimal5527]

If you are very new to guitar I would recommend learning other styles of playing before trying to learn thrash metal songs. Not that it's impossible, but you'll probably get discouraged at your rate of progression. If you're dead set on learning thrash I would say learn the minor pentatonic scale first (ideally in all shapes so you can play all over the neck, but start with position 1). Then pick a song with a good lesson video that shows the neck up close and also the picking hand. Pick a very popular thrash song because most obscure ones won't have professionally shot lesson vids on KZbin. It will take you a very long time to learn most thrash songs in their entirety as a beginner. They also won't sound nearly as cool if you don't have an amp and a distortion pedal. I would say learn all the open chords and get strumming down first. Pick some classic rock tunes.

[@Kronoph]

You can do this in like 2 years of conscious teaching and playing. This example is _not_ something mind-blowing in terms of technique and complexity. There are much better examples, see Jeff Waters, Victor Smolski, Dimebag Darrell. Non-metal examples: Andy Timmons, Steve Vai, Richie Kotzen.

[@amphetanine8573]

@aluminumfetish beer in the 1st place I'd say

[@crazy92rider]

I can see if he starts teaching ... he would be better than anyone

[@mikedixon8830]

Needs more echo 😂

[@vitalygolub9716]

You cannot mistake him for another guitarist though

[@IT_Parrot]

The best ever band...we only see in websites the bullshit metallica band...with lars can't even handle the sticks for the drums....

[@kakazict]

Bad

[@drakkar2900]

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