Breaking Benjamin - Close Your Eyes (Guitar Cover)

[@formerlyuntargeted]

I Will Not Bow meets Unknown Soldier with a hint of ABSOLUTE MAGIC

[@Olibelus]

I Will Not Bow vibes with this song! So good. Awesome cover :)

[@fgeo91]

Thanks man! Yeah you're right, I hadn't noticed that!

[@gregorysilva6592]

I got an unknown soldier vibe from this but also an I will not bow vibe

[@thedangerturtle125]

Agreed!

[@TaraZaraChara]

The lead guitar just adds a whole new layer of meaning and power to this song. Why the hell did BB make it so hard to hear in the studio version?

[@fgeo91]

Sure does. BB's last two albums just seem to have weird production that makes a lot of the guitar sound very muddy and the leads often get lost in the mix.

[@spaceXcentric]

God bless this man!

[@fgeo91]

God bless you too!

[@dansands6363]

Amazing job! Probably my favorite song off the album release.

[@fgeo91]

Thank you! It's a great hit :D

[@somregularguy]

God I love this song

[@northernninety7]

I think this is Unknown Soldier part 2.

[@heelflip1993]

Represent Minnesota 1. Duluth, MN represent!! 2. I had the same thought; and I don't think it's a bad thing either. I really dig it. Especially the sirens in the bridge

[@triad5766]

Shane Waldo lol that's actually not a siren; that's guitar from Jasen, I believe… or maybe Keith

[@northernninety7]

Shane Waldo Thats cool I love Duluth Ive only been there 3 times, I gotta go again.

[@heelflip1993]

JordanTheFlag Holy shit I just listened closer, and I think you're right! I thought it was a nuclear or tornado siren

[@heelflip1993]

Represent Minnesota Lived here for 14 years now I used to live in Wyoming; just north of Forest Lake

[@geogo136]

Love being able to hear the guitar parts so clearly. Thank you!

[@fgeo91]

No worries, glad you enjoyed it!

[@brianjezuit1258]

This is, hands down, my favorite track on the album... your playing is fantastic... I never heard the lead guitar parts more clearly than now. Thanks

[@fgeo91]

Thank you man, glad you enjoyed it!

[@timothygary1]

I keep on coming back to this cover. So well done!

[@blazeuzumaki35]

Love this song

[@jayjonathansingh]

Probably one of my favs off the new record. Well played sir. Fitting tones as well.

[@fgeo91]

Thanks so much!

[@CHADILLACDRUMMER]

Badass bro!! My favorite track on Ember.

[@Juledtp]

Damn you are soo good at playing guitar

[@jeremycoffman4157]

Best song off of Ember IMO. Good job on this one 👍

[@fgeo91]

Thanks!

[@AerologyGuitars]

Flawless! You learn these songs incredibly fast, I don't understand lol

[@fgeo91]

Thanks man! Haha they were all fairly easy luckily :)

[@thedangerturtle125]

(Applause!!!!!) That felt like the end of a very long concert Great Job never the less!

[@fgeo91]

Thanks man!

[@Sai-hd8ie]

Favorite on the album. That guitar is amazing. Jesus I love it

[@tkdjoe2100]

love this song nice job dude

[@fgeo91]

Thanks man!!

[@MahmoudNader]

my fav so far , great job brother

[@fgeo91]

Thanks man!!

[@Mati12Osorio]

This song can be perfectly mashed up with Unknown Soldier :) Good job!

[@tommasoromano9775]

Nice cover Crash behind u 😍😍😍

[@fgeo91]

Thanks!!

[@c357mak4]

That was awesome!

[@fgeo91]

Thank you! :)

[@Tylertormentxx]

Hey, this was pretty awesome! I loved watching you cover this

[@fgeo91]

Thanks!!

[@TrXmXtic]

You Rock Dude! Ember is a killer, and so are your covers🤘🤘Keep on rocking man! Also, this is a little overdue to ask, but what happened to the twin?! 😂😂

[@fgeo91]

Thanks man! Sure is a killer album. Haha I like this new setup better, no more room for the twin I'm afraid! XD

[@oscaryanezzavala]

The riffs are how "I Will not bow" and the lyrics too

[@phantomtearsca]

Oscar Yañez Zavala nah unknown soldier. I will not bow has a heavier and more steady riff imo.

[@ogbee9690]

Beautiful stuff bro

[@fgeo91]

Thank you man!

[@notrueending2660]

I’m starting to think you’re their inside man you dropped these a day after the album came out! Keep it up

[@fgeo91]

Haha if only! :D

[@2008Jayx]

Perfect man

[@fgeo91]

Thank you man :D

[@javiermedina9888]

Que gran tema :') Buen cover :)

[@TheRickymh]

Good job man.

[@fgeo91]

Thank you man!

[@SonOfManMusic]

nice

[@juanandressanchez9192]

You are a very talented musician, keep it going!! Pd: i was wondering if You could share the tabs of the songs?

[@fgeo91]

Thanks so much! Check out tabs on songsterr.com, it's where I upload any tabs that I write :)

[@josephwalker9335]

You rock bro!

[@fgeo91]

Thank you man!

[@ashishbindu1892]

Great

[@tboyd2495]

You should do lessons to there new songs it’s hard to find lessons on these song it would be nice to learn how to play some of these

[@fgeo91]

I've written tabs for most of the new songs on Songsterr, and I've also done a lesson for Torn In Two.

[@tboyd2495]

Frans Georges thanks

[@UMANGPLAYS]

Have you heard Breaking Benjamin- Here We are??? Amazing solo guitar on it. Would be great to see it's cover. I can't find any decent covers on youtube and having problems to learn it perfectly.

[@fgeo91]

Haha of course I've heard it, I love that song. I will cover it, stay tuned and I'll aim to have every BB song covered one day :)

[@UMANGPLAYS]

Frans Georges haha okay. 😁

[@lucasleon9778]

Wow! Nice Job! where are you from? I play all the songs. but my position is on the bass!

[@fgeo91]

Thanks! I'm from Australia.

[@anotherguy8345]

Amazing cover bro! Could you tell me how to record as good as you?

[@fgeo91]

Thanks! I use a guitar interface to record directly into a DAW (I use Reaper) using Guitar Rig 5 as a VST plugin. Everything is double tracked and then EQ'd/compressed to suit the song and sound clear whilst also hearing the song clearly.

[@CaptainCJ97]

Going in with uploads but its cool

[@JianJos]

Ok, you made me love this song even more :3

[@RookCity94]

That tone.... What's your setup?! I must know!!!

[@fgeo91]

Check out the description, has my gear listed.

[@bradb9504]

Awesome cover! Can you tell me what frets you're hitting in that fast part at the end of the bridge/end of the song? That's the only part i can't figure out

[@fgeo91]

Thank you! For the bridge, the riff is 0-4 on the low E, then 0-1-0 on the A, then 4-1-0 on the low E. In the outro it's all the same except the last note changes to a 4 (so it ends as 4-1-4 on the low E) before the big open chord to end the song. Hope that helps!

[@bradb9504]

Frans Georges thank you so much! Had me scratching my head

[@hit9inthehead]

Yesss!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@Abaddonow2]

What effects did you use for the chorus/ second guitar parts? Been trying to remake it like this for a few years and have never been able to find the correct effects

[@fgeo91]

It's a very slightly overdriven tone with a chorus effect, used often through BB's songs for their lead tones.

[@mattterrell4304]

What kind of PRS?

[@fgeo91]

Clint Lowery Signature, details in description.

[@johnhawkins1498]

what are you using to get your distortion sound? sounds good.

[@fgeo91]

I use Guitar Rig 5 through Reaper. And thanks!

[@johnhawkins1498]

Awesome. do you happen to remember what preset so i can track it down? Thanks man.

[@cedricverner7380]

Did you use tabs or learned it by ear?

[@fgeo91]

I learnt all of the songs from the new album by ear.

[@Xeccess]

What gauges do you use for Drop C?

[@fgeo91]

10-52 "Light-Heavy" set by Elixir

[@FinalBeta]

Definitely my least favorite from Ember, but as expected you pulled it off flawlessly.

[@fgeo91]

Thanks man! Listen to it enough and it'll grow on you :D

[@thaghost3260]

Really? It’s one of my favorites from Ember personally

[@FinalBeta]

Thaghost32 Yeah man I just don't like the jumpy and bouncy intro and verses that transition into the slow melodic chorus. It just doesn't make sense to me.

[@kevinnaylor2500]

Least favorite? For real? This is my fav off the new album, has those heavenly sky high riffs from unknown soldier.

[@TaraZaraChara]

@@FinalBeta interesting, that’s what I love most about it.

[@phantomtearsca]

My least favorite thing about this entire album is Ben's vocals. Sounds like there's too much obvious autotune. Regardless, awesome cover!

[@jasonlovesmusicreacting882]

K-Fusion Really, where?..

[@phantomtearsca]

Jason LovesABR just listen to almost all of the songs. In Red Cold River and Feed The Wolf, it's less noticable, but on almost every other song, Ben's voice sounds... almost fake. It's heavily processed and I'm sure it's autotune.

[@justinarnold5013]

Are you high?

[@phantomtearsca]

Justin Arnold nope.

[@LWMINTER]

You do know the band has two backing vocalist who sing in every song right?.