King's X's Ty Tabor Lesson (Part 1)

[@Broadfieldpoint]

Undeniably...the most underrated rock guitarist of all time. One of the best....period.

[@migueltay2803]

100% true. His solo on "Prisoner" has got to be one of the greatest solos of all time.

[@kqh123]

I deny it

[@maseratimitch2024]

Not underrated to me brother. Jerry Cantrell, Tony Iomi, and Ty Tabor make the most groovy, original, HEAVY AF, titanic sized riffs. HM: Kim Thaiyl, Mick Mars, Daniel Johns, Dean DeLeo

[@clemclemson9259]

oh stop it under rated by who exactly?

[@glenwilliamssr.6079]

The best underrated band in the land. I can't say it enough,especially after meeting them and seeing them in concert!!!

[@michaelwright3951]

All I can says is...DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYUM...I have loved this man's TONE and PLAYING for years!!!! Who the hell could not like this!!! And he makes it look so easy!!

[@ROOKTABULA]

How sound off down to a little amp that had a built in compressor. Rick Beato mentioned it on his video about amps

[@stevenpierce8331]

The people that gave it a thumbs down did so sitting in their stinky shit filled Levi trousers. Once they heard his heavy tone, and killer riffs, their bowels be came so loose that they shit themselves. Jumping to their feet in shock with shit running down the inside of their leg, while their over bearing mother in the back ground shouted, "what's that fucking shit smell I smell, I told you to take out the trash hours ago". And now, every time they surf the tube, their mom makes them wear a diaper. You'd be pissed too.

[@jackiedaytona7681]

My favorite rock soloist outside of Lynch. Just absolute mastery of melody and technique

[@RingOfRae]

waited for this for like ... 20 years ??? Love your style Ty... you know you are one of the few to have the thing ! blessings !

[@LifesonFan4Life]

Ty's one of my favourite guitarists and he gives props to another favourite of my mine .. Alex Lifeson .. 2 sonic geniuses in the 2 of the greatest 3 piece bands of all time !!!

[@Danny-fs1hk]

Ty & King’s X has some of the best Rock riffs ever! 🤘🏾

[@PaulBradley-qi9ss]

Absolutely! 🎸

[@datamasked623]

Dogman is one of the best rock guitar riffs ever written IMO.

[@Danny-fs1hk]

👏🏾

[@wiredog73]

i met these guys back in 94 at their "dogman" CD release party at the old cactus records in houston. super nice guys. people fromhouston run into these guys all the time. ran into doug pinnick at a local gig, and he was cool as always. ty is one of the most under rated guitarist out there and he is such a great human being too!!

[@jonathangriesy4652]

TONE! TONE! TONE! I was so into these guys from the 80's into the 90's! You can clearly hear the Beatles and Lifeson were huge influences on Ty. Dogman LP should've put them on top!

[@nadonp]

Thanks Ty! Always enjoyed your heavy inovative sound. Love the time signatures as well! Lets rock!

[@Pokerface-tr1ds]

THIS ladies and gentleguitarrists is who you learn from when it comes to your favourite Song(s)!!!! THE CREATOR of this Song is your best Teacher!!!!

[@Ms666ism]

Ty..... I bow down to thee. The tone master just love you man

[@FrankZappaFurter]

Lifeson! What a great influence! Ty is up there with him as the most underrated guitar player ever!

[@davidmuir7711]

I don’t consider them underrated. They are just too good for common folk to comprehend.

[@jimihendrix225]

Ty is an awesome guitarist and seems to be a great person as well. Keep it rockin', Ty! Love his drone notes.....was always attracted to his tone from black flag on through the whole Dogman album and Ear Candy. Just love that tone.

[@rictube11]

Right On!!!! I've been diggin' this guy's playing for a hell of a long time. Great to see some tutorials.

[@spektor88]

He's got great time. I remember reading an interview with the engineer of one of King's X's early records who said he was shocked how good Ty's time was when recording multiple tracks, and this enabled them to get a really thick, chunky sound that was still really tight. You can see it here.

[@codebabe]

Really great guitarist from a really great band!

[@MikeGervasi]

So humble but so truly great. King's X, Jelly Jam, Platypus...all killer bands. And his solo albums are fantastic.

[@steverherb]

Ty has written some of the most incredible and original riffs I've ever heard. Hard to believe they are still unknown to so many. I've met him and he's a class act. Currently he's using a $449 Orange CR120 head and it sounds great!

[@jodylowe8476]

I love Kings X as do my sons. Im in my 50s and they grew up listening to all the CDs.

[@jackleg266]

even a great guitarist will bow to ty.

[@peterbrusch1493]

Ingeniuous and unique. Love his playing.

[@crispybits3765]

Would love to see him do 'The Power of Love' solo. One of my all time faves and it's really to find a tab anywhere.

[@jaysonscott187]

Pleasant dude and video. And song too. Good chops.

[@StephenLafferty]

Good to hear some Kings X again - this band has some seriously cool riffs going on.

[@appiefloortje]

Hero !! Love King's X !!!

[@ChainsawLuca]

master of melodic riffs

[@XVRocks]

Thanks Ty! That was great! Hope you do more of these...

[@Gorbyrev]

Awesome player, awesome tone, awesome guy - thanks Ty!

[@davebrokeninlaymustainegib7549]

amazing guitarist

[@davemieze9021]

Kings X changed everything in my life from the first time I heard Summerland in like 93. . It was like they were surreal and I'd never witness that.

[@DC-br6ft]

His tone is awesome.

[@BernieGuitar]

Thanks for this :-) Always loved his playing

[@ConspireToConspire]

This guy makes everybody weep piss from their souls. He's every good guitarist's musical prom date fantasy.

[@tykruszka]

13 years and only 1.4k upvotes on the juiciest tone to ever exist

[@Bigfaxxx]

Dudes chord knowledge is endless

[@oldguylovesrock]

Ty's guitar is made by one of Americas' most talented luthiers; John Guilford of Guilford Guitars. He builds em by hand, one at a time, and they all come out bangin'.

[@heavi-armed-infadel]

Agreed. One of the most underrated guitar players if all time. Along w/ Alex Lifeson.

[@JeffDeanTheDeanZone]

Ty Tabor has done some stuff that just BLOWS a guitarist's mind :D

[@Virolita2005]

Ty Tabor Rules!!!

[@frostbeam7095]

perhaps I'm just ignorant but I wish there were some younger bands that were making Kings X influenced kick-ass guitar driven rock.

[@brianfivemusic]

frost beam currently working on that.

[@wewereborn2beloved]

The baddest ass riff I have ever heard. My favorite band of all time!

[@sydgabriel-ernest1212]

Killer riff!

[@renreeja]

his sound is so good

[@CTuxford]

@dil173 Because the guitar is tuned to drop C tuning it implies the 5th of the root scale, but changes its relationship to later chords, thereby creating the tension he talks about. He's an awesome guitarist who I've listened to since I was 21 years old!!! :P

[@tyyyyy_111]

I’ve loved kings X since I was born I’m literally named after them in my first name is Ty and my middle name is Dug My parents didn’t put jerry in there because it didn’t fit a combo that they liked but that’s fine with me

[@lachygonzalez]

Lmao that's fucking wild

[@jsbogen]

@LifesonFan4Life My two favorite bands and two of the most underrated guitarists.

[@magnusjarl9575]

Great 👍👍

[@wannabehendrix]

Great guitar player!!!!!!

[@rjlnell88]

Nice..Thanks TY🤙🏽🤙🏽😎

[@chimpsfall75]

Give me a dollar, or give me 50 cents! Either way King's X rules!

[@simeoni75]

Great guitar sound, Ty!

[@Glissmann]

it is a big shame to see the band mates of Xing's X's financially struggling when on the other hands some of the greatest rocks songs ever come from these great musicians.

[@sonic-therapy9495]

Glissmann Very well said. The fact that King’s X never soared to the moon is the biggest mystery. I never bring it up, because I get it plus everyone else always mentions their lack of “fame”. But those of us that know their secrets, we’re all the better people for having their music in our heart & soul.

[@jonathangriesy4652]

Agreed! Wish my pockets were deep enough that I could financially give back on the level that they gave to me with their music. It's cliche but they truly were the soundtrack of my teens and early twenties!

[@n34z3r]

His tone is plain nasty. Love it

[@itsjohnnymillion]

What better source to learn this riff?

[@jnh73]

It's so interesting to hear how a guitarist like Ty, who has predominantly played in a trio through his whole playing life, approaches riffs and melodies with a different feel than guys in larger bands. You hear whole songs when he plays, not just notes.

[@sonic-therapy9495]

King’s X is absolutely the greatest band in history. My music collection looks like someone with 78 personalities, but the heart of it always has been the 3 gentlemen of King’s X. I owe them an enormous debt, that I could never repay. To this point, for 28 years they’ve been my heartbeat. Also, XV is 10 years old - where’s the new album? PLEASE!!!! 😎

[@DonutsDoneRight]

Awesome

[@anonymoussource5344]

One if the greatest riffs of all time. Stands the test of fucking time!

[@tonifreakshow]

About fuckin time! Finally!

[@Deauxtje]

That G pedalnote sounds great. Very Rush sounding.

[@frios011]

THAT MAN IS A GOD!!!

[@garyjfoster]

@wiredog73 nice i met them on the same tour on long island where i live....saw them 2 nights in a row...met them outside the first show at hofstra university and they signed my dogman cd boklet and i got ty's pick....awesome day

[@Jcc515]

hell yeah P-rails ftw... KING X FTW!!!!

[@AndyNyle]

I bet Ty and Jerry (Cantrell) would have an absolute blast hanging out

[@axeman13131]

just seen you guys at Reggie's in Chicago Sunday and kick ass as always.i did help with the sound though. the vocals and guitar needed a little more volume. i read a mag interview you did after Gretchen and you said your rig was 2 bassman heads running in stereo thru a chorus pedal. and now you say it was a lab amp.w.t.f.

[@sonic-therapy9495]

Love to see a breakdown of Marsh Mellow Field - what a fucking stomp!! 😎

[@SlippstersVideos]

@dinofond go to Guitar World website and Search Ty Tabor youll find it here guitarworld(dot com)ty-tabor-kings-x-lesson

[@KingTabor]

It would be great entire lesson here at tube..

[@kiewerleraz]

wooow tt sounds really cool

[@larsberglund]

He's obviously a nice guy, too!

[@SlippstersVideos]

the whole video (21 Mins) can be seen go to Guitar World website and Search Ty Tabor youll find it here guitarworld(dot com)ty-tabor-kings-x-lesson

[@raywade4719]

What is the triple string each on 4 string bass you do in the video It's Love? Thanks.

[@robertanderson224]

Baddude🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@GibsonFender]

That main riff in dogmas is something fucking else man Jeesus

[@AvvieLanche]

Guilford as in Guilford County? I know he used to have guitars made from Zion guitars in Greensboro NC. Dunno what happened to that company but a partner split and the adoption of Guilford as the name is most plausible.

[@CammedFox]

that TONE!!

[@granttaylor3458]

that open g drone thing....i can respesct that totaly..and hes right..Alex L..had that thing going on in a cool way too...

[@Ludekuize]

Right on! A guitar player I very much respect states he was influenced by another guitar player I very much respect, doing that drone thing I love. I really appreciate him saying that.

[@bubbygorgeric]

actually he's playin' half step below the original .... the first chord in the original peace was Db7#9 ...here he's playin' a C7#9 .... by the way...one of the best songs of all time...still going loud on my speakers almost every day :D !!!

[@wewereborn2beloved]

TY...how do you feel being the baddest guitar player on the planet? I know you don't think so.. but the stuff you come up with is way beyond the realm of normal!

[@jimorocks]

Like someone said' where's part 2!

[@RobertMcPhalen]

Love his guitar playing AND his Texas accent! lol!

[@ShanntahnPininchula]

He was raised in Mississippi so it might be more from that region, and I, having lived there for years it does sound it.

[@captaincorgigaming747]

Definitely Mississippi. I'm from about thirty minutes away from where he grew up. As much as he's travelled I'm surprised he's kept it so strong but I can say it's probably worked to his advantage in the long run. My Dad was an MIT professor from south Mississippi and he intentionally used his accent to mislead people about his intellect.

[@wannabehendrix]

Does anyone have the tab? I found the only Kings X tab book thru google but sadly it was discontinued years ago. Any help would be appreciated

[@johnyperotti]

NICE GUITAR TONE!!

[@chriskmb5150able]

good to see my cover of dogman was accurate.

[@shadoworld58]

The green picks!

[@JWILSON1971]

How / where can I hear hear PLEASE TY !

[@RichardA5150]

@BEEGER1 Amen, It really is a damn shame they never got as big as they should have

[@rareform6747]

Welcome too the Groove Machine

[@wallacebell3035]

I keep re-watching , but , what is the drone G tuned to???

[@ErikZmusic]

It's tuned down a full step, so it's technically an F. He's just letting that open string ring out while he's playing the riffs.

[@00govan00]

yea.. take ur standard drop D tuning D A D G B E and drop everything a full tone/ a full step

[@evalex71]

Fucking badass riff

[@dinofond]

Were is Part 2?

[@Vardan1986]

It cannot get any heavier than this!

[@ElliotStent]

He starts playing at 1:33 ;)

[@CTuxford]

@ibanezbloke A fourth. Even better! Thanks for the correction. :) I love fourths!

[@SGTSHOOTnMISS]

Ive never heard of this guy before, but his riffs are pretty heavy

[@nugma]

2:04 bad horsie much? Awesome

[@crash9321]

what kind of distortion is he using?

[@michaeladamonis2620]

Is he playing the drop D on this?