How to play EVERY guitar riff + solo in Ruin by Lamb of God! Weekend Wankshop 206

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Hey guys! Earlier this week i uploaded a full guitar cover of Ruin by Lamb of God, and i couldn't help but notice that there were no real lessons on how to play this epic tune on youtube! What the heck!? Considering this is one of their best tunes, i figured the least i could do would be to upload a complete Weekend Wankshop lesson showing you all how to play every single riff, harmony, and solo in this tune!
Like most LoG songs, you need to be in drop D tuning. I'm using my Les Paul with Bare Knuckle Brute Force pickups into my Kemper Profiler using an Omega Obsidian Brit profile (buy the profiles here: poweredbyomega.shop ) like i did in my cover video. I also use my Suhr Modern Satin for the crazy lead at the end.
Mark Morton and Willie Adler play a lot of cool harmonies in this song, so its a perfect tune to play with a buddy. I'll also show you how to play several of the riffs on a single guitar.
This is a great song to improve your down picking, galloping, and rhythmic powers, so good luck!
What other Lamb of God songs do you all want to learn next?! Let me know in the comments below!

[@BenEller]

Thanks for learning every guitar riff and solo in Ruin by Lamb of God with me! What do you want to learn how to play next?

[@JaMeshuggah]

Black Betty by Ram Jam

[@metallica66625]

Megalodon

[@dajoler]

How about something from All That Remains, Uncle Ben? Oli Herbert was one of my favorite guitar players ever and I've been trying to play "Six" in its entirety. Could make for another great "full song" lesson!

[@RocKingSalzi]

A proper version of laid to rest or now you've got something to die for. What's your favourite Song(heaviest and grooviest) :) you think someone between beginner and intermediate can play?

[@mrmustard4478]

The real way Mark Knopfler plays the main riff to Money for Nothing! MAN that thing is a doozy.

[@rja9996]

“Dying Animal Noises-38:17” lmao that’s what I thought when I first heard but now it’s one of my favorite parts

[@dajoler]

Thank you so much for this lesson, Uncle Ben. I've been a big fan of Lamb of God for a while now and it was actually your lessons that gave me the motivation to learn (and in my case, re-learn) some of their stuff, even their most intimidating ones. It's channels like yours, Troy Grady's, Chris Zoupa's, Ola Englund's and all the other fantastic guitar teachers out here in KZbin that's sort of brought back my creative side that was put on the back burner when I started studying to be a doctor. I've said it before, but a lesson on recording guitar videos/covers for beginners would be a godsend from you. I've learned so much from channel already and I'm still looking to learn more.

[@BenEller]

TheGuitar Person thank you so much for watching!!!

[@allboutthemojo]

​@BenEller amazing lesson. Thank you 🙏. Currently on Lamb of God fever , trying to learn a couple of their songs and just realized how incredibly difficult the changing chug patterns are for the right hand especially at the songs tempo. These guys are riff masters. So many of their songs are an adrenaline rush through and through!

[@genepaceky9468]

Oh man, this made me go back and re-listen to As the Palaces Burn. I've now spiraled into the rabbit hole of recommended videos for bands/albums I haven't listened to in years. Thank you!

[@leerobbo92]

Blimey, a 40 minute lesson from Uncle Ben? We're not worthy!

[@lairenlakpamhenary2666]

Hourglass would be nice UncleBen....

[@Dubnot]

Teach people how to play Broken Hands with broken hands or Pantera's Walk while walking. #functionalriffs

[@Thetimrobertson]

Bill Knott or the theme to kill bill.

[@StaffordsStudio]

LOG is my favorite metal band played side stage for them in Milwaukee at the Rave a few years back they are awesome!!!! Thanks for sharing

[@adamsreport]

uncle ben you are the best and I'm glad to be your nephew!!!!

[@pandapies2988]

Thanks Ben, another great lesson!!

[@paulninoaguinaldo3311]

Thank you uncle Ben!you da man

[@stefanodeangelis7591]

Thanx, Uncle Ben👍This is awesome!

[@guillermo3471]

Benzo, you got the best log guitar tutorials out there. There the easiest for me to learn from. Including the tabs also is awesome! Thanks man, you earned my sub and a new category in my favorites 🤘

[@beckoningoblivion739]

Teach A Sight To Behold by Gojira. Super sick song that deserves a proper lesson.

[@metallica66625]

Favorite song by them. You should do something by queens of the Stone Age age or between the buried and me.

[@Zakmeister]

Finally!!! Some real breakdowns of LOG stuff! Reclamation next, PLEASE!!! 🤘🏼

[@ryanmichael6720]

Thanks a lot for the lesson🥰

[@chantalc5246]

Great Tutorial. This worked out well for me. I like the way your explain your lessons. A lot of "tutorials" on youtube are messy, I loved this one. Thanks :)

[@csykoe6925]

Incredible

[@Boobies92545]

I always wanted to learn a song from them thank you!

[@vincescotti2254]

Such a rad video. Awesome job!

[@12breacher82]

Thanks for teaching this! I had a hand injury causing me to relearn my right hand picking. This is freaking excellent for that and getting my rhythm chops back up to par. All your lessons and insight are great Uncle Ben 🤘🏻

[@jessehaglin2413]

You just became my go-to homes. Great lesson

[@emrahu1327]

There is STILL no video for this beauty on the web. Thank you!

[@TwixHausFunIsHere]

thank you for the lesson!

[@finaljesus]

i watched the video for this song today thank you for the incredible lesson ben i love this song and the best part is that you posted it on my birthday keep the lessons coming love your channel years ago when i subscribed to one the guitar magazines i think it was guitar one it was in one of the books which i still have to this day i don’t know if it’s all correct but it’s there i never tried learning it back then but i want to now

[@NachoSKINchileno]

love this video!!! thanks!

[@RyujuAD]

Ashes Of the Wake, Hourglass, Vigil might be great song to learn too, anyway thx for this one !

[@stephenchow5161]

thanks for this

[@TrackHeadStudios]

I love Lamb!!!!

[@chrisf6216]

Thank you Mr. Eller! Bonus points for using the LP for this lesson, then you had me lol @ Han Solo for the win!

[@seanhazelton1571]

Malice is a good one

[@nathancloud6344]

Really nailed the tones. Id love to have that tone.

[@Obnacho]

Love to see you do this with Ghost Walking. Big fan of Lamb of God and their 'Why play 1 note when 10 will do' approach to writing songs.

[@w.j.christophe8779]

Definitely my favorite LoG song... the picking patterns you outline make way more sense than anything I was coming up with so this video is a godsend. Tendinitis is a bitch. Thanks my friend.

[@caintumelty3202]

gracias. muchas gracias

[@torahwarrior2442]

How easy does Ben make this look....outstanding

[@matiashortelanosantiago5210]

Amazing job :)

[@Luna8767]

Great Lesson very helpful Now I will finally be able to play this the correct way Thank you this really helps alot. For the next Lamb Of God lesson could you do 11th Hour? Man those riffs in that song are amazing!

[@brassmonkey6942069]

Thanks!!!!

[@sprinkle_some_crack_on_em8279]

It has been said that Uncle Ben is a 10th degree black belt in badassery. Yeah I said it

[@broski818]

Hey Uncle Ben, great in depth lesson on this song. I think it would be badass if you could make lesson on the breakdown riffs in walk with me in hell. Cheers!

[@willowilson5753]

Hey Ben :), great video as always! just wondering if you would do a video on semi-harmonics?

[@ImOnUToob]

Ha, I commented on your other video asking how you decide the picking direction... before realizing this video existed. Sweet!

[@Dubnot]

This video had ad for red bull before it started. I'm in my 30s now and that might be the only way I could play this devil music.

[@justinalexander8524]

Ben must be stocked full of red bull then :)

[@scottfields5807]

I was the 667th person to like this video..... and I almost didn’t just to keep things evil. I know this video is over a year old, but keep up the good work @benellerguitars !

[@floyramkvargas1183]

More lamb of god guitar lessons!!!

[@juanpablosanchezperez8940]

Please teach more lamb of god songs uncle ben 🙏🙏🙏

[@anvil958]

Thanks for this lesson uncle. Please do Contractor !! There's no lesson of that song too ..

[@jorelmusic]

"Dying animal noises" LOL!!!

[@fetterXX]

11th hour next? :]

[@retardidfish3169]

One of the coolest albums. Cool tutorial as its hard to follow the tabs sometimes

[@IncendiaDivinus]

My beautiful biological uncle Ben ..I can't thank you enough ..you are such an amazing teacher..can you do a lesson on 'Desolation' ..My mom says hi !! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘!!!!!!!!

[@cleverg1555]

This song and hourglass are the most difficult lamb of god songs in my opinion

[@jamesyellow3786]

I would really love to see a whole lesson of Family Tree or Five Magic’s by ]V[EGADET]-[ 💪 ....Or some Pantera 😜 great job man

[@evang94]

I'm finally going to start learning Lamb of God. Hand me my axe!

[@IncendiaDivinus]

In the most manly way... I FUCKING LOVE YOU !!! Thank you !! Thank you !! You are such a great player..I envy you so much !! Can you do a full lesson on 'Desolation' ? ...Please stay safe !!

[@kalebthornsberry870]

I would love if you did a video like this for "Vigil", and "Pathetic" also.

[@andrewsmith4198]

Uncle Ben, we desire more Marty Friedman. Specifically, the acoustic run in Holy Wars. It's always taught wrong and the world needs Uncle Ben on the case.

[@shovington67]

Haven't you heard Mark Morton refer to one of the longer riffs Willie Adler came up with as the "Vomit Riff"? Because he had so much trouble learning it after Willie brought it to the rehearsal. It was a funny interview.

[@BarcaPatrick9]

Hey Uncle Ben...ive been trying to make my shitty Epiphone Junior sound a little more angry...i run it through a 20w Blackstar on the OD2 and my friend tried his Jackson Rhoads V on it and it sounds metal as fuck...but even though i run it through the same settings, my Epiphone only gets to classic rock, but nothing heavy...even though i have it tuned to Drop C and i have 12s on it.

[@Chi3f6reenCloud]

"Dying animal noises" 😂😭😂

[@maggotmaggy4458]

FIIINNALLLLYYY

[@JaMeshuggah]

For FAQ you: i know it's not new but have you played the Friday the 13th game? It has a ton of content and is a real treat for the fans.

[@stefanodeangelis7591]

TV Crimes by Black Sabbath or Domination by Pantera.

[@regolithia]

Domination!!! Hell yes

[@MattKilleen798]

Where is the Gojira habits video at?

[@aaronstone2206]

Thanks uncle Ben this lesson is fucking epic... I woukd like to suggest another nail for you coffin lesson by LOG aka Jesus

[@bluefocus7195]

512 please

[@bodhisattwachanda3436]

ohhh... thats fucking awsm... I jst learned this fucking song... on my acoustic... that dying animal sound is awsm in acoustic...

[@DAVID-kx8no]

mouth of war pantera solo pleasy!!☻☻

[@FilipeMeunier]

aahahah "you might not have friends, but you sound cool"

[@wayno2333]

Lesson for Overlord would redeem you in my stepdad eyes . But really , overlord or the Kitty gets it

[@MrMetalhorse]

I'm I the only one with shitty metal rythm chops? I always practice leads, scales and solos but my downpicking and my fast tremolo in the low E are equal to utter garbage. The best I can do is play holy wars, and by the end of the song I feel like my arm is gonna fall off. Kinda ironic for a guy named metalhorse. Lol

[@retailbreaks1400]

Damn I wish you would do walk with me in hell like this ❤

[@javidaslani1230]

Please overlord with TAB on the video thanks

[@CatsCoffeeGuitars]

[@thrashhh4457]

Please give the tab :(

[@positionthepositron]

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