Intake (EP Version) - Volumes - Guitar Cover

This is one of my favourite songs of all time and one of the first 'djent/progressive' songs I'd ever heard.
You may notice this is the EP version of this song. At the time of recording this video, the band had not released their full length which came out later in 2011.
Guitar - Schecter Hellraiser C-1
Tuning - Drop A (but Volumes plays on 7 string)
DAW - Cockos Reaper
Guitar tone - Amplitube 3 Plug-in
Strings - Ernie Ball 12-56
Tabs - tabs.ultimate-g....
I also used a video uploaded by Volumes themselves on / volumesband to help me learn this song.
Thanks for the view guys :)
Jack

[@marco11flores]

Holy shiitttttt Someone give this guy a 7 string for this amazing cover

[@rejy223]

8 string be sic

[@MrSweepz]

So psyched to see this upload mate! You deserve a lot of kudos for each video you make, regardless of how long the wait is, because the amount of effort you put in is unparalleled. This is such incredible shit you churn out. I'm so stoked to have showed you this song, and now you are helping this band getting some more exposure :). And on the technical front, this seems to be the best of yours yet. Beautiful playing, tone and composure. Angles were smooth and intuitive, absolutely amazing. ILY

[@BeheadingTheTraitor]

Best guitar cover I've seen from this song.

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@iRaCZz Thanks man! I will definitely try to upload more often now that I'm back into it. I really did miss making these and reading everyones feedback. You guys seriously keep me going :)

[@MrSweepz]

@JackMcGuitar no worries. I love writing them, and this time I honestly felt challenged to describe how much I appreciate this cover and how to step up my respect to the level you deserve. Can't fucking wait dude. And also, this video is so epic, it has inspired me to get back into guitar covers completely, I plan to do as many as I can handle before going to Europe! So thanks so much dude. Talk soon aye

[@TheBlassMD]

i love the power that this song has.... JACK Y U NO more covers????

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

Thanks so much for all the comments guys! It seriously makes my day reading these.

[@Thall909]

this guy always does sick covers.

[@failguitarplay]

just learning the intro to this :) this is now the best song in "djent" that i have heard :)

[@Dr.Stegosaurus]

Amazing cover.... I'm speechless.

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@MrSweepz You always leave me the best comments haha cheers dude! Metal riffs and solo's 3 will be up asap :)

[@moshpit1995]

that was amazing, hope you keep that motivation to keep making covers for us :D

[@pottertool]

your skills continue to amaze me

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@BCproductionsTV I know right! They're amzing. Thanks for watching man.

[@pottertool]

yo this is awesome! you have come a long way since i first started watching your vids bro

[@AyeAus]

brining the channel back to life are we? nice shirt btw

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@xXFallenKinghtXx They tune their 7 strings down to drop A, so I was able to do so with mine and just convert the tab so that it's playable on a 6 string. It sounds nearly exactly the same, the only difference is if they used a note up around the 19th-24th fret on the high E I would not be able to play it. But since this song doesn't have any of that it is completely do-able.

[@7xmetalcullen95]

thanks for doing this cover u just introduced me to a really cool new band! and ur guitar playing is awesome!

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@guitarman0424 Nope not this time! I have moved on from my zoom. My newest recording method is similar, but the sound editing is done on the computer. I record the dry sound from my pic-ups onto the computer through my interface onto my DAW Cockos Reaper and use the plug in "Amplitube 3" to get my guitar tone. Amplitube is an amp simulator program which allows you to get any sound you can even think of. I also do some small EQing just to make my guitar stand out in the mix a little more.

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@FrostbitePWD Yeah I love the new solo they added. Makes me kind of wish I waited before the album version ofthis song was released before I covered it because I really like the new production of it aswell.

[@Trivium1994BANNED]

FINNALY A GOOD COVER OF THIS SONG!!!

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@vLiezz I know right! This band is amazing!

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@KLZOMBIE That's great man you'll love them :) This song actually took me quite a while, because it was so hard for me to remember the strumming patterns and breakdown patters etc. All up it took me about...10 hours maybe? Spaced out over 3 days. But I am a very slow learner.

[@DirtyHomeles]

well sick cover of this great tune !

[@Trivium1994BANNED]

3:24 gave me fucking chills. This is the definition of epic!!

[@HUNTER180able]

yay another video its been so long

[@AnthonyWillisMusic]

About time babeh! So good dude, nice solo. ;) larved it

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@ACLeftyGuitar Good question, but I only record one guitar track which is centre panned. Sometimes I add a second guitar for small harmony sections where one would be panned left and the other right, but I have only done that a couple times.

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@MrRyyannn Yeah I'm so jelous of America! I paid over double what it's worth in America for mine. Still worth it either way ;) Yes I'm gonna try and get a few more videos up. Metal riffs and solo's 3 is coming along nicely :)

[@metalrr5]

thank you for introducing me to this song. why isnt this band bigger lol

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@Rstar0718 I think I might do some more Volumes when they release their album :)

[@Vpain90009]

wow flawless man. very clean

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

Oh thanks man I wasn't aware of that! Cheers

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@ACLeftyGuitar I use the eq that is supplied with my DAW which is reaper. It's a simple plug-in called ReaEQ and its very basic but quite good. I might add some reverb just to widen it a little and I've more recently been learning compression, so nothing very hard ;)

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@92guitarguy Maybe not buttersnips, but I do plan to cover some Periphery ;) One of my favourite bands! Cheers for the suggestion bro.

[@ClaudioRusso]

perfect cover man

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@guitarman0424 Through my interface which is a Lexicon Lambda. It records the dry signal from the pic-ups and I do all the sound editing on the computer though various VST plug-ins such as Amplitube 3.

[@619Tobias619]

it's just awesome!!! very well done!!! :D

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@Terryonfire97 Cheers dude! :) Answer to that in the video description, Schecter Hellraiser C-1

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@Archeum94 That's a hard question for me to answer dude. But basiclly, the genre of djent originally came from the 'djent' sound which is made by cutting most bass frequencies, running through a noise gate and heavilly chugging 4 stringed powerchords (Normal powercord with the 2nd octave ontop). The djent genre usually consists of very complex strumming and breakdown patterns and time signatures and shit like that. Bands like Periphery, Volumes, Meshuggah, Veil of Maya. Many more!

[@TheBellConspiracy]

Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@UchihaClanAvengeRS]

Just epic, as always. :3

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@bucketv2 I AM SO JELOUS OF YOU. I very recently got into Structures and Scale The Summit and oh my fucking god they're amazing! And The Contortionist is another favourite of mine. Would kill to go to something like that! We just don't get concerts like that in Australia :(

[@iRaCZzOo]

I don´t really like this sort of music but i love watching your guitarcovers !! Great work man !! =D. Will you continue uploading videos now ?

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

I know exactly what you mean! Although this is the genre that feels best for me to play, mostly because it's where the picking hand becomes more important than fretboard hand, and gives your memory quite a workout too with those awkward breakdown patterns. I don't really have any tips, but if you want some bands like this one to listen to then try Structures, Erra, Periphery and After The Burial, although those bands are a fair bit more technical than Volumes but all great music nethertheless.

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

In this video I used 12-56 but I have since changes to 13-64. Only way to get this guage that I'm aware of is to buy a set of Ernie Ball 8 strings and dispose of the top and bottom string.

[@iRaCZzOo]

@JackMcGuitar Keep uploading vids man ! You rock !! =D

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@bucketv2 I spoke to Volumes on stickam and they said they plan on coming to Aus after their album completion after Fall :D And I know Periphery have been keen to come back here since the moment they left. Too bad I didn't even know of them back then.

[@PXNDXN]

Damn!!! Those strings are going to break at any moment!! But this is sooooo worthy!!! nice cover!!!

[@A1ex1sBB]

very nice!!

[@jonkr85]

wow sick!

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@utubeis4homos Good tip, but I actually used to do that but since I have been in a band I kind of lost it because it's much more fun to over exhagerate in my opinion. I get bored when my fingers hardly have to move and unless I have to shred then over moving my fingers doesn't seem to affect my playing.

[@lefsepowered]

Let the music flow out of you.

[@RyanBills]

crazy good... you should bring the channel back and upload sort of regularly. i might be getting this guitar soon too, august time when i take a trip to america :D! its ridiculously cheep over there :)

[@spidap1g]

@JackMcGuitar 4 days ago about 4pm I was going bowling haha! I thought i saw you lol

[@EricWoolard]

excellently done baby ;) I was going to hop on the chan before this, but this got me 'satisfied' if you know what i mean

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@NineHN94 Yeah FTFD are pretty good! I don't know about covering them though but I do like their writing style, it's very similar to mine.

[@slipknot3daysgrace]

Damn dude thought you were dead. lol great cover, hope to see more soon :3

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@ZephyrMcGuitar There's a lot of amazing guitars out there, it's mostly about preference. I personally love the C-1 so go to a shop and try one out and go from there (That's what I did)

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@MEGAGORE Thanks a lot man!

[@ACLeftyGuitar]

@JackMcGuitar thanks dude, yea thats what i did with my last cover, that info was really helpful, thanks again! btw do you mix and master your track much after amplitube? Thanks, Adrian

[@ThePr0Hobo]

holy fuck, thanks for introducing me this band.

[@KristianLangley]

13-64 is the best for this kind of tuning, since its so low, I didnt learn this song yet, bu ti know edge of the earth is drop G# (or drop F if you wanna get technical). but i only have 11-70, its really loose though. i dont like it, but to have 13-64 on my guitar i would have to file down the rest of the nut to make a string that big fit on my guitar. i got some work to do.

[@Thall909]

@JackMcGuitar i like G# too its so heavy. i play mainly drop A# or A though.

[@PeeteTv]

sick cover! :)

[@Sebstar1806]

awesome :)

[@Rstar0718]

@JackMcGuitar sweet. i'll be sure to check it out when u do :)

[@LagRx120]

Nice ;) Beautiful Schecter :p

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

Lots and lots of patience haha. Keep in mind it was EQ'd to sound good WITH the track. If you solo'd the guitar track you'd find it isn't the greatest sounding tone but still good enough to work with.

[@Thall909]

nah ernie ball now sells "baritone" strings at .12 - 72. but i use GHS 11 - 70 for my bands tuning at G#. amazing strings you gotta try em

[@ACLeftyGuitar]

hey jack nice cover!, i was wondering how you pan your guitar, in the center if its one guitar only or do record 2 guitars but show only one video?

[@Jasaxos]

Nice! This covers is beast! One question, those ernie strings(12-56) what color is the bag? Like (11-48) is purple, (10-46) yellow etc. Thanks

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@SchecterShredder137 I plan to put that in my next Metal riffs compilation :)

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@spidap1g Haha maybe...I live about 15 minutes from there but don't go there often. Where at exactly and what day?

[@LinesColor]

wow!!!!!!

[@blasher4]

I also have Amplitube 3. Which head and cab were you using? Sounds like you're using the Peavey 5150-like head. Any cab impulses or tube screamers along with that?

[@RyanBills]

@JackMcGuitar haha yeah, to get one in the UK its like £800... america is $800 which is £480 haha, but yeahh, they're sweet guitars :) i look forward to the new videos :) you've introduced me to some sweet bands :P

[@Archeum94]

Awesome shit, that's true! But what difference there is between djent and Post-Hardcore by ex ? (Btw, I was gonna send you a message asking why we haven't seen you for fricking long while, man)

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@Jasaxos Thanks a lot dude! It's a green packet :)

[@EpicCwiSS]

what effects and gear do you use? this sounds great :D

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@harmonicminorshred Haha no worries man, I have the same problem all the time. I am 177cm tall, (5'9" or 5'10"). The shirt is a M and is almost too small but just fits. It only shrank a little in the wash. I also bought an After The Burial and Periphery shirt in L from that same site and I had to try and shink them because they were too big but fit me alright now, but still just a little bit too big. Hope that helps haha good luck bro.

[@mikepshena]

Dude, you have any tips for playing stuff like this? I'm more of a riffy/soloy sweeper guy lmao. I don't know how to explain it but I feel like playing stuff like this takes a completely different feel and approach. Or can you name some bands i can look up to learn from?

[@ACLeftyGuitar]

@JackMcGuitar cheers :)

[@GuitarIsMyHer01n]

Nice man btw if you like dadario strings the jazz mediums are a 13 to 62 and they sound pretty good and they might be cheaper than buying the 8 string set.

[@Rstar0718]

nice cover, Amazing Band! u should cover wormholes by volumes :)

[@Lilducksonquack]

@ZephyrMcGuitar hey i have a tricked out squier with EMGs and all and i just got the C-1 Hellraiser and let me say it is freakin amazing. I say go for it. And ur friends are wrong abt it sucking. Ask them why they think bad of it.they will probably come up with a reason of it being inexpensive so it cant be good but thats not the case with schecter.

[@xXFallenKinghtXx]

@JackMcGuitar ohh wow! nice :)

[@transcendentalexistence]

Please cover Buttersnips from Periphery! That would be amazing ;) this cover is pretty sick too ;D

[@NXHLVS]

Your link to the tabs is dead

[@Terryonfire97]

Hey man, what guitar are you using? and your so good

[@Dismal626]

damn dude your version of it is actually better. you in a band?

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@IEXHOPECOREX Indeed it is Drop A :)

[@glennyeah]

This is fucking badass

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@xGUITARZEROx Answer in the video description bro, Drop A :)

[@moshpit1995]

awesome cover, the tab you used, its seven string tab..did you just drop your 6th string to A??

[@NineHN94]

SICK..........never heard this before, pretty fuckin good, u should take a geezer at For the Fallen Dreams their kinda similar

[@Archeum94]

@JackMcGuitar Oh ok i see. Complicated strumming like from 2:06 right? Thx for the reply :)

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@Dismal626 Sure am! My band is called Lead The Assault facebook(dot)com/LeadTheAssault

[@Chubypenguin]

@JackMcGuitar How do you get the different camera angles?

[@JackMcGrathMusic]

@spidap1g Haha nah probably wasn't me, haven't been down that side of the coast for a while ;)