Jeff Loomis Interview

[@laughoutmeow]

Jeff: "it would be easy for me to write more complex stuff" 1:50 lmao

[@ducky811]

Just re-confirms that Loomis is the monster player with the most unlimited and flawless technique today.

[@btlalor]

I wish Jeff did make "This Godless Endeavor Part II "

[@SantomPh]

really good microphone, one suspects.

[@claytonheibert2953]

Strings and picks motherf- *covers mouth* so sorry 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@metaldave08096]

Hung out with nevermore on there tour bus in phily after there show. Great times warrel and jeff are supper awesome!!!

[@AkiraSpectrum]

great interview and great gear questions!

[@BrodyPost]

He has amazing picking accuracy!

[@MCCrleone354]

Wait what!? 1:49 "It would have been very easy for us to come up with This Godless Endeavor part II"....Why the hell didn't you then? I am a huge fan of Warrel's vocals but when I want to hear more vocally centered songs I would listen to his solo album. this is Nevermore. TGE & DHIDW & EOR had catchy/memorable songs that were also technical, "Final Product", "Acid Words" and "Sell My Heart for Stones" "I Voyager" "River Dragon". Why didn't Loomis see the "If it ain't broke don't fix it" appeal?

[@mrstillarookie]

I always love down-to-earth metalheads. they're very humble although they're already big.

[@stupidyoyojellabi6406]

jeff: you know? Me: Something something.

[@MagnaCarter879]

6:15 xD

[@failguitarplay]

"he plays every nevermore riff uknow as if it where just ... like I was just playing it hes so so good " lol

[@angrytroll27]

Strings and picks mother... hahahahahahahahahahaha

[@PsychoticSausage]

Standard tuning on a 7 String is BEADGBE, to tune down one half step drop each by one semitone, so that would be A#D#G#C#F#A#D#. Same for a 6 string just ignore the seventh string. Think you were getting confused with one and a half steps.

[@ChrisTarpleyAsylumOfCerberus]

dudes the nicest guitarist i met i had an hour talk with him :D

[@HeavyMetalVagabond]

I hate it when guitarists say the tone comes from the fingers... doesnt stop them from buying all the best kit...

[@Dragslo]

He's amazing, when he plays he looks like he's gonna kill, eat and hate you forever. Scaryface! But right now I just wanna sit down and listen and smile. Polite guy!

[@ColorIce09]

:) i LOVE jeff loomis. I hope I meet him eventually.

[@TheComplainingGamer]

Atilla is a beast, he had Nevermore covers on youtube well before being part of the band aswell as gigging with Warrel on the solo material. Seriously check him out, his channel is "hellbounder86" and remember people its JEFF LOOMIS! saying atilla is good so take that in.

[@Marol2137]

Who the fuck puts noise gate on vocal in a guitar lesson?

[@GregLynn]

That is a REALLY tight noise gate on his vocal mic!!!

[@strt6ranger938]

Satin black JL-7 ...Got one, and it's fucking beast.

[@rockAndmetal765789]

jeff loomis is best!

[@leoseanster]

I agree - not to be biased as a guitar player or anything but I much preferred the whole sound in This Godless Endeavor than in Obsidian Conspiracy. Being 'more notey' isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I guess bands do change direction once in a while.

[@RileyHull]

When I went to Jeff's house, He gave me like 5 of those picks and I never liked them at first and he told me to just keep using them and I would convert. After about 1 month, completely converted. We are the same way in how we change picking styles throughout leads kinda too. I kind of use a little of everything. A lot of legato/economy picking as well. Jeff is literally fucking perfect though. Even if he had a rough night and we're just sitting in his livingroom. Haha. Cheers

[@HeavyMetalVagabond]

hahaha! I guess it's kinda hard to convey subtlety/cheekiness over written text :p I own that guitar too! You should totally try it out if you haven't already, what a beast!

[@walshy0001]

JEFF-FUCKING-LOOOOMIIIIIIS!

[@sanctipaprichio]

annoying mic gate :C

[@bigchode111]

thats one badass guitar

[@HeavyMetalVagabond]

oh man, you're in for a treat \m/

[@TakuyaDan]

Although I love this album (I have the collectors edition) just as i love the other albums, I really like my music complicated, and thats the single thing i liked about the other albums that was missing in this one... Still awesome :D

[@TheNilufar96]

What's the name of the song at the beginning?

[@wyattcupp]

@johnwbusbee whats a gate?

[@Jesuscatface]

@RoathRipper I noticed that too. reminds me of a noise gate set slightly high :P

[@axlorchestra1989]

Goddamn! It's a new USA president!

[@anutoldlegend89]

@partywithbonscott I'm a 100% with you on that. You express everything I feel abou the band and Jeff

[@danlewisguitar]

greetings shred god!

[@waterdrinker90]

@ntbillie Actualy, he does that on a lot of interviews. Maybe he's just uncomfortable of looking at the camera all the time.

[@RyanMartinIsForYou]

Strings and picks motherfu... *oops* stings!

[@A7XFIendx6661]

I use a jazz pick jim dunlop Jazz 3 picks they're very good they last last long and its perfect for playing fast

[@getsuga987]

Lol when it said picking technique it looked like fucking technique

[@SpicyDragoon]

True, but what's funny is that they mostly don't even buy the guy they receive it in endorsements.

[@Stratacaster87]

is that a black version of his guitar??

[@ferociouspokemachine]

@OKaeporaGaeboraO Pfft he looks fuckin brutal.

[@gnrcr]

SHIT- look at that sweater !!!

[@TheNilufar96]

@IronboundV Thanks!

[@Dalimagnus]

LOOMIS! You make me want to grenade my guitar! Damn my Stupid Fingers... haha

[@MrEvilBacon]

why am i getting confused by this. he said he's tuned down one half step. is that. on a 6 string D#, or C# on a 7 string A# or G# ???

[@HunterRouth]

Bb tuning

[@Spjungen]

I'd go so far as to say it tops enemies of reality for me, and ALMOST even tops godless endeavor...final product keeps that their best album though, at least for me ;) Peace to all, give yourself a pat on the back for being awesome enough to love these guys \w/

[@nizamskok]

I've seen Atilla at Guitarcenter in hollywood. It was sort of funny, a random foreign guy with a cowboy hat talking to his bud in his foreign tongue. After he scoped out the guitarcenter decided to play one of the hellraisers then went to the evh's and blasted(loud as helll) out sum nevermore.

[@barfymann362]

@BrandonOzborne I think his amp and stuff was set up over there.

[@AeonAxisProductions]

its so wierd not to hear someone breathe when they talk XD

[@Marol2137]

huh, so im waiting to buy this record in the next week :)

[@MrBleedingbullets]

Lol I can't see how people take your comment seriously when you have a Jeff Loomis signature as profile pic, how can people be so close to screen and not see that?

[@nicktshredz]

@johnwbusbee I noticed that more in this vid than in any other.

[@MrBleedingbullets]

I'm about to pull the trigger on a used one, a guy is selling to get in to photography. \m/

[@heavenkept]

Thumbs up

[@Dalimagnus]

@johnwbusbee Ya, me too... Good ears, man!

[@MrEvilBacon]

YUP, thanks.

[@JonathanWallin95]

There's a point in what you are saying, but try to see it like this: Imagine you are an extremely skilled Formula 1 driver and you about to participate in a race, but the car you're driving is an old Mazda from the 80's.. Then your skills won't show as much as if it was a top knotch Ferrari... Am i right? :)

[@jetassistedtakeofff]

@shuszzam yeah I have a 70 on mine right now and its definitely wow.and the associated carpal tunnel thing is definitely there too.lol

[@stix471]

is he Canadian, or American??

[@Relentless_lel]

peter wichers and andy sneap and your album is going to be and sound so good

[@ashersolomon9560]

Someone turn the noisegate down on his speaking mike!! Every time he stops talking it goes dead silent

[@TerranMacKay]

he's probly looking at the interviewer

[@dimeowns100]

@Stratacaster87 yeah XD it's buff isn't it?

[@JohnPhilbrickMusic]

he looks like one of the dragon people from the show game of thrones.

[@MikeBassil]

6:15 LMAO!!!

[@shuszzam]

70? wow!! 64? wow!!

[@shashwathj]

@Odinsgade the termination proclamation

[@Stratacaster87]

@dimeowns100 truly beautiful.

[@MetalMetz88]

@JPMisery ahhh now i get it.

[@Spjungen]

they'll be back ;)

[@MyGreatFall]

Sounds like they've noise-gated his voice, it cuts off really weird x)!

[@David_Miller522]

Peter W sounds like bob rock in this interview.

[@Chainsawmaniacguitar]

"Less notey and more easier"...right...lol

[@danlewisguitar]

6:15 hahaha :)

[@metalvocalistwanted]

jeff is da man \\m// (>_

[@roathripper]

is it me or does he sound like he's talking through a vocoder? His mic is cutting off the decay on his voice lol.

[@RingoFreakingStarr]

Never liked Nevermore; always loved Loomis

[@kx85Jacko]

9:09 read between the lines

[@GrunesMannchen]

nice

[@HeavyMetalVagabond]

subtlety's your speciality, huh?

[@stix471]

@euronymous666black why, thankyou sir :)

[@dimeowns100]

@MCCrleone354 I think jeff knows what he's doing

[@XIntoxicationalX]

@tehwasabiking yes nevermore is done :(

[@StadiumArcadium1234]

@bombershard believe me dude..im trying my hardest to like them, but the singing is the ONLY thing stopping me from liking the music, i'd buy every Nevermore album in a heartbeat if they were an instrumental band..lol or at least got a diff vocalist, even A screamer would suit it better...not good but better. haha

[@xCorby94]

The gate on his mic...

[@Allrounder121]

lol at 6:15

[@Atmkthndr]

6:04 That's what she said

[@rickteichroeb2817]

tone is your technique.

[@Joescanzillo]

is he canadian????

[@MetalMetz88]

how's he keep that always wet hair look?

[@yngvai777]

Yeah, i noticed it sounds weird, like choppy.

[@FactoryBomb]

Strings and picks motherf-

[@Athletictrainer09]

On a 6 it's D#/Eb. On a 7 it's A#/Bb.

[@GreekGuitarMaster]

if loomis doesn't need a engl se who needs it??for cs!!

[@StadiumArcadium1234]

@TheKonarider23 teehee...yer

[@davemurrayrocks]

Mustaine should have hired Loomis instead of Young then So far so good so what would have been a better album