Jeff Loomis - The Merchant of Menace #3

[@Ch1psahoy]

His amazing technique is something every guitarist should aspire to, weather they play blue, metalcore, jazz, or whatever. That dude plays fucking CLEAN

[@Shredder-KJ]

Love jeff Loomis. He is my all time favorite. He can't be beat

[@fonzario]

I can do this in my sleep. But only in my sleep. This dude is wicked!!

[@Marioguitar]

you can express some feelings through playing blues or ballads, but you can also express anger and evilness through this kind of song. So the discussion about feeling is pointless. as long as you play it right and honestly there is always a feeling being expressed. This guy is awesome

[@gringochucha]

Wow, I'm surprised Jeff says he improvises a lot in the studio. All his solos seem so well composed. Just goes to show what a monster musician he is.

[@stupidmonkey151]

Propbably explains why he plays passages slightly different from the studio take in lesson videos so often. I started to think he did it on purpose lol

[@insertanynameyouwant5311]

4:11 impossible task for me

[@Shawesome09]

Anyone attempting the diminished string skipping part, don't do it. You'll stretch your hand too much and turn it into a flattened pancake or something. That technique fucks up your hand and it's only something Jeff can do. I don't know how he does it but he just does.

[@toddreed8272]

fuck man gotta love how he gets cleaner as he gets faster

[@DimeWyldeSynTremonti]

that stretch at 4:15 is just no for me, at least on an extended scale guitar(Loomis sig). Curse my average sized hands.

[@pzdipuing]

Dude its ok i knw u r gd player too jus wrk it out slwly n u wil get it

[@annihilator007]

Awesome! , more Jeff Loomis videos Plz

[@jajasniewski]

His hand looks like a "rake" during the last solo shapes. JL is insanely talented. I could listen to him play all day.

[@vsokos]

amazing violinist!!!!!!!

[@dadudeguy2vlog]

@Lentax If I'm not mistaken he's tuned down a half step so its Bb standard.

[@SHADOWCLONE177]

that is a beautiful guitar

[@MrNeosantana]

This guy really knows how to incorporate Middle Eastern flavors into his playing

[@karburax1109]

You can tap the notes of the stretch parts if its difficult

[@MrNeosantana]

@Ningirsutyr I know that he probably never even heard a not from a Middle Eastern track, but nevertheless it sounds familiar to the Oud or Qanoon. But Randy Rhoads for example played the entire solo in "Diary Of A Madman" in the Algerian Scale, But if you go to something like Maiden, It's sometimes the Augmented 5th

[@6project6nightmare6]

it sounds the same? every player has there favourite musical qualitys. Loomis likes Diminished and whole tone licks, and mixes them up frequently. He also likes going up in Minor thirds for alot of his riffs like the verse riff in "Born"

[@ColorIce09]

lovely, i love u jeff!!!

[@HydenGuitarPlayer]

I love that guitar *-*

[@jsevenstring3680]

Jeff Loomis, why? Why do you make things so difficult? Why? But do you know, that old Jeff was so smart and so slick, he thought up a lie and he thought it up quick. :P

[@MrNeosantana]

@R1ronin Well, about Gilbert, he just has a really long pinky, and Brendan can stretch too. Look for Technical Difficulties (He plays a red Ibanez with a fixed bridge, so you can recognize the vid" And for Small, watch his "Betcha Can't Play This"

[@rickteichroeb2817]

he has scary big hands

[@beerinoculum]

saw him in person at NAMM. can confirm, large hands

[@jokestep]

jeff loomis is living prove of god

[@fooser77]

listen to Bach's Mass in B Minor .. It is also the intro to SX "The Divine Wings of Tragedy" ..

[@matyasd88]

very good.

[@TeeJayC93]

1.37 the smile on his face = PRICELESS (yeah i nailed that solo ROFL!)

[@Agte1234]

Every time i see his hands im surprised..Jeff is the person on Earth who have exactly the same hands and fingers with me, both in length and shape...our hands are brothers hahaha

@MrNeosantana :O I didn't know that about Diary of a Madman! What is exactly the Algerian scale actually? :/ In any case, it's hard to translate a real Middle Eastern melody to the standard Western notation system since there is no substitution for the 2nd minors between two notes ;)

[@sndgarden]

Killer Tone!

[@corpsefiend666]

What's the song in the beginning?

[@Aryend]

@guitarfiend797 yeah, Jeff Loomis signature model

[@TolisGkas666]

freeze at 4:28....he has the demon hand!!!!

[@martijnvanloffelt]

@Niallphillips it all sounds awesome

[@rolandoignaciovivancovilla2222]

como se llama la cancion??

[@santanaincubus]

Sounds like he's playing the gypsy scale, one of my favorite scales.

[@ashtweth]

I accidentally skipped to the slow intro where he is doing the chugs slowly, WHAT AN INTRO any ways, try listening and accenting the intro SLOWLY, its brutal as F. here look 0:56

[@jeskidoss]

This guy is heavier than a rain of axes! once you have enden to listen his solo album your personality changes (into heavier of course)

[@Nameless164]

@Niallphillips Thats a fair point but this is a piece of music, not mindless fretwanking.

[@genud0414]

@Lentax probably b flat standard Bb,eb,ab,db,gb,bb,eb-low to high

[@MrNeosantana]

@R1ronin I'm just saying "If this is wide stretching for you, then you'd be scared if you saw X" I'm not insulting you in any way, dude

[@MrNeosantana]

@Ningirsutyr I'm not sure. that's at least what Guitar Pro 5 scale finder told me.

[@guitarfiend797]

what model schecter is that. it looks sick nasty. must be a signiture model

[@MegaThrash24]

The intro riff... is that from a song? If so whats it called plz?

[@NBJ97]

Termination Proclamation, Nevermore. Your long wait for an answer is at an end! :D

[@Shawesome09]

JEFF?????? How come you had to quit Nevermore????? Hope the solo record sounds good. Dont leave your fans behind!!!!

[@JonasBGuitar]

@25jonathan Well said, but it's not exactly phrygian :p It's Phrygian Dominant, which is a mode of harmonic minor.

[@CyberTechOfficial-h7n]

This is absolutely Arabic mode called ( Hijazi - Phrygien dominant ) 😀

[@FearlessSpinner]

@Rrrrobbo A dimished string skip lick like this is painful even on frets above 12

[@MichaelQuigley-fy5rc]

Those notes aren't there when I play.

[@shaunmcinnis1960]

Maybe your guitar didn't come with them. He has the platinum model

[@MrXatcloud]

😆

[@ThexXURIELXx]

is this regular tuning?

[@MrNeosantana]

@hellion786 He does have big hands

[@danielsherrer8223]

That rhythm riff sounds rhythmically similar to the beautiful people

[@kungfuman82]

And I thought the stretch on Andy James' "Diary of Hell's Guitar" was big.

[@Adrain30]

@sonicgeetar to blow a whole through your point..Milli vanilli Toured....so shows what that logic means

[@chez117]

EVH FTW.

[@Spermwhales93]

@EnemyXofXreality666 Shawn Lane used to do it as well

[@Nameless164]

@jpjdo1212 No, a trait is like a part of your personality.

[@MrNeosantana]

@Navarre1994 He IS highly influenced by Friedman, and Jason Becker

[@gnrcr]

@grievous56 I found out, right after reading your comment.

[@branecollision]

@BaphometStudios i use 1.5 and its perfect for me

[@dadudeguy2vlog]

@Lentax lol sorry bro, knew you were joking about the Z but i thought you really wanted to know lol

[@izanalatreon]

so smoth could be on a starbucks menu

[@givemeajackson]

@mortemdrummer and still the sexiest man alive as long as he has a guitar in his hands...

[@insidegoodoutsidebad]

@YggdrasilEtLeCruxis i have a six string you can still play 90% of the solo you know

[@jpjdo1212]

@Nameless164 isnt it " a jack of all traits, is a master of nothing"

[@25jonathan]

he is a long-haired guitar playing vampire!

[@Ghostman7777]

Jeff Loomis eats haters for breakfast.

[@vheadfacelegs]

@Nameless164 guthrie govan is master of all styles...

[@JurassicPaul-]

nice

[@BoeyChar]

4:06 i was like, what happened to his pinky?! Where is it? Than i realised that he was using his pinky.

[@wakeandbakelol]

@HuberttXXX17 Alright, and theres no need to apologize as you did nothing wrong, I was just asking for a reference :). Further note, I still disagree...

[@remnant24]

Just a heads up for those trying to learn this. The solo rhythm is significantly different on the actual record than he shows in this video. It's more like this: |------------------------|--------------------5|----------------------|------------------------| |4444_5444447|5444_544443|5444_544442|5444_53333_5| |2222_3222225|3222_32222--|3222_322220|3222_31111_3|

[@erikhowell4775]

Thanks! I was trying to figure out why I couldn't get it, so this hopefully will help.

[@TheRealBubfield405]

That stretching lick must have been Shawn Lane inspired.

[@rockax]

@nght5tlkr w8 for the video its still processing

[@jakepenttila]

0:47 ''for this next bitch...''

[@beerinoculum]

1:50 basically he's saying "because i'm jeff fucking loomis and i'm better than you"

[@alexdanielprestes2230]

6:25 Impossible....

[@GERmetalsubstitut]

that busts my organs ... *_____________*

[@DiffrentNotes]

1:38 he's smiling because he knew that nobody can easily play that

[@Diegobuffalo88]

hands of a giant

[@FearlessSpinner]

4:08 ARE YOU SHITTIN ME?

[@KillSwitch66627]

@Thardus616 cool

[@MrNeosantana]

@R1ronin You've obviously never watched Brendan Small or Paul Gilbert play, then you'd be scared

[@sunnys3325]

I got arthritis jus watching this😬😑🤨

[@mortemdrummer]

@IloveRillettes i know brutal

[@hastastepanus731]

pikinge paling keren ....

[@shimmylikejimmy7023]

The moment he said phrygian dominant I came, that's probably my favorite scale. Sounds edgy as fuck though.

[@FinalFight323]

@brendanollie ...down a half step

@MrNeosantana What many call Middle Eastern flavor since Blackmore brought them on the spotlight is nothing but a Phrygian scale most of the time. It would be foolish to think that all these guys listened to any Middle Eastern music or melody during their lives ;-/ I wonder how he came up with that big stretch idea though ;) Nobody in his right mind would say "Yeah, let's just try that" :)

[@VegetativePropaganda]

@Niallphillips lulz.

[@relzric]

1:30 + What big hands you have.

[@HeavyMetalVagabond]

@genud0414 i think it was a joke....

[@SHREDDER222X]

@EnemyXofXreality666 if you can't strecth just learn tapping and you're done

[@FearlessSpinner]

@gdbangrenbehemoth666 Lucky you! My hands are rather small so its almost impossible for me

[@fredschaves]

i miss the hair string mute

[@METALPLUSGAMING]

damn long fingers.. longer that mine... O_O

[@FinalFight323]

@ThexXURIELXx Half-step down on a seven-string, A# D# G# C# F# A# D#

[@Nameless164]

"everything he does sounds the same" Let me reveal a very true phrase to you guys - "jack of all trades, master of none". I'd much rather have Jeff make 1 awesome style of music than a bunch of medicore styles.

[@terrinpeterson9899]

Sorry it took 9 years to reply... But.. FUCK YEAH 🤘

[@stop350]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dsg3002]

4:15 what the fuck man I can't do that shit.

[@nugma]

C# Phrygian Dominant. Sounds scary.