Marty Friedman - Illumination COVER + TAB

Here's Marty's latest single transcribed and covered by me. Hope ya'll dig it! Would you like to see more Marty stuff transcribed/covered? Let me know in the comments! This backing track is made with Moises, however after this video I have made a very similar backing track. You can find it in my Patreon!
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[@erpaloinen]

Marty Friedman tabs, Guitar Pro files and backing tracks: patreon.com/ErkkiMela

[@baterizz]

Surely I wouldn’t expect a cover to be THIS GOOD!!! Omg I’m all shocked and amazed. Nice work nicely done!!!

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you!

[@egicgn]

Great Cover and flawlessly played...big thanks for dropping the tabs !!!

[@jefrimiswarijm1772]

This is awesome!!! with a tele OMG!!!!!

[@isaiashinojosa_guitarist]

beautiful! Ive been looking for tabs for this one, and the performance is flawless

[@erpaloinen]

That’s great to hear, thank you very much! I also have a Deep Dive video series where I really dive in to this song!

[@brunzbrunz]

I just watched Marty Friedman's Concert two weeks ago, and now KZbin suggest me this video.. Awesome!! Thank you for the tab!!

[@erpaloinen]

Thanks a lot! The backing track etc. can be found on my patreon! 😊

[@WorldvsTruth]

Faithful to the original, all the while expressing his own voice. You are a proper musician.

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you so much!

[@riccardorubini7787]

Beautiful cover and awesome tone, very close to the original. And thanks for the tab i'll try my best to cover the song :) Hopefully, it won't sound awful. Ps since i notices your deep dives, are you planning one for the guitar tone?

[@Credibility44]

Thank you for this so awesome!

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you! 😊

[@mathieuwolff]

Thank you so much for providing that, what a gem!

[@paulblackburn8566]

I haven't heard the original yet, so I can't say that you 'nailed it', but this sounded amazing. Keep up the great work!

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you! 😊

[@garyoleo4862]

Great job my friend!!❤

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you! 😊

[@marcheloangelov6628]

Great job, and your playing is at closed as it gets!!!

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you! 😊

[@MCENTRAL8G]

Man your performance was fantastic! Keep rocking!

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you! 😊

[@gf6670]

SOOOO stoked to try and learn this, thank you!!!! Especially going to focus on 2:49 - 3:08. LOVE this new MF song and think it's the best on his new album.

[@erpaloinen]

That’s great! I’m also doing a Deep Dive video series where I go over this song in extreme detail!

[@gf6670]

@@erpaloinen RAD. That just got me to subscribe 👍🏼👍🏼 What is the tuning? E standard or some crazy variant like Marty does sometimes? 😆

[@erpaloinen]

@@gf6670 thank you! Standard tuning! 💪

[@DarioImaz]

That was excellent! ^^

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you!

[@nguyenoan8399]

Nice work man

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you!

[@rikuhaapala]

Wot🤯😱 Epic song, epic transcription, epic sound&touch and totally epic man🎸🎶🔥🔥👏👏 That,s my friend🥰 Erkki❤️

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you very much my epic friend! 😍🔥

[@rikuhaapala]

@@erpaloinen ❤️

[@hanzwedthusa]

Aivan mielettömän kova veto! Kanava tilaukseen samantien.

[@erpaloinen]

@@hanzwedthusa kiitoos! 😊

[@leo2495]

totally great! good job!!! following you..

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you very much!

[@RickHardcore]

Wow, love your sound!

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you!

[@guitaratfourty]

Upea tulkinta!!. Martyn soitossa toi fiilis on aina vaikeinta saada aikaan.

[@erpaloinen]

Kiitos! Jep helposti unohtuu mm. vibran intensiteetti!

[@anomymouse5043]

Minä arvioin että Martyn taivutuksien intonaatiossa on jotain hyvin omintakeista. Tai sitten se kyseessä on tapa taivuttaa skaalan ulkopuolisia nuotteja vireeseen.

[@billyu1826]

Awesome man!🎉this one is my favourite song!

[@shawnfallahi5616]

ya dude, on a TELE! my MAN.

[@erpaloinen]

You know it!! 💪😃

[@lester887]

Great! Well done and thanks a lot for the tabs and backing track 👏🏻

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you and you’re welcome!

[@visakonakhro1688]

This is beautiful! Thank you❤

[@erpaloinen]

You’re welcome! 😊

[@jaymentzer7220]

Amazking!! This is what I was waiting for!! How do you manage to transcribe so accurately? Thank you very much! I love this song...also, did you do the backing track yourself?

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you! Yes I did the backing track myself! I share it and all else on my Patreon! 😊

[@MrChatmoon]

Excellent

[@MiraRafqina]

Edan sir, menyala abangkuh🔥🔥

[@abangsonic]

Next the perfect world sir 😁

[@erpaloinen]

I’ll see what I can do!

[@ulrikosnes9427]

fucking legend!

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you!

[@ski9392]

Where do I even start to learn a song like this? I can play scales but how to make them SING like he's doing here? Thank you for the great work and the great video!

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you! I’m actually doing a deep dive video series on this song and I’ll try and get to the bottom of things!

[@fernandopizarroguitar]

Awesome! Marty is my fav, Do you plan to do more covers of this latest album?

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you! Yes, that’s the idea!

[@MiraRafqina]

Edan sir, menyala abangkuuhhh 🔥

[@kangsante92]

Great playing man, and thanks for showing the tab in the video.. Btw how did you change the sound effect so quickly, and the transition is so smooth?

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you! The sound changes can be smooth when you record the direct signal and edit the sound transitions later. To be honest, this is more of a music video of me playing the song, showing that the tab is accurate and right. The playing and video is both real, but they’re different takes. I actually have a hard time trying to stay still enough when I play! 😃

[@user-kd5zp6rz4i]

牛批，非常厉害

[@douglaslima2749]

Awesome bro 👊🏻💯

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you! 😊

[@sixstringslayaguitarman419]

Fantastic!!!!! Yes, please transcribe more from Marty. Anyway you could share the GP file or put it up on Ultimate guitar? I'd love to slow parts down to try and learn it. Wow!

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you! I’m thinking of maybe setting up a patreon where I’d share them. Checking it out, would love to make this a regular thing.

[@sixstringslayaguitarman419]

@@erpaloinen That sounds like an awesome idea. You could also sell your tab transcriptions on Gumroad or the like. I buy tabs from a few guitarists like that. If you take any request I'd love to see you tab Marty's MIRACLE. Hands down one of my fav songs by Marty. Has alot of personal meaning to me. Anyway keep up the amazing work! I subscribed and look forward to whatever is next. Hopefully more Marty tabs. :)

[@erpaloinen]

@@sixstringslayaguitarman419thanks a lot!

[@erpaloinen]

@@sixstringslayaguitarman419 Here's my Patreon, finally got it done! www.patreon.com/ErkkiMela

[@alikemalevren]

Thanks alot 🤘

[@Credibility44]

Is it possible that you can cover Dragon Mistress or Echo in the future? These are my favorite songs by Marty but I haven’t seen any tutorials Even if you don’t get around to it, You are awesome for covering this with such detail

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you! Maybe some day, I’ll see what I can do!

[@luisbanuth7676]

Hello! Firstly congratulations for the quality content! I bought the BT of this song, but the file is not the same as the video, there are some orchestrations and piano missing. Wouldn't you have the same version as the video, just without the main guitar?

[@erpaloinen]

Hi! I see! Sorry I’ll check what’s going on, I can send the fixed bt for you via dm or email if you’d like!

[@luisbanuth7676]

@@erpaloinen It would be great! How could I give you my email?

[@guihena.2]

Perfect!!!, thank you for sharing, new sub here. ♫ ♥🎸♪

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you and you’re welcome! 😊

[@guihena.2]

@@erpaloinen 👍

[@IrkaAndreas]

Wahnsinn! 🏆

[@lorenmorgan1931]

Are you using the GK3 onto a vg99 to tab? Killer job playing this? Actually are you using the vg99 to jump from guitar to guitar?

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you! Actually in this I’m not using the GK3 at all, this is all just regular electronics. I love that thing though!

[@lorenmorgan1931]

​@@erpaloinenwow, what are you using for tone? I was trying to g et t some of this with his TH-U plugins, but I know on this album he used a ton of vintage guitars and gear he wouldn't normally ever use. But seriously whatever you used in the tele, brilliant work. In my opinion this is the guitar song to be beat. Also what pickups are in that tele? I have Suhr in mine. People couldn't believe I was using a single coil to play hard rock/hair metal stuff. We did all original, so my sound was mine to own, but the tele and it's feedback gave me a huge edge on things. :)

[@erpaloinen]

@@lorenmorgan1931 I think I fitted Dimarzio single coil sized humbuckers in this. I always have a hard time with single coils, I guess the sound I hear in my head almost always seems to be humbucker-based. There’s a coil split switch between the knob, sometimes I try it but always end up coming back! I’m using amplitube to get tones, theres nothing all too crazy going on. I’m not that smart about tones to be honest…

[@lorenmorgan1931]

@@erpaloinen Amplitube is amazing, and I own both it and the Tonex Max packs, but TH-U has really gotten me. I got the Marty Friedman pack and the amp sim just sounds amazing. And that Lotus (Japanese Fender lawsuit guitar) Strat clone that I have, I have loaded with 3 rail pickups and split switches for each one. I switch based on what I am playing. But those Suhr pickups in the tele are like having a humbucker that sounds like a single coil. And instead I am using the GK3 now into the VG88 sitting on my desk. lol My one question is do you use the GK to track your tabs? I have been thinking about getting the 99 for that feature, plus its pitch shifting and guitar modeling blow the vg88 out of the water.

[@erpaloinen]

@@lorenmorgan1931 Sounds great! I tried once using GK3 to tab out something, however in my case (I have a Roland GR-55) the software had no idea what string I was playing and just guessed wrong. Maybe some other device has got that sorted out better, I don’t know.

[@kopipanas-kl9mg]

Much Better Then My Brother 🤭

[@ChiefAmarr]

❤

[@rafaelehuman]

buena interpretación de ese sentimiento!! compartirías la pista ?

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you! I’m working on the backing track!

[@erpaloinen]

It's done and available on my Patreon! www.patreon.com/ErkkiMela

[@carlosgarcia1580]

Awesome…!!! Could you please upload the backing track?🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@erpaloinen]

Thank you! I’m working on it!

[@erpaloinen]

It's done and available on my Patreon! www.patreon.com/ErkkiMela

[@omaraguilarzavaleta4309]

​@@erpaloinenThanks man

[@user-dw6er4zm3f]

GR-55 Roland?

[@erpaloinen]

Yes I have it on my guitar, but I’m not using it here.

[@user-dw6er4zm3f]

@@erpaloinen Понятно, привет из России!!!

[@Fahmibren731]

Please backing track 🙏

[@erpaloinen]

It’s in my Patreon! Patreon.com/ErkkiMela You can buy separately or become a member and get them all!

[@Fahmibren731]

@@erpaloinen hello i will buy this backing track

[@Fahmibren731]

​@@erpaloinenCan I buy directly via your PayPal account, not via Patreon?

[@erpaloinen]

@@Fahmibren731 sorry I don’t have a paypal. You can buy it from the shop-section on patreon, so you don’t have to become a member if you like it better.

[@MiraRafqina]

Edan sir, menyala abangkuuhhh 🔥

[@siagiyou1988]

hey mira kmna aja?