Nevermore: Jeff Loomis Licks & Tricks and Shred

[@OlaEnglund]

how the fuck can someone dislike this video...

[@Ghandjaloodah]

6 years ago!! But still, hey Ola! And yeah, this video is great.

[@Duncan_Idaho_Potato]

"Hey, this is Jeff Loomis from Nevermore..." Ah, the good old days. Excuse me while I go has my sad...

[@JacobNates]

I know, that hit me hard.

[@PikkaBird]

So ... how sad are you now?

[@aestheticwolf7769]

And now is much worse bc warrel Dane it's dead :(

[@TheLinuxExperience]

The bit that most inspires me about Jeff is how much he's improved after so many years playing. He's already great here, but on Conquering Distopia he's at a completely different level. Amazing to see such a quest for perfection on an already accomplished player!

[@piotrekuygiutf4946]

+Chema Martin I think his playing in his signature pickup demo is even better than on Conquering Dystopia. Check it out on Keith Merrow's channel.

[@TheLinuxExperience]

+Piotrek Lesiński I have seen that video and the one showing his studio setup, but none of them shows playing that is superior, at least not to my ears. Conquering dystopia is particularly impressive not just in terms of technique, but the incredible harmonic and rhythmic complexity Jeff plays lead over, plus the huge amount of minor nuances he adds (bends, slides, etc.)... It really is incredible when he can pull that all together live!

[@AirGuitar]

I totally know what you mean! Some of my favorite solos on that album are actually his slower more melodic ones. Nuclear Justice (intro solo), Lachrymose (the whole song), Destroyer of Dreams (the riffs in general and the outro solo). There is so much emotion in all of those solos!

[@an_38kitkashyap]

Chema Martin: this guy is just a bottle of wine . Gets better with age.

[@acidangelster]

This Yngwie vs Jeff debate is really immature and disrespectful to both these great souls.When Jeff himself says Yngwie was a huge inspiration,it means he spent hours together learning Yngwie s stuff.He accepts it.What is even the point of the debate? Yngwie s a great showman....but Jeff has written some of the most brutal riffs ever written by a human being ,while Nevermore existed.He s terribly under rated guitarist.

[@herumusicman8200]

He's too underrated for a great guitar player who can pull almost anything on string.

[@andrerichard628]

I love that Paul Gilbert pattern. It's the second time now I've seen Jeff recommend it for picking development. This guy is awesome!

[@TheNISHMAN19]

this guy is my new inspiration style changed completely and he got me into being a fan of schecter guitars before used to be a kirk hammett like style player and an esp fan but now I'm interested into playing like Mr Jeff Loomis

[@somekindofdude1130]

wtf he played the solo from rising force faster than yngwie

[@jeffrivera6]

@Science Fiction so, you mean jeff Loomis likes garbage guitarists? :)

[@an_38kitkashyap]

@@jeffrivera6 point to be noted.

[@alanriot2099]

03:37 that scales patterns are from the first section of "Jet to Jet" solo by Yngwie Malmsteen

[@DirtyHarry771]

This is a great interview. I really enjoyed it.

[@TheStavrin]

The thing he played at 3:38 is the cleanest lick i have ever heard on that speed!Just amazing!

[@diabeticmonkey]

I love his pick attack. It really gives him his own sound.

[@edward892]

Good Questions and great answers from Jeff.

[@potbelly8]

That part where he slows down and does the bend, right before going into the sweeps, is pure awesome.

[@bradkillingsworth4137]

It's awesome to see a guy this great on his instrument that's so humble and classy. Yngwie's "I'm better than everyone" dickish attitude very much overshadows his masterful playing in my opinion.

[@24fret7string]

true talent and artistry with humility - what a concept!

[@MrRatllehead]

This guy´s just not human! I never saw some one play so fast, so awesome and without a stupid ego. He plays things that most just can´t and never will (like me sadly) and yet so calmly and without even breaking a sweat! This guy should be in at least top 3 in a best guitar player list.

[@fjk1138]

Awesomely amazing.

[@Soldano88]

Killer chops!! Jeff Loomis kills!! Thanks for the post..

[@unrealexplorer]

AWESOME really really good tips from jeff , his playing speaks for itself .probb the best modern metal guitar player that i have ever had the pleasure to witness.

[@dimeowns100]

I love the tones this guys has in like very video!

[@airixxxx]

This is a good interview! (rare thing nowadays), leaves you wanting more. I love how he took all that influence and make it his own style, like in some riffs and melodies he sounds like yngwie, but a lot darker.

[@Blargaha]

He has an awesome laughter..... Wish I had one like that

[@x900lbGorillax]

Wow nice, as a guitar player I think I am on the right track after ten years of playing lol. He named all my favorite guitar players I looked up to an still do an well Jeff is one of them also. Keep shredding Jeff you're the first guy I have seen to evolve shredding to a new level.

[@larzblast]

Finally a somewhat reasonably isolated track of arpeggios I can use as ringtones on my phone!

[@fooser77]

Do I honestly want to replace my current "Peace Sells" with that? I'm still pondering .. But good suggestion indeed .. I might have to try that ..

[@petsematarykeeper]

that last lick...with the vibrato....WOW!! fucking Jeff is a BEAST!!!

[@CreepingMob]

He is a God...

[@fooser77]

He has an incredible gift -- from God .. (and so do you and each and everyone one of us; a lot of them -- hidden) Man's (mankind) potential is practically unlimited if he "seeks" it!

[@joshrepik]

4:28 - solo album riff for sure. amazing.

[@fooser77]

That early VH stuff he played separates this video from most others about Jeff .. I got 10+ years on Jeff, so that was quite the treat to include probably my first guitar hero ..

[@Shredwizard445]

Wow, I didn't realize he'd had his sig guitar for so damn long. Good for him, love the Loomis

[@cast390]

I never heard of this guy B4, he's really good

[@mdragoonx]

No, they use Engl Special Edition heads and prior to that Jeff had a deal with Krank amplifiers. For recording they have used Krank and 5150s prior to their newest album. That one they will probably use the Engls.

[@AntonioTENEBRION]

I love Jeff so humble!!!

[@Beebaboo]

See how his face lights up at 3:22 . He is really all about the music.

[@dimakos33]

Great guitarist. I have a photo with him!!! Yeahh! His music has been exciting me for almost a decade... I love this guy and his work! NEVERMORE was and always will be my favorite band and the reason I got into metal.

[@Spjungen]

Dude Jeff easily outclasses Yngwie several-fold...not only in technique and skill but also in innovation...pretty much everything I've ever heard Yngwie do is just a small chunk of what the very colorful and diverse spectrum of Jeff's compositions. I used to think Yngwie was a sacred cow until I heard this guy...

[@GJones462-2W1]

@varulv234 Yeah, when he's on that neck pickup, tone-wise, it's muted, but yet so clear at the same time. Jeff is so freakin' amazing.

[@BlikeNave]

Dude I literally was just about to say that but I saw your comment. How perfect a match. Not only does he say that LOL but he also plays a hella fast lick with the amp turned off which skwisgar is always doing haha. Yes!

[@Coveysconcrete]

as a guitar player,when the name Jeff Loomis comes to mind I think of"the whole package&all around great player"plus he studied Jason Becker🤘🏼🔥🎸🎶one of thee greatest players like Paul Gilbert etc🤘🏼🎸🎶very clean player with great vibrato💯🤘🏼🎸🎶💯

[@Haiskoahanta]

Wow... I really enjoyed the video!

[@TheCyberMantis]

Loomis is one of my favorites for sure. Michael Romeo from Symphony X is my favorite player, but I also dig Marcel Coenen. Marcel is a master of clean technique, and he is blistering fast.

[@MaryJana666]

there are hughes and kettner amps, because he didn't bring the amp to the interview. they're placed at the disposal by the interviewer.

[@acidangelster]

I have no idea how the interviewer hung on...but if I was in the room there I d ve fainted and fallen on my face right after the awesomeness of Enemies of Reality and the way Jeff Played it like it was no big deal.God Damn,he s so fucking heavily talented and so humble.May he live long.

[@mauricetomas]

seems like a very humble cool dude

[@rousejeremy]

So clean.

[@Spjungen]

I really am just shocked at how humble this man is...you take Yngwie who is yeah, pretty damn good, but he's also like the biggest self-obsessed snobby bigot on the planet...then you've got Jeff who not only outclasses Yngwie several-fold, but acts as if there's absolutely nothing unusual about his, let's face it, LEGENDARY skill... This man is my new guitar hero. Scratching everything on my xmas list and replacing it with a schecter 7-string. Rock on, Jeff!

[@FourthHorseman666]

Point taken, it's just that the music to me, did have some context. The relative Eb minor would be an open note, and most of the time that would be the root. However, you're right, it's probably more correct to name the parent.

[@Mastamule]

Godly. His guitar prowess is amazing!

[@BrandonThorp]

most underated brillient guitarist out there, i dont know any guitarist that can match his playing tone and compositions not even Jason becker and marty friedman can top him even know there my favorite guitarist of all time.

[@MaryJana666]

to make things clear: this is not from any musikmesse or namm show. it's an interview from Rock Hard Germany with Jeff Loomis.

[@doidiz89]

He has really improved his alternate picking hand the last 1-2 years

[@grievous56]

Damn!!! His vibrato is so amazing. I have tried to get that sound out of my fingers but i have never succeeded.

[@joeparkes]

that amp sound amazing! Jeff is the shiz!!!!

[@MrFilipeno]

WOOW jeff playing malmsteen stuff! Fantastic

[@MitchD21]

@Andoni666 Actually, it's Jet To Jet by Alcatrazz.

[@GlockenspielSAS]

Yeah, he uses an overdrive pedal to get that clicking sound, he mentioned it, when he had a clinic in our country

[@Crimson_626]

@bombershard I definitively agree with you, he shows no condescending behavior and also shows no ego. i feel life is full of irony, the people that have egos are good at nothing and the ones that don't have egos master everything!!!!!

[@deltaecho147]

Awesome Tone!

[@Overture2152]

i'm lucky my vibrato came naturally, playing old hard rock, and listening to Yngwie and Marty/Becker helped a lot too lol

[@monsieur.szczepciu]

hell yeah man.. i got H&K vortex and tubeman preamp and.. I must say it sounds pretty killer. I'm saving money for triamp right now. I've never heard anything sounding so fuckin amazing as this amp.

[@tonydmty1234567]

Amazing Guitar player......definitly one of the best in the world.

[@DatKundalini]

So glad he's with Jackson now.

[@morbidser]

he is a true musician.

[@TomekSCyrek]

6:30 " I can't play slow man " :)

[@catstudent1]

funny it was loomis got me into studying theory with my teacher who is really good, thinking how is jazz going to help me in metal and now it has made a much better player

[@kylepardueish]

i appreciate it brother

[@thecrasian6426]

He plays through Engl amps yet that's a Hughes and Kettner head he's playing through over this video. Awesome tone.

[@thralldeathh]

i like how he says at 6:46, he will show the arpeggios in this godless endeavor slowly and than get faster, but he goes from slow to full speed, good old loomis

[@KyleChapmanGuitar]

Good god, Jeff's a beast.

[@Darkdevil1584]

this guys the best

[@PatternsInTheIvy2]

7:26-7:40 sounds like Serrana. If that's one of loomis' licks you can definately hear the Becker influence

[@Plague6669]

fuck yeah @3:20 I'LL SEE THE LIGHT TONIGHT!!!!

[@heminder]

legend

[@ArturoGomez17]

@ducky811 but various guitarists doesn't have those long finguers, like malmsteen or michael romeo but i guess their technique is a bit different

[@manolisworld]

Thanks MaryJana!!!

[@jameslooser2530]

Amazing!

[@MrChristophSchmidt]

he´s one of my favourite guitarists "you know" :-)

[@boondockfiction]

He says he uses ENGL amps, but that amp he's playing through is clearly a H&K Triamp II.

[@PerpetualMoon]

he has the same 3 favorite guitar players i have.

[@MegadethPWNMetallica]

hughes and kettner is an awesome brand.

[@allenmatt]

@thralldeathh no it's the sweeps to this godless endeavor. It's the part where Warrel starts to sing over the solo.

[@grievous56]

God i wish i knew Jeff personally. He is my ultimate favorite guitar player.

[@RedzyVernville]

yngwie's technique is Bach/Paginini ect..Now Jason Becker was Shredder!! 15 yrs old shredding Yngwies stuff..Check Shawn Lane in the Black Oak Arkansas days when He was 16!!! in the 70's!!! Becker just took things to the outer limits in shred..Shawn Lane went Alien..And Greg Howe(my teacher) has incredible taste along with shred...I love to see people stretching their potential..Its all good

[@joeparkes]

they used to use them! they now use the mesa boogie now! the roadster head i think they used!

[@7stringdragon]

(1:52) I had no idea jeff did economy picking. - on the way back down the scale. he's awesome! If there was a shredder to represent all the other shredders out there, then jeff would be it.

[@adamicinec]

I have FRAMUS COBRA and i love this tone :)

[@andrewraider87]

Richie Blackmore used classical influence before Malsteen he was Malsteens major influence.

[@epic103]

Yes... but that was when he was young. Yngwie took things a lot farther than Blackmore. Yngwie is really the father of modern shred guitar playing. He raised the bar.

[@ducky811]

He has those Gilbert/Vai like super long fingers. I wish my fingers were longer. My hands are big and that helps my playing.

[@fooser77]

First off, I met Yngwie in Austin (Texas) at Steamboat on 6th Street .. It was 86/87 .. He was recording Odyssey at Studio D at the time .. Frankly, he was quite coked up and fairly cheerful .. But the guy does have ego issues .. I think even Yngwie would agree that, at some point .. The master expects the student to outdo him .. Then, the student -- becomes the master .. (seeking more -- students)

[@MudkipForceG]

he's just going up and down the neck 3 notes per string and moving up a position each time he's playing in Gb Major since his guitar is tuned down half a step, but it's in the position of G Major

[@Kr3gg]

i would love to see him play some cacophony stuff... he played malmsteen and van halen stuff.. but not jason or marty :( that would be cool!

[@JoneHoftun]

aw yeah getting this guitar in a few weeks when i get my next paycheck, hell yeah

[@chrishorton2k8]

i wish i was born in the 80's because when i'd be 13 (when i first started playing guitar) there would be no distractions like the PS3 and the internet and i'd probably be a better guitar player. and loomis. ive only heard broderick and loomis on their own or broderick with Megadeth. im going to check out some nevermore now.

[@joshrepik]

@matineesuxxx oh... haha! regardless, i cant wait for his new one

[@tsunami624]

thank you

[@gut__]

6:30 I cant play slow man. xD !!!

[@conman1136]

they have the best tone and they sound just like the EMG-81's. trust me they are worth the hundred bucks!

[@GojiraProgeny]

LMMFAO!! Jeff Loomis is the OFFICIAL Skwisgar Skwigelf from Dethklok. @ 6:30 he sez "I cant play slow man!" LMMFAO!!!!

[@SuperSossossos]

then why does everyone say that MAB along with other guitarist were the first shredders? maybe because its true? I'm not sure how fast jazz players and flamenco guitar players were but i know that malmsteen was one of the first who developed a technique so amazing.

[@devpunk93]

he respects other muscians....and that is so great!