Ocean Planet (Gojira) guitar lesson - Weekend Wankshop 204

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Hey kids! Its time, its time.... its GOJIRA TIME! You all have been requesting some Gojira guitar lessons here on Weekend Wankshop for a while now, and episode 204 seems like the perfect time for Uncle Ben to break down one of my favorites.... Ocean Planet from From Mars to Sirius!
This is one of those riffs that has ZERO accurate tabs, lessons, or covers out there. A lot of time, Gojira's riffs are just more simple than a lot of people make them out to be. This riff uses one of their trademarks, simple one finger inverted power chords on the bottom strings. Its simple, but so is a sledgehammer! I watched SO MANY live videos of this to ensure that this lesson was accurate.... It may seem oddly simple, but watch live videos and you'll see exactly what i'm talking about in this main intro riff!
You'll need to tune down 1 whole step to play this, D G C F A D. Conjure up a nice mid-heavy high gain tone with a little reverb and chug away with me!
Also, stay tuned for STUFF GOJIRA DOES coming really soon to my channel!
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[@BenEller]

Thanks for learning the real way to play Ocean Planet! What other Gojira songs do you want to learn on Weekend Wankshop?!

[@miraclemoist2324]

Ben Eller thanks for the help ben!

[@yaboirico5221]

all of them.

[@SRC1022]

The Heaviest Matter of the Universe.... or Remembrance and it's awesome outro

[@dajoler]

How about that epic solo from Mastodon's "The Motherload", Uncle Ben? The hybrid picking is driving me nuts!

[@ermorita7699]

"Where Dragons Dwell", the intro riff. is one of my favorites, Beautiful and heavy...

[@navnithgrewal3915]

Maybe do a “Things Gojira does” video

[@lgab]

8:38

[@orelaroki]

@le254athe6rbe3lt toight

[@DadaPoopoo]

He did it!

[@toreole5831]

The madlad actually did it

[@JoeWright30]

Thank you for giving him this idea because it's hilarious

[@nicolasmorgan7068]

Born in winter has some really cool looking tapping riff that I'd like to see analyzed. Also flying whales and silvera would be fun to learn.

[@manfredmar]

If I'm not mistaken you need 2 guitarists to play that riff properly, could be wrong though

[@ATeam0122]

just learned born in winter, its a sick riff to play

[@chaoticneutral1090]

Heaviest matter of the universe is so good, I don't feel like I've found an accurate version of the whole song yet. Would love to see your take on it.

[@beckoningoblivion739]

Where The Dragons Dwell has tons of great riffs.

[@Twenty1st]

Beckoning Oblivion it’s an amazing song but it doesn’t have TONS of riffs it’s literally like 2 riffs over and over again lol

[@chargp1]

@@Twenty1st true! fun technique though in the one part

[@Twenty1st]

Charlie Charlie I agree

[@jcdooms]

More Gojira!!! Uncle Ben is preaching the truth

[@AXPena]

Can't wait for your discussion on the intricacies of muted upward pickscrape harmonic thangs

[@paulvanderwalt8139]

Stranded, Vacuity, Backbone, Born In Winter, The Art Of Dying, The Gift of Guilt, The Way of All Flesh. It's hard to pick a favorite.

[@naderzein2435]

That tasty tapping riff in Oroborus!!!

[@sprinkle_some_crack_on_em8279]

Lol. I was playing it right the whole time. That's rare

[@michaelj.anderson1116]

I love Gojira. One of my favorite bands. I'm really looking forward to seeing more videos of their songs broke down. Thanks uncle Ben.

[@aname9969]

2:26 Uncle we need Morbid angel riffs

[@dajoler]

While I really do love and immensely enjoy the weekend wankshops, can we please have a lesson on recording guitar videos Uncle Ben? You're really one of the only people I trust who will make the process easy to understand, just like all those intimidating solos that turned out to be totally achievable.

[@jaredmckee2569]

Yes. I am so happy right now.

[@TreatzTMA]

Another great job! You really bring out the subtle moves needed to play the riffs correctly in a thorough but unintimidating fashion. Unbelievable quality👍

[@AzzDogZ]

This was a nice little surprise, I went on a massive Gojira guitar riffs binge a few months back, thanks a bunch for clearing this one up Ben!

[@stevenmgyori3826]

Well done Ben! Helpful to many! Thanks for sharing brother!

[@Moozart]

Thanks, uncle Ben. You're the best!

[@sebsthexeno9460]

Thank you so much for this Uncle, I had no idea you liked Gojira! From Mars to Sirius is my favorite album of theirs so seeing this is an utter delight. I’d really love it if you could a lesson for Oroborus, or really anything from The Way of All Flesh, all the songs on that record confuse me to no end on what is happening half the time.

[@Eckdirt]

Love your channel man. Good stuff!!!

[@k5lta]

One of my favorites from Gojira! ❤❤

[@TheFunky57]

That frame of you with the crown is killing me.

[@moonboogien8908]

Thanks uncle Ben! My favorite gojira song demystified for me. I learned a whole lot. You've earned a subscriber

[@AndersonWave17]

Very well done. I played it so differently. Im absolutely gojiras biggest fan so...you know. Ill be watching any videos of them you put out

[@fadetoal]

Always great lessons my friend! I dont really listen to Gojira but I might now. Cool sounds. See ya around! 🤘🏻😎🎸

[@jippyflapthorp9486]

Fly on Silverwing! Excellent tutorial!

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Glad I'm not the only one who spends ages watch live videos to learn the right way to play riffs. Do love those inverted power chords too. Sylosis use them a fair bit as well over there last few albums. Good way to make e standard tuning sound heavier.

[@FastFord58]

Heaviest Matter please. There is one ok video that I'm using, but I can't help but feel a couple of things are off in it.

[@dougarnold7955]

I love your obsessive research.

[@k5lta]

I would love to see you do "Clone" anytime.

[@chrisellenback6210]

Thanks for this!! I love that record, " From Mars to Sirius"!!

[@josuastangl7140]

Yeeees, more Gojira!!!

[@hareeshk99]

I was not expecting this from you Ben hahaha. This was also the first gojira song I ever heard.

[@joe99173122]

Hopefully not the last??! Have you listened to more Gojira since your comment, Hareesh?

[@titou9670]

Yo is that my guitarist from Prodigium? Hareesh Kumar Shanggar?

[@Ibenhead16]

Thanks uncle Ben

[@jacobhumphrey3535]

You know, I was learning specifically how to do this riff by ear, and it was near impossible to distinguish some parts. Thanks for helping, Uncle Ben.

[@thewlzr8658]

To Sirius please! These noises in second riff are really cool

[@murphyia1980]

Sounded fantastic Uncle Ben. Would love to see some Neurosis riffs, or Bongripper :-)

[@albertocastro8802]

thanks for the break down, playing with the thumb helps on the majestic parts

[@orelaroki]

HOLY SHIT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VIDEOO, I love gojira and I always thought how this song is off for me when I play it..

[@LayilaFaon]

so cool lesson

[@VM0451]

Oh holy shit you actually mentioned Morbid Angel here. Thanks for that mention. MA's later albums REALLY need the attention, especially with how much Gojira is getting with what is basically MA's Tucker-era formula. Hah, I made that pun again.

[@luxdiddy]

A video on explosia would be awesome! I can't really get it right and it seems to me that most people on KZbin play it wrong

[@Eira666]

First song I ever heard from Gojira as well! This song is where it all started for me \m/

[@burttheburger]

Thanks to you I just listened to Gojira’s songs stranded and flying whales so now I’m addicted to Gojira

[@kcrich1391]

ESOTERIC HEALING. From their Way of All Flesh album. Those are some bad ass riffs..........

[@naderzein2435]

Esoteric surgery noob

[@kcrich1391]

My bad. Excuse the fuck out of me...........

[@krispynachos9980]

Black Crown Initiate shirt! Very good taste Uncle Ben 👍🏽

[@pizzamon795]

Hey Uncle Ben, with the upcoming movie "Bohemian Rapsodey" I would like to learn the lead guitar to it. You're awesome as always, thanx!!

[@jakeybball]

I love u for this Uncle Ben

[@jakeybball]

Also if you could do liquid fire that would be incredible

[@jaredtaylor2732]

The act of dying is really interesting and full of juicy riffs

[@kcrich1391]

Do you mean The ART of Dying?

[@XDlosDominicans]

Always love your Wankshop lessons! I think what you should add too would be the scale that they're playing in? Unless that's too complicated

[@breeex]

Hey, uncle Ben, how about a Matt Pike video?

[@josefrancisco6969]

Great video.

[@ryanjacko1]

Anything from The Way of All Flesh! Thanks for the vid

[@finnp.7170]

Could you please break down a solo from Cause of Death by Obituary? My personal favourites are Chopped in Half or Infected. Thank you!

[@matcarpes]

You can never get enough Gojira

[@ryanmartin1043]

I’m like you and hyper analyse Gojira videos and had this almost entirely correct but thanks for clearing up the bits I didn’t know! Wish you had gone over the chords they use towards the end of the song though, that bit always throws me as it sounds on the record like each guitarist is playing ever so slightly different chords to each other so it’s really hard to discern 😩

[@hkhj7265]

Nice les Paul! One of my favorite guitars!

[@BenEller]

hk Hj thanks man! I love it so much!

[@tennisfanB]

I was an industrial keyboardist...and, a pretty terribly self-taught ‘guitarist’. But, I sure do like you. Cause you actually KNOW theory. And, mind you, I’ve the utmost respect for bassists, drummer and guitarists-period. But, I especially LLOOOVVVVEEEEE Joe and Mario. You teach, though. Thusly, making it possible for me to actually follow you as I was a classically trained pianist for well over a decade. Anywho......thank ya. 👩🏻‍💻🤛🏼

[@anthonydietz770]

Hey, that bands merch your wearing is local to me! Pretty cool to see on youtube

[@jakejason4333]

i cant even play these, i dont know why im watching but i like it

[@rottencrowfromcaelid7183]

Thanks for This I was playing it à little bit wrong

[@roccoblackness]

One riff I've never been able to get down correctly is the outro riff for "The Art of Dying". Those are strange chords and the 2 guitars play them differently, almost like the dissonant chord in this video. It would be very helpful to have a lesson on that!

[@Celatra]

It's the same as in this song. One plays it 2 frets higher i believe

[@roccoblackness]

@@Celatra yeah I know, the problem is to find the actual chords, I can't figure out what strings and frets they're actually playing lol

[@Celatra]

@@roccoblackness I think it's D then a AC Athen D A tap to C And the second riff I Don' even Powerchorded they are

[@Celatra]

@@roccoblackness then the other would do F#-A Maybe it's just me

[@jonsnow6979]

Can you do the solo rhythm track for The Frayed Ends of Sanity please? Listen to the the AJFA deluxe track of it titled (The Frayed End of Sanity Work in Progress Rough Mix). The solo isn't there so it's pretty clear to hear.

[@iunnolol2114]

Gojira stuff is so fun to play. But I'm having a really hard time getting that e3 pinch harmonic. I can do it when taking my sweet time, but during a fast pattern I just seem to pinch wrong. Either the string is just muted or the lower frequencies cover most of the harmonic. I'm trying to practice to get better at finding the right hand position for it, but progress is pretty slow.

[@sagarguliani1559]

Hey Ben.. It'd be really great if you can upload lessons for some of the Guthrie Govan's solos from the Steven Wilson's songs like Watchmaker, Drive Home, Ancestral, Regret #9. They are all amazing and hard to figure out. I'm sure a lot of people would like to learn those solos. :)

[@markbaum9615]

That's a sweet crunchy crank ... From the wank bank...... Thanks again Guru Ben.....

[@XtremeKillah101]

Thanks for making this vid! On the studio recording the slide part on the F string sounds like a slide from the 2nd fret to the 4th fret and slide back down to the 2nd fret. They way you do it doesn't match up with the song for some reason, maybe i am hearing it wrong and you're playing it right. idk

[@TheBomber15]

That Les Paul is a thing of beauty.

[@tadeaskouba6]

Hello Uncle Ben, I can't seem to get the pinch harmonics on the E string in lower positions to sound at all, do you have any idea why? Is it maybe not enough gain or something? I can get the pinch harmonics on any other string though.

[@heckicusdoomicuswizardus1382]

Thank you for saying you're my best buddy, Uncle Ben. I feel loved :')

[@8523metalhead]

Whoah nice Black Crown Initiate shirt!

[@vkt5576]

cheers sensai

[@Oilid]

I don't know if I prefer the Gojira riff or the intro song now.

[@sharkeynoyz]

Please do "Remembrance"! That one is almost near impossible to hear what's going on!

[@starman69]

Your intro is a reference to mega man and castlevania. Any chance of a weekend wankshop for any video game songs?

[@waterblonk]

Can you do one on that super fast verse riff of Carcass's Heartwork of which no accurate tabs seem to exist?

[@boarderking133]

Definetly do carcass!

[@konstantinosernestoeconomo3265]

Sick video , but Uncle Ben c'mon ! You have a 5150 and you use the Kemper for a Gojira riff ?

[@HAbarneyWK]

amazing thank you! all those tabs didn't "feel" right, but this!

[@playmusic5978]

Have you considered the String Butler for your Les Paul? Just bought one for mine some weeks ago, and it's amazing! The D and G tuning holds so much longer!

[@BenEller]

PlayMusic! No, but it is intriguing! This one definitely suffers from the out of tune G problem.

[@playmusic5978]

@@BenEller - You'll love it! :) And btw, thanks for all the great videos!

[@Jeff-ik9zj]

Would be awesome if you could do Born in winter

[@Rene-rv2rk]

In Stuff Gojira does the first cord starts at 3? That feels better but in this video you start at 4. Great lesson.

[@lapduynguyenthien8674]

wait, so speaking of Mastodon, did you give up on Hearts Alive?

[@Foxywaterable]

So heavy!!

[@eighteen-naked-cowboys]

got the riff down just cant seem to nail that pinch. i cannot harmonic on the low strings for the life of me

[@MartyDadRiffs]

I have been playing for 30 years and I still muff an occasional pinch harmy. Keep swingin!

[@MetalRob81]

Easy way to get a quick pinch harmonic on that 3rd fret E, is to pick as close to the bridge as possible. No technique needed, just pick there.

[@ryanbrowne120]

Turn your pick in, hit with your thumb at the end. Do it till u get it

[@Solarion138]

I sometimes find it easier to land depending on the pickups you have. Try to pinch harmonic at different areas, sometimes it's closer to the fret board, other times further depending on the guitar I'm playing on. But yeah keep practicing til your fingers burn

[@waterblonk]

Are thought about doing a live stream, Ben?

[@darshankumar2717]

Oooooo. I like that rumble at 7:56.

[@uriaetgar9488]

Can you do backbone pls

[@Dubnot]

Hey, what kind of guitar and pickups are you using? 👌

[@PurpleSpcaeCadet]

does anyone know of any bassist vids that are as detailed as your guitar videos???

[@USxGraboidxMC]

Hey, I've been trying to learn 5150 by Van Halen for a few months, and it's one of the hardest things I've tried to learn. But I couldn't help but notice the videos I watch looks nothing like what Eddie is actually doing. Any chance you could check it out?

[@dman3d]

Backbone is hard to hear detail on too, be handy to see that one. Simple as it sounds

[@renatagtr]

What string tension are you using?

[@alexanderalojants2210]

Please breakdown an awesome intro riff from Farmer Boys song callled Here Comes The Pain.

[@sledrevy75]

Can you do “where dragons dwell”. That be awesome 🙌🏻

[@TigerSquriell]

What song is in the background??

[@Mark-vj9vh]

Where is that Things Gojira Does video?

[@bluebrickwall3207]

Hey ...what kind of pickups are you using? lol

[@mhsandifer]

We don't care what you play, we just care that you play! Nah, I lied, we care what you play. Just wish I could play as good as Uncle Benjammin

[@sinisterfame622]

You mentioned morbid angel......how bout a little lions den from covenant?

[@aaronstone2206]

Gojira is so fucking metal