Love - Gojira - Guitar Cover and Tab! [Instrumental]

A guitar cover of Love by Gojira - with tab!
Tuning - D Standard
Another much requested Gojira song, Love, from Terra Incognita.
A slightly more challenging song from Gojira with some Death Metal influences. Things to watch out for are the large amount of tremolo picking in the first half and the pick slides in the second half. My advice is to commit to the pick slides to get them to ring out and don't be afraid of have slightly messy slides. In my opinion the more chaotic you can make the sounds the better!
Questions and comments below as always - I read them all!
Gear list:
Dean Cadillac Select - Ernie Ball 11-46 strings - UA-25EX audio interface - Logic Pro X
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[@j.pabloquinche3283]

One of the best breakdowns in the metal music

[@sofea8699]

Hell yea

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Agreed!

[@hibro2596]

Got a case of the old Joe Duplantier face there lol

[@matt0513]

How can you not when the riffs are this heavy

[@GeNirvana95]

Thats the “nasty as fuck” face

[@Vulkanzed-117]

Thanks for this, and great timing too since I'm seeing Gojira live tonight.

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Epic! Enjoy! One of my favourite live bands

[@lpshybrid1253]

Next: Esoteric Surgery 🤘

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

At some point for sure 🤘

[@kionihernandez356]

strapping young lad! wait....something feels different.....

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

The ? makes all the difference

[@reaperskeeper8259]

This video has really helped a lot. For awhile this has been one of my favorite Gojira tracks and Iv always wanted to learn it. This video helped me learn the whole thing! Except for the end I’m still working on that, pretty tricky but it has a good pattern to it. I’m sure if I keep working on it, I’ll get it. Thanks!

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Glad it helped! The ending is a bit strange for sure, but I'm sure you'll get it too 🤘

[@benjohnson656]

Never seen a riff like that, u drag the pick across the gbe strings to create a riff.. So unique and sounds discustingly gd. Subscribed

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Welcome to the channel!

[@benjohnson656]

2.52... Its like u just summoned it up from the guitar sounds amazing best bit of the song 👍

[@jakerichards2203]

Fantasic cover! Excited for more Gojira in the future!

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Plenty more to come 🤘

[@izabellagimenez6801]

That ending tho 🥵 Great cover, Steve! Keep up the excellent work. 🤘🏻🇧🇷

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Thank you 🤘

[@benjohnson656]

Its just better then the original.. This guy...

[@TheSuperhuman622]

I saw them last year with deftones both some my favorite bands it was my first time seeing gojira they didn’t disappoint

[@edwinnarvaez1865]

Flawless Victory 💪🏼 Epic cover bro 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Thank you 🤘

[@marcoshreds]

Another cracking cover, Steve!! \m/

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Thank you 🤘

[@SassierNewt]

This song is so damn fun to play! awesome cover, love it!

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Thank you 🤘

[@jasonmiller1076]

Dude your just straight up talented

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Thank you 🤘

[@ProdigalReturn]

Thanks brother! You're my goto for their song tabs/playthrough!

[@diogoalves7742]

Its great learn gojira with you. Thanks

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Glad it helped!

[@Felipe-hw9iw]

ty

[@Metallicainjection]

Clean and precise. Amazing job 🙌. Can you please cover Blow me away you(niverse).

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

At some point yes 🤘

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Should all be correct this time!... Enjoy and if you have any questions ask away!

[@_MaitreuPanda___]

What about making videos on Clone, Blow me away you and The Link ? Plz 🙏

[@_MaitreuPanda___]

Also I recommend you the band Pitbulls in the Nursery ( also french) especially the songs Crawling and Insiders. Be sure to check'em out

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

I'm sure I'll do those other songs eventually, and I'll check out Pitbulls in the Nursery now 👍

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Listened to a few tracks, I like it 🤘

[@dr.vonfunkulusthecrimsonho6794]

❤️

[@necurrence1776]

Gloriously played. Congrats on your skill!

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Thank you 🤘

[@Comprezzed]

Crazy!

[@benjohnson656]

Thats discustingly good 👍

[@AH-hc5rm]

Evertime i see those faces you make i cant help but think of jack black in nacho libre

[@hunksemmecris4736]

The Art of Dying with solo, please

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

I'll get around to it one day 🤘

[@flyingwhale7176]

This couldn't have come at a better time, just started learning love the other day. What a fucking breakdown, is that a "horizontal" pickscrape you are doing? I can't seem to get it right! It's been driving me mental ever since I heard the song. Can you expand on how to recreate that noise? This might be my first ever youtube comment, but man your playing is always on fucking point, always a delight to see you upload.

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Thank you 🤘 Yes it is horizontal scrapes. The main thing is to really dig in on the two lower strings to get it to grate against the coils of the wound strings and ring out. Try changing the angle of the pick to get it almost perpendicular to the strings. It does take a bit of experimenting to get it sounding similar to the record, but when you listen to live recordings they don't get it exactly like the record so I think it is more difficult to nail that it seems.

[@flyingwhale7176]

@@ShadowMantraSteve Thanks for the reply dude! I've gotten better at doing it, thanks for the tips! This song is such a blast to play along with, especially that part. Since my original comment I have bought a Bass, once I started learning the song on the bass too I realized part of that freakshow dynamic was also some bass shenanigans that I mistook as purely guitar sounds, laying both recordings on top of another and slowly trying to improve on my technique and phrasing on both instruments to master it.

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Awesome to hear 🤘 it's definitely worth learning some bass and understanding how the two compliment each other. Quite a lot of a guitar tone on a record comes from how it interacts with the bass. Also they're just fun to play.

[@andrewwells290]

Holllly helll, man, youre crazy =)

[@user-qc6ej1lp3i]

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[@user-qc6ej1lp3i]

Deliverance Opeth

[@abbybrodney8781]

Awesome cover I just saw your video on how to do the pickscrapes, should I apply the same technique for the breakdown of this song I’m struggling a bit to replicate the sound

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Thanks, and yes it's the same idea on the whole. Keep trying and tweaking things until you find the way that works for you. It took me a while to find something that worked.

[@tomas9144]

can you do tutorial on part 3:06 i don´t understand this technique pls ?

[@iwillspam5985]

Awesome man, but are you sure those are the correct TABS? I've tried playing some parts different and it sounds closer to the original

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Thanks, and as far as I can tell from watching live videos they are pretty accurate. There's no really good videos with close ups annoyingly. Which bits do you play differently?

[@iwillspam5985]

@@ShadowMantraSteve The first riff instead of 8th fret on the 6th string I do 3rd fret on the 5th string. On the tremolo riff I don't do the sliding up harmonics I think the first riff (intro) they play it with 8 instead of 3, because I remember seeing that on the Pol'And'Rock video. However, on the ORIGINAL MIX it sounds way similar doing third fret on the 5th string instead of 8th fret on the 6th string On the ORIGINAL MIX I can't feel the sliding up harmonics, where have you seen that

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Fair enough with the 3rd fret. I've been mainly follow the Rock In Rio 2015 video and the Pol'and'Rock one too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4mteKyNea9qi80 I can't tell whats going on during the tremolo part on the original recording because the snare roll is so loud - some tabs show just constant picking on the 3rd fret 6th string, but the videos show them moving their hands down the neck of the guitar - 1.43 in the Rock in Rio vid I linked shows Joe move to around the 5-7th. I took a guessed that it might be harmonics rather that just palm muted fretted notes as they do love their harmonics. I think they probably play it live differently to the record though, adding and tweaking it over time.

[@alexreid468]

@@iwillspam5985 i also play it differently but his version is pretty spot on! The first heavy riff i play the same pattern but go 3210 instead of 4543 and i think they just tremolo on the 5th fret for the snare roll part but i mainly play along to the album version and i know they really like to add little variations and changes when they play live. Im pretty sure we all play the song right just different versions that the band has played throughout the years 😎 and honestly that snare roll is so feckin loud you could probably play anything without it sounding too different lol

[@jakethemisanthrope9442]

Excellent cover. How do you make drum tracks?

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Cheers - I export a midi file from guitar pro then run it through Steven Slate Drums in Logic. Hope that helps!

[@Sallorin]

You uplaod a video about Gojira 30 min before a Gojira’s vidéo haha

[@m_hoskins1797]

Anyone else really struggle with the intro stretch from 4th to 8th fret? I’m fairly new at guitar and have pretty big hands but I really struggle with that. I think my neck is a bit longer too but I don’t know the exact specs on it.

[@REIRBL]

👍👍👍☺️

[@TheJustFabianTv]

how to hell do I switch between the semi clean tone and the full distorted tone quickly? For distortion I use a pedal running through the clean channel on my marshall MG30fx, and I found the clean tone by just using the distortion channel on the marshall without the pedal, using the pedal in the distortion channel causes way too much bass noise, so how would I go about switching between the 2 tones? I really have no idea, would much apreciate help of anybody :)

[@sajjadbrk]

hey man great video. Could you please tell me where to find the backing track you're using? Thanks

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Drum midi is from a guitar pro file then run through slate drums. I sometimes record bass and sometimes use midi

[@sajjadbrk]

@@ShadowMantraSteve oh I see, thank you

[@XtremeKillah101]

Ok I had no idea the intro used the lowest string too. That's why it sounded off whenever I played it

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Inverted power chords 🤘

[@kentozapater8972]

My hands are too small the play the first part of the song, i cant reach the D string

[@mrgreenfr6216]

With my small hand, how am I suppose to do the stretch between the fourth and eight fret ;_;

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

You could always move that low 8th fret to the 5th string 3rd fret. You won't get the dissonant ringing sound but it will let you play the song still!

[@mrgreenfr6216]

@@ShadowMantraSteve thank you!

[@benjohnson656]

u a god bro u got a band?

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

I have some solo stuff under Shadow Mantra, on all the usual streaming platforms 🤘

[@jaegerlol4844]

i just cant stretch my hand on the first part without muting the second string with my pinky lol

[@braddsllew2312]

How do you get that tone?

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

The guitar was recorded DI. The plugin chain was TSE 808 > Le456 amp sim >LeCab2 Impulse loader with a combination of an impulse from the Gods Cab pack and a Diezel impulse. Then a few other bits like eq, touch of compression and a reverb bus to give it a bit of space. Hope that helps!

[@braddsllew2312]

@@ShadowMantraSteve thanks dude

[@scotticidal]

can you do an instructional on this?

[@6md]

do magmaaaaa

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

Did it a while back, the guitar side of it at least kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqjFmWp3gKykq8k

[@albertocastro8802]

Hey man! During the tremolo picking are you scraping 1:23?

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

It's natural harmonics between the 2nd and 4th frets. I'm not sure exactly what they do, but it felt pretty close!

[@rosisneupane]

Do you play all gojira songs in 11-46 strings?

[@ShadowMantraSteve]

A lot of the time, I sometimes use 11-48 too and on the odd occasion I might mix it up with something a bit heavier still.

[@AH-hc5rm]

What tuning is this in?

[@AH-hc5rm]

Well, forget it, i just read the description. Nice playing btw

[@jeanrunkle1059]

Hardest part for me on this is that intro. Fucking stretching!!!