Disturb Your Neighbors with these KORN Tricks!

[@leejames7308]

New guitar technique discovered after 30 years, the hoody mute

[@TheArtofGuitar]

I gotta trademark that name. haha.

[@leejames7308]

@TheArtofGuitar Quick! Before Munky and Head do it 😂

[@JamesJ.JeffriesX]

That looks like morbid angel guitarist's guitar. Trey Azagthoth. ​@@TheArtofGuitar

[@michaelromeo9567]

❤❤😂😂

[@claudiasolomon1123]

Warms my heart seeing a popular KZbinr shine a light on Head & Munky's guitar playing. Not being a virtuoso shredder does not mean that guitarist has nothing to give us. You get it❤🤘

[@patjacksonpodium]

Man, when you were 14 and KoRn first showed up and scared the everloving hell out you because you had NO IDEA what you were hearing...nothing else spoke to you quite like them.

[@chadwickcore]

How to disturb your neighbours with Korn. 1. Play Daddy through the window

[@TheArtofGuitar]

Cops would be there in minutes. 🤣

[@GeneralYee123]

That'll disturb just about anyone

[@warthogA10]

​​@@TheArtofGuitarYep, but they won't come when the neighbors let their kids scream, shriek non-stop at the top of their lungs every second for hours every day while they're playing outside and it sounds like they're in your house even with the windows closed from 2 houses away, 2 streets away, or the new neighbors right next door

[@189bccIfYouGetItYouGetIt]

@@warthogA10that’s exactly what my neighbours do😭

[@jedpiper9333]

@@warthogA10 this is what bullets are for

[@Wherespaulbearer]

So good to see Korn getting the love they deserve.

[@Hypnotically_Caucasian]

I love Korn

[@MetroPolo1]

This was amazing. Before they spent thousands of dollars on pedals (especially the Whammy to make those octave jumps), they used to create all kinds of crazy sounds with just their fingers and imagination. You did a great job exploring their technique. Regarding the groove and unusual palm muting, Munky and Head once said that everyone in the band was influenced to some degree by hip-hop, so they aimed to make the guitars sound like they were being played and chopped by a DJ on a turntable. Knowing that, it makes a lot of sense. It explains the sudden silences, rhythm changes, and jumps between low and high sounds, etc.

[@tedd1659]

He sold it for drugs 💀

[@LiamFernandez-uc4b]

Fr 💀💀💀

[@MichaelTrentColvin]

Mike, you're saying drugs like it's a bad thing. The only inherently bad thing is that he put the Ibanez before the drugs. Drugs aren't good or bad, like anything it HOW we use something, don't you agree ? Roadkill 💀🎸🎵🎶

[@calebryhal293]

I love crystal meth!

[@nicholasjansen5601]

@@MichaelTrentColvinHard drugs are bad period. I’m okay with pot and some psychedelics but there’s no reason to dabble with anything beyond that ever.

[@zaturnneo]

Atleast he was honest 😂

[@Demiglitch]

I just scat-rap into the pickups.

[@boladefraile2301]

GUSTAVO CERATI MENCIONADO 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@scaryguy2001]

Bocanada referencia

[@FullSemiAuto357]

Duh duh duh... twist...

[@MarkSDD]

Love that tone. This is how a 7 string should sound. So many other KZbinrs make them sound like cotton wool dipped in gravy and it's just pure ear cancer. You can barely make out anything.

[@billsny9243]

I'm old. Blind releasing was like Smells like teen spirit for me. I'd never heard anything like it and couldn't stop listening for weeks. 311s 1st album is another standout album like that

[@dwhizzledizzle3538]

Transistor is that album for me 😊

[@1-eye-willy]

"here to stay" is my favorite korn song to play that shit is so groovy

For the ball tounge verse part it’s two guitars panned to each side, one playing the bend and the other volume swelling into it

[@TheArtofGuitar]

That’s wild!

[@BenLovesGuitarMoreThanWomen]

I love that you used the Ibanez universe looking good mike

[@dxfifa]

I think Korn took that type of tritone chord from Mr Bungle. They called it the "Bungle chord"

[@Durkhead]

Tis true

[@thew1zard__]

i think they took the knick-knack-paddywhack thing from them too lol

[@vorpalblades]

​@@thew1zard__Clutch used to throw nursery rhymes in songs a lot.

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

Robert Fripp was doing it in King Crimson back in the 60s and he copied it from contemporary orchestral music.

[@suprajay79]

Used to play nothing but Korn on my 7-string RG Ibanez. Hours and hours after school. Incessant. Had no idea how much my chops benefited from learning so much of these techniques early in my guitar playing life. Awesome video!

[@russellbelew2604]

Mike, you and I are so like minded about KoRn. Those first two albums are by far my favorites, and your song choices were immaculate. Divine, Blind, Lies.... perfection. And the Good God natural harmonic riff always gave me such goosebumps (and made young me learn natural harmonics haha). All of this to say - wonderful video. Loved it. Jealous of that beautiful guitar. Much love from Arizona ✌️

[@akshayde]

With korn its always what you discover first. For me it's Issues. So the first two albums don't match up in production.. Its like going back. The better production on issues and follow the leader really got me spoiled because I think i should give the first 2 albums a good listen. Same thing happened with SOAD for me. Can't listen to that album with 'sugar', discovered them with Toxicity.

[@zinAab79]

@@akshayde First two albums are very well produced for the raw and groovy uncanny sound they were looking for, since Issues Korn sound changed into a more serious, depressed and angry vibe with less playful and fun moments, but I love all eras from them, Issues is my fav actually.

[@erdbeerkotze5795]

korn really works great on big speakers. they just have this MASSIVE sound. i also love how you can hear the bass in like all korn songs. love me some slap! i really love the guitar thing at 10:36 it sounds so creepy.

[@mondobizzzarro]

Looove the color scheme on the ibanez. Type O Negative vibes

[@theinversion4269]

Morbid Angel

[@jaredwilliams1031]

Great stuff... Love their approach to riffs and atmosphere

[@CFChristian]

Dude great job. My favorite memory of seeing them live was the 808 you mentioned, rattling the clothes I was wearing. *probably* an Adidas shirt. Man this band had such personality back then.

[@anpleidhceeireannach9498]

Good video,you really nailed the tone and technique Korn don't get the credit they deserve

[@sinakaedwards2009]

Just fired up the video and that Type O Ibanez is bad ass. Love the green.

[@timbrokkoli7386]

I really enjoy the way your videos are so calm and explaining but also entertaining

[@miahthorpatrick1013]

I’ve always been a casual fan of this channel but you talk about one of my favorite band’s of all time and you have my full attention! Glad you love that guitar. That’s not just any 7 string Ibanez. That’s an Ibanez Universe. I have one myself and I love it.

[@brucemcneill6224]

I have that guitar too. I bought it in 1990 and it’s still awesome. It’s why I clicked on the video. Well done sir.

[@lewismaclean8849]

Another amazing video. Would love to see you talk about the guitar techniques of the following bands Trivium, Linkin Park, and Deftones. Both Trivium and Deftones is actually easy since a good number of their songs are played on seven string guitars, and Linkin Park is even more easy because their using six string. Would love to see you give all three of those bands some love. Keep up the great work Mike.

[@godsmacking99]

I've always said Korn is the most unique and original band to come out in the last 30 years and have such a massive impact on mainstream audiences. Korn, on the surface, looks like very straightforward stuff but to try to replicate it and have it sound like Korn yourself is deceivingly tough. Between all the effects they use and strange unorthodox chords and all the call-and-answer stuff Munky and Head do, not to mention in their meth years, they wrote some crazy fast power chord stuff like Dead Bodies Everywhere that is legitimately a hand cramper to try and replicate. They were also one of the first bands to really utilize the whammy pedal to not only have wild pitch shifting riffs but they also utilized the low octave harmonies that is a staple in modern metal. Korn was the first to do it all the way back on Untouchables. An album I still believe is the best sounding album ever made. The super low frequencies used to literally knock my headphones off my head back in the day because it was so bassy and sounded so good that you had to crank it and get that subwoofer rumble. Innovators even on the audio recording side, nobody ever recorded like that and still remains one of the best mixed and sounding metal records ever made. I have no problems in saying Korn is one of the hardest bands to cover and have it sound like Korn.

[@davidg9165]

Where the hell was this vid back in ‘95 when I needed it while trying to figure this all out in my friends basement.

[@furious1693]

Back in the 90's i pulled the string fittings out a Shector guitar and slid a bass string on the low E then the next 5 strings were from a guage 13 set. So much fun jamming to Korn and Staind

[@NuMetalDad]

Nice video! Im obviously a huge Nu Metal fan and Korn is my all time favorite Nu Metal band. Today's my birthday so this is perfect. I'm old so I was actually already an adult when the self titled came out. It was so perfect to me. Way different than the Thrash I grew up on

[@leonaudacity5313]

My old guitar teacher in about 95/96 turned me onto them and none of my friends had heard about them yet. Solid break down of the sounds here.

[@chrthm27]

The first two Korn records were the beginning of the new era of metal music. You like them or not they are a huge part of heavy music that inspired and still inspire musicians to create music, from metalcore to the more extreme styles. Respect

[@HannahCope88]

Congrats on 904k Subscribers! 🎉 That new Ibanez looks awesome! Love the green/ black. I do love the sound of the devil chord. Can really feel that bounce, gets me bobbing my head for sure. That dissonance is pretty sweet too, definitely wouldn't sound out of place in a horror movie. Chorus is one of my favourite sounding effects, love it. I remember hearing Freak on a Leash a LOT in my teen years, was talking about Korn and Slipknot with a new coworker last week. I must make some time to listen to them more. Love the creepiest sounds video you made. Enjoy the concert! Hope it's 'Wicked'. 🤘🏻🔥

[@TheArtofGuitar]

You just reminded me to put the link for that scariest video in the description. Thanks. :) Also I didn't know I passed 904k. Sweet!

[@jayhendricks6594]

Thank you so much for a koRn video. KoRn is Life. I don't know if there is more that you explore into their sound, that would be amazing though. Always love your videos brother.

[@rKAL-EL]

This brought me back to my teenage years when I bought my first 7 string so I could play the 1st 3 Korn albums and Limp Bizkit’s first 2. Though u could get away with playing LB on a 6 string bc of the C or C# standards tunings they use

[@fu_doismil]

I realized that I love Korn because these strange and worst sound makes me goosebumps, great lesson!

[@Iron_Thunderstorm]

What a GREAT lesson! As much as I love tutorials, as a beginner, it feels so valuable in the long term to learn “in the style of” techniques

[@seonpollock5576]

Just saw korn on my birthday at BMO stadium it was amazing

[@raulfigueroa588]

I was there. Korn sound so huge, heavy, and clean at the same time. Truly unique experience

[@theprismaticsystem2833]

12:14 I have never heard my phone sound that stereo, thanks for really showing off a feature I didn't know it had. 😂

[@canibal_burger7011]

Hey man congrats on 900k! Hope For 1M soon🤘🤘

[@Homie3794]

You got the good Ibanez 7 string color way, the one in the "Lie" music video from Dream Theater

[@videogamesbeast7924]

This is my favorite techniques video you’ve made thus far! Would you consider doing a video on acid bath? I think you’d find some of their tricks pretty cool

[@darklight4815]

I remember riding around with that cd in the player ,all of us with huge JNCOs flapping in the breeze

[@MichaelTrentColvin]

OUTSTANDING work Mike, went to a killer concert and a Korn 'how to' vid, your a professional bro, and working overtime INSPIRATIONAL Roadkill 💀🎸🎵🎶

[@ChrisVoodooChile]

Great video Mike! I was hoping for something like this for a while!! Your tone is great too! What did you use? Love that Ibanez by the way 😁

[@EvanSchatz]

I have a six string Ibanez with those same pickups and color scheme, I love it!

[@Silberzwerg]

Jo. Your sound is amazing. Sounds just like the first korn album

[@Saurion1]

Maybe you should've included in the video how to dial in that tone. It's amazing.

[@TheArtofGuitar]

That Engl Retro Tube 100 into my Marshall 4x12 1960's Vintage is a win win tone for most things. I'm freaking spoiled.

[@Saurion1]

@@TheArtofGuitar Ahh, thought you were using mere plugins but I see you're wielding a power few mortals can endure.

[@kambion]

want Korn tone? Second channel on an early dual rec, and any cab with Vintage 30s. Easy.

[@DielectricFailure]

_Thanks for giving props to Korn!_

[@TheArtofGuitar]

Korn props I call Krops. hehe.

[@brendankane1190]

This is a knick-knack Patty Whack give the frog a loan his old man's a rolling stone!

[@PIZZAdayisback]

Like, Mick Jagger? Which rolling stone?

[@BigRig12]

Rip norm

[@ryanclark1056]

Good old norm.

[@jan_Travis]

Norm Macdonald is that you?

[@mondobizzzarro]

He fukd a frog!

[@traskirata]

I was at their show the other night and they were incredible, I can't imagine how they must've sounded on stage. I was kinda far back, but from what I could see the way you play the "cat noise" is correct

[@XXIII_89]

Is this gonna be part of the artist series? Its not called "23 greatest korn techniques" or whatever, like they normally would be...

[@TheArtofGuitar]

Damn you're right. I'll probably change the title and playlist in a few days. This title cracked me up. ;)

[@mike_s_media]

That was such a good breakdown of Korn's sound that you even took me back to middle school when I first heard their debut album!

[@chrisc3891]

Dude, your videos are awesome. The way you disect and break good music down just hypes me to play. Rock On \m/

[@rww71]

I saw Korn open for Metallica on NYE in San Jose CA 1996 - Korn opened with Blind and it was one of my all time concert favorite moments. So badass.

[@shanelewis7052]

A 7 string video! I keep mine in standard and play a lot of Fear Factory and transpose Machine Head from drop B to B standard but also try to write stuff on it which usually ends up being kind of prog or groove metal. It's easily my favourite guitar (Jackson Dinky with fanned frets).

[@lucaserojas]

Putting aside the "Nu-Metal" discussion, Korn was the most innovative metal band when they got out.

[@GREG_Khar-NÜ-Metalhead2000]

NÜ Metal is the most creative n diverse rock genre ever!u hate nu metal just cuz u're a "rEaL mEtAlHeAd" chump!

[@northtimo666]

@@GREG_Khar-NÜ-Metalhead2000yup, nu metal was heavy in diffeerent way

[@justinbowen1183]

One of the ways you can get a sound to start in 1 ear and finish in another that iv done is you get a stereo microphone it has to specifically be stereo with a left and right channel and physically move it from left to right. Not sure if thats how the "pros" fo it but someone loaned me a stereo microphone once day and i was fiddling with it doing exactly what you asked about. Hope this helps 😊

[@CheapSushi]

This was awesome. I really enjoy your way of presenting each sound/riff technique and how it's edited. You don't drag on & on and each one is super clear. Can you do Emmure next? They have a deceptively easy sound, especially on paper (tabs) but I feel like it's still hard to really sound like them and have the same groove and nuances.

[@JaimieNorton-s6r]

Great vid. I had to stop writing on my 7 strings and go to my 6 strings and noodle in different tunings. EVERYTHING that I was writing felt like it could've been a B-side of Self-Titled or LIP.

[@ultrafloss492]

Such a fantastic video visiting those concepts. Thanks very much!

[@MothmanCold]

Korn Self titled is one of the best albums ever written. It was my favorite by them until the top tier Untouchables album was written.

[@TheGallery213]

Even more than the techniques, the guitar tone is bang on! What were you playing through?

[@ChristianWolf88]

Fragging awesome. I want to buy a 7 stringer now wooow! 😎

[@laurelhardymarx]

It's actually amazing how breathtakingly original Korn was in the late 90s. Life Is Peachy in particular is almost pure experimentation, it's probably the Korn album I go back to the most and I end up discovering some little detail I've never heard before. Rick Beato said it best: “Any rock genre up until nu metal was based on the blues… [Korn] was a real shift away from traditional rock, and in some ways is closer to 20th century classical music with its heavy use of chromaticism”.

[@MFChickenFlipper]

Back in high school, I remember seeing that guitar and falling in love. I never got one, but this has made me reconsider. Also, great tips for nasty riffage.

[@reub1565]

Great analysis; those first two albums were pretty big for me too. Divine!!!

[@Mezzier]

Wow, you really nailed that Korn tone, nice job !

[@slugtoenail]

Great vid! My buddy played in the band for a while and had some interesting guitar stories.

[@johnchesterljaime9817]

I hope you do your band critiques again, those vids are entertaining

[@TheArtofGuitar]

Yep, still going.

[@alphared4655]

I was 11 when I first KoRn in 1996. My friend and I were headed to the movies with his sister driving. She put on that cassette and Twist came on. I was like AAHHHHHHH WTF!!!! It legit scared me but I loved it. Lies is one my faves too. Koяn’s original five members were a team like no other man. I can’t believe they aren’t like they used to be but I respect the grind

[@kizzaht]

man... I love that old uv777 - I got the one with the mirror pick guard cause it had a different cutaway 20 years ago, but always loved the one with the neon green accents

[@nikomahal]

I think The Serenity of Suffering and The Nothing are newer works that an old fan as me really enjoyed

[@northtimo666]

Among their best work!

[@RadikalBrasil]

Amazing! The first 2 albums is all I need as well. Everything after that was self parody / derivative with a few good moments.

[@northtimo666]

All five first albums are amazing. Also The Serenity of Suffering and The Nothing.

[@duckfluff]

Time to tune that thing back up half a step and do a 90s meshuggah video ;)

[@greedo69]

90s shug is best shug

[@adorationdrummer]

I was shocked the first time I saw head and munky play “clown” Realizing that they weren’t in drop tuning. Very innovative, unique and interesting guitar players. Great video man.

[@gwarriorfromhell]

An Ibanez Universe is my dream guitar. I learned to play 7 strings very early on in my journey and now it's my preferred instrument. I saw the Universe and instantly wanted one. Hopefully that will be a reality for me at some point.

[@usynthesis4749]

I made a KoRn tape from the CD my friend lent me back in middle school, maybe 94'...She was like you should listen to this. 🎶 I listened to that tape quite a bit. Nothing sounded that groovy and heavy up to that point. I also wrote KoRn on the tape with Elmer's Glue and the backwards R. It was legit! 😆

[@Tallstack]

Very nice video! Finally someone who understands all the little detailes in their playstyle. Do you mind sharing your effect chain and your settings?

[@TheArtofGuitar]

No effects. Just plugged right into my ENGL Retro Tube 100 into a Marshall 4x12 1960's vintage cab.

[@Tallstack]

​@@TheArtofGuitar thats impressive! Thank you

[@Projecktmercury]

I have the same guitar. Love it!

[@thelegionary07]

They aren’t very technical players, but I will give them mad props for having amazing creativity, and making the absolute most of their skills

[@MJXtube]

I'm a simple guitarist. I see a UV7BK/UV70P: I click the like button, no questions asked. W axe, bro.

[@TheSonic497]

Those "dissonance" chords i would just call triad octaves, since they would be an octave finger shape, with the added triad note. I think the guitarist called it the Mr. Bungle chord or something.

[@zerethro]

I think you mean "tritone". A triad is a set of three notes, usually stacked thirds. The tritone is called the diminished fifth. Those chords are called diminishes chords. If there's no third in there, then they'd probably be called "diminished 5" chords.

[@liddlesj]

2:43 reminds me of "Third Eye" by Tool. Love it!

[@Gee-no]

Mike how do you always have a guitar that matches the music in your videos. Id love to see your collection.

[@TheArtofGuitar]

Not always. I’m trying to get a good Dimebag guitar. I used my friends for my DDarrell Artist Series. Guitar collection videos coming soon.

[@Gee-no]

@@TheArtofGuitar cool. Can't wait

[@XXIII_89]

@@TheArtofGuitar thats exciting.. i would love to see a cameo from the sitar-itar. (Samurai Guitarist has the same style sitar-itar, and his wife came up with calling it "the flying pig".. like a flying V, because turn it around, and look at the shape of the body, youll see it too... bahahah

[@obedthejusticeschultz]

Gojira and KoRn were awesome at the 30 year tour

[@clinteastcoast]

Nice man, i think I need to add me a 7 string to my collection. 🤙

[@SirHeadly84]

Korn aren't really what anyone would call "technical ". But there is a lot of nuance to their music. Of course the uninitiated will just call it "noise". But, thrn they couldn't play the songs (correctly!!) To save their lives.😂 The first time I heard them was when i was maybe 11 or 12. Way back in 1996. Im gonna be 40 in December this year and ive been a fan all this time. So much so that i own 2 7 string ibanez and a mesa triple rec. My crbtral air HATES that Mesa because even at like "1" the 4x12 cab rattkes the airducts! Haha. I love that band.

[@northtimo666]

Korn isn’t shreddy technical but to play and create like them is far from easy. There hasn’t been a band like them.

[@cake_9510]

4:43 LiP was mostly stuff that they had to forego putting in the self-titled album due to length if I recall correctly.

[@JAFOpty]

the black 7 string Ibanez with green pickups will always remind me of John petrucci's guitar in the Lie video 😊

[@SubaruSect]

what amplifier are you using?

[@diablomozzarella4525]

ah with spiritbox?? saw them all play here in georgia it was sooo good

[@DerBums80]

Nice guitar, looks like from type o negativ ( best band ever ).

[@ShitPickle62]

Amazing video, could you do a follow up video one day on the later albums ?

[@boywonderrr71]

Thanks for the breakdown of how to get the sounds

[@Fretboardmastermind]

This is amazing 🤘

[@InfinityPotato97]

The main riff of Lies is one of their most sinister sounding riffs ever written by them.

[@danielturner8740]

All Day I Dream About Mike Teaching Korn Tricks.

[@Guitarcovers4u569]

Its weird too see you playing Korn. Amazing video though!!

[@MrDesertRocker]

This is such a great video!