This Guitar TAB Book Sells For $700?

[@natewillis7509]

I almost wish it was a Megadeth tab book! Then, you could've titled the video "This Tab Book Sells for $700! (But Who's Buying?)"

[@tfpae]

Always great to see another bad tab upload. I love this series the most. I think I rewatched the metallica tab videos like 20 times at this point 😅

[@TheArtofGuitar]

Wow thank you so much!!! Glad you like the series. It’s one of my favorites to make as well.

[@martyhafermann938]

If ever interested, Mike...I have the tab books for the first 2 Faster Pussycat albums. Not sure if it's 'bad tab'...but you're welcome to borrow

[@tone1798]

Had the first one and learned some really kool basic R&R techniques.

[@Acoustic111]

First one is spot on

[@martyhafermann938]

I learned Bathroom Wall. Seemed accurate

[@POOKIE5592]

martyhafermann938 Cool! Somewhere I have a FP book that has 6 of their hits.

[@thegrimreefer3185]

FYI, Bobby Gustafson was the only guitarist in Overkill on this album, and their preceding 3 albums. Unfortunately this was his last album and they went to a 2 guitarist lineup afterward.

[@TheArtofGuitar]

After I uploaded I realized that the first show I ever saw them was on the Horrorscope tour so I have the 2 guitar idea in my head from that. You're totally right, it was just Bobby. What a talent he is.

[@psychosis8429]

I enjoy collecting tab books. I have a stack of them in my room. Speaking of artists and tab books I do own a few from a company called Sheet Happens which collabs with the artists and works with them to make accurate tab books and the books themselves are the nicest tab books I own. They always throw in nice picks too every time I've ordered a book from them. The spiral bound also makes flipping through the pages way easier on the books

[@BuckyLastard]

Sheet Happens makes the best tab books, no contest

[@XBLASTLIFEX]

YES!! I love this series. Never would have guessed the mystery book was OVER KILL!!! So stoked to watch this.

[@stevenpurtee5062]

I'm happy you are highlighting Overkill. They are a fantastic band. One note though: There was only one guitar player (Bobby Gustafson) on this album.

[@bradzillarocks]

Bobby Gustafson, the guitarist from this album, needs to see this and confirm or correct what you figured out.

[@TheArtofGuitar]

I'd be freakin' honored!

[@mikerauter1859]

He probably hasn't played these songs in over 30 years bro, could he remember?!

[@charlesrocks]

Bobby’s fukin cool man

[@cristianlopez_8486]

​@mikerauter1859 I remembered he played live with a band for a few Overkill songs (Hello From The Gutter/Elimination). It sounded like he still had them down.

[@mikerauter1859]

That's killer. At the time this record came out to me he was Hetfield and Hammett rolled into one​@@cristianlopez_8486

[@TheGalilee416]

I have that book! I bought it originally when the album came out. That tour was my first concert at the Trocadero in Philly. At the time Bobby was the only guitarist. When he left after TYOD tour, they hired his guitar tech Rob C and a guitarist from my home town Merritt. Love the bad tab series great job!

[@stoneman623]

My first show at the troc was also overkill on the I hear black tour. Was right up front and still have ringing in my ears from that show. I miss that joint

[@paradisepythons4054]

My favourite overkill album! I think you should try and write a song incorporating all the weird, incorrect techniques in these old tab books.

[@jeremysteffen7853]

His hands would die a death. LOL

[@sole__doubt]

If you think that book is beat up you havent seen my collection after lending them to friends over the decades. My AJFA book looks like it was run over by a lawnmower. Love the series and Merry Christmas brother! \m/

[@Rusty-METAL-J]

I have taken a play from Breaking Benjamin as far as tuning is concerned. Ben Burnley IV and the guys keep their GEETARS tuned to Drop Bb. You have to tune from Eb Std to Cb Std that's taking all 6 strings down 2 steps. And then the cherry on top is turn the 6th string down 1 more step. E becomes Drop D. D becomes Drop C, and C becomes Drop B. The final touch is to tune down ½step to flatten it. METALLICA used Eb Std. on every album.

[@honeyfrost3355]

Yes a new bad tab video to start the holiday break? Hell yes. Rock on and have a happy holiday.

[@serbianhammer]

I saw Overkill live recently. They melted my face, so did King Diamond, Night Demon, and Myrkur

[@deluge71]

Great video, Mike. When I read that title, the LAST thing I expected was for Overkill to be the band in question. Crazy how the market works these days! I remember borrowing this tab book from a friend back in the day, and encountering many of the same issues that you described. Especially with "Playing with Spiders/Skullkrusher." Excellent presentation, as always!

[@charliesmith4229]

That's ridiculous ----$700 dollars for any tab book is a heist. Ugh ha. In any event, Happy New Year my friend and thanks for all that you do.

[@PigeonChingChongChun]

This is my favorite Overkill album.

[@Guitarhero1000]

This is my fav series of videos

[@chupiconverge6034]

Other great Job man 🔝

[@DezGuitarGuy]

We need to see the tabs for the cliff button era albums, I wanna see how bad they messed up the bass solos lol

[@nolablack222]

Hey Mike, big fan of the channel. I love seeing the bad tab books you do and I wanted to share you one that I own of my favorite band of all time, Alice in Chains. Now, I am pretty sure I have all of them as I have the ones for Facelift, Dirt, Sap & Jar of Flies (which are booked together), Self Titled, and the Nothing Safe Greatist Hits album. Now, the one for Dirt has some huge wtf errors that are baffling, and I think you'd get a kick out of seeing them. For example, the ending of "Would?" You get this big D5 shape (Db since it's tuned a half step down) and then it goes into a 7#9 chord. It leaves that out and makes it just a D major chord. The same 7#9 is also used as the final part with the final lyrics "If I would, could you?" Part, but, it has it listed as these weird F chords that make no sense at all. Sickman also has a glaring error at the bridge part where it slows down and Jerry is playing these softer arpeggios. There is a part where there is supposed to be a F# major played (Again it'd be F since half step down) But, they accidentally made it and Fmajor#4 chord, having the Tritone in it, likely a misprint There is even spelling mistakes where on Down in a Hole, they label the Acoustic guitar as "Acaustic"

[@TheArtofGuitar]

Hehe. I think I have that book. I'll check it out, thanks. :)

[@jeffdubuque3755]

The first metal record a ever bought was overkill from the under ground a below record, killer riffs.

[@wuphat]

Hidden gem on this one is Who Tends the Fire

[@TheDistortionPrinciple]

I have my savatage tab book feom back then. You should search that one out

[@saxtmich]

@5:17 ”...this kind of thing drives me absolutely BATTY" I see what you did there Chaly. (Subliminal Overkill mascot reference??)

[@squishy312]

Bad tabs is what stopped me from actually learning the guitar back in the day. It's defeating to try and play some of these things they suggest. Now I'm learning guitar, drums and bass all at the same time. But now, I play by feel while playing along to some music. If there's something that interests me that I hear, I learn that specific thing, and expand on that within my own style of playing. To think that i used to be able to play the tenor saxophone while sight reading. One of these days, I'll learn the actual notes on the guitar. It would be nice to be able to hear something, and understand what key it is in without having to figure out which notes work each time. I haven't heard any Overkill since the 80's... I wonder how many people have tab PTSD with * anxiety from these books.

[@mattevans060972]

Loved hearing the Wolf Marshall name drop!

[@moshpixel_8408]

Tab books are wildly expensive, I've seen Testament books listed for thousands!

[@leviathan_is_me]

The string pack in the back was either a hidden money pouch, or just a pick holder.

[@liabennettmusic]

15:00 Soundgarden's Rusty Cage would like a word

[@FredAndersonStillwater]

Don't blame the transcriber for slash notation. Cherry Lane was notorious for kicking transcriptions back to the transcriber and telling them to convert it to slash. Transcribers were paid by the printed page, and engravers charged by the printed page. So the editors always sent things back to be condensed.

[@louisolachea1076]

I have that tab book!! I almost gave it to a student. I can't say that I feel $700 richer but sure glad that i kept it.

[@real_Pentagore]

Great video Mike. Enjoy your creativity burst btw.

[@scootinand]

I had a Randy Rhoads Live Tribute Tab Book that never seemed quite right. Might be good for this series!

[@archiereece8321]

i have that one too. i like it...but not 100 bucks let alone 700..o nonononononono heheheheh

[@younkinjames8571]

This album only had 1 guitar player. The next album brought on 2...its been a while, but i remember that from back in the day

[@GasStationSushiiii]

This series is too good

[@nacuda9]

The only thing I'd mention is. When you go through and try to decipher what the tabs or * try and say. You come up with possible inventive techniques or sounds. Be them accurate to the song or not. Kinda like what it was learning from records or tapes before tabs existed. You had to figure it by listening. It might song like it, but played nothing like it. And you get inspired to use the incorrect technique for your own. You get the point. I have about 50-60 of those books from when they started back then. Some are real good, and some failed miserably.

[@DMStern]

In Japan and Korea, the standard seems to be to publish "band scores" that have notes and tabs for all instruments. It could be a fun rabbit hole for you to get hold of a few and compare if their transcribers were any better. As a bass player I've imported a few, and can at least say that more than once they've completely mangled the lyrics of records I know came with lyrics inserts!

[@TheArtofGuitar]

From my experience the Japanese scores are usually pretty decent. I bought one for close to $100 once and it was really good.

[@DMStern]

@@TheArtofGuitar If you ever feel inspired to try some more, be aware that many scores listed on eBay are actually relistings of items currently up on Japanese marketplaces like Yahoo Auctions or Mercari, but with a 100% markup. Even with postage and fees, you can often save a bunch using one of the buying agent services.

[@AsaMorgan-jj2zq]

I love this album and this band

[@chrisalexander1661]

I wish you would compare the tab books we could buy in the US against the ones found in Japan. I find the Japanese books to be more accurate.

[@mehegama]

would be a great idea if you could find some of the guys that wrote these books and interview them and ask wtf they were thinking

[@MyBichSustained]

I got that book and the bass tab book too....got poster too! SKULL CRUSHER!

[@benriddelluk]

I've got a lot of out-of-print tab books and paid quite a bit for them. Notably £50-60 each for the two White Zombie books, £140 for Page & Plants "Unledded: No Quarter". They've got to be in good condition though It's definitely down to the individual if it's worth the asking price to have the book or just learn from the hit and misses online

[@vtraderc7593]

damn ima gonna have to dig up my old tab books and trow em on ebey

[@Jhoeven5512]

A good tab book to check out would be the complete scores of Pearl Jam, 130 songs in the book

[@JohnKitterman]

All of those old Cherry Lane books are hard to get and fetch big bucks. I gave up my nostalgic collecting after finding you can get digital versions of just about any metal tab for $10 ... But I feel you on bad transcriptions .. drove me mad back in the pre-internet days!

[@StarSpawn9477]

i had that tab book when i was a teen

[@1594matt]

There's a (huge) difference between what people are asking for something and what they end up selling for. For instance, one of these books sold for $51 back in September. Anyone who thinks they'll get $700 for this - or even $500 - clearly did a bit too much headbanging back in the day...

[@aldersmoke1]

Holy hell, I have that book. I wouldn't in a million years have guessed that old tab books would have any value. Couple thoughts: there was only one guitarist in the band at this time, and I'm fairly sure he played Skullkrusher in C standard, not dropped C. (I can't say for Playing With Spiders, I never paid as much attention to that one because it's mainly a bass solo.) No one was really using dropped tunings like that back then. I also know from interviews back in the day that the guitarist was going for complete Sabbath worship on this one, and a lot of the fingerings and stuff are pure Iommi. And Iommi never used drop tuning. I'd be curious to see live footage from when the original guitarist was still in the band. Because I bet the new guitarists (and they've had about 10 of them since) moved it to dropped C for convenience and because that's what they were used to.

[@TheArtofGuitar]

Very possible for sure. I'll ask him and let you know what he says.

[@TheArtofGuitar]

K Bobby just got back to me and said it was actually Drop C tuning. The dude was ahead of his time with that, super cool!

[@aldersmoke1]

@@TheArtofGuitar Well hot damn, I stand corrected. I learned it from the book back in the day (it was kind of my introduction to doom metal) so I guess I was subconsciously trying to defend playing it that way all these years. Thanks for going to the source! Bobby's always been one of my favorite underrated players.

[@joellebrodeur1015]

That pic slide thing sounds just like the intro to Van Halen's House of Pain.

[@anthonyw5261]

Love their stuff but this is my favorite album from them and top 10 all time easily

[@georgewhitnall8421]

BRO I HAVE THAT VINTAGE TAB BOOK I GOT IT FOR 30 BUCKS!

[@archiereece8321]

i like books

[@loki3292]

I had two tabs books back in the day... prolly still around here somewhere... "Kill em All" and "Axis: Bold as Love"... I learned the tunes I wanted to learn and never looked at them again. I do remember the fingerings being less than ideal on some of the tunes, and the super specific subtexts on certain passages that were often dead wrong. I did learn 4 Horsemen and Little Wing that way, and I can still play them today, so whatever.

[@dichotomous9403]

$700!? I've got a copy sitting 15 feet away! ... Thinks a bit more about it... Yeah, that seems about right. It would take much more than that for me to part with it.

[@Rolli6669]

I have always assumed the bass parts are there so bass players can use the guitar tab to learn too. And they would add the "standout" bass parts in the tab like you see. Also I would love you to check out some Slayer tabs. Because I think "Seasons in the Abyss" was one of the best tab books around and I'm sure most Slayer tabs were fairly correct.

[@cristianlopez_8486]

Hey man... I got my uncle's original Years of Decay tab with the poster (In between Birth of Tension and Who Tends The Fire). Still intact and in good condition, even with the mail catalog slip still in between the pages 😅

[@oldGnRrocks1]

testament tab books are also pretty expensive! Like $100-300

[@timlorenz8003]

I have that Overkill Tab book as well as 2 others of theirs. 🤘😎🤘 A lot of the early thrash tab books are rare and expensive now.

[@dam7ri]

I have a copy, and the tabs are not bad. Cherry Hill was always quite accurate.

[@droidfilmz]

15:32 It kinda sounded like the intro to hand of blood by bullet for my valentine

[@Brandonmtlhd]

$700?! Too bad I don't have this book but I do have quite a few old tab books. I should check to see if any of them are going for that kind of money. But yeah, this album was one of the 2 first CD's I owned. Such a great album. No surprise though that the tab book is bad. Oh and nice Buffy logo on your SG!

[@michaelbujanda8785]

Overkill!!!!! ????? I guess because the tab book is rare and out of print!!!! But $700!!!!!

[@erozC]

Bad tab books taught me three things: 1) With enough persistency one may learn some of those strangely tabbed out parts and have increased capability as a player. 2) Don't trust everything you read in print 3) Musicians writing notation were (are?) not usually metalheads and/or did not understand the significance of tab for less schooled players.

[@icuke1]

15:33 - this sounds like the main riff to the hand of blood by bullet for my valentine 🤨

[@KrwiomoczBogurodzicy]

Carcass - Best of Bandscore (published in Japan) always sells for zillions on eBay. I’ve been on a lookout for years hoping for a decent price.

[@jeremysteffen7853]

Luigi's Mansion reference? Nice!

[@hydeistlarc]

That's one expensive tab book! I saw that there is a tab book for the Crow soundtrack, maybe if the tabs are bad enough you can do one of these videos for it! lol

[@FFVison]

Some of these books seem like they just put in no effort. I have the Black Sabbath Anthology book which has some weird interpretations of some of the lyrics. For Supernaut, there is a line that goes "I'm gonna climb up every mountain on the moon to find the dish that ran away with the spoon." an obvious reference to the nursery rhyme. The book claims that the lyrics are "I'm gonna climb up every mountain on the moon, to find a distant man a waving his spoon." XD

[@Nonexistanthuman]

Should do a expensive tab book series now :)

[@jirami1530]

never thought id hear luigi's mansion mentioned on this channel

[@philfrank5601]

Some tab books are crazy collectible.

[@the48thvain]

I think I was the one who pointed out Flagner. I think its comical that through all this peer editing it probably went through that they cant even spell correctly on an OFFICIAL tab book lmao.

[@coreybrown3572]

Ive said this many times. The tab books were not note for not translations. That would have been a lawsuit! Same as KZbin guys get strikes from some bands.

[@TheArtofGuitar]

It’s not true. Watch my Wolf Marshall interview. I asked him directly.

[@JJvienneau]

It's about freaking time 😂❤ yeah OVEKILL!! I always keep my spare weed with my spare strings. 😅I love Elimination but its kind of a mash up of Master of Puppets and Caught in the Mosh!

[@BrianClem]

Around the same time I picked up Dokken back for the attack. Wanted to learn heaven sent. I remember reading the chord rhythms. It was weird

[@BrianClem]

** it's the legacy. Love that song

[@sgguitar]

You should make tab books so that there are better tab books on the market.

[@brandonc2859]

Check out the damage plan tab book

[@tone1798]

Mike, great series. Tab books are fun to collect. Had Duff McKagans first album Believe in me on tab. It’s going for $500 or something obscene. Could you do something on GNR tabs?

[@rww71]

Those full barre chords sounded like Gary Hoey

[@toblexson5020]

I've been having my own bad tab battle trying to learn Rock 'n' Roll Singer (AC/DC) because I couldn't find a readable and correct tab for the lead (Angus') part. They aren't impossibly wrong like these tab books, but still annoying for someone who isn't good at transcribing. I'm still missing the start of the outro solo because it's fast and too low in the mix for my bad ears to work out, but at least the solos now sound like an attempt to match them.

[@BuddhaFpv]

that might be the cleanest TOOL shirt I have ever seen...you need to wear it more lol

[@mikerauter1859]

Really shows how one guitarist/songwriter affects the band and its future. All the killer riffing and energy had them destined for the thrash elite. No Bobby G and relegated to a cult following of in comparison 1000 people.

[@TheDistortionPrinciple]

Overkill destroyed anthrax

[@mikerauter1859]

​​@@TheDistortionPrincipleeven Jackyl destroyed anthrax bro!

[@rhoadsvnivek]

Exactly! There wasn't 2 guitarists until the next album after Bobby got fired. And, the band was never the same...

[@mikerauter1859]

​​​@@rhoadsvnivekthey fired the wrong Bobby. Ellsworth has alienated thousands with his hysterical vocals where Gustafson brought in thousands with his riffing and soloing, now in the fullness of time, it's blindingly obvious.

[@joeydurant6267]

This makes me wonder what that pantera book i had would be worth now... The one that looked like live 101....

[@smdeluca603]

I have the other Overkill tab books if you want to borrow them.

[@raise_your_axe27]

$700 for a guitar tab book is insane🤣 I learn all of my songs on KZbin or ultimate guitar tabs, but I still have my old guitar tab books, including Master of Puppets stored somewhere and I don't want to throw them away🤣

[@BL-cc1vm]

Hey Mike what is that tailpiece called on you're Gibson SG? is it a vibrato type thing? Love the channel btw hope you have a great xmas \m/

[@MasterBabyDomination]

i don't see your BC Rich Mockingbird ST anymore....

[@Milehighshred]

Definitely had some frustrating moments with bad tabs.

[@LovelyDestructionSTL]

OVERKILL!!!!! 🦇

[@327journal]

Maybe your Bad Tab video series has created a huge demand for these books causing the higher prices. Lol

[@gentelmanjunkie542]

I cannot find much tabs for this album on YT, I'm always searching for these songs. Y.O.D. is Overkills Master of Puppets criminally overlooked thrash masterpiece. Main riff of Who Tends the Fire is easy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 lol.

[@jimwoodard64]

This just shows there are people with more money than brains. I wouldn’t give you five dollars for that thing. It’s gotta be online available in some PDF form.

[@DavidMadeira29]

One of the greatest, excuse my ignorance, even Steve Vai's best won't pair. Namastè.

[@archiereece8321]

how many pages does that book have? Well i dont feel so bad now paying 50 bucks (after shipping and what not) for a bluegrass book ..248 pages..mandolin mind you but i like ALL types of music.

[@smokycovestudios]

Been curious how accurate the Necrophagist - Epitaph tablature book is. It only pops up on ebay once in a blue moon and it goes for $100+.

[@mikemc5221]

I sold my RATT tab books for $400 in the early days of ebay.

[@RootBeerBilly]

It's a relief this isn't a good tab book or else I'd be tempted to buy a copy

[@machidaman]

Rushes off to check the value of all my original '80's thrash tab books. No, none were worth more than £20....😢

[@dustyoldtapes580]

I am in the minority: I love Overkill, but I'm not such a huge fan of their '80's material. The Years Of Decay is nice, but for me, Horrorscope is really where things get interesting.

[@archiereece8321]

oh speaking of Taylor Swift..her coloring book..a little over 10 bucks..no i chose to buy the Peanuts wordsearch w/comic strips per page ..9 bucks before tax and stuff..