Tosin Abasi - Animals As Leaders: GuitarMessenger.com Masterclass Part 2 (Tempting Time)

www.guitarmesse... - Tosin Abasi of Animals As Leaders presents the second part of his Guitar Messenger Masterclass, where he dissects the riff and opening lick of Tempting Time. To view the full lesson with video, tabs, audio, and text visit GuitarMessenger.com.

[@waitingchen1553]

Look at the tie and his 8 string guitar, such a djentleman...

[@RichardGarcia93]

Real original

[@Knosferatu]

I know this is old but its as timeless as gold. No need to tempt it.

[@tubamilk1]

This dude is one the most humbling musicians i have ever met. i love this dude! I also also love the jazz guitar he has in his songs!

[@HeScreamsEpic]

coolest sweep ive ever heard

[@psychostew911]

I don't know what I'm more impressed with, his killer chops and creativity, or his vocabulary!

[@MarkAlexanderYoung]

His Guitar is Sweating from being played so well

[@williamindragunawan]

I can never conceive a sweep across all 7-strings... until I see this video. Thank you Tosin!

[@cosmicsea89]

this man is gonna make me cry of how beautifully structured his compositions are. I've seen AAL once and I must see them again and again and again..........and again and again and again.........

[@voyageursinternational3692]

But can he play Smoke on the Water?

[@gitsurfer27]

Thats the test.

[@peachieboi8728]

Probably not

[@Nelson10152]

When he first showed his sweep: Okay, that's somewhat simple I think I can do that. When he gained little speed on the sweep: whoa that's a bit fast dude When he played it at full speed: ...........fuck this, I'm done.

[@rnodern]

Me: Hey Tosin, I'm goods at the sweeps arpeggios. Tosin: NO... YOU ARE NOT. Go homes and takes a shower.. to wash the shames off you.

[@SalvoVecchioGuitar]

Always been a fan of Guitar Messenger. Keep up the great work!!

[@redman958]

so how do you play teen spirit?

[@jeffreycorcoran3021]

C Lydian sweep! Such a nice sounding key

[@TeraCulpa]

Looking back at this I'm very appreciative of these Guitar Messenger videos, I remember first trying learning this two years ago. I can honestly say this video has helped so much since then and has made a major impact on my own playing.

[@peachieboi8728]

What about now?

[@rippingthroughmetal]

I love how he plays the octave slow. It's got this awesome sci-fi sound to it.

[@bassist4lif31]

"it's a pretty cool idea, it's a 3 octave sweep."

[@ChrisPER15H]

I love his theory. He thinks in such interesting ways I would never think whilst writing music.

[@rippingthroughmetal]

I want to learn that sweep just to play it in slo-mo. Wow, imagine how much more spacey would Tempting Time be if he had a portion where he played that sweep that slow.

[@azngoku666]

i can name like a million bands that are mixing into all of this, but he doesn't wear the influences on his sleeve....tremendously cool stuff!

[@incangold]

@Iliketacos091 Also, that's a C on the B string one time. The second time he ends the riff, he ends on B.

[@robjackson2731]

Put this on half time playback speed and skip around to random points. The way tosins voice articulates is how my incomprehension of the material feels

[@ICreamsodAI]

@cowcrusher i was just thinking the same thing. i believe the #4 he puts in there is borrowed from lydian, which paul gilbert is very fond of for it's 'spacy' sound.

[@IAMBRIANJOHANSON]

Everyone stop bitching his tone sounds great for an an interview like this. Insanely good guitarist.

[@BEforSirius]

Is it me, or is how cool your name sounds directly proportional to how good you are at guitar?

[@jaaakkke]

best guitarist ever

[@iExisttt]

@chezyboi he's talking about the solo. He is only using 7-strings for it. Pretty sure he doesn't use his 8th string at all in this song.

[@moshhammer9830]

Yes it does sound good to us all. His music is very inspiring, an while some songs are very stressfull, most of the songs are very catchy despite the odd time signatures ;)

[@fatherragoo]

You're a God.

[@ChaosBurnsWithin]

@MrRafataff incorrect. lol jk everyone has their own opinion... imo his playing sounds badass... idk if ur reffering to his tone or his playing style, his tone is iffy, but, yeah

[@GlockenspielSAS]

Hirajoshi scale?

[@LimeintheCoco]

What planet is he from?

[@Nialzzz]

this is obscene. tosin is a new era god

[@CptK96]

How does he get the Tempting Time lead sounds??? PLEASE TELL ME!

[@anotherdefgod]

@DuringCreation I think you mean tomorrow cuz i'm going to see them to with btbam Today is the 15thand they play on the 16th @ the Melkweg

[@GaLiF94]

i love his bends with the pinkie! haha

[@Demiigodd]

me too and I'm proud

[@E3tiger]

That has to be my favourite AAL lead lick. It just SCREAMS aliens to me for some reason!

[@iExisttt]

@nielper they are using very similar scales. The way Tosin plays it makes it unique ;). Good ear tho

[@effectosis742]

20 years ago... nobody was expecting a short hair person in white elegant shirt to be half that good !

[@YooEssBee1]

really everyone is equal there is no best guitarist

[@TheMidst]

@chezyboi He only uses the 7 for Tempting Time.

[@ComfyNumb1989]

@nielper It does sound very similar, but that's most-likely just because their using similar scales.

[@nielper]

whoa...wait ok go to 2:25, do you think Tosin got that lick from Jason Becker? Here's Jason playing it at a clinic, 1 and 1/2 steps lower watch?v=WnySdc7dnEA

[@grievous56]

That tone is so Boss. And god also. :D

[@Iliketacos091]

he loves ending on that F (13th fret) on the E string.

[@zakktothefuture]

Hey tosin, we got like this closed bar we are gonna film you in real quick.

[@wpkincaid]

Where's part 1?

[@cosmicsea89]

@TheRitzyRedneck lol I get where you're coming from, but I had this name since conception and will not go through the hassle of starting all over again.

[@allhailpantera123]

Turn on audio transcription (beta) and go to 2:17

[@CobTheDrummer]

I love how this is filmed in what looks like his dining room :D

[@sierramister123]

haha if you look at the subtitles for this, the video thinks he's saying 2:16 "the fear is actually sinatra cool in the first two authors which is also nice"

[@Zaza349]

3:36 "which is kinda like a another call waited to use their paper pedo"

[@Omegacorpse]

3:48 wait a second...seven? am I blind or is it 8-string guitar?

[@shcusmc]

Watching Tosin play makes me truly realize how much I am NOT good at playing guitar...

[@SkelpYourHead]

hey my comment made highest rated!

[@ThorsShadow]

That part at 2:23 sounds like the "Japanese Scale" (that's the name it's mostly known by in our western society).

[@PunkCheVara]

His tone is so spacey, Its really something that makes me think of something futuristic, really love it, i think that a major part of the magic of AAL is The tone. But im not denying That the playing is Out of this worldy but still. Sry Fur Duh Laung Paust. xD

[@Acepilot1312]

ONE OF THE ABSOLUTE BEST TONES OUT THERE!

[@ThorsShadow]

Yeah, that one.

[@tristan344]

@nielper Great minds think alike.

[@DoggoWillink]

holy fuckin Peter piping shit skadoodles. That's the most absurd thing at 3:13 that I've ever seen on a guitar, hands down, no fucking questions asked. Had to double post that it was so diabolically beast mode son.

[@yabemand]

At 3:13 I just started laughing - obviously my mind is now fucked up!

[@yeojawtcap]

3:07 "you can kinda of work this our slowly then, ummm, you can get to the point where-" No Tosin, we won't be going to that point ever.

[@7heory777]

Yeah GUITAR MESSENGER! (Y)

[@MattyMattyTVD]

Probably Marc okubo from veil of maya

[@wallasby]

"I started tapping and this is what came out..."

[@rippingthroughmetal]

"So it's definitely a cool use for all seven strings" "Tosin, that's eight strings." "What? Really? I've been playing eight strings the whole time?!"

[@ATOMIXMONKEY53]

You sir, have made me shit my pants

[@Tobluesmetal]

@nielper im pretty sure its just genious' using scales

[@LI11041989]

He have created his own world of music and now he is a GOD there)))) Like a Neo from Matrix)

[@ShubaSalad]

@nielper Very similar lol, good ear

[@GarretsShadow]

Agreed; that is the mark of a really great songwriter! In my opinion at least

[@musicmaster555]

"and obviously you can work this out slowly and (plays)" WTF!?!?!?! I JUST SHAT MYSELF!!!!!

[@contremisart]

obviously

[@alessandroxxo]

but can you count up to 10? uh?

[@TheZaherell]

Is there something you don't like about his playing ? Being a fan , I can be really objective, so your opinion would be appreciated o/

[@CombatWombat1995]

@MrRafataff You have issues

[@Arlet_1337]

@SkelpYourHead Great sentence. :D

[@jonnycutts1303]

Marc is more skilled with fast riffs but overall Tosin. Great musicians

[@jmaguerra]

@SPYDDET watch out, we got a baddass over here!

[@ThePhunnman5]

3:00: Yeah, this seems doable with some practice. 3:12: Ahaha...never mind.

[@Sirnayooo]

fucking epic guitar!

[@FlavoredDeath]

Yeah he's really fast but does it really sound good to you all? Not trying to insult anyone or anything, but yeah.. No offense to anyone. just a question

[@XCMajor]

Veil of Maya; Marc Okubo.

[@killdistortion]

Can I just... no? I can't? Ever?

[@rawen127]

3:08 so oviously you can work this out slowly and you'll get to the point where........yes i bet i'll get to that point :(

[@ZaKyouseiKinzoku]

@TermofDeath I hope that you understand thats impossible since both of them are males.

[@rhix]

quarter note

[@PoetryEmotion94]

3:13 What in the holy cyborg superman fuck was that ?!?!

[@Swagaroni]

@hecknot14 keep clicking it. it looks funny as hell

[@SpartanLaserCanon]

@SkelpYourHead They already have the greatest guitarist player ever. It's Buckethead be plays every genre. no kidding look on wiki.

[@northsnow4924]

" 1:37 - 1:40"= Djent"-North

[@standalonee]

Hi, I'm Tosin Abasi *playing one note* *laughing*

[@gitsurfer27]

0:05 when he plucks that chord he looks like a child who just discovered this magic stick makes sounds lol. For reals though i think maybe he kind of approaches the instrument in this childlike fresh way, and originality just pours from within him.

[@JamesWilliamMarsh]

At 3:11, instead of saying "and then um" he should say "prepare to have your face melted".... a warning would have been nice

[@thecoldnovrain89]

"so obviously you could work this out slowly and then um get to a point where you still aren't this fast" 3:07

[@baker2440]

@TermofDeath Mishsin Abasoor

[@jmaguerra]

@SPYDDET Civilized youtube arguing, nectar to the soul :D alright, that's fair. But if you see, the whole badass thing is about the attitude. The way you boldly stated your Tosin-inspired perseverance, true AND healthy as it may be (honestly that), came out waaaaay badass-y. To me anyway. But I was just messing with you from the start xD Bullshit aside, the man's a fucking machine indeed.

[@prodnowaymirror]

he has the groove hair cut from gta sa

[@Samus5164]

More like some Pledge or some oil soap... windex would strip the finish on certain guitars.

[@MrLioncash]

Oh my god he can actually count... a guitarist that can COUNT!?!? WHAT THE FUUUUU.... I want to play music with you.. xD