Weekend Wankshop 68: Kirk Hammett Master of Puppets Solo Secrets
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- Опубликовано: 16 мар 2016
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Hey chums! To celebrate the 30 year anniversary of Metallica's glorious Master of Puppets record, Uncle Ben Eller here is gonna give you a lesson on how to play the dope opening licks of Kirk Hammett's main solo. There's some arpeggios, some legato, some bends, and some... weirdness. one lick in particular has evaded accurate transcription, but i may be onto something here. Watch and learn the solo secrets!!!
Playing my Suhr Modern Satin through an AWESOME hand built Cooper JTM45 clone, made by my buddy and amp tech extraordinaire Jon Cooper of Knoxville TN. Using a Wampler Pinnacle in front for the dirt plus a TC Electronics Flashback for delay. Sounds unreal!!!! 
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Harvester of happiness haha
These major key covers are making me very uncomfortable
hearing harvester of sorrow in a major key sounds fucked. rofl
Agree lol
It becomes The Rolling Stones
Instablaster
Haha Harvestor of Sorrow in Major?
My Dad is also subscribed to you, and he will absolutely be watching this video. Hi Dad!
+Joe Hi Joe, yes I am watching this.
Kirk has said that he pulled a note off the fretboard in this solo by accident and that he was never able to recreate it. One of those magical moments where you track a solo almost perfectly and it ends up being better
I have been practicing this - easier on jumbo frets.
Yes, read the same thing ^^
bahahahahaha major scaled metallica in the background. Nailed it!
+KaldDodeGitarist What song is that
+Zappuh PS Harvester of sorrow
I can play this at step dad speed, but I'm learning to play it faster because I hate my step dad
Just don't play it at abusive step dad speed - for that someone has to bust into your room drunk and bash you on the head while you're trying to learn a solo
@@takitezy7 so you target married mothers then?
@@BlakeSpohn haha why not?
From what I can remember reading about it, the string got pulled of the fret board. That "mistake" made something unique that can't really be recreated again. It's cool when accidents turn out better than intended (imo).
I find myself using some variation of that opening lick in my playing all the time because it's verastile and it sounds so cool in a variety of different musical situations
I think you are right on the money there. From one of the more popular guitar pro tabs you can find this information in the file:
"...I worked on the next solo for a couple of days - getting it tight was a real task for me. While recording the track, my hand accidentally pulled a string off the neck, and it grounded on the neck pick-up, giving me something like a high D. It sounded like I slid up to a super high note that isn't even on the neck, so we left it."
And it says that the source is from a GuitarWorld issue from '91
Definitely agree about this album. Metallica was such a huge influence on me as a teenager. When I played in a band, we covered or jammed to do many Metallica songs.
James Hetfields rhythm playing along with Jon Schaffers, really developed my right hand and love for riffing.
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Harvester of Happy
Thank you,Uncle Ben. You're the best. I have been trying to start getting into lead playing since my rhythm playing is solid and this video really helps.
Master Of Puppets was a Masterpiece.
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you're awesome man thank you, started my guitar journey a few months ago, learning master of puppets now and you've been a great help, thanks a ton man.
explain the amp....!!! I would love a gear tour on how you record your videos Ben. think that would be possible one day?
Agreed I'm also curious.
Dan Stumpf Kemper.
Thank you for this. Best breakdown on the Tube
im pretty sure he said he did bend the string off the fretboard accidentally and could never recreate it
That is correct
+Nick Parsons nope
Where did Kirk say this? I''ve heard it numerous times. Thanks
+Silas Sell it was a guitar world interview
Correct!
i thought during a solo on master of puppets kirks string broke during the recording of master of puppets and they left in the recording
No, the guitar caught fire and burned up while he was playing the solo, but they still left it on the record.
Oket Oket are you dumb? That's not what happened. Actually, a bear walked in the studio with a flame thrower and attacked Kirk as he was recording the solo. Get your facts right, poser.
I was looking exactly for that, nice video, I thought about a whammy pedal, and the idea the string going over the edge crossed my mind too
yeah since i ppsted the isolted tracks of the 2 solos i have been obsessed with this squawk sound lol, thanks fornthe explanation !
Yea I have done that with the high e. I think you hit it on the nose
Guitar World, March 2002. "When you listen to the solo, there's this weird sound right after the mellow part where it sounds like I'm hitting a superhigh note in the midst of my phrasing... what happened was I pulled the string off the fretboard...I accidentally pulled down on the string and it fretted out on the side of the fretboard."
I remember reading that, but there's no way I could have sourced it. Thx for that.
I just wonder why they didn't re-record it :p
Amber57499 it was probably a take he was happy with cuz he nailed other sections and it wasn’t a bad note hit but merely a squeal. Plus they probably didn’t have the time or budget in those days to go back and record multiple attempts at solo sections. Just my guess.
@@intoit1074 also it actually sounds better that way :)
Thanks, Uncle Ben. You're the best!
Thanks man I had trouble keeping up with a tab for this but you made the solo a lot more concise than most people would expect it.
Wow what a mystery. Great lesson as always Uncle Ben!
Was looking for this good lesson.
Just looking .. noticed you didnt play the transition .. which is the most important part...and you didnt play it in its entirety at speed.. ...you can do it...its a pull off followed by a double hammer on ..with a half gallop ending with a double half step slide to f#. Its pretty cool.. ive never heard another metal band do this ..anyhow.. you are a talented person..👌
so kirk did a mitake that every newbie do but sounded totally awesome.
Sometimes it's the mistakes or imperfections that make something special or unique. There's lots of little flubs, or accidental harmonics or quirks in many classic recordings.
JonW well said.
@@thebiggusdonnus8453 Yes, the album that Metallica pretended to be Limp Bizkit or some other Nu Metal band.. it was Lars' fault. He wanted to be trendy. Instead, it's their worst album.
I grew up with this album too, so I'm amazed to see a staple of my musical diet dissected like this. Your explanation for "The Squawk" actually seems pretty plausible.
Speaking of Kirk, he wrote the best riff in this song. In my opinion. The pre-chorus riff.
"I remember getting home and working religiously to improve my technique. I was still living at my mom's in El Sobrante, but spending quite a bit of time up in Sonoma. I knew a guy with a recording studio there, so I'd hang out with him, play guitar, and just gather ideas together, one of which was the pre-chorus to "Master of Puppets", the "come crawling faster" part. Generally though, I was taking stock of my situation and catching up with friends at places like Ruthie's, or the Stone.."
Great video. Don't know why it took me so long to sub to you. Thanks man!
Thanks again Duder!!!
Awesome tutorial!
Agreed this has to have been a slip on the high E string. Looking back at other tabs/videos of this solo is now hilarious. Good detective work!
I'll never be able to unhear that!
hey uncle ben as always awesome video one of the greatest songs ever all hail Metallica
You teach very well 👍🏻
I think you're right about the squawk thing. Never considered it before but it makes perfect sense, I always thought he rushed the pick stroke and actually picked it after he released the note to make the position change
Great stuff
0:13 i love how ben playsthe solo looking at the camera like if it was the easiest thing ever
Playing A minor arpeggio over E minor riff- -Just Kirk Hammet things
He likes to play one step out of the box in so many of his solos. Sounds like he's somewhat lost the key and tries to figure it out. That's kind of cool.
Pretty sure, that he picks the C-note you hammered on in the opening lick.
I believe the squark sound was him pulling it off the fretboard. I’ve read/watched things where this is mentioned multiple times
Right on Uncle Ben I listened to the isolated track at 30% speed on transcribe! software and it's totally what's going on with the string.
what! you played that like you were bored! awesome!
I learned this solo and all its intictacies a long time ago. This video is still entertaining though
That is correct. I remember in a guitar world interview long ago he said he pulled it off the fretboard.
I had learned that solo note for note (well as best as I could - go to my RUclips and check it out) but I’d have to sit down and relearn that if I tried to play it now.
Thanx for a cool video :D
It's not really conjecture - he did pull it off the board. Part of Kirk lore, along with the "bad note bend" on the first album
G Tizzle Which song is the bad note bend?
Jblooddrunk I want to say it's Seek and Destroy, but I'd have to break out the album and go over things again.
He apologized for it in a interview once, many moons ago
G Tizzle So did you find it?
Kirk re. the 'squawk'
" the string caught on my finger and fretted out over the pickup near the twenty-eighth fret, creating a supersonic microtone - like a high pitched squeal. We played it back and I thought, 'Oh my God, that's the most amazing thing in the world. We have to keep that!' It's the take we used on the record"
From the M.O.P book 👍🤘
28th fret?
@@yubtub89 hypothetically speaking. He's only got 24 frets on his guitar, but where it hit the pick-up and made that squeal would be around the 28th fret, if it existed.
Oh that finish. ❤
I actually read an article in a metallica guitar issued magazine I found back in like 2006 where Kirk is talking about that exact weird part of the solo. His finger did in fact slip off the fret board and I quote “ in the midst of my phrasing” causing that noise to happen. But he liked that it gave a certain characteristic to the solo and they ended up keeping that cut.
Thank you Uncle Ben! I always look forward to your videos!!
You're one trillion percent correct in the fretting the 17th fret on the high e and pulling it off the fret board
Great fucking lesson! Im in class right now but as soon as i get the chance ill learn this on guitar
Thanks great video :)
good ol' ben
thanks ben
I was just looking through a guitar world magazine from July 2000 with an interview with Kirk Hammett and he said "while recording that track my hand accidentally pulled a string off the neck and it grounded on the neck pickup giving me something like a high D" So you are correct sir, it was a string off the edge of the neck.
Nice Harvester of Fun cover.
Master o f Puppets IS the greatest metal album of all time.
No question about it. I love AJFA, but I wonder how it would have been with Cliff contributing parts.
MehYam2112 god took Cliff because he knew AJFA was coming and the world wasn't ready for so much metal
One of.
Where can I found the tabs Ben?
Rust in peace
You're exactly right. Kirk confirmed this in an interview that the squawk was an unintentional pulling The string off the neck. He said he wasn't able to recreate it. But it was perfect. The problem is, the official tab book misunderstood and tried to say that the harmonic is actually the result of Kirk pulling his string off and hitting the pickup. I can't speak to anyone else's guitar, but I find I can recreate the note roughly by pulling down when I'm on the 14th fret. In this scenario, I reckon it would vary depending on what guitar you're playing.
It's funny sometimes when I'm sweep picking I'll purposely pull the high End string down to create a really funky sound, I never would have thought that he was doing that in this solo haha :p
One of my favorite albums! I suck at solos . You break down everything perfectly. Thanks for the lesson .
I just fucking love you
A young Ben was probably a handful, with your flat black Suhr, wicked \m/
A friend and I used to call this song the guitar workout from hell due to all the down stroked rhythms and length of the song. Fun solo to play.
I can't speak to the weird "squawk" note covered in this lesson, but there's a crazy super high note a few measures later in the solo. I recall reading an interview with Kirk and James in some guitar magazine back in '86 or so when the album came out. When asked about that note, Kirk indeed said he inadvertently pulled the string off the board, causing it to fret out on the neck pickup. So you could be on to something.
Totally awesome video!!! How exactly does one set up a lesson with you 🤔
Is there not a part 2 to this? I really want a good guitar lesson on this. I've seen a number of lessons that flat out play it completely wrong. I play it better and I'm here trying to find a lesson that actually plays it properly because I'm not satisfied with the way I play it, and most of the people giving lessons on it don't even know how to play it. But you play it extremely accurately
Great stuff! I'll pass on my usual request for a "Your Tremolo Picking Sucks" lesson since you touched on it in this video! Though, I'm pretty surprised to hear you suggest using the elbow. Is this recommended only for trem picking on the high strings for muting purposes?
Awesome. Can you do a lesson on the whole thing?
Harvester of sorrow sound like sun with flowers
I've heard him say that's what happened in an interview w that bend
pulling string off fretboard explanation confirmed during Howard Stern interview
Dude you need to do this playing the Gibson Flying V that is how Kirk played it!
Great video!:) Any tips on how to get the playing up to speed? I need 34 minutes to play the first part 😂
Where did you find this major Harvester cover? Do they do other songs?
hey bro!! i love all your videos!!! I want to know what should be the height of my emg 81 neck and 85 bridge for a good metal tone...i feel my tones come out boomy and muffled and if i set it down then it feels too thin... please help me out with a perfect height for them !!!
Any tips I can’t pick the first part before the tremolo
I’m a little confused, 4:25 why would it be any different? It’s the same amount of note isn’t it, wouldnt you have the same amount of time to pick it the same way as the first 3 ‘rolls’? Why not just keep alternating? Thanks
Hey man , love your videos . Btw i do suck in guitar :) Can you please make a video with solo from Synnyster Gates from Avenged sevenfold ? thx in advance .
The best part is that Grim reaper is waiting for you, with a happy song being played…
Is is me or does Harvester in a Maj key kinda sound like a New Found Glory song?
Does anyone else do 2 string sweeping for the first lick? I just find it was more efficient than tremolo picking it all.
Is that Harvester of Sorrow put in a major key for the intro? xD
watch this vid on you tube and skip to 0:54 and you'll find out how that little squawk happened. - Metallica ‘Master of Puppets’ on the Howard Stern Show (2016),
Cool video but i still have one question
Why harvester in major?
Is that Harvester of Sorrow in major I hear in the intro?
Yep, took me like 2 minutes to figure out lol
where is the rest of the solo?
Hehe. Your take on the weird stuff seems reasonable. Maybe try to watch some live performances if he pulls the solo in the same way? Or maybe he cant replicate it makeing your hypothesis correct :)
But can you do the undoable scream that Kirk himself can’t even repeat? Challenge you to that :)
No mention of Cracking the Code...
Pretending that you heard it and assumed it was his string coming off the fret board rather than reading the interview that Kirk said that is exactly what happened....or the other million videos discussing it.
Lol no man, I legit had never read anything about any of that, scouts honor! I’ve got no reason to lie.
Wish you finished the solo, I've always wondered if he used pinched harmonics just after what you played. still, my favorite biological step dad tho. 🤘
Major harvester?
Still can't get off from my head metallica in major key argghhh...
Kirk "Whammett"