Can’t stress enough how great your videos are. Not to mention your playing! Geez. The ability to almost exactly imitate and pick up on all our guitar Hero’s stuff is not to be looked over
And he's not that hyper active "I have to be funny" guy. Or "closing the eyes, putting the head back, showing the audience how much he's feeling the music" crap. I love that this guy here is just normal. Although he's a killer guitar player.
When I was in 7th grade my older brother took me to see Ratt back in either 85 or 86. They were opening up for Bon Jovi and watching Warren DiMartini play was the coolest thing I had ever seen in my thirteen years of life. That and all of the amazing women at that show!!!!
I remember Frank Zappa in an interview if he liked or paid and any attention to contemporary players(Late 80's). He said not really, but he thought Warren was unique in his phrasing and it made him stand out from all the other shredders.
Agreed Prof. Brew.. there IS something about Warren's playing that I've been drawn to for years... "Lay It Down" "Body Talk", "Shame, Shame, Shame"...there is SO much great playing going on...he has always stood out to me in that class of Sunset Strip players...GREAT stuff today Prof. Brew!
Dude, this was a great video! You break these licks down without getting bogged down and into the weeds. Awesome playing as well! You earned a new subscriber!
Reminds me of that cascading, descending lick that Satch does at the end of Always With Me, Always with you. I LOVE that symmetrical, sequential kind of stuff - I have a lot of similar licks in my repertoire, these kind of connected phrases are all over the place, and they all have the potential to sound this smooth & fluid. Cool video!
New to your chanel and i love when someone instructing actually uses content that you can use and grow with , can't wait to dive into more, great job bro
Great lesson Dave! Like you, Eddie is the one that that got me started playing guitar, but Warren and George Lynch were my go-tos once I started to find my "voice". Keep up the great work man!
Very cool, great playing as always. Warren’s playing has his own flavor for sure. I saw Warren play in NY years ago for a tribute to Zappa, and I was blown away with his style and playing ever since. Would love to hear him play some solo work today.
Awesome lesson David. I'm a huge Ratt/DeMartini fan. I really liked how you showed some variations to incorporate into your fan's guitar playing. Would love to see you break down some more DeMartini licks like in the solo from "Can't Wait On Love" which I believe is his best solo of all time.
You have such nice tone for a guitar lesson video and I like how you assume that the guitarist has an underlying understanding of the instrument so you can immediately get to the good stuff. Thank you for posting.
I'm a late-comer to Warren's genius. Were there (are there) better technical players? Probably. But he brought such unique and melodic ideas to his solos and RATT songs were so much better for it. He seems like a gem of a guy too.
I love the evolution shown here of the lick. masterful. i had known warrens and gilberts but never made the connection. working on some of that paul now and its a lick so fun it makes me feel like a wonder kid! thank you so much!! accomplishing some decades old goals tonight!!
Love your channel and your lessons. Always informative and the playing is amazing. You have a great style , a great sound and always some bad ass picking. Love the way you let the playing do the talking and don’t fill the video background with 20 guitars, pedals, lights etc etc. I saw Ratt multiple times in the mid 80’s and Warren blew me away every time. Great sound / style, always put on a great show. I spent my teenage years lusting over those Charvels
Struggled with guitar on and off for decades. I go back because it’s good for the soul. I didn’t think I had the mental furniture for theory / the fretboard. I like lots of music but Mickey Ratt/ Ratt I keep coming back to. Always wondered how those flutters were achieved. 🙌🏻.
What up I'm glad you and this channel give Mr DiMartini the credit he deserves. Love his style. I also liked Robins style too they blended well together. Hey man I just caught TOOL the other night in Baltimore it was their opening night. They played intolerance that and Rosetta Stoned brought the house down, it rocked the place. I know you have some videos on Adam, that dude is freaking amazing. The whole band is outstanding but Adams tone and delivery are bad ass in their own right
As fast as the 80’s hair metal go Ratt was by far the best. Hands down. Their music had a groove you couldn’t deny. Warren and Robin were a hell of a duo. I miss this music. Today’s music can be described in one word. Sux.
Great stuff! I’ve ran across your videos now and then. I finally hit the subscribe button. I’m a slow learner 😂. All the guys you name at the end were definitely inspirations to begin playing. Your tone is awesome. The sequence is going to give me a good workout. Look forward to more videos.
Another great vid Dave. Since the right (non-fretting) hand is important to this lick, I would suggest that fellow players follow your alternate picking to play this lick at speed.
When I think of a solo that defines Warren, You’re in trouble has a lot of his very distinctive techniques. I don’t understand theory enough to be able to actually say what he is doing, but when I hear that song, and Back For More is the “Warren sound”.
Hey David, could you go over Jake E Lee's weird harmonic behind the nut bend trick like at end of "Thank God For The Bomb" some time? Thanks for all the great videos by the way!
I’m not sure I have heard Paul refer to it as the dimartini lick regarding his version (although I could be entirely mistaken) but he definitely showcases his version of the lick on intense rock 2 along with a triplet version, and another variation utilizing the “blue note”.
Interesting idea. An eighth note then 3 16th notes. Could be used in any scale. Likely i would use it before accelerating to four notes then five and maybe six notes per beat. Could be used in any scale say diminished or even sweep picking arpeggios.
I actually had the privilege of knowing Wayne Charvel and having him work on of my one guitars. I just didnt know his history at the time. Late 80's. They always say Redlands, but his shop was in Calamesa.
I don't agree. The title sounds like a famous mathematics. Just like Fibonacci sequence and all its siblings. The brilliant DeMartini Sequence. The second bit reminds me of that Paul Gilbert lick I saw somewhere going pentatonic up the strings but every pattern was notes going down. And when you shifted it at 7:30 it actually is the exact same lick I remember. Just different fret (your usual suspect would be the 14th fret on D string, the E note). Actually it was something called "Heavy Exercises - 25 essential metal licks" guitar pro tab, no idea where it came from, who did it or why but it had sort of signature licks as one long back and forth soloing piece. And you called it being Paul Gilbert lick too so I guess it really is very signature. I really dig the ending string skipping melody you showed. Thanks for this episode, never too much DeMartini! Still don't understand how he makes somewhat classic lick patterns to sound so different. Looking forward to the video about Shame Shame Shame little lick collection ;)
Have you heard Mathias Dieth's playing on the Faceless World album (U.D.O.) ? Now there's a prime example on how to construct melodic compositions. Just an amazing guitarist.
What sets Warren apart is that he's improvising (for the most part). Improvisation in a rock context always adds a sensation of "he could go off the rails at any moment" unpredictability and excitement, if you will. I always preferred the sound of improvisors -- EVH, Yngwie, Eric Johnson -- to folks who 'write' a solo and play it the same every time. It demonstrates a higher understanding and deeper connection to the instrument. IMO, the ultimate goal is a direct connection between your emotions and what comes out of the amp, and Warren has always been one of those players. (Before you @ me, I realize EVH and the other players I mentioned play/ed solos very *similarly* night to night, but never exactly the same. They likely improvised much of what's on the record and revisit/ed that to please the fans.)
Another good workout in my future …..😉. Thanks as alway David for breaking down another cool riff & giving us all variations to try as well . Very much appreciated man 😎👍
Great video, and thanks for sharing...definitely one of the better 80's "shredders," had the melody and technique. Saw Ratt in maybe 2002 without Percy at the time...watching Ratt today without Warren is the same thing...a cover band.
Sometimes the triplets Warren used were chromatic instead of scalar, three notes per string to simulate speed in a way, and played legato to save time and energy. Kind of what Billy Gibbons would do if he played metal.
@@gregorydickman940 Thanks, Gregory. I do it too, not to even suggest I'm half as good as those guys on my best day. But it's a good technique that works.
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My band opened for Ratt in the early 2000’s and I got to meet Warren. Great dude, and a killer player !!!!
that` pretty cool man.
What was your band?
Warren is an incredible guitarist and a class act cool surfing dude
That's way cool, Junior... jk, that's awesome!
VERY cool!
Warren was the best guitar player from the hair metal genre and one if the best players in the 1980s period.
What about Uli Roth, Schenker, Jake e Lee, Neil Schon, EVH, Randy Rhoads, Malmsteen , Craig Goldy , Adrian Vandenberg,
Can’t stress enough how great your videos are. Not to mention your playing! Geez. The ability to almost exactly imitate and pick up on all our guitar Hero’s stuff is not to be looked over
100% agree
Amen. My man can rock
And he's not that hyper active "I have to be funny" guy. Or "closing the eyes, putting the head back, showing the audience how much he's feeling the music" crap. I love that this guy here is just normal. Although he's a killer guitar player.
Warren is one my top 10 favorite guitarist!
Me too#
And Lynch 🤘
This is a great example of why I love your channel! You take a single lick and show us how we can work on it endlessly to improve our musicality.
When I was in 7th grade my older brother took me to see Ratt back in either 85 or 86. They were opening up for Bon Jovi and watching Warren DiMartini play was the coolest thing I had ever seen in my thirteen years of life. That and all of the amazing women at that show!!!!
Sure it wasn't bon Jovi opening for Ratt at that time?
@@user-wj9xq7ig2vNo I’m pretty sure Ratt was the opening act.
@@ohplezz except they weren't
Nope. Bon Jovi were the openers on the Ratt Invasion Tour. At least, when they came to St. Louis.
@@Sean-ls5di yup. Bon Jovi was barely warm poop before the slippery when wet album.
I remember Frank Zappa in an interview if he liked or paid and any attention to contemporary players(Late 80's). He said not really, but he thought Warren was unique in his phrasing and it made him stand out from all the other shredders.
Agreed Prof. Brew.. there IS something about Warren's playing that I've been drawn to for years... "Lay It Down" "Body Talk", "Shame, Shame, Shame"...there is SO much great playing going on...he has always stood out to me in that class of Sunset Strip players...GREAT stuff today Prof. Brew!
Nobody Rides For Free!
Every time you bring Warren to your channel it’s a treat for me man. By far my favorite glam shredder
Very underrated guitarist! Thanks for showing the Petrucci and Gilbert expanded versions also wicked cool.
Dude, this was a great video! You break these licks down without getting bogged down and into the weeds. Awesome playing as well! You earned a new subscriber!
Warren has amazing time-feel and his playing is full of groove and swing like EVH. Both master "rhythm" players that can solo just as well.
Spot 😁 n!
Reminds me of that cascading, descending lick that Satch does at the end of Always With Me, Always with you. I LOVE that symmetrical, sequential kind of stuff - I have a lot of similar licks in my repertoire, these kind of connected phrases are all over the place, and they all have the potential to sound this smooth & fluid. Cool video!
Ratt is who got me into metal and ultimately into playing guitar. Great video!
No pinky finger required!
-Michael Schenker
New to your chanel and i love when someone instructing actually uses content that you can use and grow with , can't wait to dive into more, great job bro
Warren is one of the most tasteful palyers of his era... they guy created magic and memorable solo after solo.
Great lesson Dave! Like you, Eddie is the one that that got me started playing guitar, but Warren and George Lynch were my go-tos once I started to find my "voice". Keep up the great work man!
Thanks for the lesson
I'm going to try this
Warren is just so great
Anybody could pick any 5 seconds of his stuff
And it's all just so outstanding.
Very cool, great playing as always. Warren’s playing has his own flavor for sure. I saw Warren play in NY years ago for a tribute to Zappa, and I was blown away with his style and playing ever since. Would love to hear him play some solo work today.
I don't know why, but I've never seen or heard Warren venture outside of RATT, except for a very short, kind of unsuccessful stint in Whitesnake.
He had a solo album out around 96 called Crazy Enough to Sing to You, but nothing else since then. @@SonicVR12
Awesome lesson David. I'm a huge Ratt/DeMartini fan. I really liked how you showed some variations to incorporate into your fan's guitar playing. Would love to see you break down some more DeMartini licks like in the solo from "Can't Wait On Love" which I believe is his best solo of all time.
You have such nice tone for a guitar lesson video and I like how you assume that the guitarist has an underlying understanding of the instrument so you can immediately get to the good stuff. Thank you for posting.
I'm a late-comer to Warren's genius. Were there (are there) better technical players? Probably. But he brought such unique and melodic ideas to his solos and RATT songs were so much better for it. He seems like a gem of a guy too.
Thanks for sharing all this good stuff. You’re so light on the pick and make it look so effortless. Right On!
I love the evolution shown here of the lick. masterful. i had known warrens and gilberts but never made the connection. working on some of that paul now and its a lick so fun it makes me feel like a wonder kid! thank you so much!! accomplishing some decades old goals tonight!!
Love your channel and your lessons. Always informative and the playing is amazing. You have a great style , a great sound and always some bad ass picking. Love the way you let the playing do the talking and don’t fill the video background with 20 guitars, pedals, lights etc etc. I saw Ratt multiple times in the mid 80’s and Warren blew me away every time. Great sound / style, always put on a great show. I spent my teenage years lusting over those Charvels
During my garage days, we played back for more. It definitely had a feel thing to it. Thanks David!!!
That's so awesome! I always wondered where Warren learned so much great guitar at such a young age.. Very cool lesson!
Struggled with guitar on and off for decades. I go back because it’s good for the soul. I didn’t think I had the mental furniture for theory / the fretboard. I like lots of music but Mickey Ratt/ Ratt I keep coming back to. Always wondered how those flutters were achieved. 🙌🏻.
I must have a look back they had some killer riffs to cheers for another great video mate .
Holy crap…thats a lot to work on…thanks Dave👍
Yes, it's a lot and If you're like me then you're using quite a few choice words in your practice time.. hahaha
What up I'm glad you and this channel give Mr DiMartini the credit he deserves. Love his style. I also liked Robins style too they blended well together. Hey man I just caught TOOL the other night in Baltimore it was their opening night. They played intolerance that and Rosetta Stoned brought the house down, it rocked the place. I know you have some videos on Adam, that dude is freaking amazing. The whole band is outstanding but Adams tone and delivery are bad ass in their own right
As fast as the 80’s hair metal go Ratt was by far the best. Hands down. Their music had a groove you couldn’t deny. Warren and Robin were a hell of a duo. I miss this music. Today’s music can be described in one word. Sux.
Agree. Far beyond all other bands in the genre. Of course after VH.
Great playing, great lesson. Spot-on with the EVH comparisons!
Great stuff! I’ve ran across your videos now and then. I finally hit the subscribe button. I’m a slow learner 😂. All the guys you name at the end were definitely inspirations to begin playing. Your tone is awesome. The sequence is going to give me a good workout. Look forward to more videos.
Thanks! It finally clicked why Warren sounds how he sounds. Makes sense now.
Very Sweet David!! Glad to watch this one.
I really enjoyed this lesson tonight, thank you, i have subscribed. Cheers!
GREAT TOOLS for my next solo ! thx wouhou love this channel
I once read a critic describing Warrens playing as ..."snakelike runs". Bullseye!
Sweet lesson! I seen what u did there on the Sequences with those sneaky pull offs .
Awesome playing and great little history lesson.
Thanks for another made easy lesson, first 3 notes of the lick and your on your way to playing everyone knows its Wendy as well.
I really enjoyed these licks. I'm always interested in spicing up the old pentatonic routine.
Whoa!!! Yes! Awesome! MORE Warren please!
So good Maestro! Such great stuff! Thank you!
You are the man and thank you for these wonderful videos. Just subscribed.
Another great vid Dave. Since the right (non-fretting) hand is important to this lick, I would suggest that fellow players follow your alternate picking to play this lick at speed.
You have great tone in your hands. Great lesson, and thanks!
This was great! I'm gonna use these ideas in my playing. Thanks man!
great lesson! more Demartini, please!
Awesome lesson brother. Thank You
Great lesson and very useful licks👍
Thank you, that was cool, saved and subscribed. You are really clean.
NIce tutorial on shredding style. At 9:00, I have heard Buckethead play a very similar shred on a couple of his originals.
Great lesson, much appreciated.
Subscribed, this is right up my alley !!
Looking forward to this one DB 😁
Great. Back to practice for me again
Yep, I love it
Glad you went over this as I don’t really have time to listen to all players from that era
Awesome episode!!! Thank you! Love Warren 🙏🏻
A new thiller by Robert Ludlum lol!
Far and away my favorite spot on the interwebs 🤘🏾
Love it, brother!
✌️❤️🙋🏻♂️🎸
awesome lesson! fantastic. thank you
Round and Round is one of those iconic solos like Carlos Cavazo' Metal Health lead. 🔥
Great lessons!!!!❤
Awesome video !! Love everything Warren !!! More please ?!
he’s got two other warren videos
When I think of a solo that defines Warren, You’re in trouble has a lot of his very distinctive techniques. I don’t understand theory enough to be able to actually say what he is doing, but when I hear that song, and Back For More is the “Warren sound”.
Very tasty riff, Sir. Thank you for the recipe. 🤘
Hey David, could you go over Jake E Lee's weird harmonic behind the nut bend trick like at end of "Thank God For The Bomb" some time? Thanks for all the great videos by the way!
Reminds me of the Sweet Child ascending run before the Hendrix lick during the wah section.
Your technique is sick!
Nice! I think Slash uses a similar run when he kicks in the wah part of the Sweet Child solo.
I’m not sure I have heard Paul refer to it as the dimartini lick regarding his version (although I could be entirely mistaken) but he definitely showcases his version of the lick on intense rock 2 along with a triplet version, and another variation utilizing the “blue note”.
Great stuff as always
It's the "slink" in his playing. Awesome timing.
Warren if my favorite “hair metal” guitarist. Very melodic player.
that variation from gilbert is tasty. not to mention, how you managed to capture it by playing so tight and clean
Man!You are sooo good!
Interesting idea. An eighth note then 3 16th notes. Could be used in any scale. Likely i would use it before accelerating to four notes then five and maybe six notes per beat. Could be used in any scale say diminished or even sweep picking arpeggios.
I actually had the privilege of knowing Wayne Charvel and having him work on of my one guitars. I just didnt know his history at the time. Late 80's. They always say Redlands, but his shop was in Calamesa.
Awesome video !!
love warren - great video
That was awesome brother.
3:30 good viewing
Very cool sir!
I don't agree. The title sounds like a famous mathematics. Just like Fibonacci sequence and all its siblings. The brilliant DeMartini Sequence.
The second bit reminds me of that Paul Gilbert lick I saw somewhere going pentatonic up the strings but every pattern was notes going down. And when you shifted it at 7:30 it actually is the exact same lick I remember. Just different fret (your usual suspect would be the 14th fret on D string, the E note). Actually it was something called "Heavy Exercises - 25 essential metal licks" guitar pro tab, no idea where it came from, who did it or why but it had sort of signature licks as one long back and forth soloing piece. And you called it being Paul Gilbert lick too so I guess it really is very signature. I really dig the ending string skipping melody you showed.
Thanks for this episode, never too much DeMartini! Still don't understand how he makes somewhat classic lick patterns to sound so different. Looking forward to the video about Shame Shame Shame little lick collection ;)
Fun lesson!
Have you heard Mathias Dieth's playing on the Faceless World album (U.D.O.) ? Now there's a prime example on how to construct melodic compositions. Just an amazing guitarist.
What sets Warren apart is that he's improvising (for the most part). Improvisation in a rock context always adds a sensation of "he could go off the rails at any moment" unpredictability and excitement, if you will. I always preferred the sound of improvisors -- EVH, Yngwie, Eric Johnson -- to folks who 'write' a solo and play it the same every time. It demonstrates a higher understanding and deeper connection to the instrument. IMO, the ultimate goal is a direct connection between your emotions and what comes out of the amp, and Warren has always been one of those players. (Before you @ me, I realize EVH and the other players I mentioned play/ed solos very *similarly* night to night, but never exactly the same. They likely improvised much of what's on the record and revisit/ed that to please the fans.)
Another good workout in my future …..😉. Thanks as alway David for breaking down another cool riff & giving us all variations to try as well . Very much appreciated man 😎👍
You need some collab with rick Beato
RATT was the best of the LA scene. No dispute.
Great video, and thanks for sharing...definitely one of the better 80's "shredders," had the melody and technique. Saw Ratt in maybe 2002 without Percy at the time...watching Ratt today without Warren is the same thing...a cover band.
great job!
Those double picking licks around 8:20. Strict alternate picking or down up pull off down?
Thank you! 🤘🤘🤘
He has a descending like he likes to do, it’s in lay it down for sure
Double-picked also appears toward the end of the mighty "Sweet Child of Mine" solo.
Sometimes the triplets Warren used were chromatic instead of scalar, three notes per string to simulate speed in a way, and played legato to save time and energy. Kind of what Billy Gibbons would do if he played metal.
Scott Gorham of Thin Lizzy used the exact same concept. Good observation.
@@gregorydickman940 Thanks, Gregory. I do it too, not to even suggest I'm half as good as those guys on my best day. But it's a good technique that works.