10 Quick Tips for Playing MASTER OF PUPPETS on Guitar!
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First learned this song over 20 years ago, and it’s been like a crazy journey from first learning it with horrible tabs to now where we can dissect hundreds of live versions and slow down the original isolated tracks to really figure it out. Great video!
Those Cherry Lane tab books have a special place in Hell.
Seriously...im 34, but the shit we have today would have blown my mind back in the day...like the quality of solid state amps and SS frets and budget guitar quality...and really good hash.
I got back to playing guitar 3 years ago, after a 20 years break, and I was blown away by how easy it is to find good enough information and tools to learn.
I'm learning this song after one year of guitar practice very crazy
@@uncletiny4842 im 1 week into learning guitar and already learning it…. Only the opening riff of course lmfao
I've been wanting to learn guitar for a while now, but Eddie's solo pushed me to finally try it and now I got a guitar and I'm teaching myself.
same
so happy to read this, good luck on your journey bro!!
good luck man, I've been playing for about 2 years and the only advise I can give you is that you must not leave musical theory appart, it makes everything a lot easier
I’ve always wanted to learn how to play the guitar, but the beginning seemed so slow and frustrating
Keep at it man it'll be frustrating to learn especially when teaching yourself. However some of the greatest guitarists taught themselves. I've been playing for 30 years and sometimes I'll have to go back and relearn things, or I'll come on here and see different ways to do stuff Just like life you'll never stop learning when playing a instrument. I hope you're still sticking with it after 4 months!
One thing that helped me with the first two riffs is really getting your timing locked in with a metronome. This is difficult to do because the accents are all over the place. However, once you get it locked in you'll find that there's a lot less tension that builds up in the right hand and you'll go faster.
I remember multiple people told me that the decimal harmonic was Kirk pulling the string off the fret and I just knew it didn't sound right. Since it was a tab book people took it as gospel but I knew they were wrong haha. I've played this song a million times but there are so many little things that get looked over. Thanks for the tutorial!
I always saw that guitar in the background of your videos! Figured you were capable of shredding! Love your content too!
This is one of those songs that you never stop learning something new about. Every time you think you've got it 100% replicated, you learn something new. To me, that's part of what makes this song timeless!
Great call out on using chords shapes for the arpeggios! That's something many self taught guitarists overlook early on. From experience, my focus was on playing the right notes without considering how to play them more efficiently. It wasn't until I tried learning Fade to Black that it clicked to position my fingers as I would for chords. It makes a huge difference!
The coolest looking Charvel I've seen
0:28 Tip 1: Palm Muting Bounces
1:20 Tip 2: Descend w/Middle Finger ..I..
2:15 Tip 3: Downpicking Mastery
3:20 Tip 4: Don't Skip the In-Betweens
3:48 Chorus example
4:20 Tip 5: Use Chord Shapes
5:22 Tip 6: No Fancy Stuff
6:06 Tip 7: Assume the Correct Position
6:54 Tip 8: The "Squeal Technique"
7:28 Tip 9: Falling Off the Fretboard (NOT THE SAME AS TIP 8!)
8:20 Tip 10: The "Scream" Note
Good: Really choke up on your tiny prick. Make it small and tight.
Bad: Don't let that extra floppy pick hang out, you will lose control.
Make sure you're using a decent thickness pick as well. Probably .70 something minimum. Using smaller picks they won't get the hell out of the way fast enough. Too floppy. James black fang ultex set has .73 ,.94, 1.14 thickness. I usually play it with a 1.0 mm. I don't know which one je James uses for MOP. But use the one that works for you.
@@SirHeadly84 james used a .88mm tortex
Thank you for the time stamps! I wish the authors would always include these.
I love how everyone's trying to learn this right now, it's awesome !!
I thought I knew how to play the James's solo but I guess there is always something to learn !!
after a few months of practicing these techniques, i'm playing this song perfectly at (almost) the same tempo as them. Truly, you are one of my guitar sensei's. thank you.
The comment on knowing the chord shapes is SO HELPFUL. When I was beginning I did the same exact thing, I just blindly followed the tab without thinking about it.
I’ve been playing this song for about 30 years now and I learned a new way to play James solo. Thanks!
I wish you would do a complete lesson for this song so I'd know it would be right the 1st time & I wouldn't have re-learn/re-train my muscle memory later, and also I just like your teaching style. I never have any questions I have to go to another video or live performance for. Plaese do it!!
Jeez. I bought the Master of puppets song book in 92 and have been playing this song for 30 years (I can hold my own). I watched this video because I was looking up how to achieve the albums tone and stumbled across this video and decided to watch it. So you were doing some stuff that was not transcribed in this book (And i pulled the book out and double checked). There were a couple things you did that sounded, i don't know, closer or better. I mean I've played along with the record for years and thought I sounded pretty bang on up until now. So now I'm trying it out your way. But I am an old dog learning a new trick here. Anyways, great video, I wish subscribe and check out more of your videos.
I started playing guitar 3 years ago, and some months later learned some of the main riffs, now I'm practicing and trying to perfect the 2nd half of the solo, hope I get it soon, these helped me a lot!
Never tried to learn it, though I had the infamous TAB-book in my collection, but now I am feeling motivated again.
I cant stop playing MOP since watching Stranger Things!
Its having an influence on all my writing ✍️
Dude same!
You earned my sub bro👌
Perfect! So much valuable information here 🙌
Thank you
Spent a month working my way through the intro. First building accuracy, then building speed. Finally happy with it, moved on to the main riff. Then I realized that I had learned the intro (descending notes) without the mute, mute, ring, mute, mute ring. Now it sounds right! Thank you!
My goal in life is play the solo of master of puppets ✨
Probably one of the best videos you've ever uploaded, and you always upload amazing content. 👏
I had no idea about any of this! Just picked it up since I feel more comfortable now to start learning harder songs and was having a lot of trouble figuring it all out.
Thanks a bunch, I'll be following what you have covered from now on!
Just bought a guitar, and yes, I started with master of puppets, I think I need to calm down and start with something easier xd
Your tone gave me an immense amount of serotonin
Great job as always, your tone sounds incredible.
One of the things that helped me Leanred this song was to learn it with alternate picking first, this allowed me to learn what the fretting hand was doing and and actually learn the parts at full speed.
This also helped me stay motivated to build it the speed to downpick it after learning it
My fav guitar channel on RUclips hands down 🙌
Very good tips man. Thanks. Several years ago I had to teach myself “James parts” because my wife’s little brother wanted me to teach him the song and man… did I have a time finding the right stuff. Anyways I wish I would have had this kinda thing to help me along back then. He’s probably still playing it wrong 😂
I actually needed this because I'm finally get to defeat this beast. Thanks mr. Mike
bro you were the og tips master for this song, you taught me so many nuances that i never woulda have picked up on when i first learned this, saved me so many headaches, just checking in to say thanks!
Wow! Thanks man. 46 years old and I first started learning from the Cherry Lane tab books when I was 16. You made some great points. Thank you!
Thanks for your tips , always wondered how those young guys could play so well so soon, when I needed 25 years and still don't play !
I love the kids coming are getting way into thrash. It's like 30yrs or something since the last great thrash metal album. I think rust in peace was the last great thrash metal album.
I remember when learning this song - your tip 5 hits home.
I have that guitar :)
Well similar. Bought 30 years ago!
Awesome lesson! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and tips with us. You're a GREAT teacher! Wished I lived close enough to you to take in person lessons but I am in Texas. God Bless! \m/
Started playing guitar 16 years ago (29M); thanks to stranger things, I’m revisiting this song and learning throughout its run, RIP to my right forearm.
I really wish we had the internet back when I was trying to learn this for the first time! Great tips.
Im so surprised Eddie learned the song within that time considering all the bad tab books then
he probably learned it by ear
Nearly 40 years later people still learning it wrong, dude learned it correctly a few months after release.
He actually created that song in the show bro 👀
5 dudes did a Dream Theater full band cover (On The Backs Of Angels) the day the song was released.
@@Kylora2112 what
My first guitar and what I learned Puppets on was a Neon orange Jackson Charvette. Yep Charvette not a Charvel I loved that damn thing.
Thanks man.
this guy is so good with it ! he goes in so much depth, other channels skip through and you miss a whole bunch of important stuff ! also you look like eddie from ST you need longer hair bro 😎
Thanx!
Great to see someone who learns these riffs from the greatest metal band of all time as accurately as I do.
Hah! Them lil details! It's time to update and bring these lil details in my MoP playing. Thanks!!
I learned this song probably my 2nd year learning guitar as a teen. this video would've helped me out alot back then. now since I haven't been practicing as much it is a good refresher to get back into shape. Thanks for the video!
Excellent tutorial! Thanks, man
Can you do a video of Kirk Hammett’s live solo he did at the end of For Whom the Bell Tolls back in the mid 80’s. I know you know the one. It’s on Cliff em All a couple of times right before they would go into Four Horsemen (end of the Day on the Green and the German concert before Four Horseman when he loses his pick). I love that little solo.
I’m at an airport in Austin, TX right now & haven’t been able to pickup any of my guitars since Friday the 8th so I am DYING to play ASAP & of course I want to play Master of Puppets. Been playing guitar since 1987 as a mere hobby but didn’t start playing almost every single day,(at least I play every single day that I have the time/chance to play which is between 4-7 days a week for hours on end each time) until about 5yrs ago.
Great video! I did not mean to watch the whole thing, but sure enough I made it to the end and was still wanting to hear more!
Thanks
Those are fucking fantastic tips, holy shit. You should do a full lesson on the song regardless haha
Awesome vid, thanks man. I’ve been trying to learn this song all week and have been watching all of your other videos too.
Thanks for this video. Getting the speed down with the downstrokes on this song is not easy.
Nice guitar! I had one, and it’s one of the best guitar I ever had.
i know pretty much how to play the song, im here bc i just love your videos
downstroke has always been easy for me, but the palm muting is hard
you should make a gear collection video
Been playing this song since 1988 and still struggle down stroking at full speed. I’ve never gotten it perfect.
Ive been playing for about 6 years and i think i will need another 10 to even think about playing this solo :D
very good!👍👍👍👍
Eddie was a little poser-ish...but also totally reminded me of some old Friends back in the day too. Dude i still have that bc rich mockingbird legacy ST you gave away to that not so cool dude who traded it to me! Lol i absolutely love it. I have a warmoth s-style ⅞ build coming in and i used that neck for a reference...so again. Indirectly I Thank you!
The first riff I learned! I was 12. 🤘🏼
Great video, with a ton of useful information on how to play MOP. Well done!
I love your lessons man!
Nicely done, Covered a lot in a short period!
I might be the only one who says this but this reminds me of the guitar from Curt Mitchell how to play Van Halen videos it’s super hard to find the original video anywhere but he had a charvel body that was cracked just like that I’ve been looking for that every where for nostalgia purposes lol very rad guitar!!
3:57 'So when you're reading the tab, hopefully it's accurate', 😂😂😂
Using the second finger running down the guitar in the intro is brilliant. I always used the 1st finger.
Can you do a lesson on the Blackened intro. I can never get the second part of the main intro riff.
Thanks-great video! When you hit 70 like I just did, all downstrokes start to go away…
Nice! 🤙
ever see that video of Master of Puppets in the style of Muse? definitely worth checking out
Do a techniques of Terry Kath video please!
4:43 this is literally me but its improving slowly
I need that guitar.
5:00 how do you get that tone it’s amazing
Great tips for sure!
One thing that would be great. Can you show how you set your tone? Your tone is perfect and at such low volume! Is there a trick to this?
Donnie Darko rabbit on the guitar! Cool!
Dude. I collect Charvels. The fact you’re rocking a toothpaste logo, is kickass.
I ended up selling it back to its original owner. I loved it though.
I just bought a guitar 2 days ago and I am watching this like I can do it. 😂
I really wish the techniques series would come back to life...
imagine a Josh Hommes techniques video...
3:16 Those final two chords of the verse riff are actually octaves.
Hey Mike I'm a huge fan of your videos I was wondering if there was any videos of you showing an in depth look of your collection if not i think that would be very good content for the channel! Anyways you da man and keep up the great videos !
Bro knew what he was doing making this video around this time
woah that charvel is cool
I wish i had ur youtube lessons in my youth. I was learning by crappy tab books. And now I'm old and lazy to continue xD
my only electric guitar I can’t use rn, and I miss playing it right after watching any of your videos and now I don’t have anything to do :/
Hi, I love your videos... Could you please tell me the best arm position playing a guitar with Floyd rose, please ?
DOWNPICKING!!!! Nice tight downpicking bro!
I haven't seen stranger things. Still loving this hype. 😂
I just play "Eye Of The Beholder" to tighten up my downpicking when I notice it gets a little off because it's not a super fast tempo, but the downpicking is at a constant pace and tempo that I personally love. Plus it's a killer groove. Cool video man! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Maybe use a jazz pick.
3 finger technique was impossible for me to try and start using.
Re: choking way up on the pick, how about using those short, pointy Dunlop Jazz III picks?
That was good stuff man!!
Was that a jazz chorus on the clean part? BTW, I now realize that I play the beginning wrong. Thanks for pointing that out!
my fretting hand was shaking more than anything. as far as picks go I swapped to the Dunlop Jazz III (kirk uses these as well) its smaller than a normal pick so its easier to manage pick depth(for me at least)
Now i need a new guitar too >-> i dont have the whammy bar on my electric
Can you do a video of how to parm mute please👍🏻
What are the amp settings and pedals I should use?
ik it pisses alot of real metal fans, and guitarists off that stranger things is the reason why kids wanna learn metallica songs and this but the way i look at it is, if it makes kid wanna listen to Actual music played with real instruments and better yet to learn to play guitar? im all for it!, its very similar to in the 80s every kid wanted to skateboard cause of back to the future! ive been a metal fan and fell in love with guitar when i was 8 in 2005 it was from my dad showing me Gnr n i saw slash playing a les paul in sweet child of mine n i was like yup thats who i wanna be!
I already did all this