Thank, and me too! The end kills where he just hits one note and lets it hang for about 4 measures at a time. To me, very few have that ability to play one note and just blow you over.
Yeah, I loved that stuff and still do all these years later. He accomplished all that stuff with the Scorpions by age 23 or something. Pretty remarkable.
Glad to see someone playing this ! I always wondered HOW Uli got THAT sound on this track. Its a Roland Jet Phaser, which has a unique phase and fuzz tone in it. He kept his wha wha in a ' cocked' position as well. Truly a massive tone that, imo, rivaled and surpassed Hendrix tones ( although it was OBVIOUSLY influenced by Hendrix ala ' House burning down' and ' Gypsy Eyes'). You did a great job 👍
A damn good effort! This is some amazing rhythm guitar combined with epic lead, a bit of a lost art ! Listening to the original you can hear Rudolph is pretty much out of the mix as Uli could do both parts so much better.
I have loved this track for 40 yrs. It is so epic many good riffs interspersed through the song. AND THAT TAPPING DEAL that opens the song is incredibly spacey from neo-classical roots. Thanks for the video
Glad you liked it. It's super hard. I ran out of frets on the high tapping thing, like it goes to fret 22 which doesn't exist on a normal Strat, but you can kind of make it work if you tap with the pick on the end of the fingerboard like I was trying to do. Have a great day!
Yep you need that 22nd fret I put an after market maple neck on my squire strat and realized it came with a 21 so that was a bonus. I guess ULRICH's skyy guitar has like 35 frets. LOL You have inspired me to relearn that intro. I remember it being almost impossible to get through it with out fiucking up. It is surely the most darkly melodic 30 seconds in classic metal
Yeah, Uli on the mic! He does some fantastic, very original playing on those early records. Sometimes he can hit one note and drop me my knees, and then he can hang on that one note say 16 bars and just make it scream. Tokyo Tapes is worth a listen I think.
you can't play it and I've never heard of it. Well, you seem to be doing all right playing it, whoever it is. I can't even guess. Even with the singer.... no idea. Some band I prob have heard of and know 0 songs of. I think you did a great job! Just that one note you missed where it holds it.
I missed a ton of notes. I sat down for about 3 hours trying to get that intro together and it never did come together. I always learn something copying /learning what someone else did, and the prominent thing in this is volume, like you need a TON of volume to begin to approach what he's doing. That wasn't going to happen in the headphones with the amp sim. ;) SRV is kind of fun to copy too in that you just don't realize how much muscle and energy is in his playing until you try make your guitar sound like what he did. I get a kick out of stuff like that.
@@AdamGotheridge well, since I was not familiar with it, I couldn't accurately judge how off you were. Sounded pretty good to me. Yeah.... real volume is tough to emulate. I really REALLY miss having my strings feed back. I just don't use a real amp cranked up and it doesn't work via monitors cuz the other music is coming through the same speakers. A sustainer pickup kind of works but really ... it isn't the same. But it's damn close. You get this harmonic coming in but usually it comes in TOO fast over the fundamental and to my ears, just doesn't give the same effect.
@@AdamGotheridge Are you saying volume is important for this song in order to keep those trills going near the beginning? I've always loved this song and I've tried to play it doing standard trills and it's hard to maintain a constant volume (as it tapers off) and I have to hammer-on really hard with my fingers on my left hand to keep it going. I came here because I'm considering trying it by trilling with the side of the guitar pick in my right hand, as that way I can trill faster, longer, and louder. Then I saw you doing exactly that up around the 12th fret! I thought you did a great job!
@@winstonsmith6746 Volume for singing sustain mostly. If you hammer and pull hard, you'll run out of gas. You can trill lightly and quietly if there's enough gain. Uli plays really relaxed. The thing with the pick for me was that I don't have that 22nd fret, but you can make it sound like it by hitting the pick where the fret would be. And then yes, just keep it going because it's easier. Hope that helps a little.
Thanks my new best buddy. ;) Assuming I can learn of of the tunes from your tab and make a video out of it, I'm going to promote your stuff in some way. Love the stuff you've posted.
Thanks, I gave it a shot. I think one of the reasons it's hard is the phrasing is so different across the whole thing, nothing repeats at all. Haven't seen any tab for it.
Call it F#7, voicing E on the A string, A# on the D, E on the G. Going up, major 6th diads, 9th fret on D and B strings then move it up a fret twice (like moving up from E major to F# major). I think that's right.
First I'd have to really learn it, that would take about 1 month. Then maybe 1 months to put it on paper. You get the idea. ;) Maybe remember that he probably never played this the same way twice, just repeated some of the concepts.
A fair attempt my friend. My fave off the album.
Thank, and me too! The end kills where he just hits one note and lets it hang for about 4 measures at a time. To me, very few have that ability to play one note and just blow you over.
Haven't heard this in many moons. Early Scorpions and Uli were just the best!
Yeah, I loved that stuff and still do all these years later. He accomplished all that stuff with the Scorpions by age 23 or something. Pretty remarkable.
Oh dude I need the rest of this cry😢
Me too!
Glad to see someone playing this ! I always wondered HOW Uli got THAT sound on this track. Its a Roland Jet Phaser, which has a unique phase and fuzz tone in it. He kept his wha wha in a ' cocked' position as well. Truly a massive tone that, imo, rivaled and surpassed Hendrix tones ( although it was OBVIOUSLY influenced by Hendrix ala ' House burning down' and ' Gypsy Eyes'). You did a great job 👍
Thanks Andy! Never heard that story, but I think more than anything that tone and feel is just in his hands and spirit.
A damn good effort! This is some amazing rhythm guitar combined with epic lead, a bit of a lost art ! Listening to the original you can hear Rudolph is pretty much out of the mix as Uli could do both parts so much better.
🙏I still adore is playing and vibe on this recording.
That there is some nice guitar work my friend. Love all the rhythm improv stuff. Cool! 👍
Thanks! Tried to cover it pretty close, but it's pretty hard.
I have loved this track for 40 yrs. It is so epic many good riffs interspersed through the song. AND THAT TAPPING DEAL that opens the song is incredibly spacey from neo-classical roots. Thanks for the video
Glad you liked it. It's super hard. I ran out of frets on the high tapping thing, like it goes to fret 22 which doesn't exist on a normal Strat, but you can kind of make it work if you tap with the pick on the end of the fingerboard like I was trying to do. Have a great day!
Yep you need that 22nd fret I put an after market maple neck on my squire strat and realized it came with a 21 so that was a bonus. I guess ULRICH's skyy guitar has like 35 frets. LOL You have inspired me to relearn that intro. I remember it being almost impossible to get through it with out fiucking up. It is surely the most darkly melodic 30 seconds in classic metal
I came here because TruthSurge asked me - glad he did - loving the Uli ✌️
Great cover. I love this song and the intro on Tokyo tapes.
Me too! I still love it and still can't play it. ;) Thanks
Uli is the master
This song is so good even Uli's singing suits it. That Strat was on fire. Check out Scorpions 1977 on yt.
Thanks, and will do!
WHAT? Was that Uli singing too? No wonder I didn't know it. I don't know any early Scorpions and didn't know really how Uli sounds singing.
Yeah, Uli on the mic! He does some fantastic, very original playing on those early records. Sometimes he can hit one note and drop me my knees, and then he can hang on that one note say 16 bars and just make it scream. Tokyo Tapes is worth a listen I think.
@@AdamGotheridge I didn't hear any harmonic minor or phrygian so I was like no idea who that is on guitar. Maybe I'll see if that's on YT. thx
@@TruthSurge I'm sure you'll find it. Just scan for the solos, they are really different and full of emotion and power.
rock it! sounds good
It must be pretty hard to figure it out. You're the only one that I seen breaking it out
I gave it a shot anyway. 😁
One of my all time favorites! Well played!
I tried playing this the other day again and still can't play it. ;)
@@AdamGotheridge Well you could try Fly to the Rainbow... :-) Have you wrote Polar nights out in tab? You're serious close :-)
@@ronvanderpark8765 HA! That would be even harder. No tab, that's too hard too. ;)
@@AdamGotheridge Goodluck with it, old Scorps never lost its magic to me. Again, great job on Polar nights.
Esta genial tu interpretación,congratulations!!!!!from México!!!!!!
Gracias!
you can't play it and I've never heard of it. Well, you seem to be doing all right playing it, whoever it is. I can't even guess. Even with the singer.... no idea. Some band I prob have heard of and know 0 songs of. I think you did a great job! Just that one note you missed where it holds it.
I missed a ton of notes. I sat down for about 3 hours trying to get that intro together and it never did come together. I always learn something copying /learning what someone else did, and the prominent thing in this is volume, like you need a TON of volume to begin to approach what he's doing. That wasn't going to happen in the headphones with the amp sim. ;) SRV is kind of fun to copy too in that you just don't realize how much muscle and energy is in his playing until you try make your guitar sound like what he did. I get a kick out of stuff like that.
@@AdamGotheridge well, since I was not familiar with it, I couldn't accurately judge how off you were. Sounded pretty good to me. Yeah.... real volume is tough to emulate. I really REALLY miss having my strings feed back. I just don't use a real amp cranked up and it doesn't work via monitors cuz the other music is coming through the same speakers. A sustainer pickup kind of works but really ... it isn't the same. But it's damn close. You get this harmonic coming in but usually it comes in TOO fast over the fundamental and to my ears, just doesn't give the same effect.
@@AdamGotheridge Are you saying volume is important for this song in order to keep those trills going near the beginning? I've always loved this song and I've tried to play it doing standard trills and it's hard to maintain a constant volume (as it tapers off) and I have to hammer-on really hard with my fingers on my left hand to keep it going. I came here because I'm considering trying it by trilling with the side of the guitar pick in my right hand, as that way I can trill faster, longer, and louder. Then I saw you doing exactly that up around the 12th fret! I thought you did a great job!
@@winstonsmith6746 Volume for singing sustain mostly. If you hammer and pull hard, you'll run out of gas. You can trill lightly and quietly if there's enough gain. Uli plays really relaxed. The thing with the pick for me was that I don't have that 22nd fret, but you can make it sound like it by hitting the pick where the fret would be. And then yes, just keep it going because it's easier. Hope that helps a little.
That's OK...Uli couldn't sing it :D
Good job, man. 👏🔥
Thanks, I gave it a whirl!
Nice feel! Good job!
Thanks my new best buddy. ;) Assuming I can learn of of the tunes from your tab and make a video out of it, I'm going to promote your stuff in some way. Love the stuff you've posted.
@@AdamGotheridge 👍🏻🎸😉😎
Better than I could do
You Did Very well
Thanks Rob! Any Uli fan is a friend of mine. ;)
You really nailed it. I've been trying to get this down for years and can't get close...do you have a tab for this
Thanks, I gave it a shot. I think one of the reasons it's hard is the phrasing is so different across the whole thing, nothing repeats at all. Haven't seen any tab for it.
Well done, great tone. On the original was there some wah in the tone?
I think so! I haven't listened to the original in a while. I was just playing through a plugin on a universal audio interface. Thanks.
@@AdamGotheridge The tone is in the fingers! again well done.
Still keep coming back to this video, any chance of a video lesson, there are a lot of nuances in there ? thanks.
wauu muy bien¡
What tuning is this? Half step?
Yes, 1/2 step down.
What is that chord at 02:54 ??? that goes up chromatically....
Call it F#7, voicing E on the A string, A# on the D, E on the G. Going up, major 6th diads, 9th fret on D and B strings then move it up a fret twice (like moving up from E major to F# major). I think that's right.
@@AdamGotheridge Thanks it sounds right 👍
@@ZalMoxis Most welcome!
rythmic hand
Дядя ты крут!
благодарю (thanks)!
tabs pls ?)
First I'd have to really learn it, that would take about 1 month. Then maybe 1 months to put it on paper. You get the idea. ;) Maybe remember that he probably never played this the same way twice, just repeated some of the concepts.
You think your slick now don't you
Eh, not so much.
You're doing fine. Some mushrooms might help. 🫣😵💫😳
I think so too!