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Adrian Figallo13th October 2011what a cool lesson!!
Ivan Milenkovic3rd May 2011Regarding PH topic:
Every guitar has a different spot (somewhere above pickups) where you can produce pinched harmonic. It's just a matter of finding that spot on your particular instrument and practicing a bit on slower tempo. Best PH tone quality can be achieved with downstroke, so practicing lots of downstrokes will help in creating various interesting PH licks.
thefireball3rd May 2011LOL. Never mind. I just now did the high pitched PH. Just moved closer to the bridge. Now to perfect it!!
- thefireball3rd May 2011
I have always been amazed at people who can produce PH that sound like that one at 0:16. It's so brutal! I'm working on being able to do that.
TylerT27th March 2009nice! tight sound
XxLeviathanxX18th March 2009Crazy...thats about the only word I can think of to accuratly describe a lesson like this. Keep it up, Poitr.
Supahfly14th February 2009Amazing! I'm pretty new to GMC, and this one is definately getting bookmarked! My kind of difficulty, and my kind of music
Cheers Piotr!
Piotr Kaczor1st February 2009Dzięki Kubo, czekamy na Twoje!
Thanks, mate!
Kuba Szafran31st January 2009Excellent riffing
!!- Piotr Kaczor29th January 2009Thanks Piotr:) I`ll go check that demo
Yeah mate, check necessary!great lesson Piotr, awesome riffs
Thank you Marcus! 
Marcus Siepen29th January 2009great lesson Piotr, awesome riffs
AlexLion28th January 2009Thanks Piotr:) I`ll go check that demo
- Piotr Kaczor28th January 2009
This is a Addictive drums, even in a demo version this program is a great stuff.
- AlexLion28th January 2009
Yeah, i would like to know this too if you don`t mind. Only now i realized that your program have one of the best drum sounds on GMC
i also like Trond`s drums 
Sergio Dorado28th January 2009Hello! Which program do you have use for making drums? Sounds amazing!
Thanks- Piotr Kaczor28th January 2009
Thank you my friends!
Very nice riffs and awesome sound! Do you mind also posting what guitar and pick-up you're using? And is that a normal string gauge, they look quite thick.
Thanks for the lesson!
Thx mate! In this lesson I'm using Yamaha SG 510 from 1983 with original pickups, 10-46 DR strings + POD xt live. Thats all 
C-Rock28th January 2009Very nice riffs and awesome sound! Do you mind also posting what guitar and pick-up you're using? And is that a normal string gauge, they look quite thick.
Thanks for the lesson!- Sergio Dorado28th January 2009
Killer Rythms! Awesome as always, Piotr!
gibsonmatte28th January 2009Amazing as always Piotr!
- jerryinapouch28th January 2009
awesome lesson dude! you always deliver!
Sinisa Cekic27th January 2009Powerful chops Piotr,awesome lesson !!
Siggum27th January 2009Superb riffing, tight and punchy, excellent job Piotre!
- Piotr Kaczor27th January 2009
Thank you AlexLion, Carlos and David! I really aprreciate it!
David Wallimann27th January 2009Very cool lesson Piotr!
It's very musical and super interesting.
Thanks!
Carlos Carrillo27th January 2009Cool and Rocker!! Hahaha! Really interesting!
- AlexLion27th January 2009
Sooo cool! Glad you make such a wonderful lesson Piotr! I love Symphony X too
- Piotr Kaczor27th January 2009
Thanks a lot guys!
Capt.Z26th January 2009I HAVE to learn this!!
Ramiro Delforte26th January 2009Nice chopps man!!! It rocks
Dejan Farkas26th January 2009Nice and heavy
- Ivan Milenkovic26th January 2009
Awesome stuff mate, tight riffing! \m/><\m/
playaxeman26th January 2009Nice riffing
Cool sound also
Cool lesson- Piotr Kaczor26th January 2009
Thanks guys! I appreciate it!
Hisham Al-Sanea26th January 2009nice chops piotr.great job
Nazgul26th January 2009Man, that is some heavy ****!
You rock! 
Bogdan Radovic26th January 2009Great riffing Piotr!! Love the lesson!
Pedja Simovic26th January 2009Awesome Riffing Piotr ! Great stuff man
Toni Suominen26th January 2009Tight riffing there Piotr!
- fatb0t26th January 2009
SICK!!!!!!!1
Tolek26th January 2009Wohoo! Nie zle.
Uwielbiam twoje lekcje, ciagle tak swietnie brzmieja.
Keep on rocking!- Piotr Kaczor26th January 2009
Thank you mates for such a great feedback!
Maan this was cool - I jumped up and headbanged so hard I almost hurt my neck, thanks Piotr!
Thank you Kristofer! My friend is a surgeon so don't worry matewow man, this is just great I love your vibrato and agressive chops
Thank you Emir. I really appreciate it!Great riffing Piotr:D... and that pinched harmonic was played like Zakk himself!
This is more than compliment, mate!you are starting to become my favorite instructor
I hope I will be Thx 
kaznie_NL26th January 2009sounds cool!
TakeJoy26th January 2009Great riffing man, love this style.
Joe Kataldo26th January 2009Great Metal Lesson, inspiring and flawless Played
Chokehold26th January 2009you are starting to become my favorite instructor
mhskeide26th January 2009Great riffing Piotr:D... and that pinched harmonic was played like Zakk himself!
Marek Rojewski26th January 2009Great sound Piotr:) Eh as a lazy git, I must buy second guitar to have one tuned in drop D...
Emir Hot26th January 2009wow man, this is just great
I love your vibrato and agressive chops
berko26th January 2009Tight riffing man! I love the flame background
- Mellow Nel26th January 2009
Heavy sound, I like it!
Kristofer Dahl26th January 2009Maan this was cool - I jumped up and headbanged so hard I almost hurt my neck, thanks Piotr!
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- My notes
Hi mates and welcome to my new lesson! After jazzy lines which we played last time, today it is time to rock! I wrote those few riffs in the style of modern prog metal bands like Symphony X which I love. So, we are focusing mainly on a rhythm guitar with a little solo lick so that it won't be boring.
We are going to use:
- dropped D riffs,
- palm muting,
- alternate picking,
- pinch harmonics,
- vibrato
I used D minor pentatonic scale.
This is the preset I used for the POD XT live for this lesson:
Amp: MS Line 6 Big Bottom Drive 7 - Bass 5 - Middle 7 - Treble 6 - Presence 5
Cab: 4x12 2001 Treadplate
Dly: Delay Time - 90 (8th note) - Mix 20%
The lesson is available in the guitar pro 5 file, mp3 backing tracks included.
Have fun! :)
Piotr
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