
Victafor15th September 2007nice!!! when did this lesson come out????!
Victafor15th September 2007o its a really old one i think nvm
Xranthoius15th September 2007my god kris... you make me seem so bad T.T
PacmanProductions15th September 2007lol vid 14
+1 Xranthoius
PacmanProductions16th September 2007Kris, why didnt you just record vid 14 again?
Kristofer Dahl16th September 2007PacmanProductions - are you referring to the missed harmonic? You get that one in the slow version ![]()
you27th September 2007Awesome Kris! it sounds just like him!
PacmanProductions6th November 2007yeah kris, couldnt u have re-recorded it? its not a problem or anything, i was just wondering... ![]()
fgdvir11th November 2007cool!! thank Kris!~
man0mule19th November 2007Just was wondering what wah pedal you were using in this vid and if you were using it before or after the distortion. I'm starting to regret getting a cry baby and thinking i should have saved up for the vox wah.
Kristofer Dahl19th November 2007A cry bay - I think I have it before distortion! ![]()
guitarmasterwannabe27th November 2007how many hours is the best to practice kris? and also is it better to practice the same lick over and over until you master it or alternate?..because i play 1 lick until i master it before moving to the next one .so sometimes i spend 10 hours playing the same lick a day..is that stupid? hehe
Kristofer Dahl28th November 2007No it isn't at all - as long as you are motivated! ![]()
Practice as many hours as you can per day. It's hard to sat something specific, but if you keep it above 2 hours you know you are going to see some quick progress!
Philippe26th December 2007Nice lesson as usual.
The rhythm part sounded very familiar to me, now I remember why: it's very similar to some music of an old C64 game: ghosts'n'goblins!!
Manny5th January 2008hahaha, Kris on lesson 12 you wrote Kirk Hamson ![]()
Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix15th January 2008Kristofer Dahl = Chuck Norris
Qualenp13th February 2008this lesson is hard.
Long live Kirk ![]()
Martin la guitarra20th February 2008haha this is soooo awesome, thank u kris
merijn22nd February 2008my hand is too small for some parts:|
Neth24th March 2008Amazing lesson.
Kirk's the MAN!
And so are you Kris!
Carlos Carrillo24th March 2008fantastic lesson!!!!!!
thanks Kris
DDylan27th March 2008I dig it man this rocks thanks kris
DDylan27th March 2008haha im new here but i learned half of the licks used in this first video from your licks of the day
Casper14th May 2008we're not worthy!! hah, awesome lesson
Rollos9th July 2008Hey Kris,
I am quite new to GMC and by taking a look around i found your great lesson here.
It appears to me you kind of preset drums and then recorded the rythm part for endless repeat afterwards. I am very interested in a method how to do this in order to study different rythm scenarios & solos at home.
Could you please help me out and explain how recording and looping the rythm part is working? (e.g. from equipment point of view)
Thank you so much in advance.
Alexiaden9319th May 2009Wow, awesome lesson, Kris ! ![]()
Daniel Realpe16th December 2010great lesson! some licks in here are so Kirk
Jerry Lee24th November 2011what is that high note with whammy at the end in 16? A pinch harmonic?
Ivan Milenkovic25th November 2011I believe it's a natural harmonic on the 3rd or 2nd fret of the B string, and using the whammy to raise the pitch of the harmonic. You should investigate in creating such harmonic on that string, and once you achieve it, try to control the pitch with the whammy.



Conveniently enough, this lesson comes right after the Matserclass "Hot Blues" lesson - because Kirk Hammett's style is in fact heavily inspired by blues. This lesson will mainly deal with Kirk's solo style from the Metallica "Black Album" and onwards . Mr Hammett himself claims his goal with his new solo approach was to get "a bit bluesier" - and the result was an effective blend of metal, blues and wah-wah driven madness.
In this lesson you will get a hang of some typical Kirk Hammet style licks, you should also follow my example and use these ideas to make your own "Metallica-style" improvisation over the backing track. All the licks covered here will work nicely in E minor (except where note otherwise) - E minor is the the most common heavy metal key, so learn it well.
Now let's take a trip to heavy metal land...